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Anyway, the first rule of comedy is that the Onion already did it, and better, no matter what.
Apparently some washington post blog is having a little old vote on which webcomic is best. I myself know better than to care about the results of this highly unscientific and meaningless poll, but still, if you want to vote for one, you might as well. XKCD was winning but now it's in a very, very distant 4th, so that's not so terrible. Most of the comics were things I had never heard of. My own opinion is that PBF is the best on that list (with Kate Beaton / Hark a Vagrant being awesome in a different way) so I am ok with the standings now.
In other news, am I the only one who hadn't seen the pilot for The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret? If you liked Arrested Development, you should at least take a look, given that Will Arnett and David Cross are in it. I think it shows promise, and the last big scene is a really good example of what I mean when I say chaos is funny. Come up with a well engineered chaos scene and I will likely laugh heartily. Of course, it's hard to pull that off in a static format like xkcd, because nothing actually moving makes it harder to convey the energy you need, but still. um, think about it?


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Manhattan's Chinatown is shabby but not drab. Red and gold, hot pink, orange and lemon yellow jostle for attention.
Jewellers' windows gleam with flamboyant gold and diamonds. On Mott St., the spine of Chinatown, a giant gold Buddha sits in a storefront converted into an incense-filled temple. Stores overflow with animal parts and herbs that fill shelves, jars and bins. Restaurants offer unfamiliar tastes and smells. Steep stairways lead to mysterious shops.
Some other immigrant groups that came to the United States in large numbers generations ago are now assimilated, but Chinatown's immigrant history is still happening. When the U.S. Congress finally ended all national-origin restrictions in 1968, Chinatown's growth really took off.
Today, Manhattan's Chinatown has the largest concentration of Chinese in the hemisphere, with a population estimated at 150,000 in the area bounded by Lafayette, Worth, Grand and East Broadway.
Like a Chinese puzzle box with hidden compartments, it takes a little digging. The payoff comes with a willingness to wander without agenda along the narrow streets through one of the city's most densely populated neighbourhoods.
To get your bearings, start at the Museum of Chinese in America. The handsome new quarters north of Canal at 215 Centre St. opened in September 2009.
The space, reclaimed from an early-1900s warehouse, was designed by Maya Lin, a Chinese American who created the design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington while still an undergraduate at Yale. The compact museum brings together several centuries of history with personal stories in a multimedia setting.
From MOCA, pick up Chinatown maps for adults and children at the visitors' kiosk at Canal and Baxter.
Head south on nearby Mott St. below Canal to Chinatown's original mid-19th century enclave around Mott, Pell and Doyers Sts.
Ting's Gift Shop, on the corner of Doyers and Pell, is the quintessential old curiosity shop. Owners read Chinese-language newspapers as the TV blares a Chinese drama. Paper lanterns cover the ceiling; "I Love New York" ceramic bells jostle good-fortune cats; miniatures cram the shelves.
Elbow-angled Doyers St. exudes hints of Chinatown's bad old days of tong wars. On a recent Saturday night, a 20-something tourist, wandering into the dimly lit side street, remarked to his date, "This looks like a movie set."
Not just movies, but real-life shootouts took place on Doyers St., as recently as the early 1990s. The street was deliberately made crooked, reportedly in the belief that ghosts can only travel in straight lines, but the layout also lent itself to ambushes.
The Nam Wah Tea Parlor at 13 Doyers St. dates from 1920 and must have seen plenty of action. It claims to be the oldest dim sum parlour in Chinatown and certainly looks it, with shabby red booths and a clientele that seems to consist of a few elderly Chinese men chatting, smoking and playing cards.
Mott St. south of Canal remains Chinatown's Cantonese Main Street.
But it's not just a street of timewarp merchandising. Chic new establishments are moving into Mott, though they are still outnumbered by sidewalk vendors of T-shirts and plastic toys.
Among the newcomers, the Yunhong chopstick boutique at 50 Mott, with its tiny, high-intensity lights, showcases beautifully crafted, wooden chopsticks. A saleswoman explains that chopsticks are given as business gifts because it takes two of them, working together, for success. Given that thought, these could make good gifts for lovers as well.
Nearby are two of the neighbourhood's major institutions. Towering over the tenements, the imposing stone Church of the Transfiguration, Chinatown's major Catholic Church, was built in 1801 as an English Lutheran Church.
By the early 20th century, the neighbourhood was largely Italian and Irish. A plaque on the outside of the church honouring congregation members who died during the First World War has mostly Italian names. Reflecting changing times, today services are conducted in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Just to the west of Mott St. is Columbus Park, Chinatown's outdoor living room. Bounded by Mulberry, Bayard, Baxter and Worth Sts., the open space named after Christopher Columbus was part of the eradication of the infamous Five Points slum.
The 19th-century neighbourhood housed impoverished European labourers along with the criminal elements that Charles Dickens found worth a visit and Martin Scorsese brought to life in Gangs of New York.
