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What did Pastor Darwin reveal and conceal about human origin
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What did Pastor Darwin reveal and conceal about human origin
After the detaching of the educational system from the church, some secret notions from the Enigmatic Book needed to become hidden from the secular audience.
That is why the brethrens nominated and helped generously their man, who was to concoct a theory of the human's origin which is to satisfy the educational system – Charles Darwin.
Actually, Darwin reveals to the alumni of the educational system that Adam was a primate but not more. This feature was discretely circulated by the brethrens to discretely differ from Darwin in order to peck secularly the educated "gudgeons".
The gene in the primates had been amassed for long time, but till the moment of the androgenic making of Eva came, there were no quality changes in the kind of proto-humans.
After the Falling into Sin the Godly hairy sons started freely to contract knowledge, got from Adam's family from the fig trees wood – up to the Deluge, whether from populace or waters.
Sure I do, he came from the same country
Of course the "science" came from churches in the past, as the clargymen were the only allowed to be educated. What's your point?
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
The illuminated clergymen know how the new kind in the fig tree forest has been conceived.
These monks keep the Secret - they and many secularly men have been conceived through it.
Mendel has a mission similar to Darwin's.
and BTW he was studying at the same University as me but never mind, because I see it really makes no sense to discuss with you.
I guess you just have some PC program, which you only feed with some "noble" words and make it to setle the senteces for you, don't you?
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
The laws of peas sort formation apply to a much bigger extent to mankind than schoolgirls suppose.
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QED. Random word parsing program, obviously.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Isaac Newton was a clergyman?
Ben franklin?
Off the top of my head, all are theist scientists which were not clergymen.
You can lie to yourself all you want about why they were all religious, and many were clergymen. But don't lie about the facts, which was that you "had to be" a clergymen." That is simply fabricated non-sense.
While I don't agree or follow the original post. I did not know that Darwin was a clergymen. I find it very interesting that atheists suddenly fought tooth and nail to remove religion from science in the late 19th century. Most scientists were philosophers and theologians before then. And everyday they homogenize even more as we get closer and closer to the real question we all want to answer "why are we here, and how did we get here?" This is both a scientific, religious, and philosophical question, not exclusively a "scientific" (in today's vernacular) one. As such, scientists should not be scorned, as they are today, for philosophizing and/or stating theological beliefs. There are many great scientists today who say they are atheist or agnostic, because they could lose their job and reputation if they don't. The modern collegian secular "scientific" community of today, is the 15th century church of yesterday.
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Church used to be one of the very few human endeavour that allowed a scholarly life for a long time. It has progressively changed since the middle age, and offered the possibility of a career of study and science to those beyond the nobility and the clergy, hence the growing number of non religious scientist. This is what JackBean was pointing out. Nothing more as far as I can see.
Unlike what you seem to think, reliogisity is not something that will prevent you to have a (successful) scientific career (over used high profile example: Francis Collins; but there are many more). And thinking a bout science and its implication, its ethics is quite fine, many people do and are not the least ridiculed for it. But if your religion makes you oblivious to facts, data and your biases then you will be ridiculed out of the profession for sure. And even that might not be even enough to get you out of the scientific "pantheon" (K. Mullis and F. Crick have had their lunatic moments, yet they merit still stand for themselves) nor even out of employment. For crying out loud there is such a thing as the Discovery institute! And please do not bring Ben Stein and the stupid expelled movie here.
If there are so many atheists in science it is probably because many people see how conflicting many religious dogma can be with respect to reality. And when your profession and passion revolves around testing hypotheses and doubting what cannot be tested, it becomes a bit hard to do just that in another part of your life.
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VIDEO: Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles visits Janesville school
JANESVILLE—Pity the bullies. They're dealing with difficult issues.
That was an unexpected message students at TAGOS Leadership Academy heard Wednesday from seven members of The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles.
Bullies often have been bullied themselves, said chorus member Jason Currie.
"You have to remember that the bully oftentimes is a victim acting out," Currie said.
The chorus members all talked about being bullied for their sexual orientation, something they will bring to the stage Thursday night in a show in Whitewater.
The members said they're still harassed for being gay, but they have learned to brush it off and love themselves.
Several students talked about fighting with bullies. Chorus members said violence is not the answer.
Students need to learn they can't win an argument with a bully, said Liesel Reinhart, the writer and director of the show.
"The victory is in knowing that you were right," she said. "You have to learn to be OK with that. That's the fight. The fight is inside."
"I really liked that part a lot," said Mercedes Jarabek, a TAGOS senior, after the presentation. "I'm definitely going to remember that next time."
Several chorus members suggested students learn to let go of the hurt.
"You just have to say, 'Am I going to focus on it that much?' Because it'll destroy you if you let it," Mario Mosley. "At some point, you just have to say, 'Whatever.'"
The show and presentation grew out of the It Gets Better Project, founded in 2010 after several highly publicized youth suicides related to bullying.
Chorus members said their goal is to encourage young people who are dealing with bullies not to give up.
"When you're an adult, the things that make you different are the things that make you successful, Reinhart said.
The group gave lessons in how to deal with difficult people in between songs, including "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, Taylor Swift's "Mean" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful."�
Chorus member Mario Mosley said the best way to stop bullying is to "spread the love" by finding reasons to say nice things to others.
TAGOS senior Kelsey Heaton was impressed at the chorus members' personal stories.
"I thought it was really cool, how they were so open about it and comfortable talking about it," Heaton said. "And they seemed so happy. They were smiling the whole time."
Heaton said she was inspired: "You can get through it, and there are other people, not just you. Because me, I felt alone, but there are other people out there struggling."
The fact that the chorus was invited to speak at TAGOS could be a good sign, chorus member Sacha Sacket suggested.
"Things are changing, maybe not as fast as we would want, but one of the best things we can do is be positive as we can and talk about these issues," Sacket said.
Several students said their teachers at TAGOS take the time to get to know them and care about their lives, and they don't experience bullying at the school.
"It's like a second home," said Beth Miller, a senior.
One student said he used violence to ward off the teasing he endured at his old school, but at TAGOS, that behavior has gone away.
Mosley responded: "Yay for this school!"
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Janesville, Milton to consider new food truck rules
JANESVILLE--If the selection of food trucks in Janesville doesn't suit your mood on a given day, you could always try the vendors in downtown Milton.
That could be one game plan if the Janesville and Milton city councils both approve proposals that would allow mobile food vendors in their communities.
Both city councils this month will hear proposals from their respective city staff on new licensing rules and regulations that would allow and regulate food vendors.
Janesville is overhauling a set of existing city ordinances, and Milton is crafting all new rules because the city has no ordinance that applies to mobile vendors, officials say.
Both communities would charge an initial licensing fee of $500 for food trucks. Janesville's rules would set a framework for how food vendors could operate in business, industrial and residential areas.
Under its proposal, Milton would limit vendors to operating mainly in public parking lots. Parking lot sites would face review and approval by city staff.
Janesville now has one active food truck, South Padre Seafood, which has operated since late last year in a private parking lot off West Court Street.
