<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Blog Around The Clock]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://blog.coturnix.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bora Zivkovic]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blog.coturnix.org/author/coturnix/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A Quick Rundown.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I gave the second exam today.  I have not graded them all yet, but I have a feeling that the grade distribution will move from flat to bimodal: some people going up into As and Bs, others falling to Fs, and nobody remaining in the middle.  Some people put an effort in it, some don&#8217;t.  That&#8217;s life.<br />
Since the last meeting of the class (and the Final Exam) is next week, I&#8217;ll have to quickly write down the notes for my last two lectures so the students can have sufficent time to study.  I will post the notes here, as usual.  I hope to get both lectures written tomorrow, but life may interfere if I get to have lunch with <a href="http://ethicalwerewolf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="" />Neil the Ethical Werewolf</a> tomorrow.<br />
Speaking of Neil, he should have a new post up soon on the <a href="http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/" target="_blank" title="" />OAC blog</a>.  And speaking of OAC, the latest poll of possible Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa <a href="http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/2006/06/iowa-is-where-it-counts.html" target="_blank" title="" />placed John Edwards</a> in the lead (30%), ahead of Clinton, Kerry and others.  It&#8217;s early, but it&#8217;s nice to know that people on the ground are not buying the &#8220;Hillary is the nominee&#8221; trope pushed by the media.<br />
In other news, someone put my Sleep post on Digg and Stumbleupon, which is making my Sitemeter feel good.  It was moving so fast at one point that <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/terrasig/" target="_blank" title="" />Abel</a>, who tried to be my 2000th visitor at this new blog, only managed to be the 2001st.<br />
Speaking of blog-love, I like compliments like anyone, but <a href="http://letterfromhere.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-around-clock.html" target="_blank" title="" />this</a> is just amazing &#8211; made me blush!  Thank you, Madison Guy!</p>
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