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Every time you stop into Northampton's sensuality shop Oh My, you learn something new. Even me. Today, I swung by to grab a quick bottle of lube and turns out, not only is there a new silicone vibrator that looks like a pink cherry-topped cupcake (cute and high-quality!), but there's also a company producing lingerie specifically for men.
Homme Mystere Lingerie is making lacy thongs, polka-dotted push-up bras and sheer stockings, all with the necessary adjustments (like more panty-space for your junk and wider bra-bands with smaller cup-sizes) to accommodate male bodies. Oh yes, cross-dressing just got a lot more comfortable.
Ever-entertainingly animated, Oh My's owner tells me about how hot Homme Mystere's advertising is. How sexy these jacked, manly models look in these pretty little underthings. How she herself was pleasantly surprised when she once saw a bearded biker bend over to look at something in a shop only to flash a lacy thong peeking out of the back of his Levi's.
You know me, readers—nothing surprises me though that doesn't necessarily mean that every sex-related tidbit titillates me personally. But I am a sex nerd. So the first thing I do is head to The Roost for some Google and caffeine. Turns out, Homme Mystere's really onto something. I was surprised by how at-home a lingerie set looked against this dude's hairy pecs and really, how well they matched the black brim of his cowboy hat, tilted faux-seductively over his sleepy eyes.
What does this mean? This means that even for your friendly neighborhood sex columnist, cross-dressing is a confusing, mysterious thing, full of misconceptions and assumptions. Cross-dressing is when a biological, male-identified man wears women's clothing. Usually women's lingerie, and, interestingly, usually with a particular preference—one dude might be really into thongs while the other loves to strut in heels.
But, cross-dressing is almost easier understood in terms of what it isn't. Cross-dressing isn't always attached to sexual arousal or acts. Cross-dressing is not typically about wanting to "pass" as a woman in public, dressing in drag or about a transgender identity (which, has a lot to do with what you wear but is more about your internal gender identification and less about specific articles of clothing). Whether this is a product of cross-dressing's extremely taboo social stigma or just the nature of the bustiered beast, the act of cross-dressing usually happens privately or very discreetly in public (helloooo biker boy's thong).
Perhaps cross-dressing's most perpetuated myth is that it's just plain gay. In my experience, rarely does liking penis when you have a penis of your own have anything to do with wearing a lacy thong and, in fact, most cross-dressers are heterosexual, married men. Take, for example, the author of the blog WhyDoMenCrossDress.blogspot.com who describes himself as the ultimate alpha male who moved from being a popular, rugby-playing high schooler and to a high-powered professional who only truly unwinds from his stressful, manly life by slipping into some Victoria's Secret.
If cross-dressing isn't about fetish-sex, homosexuality or transgenderism, then what's it about? The motivation behind cross-dressing is often the most confusing part for outsiders. Maybe this is because cross-dressers themselves usually struggle to verbalize their desire, with many simply citing an unfightable urge to wear women's lingerie. Maybe it's like how I have an unfightable urge to wear jewel-toned skinny jeans—"hipster" isn't my sexual orientation, it's just what makes me feel good, okay?! Or perhaps cross-dressing is misunderstood because there's not really a "female counterpart" to the practice. If I want to unwind from a stressful workday in some baggy jeans and an Oxford button-down, no one's calling the Pervert Police about it.
Whatever the motivation, cross-dressing is often intensely personal, confusing and guilt-ridden, making cross-dressers one of the most closeted "fetish groups." In turn, this makes the women who are into cross-dressing fellas even harder to find. Though the wife of the blogger behind WhyDoMenCrossDress affectionately calls her husband's cross-dressing state his "inner bitch mode," not all wives are as accepting or, if they are, aren't open about their love/like/lust for burly loggers in lace. Until now?•


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Columbia, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - So whose comeback season was better?
We'll find out the answer to that question next Saturday.
Henry Josey scampered for a go-ahead 57-yard TD run with 3:34 remaining and No. 5 Missouri clinched the SEC East with a 28-21 triumph over No. 19 Texas A&M.
The Tigers (11-1, 7-1 SEC) advance to the conference championship next Saturday to take on Auburn in a matchup of lightly-regarded schools prior to the season. Missouri didn't make a bowl game for the first time in nine seasons a year ago, while fourth-ranked Auburn has already improved last year's win total by eight under new head coach Gus Malzahn.
"Our guys got back here in January and what they did is they said, 'well this is what we have to do.' January, February, March, methodically going through their schedule, the preparation. I told you before, these guys play, they flat out play. When they go out there everybody is going to play hard," Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel said of the team's improvement this season.
Auburn stunned top-ranked and two-time defending champion Alabama to take the SEC West earlier Saturday, 34-28, when Chris Davis fielded a missed field goal a yard short of the back of the end zone and used a convoy of blockers en route to a miraculous touchdown on the game's final play.
James Franklin was 18-of-28 for 233 yards and two touchdowns for Missouri, which beat its fourth-ranked opponent and reached 11 wins for the third time in school history, twice under head coach Pinkel. Pinkel tied Don Faurot for the most wins in Missouri history with 103.
Josey, who missed the season last year due to a serious knee injury, ran for 96 yards on 13 totes, while Dorial Green-Beckham caught seven passes for 93 yards and a score in the triumph.
Missouri cornerback E.J. Gaines held Texas A&M star receiver Mike Evans to just four catches for eight yards.
Johnny Manziel was just 24-of-35 for 195 yards and a touchdown and tallied 21 yards rushing on 11 carries for the Aggies (8-4, 4-4), who have dropped consecutive games for the first time in the Kevin Sumlin era. Sumlin agreed to a new six-year deal earlier in the day that will keep him in College Station through 2019.
"I thought both teams played really hard. It got down to a play here or there, you know that's going to happen sometimes. Missouri is a fine football team, and you see why," Sumlin said.
Texas A&M fell to 0-4 against ranked foes this season.
The Tigers trailed 14-7 at the break, but outscored the Aggies 21-7 in the second half.
Missouri recorded touchdowns on each of its first two possessions of the second half.
L'Damian Washington hauled in a 35-yard post pattern down to the Texas A&M 2 before Marcus Murphy plunged in for the score a play later.
Following an Aggies punt, the Tigers capped an 8-play, 57-yard march when Washington brought in Franklin's fade pass in the back right corner of the end zone to make it 21-14 midway through the frame.
Trey Williams broke off runs of 18 and 25 yards before Ben Malena scampered in for a 7-yard TD run to conclude a brisk 9-play, 98-yard sequence to knot the tilt at 21-21 early in the fourth.
Both teams then went three-and-out before both squads were again forced to punt.
Missouri had possession at its own 34-yard line with 4:47 left before Josey burst through the middle of the field for the go-ahead score three plays into the trek.
Instead of going for a 4th-and-13 at its own 24 with 2:13 left and two timeouts, Texas A&M elected to punt.
Franklin then flipped a pass in the left flat for Eric Waters, who raced 16 yards for a critical first down. Russell Hansbrough then moved the chains again a play later with an 11-yard run to seal the outcome.
Earlier, Tra Carson's 29-yard TD run down the left sideline staked the Aggies a 7-0 lead midway through the opening frame before the Tigers tied it midway through the second when Green-Beckham caught a 38-yard TD pass from Franklin.
Texas A&M answered with a score 1:10 later as Manziel hooked up with Derel Walker for a 32-yard score to put the Aggies in front, 14-7, with 4:06 left in the half.
Game Notes
The Tigers moved to 12-44 under Pinkel when trailing at the half ... Franklin added 89 yards rushing on 18 carries ... Missouri outgained Texas A&M, 463-379.

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Here is my entry for the merchant's guild A2 challenge. Please consider this to take place between "The Glancer" and "The Return to Lenfald" (to view Sir Edwyn's story in correct chronological order, visit my LCC set on Flickr). Enjoy!
After Landing his battered trade cog near The Port of Grahnhaven, Sir Edwyn traveled along the northwestern road to Uglehiem where he planned to acquire some of Garhiem's finest ore from his cousin, Sir Tharkin. He reached Uglehiem upon several day's of tedious travel, and entered the city to find his relative awaiting his arrival by a sparkling fountain.
"Greetings, Sir Edwyn, my friend!" Sir Tharkin Cried in Delight. "Greetings, Sir Tharkin, I trust your journey here was not nearly as exciting as mine, eh?"
Sir Tharkin gave a brisk laugh. " No, no Hardly! Come let us find a tavern and I shall tell my tale, and you yours!"
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|2009-01-30, 04:38
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Which anime have the best soundtracks?
Hey guys :]
Just started watching Naruto for the first time, and something I noticed immediately is the rather lackluster soundtrack. I cringe a little every time I hear the greatly overused dramatic/combat music, and right now I pine to watch Yakitate!! Japan again. I even use the OST to test speakers with, it's just that fantastic.
Which anime series do you feel have the best soundtracks ever? My top three:
1.Yakitate!! Japan
2.Samurai Champloo
3.Cowboy Bebop
|2009-01-30, 06:16
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Most of the replies will recommend Cowboy Bebop so I'll just say it has a good soundtrack and leave the rest to evaluate it better.
Mushishi has an excellent soundtrack, with relaxing, soothing BGM. Every episode has a different instrumental ending as well. Highly recommended.
Kanon 2006 has lots of soft, soothing music as well. All the music, including the OP/ED and BGM, has this unique "Kanon" feel to it that is mostly either melancholic (but not tragic) or refreshing.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has a very "epic" soundtrack that ranges from catchy rap to symphonic battle music to dramatic opera music to electronic techno.
