"If your message is a paragraph long, you don't have a message--you have a paragraph." ~Lynda Resnick [Source]

Women Are The Future

Sisterhood IS The Future

...just the first two that came to mind...

..and then there's...

Matriarchy? Sounds hawt!

“With all of the comparisons to Hitler and the Nazis, young people are beginning to think that the allied powers defeated Nazi Germany because Germany had too much health care.” ~Jim Hansen from Proposed extensions of Godwin’s Law

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Which songs did Sav play the acoustic guitar and the keyboard for during the Hysteria tour?

I feel like i know this...but its just not coming to me...
help would be awesome! Thanks =)

3 more wallpapers (HC, Jennifer, Cameron) over at my LJ

Title: Five Things (More or Less) That Ray Kowalski is Not Telling Ray Vecchio
Rating/Warnings/Spoilers: PG/None/End of the series
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Word Count: 2345
Author's Notes: Beta~ed by bakaknight; any remaining errors are strictly my own fault.

Five Things (More or Less) That Ray Kowalski is Not Telling Ray Vecchio

Back in the dark, but some nice close-ups to make up for it. *g*

( Clickie! )

life, muse, ncis, the big bang theory, the mentalist





( cause i have stared down the barrel of a gun )

Note: The most important part of this is the egg-to-egg fertilization part, which the article 'just sort of slips past'.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/8390055.stm
Published: 2009/12/02 10:42:27 GMT
Men carry the seeds of their own destruction in the genes present in their sperm, research suggests.

Scientists working on mice have highlighted a specific gene which although carried by both sexes only appears to be active in males.

They believe it allows males to grow bigger bodies - but at the expense of their longevity.

The study, by Tokyo University of Agriculture, appears in the journal Human Reproduction.

Although the study was conducted on mice, the researchers believe it could apply to all mammals - including humans.

They studied mice created with genetic material from two mothers, but no father.

This was achieved by manipulating DNA in mouse eggs so the genes behaved like those in sperm.

The altered genetic material was implanted into the eggs of adult female mice to create embryos.

The resulting offspring, completely free of any genetic material inherited from a male, lived on average a third longer than mice with a normal genetic inheritance.

Better immune function

The mice with two mothers were significantly lighter and smaller at birth.

But they appeared to have better functioning immune systems.

The researchers believe the key is a gene passed on by fathers called Rasgrf1.

Although it passes down to both sexes, it is silenced in females through a process known as imprinting.

Lead researcher Professor Tomohiro Kono said: "We have known for some time that women tend to live longer than men in almost all countries worldwide, and that these sex-related differences in longevity also occur in many other mammalian species.

"However, the reason for this difference was unclear and, in particular, it was not known whether longevity in mammals was controlled by the genome composition of only one or both parents.

"Our results suggested sex differences in longevity originating at the genome level, implying that the sperm genome has a detrimental effect on longevity in mammals.

"The study may give an answer to the fundamental questions: that is, whether longevity in mammals is controlled by the genome composition of only one or both parents, and just maybe, why women are at an advantage over men with regard to lifespan."

In the UK the average lifespan for men is 77.4 and for women 81.6.

The researchers said in nature males tended to concentrate resources on building a large body, because strength and bulk help them fight for mating opportunities with females.

In contrast, females tended to conserve energy for breeding and providing for their offspring.

Professor Kay-Tee Khaw, an expert in ageing at the University of Cambridge, said the findings were not necessarily applicable to humans.

She said: "These are interesting findings but I think any sex differences in longevity - which in humans have changed over time and differ in different environments - may have more complex explanations than any single gene."

It is so fucking cold in my apartment.

And I've been up all night because I am SO INEFFICIENT.

I'm writing about cyborgs and posthumanism and feminism, of course. And tentacle sex. THIS IS ACADEMIC STUFF, MAN.

I have to give a brief presentation on it in, ooh two hours and 45 minutes. It's just a ten minute reading on a panel -- not a big deal. My problem is cutting this stuff down. (And putting it into sentences and paragraphs that flow together and form a cohesive, coherent whole... But that's how it always goes when you start things 12 hours before they're due.)

Why am I on LJ???

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Title:  Family
Author:  Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Genre:  Gen
Categories:  Angst, Tony-centric character study
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Wordcount: 17,500ish
Spoilers:  Show to date, including Season 7
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Author's Notes: My attempt at explaining Tony's characterisation since mid-season 6.
Summary:  Tony is injured working a case – and comes to a shocking realisation.
Extract: “So, some psycho is holding your team hostage… he’s got a machine gun, and you know he’s a killer because he’s murdered two people already. He’s standing right there, just beneath you, and you have a clear shot - but you hesitate. Why is that, Tony?”

Family

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~I was supposed to lay down an hour ago, but got lost in the Internets. That happens when I get punchy.

Been worried about Le-Le. Her tooth infection is not letting go, so it's gotta come out. The VA's been giving her the run around, so I expect we'll take her to a local cheapo dentist ..and I used 'so' twice in a row - and rhymed to boot - so it's really time to lay down.

( don't look )

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