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Prince Charles and Vladimir Putin: Can royals wade into politics?
Reported private comment by heir to throne sets off media firestorm in Britain
Over time a perception has developed that high-level royals wouldn't and shouldn't wade into political affairs of the day, in part because of how Queen Elizabeth has diligently kept her views to herself.
So when word leaked out that Prince Charles had in a private conversation reportedly likened Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, the British media were all over it, with one headline even suggesting the whole affair risks "triggering international scandal."
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But there is precedent for royals sharing what they think politically, and Charles is far from the first member of his family to cast Russia in a less-than-positive light.
"The Queen's predecessors were more open about their views, and at times Charles seems to follow in that tradition rather than the Queen's approach," says Carolyn Harris, a Toronto-based royal historian and blogger.
The latest controversy emerged in Britain after it was reported the heir to throne had told a volunteer at the Canadian Immigration Museum in Halifax on Monday that, "Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler," relating to Russian annexation of Crimea in Ukraine.
"It has had significant ramifications, because it was uttered by a man who will one day be head of state," BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt noted on the broadcaster's website today.
Hunt suggests that Charles, "a passionate prince," probably won't be too bothered by the fact he's drawn attention to what Putin is doing.
Others in the halls of the palace and the U.K. government might be more concerned. The Daily Telegraph reported that a senior Russia ambassador is to meet with a Foreign Office official Thursday seeking clarification about whether Charles's remark represented an "official position."
"The comments are regarded as particularly offensive by Moscow as 20 million Russians were killed during the war, including members of Mr. Putin's family," the Telegraph said.
Debate has continued for years over just how much Charles, who has controversially waded into everything from organic farming to architecture, can and should say in public and in private.
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"There have been concerns expressed in the past about how forthright he is with his views and how that will ultimately play into his role as a constitutional monarch," Harris says.
Elizabeth has been on the throne for 62 years, and her way of doing business has become the accepted approach for how monarchs deal with governments, Harris adds. But there have been moments when she let her views be known, too.
Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney has said the Queen was in favour of sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s and the freedom of Nelson Mandela, while Britain's leader at the time, Margaret Thatcher, was not in favour of sanctions, Harris says.
"There are examples of the Queen having made some political views known in the context of her role as the head of the Commonwealth, but generally she's taken her role as an impartial constitutional monarch very seriously," Harris says.
Predecessors, however, weren't as limited in sharing their thoughts on political matters.
"Queen Victoria in her correspondence was quite open about her political views," says Harris. "There were certain prime ministers she liked and certain prime ministers she disliked."
Some view this as he's learning how the government works and that that makes sense for a future king, and others have viewed this as evidence that he might try to engage in political interference as king.- Carolyn Harris, royal historian
Charles has been known to write letters to government ministers, and there's been much discussion and debate about that, too.
"Some view this as he's learning how the government works and that that makes sense for a future king, and others have viewed this as evidence that he might try to engage in political interference as king," Harris says.
Some correspondence between Charles and government ministers has been the focus of ongoing legal action, with the Guardian newspaper seeking access to 27 letters that were written about 10 years ago.
Of course, Charles's reported comment about Putin, which is similar to a comment former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton reportedly made earlier this year, was out of range of any media microphone.
Clarence House has gone to pains to point that out, noting it doesn't comment on private conversations. Several others, including British Prime Minister David Cameron and a spokesman for the office of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have similarly declined to comment on Charles's reported words.
"That said, we have been clear that the Putin regime's illegal occupation of Ukraine and its persistent military aggression are a return to Soviet-style tactics and cannot be tolerated. We will continue to work with our allies to apply pressure on Russia until they de-escalate."
'Seen and not heard'
British politicians were divided on Charles's reported remark.
"I have never been of this view that if you are a member of the Royal Family somehow you have to enter into some Trappist vow of silence," Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told a BBC morning television show.
But Labour MP Mike Gapes said Charles should end his "freelance foreign policy," the BBC reported.
On Twitter, Gapes said: In constitutional monarchy policy and diplomacy should be conducted by parliament and government. Monarchy should be seen and not heard."
No matter what Charles might say in public or private, the fact that he has a negative view of Russia isn't anything new for his family.
"There's a long royal tradition of distrust of Russia," says Harris, noting it dates back to Queen Victoria's time, coming out of the Crimean War.
King George V, who reigned from 1910 to 1936, was close to his lookalike cousin, Czar Nicholas II, but refused to meet a number of Soviet ambassadors following the revolution there.
