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History of Shaving
For thousands of years man has been fighting a battle with his facial hair - over 25,000 hairs as hard as copper wire of the same thickness.
The hairs grow between 125mm and 150mm per year and man will spend an average of more than 3,000 hours of his life shaving them.
Egyptians shaved their beards and heads which was a custom adopted by the Greeks and Romans about 330BC during the reign of Alexander the Great.
This was encouraged for soldiers as a defensive measure to stop enemies from grabbing their hair in hand-to-hand combat.
As shaving spread through the world, men of unshaven societies became known as "barbarians" meaning the "unbarbered". The practice of women shaving legs and underarms developed much later.
Men scraped their hair away in early times man with crude items such as stone, flint, clam shells and other sharpened materials. He later experimented with bronze, copper and iron razors.
In more recent centuries he used the steel straight razor (aptly called the "cut-throat" for obvious reasons).
For hundreds of years razors maintained a knife-like design and needed to be sharpened by the owner or a barber with the aid of a honing stone or leather strop.
These "weapons" required considerable skill by the user to avoid cutting himself badly.
Why, when and how people started shaving
Shaving predates history but it was the early Egyptian men and women who really established shaving and hair removal as a regular part of daily grooming.
And the custom continues today for people all over the world.
The Egyptians had an almost unhealthy personal obsession with body hygiene - and curious customs to accompany it.
The Greek historian Herodotus (485-425BC) commented that the Egyptians bathed several times a day and "set cleanliness above seemliness".
Being so clean all the time was associated with fanatical behaviour by outsiders. The ancient Romans thought that a lack of major body hair was some kind of terrible deformity.
But not in Egypt where priests believed that body hair was shameful and unclean.
Wild animals and barbarians had hair, not the sophisticated and advanced Egyptian civilisation. Being hairless was achieved by shaving, using depilatory creams and rubbing one's hair off with a pumice stone.
Men, women, and even the children of ancient Egypt all shaved their heads bald and wore elaborate specially-made wigs, which were preferred over a natural head of hair for ultimate protection from the sun's harmful solar rays.
These wigs were made of natural or artificial hair, and were strategically designed to keep the head cool.
It was rare to find a man or woman out in public totally bald-headed, not just for sun protection, but for making a fashion statement as well.
Another reason for removing all body hair, including that on the scalp was that being hairless gave people an excellent way to prevent various body infections and diseases.
Living in the Nile Valley wasn't at all easy because it was so very hot and body hair and the heat could become an irritating combination.
Soap was not easily available to the masses and the Egyptians certainly didn't have the hair care products available to us today.
Keeping shoulder length hair clean was very difficult and washing didn't always clear up the lice problem that most people had. A bald head could be easily washed and dried.
A bald head didn't feel itchy under a wig, or create a place for the lice to live. Everyone started shaving everything eventually, yes - everywhere. Being hairless kept people cooler, as well as bug and odour free.
The less hair one had the easier life was.
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Items of Egyptian royalties personal care items found during archeological tomb excavations have thrown up such items as razors, manicure tools and other cosmetic implements made of jewel encrusted gold.
Excavations have uncovered works of Egyptian art that show in detail that only peasants, slaves, mercenaries, criminals, plunderers and barbarians were hairy faced.
Ever wonder why we started shaving our faces and heads?
Egyptian men thought that wearing facial hair was a sign of personal neglect. Egyptians who could afford to normally kept a barber on their household staff.
In Mesopotamia barbers were held in the highest regard by society like a doctor or dignitary.
Each town had a street or an area where a number of barber shops could be found. These barbers took great care of the general public by shaving their clients daily with razors and pumice stones then massaging perfumed oils and lotions into their skin.
The evidence we see on ancient wall murals proves that some Egyptians did have hair on their faces. Even with their obsession for personal cleanliness they also thought though that a beard was the sign of a real man, of masculinity and dignity since the beginning of time and that it could give a man status.
On certain occasions therefore the heads of Egypt wore artificial beards which they strapped on with string that fastened beneath their chins.
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Prehistoric Times - shaving history takes us way back to the Stone Age, around 100,000BC, when Neanderthal Man started first pulling hair from his body.
Filing down his teeth was also a popular pastime.
Cave paintings show that early man discovered ways to remove hair from his face that are still being used today. In the beginning he simply plucked the hair out using seashells like tweezers.
Throughout history tweezers have remained the most popular ever grooming tool invented, used by both "civilised" men and women to painfully remove body and facial hair.
The earliest shaving razors discovered were flint blades from as far back as 30,000BC.
Flint can provide an extremely sharp edge, perfect at the time for shaving. These implements were the first disposable razors as flint dulls rather quickly.
Not only did your early man cut or shave off his body hair with flint he also enjoyed cutting unusual designs his skin. He added dyes and colours to the cuts and ended up tattooed.
Other shaving tools made of stone found were made during the Neolithic Period.
4000-3000BC Women are removing body hair with depilatory creams made from such combinations as arsenic, quicklime and starch.
3000BC marked the first permanent development of razors due to metalworking being invented. In both India and Egypt razors made from copper are found available.
1500-1200BC Some of the most elaborate razors in ancient times in Scandinavia were produced. Razors were found in leather carrying cases with scenes embossed in the bronze blades in excavations carried out in the Danish Mound Graves with the handles carved into horse head shapes.
500BC It became popular for men to crop their hair very short and shave the face in Greece. Alexander the Great is responsible for this as he is obsessed with shaving.
He shaves even during war and will not be seen going to battle with a five o clock shadow. Like the Middle East culture Greeks back then considered it an aesthetic approach to personal hygiene.
Around this time, Roman women remove their hair with razors and pumice stones. They even make their own depilatory creams from medicinal drugs such as Bryonia.
They also pluck their eyebrows using tweezers.
Roman men have a skilled live-in servant to shave them; otherwise they start their day with a trip to the tonsor, or barber, who will shave a face with an iron novacila, or Roman razor.
This type of shaver corrodes quickly and becomes blunt; so most customers usually, or eventually, get cut. But don't worry - the tonsor can fix this by applying to the face a soothing plaster made from special perfumed ointment and spider webs soaked in oil and vinegar.
Despite the dangers of going to the barber shop, Roman men continue to flock in daily because they are also great centres for news and gossip.
400BC The typical man of India is found sporting a neatly trimmed, well-groomed beard, yet he shaves off all hair on his chest and pubic area.
The average woman is removing hair from her legs with razors and tweezers.
Greek women are removing hair from their legs by singeing it with a lamp. Most Greek men are shaving their faces on a regular basis.
