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Bravehearts: Men in Skirts

Bravehearts: Men in Skirts
Andrew Bolton
Manufacturer: Victoria & Albert Museum
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810965585

Book Description

What do Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Prince Charles, and Boy George have in common? These and other sharply dressed, sexually secure, 21st-century men are incorporating skirts into their wardrobes. In this provocative, one-of-a-kind book, Andrew Bolton traces the warrior origins of kilts and sarongs and reveals how, far from feminizing men, skirts actually reinforce their virility. Some 150 photographs illustrate this colorful salute to the growing numbers of the few, if proud, men in skirts.

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Peer Pressure.......2005-03-08

The men in skirts theme is one long overdue. I hope Bolton did all right in $$ with this one as that would encourage other writers to address this same theme. Any folks that read this and wonder about the subject could visit www.tom's cafe.org to join skirt wearing men or read their posts from around the world. As the women have taken over nearly every clothing item traditionally male as their own, why don't men do the same? At least with skirts/dresses? Both skirts and dresses are far better suited for male plumbing much better than they are for female plumbing of lack of it. Pants work perfectly on a female so I'm not surprised that they have taken them over. A sharp cloth edge in a mans genitalia hurts, but no such problem exists for a woman. After all, few men today ride horses and therefore don't need to wear bifurcated clothing at all unless they are on a Motorcycle.

Bravehearts: Men in Skirts.......2003-11-28

re: bravehearts/men in skirts - andrew bolton

i've just received my copy of bravehearts/men in skirts - believing myself to be one of the first to do so - prior to it's appearance on bookshelves.

the format - although interesting is an awkward one that does not quite fit most bookshelves.

the contents and photographs are well presented although i would have liked to have seen many more - specifically showing the male skirt as it's worn by many ethnic cultures the world over.

the first set of ommissions were those of many east europeasn countries that wear skirts in various forms - from the greek, turk and syrian honour guards along with the dresses worn by the swirling dervishes - followers of sufiism.

west africa alone has many differing designs - based on religion, culture and status with just as many differeng names. throughout the rest of africa many more different versions - mostly traditionally african - depending upon ethnicity can be found. we cannot discount the fearsome zulu impi (warriors) in their antelope or monkey hide skirts. again,more colourful ones depected royalty. many of these are intrinsic to their (african's) existence - long before the days of colonialism and finer cloth options. it was largely due to the arab merchamts that various forms of islamic dress made it's mark upon mombassa, dar-es-salaam zanzibar and northern moçambique.

even within india do we find many differing styles - many designs and colours based upon status. the sarongs of nepal, tibet, thailand, burma/mayanar, indonsesia and malaysia too have their own characteristics.

what about the indigenous peoples from the world over, viz. polynesian islanders; the maori, fiji, samoa, borneo and hawaii to name but a few? it is not enough to merely mention them but share their views on westerners co-opting their national dress and treating it as mere fashion fads.

the origin of the kilt too is misleading, as it is believed to have been brought down by the vikings who had their own name for it. contrary to popular belief, it was the english who first took it on - later to be heralded by the scots as their national form of dress. today many of them consider all other kilt wearers throughout the british isles as possuers ...

herein lies another omission, that being the kilt is held in equal reverence in both wales and ireland - not only by english royalty such as king george and the prince of wales as so many erroniously assume.

yes indeed, i would like to se an updated - expanded version od this fine publication in two to five years from now.

owen r. greenland - of welsh extraction
aka sharif - associated with indians by religion
aka mshengu - born and raised in kwazulu-natal, south africa; connected to africa and it's people by cutural and political affiliation

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Here is the second volume of the runaway hit series printed in the original Japanese right-to-left format. For training, Piccolo sends Gohan into the wilderness to undergo some incredible changes. Meanwhile, Bulma converts Raditz's power-detector to work in English, and Goku meets the most powerful martial artist in the afterlife.