The owner, Chad Measner, moved his truck to the private lot after city officials told him ordinances don't allow food vendors to operate in public lots. Measner asked the city late last year to consider expanding its rules in a way that allowed him and other food trucks to operate on public property.
Janesville city staff held a listening session in March to get feedback on whether the public wanted food trucks in Janesville.
At a May public hearing in front of the plan commission, staff unveiled a proposal based in part on public feedback. The plan commission forwarded a recommendation for staff to rework the draft ordinance with a few changes.
That proposal is headed back to the plan commission for final review Monday. A set of ordinance and code changes would then face another public hearing and a potential vote by the city council June 9, said Gale Price, manager of band development services.
Janesville mobile vendors
Under a staff proposal, Janesville would allow food trucks and mobile vendors to use city-approved public lots or pull off traffic lanes alongside streets to serve customers on sidewalks.
Vendors would be allowed to operate in residential, commercial and industrial areas under certain guidelines. They'd have to remain stationary while selling.
Under the proposal, mobile vendors would be required to:
-- Have liability insurance and valid state and Rock County Health Department permits to handle and serve food from a vehicle or prepare food at a commissary offsite.
-- Pay an initial $500 licensing fee and a $250 annual renewal for food trucks. Food carts would pay a $100 annual fee.
-- Operate between 8 a.m. and dusk in residential areas and 9 p.m. in commercial areas. Vendors could operate until 3 a.m. in B-5 and B-6 business zones, most of which are located downtown. In residential or office areas, food trucks could only sell frozen, packaged confectionaries, shaved ice or bottled soda and water.
-- Keep a 200-foot buffer between food trucks and existing, licensed restaurants unless restaurant owners give a vendor written permission to park closer, Price said. Food carts wouldn't be allowed to block pedestrians' path on sidewalks.
-- Limit parking for food trucks and carts to one hour at a time in residential or office areas. That would prevent "somebody from perpetually staying in one location and becoming a nuisance," Price said.
-- Not park within 100 feet of a parade route or a block where a community event such as the downtown Janesville Farmers Market is being held. Price said the city would give vendors a list of restricted community events.
Also, vendors would need permission from the city's recreation director to operate in parks. They'd need permission from private owners or leaseholders to park in private lots or areas considered leased public space.
Price said an ice cream shop owner at the May public hearing was concerned a 200-foot buffer for food trucks is not enough distance. Price said there are "plenty of space and options" in most areas of downtown Janesville for mobile vendors to operate within the buffer.��
The city earlier had proposed a cap of 15 food trucks and 25 cart licenses a year, which some on the plan commission opposed. A proposed ordinance excludes caps.
Milton mobile vendors
Milton has no rules on the books for mobile vendors, which means food trucks are not regulated in the city, but they're not prohibited either.���
The city first grappled with the issue in 2012, when Delavan-based Mexican food restaurant Los Agaves began selling food from a truck in Merchant Row on the west side.
At the time, operators at a tavern complained the food truck interfered with the tavern's own taco night, officials said. The truck agreed to move to a parking lot on the east side, where there were fewer taverns and restaurants.�
At the time, city staff had granted Los Agaves a license under Milton's direct-seller ordinance, which staff later acknowledged doesn't apply cleanly to food trucks.
The Los Agaves truck has since moved on to Fort Atkinson.
The council in 2012 and 2013 discussed whether to create rules to regulate food trucks or ban them.
Some council members were worried food trucks would clog limited parking or cause safety hazards. Others argued food trucks had an unfair advantage over brick-and-mortar restaurants because vendors can move from spot to spot and have lower overhead costs.
In 2013, the council shot down a proposed ban on food trucks. The city's personnel and finance committee later in the year discussed potential mobile vendor rules but made no recommendations.
City Administrator Jerry Schuetz said that in May, shaved, flavored ice company Kona Ice asked if it could operate as a mobile vendor in Milton.
"As you look at trends nationwide, there is a movement and a growing popularity for these types of vendors," Schuetz said. "Here, the issue is not going away."��
Staff brought proposed rules and a permit process for mobile vendors to the city's personnel and finance committee in May. The committee recommended the proposal after discussing other potential choices, including creating no rules or banning food vendors.
The city council will consider a draft ordinance of the new rules Tuesday.
Under the ordinance, Schuetz said, Milton wouldn't cap the number of food vendors it would allow. But vendors could only sell out of public areas with ample parking for other people.
In Milton, food vendor permit applications would require vendors to show the parking lots and portion of the lots they planned to sell from, along with a "site layout" showing adjacent parking and lighting in the lot, Schuetz said.
The rules and oversight "would make sure somebody couldn't pull up illegitimately and pose a public safety risk" by parking in areas where there is heavy traffic or not enough parking, Schuetz said.
A panel of city staff would review each application and decide whether to grant a permit and license.
The rules would apply to food trucks, carts and stands that prepare and sell hot food or cold, prepackaged items, Schuetz said.�
Under the city's zoning code, vendors could get permission from private owners to sell out of private lots, Schuetz said.�
Under the proposal, mobile vendors would be required to:
-- Have liability insurance and state and Rock County permits to serve and handle food from a vehicle, cart or stand.
-- Operate between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
-- Pay a $500 annual license fee or a $300 six-month fee. The licenses would not be required for nonprofit groups or at nonprofit events that run fewer than 72 hours.
Schuetz said the Milton Area Chamber of Commerce had asked the city to lower proposed fees to $150, but he said staff plans to stick with its original recommendation.
Schuetz said he sees a $500 fee as reasonable and similar to a lease of public space.


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The Fiber Disease
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
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You seem enthused about your post, I have not opened the links yet (I can't open anyones anylonger directly from here. I have to stop and copy/ paste them into address bar. But i hope you found some good things for us.....I will get to them shortly.
Thanks for getting back to me with my question on the Meds. appreciate it. Now, we must unite. hehehe.....I think we will kill each other- LOL.......so, how the hell do we do this? anyone care to suggest?
county me in 100%! I don't care, I don't give a damn how it makes me look, I will go for it....I just do not have the mental acumen to organize something like this.
southcity, you once mentioned you had consulted legal counsel. any news there for us? If you can't share, I understand but maybe you could give us advice?
Sabrina, you game? Relief seeker? WHERE IN THE FUDGE IS JJILL????
sHE IS smart and I do so respect her opinion. sky says go for it too.
TamTam, will you meet with us?
I dunno who is who anymore. That is not what bothers me. What gets to me is people we trust and look up tp for advice and their tips to try or quite frankly messing with our life. Who to trust/ who not too. case in point, when I used to write on slimebusters they (someone, dunno whom) would say " oh use those downey fabric softner sheets all over your house, etc., Well dumbass me was even rubbing them all over my head, face back and all. I was scared to death of this stuff.
Then today, I see something like this? Some people suck rocks!
