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Wired Science...
What's inside with Chris Hardwick (MTV's Singled Out, anyone) and
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key stats on stem from nsb
Key Stats on STEM from NSB
"Students from financially poorer families or whose mother had less
formal education entered kindergarten with lower levels of mathematics
skills," according to the National Science Board's (NSB) Science and
Engineering Indicators 2008. This is one of many STEM
education-related observations in NSB's most recent Indicators
publication, released this week. The publication is meant to lay out
the "data and trends" within science, engineering, and technology, on
a biennial basis. Each publication includes a separate companion piece
that offers the Board's perspective on the policy implications of that
year's Indicators (all of these materials are available for free
online: the full Indicators here, the brief companion piece on policy
here, and a "Digest" summary of key statistics from the Indicators
here). The companion piece includes three policy recommendations:
enhancing Federal funding of basic research; encouraging greater
"intellectual exchange" between academia and the business sector; and
developing new data to track the economic effects of globalization.
Though issues related to these recommendations were the most salient
points in NSB's unveiling of the Indicators, there was a story behind
the story for the STEM education community.
Below, we will list some selected high and low points of that story,
all of which are direct quotes from the publication, unless otherwise
noted. The statistics generally come from the "highlights" section of
chapter one of the Indicators (pages 1-4 to 1-6), but will be cited
when drawn from another section, or from the Digest. Please visit
chapter one, titled "Elementary and Secondary Education," for more
complete information. The sections below are broken into the following
categories (all taken directly from the text), and within each
category there are subheadings which are italicized:
-Student Learning in Mathematics and Science
-Standards and Coursetaking
-Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality
-Professional Development of Mathematics and Science Teachers
-Teacher Salaries, Working Conditions, and Job Satisfaction
-Transitions to Higher Education
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Student Learning in Mathematics and Science
All student groups made gains in mathematics and science during
elementary and high school, but performance disparities were evident,
and some gaps widened as students progressed through school.
Students from financially poorer families or whose mother had less
formal education entered kindergarten with lower levels of mathematics
skills and knowledge than their more advantaged peers. Substantial
racial/ethnic gaps in mathematics performance were also observed.
In 2005, U.S. fourth and eighth grade students outperformed those
tested in the 1990s in mathematics, and fourth grade students improved
in science.
Widespread increases in mathematics from the 1990s to 2005 were not
matched in science. Since 1996, the first year the current national
science assessment was given, average science scores increased for 4th
graders, held steady for 8th graders, and declined for 12th graders.
Standards and Coursetaking
In 2006, slightly more than half the states required 3 or more years
of both mathematics and science courses for high school graduation.
Students in more than 40 states were required to complete at least 2
years of both mathematics and science in high school; 3 years was the
most common requirement for both subjects, in effect in just over half
the states.
State development of course content standards has progressed in recent
years and standards continue to be reviewed and revised.
All states had issued content standards in mathematics and science by
2006-07, and 35 states had schedules for reviewing and revising those
standards.
Trends from 1990 to 2005 show increases in advanced coursetaking;
growth was especially strong in mathematics.
Class of 2005 graduates completed mathematics courses at far higher
rates than their 1990 counterparts in all categories except
trigonometry/algebra III.
As the school's poverty rate diminished [i.e., as income level
increased], [high school] graduates were more likely to complete many
of the advanced mathematics, science, and engineering courses [e.g.,
only 16.8% of students in schools with a high poverty rate completed
trigonometry or algebra III, versus 26.2% in schools with a very low
poverty rate; similarly, only 49.6% in high poverty rate schools
completed chemistry, whereas 67% completed chemistry in low poverty
rate schools; see tables 1-9 and 1-10 below for more details]. For
some subjects, a significant different existed only between schools
with very low poverty rates and all other schools (Indicators, page
1-23).
Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality
Most mathematics and science teachers have the basic teaching
qualifications of a college degree and full state certification.
At least 75% of 2003 mathematics and science teachers with less than 5
years of teaching experience participated in practice teaching before
their first teaching job.
The majority of public high school mathematics and science teachers
had a college major or certification in their subject field, that is,
they were "in-field" teachers. Infield teaching was less common in
middle schools than in high schools.
