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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

My Mother, My Dear Mother...

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Judith 1938 - 2014 Here is an excerpt from her eulogy: Judy was born in Portland, ME [...]. Raised mostly in Hartford, CT, she spent a l...
Monday, November 03, 2014

Is the nearly extinct Northeast species of Republicans being brought back from the brink?

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I once did a post about the demise of New England Republicans . It seemed like they were gone for good. But could it be they are making a c...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Is Iran Our Allie Against ISIS?

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Maybe. We have goals in common on that and other issues, and despite harsh anti-American rhetoric from the Iranian Government, the people o...
Thursday, September 04, 2014

Language learning, before and after puberty

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One can learn a 2nd language, before or after, but the way the brain accomplishes that may change: Why Can't I Speak Spanish?: The Cri...
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How to educate Americans for jobs

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How to educate Americans for jobs? Ask the Germans, employers urge INDIANAPOLIS — Two years. That’s how long it takes William Lankin’s fas...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Largest outdoor arts festival in North America

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A Look Inside the Burning Man Festival Burning Man, held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, is the largest outdoor arts festival in North Amer...

"Preserving and expanding the world of sustainable order is the leadership challenge of our time"

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Order vs. Disorder, Part 3 [...] Seidman looks at the world through the framework of “freedom from” and “freedom to.” In recent years, he a...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

OSU: Languages and Small Farming

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I was looking at on-line language learning classes, and discovered that Oregon State University has one of the best on-line language learnin...

"Provoking Emotions" = "Political Intolerance"

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I guess it's good or bad, depending on if you are in power or not: S. African President Walks Out of Parliament Amid Chaos [...] Ear...

USB Devices and Malware Attacks

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New Flaws in USB Devices Let Attackers Install Malware: Black Hat [...] In a blog post providing more insight into the talk, Nohl and Lell...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Is Google Plus the next Borg? IMO, it's TMSTDW

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It sure looks like they are angling to be! I found this video kinda funny, kinda creepy: It was kinda informative too. It certainly na...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Esperanto as a bridge for language learners

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In a previous post about Esperanto , the video below, a talk at TEDx, was referenced. I recently got around to watching it: Published on...

"Blondie", Satanism, and Christian Contemplativism

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Two more interesting posts on the Philosophy for Life blog: Crowley’s Children A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog-post analysing the ...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Distraction as a form of Therapy

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These are from a philosophy blog I posted about last week: Distraction therapy, or ‘shut up and deal’ [...] Sometimes, in the darkness, w...

Not another NYT opinion piece on "inequality"?

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Yes. And no. It starts by talking about Thomas Pikety's book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", which everyone is talking...
Saturday, August 09, 2014

Would robots be better or worse for people?

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There are conflicting opinions: Pew: Split views on robots’ employment benefits WASHINGTON — In 2025, self-driving cars could be the nor...
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A real "Warp Drive" for Space Travel

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I had posted about this previously . Here is a video, talking about a possible prototype, if experiments on earth justify further research:...
Saturday, August 02, 2014

Who was Epicurus? And more.

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This blog page is probably the best thing I've read about Epicurus and Epicurians, it's answered most of my questions: EPICUREANS ...

A final blog post

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Not from me, but from the Being Human blog, which I had been reading because of the interesting links to philosophy. His last entry talks ...

A propulsion drive without fuel?

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Yes, and it may take us to Mars: EmDrive Is an Engine That Breaks the Laws of Physics and Could Take Us to Mars An experimental engine i...