The Swinging 60s - The Evolution of Classic Songs That Shook the World

The 60s are considered a watershed decade in the history of music due to the many classic songs that appeared in this era that changed the sound and direction of music forever. The changes that took place in just 10 short years were simply enormous and its effects are still being felt and are still influencing today's musicians. The following article has been written to give you a concise rundown of the major songs and artists from this decade whose legacy is still being felt today.

At the beginning of the 1960s, Elvis was still the King and even more so when he released his first songs after returning from military service in Germany. Many of his songs such as "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" all became number 1 hits during this period. The early 1960s also saw the emergence of teen artists who for the first time achieved significant success on the charts. Brenda Lee made her debut with the classic song "I'm Sorry" at just 15 years of age and had a long career through the 60s and 70s. Matt Dinning's song "Teen Angel" also became a smash hit and continued with the theme of a lost teen love. All these young artists had a clean-cut image which would not last much longer in the 60s.

The early 1960's also see the start of the Twist dance craze instigated by the massive hit "The Twist" by Chubby Checker and this dance craze would continue until at least 1962. 1962 would also see the emergence of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons with their first 3 singles all reaching number 1 in the United States ("Sherry", "Walk Like A Man" and "Big Girls Don't Cry").

However, 1964 would be the year that changed music forever. The arrival of the Beatles in America and along with it The British Invasion would completely transform the entire industry, especially in North America. The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964 has been pinpointed as possibly the most important musical moment of the 20th century. It is their appearances on the show that kick-started Beatlemania in America and the rest of the world. No other band had ever caused so much hysteria and no other band has done since. The Beatles became mega superstars with their ridiculous chords, beautiful melodies, accumulating incredible commercial and critical success and 20 number 1 hits in the United States in just 6 years. No other singer or group has been able to match their success since and it's unlikely anybody ever will.

The Beatles' success also led to the British Invasion with artists such as The Rolling Stones and The Animals also becoming commercial successful in their own right during this period. Bands such as the Troggs and the Kinks emerged as pioneers of heavy metal which would emerge in its more well-known form in the early 70s but you can't help but recognize the influence of these early bands. "Wild Thing" and "You Really Got Me" are much listen songs from the 60s if you are a heavy metal or hard rock fan.

The 60s also saw the emergence of the all girl group The Supremes who are considered to the pioneers of RnB and soul with songs such as "Baby Love" and "Stop! In The Name of Love" still influencing today's Rnb artists. They had a total of 12 number 1 hits in the United States and are considered one of the most successful female vocal groups of all time.

The second half of the 60s saw a profound change in sound with the rise of psychedelic rock which was essentially rock music trying to represent experiences with hallucinogenic drugs. Drugs such as LSD were commonplace at the time and used by many artists such as The Beatles and hits such as "Strawberry Fields Forever" reflected this new type of rock. The popularity of this psychedelic rock did not last long as it simply became a transition from blues-oriented rock to progressive rock and heavy metal in the early 1970s.

The end of the 1960s also saw the arrival of the Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) with their distinctive Southern rock sound which would be the inspiration for many rock groups in the 70s such as the Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd. CCR experienced enormous commercial success in the United States in just a few short years and many of their songs such as "Proud Mary", "Who'll Stop The Rain", "Bad Moon Rising" and "Fortunate Son" are still staples of classic rock music stations.

The 60s were a significant period in the history of music whose legacy continues to live in the music of today. Artists from this period has inspired countless of music artists throughout history and there's no doubt that people will continue to look back on the period as a source of inspiration for future music.

Martin Sejas is the lead writer of http://www.AllTimeClassicSongs.com, a website dedicated to appropriately honoring 60s classic songs and other classic songs from other influential musical eras.

Food History - The Evolution of Our World From Bread to Cheesecake

Ever wonder about the origins of certain foods? Who was the first person to eat an oyster and why? What hardened meringue was used as medicinal candy to soothe children's sore throats? What food was served to those first Olympians in 776 B.C? What has been found in pits where human settlements lived 8,000 years ago? The origins of food are varied, ingenious and ever evolving and have not only made history, but are history.

One of the oldest known foods is credited for bringing cavemen together to live in communities rather than herd and hunt as nomads. Civilizations found various ways of growing, preparing grain and baking dough to become bread, a staple which was plentiful in summer and sustained them during winter. Excavated cities dating back to Pompeii have revealed the secrets of the ancient bakery where rich and poor alike, came together over bread. Wheat has been discovered in the remains of settlements from over 8,000 years ago stamping today's main grain as a link to our past.

One of the most delicious or dangerous delicacies on our menu is the Latin mussirio, or mushrooms. Like bread, fungi may also date back to prehistoric times and are marked throughout Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese and European culinary history. Mushrooms lack chlorophyll and therefore must grow from other things such as dead plants, tree roots or animals. We think of fungus as a bad thing, but where would be without yeast? We'd miss bread, truffles and the beer for our BBQs.

Then there's the poor, misunderstood mollusk. Many people shy away from their gray, shiny, slippery surfaces. Archeological evidence would point to oysters as coming out of their shells around the same time as dirt but details on this are as murky as the beds in which they're found. Oyster farming was well documented during the 4th century but was interrupted by the barbarian invasion and does not surface again till the 14th century as a privilege of the rich. It wasn't till the 19th century when oysters became more plentiful that dishes such as stew, fried oysters, oysters Florentine and oyster shish kabob began to emerge.

When Harvard graduate students Herbert Dick and Earle Smith went digging in a New Mexico bat cave, little did they know they would end up with 5,600-year-old popcorn. Smith and Dick unearthed various well-preserved corn cob fragments including several that were partially or completely popped. When dropped in oil, a few of the kernels still had a spark and exploded into white puffs. Throughout the centuries, popcorn has been used as food, in ornamental headdresses, as breakfast cereal during colonial times and as an attraction inside and out in front of department stores. During the depression, when other businesses went bust, popcorn, well, popped. What would a movie theater be without popcorn?

What were the first Olympians dining on between chariot races? You guessed it: cheesecake. Well, maybe not but historians believe it to have been on the first games' menu. It has also been traced back to 2,000 B.C through unearthed cheese molds. If the internet had been invented in 200 BC, cave-wives all over the world could have been sharing Marcus Porcius Cato's recipe for cheese libum, or cheese cake. From there, cheesecake spread from Greece to Europe then finally to America. This confection is celebrated by every region and culture and is one of the world's most popular desserts.

Originating in ancient Egypt, the marshmallow started out as a honey candy that was thickened and flavored with the sap of the marsh-mallow plant. This goo-filled growth appeared on banks near large bodies of water and in salt marshes. Nineteenth century doctors creatively extracted the plant's juices, boiled it with egg whites and sugar and whipped it into a meringue, that when hardened, was used as a children's sore throat lozenge. When gelatin replaced the plant's sap, its medicinal values as a cough suppressant, immune system booster and wound healer disappeared. The production process evolved as well with the invention of the cornstarch mold method which later gave way to the more modern extrusion process. This involved piping the sugary mixture through long tubes to be cut into pillowy, equal-sized shapes.

