Saturday, February 27, 2016

Gins « St. George Spirits

http://www.stgeorgespirits.com/gins/


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Shared from Twitter: Bernie Sanders is right: Bill Clinton’s welfare law doubled extreme poverty - The Washington Post



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Unprecedented scientific report says bees and other pollinators are in dire need of help - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/26/unprecedented-scientific-report-says-bees-and-other-pollinators-are-in-dire-need-of-help/?tid=ss_tw


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Acetaldehyde



Acetaldehyde is a product of most hydrocarbon oxidation reac- tions and is a normal intermediate in the respiration of most higher plants. It is found in trace amounts in many plant products, includ- ing apples, broccoli, co ee, grapefruit, grapes, lemons, mushrooms, onions, oranges, peaches, nectarines, pears, pineapples, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries, sour cherries, and mango. It has been de- tected in the essential oils of alfalfa, rosemary, balm, clary sage, daf- fodil, bitter orange, camphor, angelica, fennel, mustard, peppermint, and lychee, and in oak and tobacco leaves and cotton leaves and blos- soms  



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Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600889/google-unveils-neural-network-with-superhuman-ability-to-determine-the-location-of-almost/


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HHS releases 13th Report on Carcinogens | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/hhs-releases-13th-report-carcinogens#.VtHJ60eqPgQ.twitter


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HHS releases 13th Report on Carcinogens | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/hhs-releases-13th-report-carcinogens#.VtHJ60eqPgQ.twitter


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Floride mech

https://www.sso.ch/fileadmin/pubmed/smfz-2012-11-02.pdf

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Will we ever stop using fossil fuels? | MIT News

http://news.mit.edu/2016/carbon-tax-stop-using-fossil-fuels-0224


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Trump Will Be the Nominee and the GOP (Unfortunately) Will Be Fine

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imortal/2016/02/24/trump-will-be-the-nominee-and-the-gop-unfortunately-will-be-fine/

The GOP has been cultivating the Trump electorate for generations now. You can draw a direct line from Nixon's "silent majority," through Reagan's sunny obliviousness, through George W. Bush's flippant swagger, through rabid anti-intellectualism of Sarah Palin, right to the substanceless jingoistic braggadocio of Donald Trump. For decades, the Republican Party has succeeded by intentionally fostering an electorate of fanatical ignoramuses, and now this their harvest. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imortal/2016/02/24/trump-will-be-the-nominee-and-the-gop-unfortunately-will-be-fine/#sthash.je9l3EQj.dpuf

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HPV vaccine

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/02/23/hpv_rates_are_down_but_stopping_related_cancers_requires_more_vaccination.html


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Friday, February 19, 2016

Shared from Twitter: Patterico's Pontifications » The Apple iPhone and the San Bernardino Shooters: It’s Not What You’ve Been Told



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The chips are down for Moore’s law : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/the-chips-are-down-for-moore-s-law-1.19338


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The chips are down for Moore’s law | Richard Dawkins Foundation

https://richarddawkins.net/2016/02/the-chips-are-down-for-moores-law/


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Renta Tent Sedona

http://rentatentsedona.strikingly.com/


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Shared from Twitter: Mark Cuban Commends Apple, Proposes New Law For Tech Security | TechCrunch



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Shared from Twitter: Secret Memo Details U.S.’s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones - Bloomberg Business



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How to Make Your iPhone Battery Last Longer - iPhone Charging Tips

https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/how-to-make-your-iphone-battery-last-longer-iphone-charging-tips


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More co2

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/02/18/too_much_carbon_dioxide_is_a_very_bad_thing.html


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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

No, Wi-Fi Does Not Cause Cancer | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/no-wi-fi-does-not-cause-cancer


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A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140122-a-new-physics-theory-of-life/


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Franklin Graham Says There’s Just “One Election Left” Before Godless Secularists Get All the Power

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/02/15/franklin-graham-says-theres-just-one-election-left-before-godless-secularists-get-all-the-power/


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HotWhopper: Why does science denier Bob Tisdale tell such big fat lies at WUWT?

http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2016/02/why-does-science-denier-bob-tisdale.html#more


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The era of abundant oil | Matt Ridley

http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-oil-price/


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Ars Technica: Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data

http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2016/01/ars-technica-thorough-not-thoroughly.html


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MSU's Jain elected to National Academy of Engineering | MSUToday | Michigan State University