300BC and one day Publicus Ticinius Maenas, a rich Greek businessman brings professional barbers from Sicily to Rome which introduces a new craze for shaving.
The barbers use thin bladed iron razors which are sharpened with water and a whetstone. They don't always use soap or oil making it a long process of shaving a face.
300 BC During this time in Rome young men of about the age of 21 are required to have their first shave. They kick this off by celebrating their official entry into manhood with an elaborate party.
Other friends are invited to watch and give the novice a bunch of gifts. Only soldiers and those training to become philosophers are excused from participating in this cultural ordeal.
50BC In Rome men are following the example of Julius Caesar, who has his facial hairs plucked out individually by tweezing every day.
Depilatories are used as an alternative to the bloody mess that results from shaving with a blade. The latest available creams include some pretty wild ingredients such as resin, pitch, white vine or ivy gum extract, asses fat, she goats gall, bats blood and powdered viper.
100AD In Rome shaving the male face starts to become old hat thanks to Emperor Hadrian, 76-138AD, who is now reviving the growth of beards.
The truth though is that Hadrian grows a beard to hide the lousy complexion he has on his face.
Middle Ages to The Crusades
476-1270AD European women carry out the bizarre beauty secret of removing all the hair from their eyebrows, eyelashes, temples, and necks.
The look to die for becoming trés chic. This is carried out masochistically by plucking and shaving every day, but a real lady who wants to represent herself in the ideal image of modern female beauty knows this is a necessity.
840AD In Spain, a famous musician and singer from Baghdad, Blackbird, opens the world's first beauty institute.
Here, students learnt the secrets of hair removal as well as how to apply cosmetics, manufacture deodorants, use toothpowder and the basics of hairdressing.
1066AD Shaving and haircuts help William of Normandy invade England to overcome Harold the Saxon of Hastings. Harold's spies ventured out before the attack and came back reporting a large group of priests seen nearby but no enemy.
The priests were William's army who they mistook for Holy Men owing to their clean shaven appearance. They also carried exaggerated pageboy haircuts.
They shaved the hair on the back of their heads but kept a short back and sides which made them look like monks.
1770 French barber Jean-Jacques Perret writes The Art of Learning to Shave Oneself - La Pogonotomie - which gives advice for the use of different shaving products and equipment. The book is the first to propose the idea of a safety razor.
French women shave their heads completely so they can wear the huge powdered wigs of the latest hairstyles.
The Perret Razor is manufactured as an L-shaped wooden guard that holds a razor blade in place. It prevents the user cutting themselves too deeply.
It still does not have any real safety and is not considered to be the first true safety razor but this is the beginning of the safety razor.
1800s and shaving and grooming for men is now a self indulgent pastime thanks to George Bryan (Beau) Brummell who is a dandy known for his impeccable manners and style of dress.
Brummell is said to have shaved his face several times a day and pluck out any remaining hairs with tweezers. After inheriting a sizeable fortune Brummell dedicated himself to be known as a gentleman of fashion.
European women are still knocking up their own depilatory creams in their kitchens. The ingredients now contain such items as oak and French white wine to be taken in a hot bath for 24 hours.
In Sheffield production begins of straight steel razors and they are in constant demand until the middle of the 1800s. These razors dull very quickly however so they have to be honed and stropped frequently in order to use over and over again.
1840 After fleeing England in 1814 to escape from paying off tremendous gambling debts possessed shaver Beau Brummell died in a French lunatic asylum.
1847 William Henson created the first hoe razor which placed the blade perpendicular to its handle, just like a garden tool. This changes forever the way that man will grip his shaver and provides more control.
It is an overnight success.
By the late 1800s Victorian man is now extremely particular over his personal grooming and is starting to use shaving soaps and after shaving lotions which are usually home made in the kitchen using cherry laurel water.
In the United States the Kampfe Brothers file a patent for the first Safety Razor featuring a wire skin guard along one side of the blade's edge. Only one side of the blade is used which has to be removed often for sharpening.
This is the best available shaving method on the market that won't cut a user unlike straight steel razors. Blades are manufactured by forging which requires frequent sharpening.
1895 - In the United States King Camp Gillette, a salesman for the Baltimore Seal Company comes up with the idea for a new type of disposable razor blade.
Over the next six years he promotes and sells his idea to backers and toolmakers in order to make his dream shaver a reality.
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Friday Nite Lites: Oh, the Mitt hit the fan…part one
Posted: October 5, 2012 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Political and Editorial Cartoons, Republican politics, U.S. Politics | Tags: Big Bird, PBS, Presidential Debate, Romney cartoons |36 CommentsGood evening!
Yes, Mitt was hitting everyone the other night with lying turds a plenty. Unfortunately, Obama didn't even call him out! Pathetic. So, as you would expect tonight's editorial cartoons will be primarily on the debate. The first one I must share with you is my absolute favorite, and you can be certain I laughed my ass off!
Cagle Post » Mitt Gets His Stuff Together
I think Pat Bagley outdid himself with that one!
So, let's see what other juicy cartoons I found for y'all tonight.
10/4 Mike Luckovich cartoon: The great debate | Mike Luckovich
Wait till you see Luckovich's cartoon on Big Bird…..I've got that one saved for last!
Okay, there are a lot of these some are not has fabulous as others.
Cagle Post » Romney Beats Obama
Cagle Post » Debate About the Debate
I think we all feel like putting our TVs in the garbage…
Cagle Post » Debate Empty Chair
This next one is damn good: Cagle Post » Fact Checkers
Cagle Post » Occupy Sesame Street
And lastly, 10/7 Mike Luckovich cartoon: Big Bird | Mike Luckovich
Okay, this is an open thread…and yes I will be having a part two coming up later tonight!
36 Comments on "Friday Nite Lites: Oh, the Mitt hit the fan…part one"
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Hey, all you folks who live near this area of California, Edison Con? San Onofre Nuclear Plant Owner Proposes Reactor Restart | MyFDL
Southern California Edison (SCE), the operator of the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), has proposed to restart one of the facility's two damaged reactors without repairing or replacing the parts at the root of January's shutdown. The Thursday announcement came over eight months after a ruptured heat transfer tube leaked radioactive steam, scramming Unit 3 and taking the entire plant offline. (Unit 2, offline for maintenance, revealed similar tube wear in a subsequent inspection; Unit 1 was taken out of service in 1992.)
But perhaps more tellingly, Edison's plan–which must be reviewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission–was issued just weeks before the mandated start of hearings on rate cuts. California law requires an investigation into ratepayer relief when a facility fails to deliver electricity for nine months. Support of the zombie San Onofre plant has cost California consumers $54 million a month since the shutdown. It has been widely believed since spring that Unit 3 would likely never be able to safely generate power, and that the almost identical Unit 2 was similarly handicapped and would require a complete overhaul for its restart to even be considered.
bostonboomer says:
I'm so glad you did a post tonight, JJ. You were right, that last one by Luckovich is great!