"He claimed to be unwell and [did] not receive the Soviet ambassador because he blamed the Bolshevik regime for the murder of his cousin, Czar Nicholas II and his family in 1918," says Harris. Nicholas's wife Alexandra was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Charles's father, Prince Philip, has also had negative words for Russia. In 1967, when asked if he was interested in visiting there, he said: "I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family."
In the wake of Charles's reported remark about Putin, there has been widespread speculation about the impact it could have internationally. The Daily Telegraph at one point Wednesday topped its website with the headline "Prince Charles 'Hitler' row: 'risks triggering international scandal,' " quoting a report in a Russian newspaper.
Harris doubts it will play out that way.
"I would say there's already an enormous amount of controversy over what's happening in the Crimea and the Ukraine," she says. "It would be extreme to say Charles is triggering an international scandal. It's more that he's made his views known on an ongoing international incident."


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The annual growth rate in pharmaceutical exports may almost halve to 7.98% by 2020 from 14.77% CAGR during 2010-2014, according to a joint report on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) by TechSci Research and industry chamber Assocham.
The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) increased scrutiny of the quality of products from India's drug manufacturing plants is causing a decline in growth rate of pharmaceutical exports to the US, the study noted. Wockhardt and IPCA are among a host of drug makers that have come under the US agency's glare on charges of lapses in manufacturing procedures at their Indian facilities.
During November-December 2015 alone, FDA issued warning letters for deficiencies in manufacturing standards to top Indian firms Dr Reddy's, Sun Pharma and Zydus Cadila.
The Assocham-TechSci Research study also pointed to delays in approvals in other key markets. "Lower growth during 2015-2020 is anticipated on account of the regulatory scenario in top export markets of the US, Russia and Africa, where regulatory approvals are being delayed," it said.
A steep decline in currency in markets such as Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Venezuela is also expected to "add woes" to drug manufacturing companies supplying to those regions because weaker currencies will impact their ability to generate high revenues, stated the report.
Another reason for slowing pharmaceuticals exports, according to industry experts, is rising competition from emerging and developed markets.
"Other low cost countries such as China, driven by years of government support, are now moving up the value chain, thereby threatening India's position in the segment. Players in the developed market are [also] becoming more competitive," said D G Shah, secretary general of Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), which represents the interests of leading Indian generic drug makers.
According to the Assocham-TechSci Research report, consolidation of pharmacy players in North America is also expected to add to this decline in exports over the next five years.
Among other factors affecting the growth are dilution of the industry's core competitiveness and the decline in new patent expiry opportunities in the oral solids space, said IPA's Shah. IPA has also expressed concerns over long-term impact of delays related to manufacturing issues on supplies of generic medicines.
The World Health Organization, at a recently held workshop in Geneva, identified global stock outs of several essential medicines, according to Shah. "The closure of many manufacturing facilities and long delays in resumption of supplies from these facilities is one of the factors for these stock outs. The IPA, working with the US FDA, is trying to compress this time to resume supplies of quality medicines," he said.
Pharmaceutical exports to the US already suffered a decline in the year-on-year growth rate to 9% in 2014 from 38% in 2011, according to data from the commerce ministry quoted in the study. India is the largest supplier of medicine to the US and pharmaceutical exports from India to the US rose to $3.76 billion in 2014 from $3.44 billion in 2013, the study revealed.

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- Being customer interface for anomaly tickets and providing Expert analysis support until the technical issues to be escalated into higher level Back-support team.
- Performing on-site consultancy of a customer network, providing expert technical advice on solution.
The role requires the applicant to be customer facing as a trusted advisor and therefore the applicant should be very confident in the IP routing and Network Management area, able to present information in a professional manner.
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By aggregating biodiversity information and making it more available online, the ALA is assisting scientists, planners, managers and others to create a more detailed picture of Australia's biodiversity. The ALA is used for research, environmental monitoring, conservation planning and management, education, and citizen science activities.
To lead the digital transformation of Australia's biodiversity knowledge, promoting excellence and enabling collaboration in biodiversity research.
The ALA pulls together two basic types of information about Australia's living things: species and environments. We create tools for our users to share and analyse this data in different ways.
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The ALA supports a wide range of users across a number of fields. We support research, environmental monitoring, conservation planning, education, and citizen science just to name a few.
We create tools to help users capture, share and interrogate biodiversity information in increasingly efficient ways.
