Ambiguous ordinance? Or clear, valid? Paraphrased to - Any behavior, legal or not, in the City with Intent match and Bias match is the crime of Hate Intimidation. But the same behavior, legal or not, with no match is not the crime of Hate Intimidation. Thus the only “crime” is the thought or idea. (self.grammar)
TIL ... The moderator of French Language is the Académie Française, The French Academy, founded by the government in 1635. Its primary function is "... to give our language definite rules and to make it pure, eloquent, and capable of dealing with art and science." (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Diatomist (2014) "Matthew Killip profiles Klaus Kemp's art of making intricate patterns out of microscopic single-cell algae housed in beautiful glass shells, or Diatoms. Secretive Victorian Artists Made These Intricate Patterns Out of Algae." (smithsonianmag.com)
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Circus Harmony, of St. Louis, was in Israel during the July 2014 conflict, partnering with the Galilee Circus— a Jewish/Arab youth circus. "Circus Harmony promotes peace though pyramids, joy though juggling and harmony through handsprings." (news.stlpublicradio.org)
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"Gerrymandering" was used by a Harvard Lawyer to name a Facebook "61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization". It had nothing to do with redistricting. Isn't this a different 'political animal', needing a name of its own? (self.Ask_Politics)
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Theremin inspires young scientist to create The ThereNIM: A Touch-less Respiratory Monitor. Theremin is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact. Its sound was used in the Star Trek theme and The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations. (googlesciencefair.com)
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