FLCL has loads of insert songs (by the same band) but I personally don't like them.
|2009-01-30, 06:50
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Thanks for the great reply! I COMPLETELY forgot about FLCL, the series itself is a tad weird but I love the Pillows :]
Kanon 2005 sounds interesting....nothing to do with Pachelbel is it? :P
Mushishi sounds brilliant...every episode???? Wow :]
I've heard TTGL's opening, and LOVE it! Something I'll get to eventually :]
I also like BECK's opening, but don't like the series <.< Love NHK ni Youkoso's op and music as well, but lacks diversity.
|2009-01-30, 07:08
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My favourite composer: Kouhei Tanaka
Of all his works, my favourite pieces come from Gunbuster 1 and 2 and Gaogaigar/FINAL.
His music is one of the reasons why Gunbuster and Gaogaigar are some of the best mecha anime in history. Gurren Lagann is a successor to both animes, especially Gunbuster, as they're both from GAINAX.
|2009-01-30, 10:17
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I also say Mushishi has a exquisite OST. If you didn't like Toshiro Masuda in Naruto, you might like him here. I especially love Mushi Utage, but I think you're better off watching the anime than solely listening to the music. The music really does wonders bringing to life Mushishi's world.
If you loved Yakitate Japan! music, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's composer is the same person, Taku Iwasaki. There's a lot of wonderful pieces I can't name specifically one I like especially.
The best anime OSTs I've heard are Ouran High School Host Club by Hirano Yoshihisa and Hikaru no Go by Megumi Wakakusa. Amazing strings and nice piano flourishes. I'm a fanatic of them lately. His and Her Circumstances by Shiro Sagisu deserves an honorable mention, but I didn't like the new musical direction as the anime got worse imo.
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|2009-01-30, 17:49
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Hmmm.. I'd have to go with Cowboy Bebop and Nodame Cantabile.
Cowboy bebop's OST (my favourite ever) goes all the way from jazz to rock, not forgetting blues, some electronica, some classic vibed music etc.. etc.. It's rly RLY good...
Plus the series was my first anime import a few years ago and it was so legendary it became my favourite ever, that mood from the series: a kinda melancholic, rainy day mood, with some jazz on the back ground, is something rly rly made me love it (and arent those character the most memmorable ever, those and Rei Ayanami)
But then the series is also very dinamic, because after the rainy day mood moments we have the amazing comic relief sessions with epic songs and scenes such as Ed in "mushroom Samba"!
Nodame Cantabile e is for Classic music fans only, the thing is, if you start watching Nodame Cantabile you will automatically start loving classic music, you just can't fight it. The series was rather suprising, I was not expecting to adore this series, his OST contributed a GREAT deal to just that.
Also, soul eater's OST is rly good in the context of the series, when you are watching the anime for the first time (such as I) the first thing you'll notice is that great cheerful up-beat vibe that is rly well accomplished
If you listen to the album alone though, you'll get about 4/5 great tunes and then some tracks that just dont make the album better than average as stand alone.
Kung Fu Hung-Su - "2.Samurai Champloo" I've never seen the whole series but from about6 episodes I've seen I got a pretty good impression for this one!
|2009-01-31, 14:21
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Second Rurouni Kenshin OVA OSTs, the melodies are a bit overused though, but the music fits the scenes in the anime perfectly.
Then the Jin Roh OST, also tied very closely to the anime.
Mononoke OST, has the same characteristics as the previous two.
The OST I have listened to most of all so far is the Twelve Kingdoms one, I like especially the Piano and Kokyu Memories albums.
Then I am a great fan of all the Hisaishi Ghibli sondtracks, no need to enumerate them, I even like the Nausicaas' ones.
EDIT: Oh, forgot Macross Plus OST...
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|2009-01-31, 14:42
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Macross Series. It is one of the few anime that puts music as a central theme. TMHS too.
Another anime music that caught my ears was Claymore's ED (Danzai No Hana), and Clannad (most of Key's anime had good music). I must admit, although Seed and Destiny had lousy storylines, they make up for great pieces, like Invoke, Meteor and Find The Way (beautiful piece). G00 doesn't even have songs that can compare (though I admit Love Today and the new ED is pretty sweet).
The two inserts from Code Geass by Hitomi are very nice.
Right now I feel that Sora Kake Girl is going to have a few good pieces coming up.
|2009-01-31, 18:20
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yup, the lilium theme was all over, and that created a rly stressing mood, like everyone has a secret plan or second intentions. That theme is rly gloomy and dark, although it doesnt seem so at first.
|2009-02-01, 02:42
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Insofar as the newer stuff goes, I've been enthralled with Hidamari Sketch x365's soundtrack quite a bit because it's definitely an improvement over the first season's OST. Natsume Yuujinchou also manages to do well with its atmospheric tracks and you can't ever go wrong with Sakimoto's compositions from Romeo x Juliet.
|2009-02-01, 07:21
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Not really into anime soundtracks, since I concentrate more on the voices and action, but two animes where the music really stood out for me were Serei no Moribito and Shakugan no Shana.
I doubt they're of the quality that may be considered among the "best", but for me they really helped enhanced the mood of the scenes.
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|2009-02-02, 04:24
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I like most of what Kouhei Tanaka produces, so I've liked what I have heard in One Piece, Angelic Layer, Kaiketsu Zorori... He also happened to compose my favorite anime theme song of all time, "We Are!", so that's a huge plus.
FMA's soundtrack is also great for being very involving and intense. I find myself remembering a ton of BGM from that show, despite not having heard the OST soundtrack CDs yet.
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The Eagles have several questions on defense and less than seven days to find answers.
But the biggest concern of all is how this secondary is going to perform against Aaron Rodgers and the prolific Packers passing game.
The Green Bay quarterback will work on a gameplan this week, but part of it can already be simplified to this: attack whichever Eagles cornerback is playing opposite Asante Samuel.
That's been the gameplan for opposing quarterbacks for weeks now. In Tuesday night's loss to the Vikings, Joe Webb only threw in Samuel's direction a couple times.
The week before, Eli Manning targeted Dimitri Patterson time after time, burning him for three touchdowns, including two that were from more than 30 yards out.
That right cornerback is the team's biggest concern is hardly shocking. It was the biggest concern on defense when the team began training camp. And now, more than five months later, that hasn't changed.
The Eagles' strategy on defense last offseason was to improve its pass rush so that the secondary would not have to be great. But their moves did not do enough to cover up their weakness. It's worth mentioning that two of the guys they decided not to bring back - Jason Babin and Chris Clemons - have more sacks (12.5 and 11, respectively) than anyone on the Eagles roster. And that includes Trent Cole (10).
Now Sean McDermott has to make a decision at cornerback - Patterson or Joselio Hanson?
Both players insisted Sunday night that they don't know who is going to start. Neither guy provides the Eagles with an ideal matchup, and that's somewhat alarming when you consider the following five things:
1. Rodgers finished the season with the highest QB rating in the NFC at 101.2.
2. Rodgers had 40 completions of 25 yards or more and averaged 8.26 yards per attempt. Both were tops in the NFC.
3. Rodgers had a QB rating of 107.4 in the red zone.
4. Packers WR Greg Jennings has 403 yards after the catch, sixth-most among receivers.
5. Jennings had 21 plays of 20-plus yards, the same number as DeSean Jackson. He also led the NFC with 12 receiving touchdowns.
The numbers are not so flattering for the Eagles' defense. They gave up 30 touchdown passes (third-worst) and allowed opponents to convert red-zone opportunities into touchdowns 76.74 percent of the time (league-worst).
The challenge will be to limit Rodgers' big plays. In the first meeting, the Eagles gave up two plays of 20 yards or more in the passing game. I'm guessing McDermott would do the Dance of Joy if his unit repeated that performance this time around.
But he's probably not counting on it. On the season, the Eagles have given up 54 plays of 20-plus yards, ninth-most in the league. But maybe more importantly, that's the most the Birds have given up since NFL.com starting tracking the stat (1991).
With the game in six days, there's no time to pick up a free agent or find the right cornerback in the draft. McDermott has to pick his man and devise a gameplan to limit the damage. It's a tall task, and one way or another, will determine whether the Eagles get on the plane to Chicago or pack up their lockers for the offseason.
Programming note: No Man Up this week. I'm shifting focus to the Packers matchup. In the offseason, I'll take a look at the Week 17 game and have some notes on how the young guys looked.
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hey sure what is your skype/email address?
just added you as well
Well i do
I added you on skype, Hope that was ok
I think same of you! So hot! I have been to America, Cali. Lived in Berkeley just outside SF for 3 months last summer. Worked in the city. Did a bit of traveling. Loved it!! You should so come over here
Welcome man! Im same, just after joining after years of looking at pictures on here lol
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I felt my resubmitted for the LCC with my new character was a little weak due to time constraints with created a new character so close to the deadline. However, I felt the story aspect had a bit more meat on it so I've popped it here instead. And yes the MOC base is a Durmstrong Hull
Amaranthrine of the Void - LC1
Awaken fool awaken, the words echoed through his skull and then burned his eyes. Amaranthrine raised a hand to his face to rub his eyes to find nothing but bone. The world slowly came in to focus, Amaranthrine could now clearly make out his hand before him. Amaranthrine stared at the black charred bone fingers dancing before his face. He continued to investigate his surroundings. He appeared to be in a stone chamber entirely enclosed within the darkness. It suddenly all came back to him; killing the Elementalist, the student army, the fireball and his shout, "GAAAAAAAH." He found himself screaming but no words came out,for he had no organs. I am dead though, but wait why am I... Before he could finish his thought the voice returned. "Ah so you remember," the bass of the voice shook his chamber.
