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The Little Algae That Could
A reader writes "This NewsFactor Network article says scientists have discovered a genetic "missing link" that helps to explain how primordial pond scum evolved into the land plants that now cover the Earth. Their conclusion: A type of green algae is the closest living relative of the first land plants."
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Well, like that owl said... I guess the world will never know!
I just heard some good news on talk radio - pedophile/homosexual writer The WIPO Troll was indicted in a federal district court in Alexandria, VA. The charges of libel and defamation of character stem from a series of blistering personal attacks on one CMDR Taco.
There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community hated him - there's no denying that he was a truly worthless twat.
An anonymous commander tacos is quoted as saying "I Thank General Ashcroft for suspending free speech, it allowed me to finally smoke this terrorist out of his hole"
Where Oprah came from! HEH HEH HEH
I am proud to proclaim to the world that I was lucky enough to meet, fall in love with, and want to marry my cousin. I could care less how others would view what is after all a personal matter!
I was surprised to learn that their is still an element of stigma attached to cousin marriage. Could you recommend any books,or other sources that would address these issues? Particularly,my future stepdaughter is concerned what the reactions of her peers would be if I married her beautiful mother.
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Dear Dale,
Congratulations on your wonderful attitude! If you read under misc, you will see that KC recommends a book "Forbidden Relatives". I haven't read it, but I understand that it is the definitive work on contemporary cousin marriage. And of course, you can always read my Q&A column, and the other great info KC has compiled at cousincouples.com.
I will say Dale that from the questions we get at "Dear Aunt Kate", and at peer acceptance is mixed. Close friends are usually accepting, but there can be some teasing from the crowd. Privacy is often the best approach when children are involved.
Yours,
Aunt Kate
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This is sort of off topic...but related to evolution. I heard a theory about the failures of the Miller-Urey experiment, but it wasn't very technical. I was wondering if anyone could verify this or explain it more (since I'm not much of a chemistry buff). Here it is...when doing the experiment, they purposely left out oxygen because they couldn't get anything useful to form in its presence. But without oxygen, there is no ozone. And without ozone, the UV rays would be much more intense and "destroy" the ammonia. That's where I'm not too clear. What does UV do to ammonia? It's definitely an interesting thought though.
Check out www.drdino.com for a great creation science website.
I think it is interesting how the textbooks teach kids about evolution by using deceitful tactics. They give examples of harmful mutations, yet they tell the kids that beneficial mutations are important in the process of evolution. I think that's because there is no such thing as a beneficial mutation! And if there is, it is probably so minor that it would not help advance the species in any significant way. It's certainly not going to turn algae into a tree. I think you all need to give up your theory.
Let me digress from the topic for a moment, to give you a little background information about scum.
Have you ever read The Lord of the Rings? It's an AWESOME book. The author has many talents, not the least of which are causing the reader to actually care for (and feel concerned about) the characters. One of my favorite things about the book is the way it makes me feel as though I'm on a perilous journey along with the characters. Many authors don't have that subtle talent. Furthermore, the story mixes storybook-style characters with serious characters and situations. This creates a very interesting style of comedy relief. In my opinion, the author has a great arsenal of writing talents. Not only is the story very interesting, but the writing style itself is a great part of the fun.
Now let me get back on topic and talk about scum. Lord of the Rings, the movie. That's scum. It's trash. It's garbage. The movie sucks so bad, my friend and I actually left the theater in the middle of the movie, disgusted. The book rocks. The movie sucks.
The movie cut 9 out of every 10 scenes out of the book, and several characters, and modified the events. It gave away all mystery (I forgot to mention the element of mystery present in the book) right at the beginning. The movie took a well written, well unfolding book and turned it into a flat, obvious and boring plot. The feeling of being on a journey was gone. Instead, my friend and I felt that the movie dragged on and on, and for nothing. The characters didn't look or behave "real." ALL the beauty of the book was lost. All that remains is plagiarism. I don't care if New Line Cinema licensed whatever--it's plagiarism as far as I'm concerned, and really bad plagiarism at that. You may as well make Lord of the Rings a 30 second flick where Frodo mails the ring to mount doom, and the postman tosses it in the flames for him, because this so-called "Trilogy" of movies isn't any better than that. In fact, it's worse because it's being advertised as something worthwhile.
Leave it at that. Don't waste your time (and corrupt what might otherwise be your good image of the book) by watching that horrible movie.
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