Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality Critiques of sexual behavior Gay rights / Laws / Same-sex marriage Homophobia / Biphobia / Psychology Medical science / Gay community Two-Spirit / Violence against LGBT people History of the Gay Community Christianity / Islam / Judaism Hinduism / Buddhism / Taoism This article is about human asexuality; ase ...

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Asexuality, Asexuality - Debate, Asexuality - Research, Asexuality - Variations, Asexuality - Asexuality and religion, Asexuality - Famous asexuals, Asexuality - Asexuality in fiction

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Several religions or religious sects believe that asexuality is a spiritually superior condition, and some asexuals believe that their lack of "base desires" allows them to feel a deeper spirituality, although other asexuals consider that an elitist attitude. For example, it is likely that in past centuries, many Catholic priests, monks, and nuns were asexuals, including many canonized saints. In other creeds, children are considered a gift from God that should not be refused, a means of spreading religion, or both; it should be noted, thoug ...

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Calcarea Hexactinellida Demospongiae The sponges or poriferans (from Latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear") are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are primitive, sessile, mostly marine, waterdwelling filter feeders that pump water through their matrix to filter out particulates of food matter. Sponges are among the simplest of animals, with partially differentiated tissues but without muscles, nerves, or internal organs. In some ways they are closer to being cell colonies ...

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• Sponge - Ecology
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Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made either when an organism reproduces asexually or when two genetically identical individuals are produced by accident (as with identical twins), but in common parlance the clone is an identical copy by som ...

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• Cloning - Cloning extinct species
• Cloning - Dolly the sheep
• Cloning - Commercial cloning
• Cloning - Ethical issues of cloning
• Cloning - Christian views
• Cloning - Publications
• Cloning - Cloning in fiction
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Wesleyan University founded in 1831, is a private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded by Methodist leaders and residents of Middletown, the now-secular university was the first college or university to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism and it shares a common Methodist heritage with about twenty other U.S. colleges and universities also named after Wesley. With a class size of slightly over 700, Wesleyan accepts just 28% (class of 2008) of those who apply, making it one of the most sel ...

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Natural selection is the name Charles Darwin gave to the principal process through which new species emerge, or evolve. Combined with Gregor Mendel's theory of genetic inheritance it forms the basis for modern evolutionary theory. Darwin developed this theory by reconsidering the fact that individual members of a population or species tended to vary slightly from one other. Earlier natural scientists viewed variation negatively, as deviation from an ideal exemplar of the species. Darwin, however saw such variation as being, in princip ...

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• Natural selection - History of the principle
• Natural selection - Scope and role of natural selection
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Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American painter, filmmaker, publisher, and a major figure in the Pop Art movement. Andy Warhol - Biography. Andy Warhol, born as Andrew Warhola, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a working class immigrant family of Ruthenian ethnicity from northeast Slovakia. He showed early artistic talent and studied commercial art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1949 he moved to New York City and began a successful career in magazine illust ...

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Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. It is sometimes used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected by the conventions of a particular culture and situation, and in particular exposing the bare skin of intimate parts. Nudity - Terminology. Although nude and naked have the same objective meaning (i.e. not covered by clothing) and a common origin, they have differing subjective connotations, which partly match their differing etymologies ("nude" ori ...

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In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. In scientific classification, a species is assigned a two-part name in Latin. The genus is listed first (and capitalized), followed by a specific epithet. For example, humans belong to the genus Homo, and are in the species Homo sapiens. The name of the species is the whole binomial not just the second term (the specific epithet). The binomial, and most other purely formal aspects of the biological codes of nomenclature, were formalized by Carolus Linnaeus in the 1 ...

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In biology, evolution is the process by which populations of organisms acquire and pass on novel traits from generation to generation. Its action over large stretches of time explains the origin of new species and ultimately the vast diversity of the biological world. The living species of today are related to each other through common descent, products of evolution and speciation over billions of years. The phylogenetic tree at right represents these re ...

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Two of the most famous studies of the demographics of human sexual orientation were Dr. Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). These studies used a seven-point spectrum to define sexual behavior, from 0 for completely heterosexual, to 6 for completely homosexual. Kinsey concluded that all but a small percentage of the population were to one degree or another bisexual (falling on the scale from 1 to 5). He also reported that 37% of men in the U.S. ...

