Lessons From Chomsky | Current Affairs

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/12/lessons-from-chomsky


_- Steve

Enheduanna - Ancient History Encyclopedia

https://www.ancient.eu/Enheduanna/


— Steve Smith

Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-disprove-conjecture-made-to-save-black-holes-20180517/


_- Steve

Amazon.com : Carbon Express Blade X-Force Crossbow Ready-to-Hunt Kit (Rope Cocker/3 Bolt Quiver/3 Crossbolts/Rail Lubricant/3 Practice Points/4x32x 40mm), Camo, One Size : Sports & Outdoors

https://www.amazon.com/Express-Crossbow-Crossbolts-Lubricant-Practice/dp/B06XDHHDBJ


_- Steve

The Life Scientific - Daniel Dennett on the evolution of the human brain - BBC Sounds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b08kv3y4


_- Steve

Southwest Road Trip Planner: The Best Campgrounds, National Parks and Hidden Gems

Southwest Road Trip Planner: The Best Campgrounds, National Parks and Hidden Gems
https://www.adventuresportsnetwork.com/travel/southwest-road-trip-planner/

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Meet The Linux Desktop That's More Beautiful Than Windows 10 And MacOS

Meet The Linux Desktop That's More Beautiful Than Windows 10 And MacOS
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/10/meet-the-linux-desktop-that-blows-away-windows-10-and-macos/amp/

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The Best History Books of 2018 | Five Books Expert Recommendations

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/best-history-books-2018/


_- Steve

Lessons From Chomsky | Current Affairs

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/12/lessons-from-chomsky


_- Steve

Monitor staff picks the best 2018 nonfiction titles

Monitor staff picks the best 2018 nonfiction titles
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2018/1207/Monitor-staff-picks-the-best-2018-nonfiction-titles

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Andy Serkis revives his Gollum character in parody of Theresa May | Daily Mail Online

Actor Andy Serkis has revived his Gollum character from the Lord Of the Rings films in an unflattering parody of Prime Minister Theresa May and her Brexit deal.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6479005/Andy-Serkis-revives-Gollum-character-unflattering-parody-Theresa-Mays-Brexit-deal.html

_- Steve

Eight Takeaways From the Mueller and SDNY Filings Against Michael Cohen

Eight Takeaways From the Mueller and SDNY Filings Against Michael Cohen

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/michael-cohen-mueller-sdny-sentencing-trump-russia-takeaways.html

_- Steve

AZ trail

https://aztrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/29_MormonLake.pdf

Lessons From Chomsky | Current Affairs

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/12/lessons-from-chomsky

If I were to summarize the main points I've taken from Chomsky's writings and talks, they would be this: You should have both compassion and consistency, care about freedom and fairness alike, and be rational, curious, and humble. Note again that this doesn't matter whether you are a linguist or a political scientist; it's not the subject that matters so much as the method.

_- Steve

Forbes: Three Everyday Things That Couldn't Exist Without Quantum-Mechanical Spin

Three Everyday Things That Couldn't Exist Without Quantum-Mechanical Spin
Forbes

The intrinsic spin of the electron is one of the strangest properties introduced by quantum physics, but without it we wouldn't have complex molecules, permanent magnets, or solid objects. Read the full story

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Migrants don't bring disease. In fact, they help fight it, report says

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/migrants-don-t-bring-disease-fact-they-help-fight-it-n944146


_- Steve

A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play | Science

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1140.full


— Steve Smith

High-Flow Experiment - Dan Ransom Photography

http://www.danransom.com/2018/12/high-flow-experiment-grand-canyon/


_- Steve

IoT: Intro to Intel Edison sponsored by Intel | Meetup

https://www.meetup.com/phxmobi/events/220427786/


_- Steve

Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years | Literary Hub

https://lithub.com/here-are-the-biggest-fiction-bestsellers-of-the-last-100-years/


_- Steve

The Ten Best Science Books of 2018 | Science | Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-best-science-books-2018-180970954/


_- Steve

The U.S. National Academies Reports on the Prospects for Quantum Computing - IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/the-us-national-academies-reports-on-the-prospects-for-quantum-computing


_- Steve

Our Favorite Crime Books of the Year | CrimeReads

https://crimereads.com/our-favorite-crime-books-of-the-year/


_- Steve

Timber cove

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https://www.timbercoveresort.com/

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City Council declines to support Rojo Grande housing development outside of city limits - Sedona Red Rock News - Sedona News, Jobs, Things to Do

http://www.redrocknews.com/news/88888896-city-news/89408-city-council-declines-to-support-rojo-grande-housing-development-outside-of-city-limits


