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Unit 21: Day 4, Alma 59–63
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Lesson 148: Ether 7–11
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The brother of Jared was saddened by his people’s request to be led by a king. He said, “Surely this thing leadeth to captivity” (Ether 6:23). His prophecy was fulfilled two generations later. During the reigns of many kings, the Jaredites went thro... |
I thought about holding off on this post until the next time somebody in the news declares that gay men are to blame for the sexual abuse of children. I'd probably only have to wait a couple of weeks at most. But I've decided to go ahead and put this research notice out there, so that hopefully the next time this issue... |
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They are called cooks. It's like saying there are amateur heartsurgeons.
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This couplet by Peretz (from "The Ballad of Monisch") describes how the Rabbi's wife has neglected to pay attention to her cooking on the stove:
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This question comes from reading Andre's question where I wandered whether that question even makes sense physically. In mathematics, VOAs form a category, does this category as a whole have a physical interpretation?
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Why do we always classify states under covering group representations instead of the group itself? For example see the following picture I lifted from 'Symmetry in physics' by Gross
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Where next for the NHS?
• 7 February 2013
• From the section Health
• comments
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The ageing population is creating challenges for the NHS
Across 1,781 pages, the public inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal has forensically set out what is wrong with the NHS system.
The report d... |
brain/body size and intelligence
John H. johnhkm at
Tue Nov 9 06:18:12 EST 1999
Brain\body ratio isn't that good. Have a look at Terrance Deacon, The
Symbolic Species, pp. 160 circa for a good overview of this subject. It
isn't going to be a single ratio, according to Deacon mice have a ratio
twice as good as us, whi... |
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