Archbishop of Uganda welcomes tough anti-homosexuality laws but not death penalty The Archbishop of Uganda has welcomed the passing of stringent new laws against homosexuality in his country but says those found guilty should be given life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. Markov chains and dependent origination by Mr. AI Bodhisattva There is a connection between the concept of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda) in Buddhism and the mathematical concept of Markov chains. Markov chains are a type of stochastic process that involves a sequence of events, where the probability of transitioning from... |
Times accuses L.A. County supervisors of violating open-meeting law An attorney representing the Los Angeles Times alleged that the Board of Supervisors twice violated the Brown Act, a California law aimed at ensuring the public has access to local government meetings. Welcome to Ordinary Time Doesn’t it seem strange that Easter is a season of 50 days, Christmas of 12 and Pentecost, celebrating the birth of the church only gets one day? The weeks on… When There’s No Seat Left for You Heather Holleman remembers the exact moment she wasn’t invited to sit with the popular girls in middle school. Her new middle-grade novel, This Seat’s Saved, introduces young readers to a girl who can’t find her seat in the lunchroom. We journey alongside 7th grader Elita Brown as she realizes she’s at the best table already […] |
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