_- Steve

David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/03/david-attenborough-collapse-civilisation-on-horizon-un-climate-summit


_- Steve

The 50 Best Albums Of 2018

The 50 Best Albums Of 2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/671206573/the-50-best-albums-of-2018-page-1?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=203004

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The Fifth Column - Analysis, Commentary, Sedition | Listen via Stitcher Radio On Demand

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-2


_- Steve

Coast starlight

https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Coast-Starlight-Schedule-010818.pdf





_- Steve

The Best Science Books of 2018 | Five Books Expert Recommendations

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/best-science-books-2018/


_- Steve

Elements of Statistical Learning: data mining, inference, and prediction. 2nd Edition.

https://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/ElemStatLearn/


_- Steve

Coconino National Forest - Verde River

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recarea/?recid=70863


_- Steve

WIRED: iTunes Doesn't Encrypt Downloads—on Purpose

iTunes Doesn't Encrypt Downloads—on Purpose
WIRED

While HTTPS has made the web at large a much safe place, Apple has chosen to forgo it for iTunes and App Store downloads. Read the full story

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Back Pain May Be The Result Of Bending Over At The Waist Instead Of The Hips : Shots - Health News : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/26/587735283/lost-art-of-bending-over-how-other-cultures-spare-their-spines


_- Steve

The deepest problem with deep learning – Gary Marcus – Medium

https://medium.com/@GaryMarcus/the-deepest-problem-with-deep-learning-91c5991f5695


_- Steve

Scientists Prove a Quantum Computing Advantage Over Classical

https://www.rdmag.com/article/2018/10/scientists-prove-quantum-computing-advantage-over-classical


_- Steve

7 Things You Need to Build a Low-Cost YouTube Studio

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-low-cost-youtube-studio/


_- Steve

Legacy of President George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/01/the-ignored-legacy-of-george-h-w-bush-war-crimes-racism-and-obstruction-of-justice/


— Steve Smith

How we spent two weeks hunting an NFS bug in the Linux kernel | GitLab

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/14/how-we-spent-two-weeks-hunting-an-nfs-bug/


_- Steve

N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy is a triumphant achievement in fantasy literature - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/17/16156416/n-k-jemisin-broken-earth-trilogy-the-stone-sky-fantasy-book-review


_- Steve

'Heirs of the Founders' profiles the 'second generation' of great American leaders

'Heirs of the Founders' profiles the 'second generation' of great American leaders
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2018/1113/Heirs-of-the-Founders-profiles-the-second-generation-of-great-American-leaders

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George Bush Sr calls Trump a 'blowhard' and voted for Clinton

George Bush Sr calls Trump a 'blowhard' and voted for Clinton
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41871958

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How Climate Change Will Affect Each Region of the United States

How Climate Change Will Affect Each Region of the United States

https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/climate-change-impact-united-states-regions.html

_- Steve

How to Hike Nepal's Incredible 150-Mile Annapurna Circuit - The Trek

https://thetrek.co/annapurna-circuit-nepal/


_- Steve

JOURNAL: Central Planning and The Fall of the US Empire - Global Guerrillas

https://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/07/journal-central-planning-and-the-fall-of-the-us-empire.html


_- Steve

Stop Using Adam Smith and F.A. Hayek to Support Your Political Ideology - Evonomics

http://evonomics.com/stop-using-adam-smith-and-hayek-to-support/


_- Steve

Alexander Acosta gave Jeffrey Epstein the deal of a lifetime | Miami Herald

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html


_- Steve

“When You Get That Wealthy, You Start to Buy Your Own Bullshit”: The Miseducation of Sheryl Sandberg | Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/sheryl-sandberg-harvard-business-school-leadership

This is what you get when you hire women oligarchs trained only in career advancement using the BS of the Harvard business school.

The "fake-it" approach of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes or the "amoral is okay profit at any cost" approach of Sheryl Sandberg.

_- Steve

AZ - Dog - Arizona Consolidated Dog Laws | Animal Legal & Historical Center

https://www.animallaw.info/statute/az-dog-arizona-consolidated-dog-laws


_- Steve

Format Document

https://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/11/01025.htm&Title=11&DocType=ARS

The owner of a dog which bites a person when the person is in or on a public place or lawfully in or on a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, is liable for damages suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner's knowledge of its viciousness.