Exposure can result from the toxic fumes coming out of vented dryers using dryer sheets as well as treated fabrics (e.g., clothes, sheets, towels). Have you been enjoying a walk in the neighborhood and found you have suddenly felt agitated or disturbed without realizing why? Do you get a numb feeling in the side of your face -- and the doctors can't find the reason? Do you get a sudden onset of dizziness or a headache? Asthma? Allergies? Fabric softeners, like other fragrant products, contain petrochemicals, used in untested combination. These chemicals can adversely affect the central nervous system (CNS) -- your brain and spine. CNS exposure symptoms include: aphasia, blurred vision, disorientation, dizziness, headaches, hunger, memory loss, numbness in face, pain in neck and spine. CNS disorders include: Alzheimer's Disease, Attention Deficit Disorder, Dementia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Seizures, Strokes, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), learning and focus disabilities, agitation and anger.
Now, who is the real sick one here.???
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http://www.okgazette.com/news/templates ... 5&zoneid=3
Scroll down to June 2005.
Read where the doctor told her he saw this in Gulf War victims.
Now tell me they don't know what this is.
It does appear to me that something in fact could have been released and I think we all should request an investigation. Don't you think the people infected with this deserve an investigation? This is not a natural conditon. Somebody either needs to rule it out or tell us what in the hell really is going on. I don't think the CDC can handle this alone.
"A covert release of a biological agent invokes a different type of response, driven by the public health community. By its nature, a covert introduction is not accompanied by any articulated or known threat. The presence of the disease is discovered through the presentation of unusual signs and/or symptoms in individuals reporting to local hospitals or physician clinics. In this situation, there is initially no crime scene for law enforcement personnel to respond to. The criminal act may not be revealed until days have elapsed, following the agent identification and preliminary results obtained from the epidemiological inquiry conducted by the public health sector. Contrary to an overt act where law enforcement makes the necessary notification to public health, in a covert release, notification to law enforcement is made by the public health sector. The early notification of law enforcement in this process encourages the sharing of information between criminal and epidemiological investigators. Once an indication of a criminal act utilizing a biological agent is suspected, the FBI assumes primary authority in conducting the criminal investigation, while public health maintains responsibility for the health and welfare of the citizens. At the local level, involving the FBI WMD Coordinator and the state or local public health department, and at the national level between FBI Headquarters and the CDC, effective coordination has been accomplished to address the requisite roles and responsibilities of each agency.
The response to an actual threat or one that is later determined to be not credible, or a hoax, is indistinguishable. (if this is true we are in big trouble!)This includes deployment of a Hazmat team, thorough examination of the potentially contaminated area (in situations where a telephonic reporting is received) and the disruption of the normal operations of the affected entity. Additionally, the individuals potentially exposed to the WMD may experience extreme anxiety/fear due to the reported release. Potential victims may have to be decontaminated or transported to a medical facility. The first responders must treat each incident as a real event until scientific analysis proves that the material is not a biological agent. To both the responding entities and the potentially exposed victims, the presence of a powder threatening the presence of anthrax is not a "hoax", or something to be taken lightly. The individuals perpetrating such an activity must be held accountable for their actions."
We deserve to know what this is and how to try to fight it.
Dear FS,
Glad your still with us. Remember what the doormouse said?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 8225785849
(turn on speakers)
Dear Elexes,
Thank you for writing that post. It was very kind and also very reassuring to know more people are reading here than just …… Welcome to biology online. Sorry you suffer.
Dear Laura,
Welcome to you also. Fantastic article! Where did you find this at if I may ask?
Fooling around with US? Please speak for yourself. Nobody can fool around with you as long as you allow that to happen. You are not a victim of Tamtam.
Quite demanding from someone so insulting, wouldn't you agree? Have you been in contact with the CDC and asked them questions like this? Have you been hounding them like you are hounding Tamtam right now? If you have contacted them, were you at least nicer about it?
I guess you never heard the saying, "where there is a will, there's a way." Nothing is impossible in my book, not any more. Quite the pessimist are you not? Are you taking lessons from Randy or something? You know, you call someone a lier and then you ask them to give you something. What kind of game are you playing?
Hello All,
I have major problems with my right eye specifically my Cornea, which is causing interest and confusion
at a London eye hospital. Something has perforated and eroded this part of my right eye and I can barely see.
I would welcome any further advice on treatment.Thanks.
Scroll down to the description of the Ocular version. It describes my problem.
Not sure what the smilies are doing....
With Respect,
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... id=1081399
Pythiosis insidiosi.
Pythiosis is a pseudofungal infection of humans and animals caused by the oomycete Pythium insidiosum (59, 75). Although described as an aquatic fungus, this organism is not a true fungus. It belongs to the kingdom Stramenopila, phylum Oomycota, class Oomycetes, and family Pythiaceae (1).
P. insidiosum grows in culture as white colonies with submerged vegetative hyphae and short aerial hyphae (56). A plant pathogen, P. insidiosum requires water cultures containing the appropriate leaves to produce zoosporangia and zoospores in vitro (18, 58). In nature, it produces biflagellate zoospores that attach and penetrate the leaves of various grasses and water lilies. The zoospores have a tropism for skin and hair, as well as water lilies and grass leaves (58). If zoospores contact injured tissue, they encyst, form germ tubes that produce hyphae, and cause invasive disease.
In tissue, P. insidiosum exists as hyaline, pausi-septate, thin-walled hyphae or hyphal fragments that branch infrequently (56). The hyphae are 5 to 7 μm wide with nonparallel walls and superficially resemble those of Zygomycetes (Table 1 and Fig. 2C). Similar to the Zygomycetes, P. insidiosum is angioinvasive and stains weakly with GMS and other fungal stains (56). In contrast to true fungi, the cell walls of P. insidiosum are composed of cellulose rather than glucan, mannan, and chitin.
P. insidiosum grows in aquatic to wet environments in tropical and subtropical regions, and pythiosis has been reported from Thailand, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Haiti (75). The risk of this infection is high for those who are exposed to water in rice fields without wearing boots.
Human disease due to P. insidiosum can be classified into three forms (75): ocular, cutaneous, and arterial. The ocular form of pythiosis is manifest as keratitis that can be severe and result in corneal perforation. The cutaneous and subcutaneous form most often presents as a periorbital cellulitis or mass with progressive local invasion of soft tissue (85, 94). The arterial form is the most serious and is largely limited to farmers in Thailand who also suffer from thalassemia (56, 75, 82, 92, 100). The disease process is marked by pain, swelling, and chronic ulcers of the lower extremities with progressive ischemia, necrosis, and thrombosis of major arteries due to hyphal invasion. Limb gangrene, aneurysm formation of the femoral, popliteal, and iliac arteries and the aorta, and ultimately fatal hemorrhage is common (41% overall mortality) despite aggressive medical and surgical intervention (75). The importance of thalassemia in this process in unknown, since this is a very common condition in Thailand. Additional reported sites of infection with P. insidiosum include head and neck arteries in a 14-year-old Thai boy (92) and pleuropericarditis and pneumonia in a 12-year-old child with leukemia (35). The latter child was of Pakistani ancestry but was born and lived in the United States.