In 2003, 78%-92% of mathematics, biology, and physical science
teachers in public high schools were teaching in field. Out-of-field
teachers (that is, teachers teaching their subject with neither a
major nor certification in the subject matter field, a related field,
or general education) ranged from 2% of physical science teachers to
8% of mathematics teachers.
The proportion of in-field mathematics and science teachers in middle
schools was lower (33%-55%) than in high schools (78%-92%). About
3%-10% were teaching out of field.
Teachers in schools with low concentrations of minority and low-income
students tended to have more education, better preparation and
qualifications, and more experience than teachers in schools with high
concentrations of such students.
Mathematics and science teachers in low-minority and low-poverty
schools were more likely than their colleagues in high-minority and
high-poverty schools to have a master's or higher degree and to hold
full certification.
Mathematics and science teachers in low-minority and low-poverty
schools were more likely to teach in field than their colleagues in
high-minority and high-poverty schools.
New mathematics and science teachers (those with 3 or fewer years of
teaching experience) were more prevalent in high-minority and
high-poverty schools than in low minority and low-poverty schools.
Professional Development of Mathematics and Science Teachers
Participation in induction and mentoring programs was widespread.
In 2003, 68%-72% of beginning mathematics and science teachers in
public middle and high schools reported that they had participated in
a formal teacher induction program or had worked closely with a mentor
teacher during their first year of teaching.
Teacher participation in professional development was common. However,
various features of professional development identified as being
effective in bringing about changes in teaching practices were not
widespread.
Teacher Salaries, Working Conditions, and Job Satisfaction
Attrition from teaching was typically lower than from other
professions and attrition rates of mathematics and science teachers
were no greater than the overall rate. Many were satisfied with being
teachers and planned to stay in the profession as long as they could.
In 2003, 90% of mathematics and science teachers said that they were
satisfied with being teachers in their schools, 76% planned to remain
in teaching as long as they could or until retirement, and more than
66% expressed their willingness to become teachers again if they
could start over.
In academic year 2003-04, about 59% of the public secondary schools in
the United States reported vacancies in mathematics teaching
positions, and of these nearly one-third said that they found it "very
difficult to" or "could not" fill those vacancies (Digest, page 19).
About one-third of public secondary schools with vacancies in
mathematics [32%] or physical sciences [31%] reported great difficulty
in finding teachers to fill openings in these fields, whereas 22% of
schools reported that this was the case in biology/life sciences
[similarly, 31% in ESL, 32% in foreign language, and 31% in special
education] (Digest, page 19).
Science and mathematics teacher salaries continue to lag behind
salaries for individuals working in comparable professions and the
gaps have widened substantially in recent years.
In 2003, the median salary for full-time high school mathematics and
science teachers was $43,000, lower than the salaries of professionals
with comparable educational backgrounds such as computer systems
analysts, engineers, accountants or financial specialists, and
protective
service workers ($50,000-$72,000). From 1993 to 2003, full-time high
school mathematics and science teachers had a real salary gain of 8%,
compared with increases of 21%-29% for computer systems analysts,
accountants or financial specialists, and engineers.
In 2003, 53% of public middle and high school mathematics and science
teachers said that they were not satisfied with their salaries.
Transitions to Higher Education
Over two-thirds of all U.S. high school graduates enroll in
postsecondary education immediately after graduation, although
immediate enrollment rates for low-income families are lower (Digest,
page 18).
Between 1975 and 2005, the percentage of students ages 16 to 24
enrolling in college immediately following high school graduation rose
from 51 to 69%, with increases evident across all income levels
(Digest, page 18).
Over 80% of high school graduates from high-income families attend
college immediately after graduation, compared with 54% from
low-income families (Digest, page 18).
______________________________________________________________________
Science and Engineering Indicators, Chapter 1, Appendix Table 1-9
*Click to enlarge.
Science and Engineering Indicators, Chapter 1, Appendix Table 1-10
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Death, Taxes, and Grad School
One of the many differences between me and my friends who got "real
jobs" after college is how Uncle Sam (and his state- and city-level
brethren) decide we should be classified in the tax code. Since it's
getting to be that time of year again, I figured I'd try to relate
some of the confusion I've experienced because of the
non-intuitive-ness of it all.
