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  A comet coming to end the world? Useful information?

  by EntirelyPossible in

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  thoughts?

  a woman named amanda started hearing a voiced telling them that a comet was going to destroy the earth.

  they bought a house in the north carolina mountains to prepare, thinking the voice belongs to the dead former owner of the house.

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  soontobe

  Dry ground beef?

  I'd love to hear how it's done!

  That's WAY more useful than comet predictions from voice hearers.
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  A comet coming to end the world? Useful information?

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thoughts?

  a woman named amanda started hearing a voiced telling them that a comet was going to destroy the earth.

  they bought a house in the north carolina mountains to prepare, thinking the voice belongs to the dead former owner of the house.

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  soontobe

  Instead of heeding the voices in our heads its better to settle down and make some of Soontobe's Krispy Kale!

  INGREDIENTS:

  A head of chopped kale without the stemmy parts, washed and dried.

  Olive oil.

  Sea salt.

  HOW YOU MAKE THIS STUFF

  Take your kale, dribble some olive oil on it and shake on some sea salt.

  Mix that shit.

  Pop it in an oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

  Fuckin eat!
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  Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution

  by cantleave in

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  some interesting work has been published this month in nature and reported in various blogs and journals.

  it is work that gives more evidence to support the fact of evolution.

  a team of swedish scientists led by evolutionary geneticist erik axelsson from uppsala university have identified genetic changes that could have been responsible for the transformation of wild wolves, into the ancestors of our beloved pet dogs.

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  Carbohydrate metabolism in dogs could have developed over many generations of living near humans, and not be directed at all. Dogs that couldn't digest and metabolize carbs probably wouldn't have multiplied as well as those that did.
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  Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
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  some interesting work has been published this month in nature and reported in various blogs and journals.

  it is work that gives more evidence to support the fact of evolution.

  a team of swedish scientists led by evolutionary geneticist erik axelsson from uppsala university have identified genetic changes that could have been responsible for the transformation of wild wolves, into the ancestors of our beloved pet dogs.

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  soontobe

  Here's a Pariah Dog (India)

  

  Compared to a Canaan dog (Levant)

  The Carolina Dog:

  Famous Greek "riot dog" (an adopted street dog) Loukanikos conforms to the type:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-ranging_dog

  Pariah dogs are canids that have kept close to the original form and have evolved with little or no purposeful human intervention. Pariahs in all countries have a very similar, typical morphology known as the "long-term pariah morphotype". [5] This primal body design resembles the ancient breeds from from which most other dog forms are derived. Typically, these canids have a wolf or fox-like appearance with wedge-shaped head and a pointed muzzle, almond eyes, erect ears, and a long, curved tail. Unlike modern breeds, pariah dogs have one annual estrus cycle.
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  Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some interesting work has been published this month in nature and reported in various blogs and journals.

  it is work that gives more evidence to support the fact of evolution.

  a team of swedish scientists led by evolutionary geneticist erik axelsson from uppsala university have identified genetic changes that could have been responsible for the transformation of wild wolves, into the ancestors of our beloved pet dogs.

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  soontobe

  those marmots are obviously gearing up for paradise.

  Maybe that's what lions looked like in the Garden of Eden. :-)

  Anyway, evidence about how far back the man/dog relationship might go:

  31,700 BP according to this source:

  Using multivariate techniques, several skulls of fossil large canids from sites in Belgium, Ukraine and Russia were examined to look for possible evidence of the presence of Palaeolithic dogs. Reference groups constituted of prehistoric dogs, and recent wolves and dogs. The fossil large canid from Goyet (Belgium), dated at c. 31,700 BP is clearly different from the recent wolves, resembling most closely the prehistoric dogs. Thus it is identified as a Palaeolithic dog, suggesting that dog domestication had already started during the Aurignacian. The Epigravettian Mezin 5490 (Ukraine) and Mezhirich (Ukraine) skulls are also identified as being Palaeolithic dogs. Selected Belgian specimens were analyzed for mtDNA and stable isotopes. All fossil samples yielded unique DNA sequences, indicating that the ancient Belgian large canids carried a substantial amount of genetic diversity. Furthermore, there is little evidence for phylogeographic structure in the Pleistocene large canids, as they do not form a homogenous genetic group. Although considerable variation occurs in the fossil canid isotope signatures between sites, the Belgian fossil large canids preyed in general on horse and large bovids.

  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440308002380

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27240370/#.UQbfor_LSSo

  33,000 BP here

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14390679

  mtDNA evidence points to up to 15k years before present---but mtDNA can only point to divergence evident in the genetic material of current populations. It is very possible that domestication happened more than once and in more than one geographic location.
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  Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some interesting work has been published this month in nature and reported in various blogs and journals.

  it is work that gives more evidence to support the fact of evolution.

  a team of swedish scientists led by evolutionary geneticist erik axelsson from uppsala university have identified genetic changes that could have been responsible for the transformation of wild wolves, into the ancestors of our beloved pet dogs.

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  soontobe

  Of course not, the domestic dog only goes back about 10 000 years - that's yesterday.

  I've read somewhere that domestication goes back farther than that. mtDNA evidence implies as much as 15,000 years, but that does not mean canids weren't already associating with human populations for far longer. It just means that that was when divergence occurred. Divergence seems to have taken place at about the same time as when humans became agriculturalists and sedentary.

  Regarding so called village dogs, there is research going on into that--and these free ranging feral type dogs look remarkably similar--regardless of geography.
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  Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some interesting work has been published this month in nature and reported in various blogs and journals.

  it is work that gives more evidence to support the fact of evolution.

  a team of swedish scientists led by evolutionary geneticist erik axelsson from uppsala university have identified genetic changes that could have been responsible for the transformation of wild wolves, into the ancestors of our beloved pet dogs.

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  Marmot

  Nice marmot.
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  Comment on this MAP of America's most BIBLE-MINDED cities

  by Terry in

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  http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cities.jpg.

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  soontobe

  87.5% of statistics are just made up.
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  Are we on the brink of another world war?

  by slimboyfat in

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  i don't want to be an alarmist or anything... .

  but i read this article in the economist today that argued it is only a matter of time until china and japan exchange shots over some small islands in between the two countries, it could escalate to full scale war, and the united states is treaty bound to come to aid of japan.

  on top of that the united states is making diplomatic visits to various countries borderning china in a move that is viewed extremely negatively in beijing.

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  soontobe

  Some say the worldwide recession would be alleviated by another world war, and that the Depression in the 30s was resolved by the last one? Awful thought though.

  WW2 resolved nothing regarding the economic situation...unless you consider mountains of dead people something. War never creates a net increase in prosperity for the human family. Never. No major player benefitted from WW2 except the US, and that is only because every other power involved in the conflict basicaly put their balls on the block and chopped with a cleaver. The U.S. emerged as the last man standing thanks to the Atlantic and the Pacific.
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  Are we on the brink of another world war?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  i don't want to be an alarmist or anything... .

  but i read this article in the economist today that argued it is only a matter of time until china and japan exchange shots over some small islands in between the two countries, it could escalate to full scale war, and the united states is treaty bound to come to aid of japan.

  on top of that the united states is making diplomatic visits to various countries borderning china in a move that is viewed extremely negatively in beijing.

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  soontobe

  Hobbits seem to like it there.