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Species survives without genetic variation

Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:20 PM EDT

A Brazilian daily newspaper (Folha de Sao Paulo) has an article today about the discovery of a small population of preas (a small mammal of the Cavia intermedia species) in an island in Santa Catarina, a Southern state of Brazil.

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Beauty and Joy from Sorrow

Sun Mar 8, 2009 5:09 PM EDT

"There is a joy that lies where pearls lie, deep, too deep for those who have no heart to weep" (I. Y. Ewan). I enjoy so much the beauty that is born from sorrow.

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Angel or Devil? [fiction]

Thu Feb 5, 2009 5:49 PM EST

The sleeping pills (her own) had been diluted in the little baby's bottle. As an afterthought, she added a little more sugar. She gently lifted her little prince in her arms, and even more gently fed him. Did he notice anything strange in the taste of the milk? Maybe.

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The Bridge [fiction]

Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:55 PM EDT

Balancing precariously on the stone wall that ran along the side of the old bridge, he felt the hot, tepid air urging him to jump.

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Here was a Man!

Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:12 PM EST

The essay you'll find below is not my own. It is an old, anonymous piece, which has been performed by various artists in the past. It expresses very well my admiration for the greatest Man who ever lived. I know many of you won't agree with me -- fair enough.

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Me and I [poem]

Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:30 PM EDT

Go on, laugh at me. Who cares? While all the world just scorns and stares, I turn and shrug my cares away. My bitter tears sustain, inside, The crushing pain I try to hide; I never shrug my cares away.

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Goodbye, Newsvine ...

Sat Mar 3, 2007 10:12 AM EST

I put this off for as long as possible, but the dreaded day has come: I must bid you all goodbye. I don't want to leave.

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Wisdom is better!

Sat Mar 3, 2007 8:59 AM EST

Intelligence -- the natural ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills -- is a wonderful gift. Who doesn't wish he had more of it? It can't be bought or acquired, but it can, sadly, be despised and neglected. Are you using it? Push your intelligence to it's limits.

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Faith is OK

Tue Feb 6, 2007 8:32 PM EST

New Atheists are taking arms against faith. Not content to declare that faith is stupid, they are now convinced that faith is dangerous. Newsviner Mykola, with his usual competence, recently presented the arguments of New Atheists in his "godless" series.

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Sorry [poem]

Mon Feb 5, 2007 7:27 PM EST

Nothing stirs within my soul. Nothing dares to lift it's head Since the day I looked within And found the remnants of the dead. Sorry for the words I never spoke. Sorry for the tears I never shed. Sorry for the dreams I loved to kill And the fears I always fed.

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Throw away the bonds! [poem]

Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:12 PM EST

Throw away the bonds! Stand firm! Take off the uniform and arms And fight, with faith within your heart, To gain the peace which once was part Of those forgotten days, when no alarms Could cause your feeble hopes to squirm.

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Ray's Grandma [fiction]

Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:45 PM EST

One of my principles has always been: if you're my friend's friend, then you're my friend. That is, until I met Ray's Grandma! Let me put things into context.

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Paternity has made me a coward

Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:03 PM EDT

When the shooting started that night, I had only one thought (more of an instinct, actually) — grab my children and hide! I used to have a completely different reaction to danger.

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When eagles soar above the rain (poem)

Sun Oct 1, 2006 8:59 PM EDT

Another little poem written in my youth, in days of sunshine and rain. When eagles soar above the rain ... When eagles soar above the rain, When lions roar despite their pain, When women weep with smiling eyes, It's time to reap in Paradise! When eagles soar above the rain, When …

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The four seasons (a poem)

Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:43 PM EDT

It's late, I can't sleep, and for some reason I feel like sharing this little poem with the world (well, with Newsvine anyway :-) It was written seventeeen years ago, two years after I left the army, still in the bliss of my youthful days.

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By their friends ye shall know them ...

Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:20 PM EDT

Aesop, in the fable of The Ass and His Purchase, taught us that a man is known by the company he keeps. Allow me to expand on that, presenting you with three possible motivations you might have when you're choosing friends.

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Scleroderma and I

Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:22 PM EDT

A simple little scar (where there had been no wound) was the first indication that something was wrong with my immunological system.

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What shaped my faith

Sun Jul 9, 2006 10:39 PM EDT

A fellow-newsviner recently asked me to explain how I came to believe what I believe, adding that he was "especially interested in events and experiences". So here you have a simple (and potentially boring) life-history of Paddy Ryan's faith.

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The evidence for God x the evidence for FSM

Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:23 PM EDT

This article is not an attempt to provide evidence for the supernatural realm (which is an interesting subject in it's own right).

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It's a Holiday when Brazil plays in the World Cup

Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:45 PM EDT

Brazil will be playing Japan shortly in the German World Cup, and the whole country will stop to watch the game.

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The Theory of Evolution - how much does it influence you? [poll]

Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:24 AM EDT

Many discussions about Faith x Science seem to revolve around one basic point: the Theory of Evolution.

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An introduction to Paddy Ryan, Esq.

Fri Jun 2, 2006 2:04 PM EDT

If this article offend you in any way, please complain to Mykola. It was he that started it :-)

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A bug in Firefox for Mac can create problems in "Check Spelling"

Thu May 25, 2006 9:25 AM EDT

Ever spell-check your comments here on Newsvine, only to find that your mistakes survived? Then this might interest you.

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Are there contradictions in the Bible?

Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:06 AM EDT

A quick look at some apparent contradictions in the Bible, in response to a comment by another Newsvine contributor.

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