Opposite sex drives you crazy — the causes - CNN.com
# Story Highlights
# There are explanations why men and women act differently
# Sexually released oxytocin encourages cuddling, testosterone neutralizes
# Men only talk about problems to find solutions, women discuss them to relieve stress
# Men like “chic flicks” more than they publicly admit
Awesome essay…..
Exam Essay, Theories of the Fetish
“A fetish is an object,” wrote psychiatrist Robert Stoller, “masquerading as a story.
UC piling extra cash on top of pay / 8,500 top staffers pulling down at least $20,000 each in bonuses, compensation
When the University of California hired David Kessler as dean of the UCSF School of Medicine two years ago, the university announced he would receive “total compensation” of $540,000 a year.
Turns out he actually got much more.
In addition to his salary, he received a one-time relocation allowance of $125,000, plus $30,000 for six months’ rent and a low-interest home loan.
There was more. He was reimbursed for his actual moving costs from Connecticut, and his family received round-trip airline tickets to go house-hunting in the Bay Area.
Kessler is hardly unique. Despite UC’s complaints that it has been squeezed by cuts in state funding and forced to raise student fees, many university faculty members and administrators get paid far more than is publicly reported.
In addition to salaries and overtime, payroll records obtained by The Chronicle show that employees received a total of $871 million in bonuses, administrative stipends, relocation packages and other forms of cash compensation last fiscal year. That was more than enough to cover the 79 percent hike in student fees that UC has imposed over the past few years.
The bulk of the last year’s extra compensation, roughly $599 million, went to more than 8,500 employees who each got at least $20,000 over their regular salaries. And that doesn’t include an impressive array of other perks for selected top administrators, ranging from free housing to concert tickets.
Western Warship Combat Club - Home
Never heard of robotic warship combat? We build 1/144 scale model warships (WWI and WWII vintages), use balsa wood for armor, arm them with CO2-powered cannons that fire BBs or ball bearings, and go to a lake and try to sink each other.
Linux.com :: Open source testing tools target varied tasks
Testing is an important function of the software development process, no matter how big or small the development project. But not every company or developer has access to professional testing tools, which can run into hundreds and even thousands of dollars. The good news is that they dont need them, thanks to the tons of freely available open source software testing tools.
In simple terms there are two major approaches to testing software — the manual way a summer intern with a checklist or through an automated program. With automated testing programs, you can spend a lot of money procuring these tools or distracting yourself from the task at hand by rolling out your customized automated testing software.
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