Comments for Science, society, stuff... http://jamesmcinerney.ie A blog about, well, science, society and stuff... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Irish academics should increase number of international conferences they hold here by Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » Irish academics should increase number of international conferences they hold here http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2011/03/26/irish-academics-should-increase-number-of-international-conferences-they-hold-here/#comment-11789 Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » Irish academics should increase number of international conferences they hold here Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:20:26 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2011/03/26/irish-academics-should-increase-number-of-international-conferences-they-hold-here/#comment-11789 [...] “In 2012 I, along with three other Irish academics will organise one of the largest molecular evolution conferences in the world that year. There will probably only be one other meeting that is bigger than it in that year …” (more) [...] […] “In 2012 I, along with three other Irish academics will organise one of the largest molecular evolution conferences in the world that year. There will probably only be one other meeting that is bigger than it in that year …” (more) […]

]]> Comment on If the Irish were an organism and the recession was its environment by Nuim researchers pinpoint nature?s ?big bang? http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2010/05/09/if-the-irish-were-an-organism-and-the-recession-was-its-environment/#comment-11695 Nuim researchers pinpoint nature?s ?big bang? Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:37:42 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2010/05/09/if-the-irish-were-an-organism-and-the-recession-was-its-environment/#comment-11695 [...] his personal blog also has nothing new, although this is an interesting take of matters political: ? If the Irish were an organism and the recession was its environment Science, society, stuff…... In the meantime, I am forwarding news of this exciting breakthrough to the following:Nature [...] […] his personal blog also has nothing new, although this is an interesting take of matters political: ? If the Irish were an organism and the recession was its environment Science, society, stuff…… In the meantime, I am forwarding news of this exciting breakthrough to the following:Nature […]

]]> Comment on Teaching 4 hours a week by Teaching 4 hours a week « Ninth Level Ireland « Irishscience http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2010/02/02/teaching-4-hours-a-week/#comment-11620 Teaching 4 hours a week « Ninth Level Ireland « Irishscience Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:38:02 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2010/02/02/teaching-4-hours-a-week/#comment-11620 [...] Teaching 4 hours a week « Ninth Level Ireland By Shane O'Mara More on the four hour work week story, via Teaching 4 hours a week « Ninth Level Ireland. “… It is not clear why this figure came out from Bat O’Keeffe’s mouth, but it smacks of a ’softening up’ of the third level sector in an effort to reduce funding even more than before. In my department, we have a total of 15 permanent academic staff right now and 14 who have a full teaching load. We are dealing with about 750 students. It is relatively easy to do the maths and see that this is really not a good way to try to teach …” (more) [...] […] Teaching 4 hours a week « Ninth Level Ireland By Shane O’Mara More on the four hour work week story, via Teaching 4 hours a week « Ninth Level Ireland. “… It is not clear why this figure came out from Bat O’Keeffe’s mouth, but it smacks of a ’softening up’ of the third level sector in an effort to reduce funding even more than before. In my department, we have a total of 15 permanent academic staff right now and 14 who have a full teaching load. We are dealing with about 750 students. It is relatively easy to do the maths and see that this is really not a good way to try to teach …” (more) […]

]]> Comment on Teaching 4 hours a week by How long is an hour? « Stochastic Geometry http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2010/02/02/teaching-4-hours-a-week/#comment-11619 How long is an hour? « Stochastic Geometry Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:37:49 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2010/02/02/teaching-4-hours-a-week/#comment-11619 [...] academics are worried about this. I’m not. I think this is a great thing. I think it’s wonderful. Because [...] […] academics are worried about this. I’m not. I think this is a great thing. I think it’s wonderful. Because […]

]]> Comment on Second Irish death from swine flu by Second Irish death from swine flu | Swine Flu Outbreak http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/08/18/second-irish-death-from-swine-flu/#comment-11599 Second Irish death from swine flu | Swine Flu Outbreak Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:01:05 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/08/18/second-irish-death-from-swine-flu/#comment-11599 [...] Read the rest here: Second Irish death from swine flu [...] […] Read the rest here: Second Irish death from swine flu […]

]]> Comment on We are people that live in a society by James http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/27/we-are-people-that-live-in-a-society/#comment-11089 James Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:02:18 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/27/we-are-people-that-live-in-a-society/#comment-11089 I don't know Paul. What are your plans? I don’t know Paul. What are your plans?

]]> Comment on We are people that live in a society by Paul Mara http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/27/we-are-people-that-live-in-a-society/#comment-10874 Paul Mara Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:13:17 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/27/we-are-people-that-live-in-a-society/#comment-10874 What are you gonna do other than write on the internet? What are you gonna do other than write on the internet?

]]> Comment on Don’t Panic!!! by James http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/15/dont-panic/#comment-10719 James Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:50:36 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/15/dont-panic/#comment-10719 Hi Conor, It is the flu. It will be slightly worse than the seasonal flu, as far as we can tell at this stage. the issue will be for companies that they might have workers not able to come to work, so they should plan. as with all flus, there is likely to be some people that won't do so well. However, there is tamiflu and soon there will be vaccines for the most at-risk people. The unusual thing as far as I can see is the low numbers of Irish people that have been diagnosed. It is unbelievably low. Hi Conor,

It is the flu. It will be slightly worse than the seasonal flu, as far as we can tell at this stage. the issue will be for companies that they might have workers not able to come to work, so they should plan. as with all flus, there is likely to be some people that won’t do so well. However, there is tamiflu and soon there will be vaccines for the most at-risk people.

The unusual thing as far as I can see is the low numbers of Irish people that have been diagnosed. It is unbelievably low.

]]> Comment on Don’t Panic!!! by ConorKelly http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/15/dont-panic/#comment-10696 ConorKelly Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:55:18 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/15/dont-panic/#comment-10696 Be*, not bed. Be*, not bed.

]]> Comment on Don’t Panic!!! by ConorKelly http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/15/dont-panic/#comment-10695 ConorKelly Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:54:40 +0000 http://jamesmcinerney.ie/2009/07/15/dont-panic/#comment-10695 Is it really as big a deal as the media are making it out to bed? Is it really as big a deal as the media are making it out to bed?

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