Thursday, August 27, 2015

National Expert Michael Remus Named Director of Special Education | Sedona.Biz - The Internet Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley

http://www.sedona.biz/education/national-expert-michael-remus-named-director-of-special-education/#more-28692


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Letter to The Editor: To Find The Truth, You Must Peel The Onion | Sedona.Biz - The Internet Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley

http://www.sedona.biz/editorial-and-opinion/letter-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor-to-find-the-truth-you-must-peel-the-onion/

Of particular concern to the City of Sedona are the repeated attempts by our State Legislature to take control of Federal lands. The consequences of such an action are unknown, but it appears that the legislators that support this idea (including the Senator for our district, Sylvia Allen) would like to open our forestlands for mining and other exploitation. A National Monument designation would likely be excluded from any National Forest acquisitions by a State.

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One Hundred Years of Arm Bars

http://grantland.com/one-hundred-years-arm-bars-gracie-jiu-jitsu-mma/


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The conservative case for reforming America's sick gun culture

The only test most people have to pass to gain access to weapons of exceptional lethal power is this: Do you have enough cash or credit?

That's not enough. Classical republican theory restricts arms ownership to those it deems responsible enough to uphold public order. Our system of guns as a consumer good, and our democratic presumption of good citizenship, puts guns into unsteady and untrained hands.


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For Athletes, the Risk of Too Much Water - The New York Times

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/for-athletes-the-risk-of-too-much-water/?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=1


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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Sophia Retreat and Event Center Dolores, Co

http://sophiaretreatcenter.com/


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Predicting who will murder his wife or his family | EurekAlert! Science News

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/nu-pww082515.php


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Let’s stop talking about “rights”, or at least don’t assert them as unquestionable givens « Why Evolution Is True

https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/lets-stop-talking-about-rights-or-at-least-dont-assert-them-as-unquestionable-givens/

I would prefer that we simply stop talking about "rights." That, of course, won't happen. But if we continue to do so, we should make it clear that they are social preferences, codified into law and behavior, that exist for reasons. This means that they are open for discussion, for of course "rights" will change as society changes. We now have a "right" to assisted dying (or so I feel), but that is something that reflects a chance in society's mores. Rather than "rights", I'd say "right", as in "it is the right thing to do to allow gays to marry". Or "it is the right thing to do to allow the terminally ill to end their own lives." Such a view allows us to discuss why these things are "right," and leads to possibility of constructive dialogue and examination of our own beliefs.

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Man dies after being run over by WWII tank on Jelly Belly chairman's property - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tank-runs-over-man-20150824-story.html

Headline of the week.

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If you want to understand Donald Trump, look to the success of the European far-right - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/25/9203405/trump-european-far-right

In most cases, immigration helps on all three scores. More immigration means at least marginally faster productivity growth, immigrants improve the ratio of working-age to retired people, and foreign-born health-care providers help contain the cost of caring for the elderly.

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History of infographics: Chart of American booms and busts up to 1943.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/08/24/history_of_infographics_chart_of_american_booms_and_busts_up_to_1943.html


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Monday, August 24, 2015

Sedona Area Maps

http://www.sedonaredrocktrails.org/SedonaTrailMaps.html


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Friends of the Forest Sedona

http://www.friendsoftheforestsedona.org/index.html


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Taleb on pinker

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pinker.pdf





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John Gray: Steven Pinker is wrong about violence and war | Books | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/13/john-gray-steven-pinker-wrong-violence-war-declining


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Why the US Leads the World in Mass Shootings


his study is the first to show empirical evidence that the aforementioned ownership rate "is the strongest predictor of [a country's] number of public mass shooters." His quantitative analysis, based on 46 years of data on mass shootings around the world, found that the US has 5% of the world's population but 31% of its public mass shootings (defined as the deaths of at least four people and excluding things like domestic incidents and fatalities during robberies). The US has the highest civilian firearm ownership rate, and Lankford says in a press release it's no coincidence that the other four in the top five—Yemen, Switzerland, Finland, and Serbia—are also in the top 15 for mass shootings.

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II then looks at the Facebook problem and the JOBS Act response. Given the technological changes covered in Part I, we argue that Congress missed the real issue when it increased the trigger for a company to have obligations under the 1934 Act from 500 investors to 2,000 because it continues to base that number on shareholders "of record," an archaic m 

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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Tweet by James Martin on Twitter

James Martin (@Pundamentalism)
Apparently when you're told to 'think Popeye' at the supermarket, they mean buy lots of spinach, rather than put your penis in olive oil.

