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POPS25 Greatest Science Books of All Time The Origin of Species (1859) Darwin's masterwork is, undeniably, The Origin of Species , in which he introduced his theory of evolution by natural selection. Prior to its publication, the prevailing view was that each species had existed in its current form since the moment of divine creation and that humans were a privileged form of life, above and apart from nature. Darwin's theory knocked us from that pedestal. Wary of a religious backlash, he kept his ideas secret for almost two decades while bolstering them with additional observations and experiments. The result is an avalanche of detail—there seems to be no species he did not contemplate—thankfully delivered in accessible, conversational prose. A century and a half later, Darwin's paean to evolution still begs to be heard: "There is grandeur in this view of life," he wrote, that "from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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POPSA Photographic Reaction to the Kinsey Report, 1953
You probably know that "The Kinsey Reports are two books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), by Dr. Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy and others." "The research astounded the general public and was immediately controversial and sensational. The findings caused shock and outrage, both because they challenged conventional beliefs about sexuality and because they discussed subjects that had previously been taboo." More Kinsey related clips: Kore7: 25 Greatest Science Books of All Time - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AC432B63-D3A3-4BBA-B298-981776A00C44/ Willhelm: 10 Books that Screwed Up the World- http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/27353BA7-2B73-4F47-BD5C-77ADE97D7211/ Aribeth: Men aren't all from Mars - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/968505A2-1FAB-4147-B6F4-AA34156D2341/ debbyski: Is Bisexuality Common or Rare? (over 1,800 views) : http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/FAAE31C0-EAEB-4116-B225-8C2D87123219/
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POPSDali Atomicus I found it interesting how they got the shot and how many tries it took to get it.
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POPSSurrealism - pics May 21 2008: The manuscript draft of the first surrealist manifesto is being put up for auction in Paris today. Take a look at photographs of some of the godfathers of the movement
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POPSThe Dr. Seuss Many Didn't Know Dr. Seuss worked as an editorial cartoonist for the paper from 1941 to 1943, drawing cartoons that lambasted isolationism, racism, anti-Semitism, Hitler, Mussolini, the Japanese, and the conservative forces in American politics.
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POPSIncreased Hostility to Christians from Zionists
"Palestinian Christian leaders have sensed increased hostility toward their ministries and institutions on the part of Israeli authorities and Jewish settlers. During Holy Week 1990, militant settlers took over St. John’s Orthodox Hospice, adjacent to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with the support and protection of Israeli police. The Israeli government initially denies its involvement until Israeli journalist reported that the Housing Ministry, directed by David Levy (now the foreign minister) had secretly channeled $1.9 million from government funds to help underwrite the venture. This fact has now been confirmed, as has the fact that an additional $2.2 million was raised, and was laundered through a Panamanian bank. Such government-sanctioned illegalities directed against the Christian community leave a bitter taste for Palestinian Christians. Meanwhile, the settlers remain in the building, whey they are reconstructing, while the case enters a second year of legal delays."
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POPSThe Twelve Apostles and Bloody Sunday (original) Like America, we had out War of Independence followed by a bloody Civil War on the issue of independence. This was also in common with many other states that gained independence. We didn't gain full independence until 1948 when we took it without a shot being fired. We did lose 6 of our 9 counties of Ulster, our northern providence. Hopefully some day our "four green fields" will be reunited peacefully. By Bush&Co's definition all our leaders would have been terrorists like Nelson Mandela , just like your own revered insurrectionists/freedom fighters/terrorists/founding fathers. Our longest serving PM and president de Valera would have been executed along with the 1916 Rising leaders only he was born in America.
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POPSThe Haunting Artistic Genius of Martin Ramirez The second article is well worth reading in its entirety to see how Ramirez destabilizes our expectations and categorizations. He is a hauntingly phantasmagoria artist. He is visually accessible yet emotionally elusive. We can see the beauty in the world of his art, but it is mysterious. His art seems to have the melancholy peacefulness and yet haunting menace of De Chirico. The fact that a full 1/3rd of his oeuvre, representing his late style and artistic evolution have just recently been discovered is a staggering windfall.
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POPSGreat Quotes Part 4 last few; "I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." - Voltaire (1694 - 1778) "Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) "I was reading the dictionary the other day. I thought it was a poem about everything." - Steven Wright
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POPSNakba(h) day in pictures It was a day of grief for Palestinians, who refer to the founding of Israel as the Catastrophe, or al-Nakba. Thousands took to the streets to commemorate those exiled or killed in the conflict that followed the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. More than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled, their property was expropriated and they have not been allowed to return. Nearly 5 million Palestinians and their descendants still live in makeshift refugee camps across the neighbouring region.
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POPSSpeaking of Free Speech..... ......I'm not tryin' to spam ya'll. Please give it a read and see if it's something you would support. We can't "kill 'em all" but we CAN make the system accountable.
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