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Fish goes without sex for 100,000 years

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:50:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: slut!!!

SYDNEY: New research has shown that an all-female species of fish has survived without sexual reproduction for up to 100,000 years.

Siren-like: The Amazon molly uses its powers of seduction to lure the males of related fish species into largely fruitless matings. For the most part its offspring are asexual clones, say researchers.

Independent women

The mollies produce eggs complete with all the necessary genetic material for the development of their offspring. This means that the 50 per cent genetic contribution provided by sperm in most other animal species, is not required.

Its presence is still needed, however, with the sperm acting solely as a "mechanical trigger" to kick-start the embryo's development

The mollies use behavioural and chemical cues to "seduce" these males and "enforce copulation

the Amazon molly

a contender for the "oldest living unisexual vertebrate species

naughty photo booth

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:12:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: oh yeah..give it to me baby! uh huh uh huh!!
funnyyyyyyyyyyyyy..

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China ban Australia taking own food to Olympics

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:37:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: team nutritionist Professor Louise Burke said the products, supplied by team sponsors Uncle Toby's and Nestle, were crucial to Aussie athletes because they provided familiar foods in the heat of competition

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FORGET about Tibet and human rights - 2008 may become known as the year of the Vegemite riots following China's ban on Australia taking its own food to the Olympic Games.

In another example of the iron-clad control Beijing is trying to exert on foreigners, Games organisers have told Australia it must source all food from within China.

It is understood the Chinese have introduced the ban to maximise revenue for local food producers.

The policy is an abrupt departure from previous Olympics, when Australian athletes have been allowed to bring in foods to meet their strict dietary needs.

The Australian ban comes after American athletes caused a furore in China by boycotting local food.

The US Olympic Committee plans to transport its own produce because of fears about China's public health and food standards.

"A lot of the food we are taking is not readily available in China. We would like to take these products because they help our athletes feel at home," he said.

Why I Left Greenpeace-Patrick Moore

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:32:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Phthalates are the new bogeyman. These chemicals make easy targets since they are hard to understand and difficult to pronounce.

Sadly, Greenpeace has evolved into an organization of extremism and politically motivated agendas. Its antichlorination campaign failed, only to be followed by a campaign against polyvinyl chloride.

We all have a responsibility to be environmental stewards. But that stewardship requires that science, not political agendas, drive our public policy.

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In 1971

we started Greenpeace

At first, many of the causes we championed, such as opposition to nuclear testing and protection of whales, stemmed from our scientific knowledge of nuclear physics and marine biology

But after six years

none of my fellow directors had any formal science education

were either political activists or environmental entrepreneurs

a trend toward abandoning scientific objectivity in favor of political agendas forced me to leave

The breaking point was a Greenpeace decision to support a world-wide ban on chlorine. Science shows that adding chlorine to drinking water was the biggest advance in the history of public health

My former colleagues ignored science and supported the ban

Opposition

is part of a broader hostility to the use of industrial chemicals

Rachel Carson's 1962 book, "Silent Spring," had a significant impact on many

a mindset that treats virtually all industrial use of chemicals with suspicion

Greenpeace now has a new target called phthalates