JJ Lopez Minkoff says:
I have another one planned for later, it has non debate cartoons. Some of them are really funny. 😉
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) says:
I'm here for the funnies (sorta…I'll be in and out!)
pdgrey says:
JJ, great funnies, of course the last one is my favorite but I love the 30 seconds for a zinger.
Beata says:
I'm totally obsessed with saving Big Bird, pd. It's difficult to focus on anything else.
dakinikat says:
Yup. The Big Bird ones are the best. That line in his debate was just custom made for ridicule. We should let him debate Big Bird next time. I like the one from Luckovich with the threat of tying Miss Piggy to the car roof!!
JJ Lopez Minkoff says:
Oh, I've not yet read the post about Mitt's hankie? but nothing on the cartoon page about that.
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) says:
The one with Romney and the scissors is my favorite.
Woman Voter (@WomanVote) says:
The two locked up, who were fact checkers is mine.
pdgrey says:
Ralph and I left some stuff below that we should know, Ralph's link first
"It's been accepted as a given that the Romneys were never the types to fall in line with the church's more extreme reactionary politics—and that Mitt's father and "inspiration," Gov. George Romney, was a "liberal" and a brave supporter of civil rights."
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Can we please do something about Scalia PLEASE?
So Scalia parts company with former colleagues who have come to believe capital punishment is unconstitutional. The framers of the Constitution didn't think so and neither does he.
"The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the Constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state," Scalia said at the American Enterprise Institute.
He contrasted his style of interpretation with that of a colleague who tries to be true to the values of the Constitution as he applies them to a changing world. This imaginary justice goes home for dinner and tells his wife what a wonderful day he had, Scalia said.
So, I guess he must think that we should reinstate slavery and the ownership of married women by their husbands and reject the idea that the populace vote for senators.
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) says:
Scott Beezlebub (ok Brown) thinks Scalia is the legal bees knees…but hey look over there, it's Liz Warren's maybe-Cherokee/maybe-not nose…let's analyze it!
pdgrey says:
Well, he's Scott "look at her" Brown' fav! And I can bet you "a 10,000.00" John Roberts next decision will be as crazy as ever. He just felt trapped because of what the Robert's court will be looked back as. The Obama care ruling was so narrow it leaves open the civil rights ruling. Robert's is as evil just keeping it secret.
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) says:
Great minds, they certainly don't think alike or anything 🙂
JJ Lopez Minkoff says:
This guy is such an asshole. How can he even call himself a judge when he is constantly shitting on Justice?
pdgrey says:
this is off script but this shit really makes me mad.
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) says:
Christina Hendricks is gorgeous. That is all I am going to say about that.
ANonOMouse says:
"Christina Hendricks is gorgeous. That is all I am going to say about that"
Am I allowed to read between the lines?
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) says:
LOL. Yes the hourglass silhouette. Read into the inkblot, grasshopper 😉
JJ Lopez Minkoff says:
Wow. Makes me think of that anchor woman from earlier in the week.
pdgrey says:
we are a country of just bat shit crazy people to elect some one like this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/jon-hubbard-arkansas-slavery-book_n_1943661.html?utm_hp_ref=politics -
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JJ. you really hit a bunch of homeruns tonight. The first one and the last one were the best of the best. Love your devotion to laughter.
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My own funnies contribution:
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That was funny X, you know…Connie would get a kick out of number 6 on this list: 10 Arguments In The Future Political Debates | List of X
6) What do you think of global warming? "Huh?" "What?" "Dude, next question!"
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JJ, thank you! Unfortunately, I haven't learned everyone's name here yet… but I am guessing that are you referring to ecocatwoman.
ecocatwoman says:
They are all funny. Great summation of both debates & stump speeches. Details? Who needs details. It's all about TRUST!
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Sound familiar?
The Gish Gallop, named after creationist Duane Gish, is the debating technique of drowning the opponent in such a torrent of half-truths, lies, and straw-man arguments that the opponent cannot possibly answer every falsehood in real time. The term was coined by Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education.


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Edward Shook can't resist a bull market. He rode the one in the late 1990s - but lost $350,000 in the dot-com collapse. Shaken but optimistic, he bought into the bull market that followed - and lost another $350,000... Now the 65-year-old roofing contractor from Raleigh, N.C., says he's "getting smart for a change."...
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Whether we need one or not, we will almost certainly continue to have one, and that would probably be the case even if the jews were kicked out. As long as we have corporations, we will have stocks (tradable shares of corporations), and as long as we have stocks , there will be a market for them (although I suppose that if, simultaneously, everybody refused to buy them, that would effectively constitute there being no market, but I don't see everybody simultaneously thinking alike on this . . . ).
I'm not making excuses here, or trying to write some sort of apologetic defense for stocks, corporations, or the stock market, I'm just saying that this is what I think the reality is. As long as people think they have to have distributed public/private (yes, public and private at the same time) ownership, then by whatever name, there will be corporations, stocks, and a stock market. By the way, I'm not in the market, and never have been, except perhaps indirectly (and without knowing the details or even if that was the case) if my bank or insurance company was in it, but never personally. One other note: I've read (and somebody who knows better should correct me if I'm wrong) that insurance companies couldn't pay out the claims they have to pay if they weren't in the market. Somebody else has to grow their money for them, the bills they charge you aren't enough to cover what they have to pay out. I think that that is the case for other parts of the financial world too, although I'm too much of a noob to really know for sure what I'm talking about.
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Buying a stock is betting on someone else's productivity. You are wanting a gain that you didn't work for. It seems immoral to me.
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Chris Brady, co-owner of 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga, said that he only ordered the free comics that were kid friendly.
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Before a certain group of friends and I parted ways back in July, we casually suggested that a reunion of sorts would be held in December in London. It seemed like the polite thing to say to new found friends. Admittedly, I personally didn't think it was ever going to push through. But what do you know, four months after that casual suggestion, Isabelle, Rick, and I find ourselves together again in the city that introduced us to each other.
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As many of you know, my wonderful wife works in the high school library. Even if you didn't know that, it's still true. Seriously though, one of the areas the library is severely lacking in is the science fiction department. Really, it's slim pickings. So here is my request: Please leave in the comments what books you think should be in a high school library's science fiction section. If all the recommendations come from me, it will basically just be full of my favorites. While that would suit me just fine, the thought of growing similar minded geeks is a bit unsettling. Please keep in mind:
So please, leave your thoughts in the comments. Also, if you know anyone that would have an opinion on the issue, please pass a link along. I'm really hoping to get a good list together for her. Thank you!
