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Links 1/11/11

By mikethemadbiologist on January 11, 2011.

All ones in today's date. Deepak Chopra is no doubt proclaiming some mystical significance. Let's counteract that with some intelligent links. Science:

Hope and Change coming to Texas State School Board: Dr. Michael Soto!
UPDATED Asian Carp DNA Found: Nothing Between Them and Great Lakes
A simple change would help the NIH grant process contribute less to the leaky pipeline

Other:

It's Time to Rethink the Charity Deduction
Norquist Triumphant
An Extremely Long Metaphor to Explain Mortgage Chaos
Got Dough? Public School Reform in the Age of Venture Philanthropy
We Are Ruled By Truly Stupid People
Slave Labor - in N.C. & CA on the rise - Const and Dental workers impacted (if they were paid a similar wage to free workers, this would be OK, but this is just another way to depress wages)
The Rise of the New Global Elite
Gender, power, and the Giffords shooting

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