"The Demon Prince? Is it you, but am I not dead?"
"You fool, you are mine. And what belongs to me does not die, it is simply forgotten... and you have been remembered."
"Silence! …and listen"
Amaranthrine expanded his senses as he had learned in his mage training. He expanded his mind, it flowed throughout his chamber and out the cracks until it found light, and followed it to it's source; a torch.
"Are you sure it's here, and more yet, are you sure all the traps have been dispelled?" said a man with a commoner's accent.
"I have it on good authority my man," said a well spoken man. He continued, "It's all here in this book. It's the last will and testament of the spell breaker who came through here with the King's army to dispel the school. He may have been a good soldier, but this was one thing he did not take to the grave. Apparently in his pursuit to remove one last spell ward, he happened upon the tomb of Amaranthrine of the Void. His fellow soldier's could not see the tomb, so he strayed the party away and came back later to erect a wall in front of the entrance. He cursed himself for the rest of his life knowing that one day Amaranthrine would now the world again now that the spells had been lifted and could never be cast again."
"Then why are we here!" shouted another man.
"Do I have to repeat everything we're here for the staff. Now give me a hand with this lid."
There was a crash and then blinding light saturated his chamber. Three faces met Amaranthrine's gaze. "There's the staff," said the well spoken man.
"Take their souls with your Blood Magic now if you want your body back," commanded the Demon Prince.
Amaranthrine surged a hand upward and grabbed the throat of one of the men. His other hand wrapped around his staff. Purple mist surrounded the man and then he screamed and Amaranthrine swallowed his essence. Amaranthrine dropped the dried husk that was the man, and rose. He could already feel his power returning. He looked at the bones around his and expelled the consumed soul into the ground. The bones shook and began to cluster. Amaranthrine stepped out of the chamber and began to pursue the other two men.
The men fled through the catacombs until they came to a ledge within a great room. The man with the common accent, a soldier, slipped off the ledge and fell on the floor of the room. Skeletons began to rise out of the ground around the soldier and pull on his clothing. The well spoken man stopped. He whirled round only to find Amaranthrine's bony grip on his throat. "I'm a Lord Issac of Loreos, I'm a rich an powerful man, let me help you," he tried to squeeze out of his wind pipes.
Amaranthrine's stoic gaze men Lord Issac. "Your soul will do just fine just fine," Amaranthrine said through his mind to the Lord. Amaranthrine absorbed his soul as he had before and felt his form slowly return. He dropped the husk of the lord and looked below, just to watch the life fade out of the soldier's eyes as he was ripped apart by skeletal minions.
He had returned, fueled with the Demon Princes hate as he had centuries ago, and now the Kingdoms were going to be sorry they ever forgot about him.
Amaranthrine of the Void, wanted for the practice of unholy magics, murder, destruction and fulfilling the bidding of the Demon Prince Zernebog.


text: It's a cinematic fact that any film that takes place in the jungle has a hard time not evoking Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", and "Vinyan" is no different. Paul is an international volunteer who, with his wife Jeanne, has taken up residence on the beach in Thailand after the loss of their son in a recent tsunami. The opening scene shows Paul carry a brand new pair of children's shoes he found in the closet out to Jeanne, who explains that they were on sale. This scene describes the relationship that transpires between Paul and Jeanne throughout the film.


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Trent Cole is rated as the top 4-3 defensive end in the NFL by highly regarded website Pro Football Focus when it graded plays from the last 3 years.
The site terms Cole as "criminally underrated." Cole tends to agree that he is underrated, given his reaction to being selected as low as he was in the NFL Network Top 100 players of 2010.
Writes the site: In the last three years, Cole has finished fifth (2008), third (2009) and first (2010) in our overall 4-3 DE rankings, so maybe the Eagles defensive end has a point when he talks about how criminally underrated he is. He gets credit for his pass rushing, but, interestingly, he may be stronger in run defense – where he has finished with our highest grade in each of the past two years. That's certainly not a slight to his pass rushing ability in that time, where only three defenders have accumulated more total quarterback disruptions. Grade: +113.4
The site reviewed every play and assigned a grade in an effort to reward the complete player and added weighting so it is not just about sacks. The coverage grade is worth three quarters that of the pass rushing, run defense and penalties grades.
Cole is third in the NFL and second among 4-3 ends with 52.0 sacks since 2006. He led the Eagles with 10 sacks last season, although he continues to be dogged by the assertion that he wears down later in the season.


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As I understand it, the iCON 225 modem is not supported by default in Oleg's image. Are there any plans to support more modem types than Huawei (including the iCON 225) or is it up to each user to add the driver needed?
I've seen tutorials for using this modem in Ubuntu, so I guess it can be used on Linux. Could anyone give some ideas what has to be added to OLEG's image in order to support another modem?


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The fourth round of the US National Mountain Bike Series, the Deer Valley National, presented by Subaru Gary Fisher, concluded today at Deer Valley, Utah ... Ryan Trebon (Kona), of Bend, Or., outclimbed a determined Jeremiah Bishop (Trek VW), of Harrisonburg, Va., who announced his return to form with a second-place result in Saturday's Cross Country. Trebon rode a 29-inch wheeled bicycle to his win, making it the first time a '29er' has won a national series mountain bike cross country race ... It was no surprise to see the world's top women's cross country team sweep the top three places at Deer Valley, but Katerina Nash (Luna Chix), of the Czech Republic, scored the first National Mountain Bike Series cross country win of her career, which so far has been studded with victories in the Short Track.Full results are available here.
The three world championships competitors who earned podium positions were New Zealander Justin Leov (Yeti/Fox Shox), who placed sixth in Italy, and Australia's Amiel Cavalier (Giant), who finished 18th, and Leov's compatriot and trade team-mate Sam Blenkinsop, who was 17th at the worlds. Today Leov was once again comfortably ahead of Cavalier, with a 3:01.41 compared to a 3:07.28. Cavalier was very narrowly ahead of another New Zealander, Sam Blenkinsop (Yeti/Fox Shox), who finished with a 3:07.33. Blenkinsop placed 17th at the world championsips.
Joanna Petterson, of South Africa, scored what is thought to be her first National Mountain Bike Series win [Women's Downhill], with a dominating ride of 3:53.21 that left her rivals a long way back ... Finishing second was Darian Harvey (Sobe/Cannondale), of Durango, Co., in 4:05.84, and Lisa Myklak (Spyder/Fox), of Boulder, Co., was third with a 4:09,23.
There is also a NorCal angle to the Deer Valley race, as the NorCal HS league sent a team along. I'll have more about that later.


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Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group, which current line-up consists of five members: Yubin, Yeeun, Sunye, Sohee, and Hyelim. They are managed by their producer singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young under his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. They are co-managed in the United States by JYP Entertainment and Creative Artists Agency. The meaning behind the group's name 'Wonder Girls' comes from the idea that they are "the girls who can amaze the world". The group began their entry into the American market in 2009 as an opening act for The Jonas Brothers' World Tour, performing the English version of their hit single "Nobody". In late 2009 their song charted at number seventy-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making the Wonder Girls the first South Korean group to enter the chart.
In 2010, Wonder Girls entered the Chinese market with the compilation album Wonder Girls that included Chinese language versions of "Tell Me", "Nobody", and "So Hot".
In 2012, Wonder Girls signed with DefStar Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan, for their Japanese debut. The group's debut single, "Nobody for Everybody" is a remake of their 2008 hit "Nobody" which will be released in July 25.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – With 13 non-conference games gone in the 2009-10 season, the Yale women's basketball team begins its 'season within a season' on Friday, kicking off the Ivy League slate at Brown University. The Bulldogs (5-8) have taken three of their last four meetings with the Bears, who enter league play at 3-11, including a 71-37 thrashing in Providence last season. Action from Pizzitola Sports Center tips off at 7 p.m.
Last Time Out
Junior Mady Gobrecht led three Yale players scoring in double figures with 16 points to guide the Bulldogs to a 68-58 victory at the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J. Yale, which got 13 points from senior Melissa Colborne and 12 from freshman Megan Vasquez, snapped a five-game losing streak and downed the Highlanders for the second consecutive season. Senior Haywood Wright hauled in a game-best 10 rebounds.
Who's Going to Feed Handsome Dan?
Friday's contest at Brown marks the sixth of seven consecutive games away from the familiar confines of the John J. Lee Amphitheater for the Bulldogs. Yale's 33-day hiatus from action in the Elm City, which will span five states and three time zones, comes to an end on Jan. 22 when Brown visits New Haven to complete the home-and-home Ivy League season series. The Bulldogs also went 33 days without a home game last season, a stretch spanning six games from Nov. 18 to Dec. 21, 2008.
Scouting Brown
The Brown University Bears, losers of their last five games, enter the Ivy League portion of their schedule with a record of 3-11. The Bears, who have notched a pair of overtime wins, have not won a game in regulation since downing Central Connecticut State, 62-59, on Nov. 21. Christina Johnson is Brown's leading scorer and rebounder with 9.5 points and 4.6 boards per game in 2009-10. Hannah Passafuime has chipped in 9.1 points per contest while leading the Bears from beyond the arc with 22 three-pointers on 61 attempts (36.1%). The Bears and Bulldogs both hosted Boston University in the non-conference season. The Terriers bested Brown, 87-58, and lost to Yale in New Haven by a 61-57 tally.
