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  • Soccer Fairy 7:03 am on June 23, 2006 Permalink | Comments  

    The Physics of Beckham 

    <p>I had a great time in England, visiting my parents and catching as much of the World Cup as was reasonable. On Tuesday night we watched England as they managed a draw against Sweden to finish the first round at the top of their group, ensuring a second round match-up against Ecuador on Sunday. I&#8217;ll be watching that one back in the U.S., since I flew back yesterday, and although I&#8217;ll enjoy it, it won&#8217;t be quite the same as watching the game back in England.</p>
    <p>Despite his reputation, David Beckham hasn&#8217;t really been pulling his weight in my opinion. Nevertheless, there have been a few moments of that wonderful Beckham touch, such as the one that led to the very fist goal in England&#8217;s first game against Paraguay.</p>
    <p><img class=”alignleft” width=”226″ src=’http://cosmicvariance.com/wp-images/beckham.jpg’ alt=” /></p>
    <p>For those of you unfamiliar with Beckham&#8217;s specialty, it is the perfectly weighted curving ball, sometimes used [...]

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  • Soccer Fairy 1:16 pm on June 15, 2006 Permalink | Comments  

    Quick Hits 

    <p>Stuff going on in the blogosphere:</p>
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    <li><a href=”http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/15/64611/5920″>Darksyde</a> writes about <a href=”http://www.bradmiller.org/”>Rep. Brad Miller</a>&#8217;s attempt to provide protection for scientific whistleblowers employed by the government. Since pressuring scientists to make their results conform to politically-desireable outcomes is standard operating procedure for the current administration, such protection is especially valuable and timely.</li>
    <li><a href=”http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2006/06/13/national-acadamies-of-science-to-congress-loosen-the-purse-strings/”>Phil Plait</a> reports that the National Academy of Sciences has released their <a href=”http://fermat.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11644″>advice to Congress concerning NASA</a>. Guess what? Not nearly enough money is being allocated to accomplish what the agency is being asked to do. Since science is one of the first things to go when the budgets fall short, let&#8217;s hope Congress actually listens.</li>
    <li><a href=”http://scienceblogs.com/”>ScienceBlogs</a>, you may have noticed, has expanded. Among CV favorites that have found a new home within the Borg collective are <a href=”http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/”>Dynamics of Cats</a>, <a href=”http://scienceblogs.com/loom/”>The Loom</a>, and <a href=”http://scienceblogs.com/mixingmemory/”>Mixing Memory</a>; Bora Zivkovic of <a href=”http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/”>Science and [...]

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