czarandy's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=czarandy2004-01-03T17:20:57ZThe Theory of Evolution is a valid theory (idea)http://everything2.com/user/czarandy/writeups/The+Theory+of+Evolution+is+a+valid+theoryczarandyhttp://everything2.com/user/czarandy2004-01-03T17:20:57Z2004-01-03T17:20:57Z<b>Evidence for Evolution</b>
<p><a href="/title/Biogeography">Biogeography</a> presents the most easily noticeable evidence for evolution. Species in different parts of the world are different, with many areas having their own <a href="/title/indigenous">indigenous</a> ones. On the other hand, species close to another geographically are usually much more similar. Islands are examples of this--commonly groups of islands have closely related, but still different, species on them. This shows the migration of a group of individuals from one species to another location, which then forms a separate species. Another case, the fact that species inhabiting very similar environments located in different regions of the world are not similar, shows that the <a href="/title/randomness+of+evolution">randomness of evolution</a> produces different results even under similar circumstances. This is contrary to many previous beliefs (held by people as renowned as <a href="/title/Christopher+Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a>) that life in similar environments is similar, but which do not hold up to actual observations.</p>
<p>The <a href="/title/fossil+record">fossil record</a> also provides a<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…October 30, 2003 (idea)http://everything2.com/user/czarandy/writeups/October+30%252C+2003czarandyhttp://everything2.com/user/czarandy2003-10-30T03:29:03Z2003-10-30T03:29:03ZI almost died today.
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Of course I am exaggerating a tad, but then again <a href="/title/hyperboles">hyperboles</a> are in <a href="/title/fashion">fashion</a>.
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<a href="/title/School">School</a> is over, and the students naturally rush out to leave as soon as possible. A few minutes later, the principal suddenly makes an announcement, "<a href="/title/Code+Red">Code Red</a>! Code Red! This is NOT a drill! Everyone get back to their classrooms and shut the doors now!". I was hanging back after class to talk with the teacher, and there were about ten of us left in the room.
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Everyone gets pretty scared, and we all run to huddle under our desks. The teacher <a href="/title/barricades">barricades</a> the door while we hear the sounds of rushing students outside trying to find a room to go to. At first everyone is scared of course, and there is a <a href="/title/creepy+kind+of+silence">creepy kind of silence</a>. After a while nothing seems to happen, and so we are all bored at this point. Unfortunately the teacher decided that a game of <a href="/title/hearts">hearts</a> was not allowed, so we were forced to whisper about our <a href="/title/imminent+deaths">imminent deaths</a>.
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After about an hour and a…October 1, 2003 (idea)http://everything2.com/user/czarandy/writeups/October+1%252C+2003czarandyhttp://everything2.com/user/czarandy2003-10-01T06:55:02Z2003-10-01T06:55:02ZI wrote this today, which explains how I feel quite well, in fact:<br>
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The Lonely Wanderer<br>
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The <a href="/title/lonely+wanderer">lonely wanderer</a> without a home<br>
Has no one—all he's ever known,<br>
No <a href="/title/recollections">recollections</a> of the past to guide<br>
That which he seeks is lost, inside.<br>
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No comfort will he ever find out there<br>
Amid the frosty, <a href="/title/gloomy+air">gloomy air</a>;<br>
And should he venture to where he doth dwell<br>
He'll find it hot as any <a href="/title/hell">hell</a>.<br>
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Though always suffering--his life defined,<br>
His face feigns thoughts of a <a href="/title/gentle+mind">gentle mind</a>.<br>
Although no one stops, staring straight at him<br>
He feels the burden of his <a href="/title/sin">sin</a>.<br>
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So while he searches for a brief respite<br>