Years from now when archeologists unearth our society, we wonder what they'll learn from specimens such as pork floss, beef pizzle or the much loved Now and Later variety of pull-your-teeth-out candy chews. One can only wonder.....and keep good notes.

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Evolution of Biofuels

The biofuels that people are mainly familiar with today are the ones that are made from food crops, such as corn. The biggest debate regarding this, among those going green, is that too much food is being devoted to fuel, when it needs to be allocated for its original purpose, which is to feed humans or animals. While eating is one of the few things we must do to survive, in this day and age, having fuel is almost as integral. Therefore, a balance must be created so that there are enough resources for both the generation of food and fuel.

There are currently three generations of biofuels, and within the first generation, bioalcohol, biodiesel, and biogas are utilized. Bioalcohol is created by the fermentation of sugars or starches, and plants which are high in these are used to make this type of biofuel. Biodiesel is used for diesel engines, and can be made from heated vegetable oil. Biogas is created when organic materials biodegrade in the absence of oxygen.

While all of the above biofuels are effective, the bottom line is they still use food that could possibly be put to better use. Second generation biofuels are created from non edible food crops, as well as the stalks of edible foods. Cellulosic fuels are more difficult to make on a large scale, which is one of their primary drawbacks.

The third generation is algae biofuel. Algae requires little energy to grow yet can output more biofuel than any land crop. Algae is so promising that it may even be a method of completely replacing petroleum. Like cellulose, there have been problems extracting the essential oil from algae, and new techniques for extraction are consistently being researched.

An emerging, new type of biofuel that may turn out to be the fourth generation is fuel produced from microorganisms. If this project is successful, it could result in our being able to create all the fuel we will ever need.

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Evolution Is God's Creative Process

Today I was watching a TV program I had recorded a while ago. It was Richard Dawkins' The Genius of Charles Darwin. In the program, Dawkins visited a school and spoke with some children about the subject of evolution. The program offered some of the familiar evidence for evolution including Darwin's wonderful specimen collection, put together during his voyage on the Beagle, his pigeon breeding experiments and a look at a whole variety of fossils.

He actually took some schoolchildren to a beach to search for fossils; and they discussed the sequence of creation as recorded in the fossil record. Surprisingly, at least to me, quite a number of the children he spoke with had rejected the idea of evolution and were convinced that their own religious views offered better explanations of how life came to be. However, although descriptions of creation within certain religious texts may appear to be diametrically opposed to natural selection, evolution actually is God's creative process.

Of course, I am aware that such a statement raises other important questions, such as the question of the existence of the Spider Wasp we discussed recently, and indeed, as Dawkins and others have pointed out, the whole subject of animal suffering and its relationship to the idea of a creator God. In this article however, we will concentrate on the question of why evolution does not contradict the Bible and how it is possible for two apparently contradictory views to be simultaneously true.

Perhaps the best place to begin this deliberation is with a little analogy, so let's talk about the subject of light. According to scholars, sometimes light behaves like a wave and other times it behaves like a particle stream. It is neither a waveform nor a particle stream, but both at the same time even though this idea appears to be invalid, counterintuitive and plain wrong. As best as we can understand the matter, the fact is that light has a dual nature.

Exactly the same is true about the Bible's description of God's creation process. Yes, it is true that the Bible employs different language to describe the creation process, but none of this description is at odds with what scientists have found from fossils. What it is necessary to understand is that different perspectives on the same subject are often valuable in allowing us to form more complete and richer overall pictures. This is an important principle.

Quantum mechanics tells us that it is impossible to know the position and momentum of an electron at the same time. So what? Well, science has actually proved that, firstly, we simply cannot know the answer to some questions, and secondly, whilst we focus on either one of these characteristics of an electron, the other must remain uncertain. This is not because of any kind of deficiency in our ability to measure; it is a statement about the nature of reality.

Similarly, when different perspectives provide separate but equally valid descriptions of reality, just as with the uncertainty principle, whilst we focus on one particular perspective, the other necessarily becomes increasingly uncertain. That is what happens when broadcasters such as Richard Dawkins insist that the Bible suggests a recent creation date for the Earth, within thousands of years which, of course, it does not. It is the exactly same issue, though from the opposite perspective, when some Christians say that God created the fossils to 'test our faith' or that they are the imprint of the animals that didn't make it after the flood; comments which have no real place in an educated society.

When we accept that evolution is God's creative process, we liberate ourselves from trying to reconcile two different perspectives on the same truth. Moreover, we can begin to focus on the purpose of the Bible, which was never meant to be read as a scientific document to be compared and contrasted with modern scientific explanations of the creative process.

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The Evolution of Beds

Everyone wants the best, most comfortable bed to sleep in. These days, beds come in a multitude of different shapes and sizes, all stating they provide some specific quality to allow the person the best sleep possible. Not only are there many types of beds for adults, there are even specific beds for toddlers. They have special safety rails attached to them. These special guardrails provide the additional protection needed for the constant squirming of little sleeping children and also allow for the first defense from a child wandering around in the middle of the night while his|her parents are sleeping.

The evolution of the bed has come a long way from the days of our ancestors. Back then, humans were much more nomadic so they had to accept what bedding materials were close at hand. Imagine feeling well rested after a long night of laying on twigs and leaves; not a chance! Over time, populations have become more settled and then have they been afforded the opportunity to create a more permanent nightly resting place.

During the colonial farming days, people did not have much time or money to spend on bedding comfort. They were too busy trying to make ends meet tending to their farms by feeding their animals, tilling their land, preparing food from scratch, and sewing their own clothes. At that time, they often provided additional heat to their beds by placing hot coals underneath their beds. Their bedding was often made of straw or feathers and was very rudimentary at best.

Over the years, as the population has grown, businesses began to crop up where they concentrated only on bedding furniture and materials. They began to try different materials to ensure the greatest pleasure and comfort for the user. Newer technologies have allowed synthetic fibers to be used which, in turn, actually have helped certain individuals with allergies to feathers or straw that has been used in the past. Also, with the general population beginning to have some disposable income, great variations began to occur with beds.

Along with an increase of disposable income for many people, an increase of spare time has occurred, too. People began to have time to think of ways to improve their quality of life. A correlation began to develop between many of the aches and pains many people had and the beds they slept in at night. Studies have shown that the position a person slept in would require different densities of material. For instance, if a person slept on their side, they may require a softer surface to allow it to form better to their bodies.

Nowadays, beds are offered with more differentiations than most people even desire. There are soft beds, hard beds, beds with memory foam, beds that can be altered through electronic keypads, and beds that even give a gentle vibration or supplemental heat. Beds have indeed come a long way from the days of old where a person hoped to find some nice, soft, leaves to lay upon.

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Immortality - The Evolution of Human Beings Into Divine Human Beings

There are two types of "evolution" occurring in our species. The first is Darwin's "competitive" evolution that is based on the adage of "survival of the fittest". The second is a Spiritual evolution that entails human beings reclaiming their rightful place in the Universe as the Divine Beings that they (we) are.