By enabling science, industry and decision makers to work more efficiently, we impact many diverse areas of Australian biodiversity research and sustainability practice.
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The ALA is made possible thanks to contributions from our many partners. The ALA receives support from the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) and is hosted by CSIRO. It is a node of the Global Biodiversity Infrastructure Facility (GBIF).


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Communications giant BT has been fined a total of £51,000 after a subcontractor 'failed to meet the required standard' on two sites.
The company appeared at Boston Magistrates' Court on August 15, where it faced a total of 15 charges related to London Road, in Kirton, and the A153 Sleaford Road and High Street in Tattershall.
The offences included failing to give seven days notice of works taking place, 'inadequate' traffic control measures and failing to include pedestrian walkways.
They took place in Kirton between January 25 and January 28, and in Tattershall between February 1 and march 3.
A Lincolnshire County Council highways spokesman said: "The council has a responsibility to ensure anyone carrying out work on the roads does so safely.
"In this instance, a sub-contractor working for BT did not meet the required standard. At all the sites mentioned, the traffic control measures were found to be inadequate. In addition, there was no pedestrian walkway installed at the Tattershall site.
"These shortcomings posed a risk to both motorists and pedestrians, and so we were compelled to take action. Hopefully, the result of this prosecution will underline the importance of prioritising safety when working on the roads."
As well as the £51,000 fine, magistrates also ordered BT to pay a £120 victim surcharge and £2,166.83 costs.
An Openreach spokesman said: "We have carried out more than 4,000 jobs in Lincolnshire during the last 12 months and we always seek to follow the correct procedures.
"The vast majority of our work is completed without a hitch. But clearly at these two locations, the work of sub-contractors fell short of the high standards we set and we apologise for that."


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WordPress has worked it's way into the web developer's toolkit in the last few years as a platform for quickly building feature-rich websites. It's simple, intuitive CMS is well-loved by less technical users and it's plugin-centric philosophy makes it almost infinitely extensible for developers.
This ability to simply add on bits of functionality is what makes WordPress so valuable… and potentially risky. While WordPress itself is generally sound, the plugins available are a mixed bag. Even the premium plugins can be full of bugs which have a habit of slipping under the radar. This kind of makes sense, as developers with a range of experience build plugins. Also a plugin built at the time of WP version 2.7 is bound to have compatibility issues with the relatively stricter version 3.8.
Tracking errors is made tricky by the fact that WordPress has no built-in method for identifying them. Any developer in their right mind will have WP_DEBUG switched firmly to false on any live site, and few will take the time to rummage through error logs, at least not on a regular basis.
Here are a couple of big reasons why bugs can cause problems for WordPress developers and webmasters:
Bugs can scare people off your site
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text: Share: Comments Print February 29, 2012 at 4:11 PM Pac-12 Power Rankings: Week 9 Posted by Jayda Evans Due to a lot of news, including some key deaths, we were unable to run a full story about Washington senior Regina Rogers being named Pac-12 Player of the Week. We did have a note in Tuesday's newspaper and I'll begin this week's power rankings with what I wrote earlier: Washington C Regina Rogers fought through double teams and a debilitating virus to help her team continue its 17-year win streak against Washington State on Sunday. The 6-foot-3 senior finished with 21 points and nine rebounds in the 60-56 win despite being too ill to practice last week. For her effort, she was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Monday. It's the first nod of Rogers' career and first for a Husky this season, 30th overall. With the win, the Huskies' winning streak over the Cougars was extended to 34 games, tied for the seventh-longest in the country. UW's 15 wins so far this season are the most since winning 18 in 2007. Rogers was overwhelmed at the end of the game, presented with a game-ball by first-year UW coach Kevin McGuff to mark her 1,000th career point. She achieved that feat last week in a win at Arizona. "No matter what happens, I think we've had a great season so far," said Rogers, who averages a team-leading 16.2 points on 60.4 percent shooting from the field. "I hope we just continue that." No. 2 Stanford (first) and California (second) have locked up the top positions for next-week's Pac-12 tournament in Los Angeles. The remaining of the seedings could be a jumbled mess depending on outcomes to close the regular-season this week — Washington possibly playing a part in who gets the coveted fourth and final bye. The Huskies host the LA schools, playing Southern California