The huge Foley Square Courthouse complex sits on top of part of the old Five Points. But the human scale of Columbus Park is much more inviting. Mah-jong, tai chi and basketball attract multi-generations from Chinatown's overcrowded tenements. Even in winter, older Chinese, bundled in parkas, brave the cold to play cards and Chinese chess. In summer, vendors sit in the park offering such services as watch and shoe repair and fortune telling.
On the southern end of the park, Worth St. intersects Bowery, which leads to a Chinatown landmark, Chatham Square, named for William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham and prime minister of Britain before the American Revolution. It's also known as Kim Lau Square, the site of the Kim Lau Memorial Arch honouring the Chinese Americans who died in the Second World War.
Chatham Square is where Cantonese and Fujianese Chinatown intersect. Although tourists have been visiting Chinatown since the 19th century, this is a part of Chinatown that tourists rarely see.
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre St. (north of Canal) Phone: 212-619-4785; www.mocanyc.org.
Open Mondays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays-Wednesdays; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Regular admission: $7, students and seniors $4. Check website for walking tours and special events. Visitors Kiosk: Canal and Baxter Street. Free maps for adults and kids; www.explorechinatown.com
Manhattan's Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants reflecting the diverse immigrant population packed into this area. In addition to Chinese restaurants, there are Vietnamese and Malaysian restaurants as well as those serving the food of 10 other nations. From early morning to night, bakeries offer sweet and savoury snacks accompanied by hot and cold tea for just a few dollars. Sit-down dining for lunch and dinner is only slightly more expensive. Here are some suggestions:
Grand Harmony Restaurant is one of Chinatown's well-established dim sum parlours. On weekends, the mostly Chinese crowd of serious eaters fills the cavernous, pillared banquet room with its red walls and chandeliers. Dim sum daily from 8: 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. but best selection after 11 a.m. until early afternoon. Dim sum from $2 to $3.95. 98 Mott St., north of Canal; www.98grandharmony.com
Joe's Shanghai has locations that include midtown Manhattan, Flushing and Tokyo. Brave the crowds for the soup dumplings or xiao long bao, "little dumplings from basket." They're made to order and come stuffed with pork or crab, delivered to your table in a steamer. ($4.65). Open daily, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 9 Pell St.; Phone: 212-233-8888; www.joeshanghairestaurants.com


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Why you should add the UK to your Indie/RTW tripThe United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a formidable player on the world stage. Although not without its own internal squabbles between the differing groups, the United Kingdom presents a strong face to the rest of the world, and is generally an initial stop for any first-time European traveler.
- The highlights are many, and you could spend months exploring just the UK on a long-term trip (though the budget may take a hit)
- You like big, varied, awesome cities? Check out London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Belfast.
- The UK is a hodge-podge of native and immigrant cultures with a fascinating history to learn about.
- You want culture? The UK is filled with cultural opportunities for travelers.
- It's a great place to begin your longer trip - ease into it as it's foreign enough to be different but familiar enough not to overwhelm.
- You can usually catch a deal on flights in to London, and it's a great city to add into a longer flight itinerary as it's one of the world's biggest hub cities.
- It's easy to get anywhere else in Europe, whether by train or budget flight.
- Wales is a interesting mix of tradition and modernity, and it's a big part of the reason to visit.
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- If you're a fan of the arts and festivals, there aren't many cities in the world that do it better than Edinburgh.
- Want to ring in the New Year with one of the biggest parties and festivals in the world? Head to Edinburgh for Hogmanay.
- London has a long and fascinating history, and it truly is one of the world's great cities - a worthy edition to any longer, RTW trip.
- London can be expensive, but they have plenty of opportunities to save costs, particularly when it comes to museums - lots of free admission days - so do your homework before planning out your time there.
- Food in the UK gets a bad rap, but there is plenty of great cuisine being cooked in the region.
- What do you think of when you think of art, film, and rock and roll? Is it Wales? Probably not, but they do all three as good as any other country on the planet.
- Go hiking or biking on Wales' Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
- Go for a drive in Northern Ireland's Causeway Coast - spectacular scenery all around you.
- A raucous nightlife and an emerging food scene has Belfast emerging as a popular destination for travelers.
Most travelers coming to the UK fly in and out of London, but there are plenty of deals to found flying into Edinburgh or Glasgow as well. Once in the UK, you can utilize the vast train network, or it you have the funds, rent a car for the ultimate indie experience.


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I hate folding socks. Laundry as a whole is not my favorite chore, but socks suck, seriously. I usually toss them into a clothes basket in the corner. Consequently, we have a game we play at our house. I've dubbed it "Sock Quest". It consists of running into the basement, grabbing a sock that belongs to you in your left hand and then frantically searching through the mound of socks in the basket with your right hand in the attempt to make a match before the clock runs out and you're late for work, school, etc. or you just give up and go sockless.
A variation of this game is played in the kitchen. I have limited cupboard space in my house and most food storage containers get tossed in the pits of my cupboard. Should a container be needed, you usually grab a lid and go in search of a mate. Many times a flashlight is needed. I'm also a container hoarder, a trait passed on to me by my grandmother. Containers used for sour cream, margarine, and Won Ton soup get recycled into food storage containers. This particular habit cost me a late-night trip to the grocery store last Christmas Eve. While making my family's favorite 7-Layer Jell-O, I pulled out what I thought was a container of sour cream only to find I'd opened up a stash of last week's chili.
