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  white caps on the river

  by Glander in

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  we are having a strong east wind today.

  hopefully it will take off the rest of the leaves once and for all so i can rake them for the last time in 2012.. i walked down to the marina and the sailboats in our little harbor are rocking.

  i love the bell like sound of their rigging slapping against the masts and the seagulls are sitting tight.. the columbia flows from east to west towards the pacific.

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  Roys dog is almost this big. Sweet disposition, like a golden retreiver. I have never heard him bark.

  Livestock guardian breeds are usually relatively quiet.
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  A truce between Atheists and Non-Atheists?

  by palmtree67 in

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  ricky gervais tweeted this 11/14/12 and i totally agree with it:.

  "there are good atheists and bad atheists.

  there are good believers and bad believers.. no god has ever changed that.".

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  Assholes come in all kinds. Plenty of variety. That's not news.
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  white caps on the river

  by Glander in

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  2. friends

  we are having a strong east wind today.

  hopefully it will take off the rest of the leaves once and for all so i can rake them for the last time in 2012.. i walked down to the marina and the sailboats in our little harbor are rocking.

  i love the bell like sound of their rigging slapping against the masts and the seagulls are sitting tight.. the columbia flows from east to west towards the pacific.

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  botchtowersociety

  They do get big.

  
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  white caps on the river

  by Glander in

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  2. friends

  we are having a strong east wind today.

  hopefully it will take off the rest of the leaves once and for all so i can rake them for the last time in 2012.. i walked down to the marina and the sailboats in our little harbor are rocking.

  i love the bell like sound of their rigging slapping against the masts and the seagulls are sitting tight.. the columbia flows from east to west towards the pacific.

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  botchtowersociety

  Do you maybe mean Anatolian Shepherd?
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  "How Smart Can We Get?" Program on PBS tonight...

  by ziddina in

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  this was briefly mentioned on another thread, and i wanted to bring it to peoples' attention.... .

  pbs' "nova sciencenow" program tonight is titled, "how smart can we get?".

  the program description reads:.

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  botchtowersociety

  Bump...for future nootropics...
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  The End of Cheap Chinese Goods-What will it Mean for You?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the yahoo7 web-site (aussie version) carries an item with this heading.. find it at:.

  its clear (to me, anyway) that big changes are coming, and have been in the pipe-line for at least 5 years.

  it was about that long ago, that i noticed a news report saying that the guangdong (provincial) govt.

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  Another low cost manufacturer will step into China's place. There are billions of people in other countries.
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  "Papa John’s CEO Threatens To Make His Pizza Taste Worse Than It Already Does If Obamacare Not Repealed"

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  this is so brilliant:.

  http://www.freewoodpost.com/2012/11/14/papa-johns-ceo-threatens-to-make-his-pizza-taste-worse-than-it-already-does-if-obamacare-not-repealed/?fb_comment_id=fbc_464152183636910_4819387_464471203605008.

  papa johns will not back down to the big government stronghold trying to suffocate the fortune of ceo john schnatter.

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  Lots of reality denial on display here.
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  Human Devolution? Interesting Article...

  by AGuest in

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  are humans really getting dumber (may you all have peace)?

  there have many positions on this for both sides.

  saw an announcement on the news this morning and was intrigued: could it be true?

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  Human Devolution? Interesting Article...

  by AGuest in

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  are humans really getting dumber (may you all have peace)?

  there have many positions on this for both sides.

  saw an announcement on the news this morning and was intrigued: could it be true?

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  You didn't help her learn anything, Sab. I've discussed this subject with NC before, and she is well aware of interbreeding. She is also correct in stating that Sapiens is a different branch from Neanderthal sharing a common ancestor.
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  Human Devolution? Interesting Article...

  by AGuest in

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  are humans really getting dumber (may you all have peace)?

  there have many positions on this for both sides.

  saw an announcement on the news this morning and was intrigued: could it be true?

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  botchtowersociety

  There is no conflict between the two statements (99% and 3%). Both Sapiens and Neanderthals share common DNA in percentages exceeding 99%.

  These are DNA, but genes encoded in that DNA have variants. The majority of differences between Neanderthal and Sapiens genes are related to sperm and testis, smell, and skin. We see variations between humans too, even though 100% of the DNA is the same. Some of us carry gene variants that allow us to process milk, for example. Others have mutations that confer resistence to HIV. Same DNA, different mutations of those genes encoded in the DNA.