first on Thursday. The Trojans, Oregon State, and UCLA are one-game apart from third and fourth place — spots that get a bye in the first round of the tourney. Washington is currently seeded seventh and even if it swept its final two games, moving up to sixth is the only possibility since it was swept this season by Oregon State and Arizona State. And even securing sixth place for UW would be hard without the help of Washington State defeating UCLA and Arizona beating Arizona State. Those scenarios appear to be unlikely given the Cougars are on a seven-game losing streak and the Wildcats have lost 11 of their past 12. If Washington did sweep the LA schools and WSU did help, giving UW and UCLA matching 9-9 conference records, the Huskies would have to defeat the Bruins by more than six points to win the tiebreaker. UCLA beat UW 79-73 in overtime earlier this month. It's been a crazy season for women's basketball. Anything is possible. Here's the complete schedule for this week. And here's the final power ranking for the regular season: Ranking (Last Week) Team (Record): Comment 1. (1) Stanford (26-1, 17-0): Hosts Seattle U on Wednesday in first-ever meeting at 7pm. 2. (2) California (22-7, 13-4): Hosts No. 2 Stanford on ROOT Sports at 6pm Sunday. 3. (4) USC (16-11, 10-6): On glittery 4-game win streak, but 1-5 this season v top-25. 4. (5) OSU (18-9, 9-7): Second-year coach Scott Rueck will get Coach of the Year nods. 5. (3) ASU (18-10, 9-8): After USC loss, needs run in conference tourney for NCAA bid. 6. (8) UCLA (14-13, 9-7): Get 10 Pac-12 wins w ASU, OSU and conference 1st since '06. 7. (9) Washington (15-11, 7-9): C Regina Rogers fine after suffering from flu Sunday. 8. (6) Oregon (14-14, 6-10): On three-game losing streak, ends play on road where 2-8. 9. (7) Utah (13-14, 6-10): Senior PG Janita Badon leads league in assists (5.7). 10. (10) Colorado (16-11, 5-11): Better conference road record (3-6) than home (2-5). 11. (11) WSU (10-18, 4-12): Has lost nine games this season by nine points or fewer. 12. (12) Arizona (14-15, 3-14): Only hope is playing spoiler to ASU's tourney hopes. The Players of the Week: Pac-12: Washington C Regina Rogers. WCC: Gonzaga senior F Katelan Redmon. Big Sky: Sacramento State sophomore G Alle Moreno. WAC: San Jose State senior F Brittany Johnson. My Golden Apple(s): There were a lot of standout performances last week in addition to Rogers. A nod goes to No. 22 Gonzaga for winning its eighth consecutive WCC title and for having four players rep the school in all-conference honors. Former Seattle Prep grad Kari Luttinen, a Portland G, was named to the All-WCC freshman team while junior G Lindsey Moore (Kentwood HS) helped No. 24 Nebraska upset then-No. 8 Ohio State 71-57. Moore was named All-Big Ten second team this week, averaging 15.4 points, 5.2 assists and 2.2 steals this season. Play it back: It's the final day of Black History Month. 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Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) da Vinci Center has been accepted as an official partner of the European Innovation Academy (EIA), an international organization that advances worldwide innovation through the formation of international interdisciplinary student teams alongside corporate partners and venture capitalists.
The elite group that VCU joins includes corporate partners such as Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, as well as University of California, Berkeley — the only other U.S. university to embed the EIA program into its curriculum for credit. Other institutions, such as Stanford University, will have faculty speakers and mentors at the event.
"The opportunity to join other elite institutions in the EIA is a testament to VCU's outstanding students, faculty and institutional commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation," said Garret Westlake, executive director of the da Vinci Center.
In summer 2017, at least 15 da Vinci Center students will travel to Turin, Italy, where they will join more than 600 students from 82 nationalities in developing new ventures and pitching to venture capital firms for funding. During the EIA's 15-day summer program, participants develop and bring to market a new venture startup. They are taught the skills to make their venture a success and follow all the milestones from idea to launch.
"In addition to the experience of rapid prototyping and launching a venture, VCU students participating in this program will gain access to an international network of peers, innovation leaders and investors who will enrich the lives of students well into the future," Westlake said.
As part of the da Vinci Center's commitment to experiential learning, the EIA initiative will become a cornerstone of the Master of Product Innovation Program. The da Vinci Center is currently accepting applications for the spring 2017 MPI Program, and students accepted to this cohort will be the first from VCU to attend the EIA program in the summer of 2017.
"I am extremely proud of VCU's partnership with the EIA," said VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D. "This further solidifies our reputation as a university that is dedicated to creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Alongside fellow partners, Berkeley and Stanford, we look forward to representing the U.S. next year in Turin."