Back in high school and college, I got a W-2 at the end of the year
for any job I held, listing how much had been withheld from my
paycheck for federal and state tax, etc. All it took to do my taxes
(and get my refund!) was the aptly named 1040-EZ.
In grad school, I was lucky enough to be awarded a fellowship. There
is a difference in the way the federal government regards the various
forms of grad-student income.
Princeton required me to TA for one semester, and that year I had a
combination of fellowship and salaried income, so I remember that mess
particularly fondly.
Permit me to explain:
If you're TA'ing a class (or, as Princeton calls it, acting as an AI
or a preceptor), that is considered salaried work, so you still
receive a W-2 and have federal and state taxes withheld. There is no
money withheld from fellowship income at Princeton. (Is this different
anyplace else?) That means I don't get a W-2.
Instead of the 1040-EZ, I have to use the tax tables to estimate what
my tax will be for the coming year and send in a stub with a check to
the U.S. Treasury quarterly. Then, I have to use a 1040-A form to
report my estimated payments and deduct that from my calculated tax.
There's a fine if you don't pay a certain amount of estimated tax in
advance, so that's why I don't just pay up in one chunk on April 15th.
The state-level taxes have the potential to add another layer of
complexity, but I've been lucky because fellowship stipends are not
taxable in the state of NJ, so I'd always get a little bit of a refund
there. I grew up in NJ, so I didn't bother changing my residency or
anything, either. (Now that I live in PA, I need to look into whether
I'll owe tax at state level). City-dwelling grad students, how
complicated is the tax situation for you?
Just for kicks, I'll link to Princeton's tax requirement sheet. I
don't think you need to have an on-campus IP address to access it.
You always hear tell of random grad students who don't pay their
taxes, figuring that it isn't worth the government's time to audit
someone who only makes 19K a year. Good luck with that. I don't have
zombies in orange jumpsuits
Zombies in orange jumpsuits!
Who knew that Filipino prisoners could dance like that?
They also do a version of Hail holy queen from Sister Act (but I like
the zombies better)
2006_03_01_archive
Indian Science Blogging
It appears that Scian Melt is running again. Issue #14 is up on Topix
of general interest.
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History Carnival
History Carnival #26 is up on World History Blog.
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New Carnival!
The inaugural Carnival of Biotechnology is up on Biotech Blog.
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Tar Heel Tavern - call for submissions
GingerRivers will be hosting the Tar Heel Tavern # 54.
The theme is grace. How do you define grace? Where do you find it?
What, or whom have you seen it in? This tavern will focus on grace, on
these questions. Write a poem, a short essay, send in a photograph
with a caption ~ whatever you choose. Post your entry on your blog.
Submit it to Tar Heel Tavern by sending an email with "Tar Heel
Tavern" in the subject field of your e-mail to: gingerivers AT yahoo
DOT com
Send: The name of your blog; The title of the post; The URL of your
post. Additional blurb about it is also a nice touch and may be used
to introduce your entry. Send the entries by Saturday 2/25 at 9PM and
the Tavern will be up on Sunday morning.
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Looking for Science on "Science And Politics"?
With so many miscellaneous posts here, sometimes I get asked where is
science on this blog and where is politics on this blog. Nobody digs
through the Archives of course, and with 1414 posts here, it is hard
to sift through all the carnivals, memes, quizzes, cartoons,
linkfests, blog-friend shout-outs, navel-gazing, meta-blogging etc.
Not to mention that Blogger does not automate categories, so I am
always 3-4 months behind in doing it manually.
The blogging gurus suggest that one should often link back to old
posts. I do that, actually, quite often, mostly in posts about
politics. I noticed that, when they moved to their new digs at SEED,
several science bloggers posted their lists of "best of" posts. I
found those lists very useful. I never dug through their archives so
this was an easy and quick way to get to know their older stuff.
I have recently compiled a list of "best of" political posts here, so
now I should do the same for science. This is an attempt at such a
"best of " list, putting together the best of science blogging both
from "Science And Politics" and from "Circadiana". I hope you find it
useful.
