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By mikethemadbiologist on May 19, 2010.

We're having a very wet Wednesday. Time for links. Science:

A Piece of Internet History: Duke to shut Usenet server, home to the first electronic newsgroups
Brand-new research: Vast increase MRSA, CA-MRSA diagnoses among kids
CREDIBILITY
Troubling New Research on MRSA in Kids
Knowledge and Use of Cumulative Antimicrobial Susceptibility Data at a University Teaching Hospital
Near misses fuel gambling addiction

Other:

Hermeneutic Circle Jerk
NPF: WHY ED HATES RADIOHEAD, AND MANY OTHER THINGS
When you're an ed-deformist, who needs evidence?
Don't rush to link teacher evaluation to student achievement
More On Liberal Values And The Ruth Institute
Shut Up You Stupid Woman : Revisited.
How to attack the mortgage-interest tax deduction
A perfect storm for unemployment in June
Pornland, Oregon: Child Prostitution in Portland
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