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Peeny Leach is re-launching her LinuxChix site see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=104299

So if this sounds like you check out Linuxchix.

 Chess is a theme in my extended family (though I have no great skills in it), and through family connections, I chanced to be in Iceland on holiday when the Fischer-Spassky match was on in 1972. Thanks to my brother Paul, we attended one of matches where the excitement was palpable.  Watching the match was truly thrilling, surrounded by knowledgeable Icelanders.  

Today Fischer died in self-exile in Reykjavik , scene of his triumph, after some difficult years. Raymond Keen, grandmaster and Times chess correspondent said " He was the pride and sorrow of chess. It’s tragic that such a great man descended into madness and anti-Semitism." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3210620.ece 

Thanks to my colleague David Kreps for passing on this cat video - very funny!

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I just received this fascinating comment on my blog post at Emerge , scroll down to read all of Cristina da Costa's comment.

"Just a quick note about bearded women:

In Portugal we usually use the expression Thick Bearded Women to refer to women who are educated, hard-working, courageous and sharp in their decisions and actions. In other words, someone you don’t really want to mess up with, but that you kind of look up to; Sophisticated, independent women. "

What a wonderful concept - I shall aspire to be thick bearded.  I think Anne probably is, here is her story

The poster is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.

My perosnal favourite was Expectation Failed - but then that is the story of my life.

You have highlighted an interesting dilemma Marie - identity adds to plausibility of story but compromises privacy, etc.  This anonymous story was very interesting I thought http://www.damselsinsuccess.com/us/story.aspx?id=8 - so it's possible to contribute an anonymous story separate from our known identity.

The business model is not clear but obviously involves the members and employers who are recruiting - this is of interest to us in considering sustainability.

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