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Awsome!.......2005-07-23

This Book Is Awsome. Its so Easy to read AndI think u should buy it Its just like the show! If u read #1 its the Series. And theres Some parts Are NOt for kids... I Say not to let anybody under 10 read it.

this is a masterpeice.......2004-09-20

The Dragon Ball Z manga is a piece of art and should be in every collector's hands. This DBZ #2 is actually Dragon Ball #18 of 42, but this part of the story is fine to begin with; backstory is not a problem if you have read DBZ Vol. 1, and since DBZ is a different stage of the lives of the characters. It is 190 pages of fun and wonder. Besides, for only (...) why would anyone pass up this opportunity? I guarantee this story will have you hooked. (...)

BUY IT!BUY IT!BUY IT!.......2003-12-25

Whoa!!I bought this book with #3 at a Borders in Maine and when I read it at home-WOO-HOO!!!Now I've only read volumes 1-4[which I own,they rock!],but I think this is the best DBZ volume ever!!!(At least 'til Gotenks comes out)=)BY the way,there will be 26 DBZ volumes total.

Dragon Ball Z Vol.2.......2003-06-19

This is the best DBZ yet (although, DB is better than DBZ)!!!! The Saiyans are coming to Earth and everyone is training! You get to see some fighting too. I reccomend buying it!!!!!!!!!

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hey it's dragonball, so it's gotta be good
Not as good as volume 1
IT'S DRAGON BALL HE HE IT'S THE BEST IN THE WOULD
Now we get to Vol. 2...
BEST DB YET!!!!!

Dragon Ball, Vol. 2

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Printed in the original Japanese right-to-left format, here is another adventure from the megapopular Dragon Ball. Through a series of adventures, Goku and Bulma have finally gathered all but the seventh Dragon Ball. That ball is in the hands of dictator Pilaf, who wants to rule the world. When Goku is exposed to the full moon, wild times ensue!

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hey it's dragonball, so it's gotta be good.......2007-04-09

well i'm a dragonball veteran and i've pretty much read the whole series, and i know all about dragonball z, i'll say that any dragonball comic is good. it does not matter which one it is. they are all just great. i gave it 5 stars because it just downright hilarious, and it has an awesome storyline. there is a lot of action and funny parts, i would not recommend this book, or volume one and three, because goku is still pretty stupid and does not know that much, and he does not get embarrassed. so you will probobly see a little bit of frontal a rear nudity, of course akira toriyama did not put much detail in. (of course), except for maybe the part with Bulma, but you'll get to that. Anyway, i'm tellin ya, if you gonna get these books, start out with the first one and work you're way up from there, you'll definitly want to keep reading these, because they are funny and are just plain great.

Not as good as volume 1.......2006-04-04

In the secound volume of dragon ball Goku and his friends vist the ox kings home and tell him about the dragon balls. Luckly ox king has one but he will only give it to Goku if he can find his missing dughter for him. Goku sets out to find ox kings missing dughter Chi-chi but also needs to get Kame-shni(Trutle Hurmit) to help put out the fire on fry pan mountain. After Goku learns the Ka-Me-Ha-Me-Ha he Bulma and Oloung set out to find the last ball but peliaf captures them in his castle leaving them to die. Then when Goku looks at the full moon he could be just what they need to save the day. The only reason I gave this 3 stars is beacuse the volume get boring at times and isn't really good. Agian I don't recoumend this for childern this volume has alcohol nudity and some rude humor. Anyway after buying it you may only read a few times.