That was then, this is now. I've finally managed to purge all my old, stained, recycled food storage containers and replaced them with the Rubbermaid All-in-One 20 Piece Set. You get 10 containers with lids. They have the Premier containers with Easy Find Lid System; the lids are simple to seal and remove. I hate trying to snap a lid on a warped storage container which usually happens after multiple dishwashings. These Rubbermaid containers are made of durable clear plastic, so you can always see what's inside. The Produce Saver pieces include Fresh Vents to allow needed airflow for fruits and veggies. There's an included Crisp Tray to separate your produce from moisture. My favorite pieces in the collection are the Lock-its; they have a secure seal and features locking tabs on all four sides making it a breeze to seal your container and open it again.
The best part? Everything is stackable for those of us with limited storage and patience. The lids all stack together and you can nest all the containers easily, saving precious cupboard space. Even the Produce Saver Tray snaps to the lid. One lid also fits multiple bases. Don't worry, that doesn't mean you get less lids. It means that the 3 cup lid will fit the 3 cup container, the 5 cup container and also the 7 cup container. So grabbing a lid means you don't have to find its exact match, that lid will fit multiple bases.
I've been using the containers for a few weeks now and I'm impressed. No stains, even from spaghetti sauce. They come out of the dishwasher looking just as good as the day I opened the box and clutched them to my chest. The Produce Saver kept my sliced strawberries looking fresh and tasting great for a whole week. I've been carting salad & dressing to work with the Lock-its container without any leaks in my lunch bag.
The best part, one of you will get to try them too. I have a complete Rubbermaid All-In-One 20 Piece Set to send to one winner.
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A beautiful clear glass with double diamond shaped tea light holders, with a mirror frame.
(The name looks blurry in the picture only because it is reflected in the mirror behind it.)
Please note: This guide is a general guide and will work for many average size heads, however, we cannot possibly guarantee that the sizing will work for you.
All children's' heads run differently, and Yarmulkes do not come 100% perfectly sized either. Please also keep in mind that velvet Yarmulkes shrink with wear, and also mold to the head within a week or two of wearing, so even if a Yarmulke comes a little big, most likely it will fit nicely within a week or two. (Obviously not if it's HUGE)
We currently carry three brands of Yarmulkes. We now recommend to use the same sizing across all three brands. They are not exactly the same, but not different enough to recommend different sizing for each brand. Our general guide is as follows:
The most typical size for an Upsherin Boy is a size 3.
(a very small boy or if you like the Yarmulkes to fit smaller, should do a 2)
Ages 4/5 through ages 7/8 will typically wear a size 4.
Ages 8/9-11/12 will typically wear a size 5.
Older children may continue to wear a 5 (heads do not grow quickly), or move into a size 6.
This guide is based on a typical boy who wears his Yarmulke big enough to be seen all around his head but not huge.
The Brands We Carry:
Majestic - this is the brand we now carry for the basic velvet Yarmulke in black, navy, and grey. We believe that the sizing and quality is very similar to the Keter ones we have always carried. If anything, these run a bit bigger and a bit deeper. (We may still have some Keter in sizes 2 & 6)
Keter - we carry many of the Keter Fashion yarmulkes. These include Wool, Cotton, Merino, Linen, and Corduroy. The sizing for these run like the Keter sizing always did. We find that they have a flatter fit than both the Majestic and Custom Shoppe. We would still recommend to stay within the same size.
The Custom Shoppe (TCS) - These are the popular velvet Yarmulkes with different color rims and stitching. These only come up to a Size 5, but we have limited stock available in size 5. Our denim Yarmulkes are also TCS.
Doesn't each Yarmulke fit differently? Some people worry that each Yarmulke has to be tried on, as each one fits differently. There is truth to that, as the Yarmulkes do not come perfectly uniform. However, we have found most of the time that if you know your size, each individual Yarmulke is not so different and they will usually fit ok. Also, as your child wears his Yarmulke it will mold to his head, and usually even if it starts out a little big it will fit nicely within a week or two.


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The Great Recession is hardly a distant memory, but its safe to say that Durangos real estate market has been seeing quite the boom lately.
Low interest rates on mortgages, growing consumer confidence and low inventory have converged in recent months to create a wave of demand that is outpacing supply at a rate that real estate agents say they havent seen in years.
The phenomenon is at its peak in the city.
Its a really busy market in town. Almost all homes that are priced accordingly are flying off the shelf, said Tina Miely, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Heritage House Realtors. Bidding wars and all kinds of things like that are happening under the $350,000 price point just in the past three weeks.
The low inventory levels right now arent a surprise to Realtors the number of properties up for sale always tends to drop in the winter as people wait until spring. The difference this year is that demand has remained high thanks to historically low mortgage interest rates and affordable home prices, real estate agents said.
