{"id":2562,"date":"2008-05-04T05:30:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T05:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/05\/04\/links-for-20080504\/"},"modified":"2008-05-04T05:30:59","modified_gmt":"2008-05-04T05:30:59","slug":"links-for-20080504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/05\/04\/links-for-20080504\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-05-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2008-05\/nsf-cta050208.php\">Closing the achievement gap in math and science<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;The latest results from the National Science Foundation&#8217;s (NSF) Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program show not only improved proficiency among all elementary and middle school students, but also a closing of the achievement gaps between both African<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/race\">race<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arjendu.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/02\/computational-modeling\/\">Computational modeling \u00c2\u00ab Confused at a higher level<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;That I am &#8216;modeling&#8217; nature in my studies was not entirely obvious to me until I spent some time collaborating with Randy Hulet as well as with Barry Dunning when I was at Rice.&#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\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/theory\">theory<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/experiment\">experiment<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slacktivist.typepad.com\/slacktivist\/2008\/05\/lb-geheimkode.html\">slacktivist: L.B.: Geheimkode<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;On a train or airplane and don&#8217;t want to have to make conversation with a chatty seatmate? Just respond to whatever comment they make by asking, &#8220;Have you run into any schools of thought that link this to end-times events in the Bible?&#8221;&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/religion\">religion<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/review\">review<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/orzelc\/stupid\">stupid<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markterrybooks.com\/2008\/04\/book-advances.html\">This Writing Life: Book Advances<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;my advice to aspiring writers concerning book advances: adjust your expectations downward. As I said at the beginning, do you buy a lottery ticket expecting to win? Or knowing you might? 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