Series History
Brown holds a 42-26 lead in the all-time series, though Yale has won three of the last four meetings and two straight at the Pizzitola Center. Last season, the Bears snuck past the Bulldogs in New Haven, 64-62, in the Ivy League opener. One week later in Providence, Yale responded by handing Brown a 71-37 thrashing.
Doing It With Defense
In all five of their victories this season, the Bulldogs have held their opponents to just 60 points or fewer. Yale surrendered less than 20 points in the first half of wins against Army (15) and Bucknell (19), while holding Boston University to 22 first-half points and limiting Holy Cross to only 21 points in the second half of a comeback victory. Most recently, NJIT managed 58 points in a 10-point Yale road win on Jan. 9. UC Davis also tallied just 60 points against Yale on Dec. 19, though the Aggies bested the Bulldogs by a score of 60-55.
Block Party
Junior Mady Gobrecht blocked a career-best six shots in the Bulldogs' 68-58 win at NJIT on Jan. 9. Gobrecht, who ranks third in the Ivy League with 1.4 blocked shots per game, accounted for the most blocks by a Yale player since Erica Davis '07 turned back seven Sacred Heart offerings on Nov. 25, 2006.
Starting Strong
Freshman Megan Vasquez, who leads Yale with 10.8 points per game, has tallied double-figure points in her last seven contests, averaging 12.5 points per game during that stretch. Vasquez was named Ivy League Freshman of the Week after averaging 16.0 points in road contests against Sacred Heart and Kansas State, two teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season. She ranks 12th in the Ivy League in overall scoring and third among all Ancient Eight freshmen.
No Sophomore Slump
Sophomore Michelle Cashen, a 2008-09 All-Ivy Rookie Team selection, has been one of the Bulldogs' most consistent players this season. Cashen is currently one of five Yale players averaging over 8.0 points per game (8.2 ppg) and is the Bulldogs' top rebounder with 7.8 boards per contest, slotting her at fourth in the Ivy League on the glass. The sophomore has tallied three double-doubles in 2009-10.
Climbing the Ladder
Two-time All-Ivy honoree Melissa Colborne is once again one of Yale's offensive pacesetters in 2009-10 with 9.2 points per game. The senior, who ranked second in the Ivy League in scoring in each of the last two seasons, currently ranks seventh in Yale history with 1,290 career points. The former Ivy League Rookie of the Year has already eclipsed the Yale program records for free throws made in a game (14), a season (156), a career (444) and in a game without a miss (12-for-12), as well as for free throw attempts in a career (582). Her career free throw percentage of .763 is among the best in Yale history.
Spreading the Wealth
Though no Yale player ranks among the top 10 scorers in the Ivy League, the Bulldogs' boast the only active roster in the Ancient Eight with five players averaging over 8.0 points per game. Yale does have four players ranked among the league's top 20 scorers, led by 10.8 points per game from freshman Megan Vasquez. The Bulldogs, who have 10 active players playing at least 10 minutes per game, have had five different players lead them in scoring and five different players lead the way in rebounding this season.
Schedule Strength
The 2009-10 Yale squad has challenged 2008-09 NCAA Regional Finalist Arizona State (L, 82-46) and NCAA Second Round participant Kansas State (L, 78-59) as well as 2008-09 conference champions Sacred Heart (L, 76-67) and North Carolina A&T (L, 80-79), which needed a buzzer beater to sneak past the Bulldogs on Nov. 28. Ivy League rival Dartmouth, last season's Ancient Eight champion, will host Yale on Feb. 13 and will visit the John J. Lee Amphitheater on Feb. 26.
Picking on the Patriot
The Bulldogs went 3-0 against Patriot League foes this season, besting Holy Cross, Army and Bucknell. Yale was 1-2 against the same trio of opponents last season, posting a win at Holy Cross while dropping one-possession decisions to both the Bison (73-70) and Black Knights (62-60).
Double Double-Doubles
Sophomore Michelle Cashen (13 pts., 15 rebs.) and junior Mady Gobrecht (12 pts., 10 rebs.) both posted double-doubles in the Bulldogs' season-opening victory over Holy Cross on Nov. 13. The last time two Yale players had double-doubles in the same game was on Jan. 13, 2007, when Erica Davis '07 (21 pts., 11 rebs.) and Chinenye Okafor '07 (10 pts., 13 rebs.) each performed the feat against Brown.
A Sign of Things to Come
With 15 points in the season-opening win against Holy Cross on Nov. 13, Megan Vasquez became the first freshman to lead Yale in scoring in her collegiate debut since Kaitlyn Lillemoe '09 scored a team-best 19 points against New Hampshire to open the 2005-06 season.
Branches on the Coaching Tree
Chris Gobrecht was very familiar with her counterparts on the Arizona State bench on Nov. 19. Charli Turner Thorne, the head coach of the Sun Devils, was an assistant on Gobrecht's staff at the University of Washington. In addition, Arizona State Associate Head Coach Meg (Gallagher) Sanders played collegiately on Gobrecht's Cal State Fullerton squad from 1982-85.
That's a Lot of W's
With 460 wins in her career entering 2009-10, Chris Gobrecht ranks 30th among active Division I coaches in all-time victories. Among coaches on Yale's 2009-10 schedule, only Bill Gibbons of Holy Cross (476 wins) has more career victories than Gobrecht. Gobrecht and Gibbons are both topped, however, by another coach from the Yale sidelines: Associate Head Coach Dianne Nolan, who amassed 517 wins as head coach of St. Francis (N.Y.) and Fairfield.
Making the Rounds
The Bulldogs' 14 non-conference games will feature teams from nine different conferences: America East, Big 12, Big West, Great West, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern Athletic, Northeast, Pac-10 and Patriot. Additionally, Bryant is a Division I Independent in its probationary period (ineligible for postseason play) with the Northeast Conference.
Top Dogs
Though there are 32 American universities with the "Bulldogs" mascot, last season's win over Bryant marked just the second time that Yale women's basketball had met another team sporting the "Bulldogs" moniker. The 2003-04 Yale Bulldogs dropped a 69-48 decision to the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Nov. 29, 2003 as a part of the Seattle Times Classic.
Every Day is Mother's Day
Junior forward Mady Gobrecht is the daughter of head coach Chris Gobrecht. They are one of two active mother-daughter, coach-player tandems in Division I women's basketball (Southern Mississippi: Coach Joye Lee-McNelis and Whitney McNelis). This is the sixth time in Yale's 156-year athletic history that a head coach is mentoring his or her child in a varsity sport, and the first where the combo is mother-daughter (men's fencing: Robert & Maurice Grasson, 1936-38; baseball: Smoky Joe & Joseph Wood, 1939-41; men's basketball: Howard & David Hobson, 1952-55; men's squash: John & Jack Skillman, 1954-55; football: Jordan & Harry Olivar, 1957-59).
Ocean State Sequel
Yale will return to Rhode Island on Monday, Jan. 18 to wrap up their 2009-10 non-conference schedule against the Bryant Bulldogs. Tip-off from the Elizabeth and Malcolm Chace Wellness and Athletic Center in Smithfield, R.I. is slated for 2 p.m.
report filed by Drew M. Kingsley, Yale Sports Publicity


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I may get accused of being a sexist and all for saying this, but it's been my experience that a feminist vision of "equality" is very different from my definition. "Equality" in their mind is getting all the perks of being a woman (men fawning over you and buying you free food and drinks, sexual power, the taboo on physically attacking you, etc.) while simultaneously also getting all the perks of being a man (higher breadwinner pay, political power, etc.)--and all without having to suffer ANY of the downsides of either gender.
In short, they want it ALL, they want it NOW, and they want it all for FREE.
Why on Earth would anyone accuse you of being a sexist merely on the basis of your making sweeping generalizations about what you think an entire gender group means by "equality", based on your limited experience with a few members of that group? Ridiculous. Bloody feminazis demanding that individuals be treated as individuals. Don't they realize how much easier it is just to relax with a bunch of inaccurate preconceptions?
it's been my experience that a feminist vision of "equality"
Why on Earth would anyone accuse you of being a sexist merely on the basis of your making sweeping generalizations about what you think an entire gender group means by "equality", based on your limited experience with a few members of that group?
Feminist = entire gender group?
Bloody feminazis demanding that individuals be treated as individuals.
Might want to actually try seeing what these people are saying because it's about as far from that as one can get.
making sweeping generalizations
So out of curiosity, how many women have you dated who wanted to go dutch on dates? Didn't expect you to buy them flowers or jewelry? Didn't want you to open doors for them? Didn't expect you to protect them in a fight?
Be honest now, Mr. Inaccurate Preconceptions. Show us evil sexists that we're soooo wrong, with all your stories of the women you've known who *really* wanted to be treated equally.
So out of curiosity, how many women have you dated who wanted to go dutch on dates? Didn't expect you to buy them flowers or jewelry? Didn't want you to open doors for them? Didn't expect you to protect them in a fight?
Not the person you're replying to, but I felt I should step in here...
My wife always paid her fair share when we dated. I honestly felt a little uncomfortable about it at first, but she insisted.
She loves it when I buy her flowers and jewellery, but she'll buy me stuff I like too; so that seems even to me.
I'll hold doors open for her, and she is happy that I do. But she'll hold doors open for me too, and I'm happy that she does.