Buyers are starting to feel the pinch interest rates arent going to get any lower, and prices are potentially going to rise this spring, so people are going to try to jump in the market, said Denise Storm, president of the Durango Area Association of Realtors.
In Colorado, interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages bottomed out at 3.38 percent in December, according to HSH.com, a mortgage-rate tracking website. Average rates this week ticked up to 3.75 percent.
Inventory levels indicate the in-town Durango market could be headed toward a sellers market. Last week, 77 Durango homes were on the market, indicating a five-month supply based on last years sales. But of those 77, 29 are under contract, leaving 48 or a 3½ month supply that are truly on the market. A five- to seven-month supply indicates a balanced market, according to the National Association of Realtors. Any less and the market is said to favor sellers.
Data from the Colorado Real Estate Network show a 14 percent increase in the percentage of houses sold at or above their final asking price during the last three months as compared to all of 2012.
The market is obviously heating up, said Don Ricedorff, a real estate broker with The Wells Group who compiled the data.
Prices also have been rising as demand has increased for Durango homes. The median home price for in-town properties increased almost 10 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of 2012.
Meanwhile, days on the market for in-town Durango homes dropped from 181 days in 2011 to 149 days in 2012. In 2005, at the height of the market, homes were for sale an average of 124 days.
Homes that have been on the market for several months now are becoming more appealing to buyers faced with a more limited selection, said Melissa Mayer, a real estate broker with The Wells Group.
Market spillover
The uptick in the real estate market has spilled over into home construction, with building permits in the city of Durango increasing from 11 in 2008 to 35 in 2012.
Lenders have seen an increase in mortgage applications as people respond to the historically low interest rates, said Mark Bowman, a mortgage consultant with First National Bank of Durango.
Typically, he would take two or three applications in a week, Bowman said, but last month, that number was more like five or six. Bowman said he has seen a resurgence of first-time homebuyers and investors who are finding homes priced low enough that they can produce positive cash flow as rentals. Both are groups that agents say they are seeing in larger numbers, as well.
Increasing in-town demand is affecting the market in Bayfield and other parts of the county, Storm said. Elke Brutsaert, head womens coach of Fort Lewis Colleges cycling team, is selling her house on Florida Mesa to move into Durango. After two weeks on the market, her house already had been shown 10 times, Brutsaert said last week.
With buyer demand so high, real estate agents are sending out mailers, Facebook messages and calls to potential sellers encouraging them to sell now.
I went through my phone list and called people who perhaps wanted to sell a year or two years ago and asked if they wanted to sell again, Miely said. Houses are going on the market and selling in a week or two.
And Durango isnt the only place feeling the inventory squeeze the supply of Denver-area homes for sale hit a 23-year low in January, according to a report in the Denver Business Journal.
The reality of financing
While low interest rates are out there, it has become harder for people to qualify for them because new federal regulations on areas such as underwriting and mortgage buybacks are rightly causing banks to be more cautious, said Jennifer Lopez, executive director at the Regional Housing Alliance, and Pam Moore, the agencys deputy director.
Rising home prices in an area already known for its higher costs also means people have to put down more money up front on a mortgage.
For a family making $60,000, their dollars dont go as far here, Moore said.
If people cant make a down payment of 20 percent or more, banks require they purchase mortgage insurance, creating an even bigger financial burden for homebuyers, Moore said.
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Bad design is not evidence of randomness, it's evidence of design by a non omnicient, non omnipotent designer.Its evidence of a design process that has limits in how perfect it can be because it has to start with designs that are preexisting.
As for randomness not producing the designs we see in the cell. You seem to forget that only part of the process of evolution is random.
The selection process brutally removes all organisms that don't fit into an available niche.
An analogy, Obviously it's impossible for an industrial paint sprayer to paint the greek alphabet in 1'' letters on a wall. ( the sprayer paints only a blast of paint 3ft wide) Unless you first mask off all of the wall that isn't shaped like the greek alphabet. This makes a stencel that removes all the paint that doesn't fit in the niche. Random paint, non random niche. In life the niche tends to be constantly changeing as well as the organisms that are fit in it.
Variation (Random changes to current design) Selection (non random removal of designs that aren't fitting) Reproduction. repeat a few quadrillion times.
Now if you walk into a room and see the greek alphabet on the wall in 1 inch letters you can't say that a random process wasn't involved.
You might say it appears that someone painted it on with a brush or it might have been done with a stensel. To determine which it was just look closely. A brush will leave brush strokes. The sprayer will show stippled paint and overspray.
We are just saying that the often half baked bodged together designs we see in nature look like paint sprayer evidence not masterful brushstrokes.
(awesome metaphore if I do say so myself)
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Sorry for the delay. I have been away for a few days.
I think you have misunderstood me.
It's not me that is suggesting bad design is evidence of randomness.
This idea has been put out by canalon and you appear to agree with him.
I was merely responding to his assertion. He appears not to answer any questions his assertions raise. So they are coming over as statements of doctrine, and I get very suspicious of doctrinaire pronouncements, because they invariably lack evidence or logic.