IT'S DRAGON BALL HE HE IT'S THE BEST IN THE WOULD.......2005-09-01

Ya it's the best in the WOULD no da!!!!!! this ones realy good it remond me of the T.V seris. You no what to exspet if you read the first one. I CAN'T WHAT TO READ THE 3 ONE!!!!!!

i also recomend Zatch Bell for Teens and Full Metal Panic OVERLOAD!!!!! check them out

Now we get to Vol. 2..........2004-12-07

This is the second volume in the 42 set of Dragonball. Vol 2 continues where volume one left off, with Goku trying to get the magic fan. Included in here are Chapters 12 - 24. 181 pages of Dragonball Manga. In this volume, Bulma and Goku go about getting the last 2 dragon balls. Only, Gasp, they run into trouble. The bunny mafia and emperor pilaf both make their grand entrance here. This completes the emperor Pilaf story arc, and brings us into the training arc. The last chapter is, infact, the first chapter of the training arc, where goku is challenged to find a girl that will impress that lecherous old Turtle Hermit, to get him to train him. Kuririn is hinted at in the next title, so he makes his grand appearence then.

Db is a series for those who like lots of off color humor coupled with some action here and there. There is some pretty objectionable stuff - ball jokes, and Turtle Hermit is at his most perverted, most of the same from Vol 1. As far as nudity goes, you get a shot of Goku's rear end, and a shot of the front, but that really doesn't count since Toriyama didn't exactly detail that particular area (Can you blame the man?). Non of Bulma atleast.

As you flip through the volume, you can start to see Toriyama's art style change in some panels to the harder style of DBZ, then revert back to his bubbly, silly drawing style favored in the dragonball series. Personally, I prefer the latter, but it is interesting nontheless to see little spots of his Z-art style emerge in some of the more action oriented panels.

Overall, this is a recommended read, if you liked the first volume. Personally, I've never been one for the emperor pilaf arc, I like the tournament and training arcs myself. The next book in the series is recommended also.

BEST DB YET!!!!!.......2003-12-25

Now,anyone who buys this NEEDS a strong sense of humor(and some white-out for kids like me).This comic IS rated Teen but I figured'heck,I'll just white-out the bad parts'.When I did,there was a fair amount to white-out(I even taped some pages together).By now you're probably wondering why I rated it for 5 stars,right?WELL IT'S WORTH IT!!!!!!!After my cover-up efforts,I discovered it was HILARIOUS!!!!I hope this was helpful!=)

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It may work if you have good support...

Give it a chance -- and give others a chance

certainly not dull, but controversial

Doctor Recommended, Dr. Wilson has changed Endocrinology!

CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!

Wilson's Syndrome: The Miracle of Feeling Well
E. Denis Wilson
Manufacturer: Cornerstone Publishing (Va)
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"Wilson's Syndrome - The Miracle of Feeling Well" describes the causes and often debilitating symptoms of Wilson's Syndrome, as well as the typically fast and effective treatment. Symptoms can include fatigue, headaches, migraines, PMS, irritability, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, low sex drive, easy weight gain, asthma, allergies, and/or others.

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It may work if you have good support..........2007-02-14

I was told of Wilson's thyroid syndrome by a friend who was being treated for it, she said, by Armour's thyroid. This is counter to Wilsons' treatment,and should have been my first clue that I needed to pay close attention, but at the time I didn't know any better. I was so happy to find a possible treatment for my set of symptoms which included low temperature and fatigue, that I rushed to the doctor listed in my area on Wilson's website. Without any medical workup or testing, I was given the prescription for T3 and the protocol for its use. I found it extremely difficult to carry out, was not able to take my own pulse, which is a daily requirement and found that even getting a reliable temperature reading was difficult. When you're not feeling well, things are more difficult, anyway. I went up and down the roller coaster for two years, dilligently taking the med's on the strict schedule. I suffered heart palpitations at the higher doses which was never addressed by my doctor. I never was able to normalize my temperature and eventually gave up. In retrospect I blame the doctor, who gave me wildly conflicting directions and never acknowledged his mistakes. He blamed my lack of success on what he considered my failure to stick to an impossibly restrictive diet. (The diet was his idea, not Wilson's.) I have read hundreds of testimonies of people who credit Wilson with saving their health, if not their very lives, and so I regret that I was not one of them. I think that if a person has a good attending physician, who is accessable for questions (mine was not) and is open to discussion (mine was not), then there may be a chance for success using this method.

