Friday, March 05, 2021

Sedona Westerners - Red Rock News

https://sedonawesterners.org/news/archive/RRN-article-20150220.php


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What's Up with Ellis: Red Canyon, Nolan Draw and 4543 Sinkholes

https://ellisfprice.blogspot.com/2015/02/red-canyon-nolan-draw-and-4543-sinkholes.html


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Why the British Military Ran a Laundry Service and Massage Parlor - InsideHook

https://www.insidehook.com/article/military/british-military-ran-laundry-service-massage-parlor


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Best Hikes in Sedona + Flagstaff + Grand Canyon Area, Arizona

https://www.stavislost.com/region/sedona-and-flagstaff


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Hiking Loy Butte and Loy Ruins in Coconino National Forest, Arizona

https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/loy-butte


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(5) Quora

Question: There's a mathematician flying to Frankfurt. On board he encounters a middle aged woman who challenges him to test his skills. She gives him the following 2 clues: He has to guess her daughters' ages.

  • The product of my 3 daughters' ages is 36.
  • The sum of my daughters' ages is your seat number.

The mathematician is unable to solve it and asks for a final hint.

  • My youngest daughter has blue eyes.

The moment he hears the last clue, he is able to tell the ages correctly. Find the ages of the three daughters.

Solution

    1. Using the first clue,
      a*b*c = 36, Possibilities are:
      (1 - 1 - 36)
      (1 - 2 - 18)
      (1 - 3 - 12)
      (1 - 4 - 9)
      (1 - 6 - 6)
      (2 - 2 - 9)
      (2 - 3 - 6)
      (3 - 3 - 4)
    2. Using the second clue. You don't really know the seat number, but we would sum the possibilities anyway to see if it leads us a way.
      (a + b + c) = Seat Number
      (1 + 1 + 36) = 38
      (1 + 2 + 18) = 21
      (1 + 3 + 12) = 16
      (1 + 4 + 9) = 14
      (1 + 6 + 6) = 13
      (2 + 2 + 9) = 
      13
      (2 + 3 + 6) = 11
      (3 + 3 + 4) = 10
      Now logic says, if Mathematician's seat number would have been 11, he would have said the answer and wouldn't have required a third clue. He would need a third clue only in case of a confusion/doubt. We have two possibilities pointing towards 
      13.
    3. Third clue - The youngest daughter has blue eyes.
      (1 + 6 + 6) = 13
      (2 + 2 + 9) = 13 - Twin sisters - cannot decide youngest.

Hence, the required ages are 1, 6 and 6. This was a que

https://www.quora.com/


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The best Sedona hikes you haven't heard of: 5 less crowded, super scenic trails

Check out this article from azcentral:

The best Sedona hikes you haven't heard of: 5 less crowded, super scenic trails

https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/hiking/2021/03/05/best-unknown-hikes-in-sedona/6885689002/


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Thursday, March 04, 2021

50 Movies Roger Ebert Really Hated | Mental Floss

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76485/35-movies-roger-ebert-really-hated


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The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors - IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors


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cpu - Intel processor transistor type evolution - Retrocomputing Stack Exchange

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/16035/intel-processor-transistor-type-evolution


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National Scenic Trails - National Trails System (U.S. National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationaltrailssystem/national-scenic-trails.htm


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This Haunting Road Trip Through New Mexico Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget



This Haunting Road Trip Through New Mexico Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-mexico/ghost-towns-road-trip-nm/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=new-mexico&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=nlbuttonB3

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National Scenic Trails - National Trails System (U.S. National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationaltrailssystem/national-scenic-trails.htm


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The Serpent Trailer: Seduced by a Serial Killer’s Deadly Charm | Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-serpent-trailer-tahar-rahim-netflix


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Little Oblivions by Julien Baker review: one of 2021's best breakup records

https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/julien-baker-little-oblivions-review-best-of-2021-breakup-record.html


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Wednesday, March 03, 2021

What I Learned From My First Family RV Trip



What I Learned From My First Family RV Trip
https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/how-to-plan-a-family-rv-trip

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Friday, February 26, 2021

The New War on Woke | by Jeffrey Sachs | Arc Digital | Arc Digital

https://arcdigital.media/the-new-war-on-woke-ced9fd3699b


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Phenotypic and molecular evolution across 10,000 generations in laboratory budding yeast populations | eLife

https://elifesciences.org/articles/63910


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Driven to Abstraction: the inside story of a $60m art forgery hoax | Documentary films | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/28/driven-to-abstraction-documentary-art-forgery-hoax


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Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer ‹ Literary Hub

https://lithub.com/jonathan-lethem-why-shirley-jackson-is-a-readers-writer/


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Opinion | The Secret Life of a Coronavirus - The New York Times

Viruses, scientists realized, can hijack our cells because they have something profound in common with us: They write their recipes in the language of life. It turned out that those recipes could be exquisitely short. Humans carry 20,000 protein-coding genes. SARS-CoV-2 has 29. Other viruses need 10 or fewer

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-alive-dead.html


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Opinion | The Secret Life of a Coronavirus - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-alive-dead.html


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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Polar Gear of Yesteryear: Expedition Clothing 100 Years Ago

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/polar-gear-of-yesteryear-expedition-clothing-of-100-years-ago


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Study challenges validity of the psychological "Grit Scale"

However, new data emerged calling into question the existence of grit as a single trait. Based on a sample of students from the Philippines, Jesus Datu and colleagues showed that while the Grit Scale does measure both consistency of interests and perseverance, these are two distinct and independent traits that do not form a single overarching construct.

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-validity-psychological-grit-scale.html


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Humankind’s Origins, Medical Mysteries and Robots: Check Out These Must-Read Science Books | Discover Magazine

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/humankinds-origins-medical-mysteries-and-robots-check-out-these-must-read?utm_source=dsctwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dsctwitter


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State of confusion: Michigan's mental health system has many layers for those in need to navigate

a fresh look at the hugely complicated issue of integrating behavior & physical health in Michigan's $3B Medicaid mental health program.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/crains-forum/state-confusion-michigans-mental-health-system-has-many-layers-those-need-navigate


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Friday, February 19, 2021

Monday, February 15, 2021

Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal


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The CDC knows why U.S. life expectancy keeps dropping—but no one knows how to stop it | Popular Science

https://www.popsci.com/life-expectancy-declining/


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BBC News: Douglas Mawson: An Australian hero's story of survival


A plunge into the writhing storm-whirl stamps upon the senses an indelible and awful impression seldom equalled in the whole gamut of natural experience.  The world a void: grisly, fierce and appalling.  We stumble and struggle through the Stygian gloom; the merciless blast - an incubus of vengeance - stabs, buffets and freezes; the stinging drift blinds and chokes."

Douglas Mawson: An Australian hero's story of survival
One hundred years ago this week, Douglas Mawson returned home after two years of triumph and terror in East Antarctica.
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Immunoglobulin Somatic Hypermutation | Annual Review of Genetics

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.genet.41.110306.130340


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The Virus Is Evolving. But So Are Your Antibodies. - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/02/antibody-evolution/618004/


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The Pandemic's Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/covid-19-immunity-is-the-pandemics-central-mystery/614956/


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A Review of Kitchn's Butter-Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe | Kitchn

https://www.thekitchn.com/butter-roasted-sweet-potatoes-review-23124980


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