When you say
"As for randomness not producing the designs we see in the cell. You seem to forget that only part of the process of evolution is random."
With respect there is nothing random at all about the cell process. I have explained, and any text book or peer reviewed paper will concur that as a fact.
More than that I have also explained that any mistakes in copying are corrected before cell division takes place.
Random mutations cannot produce the feedback processes we see in the cell. If you say they do then surely it is incumbent on you to show evidence of that.
I am arguing that only design accounts for what we observe in the cell. You keep presuming that I am trying to bring religion into science.
After all my 13 year old grandson studies Design Technology in class and it is not a religious school.
Design is a perfectly valid scientific topic.
Is it your contention that unless the cell arrived by random mutations of the genetic material followed by natural selection, any other explanation must be religiously based.
Could you please clarify your position.
It might be your use of the term design that is confusing me. When you say design do you imply a designer that is an entity?
The process of evolution is a design process without an entity guiding it.
This design process has actually been used recently to design robots and some software.
Random processes (Mutation) can result in feedback systems in cells. A well studied system is called the lac operon. It's a bacterial system for regulating when certain DNA segments are expressed and when they aren't. Because it is such a simple system it takes less imagination to see how it evolved.
It is not my contention that designer based explainations are religeously based. It is however consistent with all my previous experience.
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First all mutations are not repaired, most are repaired, a few kill the cell
Yes the cell proof reading catches most errors and corrects them. Only rarely, as in such cases as in cancer will a new mutation lead to a phenotype so dramatic that we will realise that something new has happened. Note of course that the new mutation is invariably deleterious. At best these mutations are neutral.
Is there any mutation observed that has resulted in beneficial phenotypic change? If so
Could you please point me to any peer reviewed paper to confirm that.
btw. please think for a moment, do natural laws proof read for errors?
When you say design do you imply a designer that is an entity?
The best way for me to answer that is by referring to the lac operon that you cite
as an example this way
Because it is such a simple system it takes less imagination to see how it evolved.
Firstly to suggest that this is a simple system so that less imagination is required, I find quite astonishing.
May I suggest you review the actual operation of this lac operon. Here is a good visual of what it does and how.
If bacteria encounter two sugars, e.g. glucose and lactose, then E. coli cells will keep the lac operon turned down as long as glucose is present. It is not appropriate if glucose is still available, because E. coli cells metabolize glucose more easily than lactose, it would therefore be wasteful in energy for them to activate the lac operon in the presence of glucose.
This operon is therefore described as a combination of switches, and that is exactly what it is.
Now switches are decision nodes that allow a process to go one way or another depending on what the circumstances require.
There is nothing simple about this system. It requires informational signalling from both within and without the cell. That symbolic signalling determines which switch sequence to turn on or off and when, along with energy saving decisions
We see algorithmic commands such as START, STOP, AND, OR, ELSE and so on
in operation. These things are never seen in natural laws.
We still don't understand how these genes come to grouped in the way they are on the genome except that this grouping is definitely non random, as a clear understanding of the operon shows.
So this is not haphazard design at work. This is clearly design to cater for different energy sources, functioning with a definite purpose in mind.
It is definitely not a simple system
However by way of comparison lets consider the circular settings of the large upright stones at Stonehenge in England. Some of these massive stones have equally massive cross member stones perched on top.
How did this massive configuration come about?
Does anyone believe that is was the result of natural forces?
And why not ?--- after all we have seen for ourselves how in the recent tsunami heavy vehicles being perched on top of buildings in a matter of minutes demonstrating that natural forces do have the capacity to deposit heavy structures on top of others.
But we don't believe these came about naturally, because we recognise functional design in the configuration. It is simple and it could even be argued that it is not a very good design. Still we attribute it to an outside agency. We don't know who that outside agency was but yet in the science of archaeology it is carefully studied and accepted that outside agency is definitely involved.
Now can science identify a designer? Well the simple answer is that science cannot.
A historical record can, but that is not a scientific topic.
Also a historical record may or may not be true.
The Churches of Christendom claim that their Triune creator did it.
The Islamic churches claim that their creator did it.
The Hindus claim their creator(s) did it.
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster claims their creator did it, and so on.
These are simply belief systems and therefore cannot be falsifiable in the scientific sense and therefore are not subjects for scientific debate, even though many try to make it so.
However the creator we call decent with modification by random mutations/natural selection claims to be scientific and not a belief system.
Therefore it must be, by it's very definition, falsifiable.
Please ask yourself this question
Why are there so many different theories about the origin of species i.e. macro evolution?
The answer must be because each theory is simply not fitting the evidence, an essential requirement of any scientific theory.
Just about every facet of evolutionary theory is being falsified time and time again.
This is not a dogmatic statement because the peer-reviewed material is abundant showing this to be so. The interesting point about this material is that most of it is coming from the evolutionary community itself.
I am quite happy to point you to any necessary papers to confirm my argument.
If you say, God just talked to me and told me that I am the new Pope therefore all that cool stuff in the Vatican belongs to me. That isn't falsefiable. God only talks to me, sorry.