I suggest Mile Vorkosigan series, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold#Vorkosigan_Saga_-_Miles_Vorkosigan_-_Published_Order
Quite moving at times.
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank – this is probably my favorite book of all time. I read it in high school. Although I'm not sure if that is more fiction, but I've always thought it's a little sci-fi-ish. I'm not a SCI FI fan, so that's all I got… I'm directing Tom to this post though cuz yeah…
Fahrenheit 451
I am Legend
Anything by Ian M Banks (not to be confused by Ian Banks, same guy different genre)
Kim Stanley Robinson – Mars Trilogy
That is some really engaging and thoughtful sci-fi.
Anything by Karl Schroeder too, Lady of Mazes is a particular favorite.
I think you should have Tobias Buckell's three book series: Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin and Sly Mongoose. They are a tad violent, but no steamy sex scenes.
Note: my suggestions are more on the fantasy side
Anything by Garth Nix. He has the Abhorsen trilogy (Sabriel, Lirieal, Abhorsen) and a smaller series that is true sci fi for young adults.
Terry Pratchett rocks.
Age of Five series by Trudi Canavan.
Kim Stanley Robinson, great writer that tackles politics, social issues, technology, and ecology under the guise of sci-fi. 😀
Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game." You can get the whole series (try "Ender's Shadow" for another character's POV) or just standalone. My mom is now teaching "Ender's Game" in her middle school lit classes based on my rec and her kids L O V E it. She says they come through it feeling like world-changers.
I wish I could recommend Iain M. Banks, but his work is wayyyyyyyy too edgy (and even profane) for young people. Superb writing, really just the best stuff out there, but I don't think there's any way it'll pass standards set in a conservative community.
I've now listed and deleted about four other books/authors but realized they were more fantasy than sci-fi. Ugh.
The complete works of Isaac Asimov.
fair, but thats no excuse for shawn not to read them 😉
@crystal, Yeah, Wasp Factory would be a tough sell but The Business would make for a good conversation starter (granted not sci-fi, though). 😉
The Heinlein YA novels, of course. No High School Library is complete without them, especially Orphans Of The Sky and Starship Troopers.
I'll have to think about some more current YA stuff. Anything but that stupid emo vampire crap.
I'd have to push for the classics. In addition to Beep's suggestion of Fahrenheit 451 and Topher's plug for Asimov:
Frank Herbert: Dune (just the first book; later entries get racier and also just aren't as good–but the first is a masterpiece, and kids can seek out the later ones if they want to)
Philip K. Dick: The Man In The High Castle any of the "Collected Stories" volumes of short stories, esp. the first or any volume including the short story "Roog" (there are other PKD books I could plug, but given the parameters you've mentioned, e.g. the conservative area, I don't know that they'd be as appropriate)
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001, Rendezvous With Rama (I'd also cautiously recommend Childhood's End, though it does include religious themes that might be controversial in a very religiously conservative locale)
Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles, I Sing The Body Electric, Something Wicked This Way Comes (the last being fantasy, but whatever)
That's all that's coming to mind right now. I'll leave it to others to nominate kid-friendly Heinlein (his best works violate all of your conditions, I think).
"Print is dead." — Dr. Egon Spengler.
That being said,
Hitchhiker Trilogy
Some Asimov and some Heinlein. The only H that come to mind are Stranger In A Strange Land, which might be a no-go, and Starship Troopers. I think, if you put in Troopers, you should also stock Haldeman's Forever War.
Dune, despite the fact I couldn't get through it.
Ender's War.
And yeah, that list is all about 20 years old or MUCH MUCH more. Nothing kills a love of reading like a college education. Just ask Egon.
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, 1962. I loved that book, still have my copy from when I was a kid. Not so much a laser guns and rocket ships scifi, more of a odyssey through dimensions type.
One book that I recall reading in high school was "Star Surgeon" by Alan E. Nourse. I think that quite a bit of Dr. Nourse's science fiction was targeted at the juvenile and young adult audience.
I recall enjoying all of Ray Bradbury's writing at that age, too.
ALL of the works of Heinlein, Arthur C. Clark, Asimov and H.G. Wells.
Also include the works of Terry Goodkind in the fantasy section and Anne McAffery has many books good for both the fantasy and the scifi sections.
I found it VERY funny one day at the main library in Dallas TX, someone had shelved copies of the Holy Bible, the Torah and the Quoran side be side in the SciFi/fantasy section. I guess someone wanted to make a quiet statement on their own beliefs.
Only in the US could a person get away with such. I'm sure many will take offence to it, but I found it to be enlightening. Imagine trying that in Tehran or Jeruselem.
Some good Sci-Fi books:
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Allen Steele's Coyote series: Coyote, Coyote Rising, Coyote Frontier, Spindrift, Galaxy Blues and Coyote Horizon
Additionally, some excellent fantasy books:
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Nation by Terry Pratchett (all of his Discworld novels are good too)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy was mentioned. I second that.
Ben Bova has written several good books. My personal favorite is Mars, but I list that just as a starting point.
Space by James Michener is really good.
I would think a few Star Trek and Star Wars books would be good. Maybe the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn from Star Wars.
As a person who is an avid reader of the Star Trek novels, it is hard to recommend just a few. Maybe the four-part Invasion! series which crosses the generations (TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY), would be a good place to start.
1984 by George Orwell
If it's possible to find. Stanslaw Lem all of the books. Maybe Andzhej Sapkovski's the Witcher series.
I would also plug for Frank Herbert, but they get racier.
Orson Scott Card has a lot of great books. There is of course the entire "Ender's Game" series and parallel "Ender's Shadow" series, both of which are pretty good and definitely in the YA SciFi genre. Then there is also "Pastwatch (The Redemption of Christopher Columbus)" which I thoroughly enjoyed.
I would also mention the "Hyperion" series by Dan Simmons, a little less YA, but very good SciFi.
Hmmm, also "Rainbow's End" by Vernor Vinge.
The Mote in God's Eye, by: Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
I would suggest
The Rookie by Scott Sigler
Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty
7th Son by JC Hutchins
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
and second the Enders series by Orson Scott Card
Wanted to mention that the first 3 entries are relatively new authors, and while Sigler's audio version of The Rookie is VERY edgy the print version was intended as YA
I'm with Jim – the Heinlein juveniles.
Also, Philip Pullman's books (of course).
Everything by Niven and Pournelle.
