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On July 13, 1833, during a visit to the Cabinet of Natural History at the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson had an epiphany. Peering at the museum’s specimens—butterflies, hunks of amber and marble, carved seashells—he felt overwhelmed by the interconnectedness of nature, and humankind’s place within it.The experience inspired him to write “The Uses of Natural History,” and to articulate a philosophy that put naturalism at the center of intellectual life in a technologically chaotic age—guiding him, along with the collective of writers and radical thinkers known as transcendentalists, to a new spiritual belief system. Through empirical...

The very first drive in movie theater in America opened in New Jersey in 1933. The concept of watching movies outdoors from your car was so new and novel at that time that opening night drew people from at least 20 states. At one point, drive-in theaters reached this peak popularity in the 1950s. Then, there were more than 4,000 drive-ins operating across the country. Drive-in theaters becoming harder to find However, by the late 1970s, drive-in movie theaters were on the decline. I think the last time I can remember going to a drive in with my family was...

Consumer Reports calls for a recall after many reports of support straps breaking By Lauren Kirchner “We liked this product…until it sent my son crashing to the floor,” wrote Jaime from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in a one-star review for the “Jump, Spin & Play Activity Center” on the Cosco Kids website. “DO NOT BUY.”  The post is one of dozens of negative, angry reviews appearing on CoscoKids.com and Walmart.com, written by parents and caregivers who say the support straps of the bouncing play center either tore or became unhooked while their babies were in it. Some cases were close calls,...

There are few things more painful than realizing this is the end of a relationship you hoped would last. And even though the “it’s over” moment can be heartbreaking, sometimes there’s no other choice but to end things. Especially when your partner clearly doesn’t care about you anymore; if they ever did in the first place. Members of Reddit’s ‘Ask Women’ community discussed their experience with such partners in a thread started by the user ‘Street_Salt_1973’. They asked the women when they realized that their partner didn’t care for them, and quite a few were willing to share. Providing answers...

Long and Short Reviews welcomes Karla Doyle who is celebrating today’s release of Gingerbread Man. Honey Golding is the sweetest little thing Cal has ever laid eyes on. His much-younger new employee is off-limits, but his sweet tooth might overrule his common sense… and his willpower. Readers who love a side of laughter with their romance will enjoy Gingerbread Man by Karla Doyle, a steamy, small town, grumpy/sunshine, boss/employee, age gap romance. A town that celebrates Christmas year-round is the perfect place for a newly divorced, six-foot-four ginger-haired baker to open his new business, The Ginger Bread Man. Too bad...