You appear to have a common problem among creationists. A very limited imagination. I have little choice but to assume you are in the creationist mindset as you dodged my question about an entity designer.
The lac operon has only a handful of parts, non of which will mean instant death if it's missing. Once the bits of the system finally get together in the same E coli it gives a very nice advantage of not wasting recources on lactose metabolic machinery when it's not needed. It's just a few mutations. No need to get God involved. Just give the little beasties some time.
I've often wondered why God tells his chosen people that they are chosen but neglects to tell everyone else.
As for just about every aspect of evolutionary theory being falsefied, Well to put it cordially, Male Bovid Feces.
If you want to see selection,reproduction, mutation happen in a short period of time. You can do it yourself. Petri dish, bacterial culture, pick an antibiotic, apply it to the plate for a while. What you will see is a large percentage of the initial population die off and are replaced by a new population of bacteria that are more resistant to the antibiotic in question. (unfortunately they will likely also get resistant to several other antibiotics due to how a lot of bacteria share resistance factors).
If you don't believe this happens I would invite you to take good old fashioned penicillin for your next staph infection.
As you appear to have about the average amount of preexisting bias about this experiments outcome I would suggest you team up with someone who will be able to counter your conscious and unconscious biases with appropriate controls. (scientific method)
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Let me start by responding to the first.
First, falsefiable doesn't mean false. It means a theory that can be tested
You are actually making my point for me.
For a theory to be considered scientific it must be falsifiable and if evidence is produced to rebut the theory then the theory must be abandoned or at least modified.
However when I present valid scientific arguments that the theory does not and indeed cannot explain, you launch into anti-religious rhetoric. You don't even know what my belief system is or even if I have one. I have no idea what all this "chosen people" rhetoric is all about
So can we just stick to science please.
You stated that the lac operon is a simple example of evolution.
In fairness you have tried to expand upon that by adding
The lac operon has only a handful of parts, non of which will mean instant death if it's missing. Once the bits of the system finally get together in the same E coli it gives a very nice advantage of not wasting recources on lactose metabolic machinery when it's not needed. It's just a few mutations. No need to get God involved. Just give the little beasties some time.
Firstly, and with great respect, that does not even begin to explain how some pre existing structure whatever it may have been, came to be, what is known as the lac operon.
It's just a few mutations you say. Is that really the best "scientific" explanation you can come up with?
Simply stating that a few mutations did it is frankly no different the "god did it argument".
Secondly lac operon is evidence of the system's built in redundancy that enables E coli to exist on different energy sources.
Redundancy in any system is evidence of forward planning and which is of course evidence of design.
Random mutation by their very nature cannot forward plan.
Another biological fact you need to appreciate is that mutations invariably are deleterious, at best neutral, to the organism. There has been enough experimental evidence over the past at least 60 or so years, to establish that point.
If you wish I will point you some of the research that has been carried out.
http://www.csun.edu/~sd51881/readings/E ... l_1996.pdf
How duplication and preservation increases the chances of beneficial mutation while preserving original function (something that would look to the uneducated like "forward planning") -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article ... 101175.pdf
That took all of 5 minutes searching.
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At last someone has decided to engage in some real science.
I was beginning to wonder if the anti-religious flow towards me was ever going to change to genuine science. So once again thanks
Firstly this discussion is in relation to origin of species not the evolution within species which no one that I am aware of disputes.
As I understand it even the creationists recognise this fact.
You claim it took you about 5 minutes to locate these papers, but did it take you 5 minutes to actually read them.
Please point me to any one of them that shows how a new species has emerged.
All these mutations observed did not produce any new species.
Did any of the beneficial mutations produce phenotypic change required for a new species?
I think you already know the answer to that.
Two of these papers includes the very good work of Richard Lenski with some collegues.
http://www.csun.edu/~sd51881/readings/E ... l_1996.pdf
Now the latter is particularly interesting, however you have chosen a more dated paper of Lenski.
This paper from 1996 refers to his experiment with E.coli, but what is pertinent is that the paper in it's opening paragraph refers to the Stephens Gould / Niles Eldridge theory of punctuated equilibriam to explain the origin of species. They developed this theory in response to the fossil record in Cambrian strata that even Darwin himself acknowledged was a real problem for his theory.
Now I would suggest you read his more recent paper(2008) relating to this experiment that was conducted over more than 22 years and involving some 600,000 generations of E.coli growth in 12 population groups.
http://myxo.css.msu.edu/lenski/pdf/2008 ... t%20al.pdf
And what appears to be his concluding paper on this experiment (2011)
http://www.microbemagazine.org/images/s ... 000030.pdf
In the 2008 paper in his concluding comments he asks the question
"Will the Cit and Cit lineages eventually become distinct species?"
Clearly up to that point the answer was no.
Lets move on to 2011 and his accolade to Darwin
Lets again go to his concluding comments relation to his long experiment to show how Darwin's theory of the origin Species was being supported by his experoiments.
After all these long years of painstaking experimenting he enters what he terms his midlife crisis.
