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[QuecheeDank]

i had to write a story about my vacation using a bunch of economic terms. i did in incredibly high. you wont believe that i got an A.

Through generations of penguin boys and girls, there is only one penguin who’s name will be engraved in the minds of nearly all animal’s for the rest of exisistance. The amazing penguin, who, through many years of glory and esteem, shined brightly amond the black and white sea of penguin normality. That glowing, technicolor penguin named Terapapap, proved to all animal kind the great power that can be held but such an underdog.
Every day Terapapap worked to pay off his penguin debt. Every penguin borrowed fish from the Penguin Prince. The Prince required each penguin to return twice as many fish as they had consumed, so every day Terapapap would work to pay for the government subsidy that he had recieved. Terapapapap’s fish budget showed that he was running a fish deficit, proving that at the current rate Terapapap would never be able to complete paying off his debt, and he would remain an enslaved penguin for all eternity. Terapapap would never be able to own private property and would never experiance the benefits recieved after becoming free. Months later, however, things dratically changed.
One cold morning, he rode his chunk of ice farther than ever before. He continued on, until seeing a large box floating in the sky. Terapapap then jumped off the ice on to the nose of a friendly purple whale. The whale rose to the sky, placeing Terapapap right in front of the majestic box of wonder. Terapapap then opened the box, revealing a bright, dull light. He stuck his wing in the box, picking up the dull light. He spread the light on his other wing, replacing the black and white with amany different colors, colors that had never been seen by the eye of any animal in existance. Colors like no other color
. After spreading the amazing light entirely over his body, the penguin proceeded to remove the box from the sky, the whale then placed the penguin back atop the ice. The penguin gazed into the colors, as he looked deep inside of them, he thought of the riches he could aquire by selling the light. He took on many entreprenuerially thoughts, pondering whether he would need a patent, a copyright, or both. He knew that all other penguins were at a major shortage of such a product. The only had fish, and never had seen any complementary good for the dull life of a penguin. His fellow penguins had no cash flow, so he decided that it would be possible to take advantage of the fish surplus. He thought that he could let other fish purchase the light with fish. He developed a price system for the number of fish require to by light. All the penguins would have ablility to pay with the surplus, and inflation would be impossible, because with only one product no such thing could occur. The plan was seemingly perfect.
He then began following his plan. Every penguin wanted to buy the glorious light. With his monopoly on light sales, he controlled to price. After a week of selling, he could no longer supplyed all who wanted to buy. Reaching capacity allowed him to raise the price much higher. He new this would deeply hurt the other penguins, but it was in his self-interest to capitalize on the demand displayed by his fellow creatures.
This increased the GDP very much because the increase of Price, although it was not a sufficiant indicator of the happiness of the other penguins, because they were all becoming dredfully poor because of the high prices. They gave him so much fish that the prince was no longer getting paid. His shortage of fish forced him to borrow fish from Terapapap. The fish were given to Prince, but Terapapap demanded that it was an investment like a bond, and he expected to recieve twice as many fish when getting payed back.

[Midnight Toker]

^^ ^^

Yay, we got a newb that isnt an idiot! Welcome to Weedguru QuecheeDank.

[QuecheeDank]

thanks. i have one speech that I presented in debate class that i'll have to post on here. It's basically a big conspiracy theory on how most people who smoke weed are peace lovers, and most peace lovers are liberals or reds, so the right wing gov doesnt want people to smoke because they know people who toke dont love the hate. I'll give a few others a chance to post their work before i put more of mine in though, dont wanna hog the topic.

[Caro]

No such thing as hogging, no reason to wait. Post away.

[QuecheeDank]

well, this post isnt a paper, but its something my boss told me thta i though people here mind find interesting. Apparently the word marijuana was made up by the government, and particularly big lumber industry. They tryed to make weed look evil so hemp couldnt be majorly produced, cuz hemp can be used to make wood and paper. So they spread word that mexicans and blacks were smoking it before they raped white women, and they called its marijuana (like tijuana) to make it sounds like it was from mexico. so dont you the term! its a gov. ploy!

[cutthecashflow]

Does this paint an image in your mind? i was supposed to write this for english a descriptive paper describing a place is it any good.



Alaska what beauty this state holds. Diversity best describes this land. From the green pines that rise miles into the clear unpolluted baby blue sky. There distinct piney fresh smell combined with the backdrop of jagged mountains which seem to cut into the sky provide unmatched and unequavialnt beauty known to any other landscape.
Pushing further into the last fronteir, Mckinley comes to mind. With its majestic snow capped peak that reaches towards the heavens. It stands alone overtowering the other vast mountains which appear as just specks compared to this beast. Raising over twenty thousand feet into the air this summit is the largest in North America.
In the south lies the great pacific and the Gulf of Alaska. The Dark blue but suprisingly crystal clear water gives off a salty but clean taste. Seals and Wales two animals of massive proportions playing side by side, streaming and splashing in the worlds largest Playground. The sight of steele and sounds of roaring engines ripp through the air as man made marvels tear through the oceans waves.
Looking into the night sky when the auroa boreallious is strongest, the colors seem to be at war with one another. Neon green, gold, bright orange, reddish pink, golden yellow, and royal purple dance and reflect one another in the clear night sky. Crimson white stars shoot through the sky above. On a clear night viewing for miles and miles into the cosmos and galaxies above it seems as if the sky is raining. After all this is the last frontier.

