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The number of animals PETA receives VS. the number of animals PETA kills
PREZI presentation
“Yes, you have to put yourself before your friends, parents, boyfriend, husband and even your children. It won’t make you a bad daughter or wife or mother; it will make you a less resentful, more confident, interesting, beautiful, patient, tolerant, and fun person to be around. Your bright, shining light will give everyone around you the permission and inspiration to shine more brightly. Love yourself enough to do whatever it takes to be the best you you can be.”
-Skinny Bitch
Let me sleep forever,
Please don’t wake me with your kiss.
Just let me sleep forever,
I’m someone you won’t miss.
If you let me sleep forever,
I promise you’ll be just fine.
Let me sleep forever,
Or promise me, you’re mine.
I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star
To pray on, or wish on, or something like that
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy
Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope
And I believed for a moment that my chances
Were approaching to be grabbed
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
‘Cause I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up
I got to fold ‘cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger gurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love
And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb
Looking for a little hope
Baby said he couldn’t stay, wouldn’t put his lips to mine,
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope
I said, ‘Honey, I don’t feel so good, don’t feel justified
Come on put a little love here in my void,’ he said
‘It’s all in your head,’ and I said ‘So’s everything’
But he didn’t get it, I thought he was a man
But he was just a little boy
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
‘Cause I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up
I got to fold ‘cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love
…
-Fiona Apple
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Anonymous asked: is alcohol vegan ?!
Some alcohol is vegan, yes.
Actually, most alcohol is vegan. The only things I have heard of not being vegan are some types of beer and wine.
Oh, and apparently some types of energy drinks aren’t vegan? But that stuff is total shit anyway so I haven’t even looked into it.
My vodka is definitely vegan. Thank-goodness for that!
Down to you
You’re pushing and pulling me down to you
But I don’t know what I
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
From saying something that I should’ve never thought
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
From saying something that I should’ve never thought of you
Of you
You’re pushing and pulling me down to you
But I don’t know what I want
No, I don’t know what I want
You got it, you got it, some kind of magic
Hypnotic, hypnotic, you’re leaving me breathless
I hate this, I hate this, you’re not the one I believe in
With God as my witness
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
From saying something that I should’ve never thought
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
From saying something that I should’ve never thought of you
Of you
You’re pushing and pulling me down to you
But I don’t know what I want
No, I don’t know what I want!
Don’t know what I want
But I know it’s not you
Keep pushing and pulling me down
When I know in my heart it’s not you
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
From saying something that I should’ve never thought
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
From saying something that I should’ve never thought of you
I knew
I know in my heart it’s not you, I knew
But now I know what I want, I want, I want
Oh no, I’ve should have never thought!
- Paramore
“I’m not a concept. Too many guys think I’m a concept or I complete them or I’m going to make them alive, but I’m just a fucked up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don’t assign me yours.” — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The voices in my head just won’t leave me be
They whisper all day
Like the ringing in your ears
The leaves blowing in the wind
Like the grumbles in the pit of your stomach
The voices in my head just won’t leave me be
They scream throughout the night
Like the murder victim down the street
The starving child that haunts your dreams
The wife who’s husband gives her twenty beats
The voices in my head just won’t leave me be
I beg and I plead
For my life; for my sanity
But they just won’t leave me be…
For years, the scientific community has debated where intelligent life on Earth began. The Cambrian explosion begins the controversy with species of unprecedented complexity arising in a very short period of time. The development of complex organs such as the eyes of vertebrates and the flagella of bacteria continue to stump specialists. Whales have baffle scientists for decades with their abnormally large size and lack of similar features. Fossils prove the theory of evolution and how life on Earth came to be without the assistance of an intelligent creator.
THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
The Cambrian Explosion took place around 530 million years ago. It was a period of five to ten million years where a large number of complex multi-celled organisms were believed to have suddenly appeared. Intelligent design suggests this amount of species growth and diversity could not have happened as quickly as it did were it up to nature. However, further analysis of the fossils that were believed to hold the proof of the Cambrian Explosion showed the species growth had actually been going on for three billion years. “The discovery of new pre-Cambrian and Cambrian fossils help, as these traditional forms support the hypothesis that diversification was well underway before the Cambrian began.” It is believed that natural selection favoured larger sizes and hard skeletons. In a span of three billion years, there was plenty of time for evolution to change these species. The more gradual adaptation was happening at the molecular level. The modern sequencing of genomes shows the genes and proteins that thousands of life forms have been conserved from the Precambrian era.
THE EYES OF VERTEBRATES AND THE FLAGELLA OF BACTERIA
Both the eyes of vertebrates and the flagella of bacteria must contain every part or they cease to function properly or at all. Intelligent design suggests creating organs like this is impossible in a step by step process. The pieces would have developed at different times and at different rates and the organ would not have been able to function while it was developing. Thus it would not have been beneficial at the time and would not have advanced at all. Nonetheless, just like everything else, the eye and flagella both developed in stages. The organs need all of their parts to function now, but while they were progressing they would have performed in different ways. The eyes of vertebrates, the flagella of bacteria and other similar complex structures have fossilized proof of their intermediary stages. They are both thought to have started developing during the Cambrian explosion.
WHALES
Whales are mammals, not fish. This suggests that is evolution is responsible for the many species on earth, whales developed from a land animal. Intelligent design believers have a hard time grasping this one. “To fix all the mutations needed to convert a little land mammal into a fully functional whale [in ten million years] — mathematically that’s not possible.” Despite that statement, specialists found proof in the Pakistani desert; the fossil of a forty-seven million year old pregnant whale. “Land mammals are generally born head first, and marine mammals are born tale first.” The fetus remains were found with its head opposite to its mother’s. It is believed that whale ancestors (which were furry, four-legged omnivores) lives on the shore eating the fish that washed up. They realized the potential of more food if they entered the water, and continued deeper as time went on and their species evolved. First they developed into a range of amphibious species, which in turn evolved into fully aquatic species eventually becoming the animals we see today.
CONCLUSION
With the advancing technology, fossils are becoming much clearer to read. Smaller details noticed, and what once was thought to be millions of years could actually be billions of years. Intelligent design was an acceptable way to explain life on earth before more recent discoveries. Now that specialists have found more information in these fossils, evolution can be logically explained. Species growth was happening on the molecular level long before it was believed to have started in the Cambrian explosion. Organs with several complex interaction parts did have intermediate development stages. The evolution of land mammals to whales can be explained logically with physical evidence. Fossils can be deceiving but ultimately prove what paleobiologists have been trying to explain for years. Evolution created life on earth the way it is today, and all the evidence is available.
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Eichenseher, T. (2009, February 3). Early Whales Gave Birth on Land, Fossils Reveal. National Geographic News. Retrieved April 27, 2011, from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090203-pregnant-whale-fossil.html
Johnston, I. Short Proof of Evolution. Vancouver Island University Records. Retrieved April 27, 2011, from http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/courtenay1.htm
Perkins, R. Cambrian Explosion. The Virtual Fossil Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2011, from http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Paleobiology/CambrianExplosion.htm
Than, K. Evolution vs. Intelligent Design: 6 Bones of Contention. National Geographic News. Retrieved April 27, 2011, from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/photogalleries/091123-origin-species-darwin-150-intelligent-design/index.html