"From Bacteria to Computers,and Back Again
Perhaps it was a midlife crisis: my bacteria were slowing down, and I was looking for some new action. So I had an affair—one that continues today, though with slightly less feverish intensity—with some artificial creatures. Avidians are computer programs that copy their own genomes, and they live in a virtual world that exists inside a computer."
No new species then.
So he has given up on the real world and goes to a virtual reality.
Your third citation
far from showing that random mutations cause new species attempts to demonstrate that these random mutations tend more to immunise species from extinction.. As I read it therefore stasis rather than evolution in the order of the day.
Finally your last citation is simply a hypothesis.
I don't see how using one hypothesis to support another can be classed as empirical evidence.
I think you will find that things have moved on since 1998
But thanks for your response.
Much appreciated.
In order to see new species you must do a few things. First define species, relatively easy for sexually reproducing organisms, very difficult for bacteria. Bacteria would be nice because of the relatively short time per generation but the definition problem makes this a non starter.
The best place to look would likely be African rift lake Cichlids. They have been spinning off new species at a very fast rate. Still it's going to likely take 10's of years.
Another place to look is in a very small system like Darwins finches in the Galopago islands. "The Beak of The Finch" chronicles the Grants' herculean multiyear study of these finches separating into 3 species during bad years and hybridizing back into one big genetic blob during high rainfall years. It's quite readable. They actually captured, measured, and followed every single bird on the Island for many years.
I'm still curious about your version of a designer. Please describe, I can't argue with your beliefs/biases if you won't define them. Are you ashamed of your beliefs? Incidentally, I find that saying your biases out load helps to see alternatives more clearly. It seems to help take some of the emotion out.
The reason I don't site peer revieved papers in this forum is that I agree with Albert Einstien when he said (aproximately) You can't say you understand a theory until you can explain it to your grandmother.
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Sorry once again for the delay in responding. I have a very busy life and it does take me away from the forum often for days at a time. I have the weekend ahead so can devote more time to this discussion.
First define species, relatively easy for sexually reproducing organisms, very difficult for bacteria. Bacteria would be nice because of the relatively short time per generation but the definition problem makes this a non starter.
You are right about the need to define species.
Now I can only rely on biologists who provide that definition.
As you say with sexually producing organisms it is fairly well defined.
In the case of bacteria it could perhaps be more subjective.
However I can only take on board what biologists themselves say.
When Richard Lenski who is (was) in the forefront of bacteria investigation in connection with the evolutionary process says quite clearly that no new species had emerged in the course of his investigation, he clearly had a definition in mind.
The E.coli he started with was still E.coli when he concluded.
Another place to look is in a very small system like Darwins finches in the Galopago islands. "The Beak of The Finch" chronicles the Grants' herculean multiyear study of these finches separating into 3 species during bad years and hybridizing back into one big genetic blob during high rainfall years. It's quite readable. They actually captured, measured, and followed every single bird on the Island for many years.
Now I am familiar with the Grants work.
As far as I am aware all the finches they were studying are sexually reproducing and able to reproduce with each other.
Am I correct?
So,are you saying that finches with different size beaks are now being regarded as different species. Is that correct?
This is how this forum defines species
noun, singular or plural: species
(1) The lowest taxonomic rank, and the most basic unit or category of biological classification.
(2) An individual belonging to a group of organisms (or the entire group itself) having common characteristics and (usually) are capable of mating with one another.
A species is given a two-part name: the generic name and the specific name (or specific epithet). For example, Allium cepa (commonly known as onion)
Now according to this definition are all the finches, that the Grants or indeed Darwin himself studied, of the same species or not?
What you are mistakenly doing is noting variation within a given species depending on environmental conditions and promoting it as evidence of one species changing into another.
The finches still remained finches.
Lenski's E.coli bacteria still remained E.coli bacteria.
I'm still curious about your version of a designer. Please describe
Natural Laws can and do produce design. A good example of this is the snowflake.
This site describes nicely how the design in snowflakes is produced.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/molecules ... wflake.htm
So one "version of a designer" is Natural Laws and as the site above shows this design can be explained scientifically.
There is another type of design, for example the cell. The Design clearly seen in it's operation cannot be explained by natural laws alone. Natural laws are in operation but are controlled by what are referred to as biological algorithms.
Algorithms by their very nature are the product of an outside agency.
So the question is, what is that outside agency?
This is a question that science is simply unable to answer because analytical science can only describe natural phenomena.
So I have two "versions of a designer". One science can describe and the other science cannot describe.
Now regarding the latter a description of this outside agency must naturally be a matter of belief and not science. That belief can be regarded as a religion or philosophy and therefore cannot be analysed by the scientific method.
Let me remind you that this discussion is about a scientific theory(s).
Now I can understand why you appear to want to move this debate on to belief systems because on a scientific basis the argument for species change (origin) by natural phenomena is being lost.
All the arguments you are putting forward are based on a philosophical approach and not as I am arguing, a scientific one.
Some would regard that as a religious approach.