In animals (cats, dogs, horses, and cattle), pythiosis is an osseous, subcutaneous, or pulmonary infection. Equine pythiosis is marked by chronic ulcerated lesions with numerous yellow coral-like bodies ("kunkers") on the limbs, chest, and abdomen (58, 59). Dogs and horses may also present with intestinal obstruction due to pythium granuloma in the duodenum or jejunum (51, 56).
The organism may be isolated from fresh clinical material seeded onto mycologic medium, such as Sabouraud's glucose agar (56). Demonstration of biflagellate zoospores may be accomplished using water cultures with grass or water lily bait at 37°C for 1 h (12).
Immunodiagnosis using an immunodiffusion or a fluorescent-antibody assay to detect antibodies to P. insidiosum has been useful (75, 85). Likewise, the presence of the organism in tissue may be confirmed by staining with specific fluorescent-antibody conjugates (57).
Histopathologic examination of infected tissue shows a necrotizing arteritis and thrombosis (Table 1). Vascular invasion by sparsely septate, irregularly branched hyphae is seen (56). The infectious process spreads along the vessel walls proximally, and the organism may be visualized in the arterial wall or in the outer part of the thrombus using GMS or PAS stains. Eventually the acute perivascular inflammatory reaction is replaced by granulomas containing sparse hyphae and hyphal fragments (56, 100).
Treatment of ocular pythiosis involves keratoplasty coupled with both topical (amphotericin B, natamycin, miconazole, and ketoconazole) and systemic (amphotericin B, ketoconazole, and itraconazole) antifungal agents (75). Despite these efforts, enucleation or evisceration is usually necessary. In contrast, treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous infection with surgical debridement and antifungal therapy is generally successful (75). One notable case in the United States of deep facial infection in a child demonstrated that pharmacological cure with itraconazole plus terbinafine is feasible (85).
Given the serious nature of arterial pythiosis, prompt recognition and aggressive medical and surgical therapy are warranted. Surgical debridement, amputation, and aneurismectomy may be necessary to limit the extent of the infection and prevent fatal hemorrhage (75). Antifungal therapy with amphotericin B, itraconazole, and terbinafine, sequentially or in combination, has been used with some success (35, 75, 85). One patient with life-threatening arteritic infection with P. insidiosum was treated successfully with aneurismectomy and the use of P. insidiosum vaccine immunotherapy after failing medical treatment with amphotericin B, iodides, and ketoconazole (92). The vaccine employed in this case was a modified therapeutic vaccine that had been used successfully in treating equine pythiosis.
London, I'm here if you need me ....I'm a soldier always to the end...what do you need?
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Image of Pithium from the CDC
Eyes: Check for Uveitris and do not let that slide..we get that with this disease.
Also: dis-information is filling a site with so much garbage than any good things get buried and people get pissed off and decide not to read anything. Thta is what everyone is doing here.
You can search everything someone has written bu clicking on their name and only what they have said shows on yoru screen. This way you can avoid all the BS.
Click on the POSTS button under their name
If you want to get a laugh check under Londons name and see how many times she KNEW what it was and how many people she has accused as being EVIL.
Then check NODAS or whatever his/her name is and see how CRAZY the posts sound.
Then check under TAMS and see how he cuts and pastes from articles that do not even relate to one another.
It is really quite funny when you do it that way and it shows who is real ans who is not.
Tam Tam
Because I have an eye problem.
My Cornea has been /is being eroded/ perforated which fits with the description of Ocular Pithiosis from here
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... id=1081399
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Robert J. Wentzlaff, Janesville (1944-2013)
January 10, 1944 - November 26, 2013
Robert J. Wentzlaff, age 69, of Janesville, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Chicago, IL, on Jan. 10, 1944, the son of Robert J. and Claire (Samp) Wentzlaff. He attended catholic schools in the Chicago area and was a graduate of Lewis University, Joliet. Robert married Audrey Schuster on April 3, 1971, at St. Rosalie Catholic Church, Chicago. He was a high school Drama Teacher until retiring in 2002. He and Audrey moved to Janesville, from St. Augustine, FL, in 2005. Robert was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and had a great love of the Theater and cherished the time spent with his grandchildren.
Robert is survived by his wife, Audrey; five children: Dawn Newbury of Janesville, Scott (Carma) Wentzlaff of Indianapolis, IN, Joy (Mitch) Hernandez and Elizabeth Kremer, both of Janesville, and Robert Wentzlaff of Naples, FL; 11 grandchildren: Matthew, Arianna, Andrew, Gabriel, Paul Michael, Caden, James, Amelia, William, Austin and Olivia; five siblings: Richard (Marianne) Wentzlaff, Diane (Richard) Elliott, Paul (Jeannine) Wentzlaff, Mark (Raimonda) Wentzlaff, and Janice (Bill) Newcomb; as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH with Fr. Donn Heiar officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the hour of Mass at ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOIC CHURCH. The family is being assisted by the SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY. For on-line guestbook and condolences: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com


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Boys and girls ages 13-18 can now sign up to play basketball in the admission-free Windy City Hoops program offered at 10 citywide parks. The spring session begins today and culminates with championships June 1. Summer session will run June 14-Aug. 24.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the expansion of the program last month, which will now give 3,200 youth opportunities to play year round. The program will provide a safe environment for at-risk youth throughout the city.
The program now has extended hours so that youth can play Fridays from 7-10 p.m. and Saturdays from 5-10 p.m.
Admission is free. Youth will visit their preferred location and complete the registration form to participate.
The mayor is enlisting Chicagoans to donate here to reach the $480,000 goal. Fundraising will support such costs as uniforms, game referees, and other program costs.
Windy City Hoops is available at the following 10 parks:
Amundsen Park (Austin)
6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
Columbus Park (Austin)
500 S. Central Ave.
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The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a new set of U.S. tax rules that will affect many aspects of the day-to-day activities of the corporate treasury function. FATCA was enacted by Congress in 2010 to detect and deter tax evasion by U.S. citizens and businesses hiding money in foreign countries.
The legislation, which has a general effective date of January 1, 2014, is creating a new tax information reporting and withholding regime through which foreign financial institutions (FFIs) are expected to identify their U.S. account holders and report their account balances and other information.
For corporations with operations, activities, business partners, or counterparties outside of the United States, FATCA is creating an array of issues, starting with the fact that some of their entities may qualify as FFIs under the law.
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FATCA is being implemented directly by the IRS and indirectly through a network of intergovernmental agreements between the U.S. government and certain foreign countries. Under this new regime, FFIs—which include non-U.S. banks, custodians, investment vehicles, and insurance companies—must report to the IRS or to the appropriate foreign government certain information regarding accounts held by "U.S. persons." Failure by an FFI to provide such reporting will result in the imposition on the FFI of a 30 percent withholding tax on payments of certain categories of U.S.-source fixed or determinable annual or period income (FDAP), and eventually on gross proceeds from the sale of debt or equity interests in U.S. obligors or issuers. Interest and dividends are the types of FDAP most likely to be subject to FATCA.
