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Also, Burma and Myanmar are only transliterations into Received Pronunciation and other non-rhotic dialects of English. There isnāt any R-sound in the name so they are bad fits for other dialects.
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A good deal of my fossil data come from that troves. If we never got another one, fine. Iāve been toying with the idea of being able to model human conflict in paleo data. Itās a known bias for most samples from collections. That and human laziness: side-of-the-road effect is a known effect where the organisms closest to human habitation are the most well-sampled.
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Is there something about fossils that makes it easier to establish provenance? Archaeological finds from war zones are missing half the contextā¦ (if not more)
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Provenance? Not really. But we know that weāre unlikely to dig in areas with conflict. For any model that incorporates the sampling rate of fossils (usually a parameter that conflates fossilization probability with the actual act of sampling), we should be able to ācorrectā for our ability to search for fossils in the present. Like, regions that didnāt used to be at the bottom of the ocean will have terrestrial fauna. But we canāt get at it.
Then again, I cried today trying to model the probability of fossilization as dependent on body size, and having body size evolving through time. So maybe we canāt.
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An ultra klugey clock chip-- and how to know if your supplier is selling fake chips.
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Couldnāt have happened to a better billionaire, Steve Green, owner of Hobby Lobby.
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I donāt understand any of this, but itās interesting.
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The site is known for its water- and weather-eroded rocks, which since they were formed over 325 million years ago have assumed fantastic shapes.[1] In the 18th and 19th centuries, antiquarianssuch as Hayman Rooke wondered whether they could have been at least partly carved by druids,[2] an idea that ran concurrently with the popularity of James Macphersonās Fragments of Ancient Poetry of 1760, and a developing interest in New-Druidism. For up to two hundred years, some stones have carried fanciful names, such as Druidās Idol, Druidās Altar and Druidās Writing Desk.
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While exploring the Russian State Library, I chanced upon a work of erotic fiction published in French, in 1908. (Lord Kidrokstockās āEducation Anglaiseā) It appeals to a fairly specific fetish. And it was published in a limited edition of 750 copies.
Why was this acquired?
Why was this kept?
Why was this nominated for digitization?
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Maybe because that author name needed to be recorded for history.
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Other authors published by L āEĢdition Parisienne include AimeĢ Van Rod and Lord Birchisgood.
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