The reality is, you don't need to know what I believe, to show that what I state is scientifically incorrect. All you have to do is produce the evidence that rebuts my statements.
The reason I don't site peer revieved papers in this forum is that I agree with Albert Einstien when he said (aproximately) You can't say you understand a theory until you can explain it to your grandmother.
So please tell, what are you doing making statements you claim are based on science and in a scientific forum if you are not prepared to support them with any recognised scientific evidence. (Although once again you contradict yourself because you refer to the Grant studies of finches)
btw The standard theory i.e. "decent from a common ancestor by random mutation and natural selection" is quite a simple theory and one that my grandson understands. Not sure about my grandmother!
If something is factual you will be able to show it with evidence, if you cannot then it is a belief .
Why not just admit that what you have been arguing is based on a belief system.
That would be a consistent way of presenting your point.
I do not agree that Religeous/ Phylosophical beliefs are beyond the reach of science. If it comes out of someones mouth it's biased BS until the scientific process has been applied. Even then look at it a couple thousand more times.
I can't disprove or prove your beliefs if you refuse to tell me what they are. Why? are you ashamed? Worried that you might have to rethink your world view?
This is the strongest, most insideous bias there is. Being emotionally invested in your theory.
To test for this bias, simply immagine how you would feel if someone were to prove to you that your beliefs are wrong.
I know , I know, there is no way to disprove the existence of a deity.
But hypothetically, Say a giant intergallactic spaceship arrived and the inhabitants mentioned that they dropped off some bacteria here 3 billion years ago and were just stopping by to see how things were going.
How would you feel?
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Win tomorrow.... or else, Boys!
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- चंद्रमौलेश्वर प्रसाद said...
But .... for tomorrow everybody seems to have forgotten today :)
- March 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM
- Ashwini Sane said...
M'am I feel sorry for the Pakistani team,we Indians will get over our loss and turn to the T20, but they will face the worst in their country. I hope we win of course. As for Liz Taylor, well its what you do in life which people remember you , beauty is only skin deep.
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She was unique in some ways. When most of us in that advanced age think of our grandchildren's marriages, she was thinking of hers. I remember her as Cleopatra. Wedding bells must be ringing for her in the other world, if at all there is one.
As for the cricket match, it has become a frenzy.
- March 29, 2011 at 4:20 PM
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- March 29, 2011 at 7:00 PM
- Pesto Sauce said...
Yup Liz was more than a legend
- March 29, 2011 at 7:25 PM
- Akshay Giram said...
We are going to win tomarrow, no doubt....!
- March 29, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Madhu said...
I took a day off from work. My manager was quite surprised that I am asking for leave because I want to watch a match. had to explain her...that its our religion :)
Oh well, what can I say. India better win.
- March 29, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- ashirwaad-holiday-apts-goa said...
Yea, it's do or die for our Khiladis
- March 29, 2011 at 10:15 PM
- smartgirl said...
So dont think we get women like that anymore - who take a risk and learn to live...everyone elsetoday : just wants what they are told they shd..whereas liz well she did what she wanted !! Admirable - i do think that people of earlier generations (wont say older) were really colourful : they were more avante garde - whereas now : very traditional very conservative..
Did she have kids I wonder
- March 29, 2011 at 10:46 PM
- Unknown said...
Thank you for your tribute to the lovely Lady who entertained us for decades.
Yes we will never get another Liz, Monreo, Greta Garbo, Lana Turner....
They lived and loved openly and were no hypocrites...
Debbie Reynolds the sweetheart one everyone loved and felt for her when she lost Eddie to Liz and sang the hit of yesteryear "THEY SAY YOU FOUND SOMEBODY NEW"...
@smartgirl Liz does have her own children. She also adopted one.
- March 29, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Apologises for this, but she did not win an Oscar for 'Cat on the tin roof' she won for 'Whose afraid of Virginia wolf' and 'Butterfield 8' – hope Sonam Kapoor is not giving you enough stress , this is not a hate mail, just an opinion like you have inspired us to give.
- March 30, 2011 at 6:32 AM
- Unknown said...
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Oh Liz was certainly divine! Spell bound reallly is the word. But did she really have violet eyes, or is that a legend? Why is her many marriages such a big deal. I definitely think that if it were in our power we would all do that and not just for anybody's physical attractiveness but also by who they are, personality, soulfulness. There are simply too many beautiful people and just one lifetime! More than moral monogamy is political.
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I remember seeing diamond jewelries that she collected from all her ex husbands many moons ago on some tv. Honestly speaking she doesn't even look as good as YOU Shobha De or had pretty face like ASH but I guess its her stardom that made her this big. It seem as in hollywood the more man you get the more attention you get. Look @ kim kardashian to Anjelina Jolie. And average americans are fashionably following this trent since back in the days & they are suffering just as much as their stars. The bad news is only some people see the good/positive side of their dream star (Liz) who they look up to; And the good news is Shobha De topped all her (Elizabeth Taylor) crazy fans fantasy! Congratulation & Chakde India.
PS-I'm more of Audrey Hepburn fan<3
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