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Demographics of sexual orientation, Demographics of sexual orientation - Measurement difficulties, Demographics of sexual orientation - Complexities of definition, Demographics of sexual orientation - Incidence versus prevalence, Demographics of sexual orientation - General observations, Demographics of sexual orientation - Historical patterns, Demographics of sexual orientation - The Kinsey Reports, Demographics of sexual orientation - Modern survey results, Demographics of sexual orientation - Footnote

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"The Book," as it is often referred to in its setting of Savannah, Georgia, is atmospheric and Southern Gothic in tone, depicting eccentric Savannah personalities. The plot is propelled by the investigation of the shooting of hustler Danny Hansford (characterized as "a good time not yet had by all") by his boyfriend, respected art dealer Jim Williams, an event which resulted in four murder trials. The murder took place in Williams' home, originally b ...

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - The Book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - The Movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - Critics

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Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), an ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was cloned at the Roslin Institute in Scotland and lived there until her death when she was 6. Her birth was announced on 22 February 1997. The name "Dolly" came from a suggestion by Jesse Haase who helped with her birth, in honour of Dolly Parton, because it was a mammary cell that was cloned. The technique that was made famous by her birth is somatic cell nuclear transfer, in which a non-reproductive cell c ...

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Cloning, Cloning - Cloning in biology, Cloning - Molecular, Cloning - Cellular, Cloning - Horticultural, Cloning - Natural clones, Cloning - Health aspects, Cloning - Human cloning, Cloning - Cloning extinct species, Cloning - Dolly the sheep, Cloning - Commercial cloning, Cloning - Ethical issues of cloning, Cloning - Christian views, Cloning - Publications, Cloning - Cloning in fiction, Cloning - End Notes

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Fossil sea stars and brittle stars are first known from rocks of Ordovician age (Herringshaw, 2004; Shackleton, 2005; Blake & Guensburg, 2005), indicating that two groups probably diverged in the Cambrian. However, Ordovician examples of the two groups show many similarites and can be difficult to distinguish (see e.g. Sutton et al, 2005). Complete fossil sea stars are very rare, but where they do occur they may be abundant. Most fossil sea stars consist of scattered individual plates or segments of arms. This is because the skeleton is ...

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Sea star, Sea star - Distribution, Sea star - External Anatomy, Sea star - Internal Anatomy, Sea star - Digestion and excretion, Sea star - Nervous System, Sea star - Circulation and respiration, Sea star - Behaviour, Sea star - Reproduction, Sea star - Locomotion, Sea star - Regeneration, Sea star - Geological history

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Traditionally, Asian Americans have not been well-represented in mainstream media. Bruce Lee, a native of San Francisco, is the foremost icon of the middle-America's view of Asian Americans. Before Bruce Lee came onto the scene, Asians (women in particular) were mostly viewed as docile, obedient, and feminine. Asian men were regarded as asexual and powerless but hard-working as servants. Bruce Lee broke some of the stereotypes by demonstrating that they can be tough and masculine; but in opening new doors, he created new stereotypes. This ti ...

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American-born Chinese, American-born Chinese - Stereotypes, American-born Chinese - Representations in media

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Third Rock uses comedic elements which are strikingly unusual in modern North American television comedy, yet drawn from established sources. Clowning techniques, all with a long pedigree in European theatre, are employed throughout the several seasons of the show. Mime, slapstick, speaking in rhyme and role reversals are employed, giving this science fiction comedy a solid anchoring in more venerable clown traditions, such as the Commedia dell'arte. (One of the show's most famous moments is when Dick's evil twin traps him in an "invi ...

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3rd Rock from the Sun, 3rd Rock from the Sun - The plot, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Comedic style, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Common sources of humor, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Awards, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Series finale, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Cast, 3rd Rock from the Sun - DVD releases, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Region 1 releases, 3rd Rock from the Sun - Region 2 releases

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Because sexual orientation is complex and multi-dimensional, some academics and researchers (especially in Queer studies) have argued that sexual orientation is a completely historical and social construction. In 1976 the historian Michel Foucault argued that homosexuality as a concept did not exist as such in the 18th century; that people instead spoke of "sodomy" (which involved specific sexual acts regardless of the sex of the actors) as a cri ...

