Who was the first man？

A teacher said to her class：
Who was the first man？

George Washington，a little boy shouted promptly．
How do you make out that George Washington was the first man？asked the teacher，smiling indulgently．

Because，said the little boy，he was first in war，first in peace，and first in the hearts of his countrymen．

But at this point a larger boy held up his hand．

Well， said the teacher to him，who do you think was the first man？ I don't know what his name was，said the larger boy，but I know it wasn't George Washington，ma’am，because the history book says George Washington married a widow，so，of course，there must have been a man ahead of him．

Hair and fur used in Gulf of Mexico oil Clean-up

Hairdressers, pet groomers and farmers worldwide are collecting hair and fur to help mop up the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The hair, stuffed into nylon tights, helps booms soak up thick oil spewing from the blown-out well off Louisian

About 370,000 salons are taking part, said the charity organising the massive "hair lift". Matter of Trust is largely co-ordinating its efforts via Facebook.

Some 450,000lbs (204,000kg) of hair and fur is said to being arriving each day. She explained that each follicle has an enormous surface area, which the oil "sticks" to.

Volunteers have been stuffing the nylons with hair at 15 warehouses close to the disaster zone, making huge "hairy sausages" or booms, she said.

The booms will be laid on beaches rather than out at sea, soaking up any oil that washes ashore.

The technique has been backed by the Applied Fabric Technologies, the world's second largest oil boom manufacturer.

Ms Gautier said donations had come from France, England, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Canada and the US, and that new volunteers were signing up all the time. There are constant updates on shipments on the charity's Facebook page.

Alpaca and sheep farmers have also got involved, according to the San Francisco-based charity.

Oil has been escaping at a rate of 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day since 20 April, after an explosion on a BP-leased rig.

The Cowgirl is Back

Yee-ha! The cowgirl is back, at least according to Dolce & Gabbana, whose spring/summer 2010 collection is an homage to Western chic — but with a sexy.

　It’s less about Country & Western and Dolly Parton, and more to do with creamy lace blouses, riding boots and slouchy suede and leather fringed bags

Think Marilyn Monroe in faded denims, cowboy boots and a white shirt in the 1961 film The Misfits.

Cowgirls on the catwalk: D&G's spring/summer collection is a homage to Western chic

On the High Street, M&S, Zara, Jigsaw and Gap have a wearable range of denim, suede and leather. So saddle up, as this is one band wagon that's easy to jump on.

HOW TO WEAR IT?

Don't go head to toe: it doesn’t look right on a British High Street.

FOOTWEAR: Cowboy boots are a key part of this look. For a more feminine take, check out Mulberry’s high-heeled moccasin booties with tassels (?450).

France create a "Super University" Catch Up with Cambridge

France is spending 4.4 billion euros on a new modern university campusdesigned to rival Cambridge and Harvard as one of the world's best. The Paris-Saclay super-campus is France's answer to years of declinein higher education.

"Our goal is to rankamong the top 10 universities in the world," said Herve Le Riche, who heads the project. The new campus will start opening its doors in 2015 as a grouping of 23 universities, colleges and research institutes.

New laboratories, amphitheatres, student housing along with shops and transportwill be built with a view to making France a destinationfor some of the best and brightest who now head to US and British universities.

The ambitiousproject enjoys the backing of one key figure: President Nicolas Sarkozy whose government is digging deep into its pockets to make the dream of a world-class university a reality. Sarkozy got the academicworld talking when he announced that one billion euros of his 35-billion-euro national loan programme would go to Paris-Saclay.

France fares poorly in the world universities ranking compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Only two universities in Europe are among the top 10: Britain's Cambridge and Oxford. Harvard tops the list and eight of the top 10 are in the United States. France has only three universities ranked among the world's top 100.

Enthusiasm Takes You Further

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't."

Zero Size

Regarded as the minimum size in US clothing, “size zero” now refers to those unbelievably skinny people (especially women)，or trends associated with them. The super skinny style sprung up on fashion industry runways and later was adopted by a world of young girls targetting a bony “size zero” figure.

Women might feel pressured into being able to fit the smallest clothing size available, due to the prevalence of the ideal of a very slim, hourglass shape. Whilst it is perfectly possible for an adult or teenaged female to be healthy and fit a size zero, it should be acknowledged that normal differences in Female body shape make this goal unattainable and unadvisable for many.

British Parents Keep Kids Closer Than Ever

Fearful parents are saying no to sleep-overs, banning children as old as 15 from using public transport on their own and watching over their kids like hawks at the local park, according to a new British study.

The survey of 6,099 people commissioned by LV= Streetwise, a charity that educates children about safety, revealed that nearly a quarter of children aged 15 or under were not allowed to sleep at a friend's house, 60 percent were forbidden to travel on public transport alone and 43 percent can't go to the park without a parent or guardian.It said more than 60 percent of mums and dads think the world is more dangerous than when they were kids.

"It's difficult for parents to know when is the right time to step back and allow children to experience things on their own, and this report shows just how much things have changed over the last generation," said LV= group chief executive Mike Rogers in a statement.

In contrast, just four percent of today's adults say they were banned from sleeping-over when they were 15 or younger, only two percent were forbidden to use public transport, and the same number couldn't go out on their own in familiar surroundings, such as their local town or park.
"Stranger danger" is the number one worry for over half of all parents (54 percent), followed by bullying (47), mugging (47) and road danger (34).

On average, children today can look forward to walking to school on their own by the age of 11, use public transport on their own at 12, and babysit their brother or sister by the time they're 14.In contrast, parents say they were allowed to walk to school unaccompanied at the age of nine, use public transport alone by the time they were 11, and babysit a sibling by the time of their 12th birthday.

Parents know they are being tougher on their children and over a third said they felt uneasy that their kids do not get the same opportunities as they did to experience freedom as a youngster.LV= Streetwise released the survey to launch its safety roadshow, which helps to educate children about safety in the home and outdoors.