Lloyd Alexander's The Prydain Chronicles. Singularly responsible for turning me onto reading, although technically they're fantasy.
Let us know if Donna does another Amazon wish list!
Are you going to post a blog later with what if any of these suggestions are taken?
Heartily concur that Niven's and Pournelle's The Mote in G-d's Eye (my first "hard" science fiction book – The Gripping Hand is also worthy) and Michener's Space ( a fantastic fictionalized account of the history of space flight) would be excellent contenders. Also a good addition – Niven's and Pournelle's Lucifer's Hammer. I don't seem to remember racy scenes, but there were religious issues brought up, which befits a disaster/post-apocalyptic novel. I think it would be great for high school students, but I'm a product of a Los Angeles high school. Obviously, YMMV. (Also as obvious – Janiece and I are Niven/Pournelle fangirls. Seriously, their stuff rocks the Casbah.)
1984 was a life-changing book for me in high school, so I completely agree as to its inclusion. Also agree about the oh so froody Hitchhiker's trilogy.
Unfortunately, I can't come up with anything original right now, because 1) I'm coming to the party late and 2) my brain is its usual fried self. If my brain wakes up and finds an unmentioned book on its dusty bookshelf, I'll drop you a comment.
Crystal Doors, by Rebecca Moesta & Kevin J Anderson
It's a three book series, that I absolutely fell in love with! It's in my Top 10 books/series of all time! An amazing read!!
The Last Spaceship by Murray Leinster
This was in my junior high & high school libraries. It is the first scifi I remember reading on my own and turned me into a scifi addict for life!! Most of Leinster's books have been re-released in paperback over the last couple of years.
My favorites include both the Robots and Foundation series by Asimov, Tokien (Lord of the Rings Trilogy), and A.E Van Vogt – specifically Slan and both "The Weapon Shops of Isher" and "The Weapon Makers". I agree with Jim on the Heinlein YA novels. I read them as an adult and they are great, especially "Farmer in the Sky".
Some David Brin, at least Earth as a standalone (still a fascinating & relevant piece of near-future scifi, even at >10 years old). Possibly Kiln People (as it's his most recent novel, plus quite good), too. Next would come his "Uplift" trilogies (two of them), starting from the first novel he ever published, Sundiver.
In addition, I wasn't myself aware, until just now, that Brin has published some YA novels. (A category I have no familiarity with. As a "young adult" I was reading the hard stuff, including all of that racy Heinlein that people have mentioned. Personally, I feel there was no other single influence that had a more positive impact on the adult I grew up to become.) Anyway, info at http://www.davidbrin.com/yabooks.htm
Oh! And some Neal Stephenson, duh.
Cryptonomicon is an obvious go-to selection. (If the community can handle one morphine-addicted soldier, whose affliction is portrayed in a far from positive light, and brief mention of Alan's "penis proposition".)
Snow Crash was also an interesting read, plus how can anyone not respect a novel in which the lead character is named "Hiro Protagonist"? 🙂
I'm embarrassed to admit I haven't yet read his latest, Anathem, so I can't comment on that book.
Others have suggested Iain M. Banks but, as has also been noted, there are scenes in many of his books that could throw them out of the running. Still, they are just so darn good…Feersum Endjinn is one of my favorites!
What about something by William Gibson? I read (and liked) "Count Zero" (a sort of follow-up to Neuromancer) in a course in graduate school.
Again, old post is old, but if suggestions can still be made:
I agree with everyone who mentioned Heinlein. Some of his stuff is almost surely too "racy" to get into a conservative school library, but he must have some acceptable stuff. I also agree with the Madeleine L'Engle recommendation, but I'd say the series should all be there, not just the first one. Also agreed with including: Asimov, Tolkein, Orson Scott Card, H. G. Wells, and John Scalzi's books. I haven't personally read them, but I know Robin Hobb and Terry Goodkind come highly recommended as all.
I suggest Ben Bova, who writes futuristic space survival type stuff, that I read like 10 yrs ago so I don't recall details but it should be plenty "safe." Um, Terry Pratchett? I've actually not read them myself, but my husband is a huge fan and I saw the UK movie made based on the Discworld series and it was very amusing, and I think he'd be safe, they're humorous, not racy. Piers Anthony? I'm not sure what a conservative school would make of the Incarnations of Immortality series (which covers the "characters" of Death, Fate, Time, Nature, War, etc) but I thought it was great, and there's also the very popular Xanth series, which I've not yet checked out but may be interesting, and really I'd recommend him in general, he's written tons.
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Norwich recorded only their second win over Manchester United in 15 league matches thanks to a brilliant headed goal from Anthony Pilkington.
The ex-Huddersfield forward struck 30 minutes from time when he flicked in Javier Garrido's cross from the left.
United, who had been usurped at the top of the table by rivals City coming into the game, looked well below their best.
Ashley Young's shot was saved by John Ruddy, who also tipped over a header from his own player Sebastien Bassong.
The England goalkeeper would have expected a busier evening, but both he and his team witnessed a flat performance from the visitors.
Although the 19-time champions have bounced back from such setbacks many times, what might be of concern to manager Sir Alex Ferguson is their lack of creativity from midfield, particularly from the centre.
In a flat 4-4-2, Ryan Giggs was ineffective, bar one deft ball over the top. And bringing on Paul Scholes, who turned 38 this week, was a clear sign of their lack of depth in this area.
Nonetheless, they came into the fixture in good form, with nine wins from their previous 10 league fixtures.
But Norwich, who had kept three clean sheets in their last four league outings, were certainly not going to lie down.
While another shutout seemed a step too far for the Canaries against a trigger-happy strikeforce of Robin van Persie and Javier Hernandez, the home defence showed that their recent improvement was no flash in the pan.
Norwich manager Chris Hughton mentioned prior to the match that fielding the same centre-back pairing in recent weeks had helped his side's performances and neither Bassong nor Michael Turner let him down.
Turner was particularly impressive, consistently getting in front of his man Hernandez to clear.
In fact, during that first half United managed to get behind the Canaries backline only on a handful of occasions - and only once did they give the home side the jitters.
That chance for last season's runners-up was conjured up shortly before half-time when Giggs floated a pass into the area which Van Persie allowed to drop over his shoulder. But the Netherlands international made a mess of his footwork, much to the amusement of the home support.
Norwich created the best opportunities during the opening period with former Leeds forward Robert Snodgrass flicking a header a fraction wide before narrowly failing to get a connection on Pilkington's driven cross.
The Canaries seemed to have the freedom of the wings to cross the ball into the United area, although rarely did they pose problems for Chris Smalling and Rio Ferdinand - that was until the 60th minute.
