Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
To deprive a teenage girl of a phone is devastating. After a few “unpluggings,” a mere threat of it would get her immediate attention.
In the second section I examine surf lifesaving and surfing as fratriarchies, or brotherhoods, in which members bond through physical rites, intimidation, violence and denigrating women (Loy 1995).
I can’t in good conscience subject a kid to, say, Bingo, where you don’t do anything but sit there and wait for your numbers to come up. Where is the joy in crushing your enemy? “Ha ha ha, the laws of randominity smiled on me and not you?”
