John Gorenfeld reports that 700 Moonies in South Korea attacked a newspaper after the paper printed unflattering reports of the cult's activities. They smashed the front windows of the building, destroyed computers and other fixtures in the building, then sent some 200 text messages to the reporter who wrote the story telling him they were going to kill him. And this from an organization that owns newspapers all over the world, including the Washington Times in the US.
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When we look at a the data for a population+ often the first thing we do
is look at the mean. But even if we know that the distribution
I love this question:
Why is it warmer in the summer than in the winter (for the Northern hemisphere)?
Go ahead and ask your friends. I suppose they will give one of the following likely answers:
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Last week we looked at the organ systems involved in regulation and control of body functions: the nervous, sensory, endocrine and circadian systems. This week, we will cover the organ systems that are regulated and controlled.
Well, that's ONE way of keeping unflatering things out of the media. It's a really LOUSY way in that not only doesn't work, but makes them look like a bunch of homicidal maniacs, but it's one way of going about it.
Speaking of religious loonies, I heard on NPR this morning that Tom Cruise's ass has been canned.