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Do atheists really only make up less than 1% of the prison population?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/08/do-atheists-really-only-make-up-less-than-1-of-the-prison-population/

Another reason for the low representation of atheists in prison is that atheists tend to be well educated and have higher than average socio-economic status. Prisoners tend to be less educated and poorer than the average American. This points out a flaw in American society, not in atheists' morality." - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/08/do-atheists-really-only-make-up-less-than-1-of-the-prison-population/#sthash.wiCGwI3c.dpuf

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How do tech’s biggest companies compare on diversity? | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/20/9179853/tech-diversity-scorecard-apple-google-microsoft-facebook-intel-twitter-amazon


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Ben Carson and Sharia law

Evangelicals fuel Carson's rise; is that enough?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/23/politics/ben-carson-evangelicals-trump/index.html


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Friday, August 14, 2015

Oracle: Google has 'destroyed' the market for Java | ITworld

http://www.itworld.com/article/2971034/mobile/oracle-google-has-destroyed-the-market-for-java.html


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Gawker, Reddit, Free Speech and Such | Whatever

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/16/gawker-reddit-free-speech-and-such/

the sort of person who who says "free speech" when they mean "I like doing creepy things to other people without their consent and you can't stop me so fuck you ha ha ha ha" is pretty clearly a mouth-breathing asshole who in the larger moral landscape deserves a bat across the bridge of the nose and probably knows it. Which is why — unsurprisingly — so many of them choose to be anonymous and/or use pseudonyms on Reddit while they get their creep on.

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Selecting a Router or Switch for a Home Network - For Dummies

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/selecting-a-router-or-switch-for-a-home-network.html


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How to Reuse Your Old Wi-Fi Router as a Network Switch

http://www.howtogeek.com/174419/how-to-reuse-your-old-wi-fi-router-as-a-network-switch/


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Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Processor Tracing | Intel® Developer Zone

https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/09/18/processor-tracing


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Generating Flame graphs with Processor Trace at Andi Kleen's blog

http://halobates.de/blog/p/329


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Outdoors: Two ways to the top of Kendrick Mountain : Feature

http://azdailysun.com/print-specific/feature/outdoors-two-ways-to-the-top-of-kendrick-mountain/article_f6a10314-61c0-5eb7-aac0-9fb0b0be06a5.html


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Take Action! | Secular Coalition for America

https://www.secular.org/


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The Tricky Ethics of the Lucrative Disaster Rescue Business | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/search-and-rescue-for-sale/


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Learning Physics Is Tough. Get Used to It | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/learning-physics-tough-get-used/


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Intel targets gamers with sixth-gen 'Skylake' CPU launch

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/05/intel-skylake-desktop-enthusiast-cpus/


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How to Really Defend Planned Parenthood - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/opinion/how-to-really-defend-planned-parenthood.html?referrer=&_r=0

We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary. When we gloss over these truths we unintentionally promote the very stigma we're trying to combat. What, you didn't agonize? You forgot your pill? You just didn't want to have a baby now? You should be ashamed of yourself.

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Coconino National Forest - Planning

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/landmanagement/planning/?cid=stelprd3848527


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The social gospel of Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between the World and Me | The Christian Century

http://www.christiancentury.org/blogs/archive/2015-08/social-gospel-ta-nehisi-coates-between-world-and-me


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Unspinning the Planned Parenthood Video - Linkis.com

http://linkis.com/www.factcheck.org/20/CJ8W8


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Sunday, August 02, 2015

Saturday, August 01, 2015

The moral imperative for bioethics - Opinion - The Boston Globe


Biomedical research, then, promises vast increases in life, health, and flourishing. Just imagine how much happier you would be if a prematurely deceased loved one were alive, or a debilitated one were vigorous — and multiply that good by several billion, in perpetuity. Given this potential bonanza, the primary moral goal for today's bioethics can be summarized in a single sentence. 

Get out of the way. 

A truly ethical bioethics should not bog down research in red tape, moratoria, or threats of prosecution based on nebulous but sweeping principles such as "dignity," "sacredness," or "social justice." Nor should it thwart research that has likely benefits now or in the near future by sowing panic about speculative harms in the distant future. These include perverse analogies with nuclear weapons and Nazi atrocities, science-fiction dystopias like "Brave New World'' and "Gattaca,'' and freak-show scenarios like armies of cloned Hitlers, people selling their eyeballs on eBay, or warehouses of zombies to supply people with spare organs. Of course, individuals must be protected from identifiable harm, but we already have ample safeguards for the safety and informed consent of patients and research subjects.

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Small Pool of Rich Donors Dominates Election Giving - LGF Pages

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/317586_Small_Pool_of_Rich_Donors_Domi
Fewer than four hundred families are responsible for almost half the money raised in the 2016 presidential campaign, a concentration of political donors that is unprecedented in the modern era.

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New Laws Explain Why Fast-Growing Networks Break | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/new-laws-explain-fast-growing-networks-break/


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8 Hip Stretches Your Body Really Needs ‹ Hello Healthy

https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/8-hip-stretches-your-body-really-needs/


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Speed up your Internet for free | One Page | Komando.com


The big question is how to find a new DNS and how to know it will be any better than your current one. Google has a solution called namebench.

This lightweight program will test your DNS against other popular DNS servers. Once it finishes the comparison, it will give you detailed statistics on performance and recommend the best DNS for you to use.

Download Instructions

To download the program, navigate to the namebench download page by using my blue download buttons at the end of this article. On the left side of the namebench download page, there is a green header labeled "Featured." Here is where you will find the program you need.

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