Wrote this in about 10-15 min so dont know might need some proofreading.

[MOT]

My fucking proposal for dissertation!!!
Introduction

DNA exists in linear and circular form. Circular DNA is also known as the plasmids in bacterial cells. Bacterial cells in addition to their chromosomes may contain one or more plasmids. Plasmids are relatively small, circular molecules of DNA that carry genes both for their own replication and often for one or more cellular functions. Most plasmids are supercoiled giving them a condenced, compact form. Although plasmids replicate autonomously the replication is usually in sufficient synchrony with the replication of the bacterial chromosome to ensure a roughly comparible number of plasmids from one generation to the next.
Restricion enzymes are enzymes isolated from bacteria that make cuts in foreign DNA molecules at specific sites. These enzymes are termed endonucleases because they act within a nucleic acid. Restriction endonucleases cut DNA into discreet fragments by cleaving only at specific DNA sequences. The site at which an enzyme cuts is its ‘recognition sequence’, which is generally 4,5 and 6 base pairs in length. There are many restriction endonucleases commercially available, each with a unique recognition sequence. These enzymes allow researchers to cut DNA into fragments, which make the search for a particular gene easier. Restriction enzymes are named after the bacteria from which they are obtained. In each case combining the first letter of the genus with the first 2 letters of the species derives the name, and if two or more enzymes are numbered in order of discovery. Restriction enzymes are specific for double strand DNA and always cleave both of the strands. The recognition sequence for most of the restriction enzymes are palidromes, which means that each sequence reads the same In either direction.
A particular endonuclease will cut a given DNA strand into one to many fragments, depending on the number of recognition sequences in the DNA sample. These fragments may then be separated based on size a process known as gel electropheresis. This is possible because DNA has a net negative charge. When an electrical charge is applied, it will migrate towards the positive end. The distance of a given fragment will migrate depends on its size, with larger fragments moving less and smaller fragments moving more. If a restriction endonuclease is used on a DNA sample, many times a characteristic set of fragments is obtained. If the size of these fragments is determined then these DNA samples, when digested with the same enzyme will provide a standard against which unknown DNA samples, or the same DNA sample digested with a different enzyme may be compared. In this way it is possible to estimate the size of DNA fragments of an unknown sample. The size of a DNA fragment is reported as the number of base pairs in the fragment.
Two types of DNA are particularly useful for DNA research, bacterial plasmids are bacteriophages. Plasmids are circular strands of DNA present in many bacteria. These fragments are relatively easy to manipulate and have been extensively mapped. As such they are effective tools for genetic manipulation. A bacteriophage is a virus which infects bacteria. These phages serve as vectors and as models fro DNA research. In this experiment, we had been digesting two different DNA samples provided and one plasmid DNA isolated from a previous experiment, one from a plasmid called p CP1005 and one from a bacteriophage called lambda by the two different restriction endonucleases one called HindIII and one called EcoRI. Using the HindIII digestion results as standards we will attempt to determine he approximate size of the digestion fragments from the EcoRI digest.
A restriction map is a description of restriction endonuclease cleavage sites within a piece of DNA. Creating such a map is the first step in characterizing an unknown DNA and the first step in understanding the core principals to later enable the DNA ‘s manipulating for other purposes.
A restriction is an enzyme that cuts and effectively exercises a piece of DNA. Some restriction enzymes cut the DNA at specific points, others appear to cut at random. Restricion enzymes, of which many hundreds have been identified and isolated, are important tools in the excision and transfer of specific gene sequences from one organism’s DNA to another’s.

[jewstinian]

This was a paper I wrote on marijuana (being the stoner I am) recently for my English class. It's not very great, but it does have some interesting information.

edit: this is something I could write probably 10-15 pages on, but the assignment was for 4, so I had to leave a lot out.

Justin --------
Professor Dungan
ENGL 1301-21526-063
Paper 3: Persuasive-Evaluation
February 20, 2005

Marijuana: Majorly Misunderstood

Is marijuana more harmful than helpful? Should it be legalized for medicinal and/or recreational use in the United States? These days, those two seemingly simple questions would, as one would think with the amount of technology readily available to researchers and legislators, come with a simple answer. Instead, this issue has evolved into one similar to the prohibitions on alcohol early in the twentieth century. Both sides, pro-legalization and anti-legalization, passionately defend their arguments and supplement their claims with a laundry-list of studies. After going over both sides of the issue in great detail, it's clear to me, that it is illogical for marijuana to remain illegal.