Entities that make payments (either directly or indirectly) from sources within the U.S., which the law refers to as "withholding agents," must also provide certain information to the IRS. Specifically, withholding agents may need to identify FFIs and certain non-financial foreign entities (NFFEs) that have substantial U.S. ownership. If an NFFE fails to provide the proper certification, or if an FFI is not compliant, the withholding agent is required to withhold a 30 percent tax on certain payments. The IRS is currently modifying tax withholding certificates, such as the Forms W-8, so that market participants can document their FATCA status to their withholding agents.
Information reporting under FATCA begins with certain data collected for year-end 2013. The withholding provisions of FATCA apply to payments made on or after January 1, 2014, although withholding on gross proceeds and certain foreign payments is delayed until 2017.
Due to the complexity of the rules, many entities have already begun assessing the impact of FATCA on their operations. However, many multinationals whose primary business activities are outside of the traditional financial services industry mistakenly believe that they will not be impacted by the law. Treasurers in these organizations may be surprised to learn that FATCA could have a substantial impact on how they do business, both within and outside the United States.
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Financial services companies will bear much of the burden of FATCA, but the new regime will affect most multinationals in one way or another. As a starting point, many treasurers will be surprised to learn that their global affiliated group may contain entities that fall within the law's definition of a "foreign financial institution." Often, these entities have a close nexus with the treasury function, but the treasury team may not think of them as financial institutions. Common examples include:
Deposit-taking institutions. Some multinational corporations have established deposit-taking institutions in order to enjoy low-cost funding provided by third-party depository accounts outside the United States, where regulations are favorable. Others have set up substantial customer deposit programs to secure contract performance. In addition, many multinationals establish special-purpose securitization vehicles as an efficient way to float debt. Each of these types of entities may qualify as an FFI under FATCA, in which case it will need to comply with the new regime.
Stealth FFIs. Under FATCA, the term "foreign financial institution" can include entities that may not be viewed as affiliates of the multinational corporate for non-tax purposes. These "stealth FFIs" may include:
- offshore leasing or financing companies or factoring entities,
- captive insurance companies,
- foreign retirement plans that do not meet the limited exclusions in the FATCA regulations (or in the intergovernmental agreements, as applicable), or
- non-U.S. foundations and other non-U.S. charitable organizations that are not tax-exempt under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Treasury centers and holding companies. In certain circumstances, holding companies and treasury centers are defined as FFIs under FATCA. There are exceptions that allow certain treasury centers and holding companies to be excluded from the definition of an FFI. These exclusions, however, may not cover all offshore investment treasury centers that invest offshore cash and engage in other similar arrangements.
FATCA was intentionally drafted with a broad definition of "foreign financial institutions" so that the label fits some entities that are not typically considered financial institutions, such as companies engaged in third-party industrial leasing and financing, or in the factoring of receivables. While the law does make exceptions for investment vehicles that are thought of as posing a low risk of tax evasion, such as retirement plans and tax-exempt entities, criteria for these exceptions have been circumscribed to ensure they are limited to low-risk vehicles.
Multinational corporations have only a few months to identify all the prospective FFIs within their organization because they need to undertake some key activities in mid to late 2013 to avoid the substantial tax consequences of noncompliance. For one thing, every legal entity that meets the definition of a "foreign financial institution" must register through an IRS website that will open later this month. Most companies with affiliated groups that contain FFIs will want to register with the IRS before October 25, 2013, to ensure timely receipt of FATCA-related information by counterparties and other business partners.
FATCA's Effects on Global Cash Management
Even if a multinational company contains no entities that qualify as FFIs, FATCA may have a substantial impact on the organization's treasury function, potentially affecting its relationships with counterparties, banks, and external stakeholders. In general, certain payments made by a treasury center in the U.S. may be treated as U.S.-source income. If they are, FATCA reporting may apply, and withholding may apply if recipients of the payments fail to provide proper FATCA documentation.
Where a corporate treasury department uses third-party foreign banks to assist with cash management, treasurers ought to work closely with their tax teams to examine their legal relationships and assess whether each relationship creates FATCA-relevant responsibilities. If it does, the business must determine whether the FFI/advisor will be FATCA compliant. This is relevant for two reasons: First, to determine whether the multinational corporation or its subsidiaries might be required to withhold under FATCA, and second, to ensure that the multinational's investment with the foreign bank or advisor will not be subject to the 30 percent withholding tax as a result of the service provider's noncompliance.
Common transactions that may be impacted by FATCA include cash sweep arrangements (physical, zero-balance, and notional) and treasury investments held by a foreign custodian. In some cases, the treasury department's derivatives, swaps, and other hedging arrangements might also be affected. These types of transactions frequently involve counterparties outside the U.S., whether directly or through assignment through a multibranch or multiparty International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) agreement.
Prior to FATCA, most ISDA agreements required the exchange of tax documentation and provided certain indemnifications if withholding were imposed. Because FATCA changes the scope of the payments that may be subject to withholding, these provisions are more important now. If a multinational corporation or its subsidiary makes U.S.-source payments to an FFI that is not in compliance with FATCA, it will need to withhold tax at the rate of 30 percent. Although the FATCA rules do not change the normal U.S. tax rules for determining whether derivatives and foreign currency transactions are sourced within or outside the U.S., they may highlight U.S.-source payments in unexpected places, such as collateral arrangements, up-front payments, and transactions with respect to U.S. equities.
Some nonfinancial payments are excluded from the scope of FATCA, but these types of transactions are unlikely to be undertaken by the typical treasury function. There are also some grandfathering rules that might limit the impact of FATCA; however, these rules are of limited applicability. Many FFIs are already beginning to request changes to their ISDA agreements to address FATCA. Accordingly, companies need to enhance their focus on proper tax documentation and relevant tax representation in order to manage the risk of FATCA noncompliance.
FATCA's requirements are similar to existing information reporting and withholding requirements, but the documentation that multinational corporations will begin receiving from payees (e.g., Forms W-8 and Forms W-9) under the new law will be enhanced to satisfy its requirements. For example, they will include new tax certifications and payee statuses. In addition, the withholding regime will become more complex as the current withholding regime is transitioned to meet these new requirements.
Next Steps
For most multinational corporations, complying with FATCA involves not only identifying and registering their FFIs, but also scrutinizing cash management and banking relationships to ensure that all their banking partners are FATCA-compliant. Multinationals may also be required to provide additional documentation to FFIs with which they have existing cash management, banking, and credit relationships.
Although this article focuses on the impact of the rules promulgated by the IRS in the United States, companies also need to assess the impact of FATCA through the United States' intergovernmental agreements with foreign governments. Financial relationships maintained by a multinational's non-U.S. subsidiaries or non-U.S. branches located in countries where compliance with FATCA conflicts with local law may lead to significant challenges. The expanding network of intergovernmental agreements may help mitigate these challenges, but in some jurisdictions, getting required information or documentation may remain impossible.