She most certainly would expect me to defend her in a fight; but equally, I'd expect her to defend me in one. (neither of us is particularly physically inclined, but we're also not really the types to get in to fights; so thus far it hasn't been a situation that has arisen)
Basically my point is that just because a woman expects some things from the guy, it doesn't mean she's asking for unequal treatment... she may be willing to do all those same things too.
Women will get men to do stupid things for them as long as there are men willing to do stupid things for them.
Men will get women to do stupid things for them as long as there are women who will do stupid things for them.
It's almost as if people will take advantage of other people if they allow them to do so.
There is still the social expectation that the man must make money but the woman is free to sit on her butt and atrophy. This disparity is rather widespread in those demographics where it's economically feasible.
These expectations (and other differences between the sexes in terms of social indoctrination) help feed into the labor statistics.
Actually, all of the women I have dated have been like that. For that matter most of the women I know are like that. The ones you describe are more creations of men in internet forums telling other men how women are.
While anyone saying women never pay is being ridiculous, so is anyone saying most women pay their own way while dating. The first site that popped up in a Google search showed that 83% of women either don't offer to pay or only offer with the expectation that the offer will be turned down. Unless you are using a dating site while filtering on liberal women, or dating inside a small circle of friends with a very liberal mindset, it is unlikely that you are going to come across many women who are willing to a
In short, they want it ALL, they want it NOW, and they want it all for FREE.
You're new to this planet. See, there's this thing called human nature . . .
I may get accused of being a sexist and all for saying this, but it's been my experience that a feminist vision of "equality" is very different from my definition. "Equality" in their mind is getting all the perks of being a woman (men fawning over you and buying you free food and drinks, sexual power, the taboo on physically attacking you, etc.) while simultaneously also getting all the perks of being a man (higher breadwinner pay, political power, etc.)--and all without having to suffer ANY of the downsides of either gender.
In short, they want it ALL, they want it NOW, and they want it all for FREE.
well, speaking as a man, i also want to get paid as much money as i can, be fawned over, and get free food all while not being physically attacked.
I know a lot of women who have self-identified as feminists for years, and not a single one of them fits the description you have. All the feminists I know are hard-working professional women, hard-working homemakers, or both. That includes some of my peers and managers in the tech field, by the way. Maybe you've just been spending time with some unusually selfish women -- it's possible; there are jerks of both genders out there. I suggest finding a different peer group, because your current one seems t
there's no "taboo" against people physically attacking a woman
What color is the sky in your world?
I haven't even heard of a study that says there is a significant wage gap for at least a decade. When accounting for career, hours worked, experience, etc. the worst I have heard is a 3% wage gap. When you factor in that women are known to negotiate less for salary the gap probably disappears completely.
The focus now needs to be on why women don't enter as many high paying fields (and whether that is even a problem at all). Focusing on the wage gap is pretty silly now.
The focus now needs to be on why women don't enter as many high paying fields (and whether that is even a problem at all).
I think a big part of it is that those jobs tend to come with a shitty work/life balance and cultures that encourage crazy hours (especially in engineering type positions). Women tend to be more into the work/life balance and tend to have more time obligations outside of work (kids being the big one).
The only other argument that makes any sense to me is established culture, which kinda ties into that. An office full of mostly guys is going to have a very guy culture, same as an office full of women is going to have a women culture. All the little silly office stuff on it's own probably doesn't matter, but collectively I could see it making a job unappealing. I have a hard time listening to a female coworker talk about her kids for like a half hour at lunch.. an office filled with women who do this constantly would probably drive me insane, so I can see the reverse being true.
There's quite a lot of dispute that there was ever a gender based wage gap. Reading Dorothy Dix from the 20s and 30s, she seemed to think that men and women were compensated equivalently at that time, and earlier. Which if you think about it makes sense, if a company could hire one gender for less, why wouldn't they hire that gender exclusively?
Given that, why is the POTUS parroting these myths? Is he planning to mandate higher wages for women and quotas when employers are unwilling to hire these more expensive employees or what?
Oh, reports you say? well then, I guess that clinches it.
Salaries our paid be the government, not whom ever happens to be in the white house.
Not that those numbers are really believable:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/file... [whitehouse.gov]
If you will note, there are more women at the entry level position.
The president has no control over their salaries.
What this shows is the Obama is doing a pretty good job as president. All number show improvement, so no one can attack him with actual job performance facts. SO Fox et. al. Att
There's definitely a pay gap for pro tennis. Women who can't beat male tennis players ranked around #100 earn far more than the male players.
But more people will pay more to watch the women play than the rank 100 male tennis players play. Sexism? Gender inequality? Certainly. But vive la difference!
I think women ten-pin bowlers are as good as the guys though, some maybe even better...
Given that, why is the POTUS parroting these myths? Is he planning to mandate higher wages for women and quotas when employers are unwilling to hire these more expensive employees or what?
No, it's pure politics. He's part of the Dem team, and they are currently having a lot of successes using social issues to divide the electorate. As long as they can keep the people thinking the other team is conducting a "war on women" and would support policies to oppress the female gender, they can get people to vote for them. Just because he doesn't have another election, doesn't mean he can't see the benefits in having more of his own "team members" in congress.
"I haven't even heard of a study that says there is a significant wage gap for at least a decade. When accounting for career, hours worked, experience, etc. the worst I have heard is a 3% wage gap."
Hours worked is where I've seen the numbers most distorted. Most studies I've seen talking about pay gap don't account for hours and are based on the premise that most women in opposite sex relationships still opt to take on the role of picking up kids from school and such instead of their partner and so do less hours, but as this is omitted from the study the claim is made that they're paid less. Certainly in the UK few studies seem to take in hours worked, most just take the sex, the profession, and the annual salary and do nothing more than that.
So the issue of disparity in most cases is that in most couples it's still the female that is taking on the role of housewife but this is entirely a choice between couples and not a workplace problem in the slightest beyond the fact that this also impacts womens career progression because statistically you're more likely to know the company better the more hours you spend there, and hence be a more suitable candidate for promotion, hence why women are less likely to be promoted - because they're also more likely to be less committed to work and more committed to home.
The fact is some feminists want women to be able to take the housewife option, do less hours, AND still get paid as much as their male colleagues working longer hours and it's this that distorts the argument and makes the whole discussion nonsensical most of the time.
I don't pretend sexism doesn't exist and isn't a problem, I've certainly witnessed women suffer sexism in the workplace and have called it out when I've seen it, though I've also witnessed women abuse their sexual attractiveness to gain promotion with stupid sexually desperate male bosses too so I'm not overly convinced those two things don't balance out and I believe both need to be eliminated as far as possible.
The real key issue is getting a better balance between males and females that act as home makers vs. breadwinners if we want to see things balance out. Heeding calls for quotas based on statistically fraudulent studies that omit things that make it like for like such as hours worked though simply build resentment and have the opposite effect of making members of each sex view each other equally in the workplace.
My wife has experienced gender discrimination also. Most recently, our power company was coming by to do some work on a pole behind our house. They wanted to pull a giant truck up our neighbor's narrow driveway (right up against our house), onto our lawn, reach it over our garage, and do the work. When my wife voiced concerns about hitting the house with the truck, the guy actually said to her "So you're worried about your house because you're a woman?" Yet, when I expressed those same concerns a bit la
When my wife voiced concerns about hitting the house with the truck, the guy actually said to her "So you're worried about your house because you're a woman?" Yet, when I expressed those same concerns a bit later, they treated me like an actual homeowner concerned about his house.
1. That hardly makes any sense, but okay.
2. Your wife and you have an extremely low bar for sexual discrimination.
So by your rather sensitive standards, every time I hear "You're not a woman - you couldn't understand", or "Men are pigs", then would that not be discrimination? Or about some feminine hygiene product being superior because it was invented by a female doctor? All of that is just more ways of saying "men are inferior".
We see this sort of thing all the time, but have been conditioned to the idea that only men are ever sexist.
Point 1, while I agree does happen, more often than naught, doesn't quite fit the topic of discussion.
Point 2, you have nothing to compare too.
As a woman, I have seen my own fair share of discrimination, but I know it exists under the surface and I go out of my way to try to prove myself. The study in this article does show a trend of hiring and pay practices in particular fields to show little to no discrimination; however in other fields such as a stock broker, or other high-paying fields, women don't fa
New EITs for us are at the same rate, but we actually see women accelerate faster. Unfortunately, they seem to catch on to the whole live/work balance faster than men which makes retention harder and flattens wages. On a case-by-case basis, it comes down to work output.
Right now though, we could pay a 40% premium for an exceptional female mechanical PE with 15-20 years of experience, but that is definately an outlier.
Even if this is true, it will be labelled misogyny and never be accepted by rabid feminists.
Much more relevant would be an examination of why women are more likely to have this lack of commitment, and whether e.g. bullying in the work place, or unfavourable maternity/paternity leave arrangements are contributing to this.
That is a good point, but as usuall, the most likely but least obvious possibility is ignored: Sometimes called work/life-balance, but maybe women just don't see a point in taking part in that life-long pissing contest that "career" in our corporate world became? If that guy next to you does 10 hours of unpaid overtime to impress his manager, you're doing 12, right? The people deciding about promotions like that kind of commitment. And so on.
I was considering that, but tried to focus on another question: WHY do that 10hours overtime at all?