I often just report on new cool research with no commentary. Sometimes
I add a brief comment of my own:
Do We Also Taste Just Like Chicken?
Bipolar Disorders
Zebrafish Research at BU
Circadian Rhythm in Visual Sensitivity
Melanopsin
I Am Seeing Red
Beached Whale Recycling
Now this is some cool science!
How Period and Timeless Interact in Fruitflies
Circadian Rhythms, or Not, in Arctic Reindeer
Persistence In Perfusion
Ah, Zugunruhe!
Ants are amazing!
More often, I use the reports on new research to make connections to
the Big Picture, or to other areas of science or beyond:
Malaria and Melatonin: Co-evolution Around The Circadian Clock
Diversity of insect circadian clocks - the story of the Monarch
butterfly
Serotonin, Melatonin, Immunity and Cancer
Revenge of the Zombifying Wasp
Lithium, Circadian Clocks and Bipolar Disorder
Some hypotheses about a possible connection between malaria and
jet-lag
Penguins have to rush sex - 'quicky' is the new norm
Sometimes it is not new research, but blog posts, books, articles, or
some old historical stuff that prompts me to write a long post:
What Are Gonads For (Among Else)?
Evolution Project And A Truly Fair And Balanced Fox
Lysenko Gets A D-Minus On My Genetics Test
The Mighty Ant-Lion
Did A Virus Make You Smart?
Development of the human sleep patterns
Science of Fiction, or, why we still read Sherlock Holmes
Diurnal rhythm of alcohol metabolism
Circadian Clocks in Microorganisms
Lunar Rhythms in the Antlion
Circadian Rhythms in Human Mating
What is a 'natural' sleep pattern?
Clocks in Bacteria I: Synechococcus elongatus
Do sponges have circadian clocks?
Clocks in Bacteria II: Adaptive Function of Clocks in Cyanobacteria
Sometimes I even post my own hypotheses or even my own unpublished
data:
Does circadian clock regulate clutch-size in birds? A question of
appropriatness of the model animal.
Influence of Light Cycle on Dominance Status and Aggression in
Crayfish
Chossat's Effect in humans and other animals
I have no qualms about putting in my two cents in controversial areas
of science:
More On Female Orgasm
Does Tryptophan from turkey meat make you sleepy?
Sleep Schedules in Adolescents
More on Adolescent Sleep
Of course, science reporting in the media drives me crazy, sometimes
strongly enough to write about it:
Sixth Sense? Give Me A Break!
Sex On The Brain of the science reporters
I like to review whole lines of research in plain English:
(Non) Adaptive Function of Sleep
Bipolar? Avoid night shift
Clocks, Migration and the Effects of Global Warming
Seasonal Affective Disorder - The Basics
My most popular post ever, on all of my blogs, is this one, combining
the recent research, review of whole lines of research over the
decades, and social and personal relevance of such research:
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep
I have written several times on topics related to science education:
Teaching Scientific Method
Some Thoughts On Use Of Animals In Research And Teaching
Dr.Love-of-Strange, or How I Learned To Love The Malaria...
My first high-school teaching experience
Great Men, History of Science
Great Men, History Of Science, Take Two
Teaching Evolution Successfully
Teaching Biology To Adults
An attempt at communicating science to lay audience on a blog
Teaching Biology Lab - Week 1
Teaching Biology Lab - Week 2
Teaching Biology Lab - Week 3
When Should Schools Start in the morning?
Teaching Biology Lab - Week 4
I have reviewed some books:
Books: Collapse by Jared Diamond
Books: Biased Embryos and Evolution by Wallace Arthur
Tomasello - Part I
Tomasello - Part II
Books: Evolution's Rainbow by Joan Roughgarden
I have listed science-related books on occasion:
Holiday Reading: Science Books
Reading Recommendations: Books about Clocks and Sleep
Essential Science Fiction
What Is Lab Lit?
I have mused about the way science and Internet are connected:
Blogs and the Future of Science
Quorum Sensing and the Blogosphere as a Superorganism
Science BloggerCon?
