Radio 4 Coincidence
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In the mornings, on my way to the office (I walk, I don't own a car), I almost always listen to my MP3 player- If I do so, I always listen to downloaded music (either a podcast, or an album). However this morning, I left the house at about 9:15, and for the first time (in about 2 years of owning the MP3 player), I decided to use its radio functionality, and I decided to tune to BBC radio 4 (if I listen to the radio under other circumstances, I either listen to radio 4 or radio 1, depending on how young I'm feeling).
The first thing I heard was the presenter introducing Peter Green from Bristol, in a programme about David Spiegelhalter- I am a Bayesian Statistics PhD student, and I use his RJMCMC paper on a semi-regular basis. Later that day, I found a brochure for this year's RSS conference and saw that the keynote speakers were Peter Green and David Spiegelhalter.
Date submitted:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:20 +0000Coincidence ID:7020