Perhaps there is a "female" solution like: "I'm making enough for me and my family, I'd rather spend those 10 hours with them and leave that rat race to those guys who seem to enjoy it." Sometimes the only way to win a pissing contest is not to play. (And if you're honest, thermonuclear war is only a very violent form of a pissing contest. But that's another movie)
I agree 100%. I don't think the solution is to make women work more horrible jobs, but increase the quality of life for everyone by refusing to be exploited.
Oh yes.. nice idea. The problem is, that this goes against the average male ego. For some reason, competition is a defining male quality. (probably due to all the reproduction stuff, but why doesn't matter here)
Who can run faster, who can drink more, who can bang his head harder against a stone wall. And of course who can lift more weight, who can carry more meat from A to B. That is already a "who can work harder". Society only rewards this with "Who can make more money", so it can exploit that trait. And
It isn't legislation or litigation that changed things, it is the fundamental workforce demographics. For most families, being a "stay at home mom" isn't an option. Early legislation may have ensured that hostile workplace factors were taken out of the equation, which would have made a meaningful difference, but the balance is largely time.
As for the resulting pay gap factors, it is pretty hard for anyone who works from 22-30, takes 6 years off, works again from 36-48 half time, and then works full time f
Well, I think the study is still interesting. Because we still often hear that women are paid less for the same job. That study essentially proves it wrong. Before you can fix a problem, you first need to understand where it comes from. From this study, the problem does not come from discrimination in the hiring process. And this is good news.
Of course anyone who has looked into the actual data has already discovered the amazing level of lies directed at the male in our society - and keeping him 2nd class. Just ask yourself - just how hard and how long did you have to work to earn your shot at reproduction.. and your sister? Did she just have to find some guy to enslave (18-24 years)
Men 'earn' more. Normalized. The gap is life choice, not gender.
Actual decent information may be found at ww
I was under the impression that one of the issue was that women are less likely to get offered exciting projects, overtime, etc. etc. so they wind up stuck in relatively junior positions doing limited hours.
They get offered all that at first but company stops asking after constant rejections. Young women, at least from my personal experience, are more focused on things outside of their career. There were several female co-workers who were more talented than me but unlike them I was willing to put in more hours to deal with problems at work. Last I heard one of them now runs a Yoga studio and another went back to school for PhD.
But it's a chicken and egg scenario isn't it? are women doing limited hours because they're not getting offered exciting projects, or are they not getting offered exciting projects because they're doing limited hours as they've made a choice with their partner to be the one that goes home early to collect the kids from school?
I suspect you're right, but the underlying cause of that discrepancy is still not so clear cut.
Forbes and WSJ pointed this out a couple of years ago:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/re... [forbes.com]
If you actually look at how much work is done and actual years worked (not just age) etc. the gap disappears. Actually, according to the summary here there *is* a gap as women get paid more. I'm sure the feminists and looney lefters will want to fix this new problem. Not.
Even if the wife has a full time job, she still has to do the majority of the work at home.
Says who?
I remember when I first read about these issues, 30 years ago, one of the surveys claiming that women did the majority of work at home, counted exterior house maintenance, yard maintenance, and car maintenance as mens' hobbies instead of work at thome.
If the man is working 80 hours weeks he doesn't physically have time to do the work at home. Those situations are common for men
That situation isn't common for men.
Let's pretend that's true. Let's pretend most families are like that. They aren't, but let's pretend you're right.
Bob works for me, and he puts in 60 hours / week when needed, 50 hours average. His wife, Sally, works for a competing company, you. She leaves at 3:00 to pick up the kid from school. Are you going to pay Sally as much as I pay Bob, because she has a good excuse? As your competition, I sure hope so because you'll go broke that way. Bob, working those long hours, produces twice as much.
You kno
You're gonna be in trouble. I'm telling.
this perception is just one more factor discouraging women from entering the tech space.
but most women I have talked to that dropped out of STEM did so more because of problems they encountered with coworkers and managers.
Most of the men I know that have dropped out of STEM did so because of problems they encountered with coworkers and managers through out their careers. They got tired of the crap, but the stuck it out for a long time. From what you are saying, women don't stick it out as long. BTW, you don't mention what the problems were. Was it because the manager wanted her to work 60+ hours per week? Was it because she was expected to be available on vacation? Was it because she was expected to be on-call? Was it because the co-workers got tired of swapping shifts, on-calls, etc?
The same quality of work is often praised more for a male then a female
Really? do you have any evidence to back this up? Or, is it that you considered your work to be the same quality as your male counterparts and your boss didn't?
Your post is just you grasping at straws to justify your preconceived bias.
Also? Cynthia Than's headline is the opposite of the conclusion in the research results [aauw.org]. A more serious treatment of the structural problems [chronicle.com] that lead to these gaps.
Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!


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Easter is less than a month away, and, if you're a planner (as I am), you're probably ready to book a table at a restaurant for that day. What I love about Easter is that many restaurants offer brunch or an early traditional dinner (think ham and lamb). There's something about eating dinner especially early (not early-bird special early, however) that feels extra decadent to me.
There are lots of Easter dining deals to be found on OpenTable. Some really fun ones that caught my eye include The Café at The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, which is offering a brunch that includes a live petting zoo and an egg decorating station for kids. In Boston, Harborside Grill and Patio at the Hyatt Harborside features terrific views of the city's skyline and activities for young diners, including a visit from the Easter Bunny himself. Chicago diners may have all the fun this year as Dick's Last Resort is creating a brunch with live Beatles music by the Cavern Beat and an appearance by the Easter Bunny (I'm not sure how he'll be in Boston and Chicago on the same day, but maybe he flies private?) as well as egg dying. China Grill in New York is getting festive and kid-friendly with an Easter egg hunt in the evening. In San Francisco, Bar Bambino is serving up a prix-fixe brunch comprised of classic Easter fare enjoyed in Italy. The nation's capital is not to be outdone, with Chima Brazilian Steakhouse providing complimentary ice cream and entertainment for kids from 1- 5PM. If we lived in D.C., my husband would probably attempt to pass as a child based on this opportunity alone. His Zach Galifianakis beard would surely betray him, though.
Look for the launch of our national Easter page soon, and search for Easter dining deals on your local start page under "Easter Brunch & Dinner."
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- Financial Stability (1) (remove)
- Lessons for monetary policy: what should the consensus be? (2011)
- This paper outlines important lessons for monetary policy. In particular, the role of inflation targeting, which was much acclaimed prior to the financial crisis and since then has not lost much of its endorsement, is critically reviewed. Ignoring the relation between monetary policy and asset prices, as is the case in this monetary policy approach, can lead to financial instability. In contrast, giving, inter alia, monetary factors a role in central banks' policy decisions, as is done in the ECB's encompassing approach, helps prevent these potentially harmful side effects and thus allows for fostering financial stability. Finally, this paper makes a case against increasing the central banks' inflation target. JEL Classification: E44, E52, E58 Keywords: Inflation Targeting, Asset Prices, Financial Stability, ECB


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Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are set to fight it out over the new young sensation in African football dubbed the 'Nigerian Cristiano Ronaldo'.
According to the Daily Star, both Anfield manager Brendan Rodgers and his counterpart at White Hart Lane, Andre Villas-Boas, have been tracking Moses Daddy-Ajala.
The report claims the 17-year-old winger has been watched closely as he makes progress in a famed youth academy in Jos, Nigeria.
Liverpool and Tottenham scouts have obviously been impressed with what they have seen from Daddy-Ajala and the report claims he is being compared to Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in his homeland.
He is yet to play for the Super Eagles and is currently still contracted to the GBS Academy but reports in Nigeria have suggested he is on his way to the UK.
One problem for both the Reds and Spurs is the lack of international football and his age, but the Star claim Daddy-Ajala is expected to qualify under the special talent rule.
He is tipped to follow in the footsteps of Victor Moses at Chelsea and become the next Nigerian winger to make it big in the Premier League.
Liverpool have already shown they are ready to give young players a chance with the blooding of 17-year-old Raheem Sterling earlier in the season before fatigue set in.
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Rupert Murdoch has arrived in Britain, and has taken to his iPad to launch a series of attacks on UK government policy. His tweets - sent on Saturday afternoon, have increased speculation that he will use his appearance before the Leveson inquiry into media ethics to attack British politicians.
The 81-year-old News Corporation chairman and chief executive will be asked about the phone-hacking scandal, his oversight of his UK newspapers, and his influence over British politicians.
His son James, 39, who is appearing before the landmark public inquiry on Tuesday, is set to be questioned further about when he learned of evidence suggesting hacking was rife at the News of the World.
Court 73 at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London will be packed for Rupert Murdoch's evidence sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
Already he has issued a series of tweets critical of UK government policy - in a sign that he may exact his revenge on David Cameron for ordering the Leveson inquiry in the first place.
His first tweet on arriving in Britain saw an attack on George Osborne, who has decided to loan the Internantional Monetary Fund (IMF) £10bn to shore up the global financial system.
His second tweet saw him attacking the UK government' policy of creating new wind farms:
Murdoch's appearance before Leveson will be the billionaire's highest profile public outing since he gave evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee last July.
Mr Murdoch told MPs it was the "most humble day" of his life and apologised for the phone-hacking scandal, but the session was disrupted when a protester pelted him with a foam pie.
The setting is more formal this time: the media tycoon will swear an oath promising to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" before undergoing scrutiny at the hands of the experienced counsel to the inquiry, Robert Jay QC.
The Murdochs are appearing separately, meaning that James Murdoch will not be able to interrupt to help his father answer questions as he did in front of the MPs.