The relationship of humans to the cannabis plant (commonly known as marijuana or hemp) has been scientifically dated back to 2737 B.C. in China, where documented use of cannabis in the treatment of various diseases has been found. Use of the plant has also been noted by other ancient cultures, notably in India around 1400 B.C., and in Greece around 70 A.D. Marijuana was first introduced to the United States during the mid-nineteenth century and was being used for both medicinal and recreational purposes. Judging from its long and successful past with mankind, it seems strange that only in the past century the USA has made a historically helpful plant illegal. When looking at the facts, it becomes clear as to when the general public's opinion on marijuana turned sour. It was during the 1930s when an "informative" documentary, which was produced by the government, entitled "Reefer Madness" was released to the public. This documentary "…depicted high school students who smoked the 'devil weed' going insane and killing their parents." Imagine that this documentary is represented by a few children on top of a snow-covered hill which overlooks their town. They create a snowball (the documentary) and proceed to roll it down the hill. As it descends, it increases in size and speed traveled, and gobbles up a few people in its path (as the documentary becomes more known). Eventually, it comes barreling into town, and by that time it has grown to such massive proportions that it easily ingests the entire town (the documentary has so many supporters that everyone jumps on the bandwagon). Soon after "Reefer Madness," marijuana was prohibited in every state yet was still legal under federal laws. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana possession was made illegal under federal law, both for recreational use and the intent to distribute. In 1972, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse published findings from an extensive study, and showed that there is "little proven danger of physical or psychological harm from the experimental or intermittent use [of marijuana]." As you can see, marijuana was not an issue until around the 1930s, which is strange. Why, if marijuana is as harmful and evil as the government has more recently wanted us to believe, has it been widely accepted in various cultures throughout the history of the world?

Both pro and anti-legalization groups back up their positions with countless studies and statistics. The anti-legalization groups, from what I've read, use the general argument of: It's a harmful and addictive substance that does harm to the human body, which is why it's illegal, and there are better, legal medicines on the market with the same effects of medicinal marijuana. These groups generally don't see any good in legalizing marijuana. To counter that general argument, pro-legalization advocates have responded with points like: Alcohol and cigarettes are both legal substances, and have been shown through many statistics and studies that marijuana is both less addictive and less deadly. According to the DEA's (Drug Enforcement Agency) fact sheet on marijuana, that when smoked, it can cause "a variety of health problems, including cancer, respiratory problems, loss of motor skills and increased heart rate… [it causes] more harm than good in people with already compromised immune systems." One thing most people don't realize is that while smoked marijuana does lead to health problems and negative side effects, so do cigarettes – which are legal. It's almost as though the general anti-legalization crowd looks past all of the heinous side effects of cigarettes because they are simply legal. Did you know that it is a proven fact that it is physically impossible for someone to overdose on marijuana? Countless studies have shown this to be true, while prescription medication is used commonly for means of committing suicide when mixed with alcohol – both of which are legal. The National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML) has noted that there have been no documented cases where someone has died from an overdose when using strictly marijuana, while some fifty-thousand die from alcohol, and some four hundred-thousand die from cigarettes annually. Another point brought up is the fact that medical marijuana has not been approved by the FDA for a reason – it, according to anti-legalization supporters, hasn't been scientifically proven to benefit users in any way. In rebuttal, pro-legalization groups claim that if marijuana were legalized as a medication, it would drastically decrease profits that major pharmaceutical companies enjoy. Think about it, if you were the head of a large pharmaceutical company and marijuana was legalized, would you want a noticeable drop in profits? Probably not, because remember, you have a million dollar yacht to pay for.
One of the more popular arguments against legalizing marijuana is the fact that it has been labeled a "gateway drug." If you look at it through the eyes of anti-legalization groups, it makes sense. Take a heavy heroin user, or even a "crack-head" for example, and you will see that they did in fact smoke marijuana before climbing up the proverbial drug ladder to harder, dangerously deadly drugs. However, according to the Institute of Medicine, "there is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs… most drug users begin with alcohol and nicotine before marijuana - usually before they are of legal age."

With all of the information available, it was illogical and ignorant to make marijuana illegal in the first place, and it is a mistake to keep it illegal. Marijuana is a drug that potentially has vast amounts of medical applications, as well as being very popular world-wide for recreational purposes, and it is still illegal. It's funny to me that while marijuana has been proven to be about as addictive as caffeine (Marshall 9), it is impossible to overdose on, and it has no proven long-term side effects except when smoked, people shun it as though it were planted on Earth by Satan himself. Most legal "intoxicants" are far more dangerous than marijuana. I am confident, however, that eventually the general public – through means of a mass educational program on marijuana – will understand that marijuana isn't as bad as they have been lead to believe. Besides, don't we have more important things to worry about other than marijuana?