Darwin's process is clearly based on a fundamental force called "the fear of not surviving" or death where as the Spiritual Evolution is based on an entirely different and contrary energy which is that of "Life". In other words these two processes are not only driven by contrary forces they are also headed in contrary directions!

It has been proposed that Darwin's process is a normal and positive process for our species. After all, many would say, "hasn't it been this process that has moved us into the technological age with all our wonderful gadgets?". Some would even say that this process is leading us to develop robotic technologies that we will be able to use as the new vehicle for our "souls" to extend our life spans and hence achieve an immortal existence (see "The Age of Spiritual Machines" by Ray Kurzweil). All we have to do is to give up our organic bodies and transfer our consciousness into these shiny robotic shells.

How does this feel to you? Well if you still have a Heart to feel with I think you'll immediately be repulsed by such a prospect.

Well what about the so called "Spiritual Evolution"? Well there is a bit of a twist to this, as far as I am concerned. You see by this I do not refer to what many "spiritualists" or "new age gurus" refer to. In fact I am referring to an entirely different concept. Let me explain.

In this reality we experience daily stresses. Each of these stresses gets recorded as negative memories in our minds/bodies and remain there to form what we call the recorded history of our individual lives.
As you reflect on any part of this life history "video" stored within your mind/body you'll feel your Life Energy being depleted. That is equivalent to you dying!

How does that feel to you? I can guess that you are not pleased with this picture.

You see it is this "recording" process along with the belief that you "cannot change the past" i.e. "you cannot erase the tape" that keeps you on the trajectory of death. This is associated with and generates a sense of fear, sadness, frustration, stuckness, anger, and all of the competitive behaviors that feed into the Darwinian concept of evolution.

What if there was a process (and there is, it's called the Mind Resonance Process®) by which one could erase the "life history videotape" there by reclaiming one's life force energy back into their body? What would this feel like?

Well you already know the answer to that question because that is what all human beings inherently desire within their Hearts.

If you're not tuned into the feeling let me elaborate on it. It makes one feel whole, confident, complete, calm, peaceful, energized, relaxed, resilient, uplifted, loving, happy, joyful, lighter, clear, brighter, radiant, present, grounded, fulfilled, and most importantly "alive"!

How does this prospect feel to you? Good I'm sure! After all isn't this what all of you have been striving for all the while you have inhabited your organic physical bodies? Isn't this what you might define as "success"?

I have been helping individuals achieve exactly this state of "divine" presence. It is not only desirable but it is what it means to be truly human. Having one's Life Energy fully within one's body is our normal divine state. Our so-called reality wrestles it away from us causing us to succumb to fear and death and hence to Darwin's distorted definition of evolution.

True evolution is the process whereby all human beings make a choice to reclaim, once and for all, their rightful claims to their Life Energy rather than have it squandered into destructive and self destructive competitive behaviors which are heading the human species on the road to enslavement within robotic bodies.

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The Evolution Revolution on the "Illuminati"

Someone I know via FB recently sent me a link to a video, with an accompanying message: "worth listening to" and "this is what we are up against."

This video was purportedly exposing the "Illuminati"--the recited text a list of ways 'they' are manipulating and controlling the masses, coupled with visual images meant to horrify and incense.

First let me say that the text itself, when examined, contains multiple contradictions and an inherent fallacy that makes the whole exercise a terrible joke. Looked at objectively the 'covenant' is a cunningly contrived discourse whose purpose is obviously to excite those of little understanding or discernment.

(The fact is, there doesn't need to be some elite group of puppet-masters manipulating the masses. The masses are well manipulated by the advertising industry alone. The ads we see every day that tell us in order to be happy we have to look like this, eat that, and drive the other are enough to convince the majority to stay on the treadmill of consumerism: spending one's time, energy and hard-earned money on conforming to the latest idea of 'in' or 'hip'--frittering away one's life chasing the carrot that always stays just out of reach, and burdened by never-ending debt. A slave who imagines he's free.)

What my (I'm guessing well-intentioned) acquaintance and those who spread the alarm about this so-called cabal apparently don't realize, is that by circulating this material they are serving the very purpose of those they condemn: the spread of fear and loathing--exciting the minds of the easily influenced to ineffectual rage. The upshot being that those who engage in this sort of conspiracy theorism are rendered useless in the larger struggle of Ignorance versus Enlightenment:for to engage at all is to concede one's energy to Ignorance. By dwelling on the insanity, or inanity, we feed it energetically (witness the Palin phenomenon), and only by withdrawing one's attention/energy may it be rendered impotent. Where there is no reaction there is no effect.

We are only at effect of that which we acknowledge.

By ceasing to engage in the maelstrom promulgated by the media--whose prime motive is profit, and secondary purpose to engage the populace in the turmoil of opinion, rendering them neutered in the ongoing process of overcoming Ignorance--we take the stand: we use our energy as we WILL, not as you would have us, reactively.

Those that understand this principle of Self-Mastery--and recognize our Oneness--focus their energy and attention on propagating that which fosters Understanding, Harmony & Compassion, for by so doing we eliminate the false barriers that have been erected to divide and conquer, and tip the balance toward the Light.

Be part of this intensifying phenomenon: embrace the Evolution Revolution and allow Consciousness to expand in you.

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Natural Weight Loss With the Evolution Diet in 30 Days

How many diets have you tried?

Have you tried surviving on cabbage soup or eating nothing but protein? Most people have tried all sorts of elaborate diets but end up either putting on more weight, having extreme cravings or feeling so sick that they just can't continue.

Over the years of working in the health and fitness industry, I've discovered what fat loss programmes work through scientific research and trial and error. My evolution diet I have found to be by far the most effective and as you read on you will see why. For me, this isn't even a diet but a healthy eating plan that I personally employ on a day to day basis.

Evolution explains why most diets fail

We only have to look back at our evolution to see why most diets fail. Many diets rely on a starvation principle that heavily limits the amount of calories you can consume on a daily basis. This does cause weight loss short term by muscle wastage and water loss but very little of this weight is actual fat. These starvation diets actually cause us to store fat for survival and in turn put on more weight in the long term.

Heavy calorie reduction causes a severe reduction in leptin (protein), which in turn signals a starvation response in our body. This response reduces our metabolic rate and increases our hunger. It is believed that this response originates back to our ancestors and the "Hunter Gather Days", when food was often scarce. Our body's developed a way to conserve its most valuable energy source, body fat, in order to survive longer.

So starvation or heavy calorie restricted diets are not the answer. Not only do these diets cause you to put on more fat in the long term (yo yo dieting) but they also slow down your metabolism, the exact thing you need to increase to burn more fat.

The best way to diet is to eat natural

Everyone is different and we all have different requirements for vitamins, minerals and general nutrients; a lot of this is determined by our genetics and cannot be changed. However, we do all have one thing in common - we evolved eating natural foods. Foods that we picked from trees & bushes, dug out of the ground or animals that we chased down and killed.