The Leveson Inquiry has a wide-ranging remit to examine the culture, practices and ethics of the press, and make recommendations for the future regulation of British newspapers.
It has already taken evidence on unethical and possibly illegal behaviour by journalists, and on relations between police and newspapers.
Inquiry chairman Lord Justice Leveson is now turning to contacts between politicians and the national press.
The Murdochs will be asked about the phone-hacking scandal, which led to the closure of the 168-year-old News of the World last July after revelations that the paper listened to the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
James Murdoch is expected to face more questions about what he knew as executive chairman of News Corp's UK newspapers division News International, a post he held until February.
Two News of the World executives claim they warned him in June 2008 that the practice of phone-hacking extended beyond royal editor Clive Goodman, who was jailed in January 2007.
News Corp still owns The Sun, The Times and the Sunday Times, and has a 39% stake in satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
The inquiry has heard that a young Times reporter hacked into a policeman's emails in 2009 to unmask him as the author of an anonymous blog.
Rupert Murdoch will be asked whether he exerted undue influence over British public life through his papers and his regular meetings with top politicians.
He told MPs he met David Cameron "within days" of the 2010 general election and was invited to Downing Street by Gordon Brown "many times". Tony Blair is godfather to one of his children.
A small number of seats in the Leveson Inquiry hearing room will be made available to the public on a first-come, first served basis during the Murdochs' appearances.
But security will be tight to prevent any repeat of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee protest.
Lord Justice Leveson will hear evidence tomorrow from John Ryley, the head of Sky News, who is likely to be asked about the broadcaster's decision that it was in the public interest for a journalist to hack into the emails of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin.
Also appearing tomorrow are Aidan Barclay, chairman of Telegraph Media Group, which publishes the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, and Evgeny Lebedev, chairman of the companies which own the Independent and London's Evening Standard.
The inquiry has already heard from Richard Desmond, owner of the Express and Daily Star titles, and is expected to take evidence from Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday owner Lord Rothermere in the coming weeks.


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1) Confirmation tone focus in manual or auto mode. When a signal is try to open the aperture and maximum use sunlight outdoors or infrared light external flash. 2) Clean the contact lens with the body, flip through the manual-auto switch on the lens a few times, rotate the dial aperture in manual mode a few times, may have dust on any contacts. 3) Turn off the camera, remove the battery, hold the body without the adapter, and then insert the battery, turn the camera (reboot). 4) Try a different lens.(Google english)
It's an interesting problem. I'd recommend simply sending it to Canon for repair.During a location shoot about a week and a half ago, my 50/1.8 started malfunctioning... again, it was a focus issue. It was 'missing' focus on every shot. Luckily my client (and subject) is a photography teacher and knew that gear sometimes failed. I changed to my 24-70mm/2.8 and got the shots I needed, in perfect focus, so everything was fine in that regard.I won't be repairing the 50mm. I bought it during a trip to the US in 2004 (from B&H), and it has served me well. Now, if only Sigma would release a new 50mm Art Series lens, I'd be a happy chappy.


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Hugh Pickens writes writes: "The LA Times reports that decades after transporting President Franklin Roosevelt across the Atlantic and fending off kamikazes in the Pacific during World War II, the 45,000 ton battleship USS Iowa completed it final voyage as it arrived at its permanent berth at the Port of Los Angeles as a living museum. "This is my first time aboard since 1946," said Bob Dedic, who served on the 887-foot-long (270-metre) battleship from 1944 to 1946 and sported a cap he had bought at the ship's store more than six decades ago. He recalled wild storms, including one typhoon in which he feared the ship would capsize. Launched from the New York Naval Yard in 1942 with a crew of 151 officers and 2,637 enlisted men, the Iowa's first wartime duty was in the Atlantic, neutralizing a German battleship. Later in the war, the Iowa pounded beachheads in the Pacific with its 16-inch guns ahead of Allied landings and took part in the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945. Iowa was decommissioned in 1958 and stayed anchored off the Philadelphia Navy Yard for most of the next 26 years. To beef up a dwindling Navy, President Ronald Reagan ordered the Iowa restored, rigged with Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles, and, at a cost of $350 million, sent back to sea in 1984. In all its years at sea, the Iowa suffered only two minor hits by enemy fire. Its greatest tragedy was in peacetime, when a gun turret explosion in the Caribbean killed 47 sailors. The Navy laid the blame for the 1989 accident on a sailor who was allegedly distraught over a failed relationship with another man. A U.S. Navy investigation detected "foreign material" and the presence of a "chemical ignition device," naming one crew member as the "principal suspect" in purposefully causing the blast. Later Sandia National Laboratories report submitted to Congress found no conclusive evidence of such a material or ignition device, speculating that a "high-speed overram" of the turret may have been to blame. "This is a great military event," says Air Force Col. Richard E. Nolan, who is stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base. "I'm telling my sons this is part of US history and hoping they will someday bring their children to see it.""


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Worked pretty well for the 10 or so years it took to *find* his files!
Yep. I kept passwords on stickies under my monitor. "That's not secure". Reply: "If somebody in the building is looking under my monitor, finding the PW and figuring out what UID and service it belongs to, we've got bigger problems".
It's not like OBL's biggest worries were the contents of his USB sticks should hostile individuals be present in his home.
That depends on whether his chief concern was his own life or that of his associates. If he really gave two shits about his fellow terrorists, he would have encrypted the data to protect them in the event of his discovery. OBL: selfish, stupid, or both. No surprises there.
He couldn't run GPG on his paper abacus.
"[...] Hit him with this $5 wrench until he tells us the password."
"Uh...we already shot him."
"Well, that's not going to be helpful..."
He correctly understood that they wouldn't be used against him as evidence in a court of law.
He correctly understood that they wouldn't be used against him as evidence in a court of law.
Uh, perhaps the idea would be to use a strong encryption so that if someone did find them, they wouldn't give away all the people you are collaborating with? Sure, it would be broken 20 years down the road but
The less information you give your enemy the better. Even minute things
The impression I've gotten so far is that he didn't reveal anything all that useful against his organization. It does appear, however, that he missed the opportunity to encrypt 15GB of
Lesson 1, Page 1, in covert operations:
Anonymity deflects more bullets than body armor.
Encryption prevents viewing the data only for the amount of time it takes to torture the passphrase out of you. Since you need the key to view your encrypted data, it's almost assured that the key will be near the data in some form, minimally protected. Encryption therefore provides little (if any) security in that scenario. In fact, it could cause more harm than good; It may lull you into a sense of false security.
Lesson 1, page 2.
That bit I wrote on page 1 has proven false. Some how, the NSA clicked a mouse, the lights dimmed, and a computer spit out my passphrase.
I go now. Bye.
Consider that he used people to move data a lot. PGP and the like would make a lot of sense for his underlings to be able to know it came from him and insure the intermediaries could not decode it.
If he's worried that these intermediates would access and/or abuse the information they are entrusted to transfer, those intermediates do not have the level of trust needed to be an intermediate to someone like Osama bin Laden to begin with.
He may well have operated on the assumption that if ever his enemies laid hands on his computer files, odds are that lack of encryption would be very, very low on his list of Things I Need To Worry About Right Now; thus, it would make little sense to spend his limited resources on this line of defense.
Why would he need to encrypt files he was storing with him? He was living covertly, so did not have to worry about surveillance. And these documents were essentially for internal (read: his own and his few insiders) use. Any distribution of those documents from his location was handled by courier, and AQ uses encryption and steganography when distributing their documents as recent news has shown, logically the same measures were probably undertaken whenever these documents left the compound. As high a profile target as he is, he really didn't have to worry about anyone snooping on him, it would be much more profitable to capture or kill him if his location were known than it would be to sit on him and investigate traffic. And odds are the NSA and other intelligence agencies would brute force and eventually crack any encryption regardless. At best, all the encryption would do is buy time for AQ to bug out/scrap plans/accelerate operations. In all likelihood they probably had a contingency plan for bin Laden's eventual capture/death(whether natural or by bullet/missile) which involved changes in methods, distribution networks, or locations, causing any intelligence gained to lead to mostly ghosts and cold trails.
Think of this another way: do you encrypt your USB drives if you are just transferring your files from one computer to another in your house? Even if the files are sensitive, it's a waste of time, because the drive isn't intended to be removed from your house.
...it's a waste of time, because the drive isn't intended to be removed from your house.
Then real life creeps in, and unenteded consiquences spoil your day, some one pops a tire on your getaway ride, some trusted flunky slips a USB stick in his pocket...
And odds are the NSA and other intelligence agencies would brute force and eventually crack any encryption regardless. At best, all the encryption would do is buy time for AQ to bug out/scrap plans/accelerate operations.
There are two kinds of encryption, one will keep your kid sister out of your files unless she does a little research on the internet and spends a few hours running a breaker program.
The other kind of encryption, "hard encryption" will keep present technology, on average, busy until well after the heat death of the universe before getting lucky enough to brute force guess the key. If this encryption is used well and the keys safeguarded effectively, it is unbreakable until a breakthrough in methods or techn
... If this encryption is used well and the keys safeguarded effectively, it is unbreakable until a breakthrough in methods or technology comes about - quantum computing holds the promise to break some forms of strong encryption, if it ever matures.
If you capture the computer on which the files are composed (using commercial software), and the encryption is performed, and it is running a regular consumer OS, are the keys/pass phrases really secure against an opponent with unlimited resources?