Give it a chance -- and give others a chance.......2005-11-11

I would read the prior review asserting that Dr. Wilson is a "quack" with a hefty dose of skepticism. The two Web sites given are incomplete as to information.

The "quack" Web site this reviewer refers to has been somewhat helpful to me for referrals to other information on other diseases, but it seems rather lost in its own prejudices. It overreaches many times, stating things that medical science itself does not yet know. The criteria for what is right to these reviewers seems to be the narrowest possible interpretation.

The ATA Web site would probably give the same position statement that Dr. Wilson cites on the Wilson's Syndrome Web site, which is well worth a visit if rather clumsily organized. Dr. Wilson responds to all of the ATA's concerns. The most troubling point is that there are no long-term studies on Wilson's Syndrome, and the evidence is as yet anecdotal. But why are there no long-term studies? Who gave up the investigation, if not the ATA? They do us all a disservice, and to my mind commit a crime against public health by telling us not to bother with this. I, for one, have suffered enough from this professional arrogance and am hopping mad! If your doctor laughs at you, I have a few (unprintable) words for him/her.

Anecdotal evidence is adequate in this case, because the risks and benefits of the recommended treatment are given up front. If the treatment doesn't work, you are welcome to conclude that the diagnosis was wrong. If it does, rejoice and tell the smarty-pants know-it-alls out there to mind their own business and stop telling you where you can't go for healing.

Interestingly, the ATA criticizes Dr. Wilson for the preposterous idea that there can be one cause for everything from asthma to aches and pains. I, too, believe this is preposterous -- except that he is not saying that. He is saying these conditions are secondary to a weakened immune system, which is reasonable.

The more preposterous but widely accepted disease of one virus causing a multitude of diseases is AIDS, currently defined by the CDC as a diagnosis of one of 29 diseases or a low T-cell count. They are of course saying the same thing about weakened immunity as Wilson, but they are also saying the weakened immunity itself is caused by one virus! No one knows what brought on low temperature syndrome, just perhaps "stress" or a prior illness. Weak immunity is caused by many things. Pinning it on one virus or one type of event is irrational and unfairly limits the possibilities of healing for certain populations society has deemed unworthy.

YOU are worthy of thinking for yourself!

certainly not dull, but controversial.......2005-10-29

I bought and read the book and it was very thought-provoking. The basic notion (highly simplified) is that various stressors can put the body into a "conservation mode" involving the thyroid hormones and the regulation system can become "stuck" there, furthermore that it's possible to use T3 thyroid hormone to "unstick" the system and come back to normal and discontinue T3. There are some enlightening insights into the role of body temperature and enzymes, etc.
What is a bit disturbing is that the author never makes a distinction between his WTS and Euthyroid Sick Syndrome, ESS (sometimes called nonthyroidal illness syndrome - NTIS), which is *also* (and previously) characterized by poor T3 conversion despite "normal" lab tests. If WTS is a different condition, then the author should define ESS and WTS and explain the differences. My guess is that his promise to "unstick" the regulation system and then discontinue meds may be the distinguishing characteristic. His use of three names (Wilson's Syndrome, Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome), choosing a name that is easily confused with a different pre-existing one (Wilson's Disease, not thyroid related), and no mention in the book of the most common thyroid conditions (Hashimoto's & Graves) and how they relate, even avoiding the term "hypothyroidism", well it just all seems odd and irresponsible.
My own experience is the two thyroid specialists I've seen have tried the WTS T3 protocol as per the doc's manual and didn't have much luck with it but that's it's such an elaborate protocol that it's hard to know why. The observations that the author lacks a current medical license or practice doesn't alarm me much; some doctors prefer to practice, some prefer research or writing, etc. Dr. Wilson is clearly very bright and insightful.
Despite any controversy, the book has some useful information such as the details of T4 to T3 conversion, rT3, the complex and important role of temperature, etc.