Spaniard Garrido, on loan from Lazio, once again took advantage of the space afforded to his side out wide and delivered a flat-flighted ball into the area which Pilkington beautifully guided past the reach of Anders Lindegaard.
It was 11th time in 18 matches that United had fallen behind this season - but they had won 15 points in the league having been in losing positions.
Ferguson brought on forward Danny Welbeck, who scored for England in midweek, and veteran Scholes with 20 minutes remaining.
Welbeck threatened on a couple of occasions, but the closest the visitors came to escaping with a point in the closing stages was when Bassong inadvertently forced Ruddy to tip his header over the bar.
Late in the game, Jonny Howson had a chance to add a second for Norwich, but he messed up his lines after being put clean through.
Luckily for him there was no late heartache for his team, who climb to 13th in the table.
Lineup, Bookings (1) & Substitutions (6)
- 01 Ruddy
- 03 Whittaker
- 05 Bassong
- 06 Turner
- 18 Garrido
- 04 Johnson
- 12 Pilkington
- 14 Hoolahan (Howson - 83' )
- 27 Tettey
- 07 Snodgrass (E Bennett - 90' )
- 09 Holt (Morison - 83' )
- 28 Bunn
- 23 Tierney
- 24 R Bennett
- 08 Howson
- 17 E Bennett
- 10 Jackson
- 16 Morison
Man Utd
- 13 Lindegaard
- 02 Rafael Booked
- 03 Evra
- 05 Ferdinand (Anderson - 83' )
- 12 Smalling
- 07 Valencia (Scholes - 69' )
- 11 Giggs
- 16 Carrick
- 18 Young
- 14 Hernandez (Welbeck - 69' )
- 20 Van Persie
- 50 Johnstone
- 04 Jones
- 08 Anderson
- 22 Scholes
- 23 Cleverley
- 24 Fletcher
- 19 Welbeck
Live Text Commentary
Full Time The final whistle is blown by the referee.
90:00 +4:39Drilled left-footed shot by Oliveira Anderson. Save made by John Ruddy.
90:00 +3:49Close range header by Chris Smalling goes wide of the left-hand post.
90:00 +3:28Corner taken by Ryan Giggs, Sebastien Bassong makes a clearance.
90:00 +2:52Javier Garrido challenges Ashley Young unfairly and gives away a free kick. Robin van Persie crosses the ball in from the free kick, clearance made by Sebastien Bassong.
90:00 +1:47 BookingBooking Rafael Da Silva receives a caution for dissent.
90:00 +0:39 SubstitutionSubstitution Elliott Bennett replaces Robert Snodgrass.
89:19Effort from the edge of the penalty area by Jonathan Howson goes wide of the left-hand post.
89:08Michael Carrick has a drilled shot. Blocked by Bradley Johnson.
88:14Paul Scholes crosses the ball, save by John Ruddy.
87:43Shot from 20 yards by Anthony Pilkington. Comfortable save by Anders Lindegaard.
86:19The ball is swung over by Steve Morison.
85:52Centre by Ashley Young, save by John Ruddy.
83:15Steve Morison concedes a free kick for a foul on Rafael Da Silva. Ashley Young takes the direct free kick.
82:09 SubstitutionSubstitution Rio Ferdinand leaves the field to be replaced by Oliveira Anderson.
82:09 SubstitutionSubstitution Jonathan Howson comes on in place of Wesley Hoolahan.
82:09 SubstitutionSubstitution Steve Morison on for Grant Holt.
81:36Ashley Young sends in a cross, clearance made by Steven Whittaker.
80:10Corner taken by Ashley Young played to the near post, clearance made by Grant Holt.
79:46The ball is crossed by Ryan Giggs, clearance made by Sebastien Bassong.
Foul by Patrice Evra on Robert Snodgrass, free kick awarded. John Ruddy takes the direct free kick.
78:14Centre by Ashley Young, Javier Garrido makes a clearance.
75:19A cross is delivered by Rafael Da Silva, Danny Welbeck takes a shot. Save made by John Ruddy.
74:59Inswinging corner taken by Robin van Persie from the left by-line, save by John Ruddy.
73:58Robert Snodgrass crosses the ball.
73:10Rafael Da Silva gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Bradley Johnson. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Javier Garrido, Robin van Persie makes a clearance.
68:41Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Robin van Persie, Robert Snodgrass manages to make a clearance.
68:41 SubstitutionSubstitution Javier Hernandez goes off and Danny Welbeck comes on.
68:41 SubstitutionSubstitution Paul Scholes joins the action as a substitute, replacing Antonio Valencia.
67:58The ball is swung over by Ryan Giggs, clearance made by Anthony Pilkington.
67:15Foul by Robert Snodgrass on Chris Smalling, free kick awarded. Rio Ferdinand takes the free kick.
63:58Javier Hernandez challenges Bradley Johnson unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Javier Garrido.
61:42Bradley Johnson delivers the ball.
61:31The ball is delivered by Anthony Pilkington, Rio Ferdinand makes a clearance.
61:12Grant Holt takes a shot. Rio Ferdinand gets a block in.
59:15Assist on the goal came from Javier Garrido.
59:15 Goal scoredGoal! - Anthony Pilkington - Norwich 1 - 0 Man Utd Anthony Pilkington grabs a headed goal from inside the penalty area. Norwich 1-0 Man Utd.
58:39Rafael Da Silva takes a shot. Blocked by Bradley Johnson.
58:10A cross is delivered by Antonio Valencia, Alexander Tettey makes a clearance.
56:07Anthony Pilkington delivers the ball.
55:25Anthony Pilkington is ruled offside. Antonio Valencia takes the free kick.
54:23Bradley Johnson fouled by Javier Hernandez, the ref awards a free kick. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Anthony Pilkington from left wing, Rafael Da Silva makes a clearance.
53:39Javier Garrido delivers the ball.
52:58Anthony Pilkington sends in a cross, Rio Ferdinand makes a clearance.
49:21Foul by Patrice Evra on Robert Snodgrass, free kick awarded. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Robert Snodgrass, clearance made by Rafael Da Silva.
47:45Inswinging corner taken by Robin van Persie from the right by-line played to the near post, clearance by Steven Whittaker.
46:52Robin van Persie takes a shot. John Ruddy makes a save.
46:11Centre by Antonio Valencia, save by John Ruddy.
45:01The second half kicks off.
45:00 +1:06 Half timeHalf Time It is the end of the first-half.
45:00 +0:54The ball is sent over by Steven Whittaker, save made by Anders Lindegaard.
44:20Ashley Young gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Robert Snodgrass. Robert Snodgrass crosses the ball from the free kick left-footed from right wing, clearance made by Rafael Da Silva.