A collaboration of VCU's schools of the Arts, Business, Engineering, and the College of Humanities and Sciences, the da Vinci Center is a unique collegiate model that advances innovation and entrepreneurship through cross-disciplinary collaboration.
The European Innovation Academy is a nonprofit educational institution recognized for excellence in tech entrepreneurship education. Future entrepreneurs and business leaders are immersed in a multicultural ecosystem of more than 4,000 alumni and faculty from 75 different countries.


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I have multiple photos of inside and back, the back inside reads BULOVA 14k solid gold NEW YORK. The band is a 2 layer band, reads LA PETITE stainless back. OK folks, after being unable to identify, and before I post my next 3 watches, I wanted to be certain it was not human error on my part, due largely to the fact after being a member only 1 week, I have seen only a few watches still unidentified, this possibilty seemed likely, and yes. I am very distressed to report the 5AE is in fact 5AB. I do not know haw I misread the B for an E, a bit of dust or not a strong enough lens, I dug out my large magnifier, and well, here it is. I apaologize for the time you all have spent looking for my model, when perhaps someone that read theirs properly the first tie could have benefitted instead. I only ask you forgive this blunder, particularly as I have more to list. The rest of the information stands, circle, 17 jewels, solid gold case, LA PETTITE stainless backed band, the gold portion having a rather long pat.# on the ends. Many apologies. NY
If the back is marked 'stainless' or 'stainless back', it is just that, but I suspect you are looking at a fully gold case. Otherwise, you will usually find the markings '14K gold bezel, stainless steel back', and the like. The expansion bracelet may or may not be gold, but usually only the top. The back is almost always stainless. My guess here is that you have a gold filled bracelet, but again, this should be marked somewhere, and would be somthing like: '14K GF', or simply 'GF' or 'RGP'. If you are trying to gauge the value of the gold, it is difficult with the band, and is virtually zero if the band is GF.
The upper case or bezel would have to have the band removed, and the crystal, to be weighed accurately. These tiny cases don't have much gold in them, but with today's prices, it is still a major factor. Unfortunately, they get melted down with other gold scrap and disappear forever. I get customers all the time coming into the shop with a high end movt, wondering if it can fitted into someting now that the gold case is gone, and the answer is invariably no. The movt then resides in a drawer until it is badly scratched up and damaged, it really is too bad, but it happens every time gold goes high. In 1980, for example, Gold was over $800 an ounce, which is $2300.00 in today's money.


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Is India's budget foreign investor-friendly?
India's latest capital gains tax has seen investors deserting the country. But are they ignoring the opportunities that still exist? N Chandra Mohan reports.
India's 2018-19 union budget of February 1 has had an immediate impact on foreign portfolio investors with its announcement of a long-term capital gains tax. The Sensex has lost 1760 points in four trading sessions since the budget was announced as foreign portfolio investors stampeded for the exit, concerned about the rising costs of investing in India.
Besides an existing short-term capital gains tax of 15% and a securities transaction tax (STT), the country now has a long-term capital gains tax of 10%. This tax will be introduced from April 1 and will use January 31, 2018 as the benchmark for investments.
The big question is: will the finance ministry roll back this tax or dump the STT to mollify investors if the stock market keeps tanking? It looks unlikely for now, as the ministry has blamed adverse global cues for the stock market downturn.
It says the rationale for the long-term capital gains tax is that the existing tax regime is "inherently biased against manufacturing and encouraged diversion of investments to financial assets". The government expects to raise Rs200bn ($3.1bn) to fund its various welfare schemes, including universal healthcare.
New taxes aside, foreign investors may well be interested in the vastly increased outlay on railways and roads. Finance minister Arun Jaitley said India required funding of Rs50,000bn to connect and integrate the country with a network of roads, airports, ports, railways and inland waterways. The government is also seeking to expand airport infrastructure fivefold to handle 1 billion trips a year.
The bulk of infrastructure spending is on the railways and there is a policy focus to accelerate electrification of tracks. As railway infrastructure is open for 100% FDI, there are big opportunities for global firms.
Foreign investors are also eyeing opportunities in India's booming food processing sector. The budget has doubled the allocation for this sector and has proposed 42 state-of-the-art food-processing zones, which looks likely to attract FDI. With India's sizeable middle class and faster pace of urbanisation, there are huge opportunities in providing processed food to this market.