Although the world has evolved at a very rapid rate our bodies have not. We are still uncomfortable sitting for long periods of time, require regular exercise, get headaches and eye problems using computers, suffer in really over crowed areas etc.

Our body's still crave and require the natural foods we ate and drank many years ago. Processed foods, simple sugars, contaminated water, and artificial stimulants are still alien to our bodies. All of these unnatural products (toxins) are stored in our fat cells while our body decides what to do with them.

We are suffering from an internal anxiety as our body stores toxin after toxin.

Following this diet will strip you of this toxic fat.

Follow this diet for 30 days and your body will release all of these toxic fat cells. The ugly fat will disappear! In order to achieve this you need to return to the natural foods that we have evolved to eat and process comfortably.

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Evolution Vs Creationism

This debate has been around for a long time. For hundreds of years, people from both sides have been bitterly squabbling about the origins of human existence, with no end in site. The Internet is full with people's strong, heavily biased opinions on the matter, often with no neutral view point. This is why this article was written!

The following article will try to explore the differences between the two viewpoints, whilst trying to remain unbiased. But ultimately only you know what you believe. Evolution or Creationism?

You are probably reading this article with one of these conflicting viewpoints. I advise for the next few minutes that you put your biased opinions to one side so that we can make a more informed analysis of this debate. By doing this, it will allow you to see the point of view from the other side, perhaps not agreeing, but ultimately understanding how and why they have come to their opinions.

Opposing views between people that support evolution and people that support creationism have raged over the last hundred years, becoming more heated within the last few years. Internet forums are full of people squabbling between the two, but what exactly are they squabbling about?

Evolution and Creationism have different standpoints about the emergence of us, human beings. This could even be expanded to the emergence of the universe in it's entirety. So, how exactly do they differ? Well simply, evolution tries to explain our origins through scientific method, coming to the conclusion that we and everything else evolved over time, to become who and what we are today. Creationism tries to explain our origins through religious beliefs, concluding that we and everything else was created by God. It's clear to see why these contrasting viewpoints are so passionately debated, so let's look at each perspective a little closer.

Evolution

The Theory of Evolution was originally suggested by Charles Darwin in 1859 when his book 'The Origin of Species' was first published. This book challenged the fundamental belief that God created everything as it was stated in the Bible. Darwin himself was deeply religious, with his own work going against everything that he believed in, so much so that it took him 20 years of inner turmoil to build up enough courage to publish.

Darwin's life work led him to the conclusion that all life evolved over time gradually. During his many years travelling the world, he found evidence that suggested this theory. His visits to remote and isolated islands, like the Galapagos Islands, were of particular interest to him. These 'geologically new' islands were full of interesting and diverse sets of animals that seemed to branch off from much older forms of wildlife found elsewhere. More so, this was evident when he visited Australia, where kangaroo's and platypus's seemed so different, that it was as though two different creators had been at work. He began to conclude that the isolation of these groups of animals was a contributing factor in the development of these diverse creatures.

Darwin was also a keen geologist and fossil collector. During his travels, he found many new fossils of long extinct creatures, that were unknown at the time. A lot of people were excited at these new discoveries of unusual creatures that had died long ago, but Darwin was more interested in 'why' they had become extinct. He suggested that these animals had died off due to competition for natural resources like food, from better adapted animals. This was the initial idea that, over time, resulted in Darwin coining the phrase "Survival of the Fittest".

Darwin began to see the connection between creatures evolving over time and "Survival of the Fittest". If a species can't adapt to it's changing environment adequately, then it will begin to die out due to competition from other species. This all seemed very logical, however he then began to ask how we, 'human beings' fit into this theory.

As stated previously, Darwin was a deeply religious man. It is with no surprise then, that Darwin struggled to come to terms with the notion that Humans could have evolved. This went against everything that he believed in, yet he wanted to see how, and indeed if, his theory applied to humans. Darwin began to gather evidence from numerous sources that humans are just another form of animal. It had already been shown that anatomically, humans are almost identical to apes and other forms of primate, so Darwin suggested that with the addition of sexual selection and a large amount of time, it could be traced back that the two had a common ancestor.

Darwin is famous for first suggesting the 'Theory of Evolution', but it was at the time mainly just a theory. In science, a theory will only ever be theory until it is proved with overwhelming evidence. So since Darwin died, many scientists have set out to seek evidence that either proves or disproves this. This is why today, evolution is not seen to be a theory anymore. Mountains of evidence that proves this has been found in every corner of the world. Scientists from all countries and religious backgrounds have been able to find evidence that supports evolution, and with the continuing improvement of technology, this has been shown to be true at genetic levels.

Creationism

Creationism is probably most closely linked to Christians, but other forms of religion do have their own interpretations of creation. The Bible clearly states that God created the world and everything in it. We are created in Gods image, not that of an ape.

Many creationists find it hard to comprehend the idea of evolution, particularly the evolution of humans. The belief in God and the spirituality that they hold in high regard help to shape their world and philosophy. To divert against this could be seen as loosing faith, faith that encourages a person to live a morally good life by teaching them to be good.

Some argue that science doesn't have, and can never answer certain questions, therefore a higher power must be responsible. This, to a certain extent, is a valid point. Some questions, especially philosophical questions, will never be answered because there is no right or wrong answer. One question that has nagged human kind is that of "Why are we here?" or "What is the meaning of life?". A scientist may approach this in a scientific way, but it would seem to be impossible to prove. You yourself can only answer these questions, as these questions are of a very personal nature. However, just because science can't answer certain questions, doesn't mean it never will be able to.

Conclusion

This debate will continue for a long time to come. However I do believe that some people purposely add fuel to the fire and total dismiss another persons point of view. If you support evolution, you shouldn't dismiss someone's religious views, as that is totally disrespectful. However, this can be be applied the other way, that if you believe in creationism, you shouldn't just dismiss scientific evidence because you don't agree with it.

Science has played a huge part in shaping our modern world and will continue to do so in the future. Scientists don't claim to know everything and often do get things wrong. Perhaps evolution will be proved to be incorrect in the future, but if it is, it will be proven with vast amounts of scientific evidence to support it.

Religion has also helped create our modern society in which we live in. It has given us a moral code in which to live our lives by and can be argued that a lack of it could lead us to lead immoral lives. In certain circles atheists are seen to be evil, whereas in reality just because you may not believe in a higher power, doesn't mean that you are going to live a life without any morals.

I personally support evolution because this gives us a scientific understanding of who we are and where we have come from. I personally find that more spectacular than having been created. To have evolved from being an animal to being the custodians of our planet and everything on it. To gaze into the night sky and look forward to the future of the human race that spans the stars. I also believe that a higher power may have been responsible for creating the big bang, which could be seen to support a creation viewpoint. I like to think that if God created us, he chose to give us an inquisitive mind. It is this mind that fuels our curiosity to seek out and understand the world around us. But that is my opinion, what is yours? Do you believe in creationism or evolution?