[Substance G]

Um, can you request papers?
I need a biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson ASAP.
Please and thank you in advance.

[cutthecashflow]

You should actually do your own work on Ralph Waldo Emerson. The man was extrodinary.

[Substance G]

You should actually do your own work on Ralph Waldo Emerson. The man was extrodinary.

Will do. Thankies.

[Ketamine]

This is one of my papers I had to hand in the other day, I don't know why I'm bothering to post it doubt anyone will read this cack.

Punctuated Equlibrium


Paleontological term to describe the uneven progression of evolution. Instead of being a continuous, gradual process, evolution is characterized by very short periods of extreme diversificationand growth interspersed between long periods of slow change. This idea is based on evidence in the fossil record where strata for many ages contain the same organisms. Abruptly, within a short geological period of time, a whole new set of organisms are found. The theory is based on the idea that periods of intense growth are initiated by a novel adaptation which gives a particular species an amazing advantage over its environment. All interacting species are quickly selected for those that can adapt to this new change. Other causes of puctuated equilibrium can be quick environmental changes such as a meteor or ice-age.
An example would be the Cambrian explosion, if I remember correctly, where the evolution of tissues that can form hard structures (i.e. teeth and body armor) resulted in an astounding amount of growth in a short period of time as predator and prey counter-evolved to outdo each other with these new weapons and defense systems. The trilobites are a prime example of this with their hard chitinous bodies. The large soft bodied organisms of the Precambrian Era all but disappeared during this prolific diversification.
The most common misinterpretation of this theory is by people who seem to think of evolution as some kind of magical force, a tangible 'thing'. "Evolution goes slowly for a while, then speeds up, then goes slowly again... But if evolution is so scientific and all, how can it vary like this?"
Evolution is simpy a process. If one creature develops an improvement, this will allow the creature's species to wipe out other less developed species, to expand its habitat, etc. This dominant species will then evolve into several species over a sufficient period of time. (We're still talking big numbers here).*
You can then say that the average 'advancedness' of species on Earth has increased; evolution has 'sped up'. But this is a rather strange way of looking at it. Instead of punctuated equilibrium being a replacement to evolution, or an 'add-on', it is simply an explanation of what path evolution will take.

* Of course, the dominance of one species will not totally destroy all others. In fact, the pressures on the non-dominant species will cause natural selection on them to increase, so they will either evolve improvements of their own or die out.
"Punk Eek" is often used erroneously by creationists to claim that "scientists don't agree that evolution is a valid theory". This is of course, bullshit. It's not saying that a) evolution is disproven, or b) Darwin was wrong. The hypothesis suggests an additional, alternate mode of evolution, which occurs at a faster rate than the standard "neo-Darwinian" model of evolution by successive small degrees.
The novel adaptation mentioned in the first writeup is often referred to as a "hopeful monster". Imagine a fish born with a skeletal deformity which gave it bony plates around certain vital organs. It could survive predation to produce more offspring than softer fish. Eventually, most of the fish would be hard-bodied. You would not find a complete range of intermediate forms between the original soft fish body and the "armoured" body, would you? Just a sudden appearance of "armoured fish"! It's a just-so story, but it illustrates the point.
Just a note: This term originated with and is championed by Stephen Jay Gould, an American scientist. The theory is at this point considered merely an hypothesis, I believe. But that might simply be due to Gould's immense popularity as a columnist and popular science writer.

[tweedle]

Well this thread has pretty much died. I was reading what I posted in here ages ago and I cant actually believe I wrote it. Oh how my mind has suffered

[Shwoot]

Hey for anybody going to university or any other form of second education, how are you gonna pay for it? I'm going to university this fall, majoring in biology, but my parents aren't paying a cent. This blows. I gotta get a student loan, work 2 jobs during the school year, I'm going to basic training next summer, arg. A loan from my parents would be better than a student loan. My mother and older sister are also starting their first years this fall, so they won't have enough money to loan anyway. My parents combined income is like 40 grand a year(Canadian), and that isn't alot for a family of 6.

Having to pay for it myself isn't that big of a deal. Just my friends tell me their parents are paying for part/all of their education, which is a sweet fucking deal. Kinda makes me realize how fucked over I am cuz my mom and sister didn't go to school as soon as they could, like I am.

[Big Daddy]

^^^^I did really well in high school, graduated in the top 30 of my class and recieved alot of renewable scholarships.

The last 2 semesters i have recievedl like $3,000 from extra scholarship money i had after my tuition was paid. i had $1000 left my 1st semester then $2,000 after my 2nd.