As an initial step, multinationals need to assess the status of all their legal entities and determine the impact of FATCA on payments both made and received by their affiliated group. Treasury departments need to coordinate with affected stakeholders, including the legal and tax departments, to ensure that all relevant information is appropriately gathered or provided. Reporting functions will need to be enhanced to capture and report the additional data required by FATCA, and treasury departments that process tax documentation, determine withholding, or ensure proper reporting will have to adapt to these changes.
Because they are already inspecting their global financial structure to determine the application of FATCA, a number of multinationals are taking the opportunity to review the information reporting and withholding processes performed by their treasury departments. Withholding agents that currently make U.S.-source FDAP payments to non-U.S. persons are generally required to report the payments to the IRS and withhold 30 percent. Compliance reviews related to U.S.-source FDAP payments made to non-U.S. persons are occurring because these issues are required to be reviewed during an IRS examination. Consequently, preparation for FATCA presents a good opportunity to verify that the organization is in compliance with current requirements.
Given the impact of these changes, and the fact that FATCA withholding will begin for certain payees on January 1, 2014, it is time now for multinational corporations to begin revising their reporting and withholding policies and procedures, developing new processes for validating payee certifications, and developing training for personnel involved in the reporting and withholding process. Corporate treasurers need to closely coordinate these activities with their colleagues in the tax and legal department to ensure that all relationships and entities are appropriately documented. The cost of failure to comply includes not only a 30 percent withholding tax, but penalties, interest and reputational risk as well.
Rebecca E. Lee is a principal with PwC US (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) who specializes in the taxation of complex financial transactions, including treasury activities. Rebecca can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
I'm just going to state some basic facts. And I'm 15 years old, so excuse me if I say something incorrect. One strand of DNA would take somewhere around 90 years for a human to construct. In the DNA, Adenine (A) goes to Tymine (T) and Cytosine (C) goes to Guanine (G). If you were to unravel one, single microscopic DNA molecule, it would be 9 feet long. All the DNA in your body from your trillions of cells would stretch out to be approximately 10-20 Billion miles long. One strand of DNA in your body can hold multiple Terabytes of information and is much more complex than an external hardrive, although it is a mere 1/1,000,000,000 of the size. Yet, if someone stuck an external harddrive in front of you and said, "Look what I found fossilized in my backyard", you would never believe them. But DNA Isn't even what's the most amazing. It's the fact that everything around us is only 5% of actual matter. 95% of everything you know is empty space, help together by an invisible force scientists call dark matter. So, every single scientist in the entire world only knows what 5% of everything is. They can't even begin to wrap their mind around the other 95%. If you had an atom with a nucleus the size of a plum, the entire atom would be the size of a baseball field. And these trillions upon trillions upon trillions of spaced-out atoms make up trillions upon trillions of molecules, which create trillions of cells which contain billions of miles of DNA that hold the information to make those trillions of cells form the organism that is you. Now, you tell me that that is all just random happenstance with no purpose. "Billions of years" is what most people would say. But never once has there been a positive change in DNA. The only existing change in DNA is called mutation.
So there's the biological side of it, but the part of everything coming into existence is still left up to question. Honestly, no one was there when it happened, so no one can say exactly what happened. The only existing written proof we have of the beginning of existence is in written in religious documentations. Evolution is essentially assertion derived from evidence that people have found in the modern world. And no one can disagree with this, due to the fact that Darwin assembled the theory of evolution in the 1800's. We have ancient fossils, but none showing evolution actually in process. But, let's assume for a second that evolution is true. Still, creation and evolution are somewhat co-existable. Even if evolution was real, it still needs a start. People claim that the big bang is what started it all. But this would mean that there had to be that infinite piece of matter sitting there, in a vast space of nothing. No other matter, no light, no laws of physics, and as soon as this piece of matter explodes, everything falls into place. It creates all these things along with planets, stars and galaxies. The chances of this one piece of matter, chaotically exploding and creating matter are beyond miniscule. You could simulate a hundred trillion demolition explosions, but you are simply never going to create a car. You wouldn't even end up with a sandwich. Much less a functioning universe.
I know that I'm not completely right in all my beliefs, but I don't believe in Christianity because it feels nice. In fact it can suck watching people with different beliefs have a good time. I went through a time where I really didn't know what I believed. I could have gone either way, but I looked at the evidence and saw what the truth was. I got into a world view class and established that I knew what I believed. And now, I can personally guarantee myself that Christianity is ultimately infallible. I hear stuff all the time that makes me question what I believe, but I don't sit and mope. I go look it up and find out for myself where the evidence points.
That's all I got... Haha
And I know that people are going to excerpt from things I wrote that are untrue, or that they think are wrong. So right now I will just tell you that I don't think I know everything, so please don't go attacking or anything. If you question what I believe and state what you believe on the matter, I will do my best to reply. But if I get insults, I can guarantee you that I will not waste my time on you or your pointless, proud ignominy.
Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Wait. I said the only evidence for the beginning is written in religious documents. I realize that most people that are on this forum are atheists so I'm going to re-state that (I don't want to sound like the typical ignorant Theist What I meant was that the only written documentation of the beginning is in religious books or writings. This does not mean that I am assuming that these are true. And I am not specifically referring to Christian Bible. I am saying that these things were written as soon as literacy came around. And all of these things refer to a creation by some sort of creative power. Also, I would think that if evolution was true, then not everything would evolve uniformly. I would think that some things would still be inbetween (who knows, maybe some things are). I probably said more assumptions than I realize, but I am not stating any of my beliefs as universal, infallible truth. I meant that my basic belief of Christianity is infallible to ME. And yes, I do believe that evolution is real because micro-evolution is real. Macro-evolution I find harder to believe, due to the fact that there really is no existing evidence.
OK, let's go point by point:
DNA - not relevant
free space - that's right, but it's not called dark matter. It's simply empty, because the electrons are rejected from each other.
you're right that evolution and creation are actually something totally different.
However, the Big Bang did not create everything as it is now. There was just lot of dust and matter, which later formed into larger pieces forming stars and planets.
and your last point - you know, maybe when you were a kid, you asked your parents how were you born and where does the life come from. And when people didn't know the answers, they were looking for some explanations. And as people were able to create some simple stuff, they thought that someone created them as well.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
There have been so many contradicting questions regarding evolution that i come across as i study bio books.
Why rely on carbon dating when it does not give correct results?
Why sometimes lower form of mammals have more genes than higher forms?
Why is everyone trying and trying their best to prove a theory with flaws for such a long time?
If men have evolved from monkeys or apes, then why are they still here? we are more brainy so why does Natural selection still keep them and so many others. Why doesn't natural selection eradicate the harmful microbes in the society.?
Why are there males and females for reproduction? Why did'nt Natural selection retain the asexual reproduction.
A mutation even as a single base pair deletion or substitution causes major sickness and death , but evolutionist claim that changes in the gene for many years lead to favourable characteristics and gradually a new animal evolved. Right before our eyes we see many genetic diseases due to changes in dna and mutation does not lead to gooness.