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Evolution of the Travel Agent

Years ago, when you wanted to go on vacation, there was only one option. You had to hoof it down to your local travel agency and browse through some travel brochures. Then, when you made your selection, you'd sit across the desk from your travel agent (in a very uncomfortable chair) while they entered all the information on their green monochrome computer screen. Travel agents were the keepers of all travel information. Their life was the stuff of dreams. We imagined they had been everywhere and knew everything about world travel. They were the rock stars of the retail world.

Then, a few things happened. First, the airlines decided they didn't need travel agents anymore and they pulled the plug on agent commissions. This didn't work out so well for the airlines as evidenced by the number of them who went under in the aftermath. Many agencies refused to sell airline tickets without receiving a commission. Why should they work for free? So, things began to change from what had once been a very structured agency model governed by the ARC (Airlines Reporting Commission) into an industry that was evolving into something new.

Then, the second thing happened. The advent of the internet connection changed the face of travel forever. Information is readily available 24 hours a day about any aspect of travel you can imagine - from luxury yacht trips in the South Pacific to staying at a youth hostel in Europe. Whatever your budget or interest, the internet can open up a whole new world of options available to you for travel.

However, with the plethora of information now available to consumers, is there still a need for the travel agent? Can't consumers just figure this all out on their own now? I suppose they could try. But, why would they want to? Travel agents offer the benefit of their expertise in dealing day in and day out with travel suppliers. They still hold the "secret knowledge" of the travel business, just in a different way now. Plus, the services of a travel agent are usually free to consumers, as agents are paid commissions by suppliers.

In all honesty, consumers need travel agents now more than ever before. In the past, there was so little information available to consumers that they were at the mercy of the travel agent to get any of it. Now, there is so much information available to consumers, they're often left floundering in the sea of travel offers. Travel agents are skilled at cutting through the hype and emotion-driven marketing of suppliers. They have learned how to match travelers with vacations they will treasure.

In the wake of the home-based business revolution, many travel agents have moved their businesses to their homes. This is a good thing for consumers in that it allows for much more personalized service. Agents usually have extended hours when they're home-based, making it more convenient to get in touch with them. And often, agents will come right to your home equipped with their laptop and brochures.

The smart travel agents have embraced technology and are using it to provide better service to their clients. Most travel suppliers are riding the technology wave too and are providing wonderful online resources available only to travel agents. The information age has educated not only the consumer, but has given travel agents powerful tools to provide superior customized service to their clients. With this type of customization, you can receive targeted travel promotions only for the destinations you're interested in. This service alone can help cut down on information overload. You only receive information that's of interest to you.

Another benefit of using an agent is that you have an advocate once you're on your vacation. If anything goes wrong or things aren't as they were promised, your agent will be your advocate to the travel supplier to try to get things corrected and made right. Just give your agent a call and let them try to sort the problem out. Don't spend valuable vacation time in frustration. Suppliers know that if they don't treat their clients right, agent won't promote their products. Suppliers work hard to maintain a good rapport with the travel agent community. Word travels fast about suppliers who won't take care of problems. However, if you don't have an agent, you won't have the benefit of any extra leverage your agent could provide in correcting a problem.

So, go ahead and spend some time on the internet gathering information for your next vacation. Peruse the vastness of cyberspace hunting for that perfect vacation. However, when it comes time to book your reservation, give your travel agent a call. They'll be able to determine if what you've selected will meet your expectations. If they think it won't, they'll recommend something else you might like better. And most likely ... they'll be right and you'll end up having a fantastic vacation!

About the Author

Lorraine Grant is a former travel agent and is currently a travel writer for Going Green Travel [http://www.goinggreentravel.com], a site that offers reviews of environmentally-friendly travel destinations. Click here to read her latest report.

Disproving the Theory of Evolution

Falsifying the Theory of Evolution

It is a basic thing in science that theories have to be testable. If something is not testable it cannot be considered as a serious scientific theory. This does not mean that the thing is not true, or important just that it is not part of science. So, for the Theory of Evolution by natural selection to be considered seriously there have to be ways it could be proved wrong.

J.B.S. Haldane supposedly gave the discovery of Rabbit fossils in Precambrian rocks as an example of a fact that would falsify the theory of evolution. The main evidence given for evolution by Charles Darwin is not fossil. Darwin was a trained Geologist, and he certainly mentions fossils, but most of the large amount of evidence he presented was from currently existing living things. J.B.S. Haldane was referring to the apparent fact that the fossil record shows apparently ancestral groups in older rocks than their apparent descendants, and not randomly distributed through the rocks.

A Monkey Giving Birth to a Human

However there are other things that would falsify the theory of evolution. One of these would be a monkey giving birth to a human baby. Darwin's theory of evolution suggests that an animal's offspring will be of its own kind, with the sort of variations that we know occur in species, so one species giving birth to a completely different one is not evolution.

Of course with the peculiar things that scientists are capable of nowadays we would have to add that both parents were of the same type of monkey, and there had not been any strange tampering by scientists. Of course results can be faked.

So, monkey parents giving birth to a human would disprove the theory of evolution, but it is well within the realms of possibility for monkey parents to give birth to a baby with some human characteristics, for example the baby monkey might have no tail like humans and apes. A mutation along these lines happened for tailless Cats, but they are still Cats.

Predictions

Another way of testing scientific theories is to make predictions and then test them. Charles Darwin made several predictions. One of these followed the discovery of a type of orchid which had a very long narrow flower. Darwin predicted that an insect would be found with a tongue so long that it would be able to reach right down to the bottom of the flower, getting the nectar and fertilizing the flower. This insect was discovered later.

Steve Challis has information about many types of animal on http://stevechallis.net as well as several articles about evolution including the article called A"Proof Darwin was Wrong" at http://stevechallis.net/Proof-Darwin-was-Wrong.php.

My Evolution Through Making Healthy Homemade Dog Food

I have always been considered a health nut. And though not the popular opinion in the medical industry I began my career in, it has always been common sense to me that nutrition had to be taken into account when considering health and disease. But it was not and that was just one of the things so frustrating to me about the medical industry.

Because of my strong opinion regarding nutrition when I had my children, I followed what I observed in nature which always provides exactly what is needed with out help from mankind. Thus mother's milk is the obvious answer. Animals do what is natural which works out quite well. When the babies were ready for solid food I blended fruits and vegetables, many from our own garden so I could ensure there were no pesticides but also to save money. And I began introducing foods slowly.

I felt my dogs deserved nothing less and in 1974 researched what historically dogs thrived on. There was not a lot of information available. Yes, kids there was no computer or internet. So I combined facts with instincts. I began with chicken, grilled, roasted or boiled. Then I slowly added steamed vegetables and some grains. And then monitored BMs carefully. If I noticed an unwanted reaction I backed off of that new ingredient.

Initially chicken was the only ingredient and then slowly, very slowly I added one ingredient at a time. Once I determined what they tolerated and thrived on and you know how much they should eat, you have your diet for that dog. I learned the hard way what was too much because some if not most dogs will overeat and dog lovers know what happens when they overeat.