_- Steve

WBU-16-0008 - In the Matter of Jim Kapsales | Department of Energy

https://www.energy.gov/oha/downloads/wbu-16-0008-matter-jim-kapsales


_- Steve

Memento (2000) : Movie Plot Simplified Ending Explained | This Is Barry

https://www.thisisbarry.com/single-post/2017/09/28/Memento-2000-Movie-Plot-Simplified-Ending-Explained


_- Steve

Grand Canyon's Horn Creek: Finding the historic route to the river | Recreation | azdailysun.com

https://azdailysun.com/lifestyles/recreation/hiking/grand-canyon-s-horn-creek-finding-the-historic-route-to/article_286b838b-a886-5aa9-b5d0-7f8761f292c9.html


— Steve Smith

Serial

Serial Thriller, Season 1 by Serial Thriller
https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/serial-thriller-season-1/id993535538

Everything We Know About Russia and President Trump | Committee to Investigate Russia

https://investigaterussia.org/timelines/everything-we-know-about-russia-and-president-trump


_- Steve

Inside story: How Russians hacked the Democrats' emails

https://www.apnews.com/dea73efc01594839957c3c9a6c962b8a


_- Steve

Terrorism USA

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OPSR_TP_TEVUS_Terrorist-Attacks-US_1970-2013_Report-508.pdf





_- Steve

NASA approves Funding Plans for 2018 Launch of Mars InSight Lander – Spaceflight101

http://spaceflight101.com/nasa-approves-funding-plans-for-2018-launch-of-mars-insight-lander/


_- Steve

Renewable energy

https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2018/Jan/IRENA_2017_Power_Costs_2018.pdf





_- Steve

[1811.07153] Robust Website Fingerprinting Through the Cache Occupancy Channel

https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.07153


_- Steve

Camping Near Sedona, AZ, United States | Free Campsites Near You

https://freecampsites.net/#!Sedona,%20AZ,%20United%20States


_- Steve

A Nobel laureate recounts the story of his quest to discover the structure of a key molecular machine

A Nobel laureate recounts the story of his quest to discover the structure of a key molecular machine
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2018/11/19/gene-machine/?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Science-Magazine-(@sciencemagazine)&utm_term=SciMag&utm_content=AAAS

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EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies - MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612458/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/


_- Steve

Parenting Doesn't Matter (Or Not As Much As You Think) | Intelligence Squared on acast

https://www.acast.com/intelligencesquared/parentingdoesntmatter-ornotasmuchasyouthink-


— Steve Smith

Interesting quote from "Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel"

Hi - I'm reading "Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel" by Lee Child and wanted to share this quote with you.

""You were committing a crime on public land. I would be failing in my duty as a citizen if I didn't point it out. That's how civilization works.""

Start reading it for free: http://a.co/3yyeGCa
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NASA InSight: How the Mars robot will survive entry, descent, landing - Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-insight-mars-mission-landing-when-what-time-2018-11


_- Steve

'I just can't believe we finished': 315-mile trail loop around Maricopa County completed

Check out this article from azcentral:

'I just can't believe we finished': 315-mile trail loop around Maricopa County completed

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2018/11/23/maricopa-county-finishes-315-mile-trail-around-valley-hiking-biking-regional-park/2057310002/


_- Steve

Parenting Doesn't Matter (Or Not As Much As You Think) | Intelligence Squared on acast

https://www.acast.com/intelligencesquared/parentingdoesntmatter-ornotasmuchasyouthink-


_- Steve

Herschend Enterprises takes over Pink Adventure Tours - Sedona Red Rock News - Sedona News, Jobs, Things to Do

http://www.redrocknews.com/news/88888896-city-news/82818-herschend-enterprises-takes-over-pink-adventure-tours


_- Steve

Look Back At The Birth Of The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber In This Intimate New Video Series - The Drive

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24605/look-back-at-the-birth-of-the-b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber-in-this-intimate-new-video-series


_- Steve

The Physics of Glass Opens a Window Into Biology | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physics-of-glass-opens-a-window-into-biology-20180611/


_- Steve

zotero - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?q=zotero&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari


_- Steve

E. coli O157:H7 | E. coli Food Poisoning

https://about-ecoli.com/ecoli_o157


_- Steve

The Top 10 Stand Up Comedy Specials of 2018

http://time.com/5444300/best-stand-up-2018/


_- Steve

The Five Defining Lines of William Goldman

The Five Defining Lines of William Goldman
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/11/19/18102720/william-goldman-screenwriter-most-iconic-lines

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From Kingman to Flagstaff: Rickety Cricket Brewing opens local tap house downtown | Local | azdailysun.com

https://azdailysun.com/news/local/from-kingman-to-flagstaff-rickety-cricket-brewing-opens-local-tap/article_b5bf73e8-3d94-5145-ba33-4f4a630202cd.html