When Tsunami came in 2005 December, the animals inthe nearby forests did not die because all the animals beforehand ran away up to the mountains but man did not know about the oncoming danger. why? If man is superior and evolved from lower animals , why are there brains superior at these kinds of times?
There is a dinosaur caving in cambodian temple , that totally disapproves evolution.
What about ghosts? why dow
Science is remarkable , with all its findings and inventions but sometimes as there are thorns in roses there are flaws in science, there are stories in science, the story of evolution.
Evolutionists carefully observed everything and concluded that a super power must have created all these things, and that super power they SAW was 'nature' with all its force, magnitude and awesome power.
Creationists saw - some with their own physical eyes, some in their spiritual eyes THE most greatest power, God and so they account all creation to God.
-Carbon dating may lack some precision, and good calibration is necessary, but why do you say it does not give correct result?
-So what, why do you assume that the number of genes means?
-Because it works, mostly. And it is useful to understand many things such as diseases transmission, population history and many other thing. Unlike creationism that do not allow to make any predictions.
-Humans and apes have evolved separately and colonized different niches and the divergence do not require that one branch disappears. However, you should be happy, under the careful human stewardship of our planet, apes might disappear soon. And large and brainy is not necessarily that good. At the game of evolution, the winners are and always were bacteria. Human are just a footnote in the history of life that has always been dominated by the prokaryotes.
-Get down your pedestal, humans are just one species of living creatures, they have very little evolutionary importance. In fact from the natural point of view, you could reverse the question and wonder why the prokaryotes haven't gotten rid of the harmful eukaryotes...
-Why sex? No clue, but once it was there, and probably had some benefits, I guess that reversion was not an option. And natural selection still retain asexual reproduction for many organisms (insects, plant, bacteria,...)
-Mutations are not necessary punctual, full genes even chromosomes can be exchanged and transfer, even between different kingdoms. And mutations are not necessarily deleterious, otherwise considering the error rate of DNA polymerase you would not be there. We might notice the changes that are deleterious, but many are silent, or positive, but I guess that you would not notice them. And remember evolution is random, it does not aim to goodness. But we are still there, so it must have done some things right.
-Evidence of n death among animals? And remember, human are not superior to other creatures, just different, and all creatures are as evolved. Bacteria appear simple, but they are terribly efficient at what they do, what makes you think that you are superior to something that can survive on a nuclear reactor (Deinococcus radiodurans) or at temperatures above 100ºC without light, or at pH close to 14, or in a lake chocfull of arsenic?
-Dinosaur: provide evidence. And even if one had survived, that would not mean anything more than 1 dinosaur had survived. remember evolution act like branches not in a stepwise gradient where one form replace the one before, and will be replaced by the next.
-What about ghosts? They don't exist...
Science has flaws, and that is why it is constantly improving and changing, and things are modified. That is true. But evolution by natural selection, is one of the great stable results that we have and it allowed us to understand a great deal about the living world. Far from being a failure it is the underlying unifying foundation for all current biology.
Scientist observed the world, and concluded that the laws of probability, chemistry and physics were giving a good framework that explained coherently most of what we observe, and that the rest is fascinating to decipher and observe, and that we explain more and more still without adding any supernatural powers.
Creationist saw the world, concluded that it was too complicated (sorry, that the complexity was irreducible) and decided that it must have been created because ignorance is less demanding than careful observation and reasoning. Believing in creation in gods is an act of defeat and intellectual laziness, nothing more.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Can we say that bible is a product of man, so it is exclusive for man. Therefore creation is just an earthly idea and evolution is universal.
Well the theory of evolution was written by a male human being too... Does not make it less universal
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Why rely on carbon dating when it does not give correct results?
Generally, carbon dating can be inaccurate, but at the same time it is a viable form of dating something to a certain degree and is one of the only methods we have at the moment. I'm sure they used much less reliable methods until a new one was thought up by some genius.
Why sometimes lower form of mammals have more genes than higher forms?
I'm sure you are aware that the variable genes themselves, the number of them I mean, should not be considered an indicator of a higher form of life. All animals have a number of HOX genes, for example, the number of which increases with the complexity of the animal. I would probably be a more valid estimate of the complexity of an organism (since lower forms of animals have few or even lack them) and not the extra genes themselves, which code for more specialised developments and changes.
Why is everyone trying and trying their best to prove a theory with flaws for such a long time?
Every theory has flaws, that is why it is called a theory and not the Law of Evolution. Everything in science is first based on some kind of theory or idea, and evolution will probably remain as a theory for the duration of human colonisation, for it has become world renowned in such a name.
If men have evolved from monkeys or apes, then why are they still here? we are more brainy so why does Natural selection still keep them and so many others.
The intelligence of man is a very fickle thing. We feel we are the most intelligent and highest form of life because we have this magnificent brain and have shaped the world in the way we wish it to be, but to be honest that is just as easily a load of bull crud. Either way, if evolution worked in such a way, as to eradicate all of the previous branches of the tree, we would not see all of the lower life forms from which we developed, and there would be far less if not no other creatures upon the earth.
The earlier forms of man are adapted to the habitat the found to live in, and therefore have not been iradicated by natural selection.
Why doesn't natural selection eradicate the harmful microbes in the society?
Natural selection is just that - it removes things that are not adapted to or are unable to live within their chosen environments or even those that are thrust upon it. If you are a pathogenic microbe that thrives in the guts of children and gives them diarrhoea or can infiltrate the T cells of a human and live there in total protection, why would you be wiped out by natural selection? You are obviously very good at what you do.
Why are there males and females for reproduction? Why did'nt Natural selection retain the asexual reproduction.
I assume that the gender split was forced upon multicellular animals when it reached the point of no return - once you have billions of specialised cells all working together to make an organism work, and probably a few stages before this kind of symbiosis too, then asexual reproduction becomes ridiculously unfavourable. You would develop a way to reproduce using some kind of gene-mixing method, and Males and Females is how that occured.
A mutation even as a single base pair deletion or substitution causes major sickness and death , but evolutionist claim that changes in the gene for many years lead to favourable characteristics and gradually a new animal evolved. Right before our eyes we see many genetic diseases due to changes in dna and mutation does not lead to goodness.
The point here being that not every mutation is a good one, but some are very beneficial. Obvious disadvantages in mutations are evident wherever you look in human society, and they often cause severe diseases that can lead to death or terrible ailments and disfigurements, but there are also beneficial ones that are left forgotten because these horrible ones are always making the news. There are people in the world with incredible stamina, longlivity that runs in families that have no disabling illnesses attached, people who can run incredibly fast that set Olympic records and others that have amazing abilities to remember notes and become concert pianists or orchestras.
There are good mutations, you only have to look for them.
When Tsunami came in 2005 December, the animals inthe nearby forests did not die because all the animals beforehand ran away up to the mountains but man did not know about the oncoming danger. why? If man is superior and evolved from lower animals , why are there brains superior at these kinds of times
I once again come back to the point that humans are very intelligent. So intelligent, in fact, that we have reached a point where we try to repress our instincts and sometimes don't even notice them any more. Put simply, animals are much more in tune with the world and disturbances in normal pressures, temperatures and humidity. They notice when things go wrong, whereas we have lost such senses for cognitive ability.
