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The Edelweiss Pirates: A Story of Freedom, Love and Life « The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation In the years before World War II, the members of the Nazi regime became intent on cultivating a sense of loyalty and entitlement in the German youth. It would be too late, they thought, to wait for adulthood; the Nazi mentality must be inscribed on children if it was to take hold and grow to support the cause. With such an intention, the Hitler Youth was born. Though available to girls and boys (girls could join the Bund Deutsche Madel), the Hitler Youth was primarily interested in procuring control of Germany’s young males.

Attention Rebellious Jezebels - A woman's born to weep and fret Mansplaining! Such a great word. I expect most of you are already familiar with the term, but because every time I think that someone proves me wrong, and because I think it's fantastic, I elaborate. Mansplaining isn't just the act of explaining while male, of course; many men manage to explain things every day without in the least insulting their listeners. Mansplaining is when a dude tells you, a woman, how to do something you already know how to do, or how you are wrong about something you are actually right about, or miscellaneous and inaccurate "facts" about something you know a hell of a lot more about than he does. Today’s challenges for girls’ education Educating a girl is one of the best investments her family, community, and country can make. We know that a good quality education can be life-changing for girls, boys, young women, and men, helping them develop to their full potential and putting them on a path for success in their life. We also know that educating a girl in particular can kick-start a virtuous circle of development.

Matthew Herbert's One Pig Reviewed: Experimental Album Made from a Pig Photograph by Digital Vision. When Matthew Herbert set out to make his new album, he did as few electronic-music auteurs do and made off for a farm. It was a remote place he had come to know in the southeast of England, in the county of Kent, and it was home to a subject deemed worthy of a project he had in mind. Or at least it would be. First the subject had to be born, then brought up and put down as custom would prescribe. It had to be coddled, nursed, fattened, marched along in time, moved between a series of changing and increasingly confining pens. If we're serious about gender equality, we need more women in leadership roles Women still believe there are greater benefits to being male, according to new research, despite significant improvements in gender equality. This finding may come as something of a surprise, because it many ways women are doing better than ever. Female labour force participation in Australia has been steadily increasing over the last sixty years.

THE COMPOSITES James Bond, Casino Royal & Moonraker, Ian Fleming “Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and ruthless” …As he tied his thin, double-ended, black satin tie, he paused for a moment and examined himself levelly in the mirror. His grey-blue eyes looked calmly back with a hint of ironical inquiry and the short lock of black hair which would never stay in place slowly subsided to form a thick comma above his right eyebrow. With the thin vertical scar down his right cheek the general effect was faintly piratical. Not much of Hoagy Carmichael there, thought Bond, as he filled a flat, light gunmetal box with fifty of the Morland cigarettes with the triple gold band. (Casino Royal)

Twitter: It's just a tidal wave of drivel By Janet Street PorterUPDATED: 08:39 GMT, 30 March 2011 A giant step forward for democracy and a victory for common sense? Or further proof that our society rejoices in the trivial? MPs have just decided to allow tweeting — instant internet messaging of up to 140 characters — during Parliamentary debates. Fans of new technology (around a third of MPs already use Twitter) are ecstatic because now they can 'communicate' directly with their followers from the beating heart of government. Personally, I'm highly sceptical.