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Sexual orientation, Sexual orientation - A much wider definition of sexual orientation, Sexual orientation - Complexities and terminology, Sexual orientation - Sexual orientation identity and behavior, Sexual orientation - Classification and boundaries, Sexual orientation - Alternative sexual orientations, Sexual orientation - Demographics of sexual orientation, Sexual orientation - Causes and malleability of sexual orientation, Sexual orientation - Sexual orientation and mental health, Sexual orientation - Morality religion and choice, Sexual orientation - History, Sexual orientation - Sexual orientation as a construction

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The Bolians are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. They are bald with blue skin, with a small ridge running from the back of their heads to their noses. They were named after a regular Star Trek director, Cliff Bole. Their home planet is named Bolarus IX, and as an in-joke there have been references to the "Cliffs of Bole" on their planet. Neelix remarks that malfunctioning toilets will hit the Bolians especially hard, and during medical examinations 24th century doctors will commonly ask if a hum ...

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List of Star Trek races, List of Star Trek races - Table of appearances, List of Star Trek races - Aaamazzarite, List of Star Trek races - Acamarian, List of Star Trek races - Aenar, List of Star Trek races - Akaali, List of Star Trek races - Akritirians, List of Star Trek races - Andorian, List of Star Trek races - Angosian, List of Star Trek races - Antedean, List of Star Trek races - Antican, List of Star Trek races - Arcadian, List of Star Trek races - Arcturian, List of Star Trek races - Augment, List of Star Trek races - Axanar, List of Star Trek races - Bajoran, List of Star Trek races - Bandi, List of Star Trek races - Berellian, List of Star Trek races - Betazoid, List of Star Trek races - Bolian, List of Star Trek races - Borg, List of Star Trek races - Breen, List of Star Trek races - Briori, List of Star Trek races - Bynar, List of Star Trek races - Cardassian, List of Star Trek races - Changeling, List of Star Trek races - Deltan, List of Star Trek races - Denobulan, List of Star Trek races - Douwd, List of Star Trek races - Drayan, List of Star Trek races - El Aurian, List of Star Trek races - Exobot, List of Star Trek races - Ferengi, List of Star Trek races - Gorn, List of Star Trek races - Hirogen, List of Star Trek races - Horta, List of Star Trek races - Human, List of Star Trek races - Hunter, List of Star Trek races - Hur'q, List of Star Trek races - Iconian, List of Star Trek races - Jem'Hadar, List of Star Trek races - Karemma, List of Star Trek races - Kati, List of Star Trek races - Kazon, List of Star Trek races - Klaestron, List of Star Trek races - Klingon, List of Star Trek races - Kreetassan, List of Star Trek races - Krenim, List of Star Trek races - Ktarian, List of Star Trek races - Lurian, List of Star Trek races - Malon, List of Star Trek races - Nausicaan, List of Star Trek races - Ocampan, List of Star Trek races - Organian, List of Star Trek races - Pakled, List of Star Trek races - Q, List of Star Trek races - Reman, List of Star Trek races - Romulan, List of Star Trek races - Selay, List of Star Trek races - Species 8472, List of Star Trek races - Talaxian, List of Star Trek races - Tellarite, List of Star Trek races - Trabe, List of Star Trek races - Tribbles, List of Star Trek races - Trill, List of Star Trek races - Tzenkethi, List of Star Trek races - Vidiian, List of Star Trek races - Vorta, List of Star Trek races - Voth, List of Star Trek races - Vulcan, List of Star Trek races - Xindi

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Many religions have long considered sexual abstinence a virtuous way of life, and so a large number of famous virgins throughout history, legend and mythology have been spiritual and religious figures. List of virgins - Christian saints and monastics. Saint Agnes-Almost escaped execution due to her virginity. Aloysius Gonzaga-Said to have taken a vow of chastity at 10 years old. Anthony the Great-By tradition(Little to nothing of his first 20 years is certain) Saint Apollon ...

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