That isn't evidence against evolution. For a while there would be no need to diversity above micro-organism, since there is a vast expanse of water that can be colonised before there is any real need to find other food sources.
On top of the that environment of earth when the first micro-organisms appeared and for many years after going anywhere near the surface of the water, and at the very beginning out of localised spots, was very dangerous because of the extreme environments outside. Larger volumes of oxygen also needed to be developed before an animal could think about becoming one with gills (dissolved oxygen in water was also low) or even lungs.
As a final note, saying there was no evolution in those three billion years is untrue. There are an incredible diversity of micro-organisms, all of which would have come from a single starter. This would involve a large amount of evolution and diversification to achieve.
I have two problems with evolution
1)I dont believe in any type of Abiogenesis since the evidence that support this theory are insufficient(in fact no type of Abiogenesis has ever been observed).So how this "last common ancestor" emerged is a mystery...
2)Organisms are too well "designed" to be the result of passive evolution.I even think some times that irreducible complexity has some points despite the fact that science reject the term
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Pharmacokinetics of Generic Lopinavir/Ritonavir in Pregnant Women
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|HIV Infections
|Drug: generic lopinavir/ritonavir
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Generic Lopinavir/Ritonavir (200/50 mg Tablets) 400/100 mg q12h in Thai HIV-infected Pregnant Women
- To evaluate the pharmacokinetic profile of generic lopinavir/ritonavir tablets 200/50 mg in pregnant Thai HIV-infected women [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- To determine the antiviral activity of generic lopinavir/ritonavir 400/100 mg BID in Thai pregnant women To determine the safety of generic lopinavir/ritonavir® 400/100 mg BID in Thai pregnant women Compare pharmacokinetics parameters before and after [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: 1
generic lopinavir/ritonavir
Drug: generic lopinavir/ritonavir
Patients will start with lopinavir/ritonavir new formulation 400/100 mg bid with a low fat diet plus 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). The choice of the 2 NRTIs is at the discretion of the investigator, though in general the use of zidovudine+lamivudine (300/150mg Combivir®) is recommended. If patients can be included at or before gestational week 20, a 12h pharmacokinetic curve will be recorded at week 20 (± 2 weeks)(Group 1). There should be a minimum of 2 weeks between start of lopinavir and pharmacokinetic recording. If they are included after week 20, the first 12h pharmacokinetic curve will be recorded at gestational week 33 (± 2 weeks)(Group 2). For the patients in both groups a 12 hr curve will be recorded.
Subjects in Group 1 will be offered to conduct a second 12h pharmacokinetic curve at week 20 (± 2 weeks), but this is only optional. Both groups will be asked to participate in the post partum curve, again this is optional.
Detailed Description:
HAART in pregnant HIV-infected serves two goals, preventing mother to child transmission and providing adequate treatment for the mother. Levels of HIV RNA at delivery and the use of antiretrovirals (ARV) are independently associated with decreased transmission[1]. With a HAART regimen the transmission rate can be reduced till under the 2 %[1, 2]. Possibly suitable drugs which can be used during pregnancy is lopinavir/ritonavir based regimens. In Thailand, aluvir is not available therefore a generic lopinavir/ritonavir tablet formulation will be used in our study.
In order to prove adequate levels of lopinavir/ritonavir, we will record 12-hour PK at third trimester. Second trimester and post-partum 12-hour PK are optional. Furthermore, we will collect safety and efficacy throughout the study.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented positive test for HIV-1 infection
- Subject is at least 18 and not older than 40 years of age at the day of the first dosing of study medication
- Subject is able and willing to sign the Informed Consent Form prior to screening evaluations.
- Pregnant for a maximum of 30 weeks at the day of first dosing of study medication
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of sensitivity/idiosyncrasy to the drug or chemically related compounds or excipients, which may be employed in the trial.
- Relevant history or current condition that might interfere with drug absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion.
- Inability to understand the nature and extent of the trial and the procedures required.
- Abnormal serum transaminases or creatinine, determined as levels being > 3 times upper limit of normal.
- Concomitant use of medications that interfere with Generic lopinavir/ritonavir pharmacokinetics
- Active hepatobiliary or hepatic disease (N.B. chronic hepatitis B/C co-infection is allowed)
- Documented previous virological failure of a lopinavir/ritonavir containing regimen or documented resistance to lopinavir/ritonavir prior to dosing
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00621166
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00621166
|Department of Obsterics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
|Bangkok, Thailand, 10330
|Principal Investigator:
|Surasith Chaithongwongwatthana, MD
|Department of Obstetrics and Bynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00621166 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|February 12, 2008
|First Posted:
|February 22, 2008
|Last Update Posted:
|April 5, 2012
|Last Verified:
|April 2012
Keywords provided by The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration:
Generic lopinavir/ritonavir
Antiviral activity
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors


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Gray: Hagman has left Dallas void
Linda Gray has admitted that Larry Hagman's death has left a huge void on the set of Dallas.
For the first time in the TV show's history, the cast and crew have created a new series without its most formidable character - JR Ewing - after Hagman passed away, aged 81, during production of the last run.
Linda, 73, known to millions of fans as JR's long-suffering ex Sue Ellen, said it was daunting even stepping into his old dressing room.
"His presence is everywhere," she explained.
"I looked at the door and I thought, 'Oh boy, this is hard'. I couldn't go in. I just stopped. Then I thought, 'OK, all right, I'm taking over your dressing room', and said, 'It's an honour to be in your dressing room. Let's continue...'
"That's what you do, you go on, and he would be furious if he thought we were sad about his passing. He'd say, 'Come on, get over it. Move on!'."
Over the years, Sue Ellen's battle with the bottle has helped make her one of the US soap's most endearing characters.
Linda discovered the secret to playing her inebriated alter ego in a book by acting coach Uta Hagen.
"I remember she suggested crossing your eyes just a tiny bit so everything was a little out of focus. So you don't just reach for the glass, you slow it down and kind of casually reach for it, so that's what I started doing."
Dallas had audiences hooked from the day it arrived on screens in 1978, thanks to the dirty dealings of oil tycoon JR and the turbulent private lives of the Ewings played out in their Southfork Ranch home. Later it faced stiff competition from the likes of rival US soaps Dynasty and Falcon Crest, and as interest waned, it was eventually cancelled in 1991.
But fans hoped Dallas would resurface one day and, in 2012, the new show was born.
"I think it's the luck of the draw," said Linda of its resurrection. "The timing was appropriate. People that had seen the original show were excited that it was coming back, and people that had never seen it were like, 'Whaaat?'
"[They'd say] 'Our parents used to watch it. We used to sit on the sofa with grandma and my mother'. It was appointment television back then. Nobody had TiVos and VCRs, and people have great stories about the memories they have watching the show, which are very endearing to me. I love hearing those things. There's a wonderful nostalgia attached to it."
:: Dallas returns to Channel 5 on September 3.