>>>>>>>>>>I noticed this line in a science story on MSNBC today:
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>>>>>>>>>>"For example, humans have two amino acid (the building blocks of proteins) substitutions on a gene called FOXP2 compared to chimpanzees."
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>>>>>>>>>>FoxPro is built into every one of us. No wonder it's great!!
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>>>>>>>>>This is from a story today about scientists who successfully replaced a mouse gene with a human gene that is used for language. That gene is called "FOXP2", so I guess it helps us communicate in FoxPro syntax!
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>>>>>>>>Yes, this is absolute proof that God uses FoxPro to maintain the world. A very good choice.
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>>>>>>>But what happens when He hits the 2 gig limit? ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yeah, I know -- that happens in 2012.
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>>>>>>Exactly. The Mayans knew the future or maybe they just got tired of chiselling a calender. Maybe they just ran out of room on their stone.
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>>>>>Or too busy inventing basketball.
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>>>>I heard it was head ball. Basketball was invented by a Canadian.
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>>>Now I am going to have to look it up. I got it from an impeccable source: Coach on "Cheers" ;-)
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>>Let me help. http://ca.encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Basketball%2c+invention
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>I don't think that's accurate. And did you notice that he was in Massachusetts?

It is accurate and yes he was in Mass when he invented it. Why don't you search the net for the answer . . and oh - by the way, the telephone? . . .was invented by Alexander Graham Bell of Nova Scotia Canada.