At that time, I really didn't know if dogs should have grains or vegetables but I focused on high complex carbohydrates. And then found that I could add vitamins and minerals by adding fruits/berries and blend them into the vegetables and grains. You know when your dog loves a recipe so you learn their favorites quite easily. I have always had more than one dog and I might have one dog that loves a recipe and 3 that hate it. But I just right down on the recipe Chienee's favorite, Suede hates this one to keep it straight. And then the final test was to see if it was well tolerated by each dog.

As puppies its a constant change but you get to the point when they are 2 years old and their appetite and needs level out and you have the amount each dog should eat and which recipes each dog loves.

So here are a few recipes that are favorites of my dogs Suede, 17 year old male German Shepherd from my rescue, Coco, 8 year old female, sable Pomeranian, Laci 3 year old female, white Pomeranian and Kashmir, a 2 year old male, white Pomeranian.

Roast Chicken Recipe

Roast Chicken deboned, skin removed including cartilage and knuckles. NO BONES-Zero
long grain brown rice
steamed kale, swiss chard great for inflammation
steamed carrots
sesame oil drizzled over top 1/2 tsp

Whatever the total amount, the division is 3/4 meat (protein) & 1/4 vegetables/grains/fruits blended and mixed together.

So if the dog eats 1 cup of food, 3/4 cup would be shredded meat, 1/4 cup blended veggies/grain/fruit. And mix.

Grilled Recipe

Grilled lamb, chicken or beef kabobs
Barley
cranberries, strawberries or blueberries steamed
Yellow or Zucchini Squash blended with berries
Greek Yogurt just a dollop (1/2 tsp)

Beef Roast

Roast (Crockpot)
Couscous regular
Mixed Vegetables, Carrots, Peas, Green Beans (no corn) Blend and mix with Couscous and Roast
Olive oil drizzled over top 1/2 tsp

LIST OF VARIETY OF INGREDIENTS TO USE

MEAT

chicken
lamb
beef
rabbit

Additional Protein

Salmon mixed with smaller amount of other meats

Boiled egg 1/4 to 1/2 for very small dogs/1 whole for large dogs mixed with main meat

**Now remember! If your dog does not react well to something, don't use it. Eggs are a tricky one. And yes you will have gas but all four of mine love it.

OILS drizzle

Olive Oil
Sesame Oil
Canola Oil
Salmon Oil

GRAINS

Barley
Brown Rice
Lentils
Couscous
Oatmeal
Rye toast
Brewer's Yeast 1/2 tsp

VEGETABLES

Swiss Chard
Kale
Squash
Carrots
Peas
Green Beans
Broccoli (gassy)
Cauliflower
Snow Peas
Grass (yes, grass from the lawn)

FRUIT

Strawberries
Blueberries
Cranberries
Apples
Banana

DO NOT FEED LIST

Grapes
Raisins
Onions (deadly)
Garlic ( accumates)
Raw Eggs (salmanella)
Avocadoes (all parts are toxic)
Chocolate (deadly)
Turkey and Chicken Skin ( nausea)
Aloe Vera
Fruit Pits/Fruit Seeds (most contain cyanide)
Uncooked Bread/Roll dough
Macademia nuts
Mushrooms
Nutmeg
Sugar-free Foods
Alcohol (even beer. I know some dogs like it. But limit their intake)
Fat (too much, especially over short amount of time can be toxic)

Pay close attention to your dogs bowel movements and watch closely for any signs of poisoning.

Some signs of poisoning are:

Abdominal Pain (whine or abdomen tender to touch)
Coma
Convulsions
Diarrhea
Drooling
Foaming at mouth
Irregular Heartbeat
Labored Breathing
Swollen Limbs
Vomiting

Act quickly for immediate treatment of poisoned pet

ASPCA 1-888-426-4435 or Pet Poison Hotline 1-800-213-6180

If possible have someone call your vet or the emergency vet and prepare them for your immediate arrival.

**Best Choice****Prevention

Homemade Dog Food must fit your lifestyle. If you're very busy, keep it simple. If you have more time or want to make the time you can be quite creative and have fun watching your dog love his meals and feeling good with a full tummy....and of course, creating Optimal Health for your Noble Canine.

About the Author

Pamela S Mayer, creator of Noble Canine Pet Boutique, is a lifelong dog lover and activist for humane treatment of all animals. It is her passion to locate or design new and unique pet products to enrich dogs' lives and make it more convenient, safer and healthier for every Canine lifestyle.

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Evolution on a Ladies Bike

Recently there has been a great deal of talk about caveman health, or how evolution has designed us to be healthy with certain kinds of food and exercise. The basic premise is that we are substantially the same physically as our ancestors ten thousand years ago. This was before humanity took up agriculture and basically scavenged, gathered and hunted for food.

So our ancestors would wonder around looking for food, with occasional bursts of high energy activities such as chasing after animals, fighting or even running away from predators.

From an exercise point of view this means we are best suited to low energy activities interspersed with short bursts of high energy actions.

How can we use this on our bikes? Let me say right away that we are talking about "cycling bikes" here not the sort you sit on and the engine does all of the work for you!

We all know that cycling can be fun, good for our health and good for the environment; you can even use it for getting from A to B. To improve your fitness you should firstly cycle as much and as regularly as possible. To implement the Evolution on a ladies bike method you should cruise along but then burst as fast as you can for one min. Slow to an easier pace for at least 3mins and repeat. Make sure you are in a safe area to do the burn part, maybe a park or a traffic free cycle way is perfect. Recent research has shown that only 3 repetitions of the burn phase a day can improve the health of your heart and lungs.

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Pokemon Eevee Evolution Collection - How Can I Find Them?

The Pokemon Eevee evolutions are probably the most popular characters around. The eight little characters have captured the hearts of adoring fans all over the world. Eevee, Umbreon, Espeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Glaceon, and Leafeon have become every childs obsession. But with so many people wanting them, how can I find them? And what items are out there?

Due to their popularity, the Eevee evolution characters have become quite difficult to obtain. Since everyone wants these specific eight Pokemon characters, they have become expensive and hard to find. Take Umbreon for example. The beautiful black cat is probably the most popular of the bunch. Prices for anything with Umbreon on can be rather high. Whether its little mini Chupa pop figures, Keshipoke figures, canvas plush toys, Pokedolls, stuffed toys, tshirts, or Pokemon cards, you will probably have to pay quite a bit to get your hands on them.

So, what kind of merchandise is out there and how can I get it?

There is quite a few Pokemon items with the Eevee evolution characters. Most of these items come from Japan. The Japanese items are much better quality and since Pokemon is a Japanese anime, its natural that most of the items come from Japan.

POKEDOLLS
In 2008, the Pokemon Centers in Japan made the Pokedoll stuffed toy. The set consisted of the eight evolutions, Umbreon, Espeon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Eevee, and Leafeon. They quickly sold out. They were then released in the USA for a brief time and of course, sold out very fast. Then in December, 2009, Pokemon Centers in Japan re-released the evolution Pokedolls. Again in very small quantities. Once again they sold out in a matter of days. You can find these items on Ebay, but be careful, as there are many bootleg or counterfeit items. You are almost always safe buying from a Japanese seller, as they are honest and of course they are made in Japan, so your chances are much better of getting a real one.