42:38Corner taken by Robin van Persie, save by John Ruddy.
42:16Drilled right-footed shot by Chris Smalling. Grant Holt gets a block in.
42:04Robin van Persie takes a inswinging corner from the right by-line played to the near post, Steven Whittaker makes a clearance.
41:45Ashley Young has a drilled shot. Save made by John Ruddy.
41:15Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Robin van Persie from the right by-line to the near post.
38:19The assistant referee signals for offside against Javier Hernandez. Free kick taken by John Ruddy.
37:55Robert Snodgrass crosses the ball, Chris Smalling makes a clearance.
37:01Rafael Da Silva produces a cross, save by John Ruddy.
35:56Michael Carrick fouled by Grant Holt, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Michael Carrick.
30:57Shot by Alexander Tettey from 35 yards. Anders Lindegaard makes a comfortable save.
30:30Bradley Johnson produces a cross, save by Anders Lindegaard.
29:17The offside flag is raised against Grant Holt. Rio Ferdinand takes the indirect free kick.
28:52Bradley Johnson takes a shot. Chris Smalling gets a block in.
28:06Javier Hernandez gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Michael Turner. John Ruddy takes the direct free kick.
27:09The ball is delivered by Antonio Valencia.
24:53Javier Garrido crosses the ball.
23:10Robert Snodgrass produces a header from deep inside the six-yard box which goes wide of the right-hand post.
20:02Corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young from the right by-line, Headed effort on goal by Patrice Evra from inside the penalty box misses to the right of the target.
19:21Unfair challenge on Ashley Young by Wesley Hoolahan results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Ashley Young.
17:01Shot by Wesley Hoolahan. Comfortable save by Anders Lindegaard.
14:28Shot by Ashley Young from 30 yards. Save by John Ruddy.
13:46Michael Turner challenges Javier Hernandez unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Ashley Young.
13:29Grant Holt concedes a free kick for a foul on Rafael Da Silva. Direct free kick taken by Michael Carrick.
13:12The ball is swung over by Ashley Young, Michael Turner makes a clearance.
11:43Michael Carrick fouled by Grant Holt, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Michael Carrick.
10:37A cross is delivered by Anthony Pilkington, clearance made by Rio Ferdinand.
8:52Foul by Steven Whittaker on Ashley Young, free kick awarded. Ryan Giggs sends in a cross, Effort from the edge of the box by Robin van Persie goes wide of the left-hand upright.
7:40Anthony Pilkington has an effort at goal from the edge of the box that misses to the right of the target.
6:58Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young, John Ruddy makes a save.
4:40Shot from just outside the area by Robert Snodgrass misses to the right of the target.
3:01Ashley Young takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post, clearance made by Grant Holt.
2:44Inswinging corner taken by Ashley Young from the left by-line, clearance by Steven Whittaker.
2:27Robin van Persie takes a shot. Save by John Ruddy.
1:05Anthony Pilkington is caught offside. Rafael Da Silva takes the free kick.
0:41Foul by Grant Holt on Patrice Evra, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Ryan Giggs.
0:00The game begins.
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By the way, should I uninstall Crossover before I try installing this patched version of Wine? Any thoughts?
By the way, should I uninstall Crossover before I try installing this patched version of Wine? Any thoughts?
Linux: You reap what you tweak.
well first off netflix would have to switch the version of silverlight that works with it as well as pissing off all the people who don't know anything about computers when netflix stops working for no apparent reason. how much control does microsoft have over netflix anyway? they are still independent companies right?
Whoever came up with the phrase "There is no such thing as a stupid question" obviously never had the internet.
Netflix works perfectly on android, which is linux.
I wonder if I could just load up android x86 in virtualbox or a dev version, with a netflix app... and use it that way
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Join the Ubuntu Forums' IRC room (#ubuntuforums on irc.freenode.net)!
I have found the PPA and it was updated 26 minutes ago with the netflix-desktop packages but they are still building.
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More evidence has emerged as to whom is responsible for recent violence on the 2016 presidential campaign trail. Much of the blame falls squarely on Bernie Sanders. Along with groups like Black Lives Matter and MoveOn.org, the Bernie People are clearly responsible for the violence which has occurred at Donald Trump rallies in Dayton, Kansas City, Chicago, New Orleans and in North Carolina. During a campaign stop outside of Dayton, Ohio, yesterday, one protestor attempted to storm the stage while Trump was speaking. Fortunately, the Secret Service stopped the cretin cold. Hillary Clinton once falsely accused Trump of how he was being used in videos by the Islamic State. But, as it turns out, ISIS has used video of the Dayton protestor trampling upon an American flag. How about them apples?
Bernie Sanders is a self-described ″Socialist-Democrat″. If he were truly honest, Sanders may as well just confess that he is a raging Communist. After several disruptions last night in Kansas City, Donald Trump chided Sanders and ′The Bernie People′ for their violent, disruptive behavior. Trump is now threatening to file criminal charges against future protestors. Perhaps he should also consider lawsuits against Sanders and MoveOn.org, too? Is it high time that MoveOn be challenged on their non-profit status from the IRS? Perhaps even listed as a domestic terrorist group?
Maybe not quite yet, but if things continue to escalate, you can certainly bet that the Secret Service is going to act accordingly. Those guys don′t mess around. Maybe a few on the Obama detail might given the disdain Obama has for his protection. Barry needs a little privacy so he can hit the pipe or a closet on the down-low. But Donald J Trump has actual respect for law enforcement and the difficult job they undertake on a daily basis. Trump praised his Secret Service detail several times during his various campaign stops, as well as the local police departments. Unlike Obama, Trump does not want to live under the chaos of anarchy.
As more information emerges on the organization and planning behind these anti-Trump protestors, it becomes more clear that Trump supporters are only acting in self-defense when these outbursts occur. Many in the Media have been attempting to paint Trump′s supporters as hick-thugs. Yet, we saw very vividly in New Orleans last week that the protestors are the ones throwing the first punches and antagonizing the audiences. Some Media types point to the recent allegations by Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields about how she was ′man-handled′ and knocked down by a member of Trump′s campaign staff. Keep in mind that some witnesses say it was a Secret Service agent who may have had contact with her. We should also recall that during the Occupy Wall Street protests, Fields also charged that she had been knocked down by a protester when actually she just merely tripped. Makes one wonder, doesn′t it?
