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To: LPS5 who wrote (1815)	2/28/2005 10:43:22 PM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2534

Gay men share women's talents for map reading By Roger Highfield, Science Editor (Filed: 25/02/2005) Homosexual men share the same relatively poor map reading skills as heterosexual women, according to a study. Earlier research found men better than women at finding their way around a "virtual reality" maze, relying on geometric cues while women rely more on landmarks. Yesterday Dr Qazi Rahman and colleagues from the University of East London reported in Behavioural Neuroscience that homosexual men used more landmarks during map reading than did heterosexual men, adopting a blend of male and female navigational strategies. They investigated map reading by 20 heterosexual men, 20 homosexual men, 20 heterosexual women and 20 lesbians. The group memorised routes and was then asked to provide directions on how to get from one place to another. news.telegraph.co.uk

To: LPS5 who wrote (1815)	3/1/2005 9:09:38 AM
From: mph	Respond to of 2534

hey 2.7.... Summers just put his comments wrong, I thought. Sure there are differences between men and women. And some of those differences do animate career choices, preferences, and levels of achievement in certain fields. I've always freely admitted that math did not interest me. I had to work harder at it than other subjects in order to excel. Of course, where money is concerned, I can do amazing math feats right in my lil noggin.:-) It's funny that men are skewed towards doing better in math and the sciences. I'm guessing that it's because multi-tasking is not involved. Just work on a problem until it's solved. Having had 6 or 7 male business partners over the years, I do have a pretty good idea about how men think.<g>

To: LPS5 who wrote (1815)	3/2/2005 12:05:46 PM
From: diana g	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2534

PC from Years Gone By The Summers foolishness reminded me of the following example of idiocy from a few years ago. ************************************ White DC Mayoral Staffer Loses Job for Saying "Niggardly" Details of the Niggardly Controversy Washington, DC's black Mayor, Anthony Williams, gladly accepted the resignation of his white staff member, David Howard, because Mr. Howard uttered the word 'niggardly' in a private staff meeting. Webster's Tenth Edition defines the word 'niggardly' to "grudgingly mean about spending or granting". The Barnhard Dictionary of Etymology traces the origins of 'niggardly' to the 1300's, and to the words 'nig' and 'ignon', meaning "miser" in Middle English. No where in any of these references is any mention of racial connotations associated with the word 'niggardly'. In other words, it's a perfectly good and useful word. But there is the unfortunate coincidence that it starts with the same four letters as the word "nigger". The news media are so loathe to use the "N" word, that they've been substituting the phrase "racial slur", as in "...they mistook the word 'niggardly' for a racial slur..." Washington, DC's population is 60% black, and it's citizens have been very critical of Mayor Williams for "not being black enough" -- especially because he hired several well-qualified whites to help him run this troubled city. adversity.net Check out the link for more on this & other amusing stuff.