Soxy
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I predict this poll will cause some Chicago style voting (please Cheat. . .)
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Been there done that. . .
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QUOTE(Yoda @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 07:26 PM) Isn’t that Jack? Yeah, I first heard one of those stations driving through Phillie (or maybe it was DC, I don't know) and it sucked. It was so much more hit and miss than regular stations. I was not a fan.
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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 12:25 PM) I'm just thankfull your bio classes still had an evolutionary part... Lol, at St. Olaf College no less! Where more religion classes are required than hard science and math.
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I tried that once, but no one believed me. I thought being Big Ben would be a great way to get guys, but, well I've been wrong before. . .
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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 08:41 AM) And, Soxy, you've broken my heart. That would be an automatic letter grade deduction in one of my classes Sorry. I knew I should have paid more attention during the evolutionary part of my bio classes.
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Holy cow, this is cool!!!! Tuskless elephants evolving in China due to poaching Sun Jul 17, 3:59 AM ET BEIJING, July 17 (AFP) - A recent study has predicted that more male Asian elephants in China will be born without tusks because poaching of tusked elephants is reducing the gene pool, the China Daily reported Sunday. The study, conducted in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan province, where two-thirds of China's Asian elephants live, found that the tuskless phenomenon is spreading, the report said. The tusk-free gene, which is found in between two and five percent of male Asian elephants, has increased to between five percent and 10 percent in elephants in China, according to Zhang Li, an associate professor of zoology at Beijing Normal University. "This decrease in the number of elephants born with tusks shows the poaching pressure for ivory on the animal," said Zhang, whose research team has been studying elephants since 1999 at a reserve in Xishuangbanna. Only male elephants have tusks, which are said to be a symbol of masculinity and a weapon to fight for territory. However, due to poaching for ivory, the elephants' pride has become a death sentence, the report said. "The larger tusks the male elephant has, the more likely it will be shot by poachers," said Zhang. "Therefore, the ones without tusks survive, preserving the tuskless gene in the species." A similar decline in elephants with tusks has been seen in Uganda, which experienced heavy poaching in the 1970s and '80s, the report said. However, Zhang's findings of the spread of the tuskless gene due to poaching must be tested, according to some academics. "This is, of course, a possibility, but till now there is no clear genetic proof that it can occur," Vivek Menon, executive director of the Wildlife Trust of India, was quoted as saying. Rampant poaching of male elephants for tusks has also caused the female-to-male ratio to rise from the ideal 2:1 to 4:1 in China and 100:1 in India, the report said. There are between 45,000 and 50,000 Asian elephants in 13 countries, including China and India. China only has about 250, according to the report. China is among 160 nations which signed an international treaty administered since 1989 banning the trade in ivory and products of other endangered animals. Nonetheless, four Asian elephants were found shot dead in China last year. In addition to poaching, human activity that causes a loss of habitat also threatens the animals.
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QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 12:42 AM) freeze pops syrup + water = good About a month ago I was at the grocery store and I saw a box of those on sale, and I bought them. They were such a huge treat when I was little. Not quite as delicious as I remember, but still quite tasty. I also really liked Bubble Tape (6 feet of fun), tongue splashers, sour patch kids, and the afore mentioned Ecto Cooler (that I was oddly thinking about just a couple days ago). Oh, and you could get the Bazooka Joe for a penny at the drugstore by my house and I looooooved those comics.
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I thought strikeouts were fascist? I still think that piece was funny.
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Conan. Although it being on an hour later on the East Coast is KILLING me!
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QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Jul 17, 2005 -> 10:29 PM) You can use my real name if you want, Ian. Mostly everyone here does anyway. Sadly that is not true, thanks for trying though. Oh, don't be such a Sad Sally. I mean, if at first you don't succeed try, try again.
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QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Jul 17, 2005 -> 10:17 PM) I'm going to end up having a heart attack at this rate. I figured the "o" would be added. Soxy, Resisting urge to be very dirty. . . With you Showtime, there's always that extra O. Didn't work. Oh well, happens to the best of us.
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Two thumbs up for proper grammatical spelling a lot.
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QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 17, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) So time to take the cat to the vet (you don't want to know what for), but it's always fun trying to cram him into his cage. Good luck. One of my parents cats is really evil at the vet. They put her in the "cat bag" which is like a straight jacket for cats. And she can get out of it. She's bitten two different vets, made one stick the needle in his arm, and she's bitten two assistants and the secretary. She's usually nice, though. . .