syracuse.com : Upstate NY schools bear the brunt of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cuts “Syosset is nearly 3 1/2 times wealthier than West Genesee. It spent $25,990 per pupil in 2008-09, compared to West Genesee’s $13,854. And that disparity is likely to grow under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget. The governor’s school aid cuts would equal… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-08
Month: March 2011
Links for 2011-03-07
How bad is the Templeton Foundation? : Thoughts from Kansas “This is the consistent pattern in [Sunny] Bains’s story [about the Templeton Foundation]. The problem is not that her conclusions are demonstrably wrong – she may well be right about Templeton, and she may even have gathered evidence which would support her conclusions. But the… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-07
A Few Words from Our Senior Middle East Correspondent
I’ve been sticking to my “no Internet before writing something” quota fairly well the last several days, with a couple of exceptions: 1) writing or no writing, I read a bunch of RSS feeds on my phone when I’m putting SteelyKid to bed at night, and 2) I keep following events in the Middle East… Continue reading A Few Words from Our Senior Middle East Correspondent
Bill Simmons and Chuck Klosterman to Wreck My Productivity
As has been mentioned numerous other places, ESPN is backing a new Bill Simmons project, which basically sounds like a pop-culture blog network kind of thing, headlined by Simmons and Chuck Klosterman. I saw this a while ago (I think I may have tagged a press release for a Links Dump), but was reminded of… Continue reading Bill Simmons and Chuck Klosterman to Wreck My Productivity
Links for 2011-03-04
The man who went nuclear: How Ernest Rutherford ushered in the atomic age – Science, News – The Independent “Rutherford regarded “all science as either physics or stamp collecting” but saw the funny side when he received the 1908 Nobel prize for chemistry for this seminal work. By then he was in Manchester. “Youthful, energetic,… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-04
Thursday Toddler Blogging 030311
When I told her it was Thursday, and thus time for a picture with Appa, SteelyKid sprang into action with a very definite idea of what she wanted. As a result, there’s a lot going on in this week’s Toddler Blogging photos: This is my favorite, which was an intermediate step on the way to… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 030311
Hoops and Abstract Principles
Brigham Young University dismissed one of its best post players, Brandon Davies, from the basketball team for violations of the university’s honor code. Reportedly, this was for sex, which is one of many enjoyable things forbidden by the school’s rules, which stem from the principles of the LDS church. This really kind of sucks, as… Continue reading Hoops and Abstract Principles
Links for 2011-03-03
Gnome Physics – Cap’n Refsmmat’s Blog of Doom “All subatomic particles — electrons, protons, neutrons and so on — are composed of extremely small gnomes. While relatively unknown, the gnome theory of matter can successfully explain many physical phenomena, including gravitation, electromagnetism, the photoelectric effect, and the wavelike properties of matter.” (tags: science physics silly… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-03
Upcoming Appearances: New Paltz, NY and Toledo, OH
Another shameless self-promotion post, but since I was confirming some arrangements this morning, I thought I’d throw up a post, so: – On March 15, two weeks from yesterday, I will be giving a talk for the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association at 8pm on the campus of SUNY-New Paltz. If you’re in the downstate NY sort… Continue reading Upcoming Appearances: New Paltz, NY and Toledo, OH
Links for 2011-03-02
Charlie Sheen Quotes Cats « Medium Large “Because turnaround is fair play…or some nonsense like that.” (tags: internet silly culture television movies pictures) Neil Tyson’s Advice to Young Science Communicators | The Intersection | Discover Magazine “So in graduate school, I wrote a question and answer column for StarDate magazine, out of the University of… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-02