Outside, he's trapped in <a href="/title/endless+plight">endless plight</a>.<br>
The lonely wanderer without a home<br>
Will always be himself: <a href="/title/alone">alone</a>.<br>Four Freedoms (idea)http://everything2.com/user/czarandy/writeups/Four+Freedomsczarandyhttp://everything2.com/user/czarandy2003-05-02T04:30:55Z2003-05-02T04:30:55Z<p>On <a href="/title/January+6%252C+1941">January 6, 1941</a>, President <a href="/title/Franklin+D.+Roosevelt">Franklin Delano Roosevelt</a>'s <a href="/title/State+of+the+Union">State of the Union</a> Address was a monumental speech, in which he expressed the "<a href="/title/four+essential+human+freedoms">four essential human freedoms</a>". These specifically were a <a href="/title/freedom+of+speech">freedom of speech</a>, <a href="/title/freedom+of+religion">freedom of religion</a>, <a href="/title/freedom+from+want">freedom from want</a>-—a "healthy peacetime life", and <a href="/title/freedom+from+fear">freedom from fear</a>-—essentially world peace. The speech also expressed his support of American values of democracy and liberty, and argued that America should support Britain in its fight against Germany because Britain represented those exact republican principles. He stated that the US should prepare to enter <a href="/title/World+War+II">World War II</a> itself. This rhetoric resulted in the <a href="/title/Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a> program with Britain, as well as greatly promoting public support for the war--most people were strongly opposed to American involvement at that point.</p>Rosie the Riveter (thing)http://everything2.com/user/czarandy/writeups/Rosie+the+Riveterczarandyhttp://everything2.com/user/czarandy2003-05-02T04:19:23Z2003-05-02T04:19:23Z<p>
"Rosie the Riveter" was a song, written by <a href="/title/Redd+Evans">Redd Evans</a> and <a href="/title/John+Jacob+Loebin">John Jacob Loebin</a> in <a href="/title/1942">1942</a>, about a woman working in a factory to aid the <a href="/title/war+effort">war effort</a>. The song quickly gained popularity and the name became a nickname for all women working in war industries. Women were vital to <a href="/title/American+war+production">American war production</a>, working in shipyards, steel mills, foundries, and warehouses. These jobs were so important that many <a href="/title/propaganda+posters">propaganda posters</a> were made to encourage women to work, even in jobs traditionally held mostly or exclusively by men. After the war, just like after <a href="/title/World+War+I">World War I</a>, the jobs were reclaimed by the returning soldiers, and the women were pushed back into the home.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Cancer (thing)http://everything2.com/user/czarandy/writeups/Cancerczarandyhttp://everything2.com/user/czarandy2003-04-09T01:04:34Z2003-04-09T01:04:34Z<p>Cancer is the result of <a href="/title/cells">cells</a> escaping normal <a href="/title/control+mechanisms">control mechanisms</a>, and growing uncontrollably as a result. It is a result of <a href="/title/genetic+changes">genetic changes</a>--certain <a href="/title/genes">genes</a> normally regulate the <a href="/title/cell+cycle">cell cycle</a> and <a href="/title/mutations">mutations</a> that alter these genes can cause cancer. Cancer is often caused by mutations resulting from chemical <a href="/title/carcinogens">carcinogens</a>, certain <a href="/title/viruses">viruses</a>, or <a href="/title/radiation">radiation</a>. These mutations can cause cancer if they occur in proto-oncogenes.</p>
<p>A <a href="/title/proto-oncogene">proto-oncogene</a> is responsible for stimulating <a href="/title/cell+growth">cell growth</a> and division, and so a genetic change may result in one becoming much more active, transforming it into an <a href="/title/oncogene">oncogene</a>, which will promote excessive cell growth--cancer. Another important gene is the <a href="/title/tumor-supressor+gene">tumor-supressor gene</a>; it inhibits abnormal <a href="/title/cell+division">cell division</a>. A mutation may cause one of these genes to malfunction, also resulting in effects similar to those of the oncogene.</p>
<p>Another common mutation activates the creation of <a href="/title/telomerase">telomerase</a>. This <a href="/title/enzyme">enzyme</a> prevents the degradation of the ends of <a href="/title/chromosomes">chromosomes</a><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…