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2016/msus-jain-elected-to-national-academy-of-engineering/?utm_campaign=standard-promo&utm_source=msuedu-news-links&utm_medium=msuhome


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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Shared from Twitter: David Axelrod: A surprise request from Justice Scalia - CNN.com



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Loading Rate: Part 1: What does it mean for you? | an athlete's body

http://anathletesbody.com/2011/02/07/loading-rate-part-1-what-does-it-mean-for-you/


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Vertical Impact Loading Rate in Running: Linkages to Running Injury Risk

http://runblogger.com/2011/02/vertical-impact-loading-rate-in-running.html


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Greater vertical impact loading in female runners with medically diagnosed injuries: a prospective investigation -- Davis et al. -- British Journal of Sports Medicine

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2016/01/07/bjsports-2015-094579.abstract

Vertical average loading rate
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Why We Get Running Injuries (and How to Prevent Them) - The New York Times

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/why-we-get-running-injuries-and-how-to-prevent-them/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nythealth&smtyp=cur


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Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years : SCOTUSblog

http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/supreme-court-vacancies-in-presidential-election-years/


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Climate

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/02/14/video_series_has_short_interviews_with_climate_scientists_to_help_with_denial.html


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Friday, February 12, 2016

Critics of National Monuments are Two Steps Behind Western Public Opinion – Center for Western Priorities

http://westernpriorities.org/2016/01/28/critics-of-national-monuments-are-two-steps-behind-western-public-opinion/


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Zika

"the whole question of whether Zika virus is causing microcephaly is complicated. Of course, if there's one thing that attracts answers that are simple and wrong, it's complex epidemiological questions about whether a given putative etiological agent is actually causing the disease or condition that it's suspected of causing."

Of course, that brings the loony tunes out, from anti-vaxers, anti-GMOs, to Monsanto haters.

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/02/11/zika-virus-and-microcephaly-antivaccine-warriors-say-its-vaccines-that-did-it/

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Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly — Brazil, 2015 | MMWR

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e2.htm


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New link between Zika virus and microcephaly is found in Brazil | PBS NewsHour

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/new-link-between-zika-virus-and-microcephaly-is-found-in-brazil/


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Dining around Arizona: 9 great spots in Sedona

http://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/road-trips/2016/02/11/best-sedona-restaurants-arizona/79897370/


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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Shared from Twitter: Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them - The New Yorker



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Harvard Study on Fluoride & Neurotoxicity: Not What it Seems

http://ilikemyteeth.org/harvard-study-fluoride-neurotoxicity/


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Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491930/


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WHO | Naturally occurring hazards

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/naturalhazards/en/index2.html

Fluoride is a desirable substance: it can prevent or reduce dental decay and strengthen bones

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Why do Windows functions all begin with a pointless MOV EDI, EDI instruction? | The Old New Thing

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110921-00/?p=9583


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Shared from Twitter: The Top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Middle Class | Center for American Progress



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Is Donald Trump a fascist? An expert on fascism weighs in.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/02/is_donald_trump_a_fascist_an_expert_on_fascism_weighs_in.2.html

this country has the strongest economy in the world and is still the strongest military power in the world without any close rival. The trends are not downward unless you were offended by the presence of a black man in the White House.

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Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested

Put the biggest rancher welfare cheat in jail where he belongs:

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/02/11/nevada-rancher-cliven-bundy-arrested/80219266/


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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Computerworld: HP plans to continue with Itanium in servers for HP-UX customers


HP plans to continue with Itanium in servers for HP-UX customers
Computerworld

Intel's Itanium has an uncertain future, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise is committed to an upcoming chip, code-named Kittson, that is the next step in the venerable chip line. This could be good news for users who count on running apps on the chip family for some time to come. HPE will offer Kittson in new Integrity and Superdome servers, said Jeff Kyle, director of product management for enterprise servers at HPE. HPE didn't provide a specific release date for the servers. Itanium servers are Read the full story


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Sports Medicine Research: In the Lab & In the Field: Reduce the Risk of Injury with a New Pair of Shoes (Sports Med Res)

http://www.sportsmedres.org/2016/02/reduce-risk-of-injury-with-new-pair-of.html


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It's official: Intel shuts down the cheap overclocking party by closing Skylake loophole | PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3031255/hardware/its-official-intel-shuts-down-the-cheap-overclocking-party-by-closing-skylake-loophole.html