The Bernie People are definitely getting out of hand. I suppose it is hard to blame them seeing as how their candidate is being robbed of any real hope of winning the Democratic Party presidential nomination due to undemocratic rules and processes. Sanders never had a chance from Day One. The DNC rigged their nomination process to guarantee Hillary Clinton the honor. You would think that the Bernie People would exercise their angst against Hillary and the DNC instead of Trump? Especially since Bernie and Trump are the only two, genuine anti-Establishment candidates. They even agree on some issues like unfair trade practices and how corrupt the political system has become due to lobbyists and PACs.
My advice to the Bernie People is to cool it! First, Donald Trump is actually your friend. If he is elected, which is far more likely than Sanders getting the nod, Trump will clean up many of the same ills in Washington that the Bernie People despise. Secondly, it isn′t working and if anything, you are only making Trump more popular. The Bernie People should understand the politics of victimization. You guys are making Trump a victim to the degree that some anti-Trump folks in the GOP are becoming sympathetic to Trump over your assaulting his freedom of speech. Thirdly, violent, noisy protests only serve to strengthen The Establishment and the Rule of Law. Peaceful, non-violent resistance has proven time and time again to be the more effective means of protest. What the Bernie People are doing now at Donald Trump rallies is losing whatever moral high-ground they may have had. The path you are on didn′t work in Wisconsin and only made Scott Walker look better. The Bernie People are making the same mistake against Trump.


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So i had one of those 'unstrechable streches' you know, the ones you can't get to go away without a deep stretch? well i've been a gymnast for 13 years now so my first instinct was to do a quick backbend. i didnt even think about it! well i'm 7 weeks pregnant tomorrow and i think i felt something stretch! did i just kill my baby? i'm freaking out and about to break down crying... what do i do!?!?!?!
oh yeah i know i need to relax, i'm one of those panicky, lock-myself-in-a-safe-till-baby-is-born mothers, it's my first pregnancy (other than previous miscarriage). but i felt something on my left side stretch and i read that if you stretch too far while in your first trimester you can pull or stretch something in the uterus that doesn't quite stretch that way and cause damage to the embryo or uterus that can cause miscarriage.....
It's not likely you killed your baby!!! At 7 weeks gestation, the baby is only 5 weeks old (5 weeks from conception) and is soooo tiny that you couldn't hurt it directly; it would take either chemical or very forceful trama to your lower abdomen (something that would cause your uterus to contract hard and keep contracting). In other words, you'd know it if something likely to kill your baby had happened to your uterus.
Call your dr if you're really that worried. If you don't have a dr, you could use google, Dr. Oz, WebMD, etc. to find out whether you've done something that could harm your LO.


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Occupy Wall Street: Takeaways for Executives
I recorded another video for the Tuck School of Business on why executives should pay attention to Occupy Wall Street. Statistics show an increasing problem with Americans' lack of trust in businesses. Occupy Wall Street raises issues which corporations should not ignore.
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Radney Foster may be the most unassuming country singer out there.
The Texas-born songwriter looks nothing like the cowboy-hatted studs that currently dominate the country music charts. With his glasses and somewhat unruly hair, he looks more like an assistant professor or graduate school lit major than a country singer and songwriter.
And the same can be said for his sound, which is smaller and more personal than the music generally recorded by folks like Tim McGraw or Toby Keith, music that has its charms, to be sure, but that can seem like the country equivalent of Mariah Carey.
While Foster has had some chart success—his debut solo record, the 1992 Del Rio, Texas, 1959, placed four singles in the Top 40 and two in the Top Ten—his music generally has not connected with the wider listening public. He is, in many ways, a niche performer, inhabiting some of the same ground as Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle—literate songwriters who come from country but who are difficult to classify—though perhaps not as well known.
Foster, like Williams and Earle, is first and foremost a country songwriter who uses elements of pop, rock and other genres to expand the base of his music. While Foster is not a trailblazer, he is not afraid to push the boundaries—his critically well-regarded 2002 disc, Another Way to Go, his first studio effort on Dualtone, was as much classic R&B as it was country.
His latest, This World We Live In, is a strong record set firmly along the seam between contemporary country and roots-rock. Like both Williams and Earle—and many country musicians who have come to be associated with the alt.country movement (The Flatlanders, for instance, or Robert Earl Keen)—Foster's music is stripped down and has a southern twang that more tightly ties it to the country camp than country-rock bands like The Eagles or alt.country poster boy Ryan Adams.
In many ways, The World We Live In reminds me of Charlie Robison's Good Times, which spawned the hit single "El Cerrito Place", a whiskey-soaked ballad about loss and loneliness, as well as a handful of rowdy rockers straight from the Texas-school of outlaw country. Like Robison, Foster's lyrics are small observations that add up to a larger whole, the little details of lives lived, the joys and fears, the loves won and lost.
"Half of my mistakes were just among friends", he sings in "Half of My Mistakes":
You get a little distance on it the truth is clearer, /
Half of my mistakes, I'd probably make 'em again, /
And if I had it all to do over I' m sure I'd win and lose just as much, / Spend less time on right and wrong, /
And a lot more time on love."
And that is how this record goes, Foster lamenting being stuck in place (in "New ZIP Code") or describing the pain of finding a little comfort in unlikely places ("The Kindness of Strangers"). It's an unvarnished record, unpretentious and open to the world—fragile in many ways, but also joyful and strong. There is no bombast here, just humanity, life the way it is experienced by most of us.
This human dimension is what connects Foster's songwriting to that of country legends like Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, Jimmy Webb and Townes Van Zandt, writers whose songs capture the reality of everyday living, who write for adults and about adult concerns. (Think of the loneliness of the "Wichita Lineman" or "Sunday Morning Coming Down".)
At the same time, This World We Live In is much more than a country record. From the opening track—the pumped-up "Drunk on Love," which features a snaking guitar line from the legendary Waddy Wachtel—the band seeks and finds a rock groove. It is Wachtel's presence, in fact, along with other rock 'n' rollers—Charley Drayton (who, along with Wachtel, is a member of Keith Richard's side project, the X-Pensive Winos), Wallflowers' keyboardist Rami Jaffe and bassist Bob Glaub, who has played (along with Wachtel) with Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Warren Zevon—that pushes the record into the country-rock seam.
While this cross-pollination makes for good music, it also can make Foster difficult to classify and market—which is too bad. This World We Live In deserves the kind of wider airplay generally received by country stars like Montgomery Gentry. I doubt that kind of airplay is coming, but as Foster sings "we can be fools that dream".
Tibet House's 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert Celebrated Philip Glass' 80th
// Notes from the Road
"Philip Glass, the artistic director of the Tibet House benefits, celebrated his 80th birthday at this year's annual benefit with performances from Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Brittany Howard, Sufjan Stevens and more.
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francesco scipioni gave props (5 Feb 2009):
lovely mood!
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