Doctor Recommended, Dr. Wilson has changed Endocrinology!.......2005-04-06

As a physician who has treated various types of thyroid disorders for many years, I have found that I have not been satisfied that many of my patients did not feel well, and did not have a real or complete improvement in their metabolic rate or hypothyroid symptoms, even when I had gotten their lab tests into the "normal" range. I read some more and tried other treatments. I added some Cytomel (short acting T3) and sometimes Armour thyroid which has both T4 and T3. I would get varied results, but not complete recovery. NEVER did any of my patients become able to say that their temperatures were on the average consistently around 98.6 and that they were able to stop the thyroid medication and be symptom free. When HUNDREDS of Dr. Wilson's patients were saying this, patients with what we physicians would call 3rd degree hypothyroid symptoms....that they became 100% symptom free and were able to stop taking thyroid medication..in fact MOST of Dr. Wilson's patients were able to say that, I felt that possibly this doctor had discovered something about thyroid function that was not in our textbooks of Physiology and Endocrinology. I took his course for physicians last year, and realized that anyone judging this treatment from "outside the box" has no idea what they are saying. Most critics, such as Dr. Weil, have not even read the book, nor taken the course. This treatment is a complete paradigm shift in the understanding of underfunctioning thyroid, and in the very effective resolution of the problem. The treatment is quite complex and requires close medical supervision and a lot of patient support, and a thorough understanding of what you are trying to accomplish in improving thyroid receptor function. But amazingly, it works! It works for patients with Hashimoto's Thyoriditis (an autoimmune disorder where one produces antibodies to essential elements of thyroid function), It works with Primary or Secondary Hypothyroidism. It works in patients who have had their thyroid glands irradiated or removed!! It helps because the focus is on "refreshing" the thyroid receptors on the cell sites...improving their sensitivity. Physicians who want to learn more should take his course, but can learn a great deal if they are able to set aside their "pre programmed" learning and make room for brand new information by reading the Doctor's Manual, cover to cover, starting at the beginning. Anyone can do this, but a physician has to get over his or her ego first in order to see that this is a different and valid perspective. I went back to my practice and started with my worst, long term, lowest functioning hypothyroid patients, and they are now sending me flowers and "thank you" notes and telling me too that I've given them back their lives. So, doctor, do you want to be smug and feel "right" with the majority, or do you want your patients to get better? You can go to Dr. Wilson's website. www.wtsmed.com , and learn more about this. You can download the manual for free. You can try to understand it or not. But anyone reading this who feels they have a consistent low body temperature, fatigue, dry skin, dry hair, inolerance for temperature change, sleep problems, frequent infections with slow healing....you should check out this website and feel some hope!
Dr. Tedde Rinker, Stress Medicine Consulting, Redwood City, CA

CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!.......2005-03-13

I just happened to do a search on the internet for a possible explanation of my low body temperatures. I was ready to call my doctor and ask him to put me on thyroid medicine to "cure" me of all my problems. I'm so glad I found these reputable websites explaining the BOGUS diagnosis of this so-called Wilson's Syndrome. My doctor probably would've laughed at me and told me to quit trying to diagnose myself by using the internet. This quack (Dr. E. Denis Wilson) is probably making a lot of money from selling his book to unsuspecting people. [...] The following quote is from the quackwatch.org website:

"Although "Wilson's Syndrome" -- as defined by E. Denis Wilson, M.D. -- is a bogus diagnosis, there is a Wilson's disease, a rare condition caused by a defect in the body's ability to metabolize copper."

[...]

Also, check out the American Thyroid Association's website on this subject:

[...]

If anyone thinks they have a lot of these symptoms, and I know I do, there's probably some other explanation for it. Thyroid medication might even help....I don't know. Just be careful not to believe everything you read online.

Wilson's Syndrome: The Miracle of Feeling Well

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Wilson's Syndrome: The Miracle of Feeling Well
M.D. E. Denis Wilson
Manufacturer: Cornerstone Publishing Company
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Wilson's Syndrome (the miracle of feeling well, large print)

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Wilson's Syndrome (the miracle of feeling well, large print)

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