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Monday, February 08, 2016

[WATCH] Halsey’s ‘Love Yourself’ Cover: Sings NSFW Version Of Justin Bieber Song - Hollywood Life

http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/02/05/halsey-love-yourself-cover-justin-bieber-song-video/


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Gene editing could create medicines and self-fertilising crops. But are we facing another GM food-style furore? | Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/07/gene-editing-fertilising-crops-medicines-but-is-it-safe?CMP=share_btn_tw


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Math 101: A reading list for lifelong learners |

http://ideas.ted.com/math-101-a-reading-list-for-lifelong-learners/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=math


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Watch the Destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius, Re-Created with Computer Animation (79 AD) | Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/watch-the-destruction-of-pompeii-by-mount-vesuvius-re-created-with-computer-animation-79-ad.html


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Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school - BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35519414


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The Oregon Standoff and the Need for Good Lawyers - The Atlantic

Their program for federal land is dangerous—the end of federal stewardship, or even a radical cutback, would be catastrophic for Western lands. Their constitutional theory, too, is toxic. It has evolved out of the semi-literate, overtly racist theories of Mormon extremist W. Cleon Skousen. In essence, it proclaims the sovereign prerogative of white Christian men to take what they want and justify it in the name of an imaginary "organic Constitution" untainted by equality for women, nonwhites, immigrants, or religious minorities. I despise everything the Malheur occupiers claim to stand for.

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Shared from Twitter: Guest Post: “Why do some people have trouble believing science?”



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Top 10 Signs You May be a Feverish Selfish Little Clod | The Places That Scare You

https://theplacesthatscareyou.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/top-10-signs-you-may-be-a-feverish-selfish-little-clod/


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Friday, February 05, 2016

A sense of mystery results from the brain failing to shut down flights of fancy

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/epiphenom/2016/01/a-sense-of-mystery-results-from-the-brain-failing-to-shut-down-flights-of-fancy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BhaScienceGroup+%28Blog+-+Epiphenom%29

hat the researchers think is happening is that mystical experiences occur when we fail to identify clear, causal explanations for experiences. Damage to the frontal brain impairs our ability to generate these explanations, so the brain defaults to a cruder, less precise way of understanding the world around us. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/epiphenom/2016/01/a-sense-of-mystery-results-from-the-brain-failing-to-shut-down-flights-of-fancy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BhaScienceGroup+%28Blog+-+Epiphenom%29#sthash.jxdm3Vz0.dpuf

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Shtetl-Optimized

reproductive religiosity theory," which posits that the central purpose of religions is to enforce social norms around mating and reproduction

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Three and a half degrees of separation | Blog | Research at Facebook

https://research.facebook.com/blog/three-and-a-half-degrees-of-separation/


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Open Heart | Mobile

http://m.openheart.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000273.full


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Gene schizophrenia

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/02/schizophrenia_genes_found_not_so_fast.html


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Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Calling Steven Novella's bullshit


"it's between people who follow Enlightenment principles (freedom of speech and thought, free discussion of ideas, skepticism, tolerance for different world views) and those who believe in authoritarian principles (ideological purity, a list of topics which are beyond rational discussion, domatism, intolerance for anyone who disagrees)".

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Ted Cruz Isn't Crazy – He's Much Worse | Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ted-cruz-isnt-crazy-hes-much-worse-20151204?page=5

it's the hemorrhoidal resentment for foreignness and change that leads your granddad to rage at anything that threatens his fantasies of the good old days.

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Shared from Twitter: 4FRI gets $10 million boost from Forest Service

4FRI gets $10 million boost from Forest Service from Arizona Daily Sun's Tweet

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Monday, February 01, 2016

U.K. Scientists Given Green Light To Edit Human Embryos | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/uk-scientists-given-green-light-edit-human-embryos


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Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation -- National Geographic Magazine

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/evolution-of-eyes-text

He created a simulation that starts with a small, flat patch of pigmented light-sensitive cells. With each yearlong generation, it becomes a little thicker. It slowly curves from a sheet into a cup. It gains a crude lens, which gradually improves. Even under the most pessimistic conditions, with the eye improving by just 0.005 percent each generation, it takes just 364,000 years for the simple sheet to become a fully functioning camera-like organ. As far as evolution goes, that's a blink of an eye.

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