To: Investor
From: L&R Financing
Re: L-305
I don't need to remind you how much the judges' decision next week will affect our future and yours. L&R Financing financed the original L-305 colonization in cooperation with our partners K&P Securities Inc. However, since the abandonment of the colony almost 100 years ago, we have maintained a discreet and highly lucrative Californium mine on the far side of south island our team of geologists assures us of a growing economic potential. Should re-colonization begin, we would not only have to abandon and cover-up our operations, but face possible environmental charges in the future. The press would kill us if they knew we've been leaking low levels of radioactive waste into L-305's seas for over a hundred years. But, if re-colonization is denied, everyone goes home and we continue to conduct our business as usual. Let's not forget our plans for galaxy-wide expansion. Your job is to convince the Judges to veto re-colonization. Do some back-of-envelope calculations about the prohibitively high costs of improving the planet's infrastructure. Work with our biologists on how costly it will be to handle the critter problem. I don't really care what you argue as long as you win this case. L-305 must not be colonized! I've had my secretary type up a list of resources that might help you tomorrow. Remember, we're counting on you!
Cindy Czetsky III
Managing Director, L&R Financing
Leads and Sources
Magazines and Articles:
"When Life Exploded," J. Madeleine Nash. Cover Story Time Magazine December 4, 1995.
"On Embryos and Ancestors," Stephen Jay Gould. Natural History 7/98-8/98, p. 20.
"The Evolution of Life on the Earth," Stephen Jay Gould. Scientific American October 1994, p. 85.
"Breathing Room for Early Animals" (Oxygen), Andrew H. Knoll. Nature Vol. 382, July 11, 1996, p. 111.
"The Big Bang of Animal Evolution," Jeffrey Levinton. Scientific American November 1992.
"Hypersea Invasion," Carl Zimmer. Discover October 1995, p. 76.
"The Emergence of Animals," Mark McMenamin. Scientific American April 1987, p. 94.
"Life’s Grand Explosions." (theories on why the Cambrian explosion occurred), Lori Oliwenstein. Discover January 1996, p. 42.
"The Molecular Explosion," Henry Gee. Nature Vol. 373, February 16,1995, p. 558.
Internet Sites:
The Divisions of Precambrian Time
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/precambrian.htmlLife of the Vendian
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vendian/vendianlife.htmlLearning About the Vendian Animals
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vendian/critters.htmlOxygen Pulse and the Evolutionary Expansion of the Metazoans
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8200/Oxygenation.htmlCambrian Explosion Website
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/4/l_034_02.html
Books:
The Emergence of Animals: The Cambrian Breakthrough. Mark and Dianna McMenamin, 1990, Columbia University Press.
The Crucible of Evolution: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals. Simon Conway Morris, 1998, Oxford University Press.
Biology. N.A. Campbell, 1987, Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.