CANVAS PLUSH
In 2009, the Pokemon Centers in Japan made the canvas beanbag stuffed toy. The set consisted of the eight evolutions, Umbreon, Espeon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Eevee, and Leafeon. They sold out in a matter of days. They are smaller than a Pokedoll and have a small amount of beans inside. These are very cute, as they have legs and are more accurately shaped like the characters. These were not released in the USA or anywhere outside of Japan. The prices are skyrocketing on them. They used to be about $20 when they came out. Now expect to pay near $60 a piece for them.

CHARMS, KEYCHAINS AND STRAPS
There have been some keychains of some of the evolution characters like Umbreon over the years, but these have become nearly impossible to find and can range up to $200 each. In 2009, the Pokemon Centers in Japan released the Pokemon Time mobile phone straps. Of the evolutions, only Umbreon, Eevee, and Espeon were made. Umbreon sold out in days, while the other two sold out in weeks. Also in 2009, there was a set of 6 charms that included Umbreon, Espeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Eevee. Glaceon and Leafeon were left out of this set.

CARDS AND STICKERS
There have been many Japanese Pokemon Eevee evolution cards and stickers released over the years. Most of the cards range about $5-10 and stickers $1-5. The exception is some of the old Bandai cards. Back in 1997 when Pokemon first came out, they released some sticker cards. They are like cards, but actually have stickers on the front that you can peel off. Some of these can get expensive. Usually they cost about $30-150, depending on the character and condition of the card.

Now the tricky part, how can one obtain these treasures?

There is always Ebay, but personally I prefer to avoid it due to the number of bootleg items that are currently being sold. Your best chance is some of the smaller, personal sites where the seller is located in Japan. There are only a handful of sites that are in English, so it makes it diffiucult if you cant read Japanese. Also most Japanese sites will not send internationally.

Getting the Eevee evolution items is tricky and usually very expensive. Buying as soon as they come out is the best bet. Almost always the price increases as time goes by. Good luck in your quest. Gotta have them all.

This article was written by Tony Tanaka who is a writer for several Pokemon blogs and has a vast knowledge of Japanese Pokemon items. To find the best collection of Pokemon Eevee Evolution items check out this site. Type in the name that you want to search for in the search box. Rare Pokemon Eevee

Evidence For Evolution - Endogenous Retroviruses

Of all the evidence for evolution, some of the most compelling and irrefutable are the endogenous retroviruses. These are viruses that have embedded their code into germ line cells (sperm and egg) and thus become inactive but pass along their genetic information by inheritance. They act as genetic fingerprints that can indicate how closely related two organisms are.

Think of an incident of plagiarism; one author accuses another of plagiarizing his work due to similarities between the two. Is it an open and shut case? Not necessarily; it could be that the two just arrived at the same idea at the same time. However, one piece of evidence that would prove plagiarism is shared typos: if one author misspelled a word and the alleged plagiarist has the same error in his work, it would be strong evidence that the accused party had copied the words of the other, mistakes and all.

This is similar to how endogenous retroviruses work. At some point in the distant past, an ancestor organism was infected by a virus which then attacked and embedded itself in the reproductive cells, and became inactive as a virus. It's code was then passed on to the offspring, which continued to pass this genetic "typo" on to all of its ancestors.

Humans share several of these ERVs in common with chimpanzees, in the same place on the genome, in the same order. We share less with gorillas as they are more distantly related. And less still with orangutans and Old World monkeys as they are even less distantly related.

Family trees of organisms are built using ERV data, and the trees match up with the data from the fossil record. This is incontrovertible evidence for common ancestry; humans and chimps share an ancestor about 6 million years ago, regardless of fossils found.

And other animals ERV family trees match up with the fossil record as well. These shared mistakes in the genome present some of the most spectacular evidence and confirmation for the theory of evolution.

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Evolution of God

At the beginning of our recorded awareness, we sought direction in and understanding of the world around us. We were like children seeking guidance and craving protection from an all-knowing parent. From this we created our early concept of God.
 
As we were intimidated and intrigued by the natural phenomena surrounding us, we created Gods to explain the things we could not comprehend or control. When first we endowed those Gods with characteristics, we endowed them with the characteristics of our environment. Gods of weather, animal Gods, Gods of seasons, stars, suns and moons.
 
Initially, as with most children, we were far more interested in what was around us than with what lay within us. However, as we developed security and awareness within communities, we became more able to look inside, and we started to create Gods that were made more in our own images.
 
These Gods became the Gods that represented the multifaceted aspects of us both as a species and as individuals, aspects both good and bad. A major shift occurred in the development of a hierarchy and we gave the "Gods in human image" dominion over the "animal" or "environmental" Gods. Eventually these lesser Gods were absorbed. As we conquered the world around us, one set of Gods conquered another.
 
As our struggles became less to survive in the physical world and more to survive in the human world, less to survive predation from animals and more to survive predation from each other, we endowed our Gods with the capacity to criticize and to judge behavior in humans. Gods who were originally answers to our questions and who gave us some feelings of safety or predictability became Gods who were critical, angry and judgmental - as we were critical, angry, and judgmental. 
 
 As the world was increasingly perceived as harsh and unforgiving, the need for absolutes mushroomed: absolute safety, absolute right and wrong, rigid rules for living. From a world that flourished on competitiveness came a competitive God whose goal was to assimilate or destroy any other Gods and the people who believed in them. Eventually there was one God per group, a God who was an absolute God, an unforgiving God as the world was unforgiving, a God who would dominate through a "might means right" mentality. This God was the absolute authority figure. The rules were rigid, the structure implacable and either the punishment or reward eternal.
 
While the concept of God the absolute authority figure may still prevail in struggling cultures, the image of God evolved as we as a species evolved. Increased oral and written communication enabled us to develop our understanding and awareness of other groups -- and of our own. "Might means right" made less and less moral sense, sacrifice called us to our better and ennobling characteristics and we came to perceive a gentler God, a more forgiving God. We gave God, what we would call now, a good spin. We tried to create a more attractive, more compassionate God, a God people would choose out of love rather than fear. We created a hero, a cause.
 
We evolved intellectually, emotionally and socially. However, being human, we often fell back on "might means right" when it felt expedient or we felt threatened. As man developed more complex personalities and relationships, God needed to stretch to represent more and more of us. We liked the idea of the one God, but as man had conflicts within himself, so was he having conflicts with his God. Breakdowns happened. We ended up with several different "one Gods". We trotted out what we needed from wherever to justify our thoughts, our decisions, our judgments, our dominion over those who have a lesser God -- might means right all over again.
 
People now have many choices when it comes to God.  We may find a God who is intellectual or mercenary and we definitely still see competition between Gods. People may seek the authority figure God to govern all their decisions or to justify bullying behavior. We can find the "one God" that is angry and vengeful or even one that is angry and vengeful to our enemies and loving and forgiving to our friends and ourselves.
 
