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7 Habits of Effective People
by patio34 inthere was a 1-day class on this book recently and now am reading the book.. it's a wonder to me all the vistas that are opening up now that the wtbs blinders are off.
wow!
it's a readers' paradise.. the borg would have one think there is nothing to be learned outside of their wisdumb.
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Homosexuals and Evolution
by patio34 inon monday past, the la times health section had an article on homosexuality, especially the traits visible in young toddlers.
it also delved into possible causes of homosexuality and the latest research and theories.. there was an interesting comment in the article something like "it's a peculiarity in evolution that homosexuality occurs because it precludes procreation.
" in evolution, whoever produces the most offspring are the ones who pass on their genes.
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Contact Equals Suicide?
by patio34 indidn't find an appropriate forum for this unique perspective:.
'our planet spends billions on searching for extraterrestrial life.
have they never thought seriously about the question: what would happen if we found it, or if it found us.
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I'll Never Pinch You Again!
by patio34 inyou may be wondering about that subject line .
here's the rationale:.
the other day, without thinking, i flicked my 4-yr-old grandson on the cheek playing around.
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Conventions & "Apostates"
by patio34 injust throwin' this on the table:.
who are those people outside of the conventions every year with signs?
we always called them apostates, but who knew?
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Looking for diet pal(s)
by patio34 ini'm starting a new diet today and would like to find some diet pals here.
we could share tips, stories, wins, losses, trade suggestions, and just do the sort of thing a weight watcher's might do.
i did go to ww for a while, but now have my two little grandsons staying with me and can't get to a ww meeting.. hopin' to hear from you!.
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Alan F: Dateline TV Show?
by patio34 inalanf,.
in the thread on greenlees, you mentioned an upcoming dateline tv show on jws handling of molesters.
could you please post the time, etc.?.
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Capsule of Evolution
by patio34 inthis section from 'the blind watchmaker' by richard dawkins has really answered questions for me:.
the language appears to be arbitrary n the same sense as a human language is arbitrary (there is nothing intrinsic in the sound of the word "house", for instance, which suggests to the listerner any attribute of a dwelling).
'given this, it is a fact of great significance that every living thing, no matter how diefferent from others in external appearance it may be, 'speaks' almost exactly the same language at the level of the genes.
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Billie Elliott
by patio34 inbe sure to see this movie!
i was so moved by it.
it was so well done and the ending is nothing short of fantastic!
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Jesus Born of a Virgin?
by patio34 inhere is an excerpt from 'middle eastern mythology' by s. h. hooke regarding the viriginity and reasons thereof for mary:.
"the third tendency at work in the matthaean birth narrative raises the larger question of the borrowing of mythological material from pagan sources.
we have already seen that, in describing the divine activity in creation the hebrew writers made use of sumerian and babylonian creation myths .