Some bloggers bash Creationists every day. It's not my style, but I
could not resist taking a stab at it myself a few times:
Definition Of Theory As In Theory Of Evolution
Evolution/Creation Discussions on DailyKos
Why Creationists Need To Be Creationists
Do We Need An Anti-Creationist Think-Tank?
Creationism Is Just One Symptom Of Conservative Pathology
Reverend William Paley's Circadian Clock
On Bush' Endorsement of Intelligent Design Creationism
And Creationism is not the only pseudoscience I paid attention to:
What This Blog is NOT About: Biorhythms
I came here from Yugoslavia 15 years ago, but I still have one ear out
to the news from over there. Sometimes, they make news in science...or
pseudoscience, that warrant blogging about:
I Take This Personally
Saga Continues
Serbs Like Darwin After All
Darwin In Serbia, He Said, She Said
More On Darwin In Serbia
Astrology Academy in Serbia
A new meaning of 'having a buzz'
Anti-Darwinian Lunacy in America: View from Serbia
A Pyramid in Bosnia?
Update on the Pyramid in Bosnia
This was so long, I had to split it into four parts. I wrote it in
1999 so it is six years out of date and both science and the
philosophy of science have moved on since then, but it is well
referenced and it is an interesting snapshot of the Zeitgeist, as well
as the only time anyone put together heavy-duty history of science,
philosophy of science, evolutionary biology and chronobiology all in
one place:
What Would Darwin Do (WWDD)
WWDD1: Darwinian Method
WWDD2: Darwin On Time
WWDD3: Whence Clocks
WWDD4: Power of Darwinian Method
Circadiana is a science-teaching blog-to-be, so you can learn the
basics of chronobiology there:
What Is Chronobiology
Basic Concepts and Terms
Clock Evolution
On Methodology
Forty Five Years of Pittendrigh's Empirical Generalizations
Circadian Organization
To Entrain Or Not To Entrain, That Is The Question
Circadian Organization In Mammals
Circadian Organization in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates: Birds
Circadian Organization in Japanese Quail
Entrainment
Phase-Shifting Effects of Light
Constructing a Phase-Response Curve
Using The Phase Response Curve
Interpreting The Phase Response Curve
PRC Atlas
Short History of Clock Genetics
Seasonality
Photoperiodism - Models and Experimental Approaches
One of those posts, a simple, educational post with not great axe to
grind may actually be the most valuable one after all. Why? Because it
is a reference in a scientific paper! Do you know of any other blog
posts that have been cited in scientific literature?
Blog-post as a scientific reference
And of course, this blog being titled "Science And Politics",
sometimes I try to connect science and politics in various ways:
Political Brain
Political Brain No.2
Political Brain No.3
Candidates' Circadian Profiles
Early To Rise Early To Bed...
God, Genes and Conservatives
Genocentrism Aids Anti-Abortion
Lefty and Righty excesses of pseudo-science
Political Affiliation on Campus
Fear = Bad; Anger = Good
Should Republicans be allowed to have (or adopt) children?
I have collected links when more-or-less important events happened:
Size Does Matter, or Does It?
Penis Blogging Week Continued
One-stop shopping for blog responses to the NYT series on Intelligent
Design Creationism
It's Over in Dover
Darwin Day Blog Celebrations
I tried to teach Bart Simpson algebra seven years in a row...
I like giving shout-outs to my blog-friends, including science
bloggers, so here are a few link-fests:
Evolution/Creation Debate
Evolution of the Intelligent Blog Design
IDC Blog Craze
Evolution Today
Link-Love: Weekend Science Blogging
Link-Love: A little bit of science blogging
Link-Love: some more science blogging
Link-Love: science-blogs down the alphabet, Part III
Link-love: more Alphabet Soup of science blogs
Link-Love: science-blogs down the alphabet, Part V
Link-Love: Continuing with the Alphabet of Science Blogs
Link-Love: Continuing with the Alphabet of Science Blogs - Part VII
Link-Love: Science Blogs Qs and Rs
Link-Love: Continuing with the Alphabet of Science Blogs - Part IX
Link-love: Catching up with the shifty alphabet of science blogs
Or do you just want to look at pretty pictures of strange critters?