_- Steve

Stephen Smith - Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University

https://www.cmu.edu/energy/people/alpha-list/stephen-smith.html


_- Steve

Stephen L. Smith - Home page

http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sls5/


_- Steve

The Best Way To Save People From Suicide - The Huffington Post

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-help-someone-who-is-suicidal


_- Steve

Best American Whiskey: How An Underdog Won 2018

Best American Whiskey: How An Underdog Won 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/fredminnick/2018/11/16/best-american-whiskey-how-an-underdog-won-2018/

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The 7 Best Cheap Whiskeys Under $40

The 7 Best Cheap Whiskeys Under $40
https://gearpatrol.com/2018/11/17/best-cheap-whiskey/

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Interesting quote from "Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel Book 1)"

Hi - I'm reading "Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel Book 1)" by Michael Connelly and wanted to share this quote with you.

"I just want what you've got, Renée. Not too many have it." "Not sure I know what you're talking about." "Yes, you do. You know. You have that thing—maybe one in a hundred have it. You've got scars on your face but nobody can see them. It's because you're fierce. You keep pushing. I mean, I'd be dog food right now if it wasn't for what you've got. So let's work together. Let's work cases. Badge, no badge, it doesn't matter. I'm past all of that now anyway. I don't know how much time I've got left, but whatever I have, I want to use it to go out there and find people like Dillon. And one way or another, take them off the board.""

Start reading it for free: http://a.co/1CA7xTq
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London-based Alt-pop Band Belle Mt. Premiere "Hydra" | Wonderland

http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2018/11/09/premiere-belle-mt-hydra/


— Steve Smith

How To Prepare For Retirement Using The Three-Bucket Approach

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenhua/2016/11/11/leonard-cohen-legacy-his-hydra-home-that-inspired-his-music-and-writing/


— Steve Smith

Learn more about the FIRST STEP Act

https://www.firststepact.org/


_- Steve

Economics Prof Tyler Cowen says our overwhelming priorities should be maximising economic growth and making civilization more stable. Is he right? - 80,000 Hours

https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/tyler-cowen-stubborn-attachments/


_- Steve

Northrop Grumman: Total Contributions | OpenSecrets

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000170&cycle=2018


_- Steve

Increased intelligence is a myth (so far)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950413/


_- Steve

What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/magazine/placebo-effect-medicine.html


_- Steve

Tired of elections that don't seem fair? Iowa has a better way

https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/david-haynes/2018/01/18/gerrymandering-redistricting-iowa-wisconsin-republicans-democrats/1042660001/


— Steve Smith

Legacies of World War One | Five Books Expert Recommendations

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/aftermath-world-war-one-wade-davis/


_- Steve

Northwood

https://www.northwoodinvestors.com/index.html


— Steve Smith

50 of the Greatest Science Fiction & Fantasy Debut Novels Ever Written

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/50-of-the-greatest-science-fiction-fantasy-debut-novels-ever-written/


_- Steve

Letters

My Dear Reggie,

In these dark days, men tend to look for little shafts of light that spill from Heaven.  My days are probably darker than yours, and I need, my God I do, all the light I can get. But I am a decent fellow, and I do not want to be mean and selfish about what little brightness is shed upon me from time to time.  So I propose to share with you a tiny flash that has illuminated my sombre life and tell you that God has given me a new Turkish colleague whose card tells me that he is called Mustapha Kunt.

We all feel like that, Reggie, now and then, especially when Spring is upon us, but few of us would care to put it on our cards.  It takes a Turk to do that.

— Sir Archibald Clerk Kerr, the serving Ambassador to the Soviet Union, in a letter to Lord Pombroke dated  6th April 1943

_- Steve

In the balance: scientists vote on first change to kilogram in a century

In the balance: scientists vote on first change to kilogram in a century
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/09/in-the-balance-scientists-vote-on-first-change-to-kilogram-in-century

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Neutral Theory of Evolution Challenged by Evidence for DNA Selection | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutral-theory-of-evolution-challenged-by-evidence-for-dna-selection-20181108/


— Steve Smith

Semiconductor Engineering .:. Testing Millimeter Wave for 5G

https://semiengineering.com/testing-millimeter-wave-for-5g/


_- Steve

Bob Dylan’s "More Blood, More Tracks": A First Listen | No Depression

http://nodepression.com/article/bob-dylan's-more-blood-more-tracks-first-listen


_- Steve

PortSmash attack punches hole in Intel's Hyper-Thread CPUs, leaves with crypto keys

PortSmash attack punches hole in Intel's Hyper-Thread CPUs, leaves with crypto keys
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/02/portsmash_intel_security_attack/

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Newsletter Archive – Mindful Resistance

http://mindfulresistance.net/newsletter-archive/


_- Steve