{"id":2070,"date":"2007-12-13T04:31:24","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T04:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2007\/12\/13\/links-for-20071213\/"},"modified":"2007-12-13T04:31:24","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T04:31:24","slug":"links-for-20071213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2007\/12\/13\/links-for-20071213\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-12-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/0712.1649\">[0712.1649] Warp Drive: A New Approach<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;In this paper we demonstrate that a sufficiently advanced civilization could, in principal, manipulate the radius of the extra dimension to locally adjust the value of the cosmological constant.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/theory\">theory<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/articles\">articles<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5h8XpXe-RFV7Q53jpu41Jy6Kjv5QAD8TFI6AG0\">The Associated Press: Maine Newborns to Get $500 for College<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;A foundation started by the late Harold Alfond, founder of Dexter Shoe Co., will give new parents an opportunity to sign up for a $500 down payment for their young son or daughter&#8217;s college education.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/news\">news<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/US\">US<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/356\/\">xkcd &#8211; 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