Monday Cool Insectivore Blogging
Coturnix- Japanese Quail
Cockroaches
Quail
I have hosted a number of science-related carnivals:
Tangled Bank #19
Tangled Bank #51
Circus of the Spineless #6
I And The Bird #19
Animalcules, Volume 1, Issue 4
Grand Rounds #47
Grand Rounds v.2 n.20
Skeptic's Circle #5
Skeptic's Circle #23
...and many more...
Finally, I have written personal posts that are science-related and
this one is my all-time favourite:
How To Become A Biologist
which also got published on LabLit.com as
How to become a biologist
See also some others:
I, Coturnix
Where Did My Son Get His Smarts?
From The Mouths Of Babes...
At The Science Fair
My Equestrian Past
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Tangled Bank
Oldies music edition of the Tangled Bank is up on Aetiology!
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How to frame the anti-choice movement
MJS on Corrente Wire has a great post, called Democratic Talking Point
Oracle Appears as Vaginal Schematic, that makes an interesting
suggestion - make the anti-women crowd squirm by talking bluntly about
vaginas, penises and other organs they rather not know exist.
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Obligatory Readings of the Day
Lots of them today:
A Change In The Wind: Largest Insect Epidemic in North American
History:
That's according to the Canadian Forest Service. Hat tip to the
Washington Post, for an excellent story about the spread of the
Mountain Pine Beetle, a tiny little critter that for eons has been
controlled by cold winters...but no longer.
"It's pretty gut-wrenching," said Allan Carroll, a research
scientist at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, whose studies
tracked a lock step between warmer winters and the spread of the
beetle. "People say climate change is something for our kids to
worry about. No. It's now."
Dr.Biobrain: God's Big Kick and Faith After Death.
Big Monkey, Helpy Chalk: A Qualified Defense of Standardized Testing
in Higher Education.
Archy: Beware of frozen mammoths - part 2: The admiral and the
mammoth.
Sean explains the way a computer solved a problem without running it
at all in: Quantum interrogation
Echidne and Amanda rip into John Tierney and he gets what he deserves.
Environmental Action Blog: Americans Will Support Gas Tax Increase
If...
I applaud every excuse to post a picture of Scarlett Johanssen, as in
Anatomically modern gentlemen prefer blondes on Archaeoblog. Update:
Here is another blonde cave-woman.
Global Warming, the only issue that is REALLY serious, as it is global
and long-term and irreversible, ranks dead last in a recent survey of
what the government should focus on: Matt Nisbett reports.
Everything made its way into science fiction. Even my old oft-repeated
harping that conservatives are hierarchical and liberals
individualistic. See Musical Perceptions: The evils of hierarchy. I'll
have to get some Octavia Butler stuff to read soon.
Mahablog has been on the roll lately. See Obliviousness on healthcare,
Rights, Facts, Comments and Kibble on abortion, and The Bush Policy
Flow Chart on Rovian politicking, among else.
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Carnival of Education
Carnival of Education #56 is up on The Education Wonks.
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2006 BlogAds blog survey
After the great success of the Blogads blogosphere surveys of 2004 and
2005, Henry Copeland of BlogAds is launching the new, 2006 survey. Go
here and answer some questions. (For Question #23 put "Science And
Politics" if you want)
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Quotes on Counting
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that
counts can be counted.
- Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the
number of apples in a seed.
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our
blessings.
- Eric Hoffer, 1902 - 1983
It's not the quantity, but the quality of friendships that counts.
That's the difference between 'counting off' and 'counting on.'
- Jimmy Tom
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very
wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible
to count them accurately.
- Oscar Wilde, 1854 - 1900
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
- Jean Paul Getty, 1892 - 1976
From Quotes of the Day
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Carnival of the Liberals
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Carnival of the Liberals #7 has been posted at Throw Away Your TV.
Jeff has done an outstanding job with the usual eclectic, informative
and witty selection of quality liberal blogging but has added his own
special twist. Throw Away Your TV is a video blog and as such Jeff has
gone out of his way to choose a video quickclip to highlight every
post in this edition. The video clips are often times funny, sometimes
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