But for an increasing number of people, the image of God is that of a nurturing, compassionate, forgiving Being who evolves with us and within us -- definitely not an authority figure.

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Evolution by Natural Selection

The theory of Natural Selection is the belief that individuals within a species survive and thrive according to positive and beneficial traits. The more productive and advantageous qualities an individual has, the better their chances are to survive and propagate within a species. The entities without profitable traits or negative ones will eventually die out. This is the basics of Natural Selection by Survival of the Fittest.

Darwinism

Where trouble crops up is when the foundation of Natural Selection morphs into Darwinism. When Charles Darwin wrote his books On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man he tried to explicitly leave out a Divine Hand and explain evolution strictly with Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest. He completely disregarded the possibility of design.

Morality

The biggest problem with the no Creator hypothesis is the question of morality. It's obvious humans possess a morality; therefore it needs to be explained. Darwin argued that morality was only a product of survival of the fittest. He postulated that it was nothing more than the positive behaviors of sociability. Being social was a good thing for humans to have, helping in the survival of the race. As time passes on, the social behaviors for protection and mating become more enhanced and intricate turning into what we now see as morality.

However, believing morality is nothing more than random selection and a merciless survival of the strong leads to some troubling conclusions. If this idea were true, you would have to be ready to rate the inferiority or superiority of races and individuals. Obviously this would lead to condoning and excusing slavery and eugenics. The weak, handi-capped and supposed inferior should be eliminated because they would bring down and hamper the forward progress of the strongest and smartest.

All Reasonable Arguments

To anyone with simple observation skills and a common intelligence it is obvious that this is not how the human race operates. The question of evolution and the origin of life is a hotly debated topic to this day. Although you might not know it by the popular culture, many people and scientists disagree on Darwin's version of Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest. Reasonable arguments should be included and debated for an honest investigation into the questions around evolution and the origin of life. Evolution by Natural Selection should not be defined by Darwinism, and Intelligent Design should be considered as part of the investigation.

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The Blue Hermit Crab Evolution

Blue hermit crab is mostly found in the shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea. They are crabs that are blue in colour on legs and eyes while the limbs have red spots. These kinds of crab add a lot of decoration to your tank that is why most people collect lots of crabs with colours like this in their tanks thus it has also the ability to clean up tanks by eating green hair algae and cyan bacteria that are mostly present in your tanks. Blue hermit crab is said to be popular and cheap aquarium specimen that most people love to buy nowadays.

Maintaining the required temperature and salinity level of the tank makes blue hermit crabs healthy. The required temperature is between 71 and 76 degree Fahrenheit while the salinity level is 1.022 and 1.024. You can also put a heater to maintain the required heat your crab needs in order to survive. Provide also extra shells for them just like other hermit crabs to keep them happy and healthy after molting. Make sure to supply them with lots of seaweeds and algae for them to eat because when it starves it may attack and eat the snails in your tank.

Keeping hermit crabs healthy is maintaining a balanced diet for them by giving those dried seaweeds and algae to keep them active and healthy as well. Give them also varieties of food such as brine shrimp and other saltwater hermit crab food. In giving seaweeds, make sure to place the seaweeds on the sand to make it easier for them to eat it. Foods of hermit crabs can be purchased online and it is widely available in pet stores so you won't have problems on supplying their everyday food to keep them healthy. When buying blue hermit crabs at pet stores; remember always to look for crabs with blue legs and red spots on limbs.

These are some of the details you have to know about blue hermit crabs. Buy some now and experience the benefit it will bring in your tanks for they are worth buying for indeed because this is the day of the blue hermit crab evolution.

Scott Thompson is a hermit crabs expert.

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The Role the Galapagos Tortoise Plays in Evolution

We are all familiar with the English naturalist Charles Darwin's famous book Evolution and impressed deeply by his opinion that all species of life in the world have descended from common ancestry by natural selection. This idea was put forward by Darwin according to his large amounts of detailed observations to different species after his 5 years travel around the world. But can you imagine that Galapagos tortoises have play a role in it? Let's see it.

On the 27th of December in 1831, Darwin started his historic voyage on the HMS Beagle. He went to many different places. During the five years' voyage, Darwin spent most time on land investigating geology and making species collections, at the same time he kept careful notes of what he observed.

HMS Beagle arrived at Galápagos islands in 1835. Marveling at the various animal life he found, he visited the islands for almost five weeks, searching for species collections. On the different geologically 13 islands, he found those giant tortoises slightly differing from island to island. In more professionally words to say, he found each of these Galápagos Islands had a tiny different subspecies of the giant tortoise. what's more to his surprise, each subspecies was uniquely fit for survival in that peculiar island environment. For instance, on island with lush pastures highlands domed shells tortoises were found; on island with arid areas tortoises who have longer legs and saddle-back shells were found. Because long legs will be a little convenient for them to climb to search food, while saddle-back shells can make them easier to reach bushes and cactus that grows high off the ground. Besides those two features, they are also smaller in size and physically need less food.

These similar difference about Galápagos tortoises appeared several times in his writings and journals, for example, " I have not as yet noticed by far...that the different islands to a considerable extent are inhabited by a different set of beings... They can distinguish the tortoises from the different islands; and that they differ not only in size, but in other characters...". These compelling evidence for evolution as well as other ones he collected during the journey played a role in the development of his theory of evolution. After another two years study and summary, he put forward his theory which is noted as one of the most greatest three discovery in 19th century.

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Spontaneous Laser Light Human Cell Modification to Stem Cells For Instant Evolution

There may be a way to get human cells to modify themselves back into stem cells for instant evolution using the junk DNA in the system. In other words, we might be able to get a human being to grow gills during a space flight for use once they get to their destination, or modify lungs to accept atmospheres much different from here on Earth. Consider if you will that other planets will have different percentages of gases in their atmosphere, which could cause instant havoc for the robust, but specifically evolved human bio-system.

Interestingly enough there is an Israeli firm that is working on "coaxing cells to reverse back to stem cells" and one can only imagine the incredible breakthrough for degenerative diseases, but I say let's look into the future and see what we can really do with such technology, and let's see if we can use different frequencies and spectrums of light to help move this along. With this ability we might be able to build cities and towns at the top of the highest mountains in the world.

There are Tibetians for instance, with slightly different mitochondrial DNA which allows them to live up at high altitudes just like llamas and other animals. A slight modification and all of a sudden all those areas are not inhabitable. Also there are some people with the special ability to keep from freezing in very cold water, so, a couple of modifications here, and a few there, and we are well on our way to doing just about anything we want for specific needs.

For long-term space flight, no need to worry about bone density loss, just keep the bones tuned up and allow the body to continually regenerate. By the way such a technology might be the answer to infinite life spans too. Thus, this idea, concept, and space application is one of my two daily "original thoughts" for June 30, 2010. Could be worth 100s of millions of dollars in commercial value if acted upon.

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