Merry Xmas to all readers

Vision splay?

I see no vision splay.

Education standards up in Northampton

The Quality Assurance Agency scored this Graffiti 8 out of 10 for accuracy and 10 out of 10 for anatomical labelling.

Day 25

Merry Christmas - wherever you end up.

Alan

Day24 Come and visit any time

Day 23 Going on a Xmas diet?

Well you can live on it but...

Day 22 Balls for all

Road signs to suit all eye prescriptions?

(Yes, I know it's not a door)

Day 21 Stating the obvious?

We KNOW it's a manhole cover!

Day 20 Somewhere on campus

Well "Bora" is a changeable wind and "Orie" is a small town in Nigeria - you work it out.

New IET Director Shock!

R2D2 announced as new Director of IET.

Day 19 Just what the Doctor ordered?

This is a terrible pub in Northampton. Hardly any clients - especially old ladies.

Day 18 Staff and nonsense

I walk past this door every day and have resisted stopping to ask Marion whether she has Robin Hood connections.

Today I was delighted to discover that Gerald works in Religious Studies!

Day17 Where?

Day 16 What does this door know?

Day 15 Phone in with your vote now!

Northampton latches on to the Celebrity TV programme idea.

Day 14 ???

Sounds pretty pervy to me.

Day 13 But when?

Day 12 The Noah's Ark WC?

Or open plan toilets?

Day 11 Supportive beverages

Day 10

Do they walk out the front door along with everybody else I wonder?

Day 9 A difficult door

Day 8 A very exclusive coffee shop

Spotted by Daphne

Day7 Sunday's door

My Russian is not very good, but it probably says "Please do not block this doorway with piles of old housebricks"

Day 6 Something for the weekend

This was on a train toilet door. Is it a warning to people with cheap intimate piercings?

Day 6

Sadly they are no longer in business - apparently they couldn't give a toss.

Day 4 Open Learning

Day 3 - No worries!

This brings me up to date

Door the First

It's panto season - Oh No it isn't!

Wassailing with WoodleyWise

It is traditional in some cultures to mark the days leading up to Christmas with an Advent calendar (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendar)

In keeping with this I will attempt to provide a door/window/gate image
each day.

It starts on Dember 1st so I am already late.

Never mind the quality--

Count the number of co-authors!

11.Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in hormone metabolism and DNA repair genes and epithelial ovarian cancer: Results from two Australian studies and an additional validation set
Beesley, J.; Jordan, S.J.; Spurdle, A.B.; Song, H.; Ramus, S.J.; Kjaer, S.K.; Hogdall, E.; DiCioccio, R.A.; McGuire, V.; Whittemore, A.S.; Gayther, S.A.; Pharoah, P.D.P.; Webb, P.M.; Chenevix-Trench, G.; Bowtell, D.; Green, A.; DeFazio, A.; Gertig, D.; Traficante, N.; Moore, S.; Hung, J.; Fereday, S.; Harrap, K.; Sadkowsky, T.; Mellon, A.; Robertson, R.; Vanden Bergh, T.; Maidens, J.; Nattress, K.; Chiew, Y.E.; Stenlake, A.; Sullivan, H.; Alexander, B.; Ashover, P.; Brown, S.; Corrish, T.; Green, L.; Jackman, L.; Martin, K.; Ranieri, B.; White, J.; Jayde, V.; Bowes, L.; Mamers, P.; Schmidt, T.; Shirley, H.; Viduka, S.; Tran, H.; Bilic, S.; Glavinas, L.; Proietto, A.; Braye, S.; Otton, G.; Bonaventura, T.; Stewart, J.; Friedlander, M.; Bell, D.; Baron-Hay, S.; Ferrier, A.; Gard, G.; Nevell, D.; Young, B.; Camaris, C.; Crouch, R.; Edwards, L.; Hacker, N.; Marsden, D.; Robertson, G.; Beale, P.; Beith, J.; Carter, J.; Dalrymple, C.; Hamilton, A.; Houghton, R.; Russell, P.; Brand, A.; Jaworski, R.; Harnett, P.; Wain, G.; Crandon, A.; Cummings, M.; Horwood, K.; Obermair, A.; Wyld, D.; Nicklin, J.; Perrin, L.; Ward, B.; Davy, M.; Hall, C.; Dodd, T.; Healy, T.; Pittman, K.; Henderson, D.; Hyde, S.; Miller, J.; Pierdes, J.; Blomfield, P.; Challis, D.; McIntosh, R.; Parker, A.; Brown, B.; Rome, R.; Allen, D.; Grant, P.; Laurie, R.; Robbie, M.; Healy, D.; Jobling, T.; Maniolitas, T.; McNealage, J.; Rogers, P.; Susil, B.; Veitch, A.; Constable, J.; Tong, S.P.; Robinson, I.; Simpson, I.; Phillips, K.; Rischin, D.; Waring, P.; Loughrey, M.; O'Callaghan, N.; Murray, B.; Billson, V.; Galloway, S.; Pyman, J.; Quinn, M.; Hammond, I.; McCartney, A.; Leung, Y.; Haviv, I.; Purdie, D.; Whiteman, D.; Zeps, N.Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
01/01/2008. Vol.16,Iss.12;p.2557

Which one is real?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_IeHGkQ2QKE&NR=1

OR

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PEFd4tCWtvk&feature=related

Sandwiched between the main stories

Macdonalds has filed patents in Europe and the US that claim the "method and apparatus for making a sandwich" as its intellectual property.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/nov/20/foodanddrink.uk

The flow chart reveals all:

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=US2005044838&WO=2006068865&DISPLAY=STATUS

Am I bovvered?

Apparently the moon gets 3.4cm further away from the earth EACH YEAR!

Push pull factors

Researchers at Dundee University have shown that rear-facing pushchairs are better for a child's development. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/child_health/article5201504.ece

On the positive side, researchers at the OU have shown that front-facing babies are more likely to reject face-to-face courses and sign up for distance education.

Read all about it

In the OU library there are 12 copies of Shattock's "Managing successful universities" Do we need them ? If so, why are they not out on loan?

New VC at OU

Warning, this item has bean censored.

Gatesgate?

The OU comes under attack for not using open source:


http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/11/university-challenged-ditch

Cooking tips

Looking for something completely different, a computer search came up with:


Adult burn injuries due to domestic barbeques in New South Wales .
Burns , Volume 34 , Issue 7 , Pages 1002 - 1005
A . Khalessi , P . Maitz , P . Haertsch , P . Kennedy

The main message seems to be avoid "accelerants" - or "Throw prawns on the barbie, not petrol"

Lost in Beijing

... but I know where to buy a fook hing guidebook.

Net deficit

Health and safety in Hong Kong

A good bench

In fact it's the dog's b*ll*cks!

Radi Designers, French ( Florence Doleac, b. 1968; Laurent Massaloux, b. 1968; Olivier Sidet, b. 1965; Robert Stadler, Austrian (b. 1966), resides France and Brazil) Whippet Bench, 1998. Polyurethane and paper. Mfr: Radi Designers. 23 5/8 x 55 1/8 x 28 3/4. Photo: Radi Designers.

Up and walking

After nearly a year's enforced lay-off, I am going to attempt to breathe life into the apparenly moribund blog that is Woodleywise.