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...also a cornucopia of classified ads that would never make it into your local paper. Here are a few listings that have appeared in the housing section on Craigslist's Chicago-area site: "Ladies Please Rent from Me," "Requirements: Clean Godly Christian Male" and "African Americans and Arabians tend to clash with me so that won't work...
...think the tech industry today epitomizes [Walt’s model]; because it’s very hard to have exclusive rights and exclude competitors completely, successful tech businesses tend to reinvent themselves every few years from the ground up. The entertainment industry often complains that they’re not going to be making money off their records after 90 years; try telling that to people who love their Commodore...
...Neil Young, not for biting their style or jacking their riffs, but for insulting the South’s reputation in his song “Southern Man.” Unfortunately for the tabloids, the artists remained friendly throughout, with no drive-by buckshot blasts. Indeed, rock feuds tend to be less violent than their hip-hop counterparts. Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crüe, two bands known for their cock-rockin’ swagger, couldn’t muster more than a slumber party shovefest when they quarreled.More recently, the political hardcore group Born Against?...
...Papa Bear” or “Mr. Man.”Even with all this training, I sometimes wonder why it’s impossible for me to stop. Being a constant nicknamers puts me up in the same league as George W. Bush (though I tend to go a little beyond the preschool mentality of “Turd Blossom” or “Pootie-poot”). Nicknaming is often looked down upon because it is always a power struggle. Even when done with affection, the nicknamer is saying that their choice for your...
...weapons systems mean the military needs engineers, electricians and computer technicians just to move. The diversity of adf missions - 1,600 troops are now serving abroad, from the Solomon Islands to Iraq - demands a whole new range of skills: troops must be ready not only to fight but to tend the sick, provide water and sanitation, and maintain law and order. But in an ageing workforce where the demand for skills outstrips supply, attracting and keeping people of the caliber the adf needs is hard - and getting harder. Over the next 20 years, says Babbage, the number of Australian...