Of course Osama bin Laden doesn't care -- he's dead. But I can only imagine all the intel regarding locations, plans and correspondence has helped the US in their efforts against the surviving leaders of al-Qaeda.
So yes, not encrypting the files and having those files now in the hands of their enemy does make a difference.
Of course Osama bin Laden doesn't care -- he's dead.
What I think this shows is that OBL didn't care what happened to his cause after his inevitable (from old age, if nothing else) death.
Probably nature of his job/post/tenure assumed crypto keys were being held in escrow.
Most of them aren't entirely sure why they hate us but they do.
Translation: I'm not entirely sure why they hate us, but they do.
Luckily for you Grayhand (2610049), there are ways to educate yourself and remedy your ignorance.
al-Qaeda and its affiliates have been telling us for decades why they hate us and how we can get them to leave us alone.
You can start by seeing why they say they hate 'us' and then read why the experts think they hate us.
Your task will be much easier if you ignore talking heads on TV and instead read some journals on foreign policy.
We aren't talking rocket scientists here. . . . . The "terrorist" are middle east versions of neo-nazi rednecks.
I'm afraid you've got things quite wrong in some important ways.
The Educated Muslim Terrorist [frontpagemag.com]
Nidal Hasan, Abdulmutallab and Humam al-Balawi are jihadists who were educated and came from privileged middle- and upper-class backgrounds. Hasan was an American-trained U. S. Army doctor, Abdulmutallab was a London engineering student and the son of a wealthy Nigerian banker, and double-agent Dr. Humam al-Balawi was a member of the Jordanian professional class.
Many Westerners are confused by the willingness of university-educated middle-class Muslims to perpetrate barbarous acts of terrorism. It appears to be a reversal of the usual process: typically college students raised in religious households become more secularized by exposure to the humanities and sciences, and the rationalist values of the European Enlightenment. Yet when embryonic jihadists attend Western universities they graduate with their faith intact: 9/11 terrorists Mohammed Atta and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were both beneficiaries of Western university educations. These men, who sought to advance themselves with Western training and technical skills, ultimately turned against, and attempted to destroy, the very society that provided them with the means to that advancement. Instead of employing their newly acquired learning and knowledge to improve the lot of their fellow countrymen and co-religionists, they turned this very learning and knowledge against their Western benefactors.
This phenomenon begs the question: How do jihadists reconcile such hypocrisy and ingratitude in their own minds?
As the 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie proved, the list of Jihad's grievances against the West is subtle and inventive. The exquisite sensitivities of the faithful guarantee the manufacture of injury and insult without end, providing inspiration for Islam's perennial street theater; for no sooner does the Arab street grow tired of one threadbare grievance, e.g. Israel, than it discovers another in an irreverent Danish cartoon. . . .
In Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century, Marc Sageman notes that eruptions of terrorist violence have little to do with economic social conditions; terrorist movements evolve slowly, spike quickly, and disappear with unexpected suddenness, and "cannot be explained through slow-moving societal forces and cultural templates." Sageman disputes the popular notion that terrorists are mentally ill, poor, uneducated sociopaths: most of the 9/11 terrorist were, like Mohammed Atta, well-educated, many of them university graduates, i.e. psychologically stable individuals from middle-class families. Most telling of all, four fifths of these jihadists were expatriates, or the offspring of expatriates, who had immigrated to the West. In a word, they were members of the intelligentsia, confirming Arnold Toynbee's observation that this class is fertile ground for revolutionary violence. . . . More [frontpagemag.com]
What Makes a Terrorist [american.com]
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, policymakers, scholars, and ordinary citizens asked a key question: What would make people willing to give up their lives to wreak mass destruction in a foreign land? In short, what makes a terrorist?
A popular explanation was that economic deprivation and a lack of education caused people to adopt extreme views and turn to terrorism. For example, in July 2005, after the bombings of the London transit system, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, "Ultimately what we now know, if we did not before
How could anyone tell that there are no encrypted files?
The usual first mistake is a sticky note with the password on it.
Common mistake number two is a big icon on the quicklaunch bar labeled "SuperSecretCryptoAccess."
You think I kid?
...In 2005... law enforcement agents raided the home of one of the alleged spies. There, they found a set of password-protected disks and a piece of paper, marked with "alt," "control," "e," and a string of 27 characters. When they used that as a password, the G-Men found a program that allowed th
These items were located in his "safe" hiding place. Defended by the most loyal of the loyal followers he had. One thing was nearly certain: If anyone ever got into this place, he would get in there after a lengthy and bloody fight. His chances to survive that fight, if it was lost, were close to zero, and even if he survived, his chances to get out as a free man were zero. And it's not only likely that the 'trial' he would be put into in such a case ends in a death sentence.
So why bother encrypting? If any
Wasn't this folder one of the standard library folders in Windows, anyways? Music, Pictures, Documents, Evil Plans. That's what my Start menu shows.
The released documents are interesting reading - although very long-winded and obtuse. What fascinates me is the overall callousness and unemotional references to non-Muslim human lives. Bin Laden cautions against killing the French hostages, not because killing is wrong, but because the political ramifications might have a negative effect at this time. The only time there seemed to be any concern for human life was on the issue of suicide bombings that killed random Muslims in Afghanistan & Pakistan. For most of the letters, he could very well have been a CEO talking about a downsizing at a branch office.
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In contrast to his public statements that focused on the injustice of those he believed to be the "enemies" of Muslims, namely corrupt "apostate" Muslim rulers and their Western "overseers," the focus of Bin Ladin's private letters is Muslims' suffering at the hands of his jihadi "brothers". He is at pain advising them to abort domestic attacks that cause Muslim civilian casualties and focus on the United States, "our desired goal."
Out of 6000+ documents, they picked this to release. You don't need a huge imagination to see why.
Although I do give them credit in making this public and trying to focus attacks back on to US forces. It makes leaving Iraq/Afghanistan a lot easier if you don't have to worry about them killing each other after you leave.
No-one encrypts their files, or their e-mails, so why would he do it? I bet he also didn't keep backups, again just like the rest of us.
This just proves that Osama bin Laden was just a normal guy. Except maybe for his passion to kill, that is.
Any idea what OS he used?
Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.


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The game arguing, Derek being that jerk you can't stand, Chief helping Meredith, DR. Bailey being her usual dominant and fun self, and the best of the best, Mark Sloan; still dominating the show, at least that's what I think.
I however think the show has stopped opening upppossibilities for other characters. What's happening in the less-known doctors lives? I think it's time they brought in some fresh blood.
What do we now really? Maybe one of the new interns will be a brilliant character that we will follow.
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Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic suffered an injury scare at the Hopman Cup when the world number one hurt his leg as fans pushed towards him while he signed autographs.
Djokovic had wrapped up a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Italian Andreas Seppi at Perth Arena when the incident happened.
The Serbian left his racquets and bag on the court and limped straight up the players tunnel to receive a medical assessment in the locker room.
He was unable to complete a television interview he had agreed to after his victory over Seppi.
Djokovic only arrived in Perth from Abu Dhabi late on Sunday and says he was troubled by jet lag.
"I felt this morning that I was dream-walking," he said. "I broke the ice after the first set and started to feel better."
Serbia held an unassailable 2-0 following Djokovic's win and he later returned to the court to partner Ana Ivanovic in the dead mixed doubles rubber, where they lost 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to Seppi and Francesca Schiavone.
Earlier, Ivanovic had begun the day by beating Schiavone 6-0, 6-4.
Djokovic is taking part in the mixed teams event to be guaranteed at least three matches in his build-up to the Australian Open, which begins on January 14.
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IN HER maiden speech to Parliament, Julia Gillard, MP, railed against the ''inequality'' in our education system and stressed the need to create a ''high class state school system''.
She said the large number of high achievers at a ''very exclusive ladies college in the eastern suburbs'' was not matched in working class electorates such as her own. ''The students from my electorate are not any less intelligent than those from Higgins or Kooyong but their educational opportunities are not the same,'' she said.
It's a far cry from this week when Ms Gillard maintained she had never looked at a big, independent school in an established suburb and thought ''that's not fair''.
Nor had she looked at a new independent school in a coastal town and thought: ''Why aren't those kids at the public school?'' Instead she thought the schools were ''great'' examples and she was glad the government was supporting them.
Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne said she was no more believable on school funding than she was on the carbon tax. ''This hypocrisy exposes Julia Gillard's longstanding ideological animosity towards non-government schools,'' he said.
Independent Schools Victoria chief executive Michelle Green was also bemused by the change of tune. ''She said she never played the politics of envy, but in 1998 she said something totally opposite.''
A spokesman for Ms Gillard said Mr Pyne was desperately trying to distract from Tony Abbott's threat to cut public school funding and the Coalition should concentrate on coming up with a schools policy.
Meanwhile, parents at Laverton College in Ms Gillard's electorate see a school struggling to afford the basics.
Kristie Seymour, who has two children at Laverton College, said public schools were unfairly stigmatised but believed they offered a good education. ''All the private schools around here are going bust anyway,'' she said, referring to the collapsed Mowbray College.
Laverton College deserved more funding so that it could offer more tailored education for the students, she said. ''I think they could do with more one-on-one time with the kids but that's because of a lack of resources and not having the money for extra teachers.''
College principal Neil Sproal said the school was ''certainly under-funded'' and taught many children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
He said the school relied on unpaid help because basic maintenance of school grounds was too expensive. ''Every day we've got volunteers in here tidying up and working around the place,'' he said.