Along the value chain, there are significant opportunities for contract farming, raw material sourcing and creating farm-to-fork linkages, especially for companies such as Amazon, which is investing big in food retail. It is also an opportunity for global supermarket chains to outsource from the country.
N Chandra Mohan is an economic and business commentator based in New Delhi.
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A look at educational inequality in Texas
The confidence I felt as a high schooler vanished within my first few days of college. I found myself lagging behind most of my peers in topics ranging from Greek mythology to Newton's laws of motion. I would lock myself in my dorm studying from dusk to dawn while my classmates glided through the same material. I spent those days wondering whether my acceptance to college was a mistake. What I realized was that the resources available to many of my peers had never been offered to me as a low-income student in Texas.
Over the past decade, Texas has experienced a stark decline in per-student state funding for public education. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, funding from 2008 to 2015 dropped 16 percent. This shift made me, along with millions of students across the state, a victim of educational inequality. Given the state government's increasing dependency on local governments for funding public education, it would come as no surprise if this trend continued in the coming years.
Many Texans are already concerned that a heavy reliance on local governments will perilously leave a number of students behind. We ask ourselves why certain students suffer in schools with leaking roofs while others thrive within the walls of million-dollar-buildings. The answer is simple: property taxes.
School districts in Texas receive the majority of their funding through property taxes. Unsurprisingly, regions that suffer from poverty tend to have lower home values; whereas the opposite holds true for high-income regions. This approach, addressed in part by formulas for equalizing differences of wealth and out-of-date adjustments for diverse educational needs, leaves schools in the poorest regions of the state lagging behind their neighboring districts. Such educational inequality seems paradoxical to a nation built on the principles of egalitarianism.
There are a number of Texans who insist that the solution to Texas' current educational crisis is to expand the number of private schools. To claim that private schools have demonstrated success over the years seems fair enough. In taking this route, however, the state would still leave a considerable number of students without a formal education and public school employees without a job.
The public school system remains a crucial component of the state with 5,359,127 students enrolled in Texas public schools during the 2016-17 academic year. Private schools don't have that kind of capacity; they're not taking the place of public schools anytime soon.
How, then, do we devise a school system built on equality? The Texas Supreme Court's landmark decision in Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby dealt with this question in 1991. Eight school districts and twenty-one parents challenged the state's methods of funding public schools. They argued that the system discriminated against students in poor school districts, thus violating the Legislature's constitutional obligation to provide an efficient and free public school system.
The Texas Supreme Court asserted that the then-existing system of public school funding, one that mirrors the system we see today, was unconstitutional. This led legislators to adopt a multi-option plan to help equalize school funding by recapturing funds from wealthier districts and sending them to poorer districts.
Unfortunately, the formulas have not been updated for years. This left students of low-income and students who do not speak English — two of the fastest growing student-groups in Texas — with unsuitable educational resources.
Some of the most acclaimed public school systems in the world operate under updated, broad-based funding formulas that guarantee educational equality. Texas has not followed suit. Consequently, the state's educational system continues to be ranked within the bottom ten in the nation.
While I was accepted to Columbia University, many of my childhood friends did not make it past high school. It's because of this that I consider myself extremely fortunate despite never having had the same opportunities as my peers.
The time has come for the state to reexamine what ways it can ensure all communities receive equal resources. In this way, we can truly ensure no child is left behind.


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In his 1946 �Sinews of Peace� speech at Westminster College, Winston Churchill brought the Cold War to the public�s attention when he said: �From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.�
George Orwell may have had Churchill�s words in mind when he penned his novel �1984� after World War II. Without wrenching one�s elementary intuitive notions or possessing an advanced degree in comparative literature, one could surmise the name of Orwell�s protagonist, Winston Smith, is a nod to the former British prime minister and a gesture, if not a warning, to �everyman.�
When the novel was published in 1949, the Soviets had successfully tested their first atomic bomb and Joe Stalin was imposing his style of totalitarianism behind the iron curtain at will; personal freedom was a fleeting memory for millions in the Soviet Block, and history was being rewritten by Soviet �scholars.� Things looked an awful lot like Stalin had access to Orwell�s manuscript or vice-versa. Things couldn�t be much worse for those under Soviet domination or for the characters in Orwell�s novel.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre uses Nick Lane�s adaptation of this �Orwellian� masterpiece to stir things up in an election year. Transferring the story from page to stage, Lane had his hands full, and I think he took too few liberties with the novel to make it work on stage. The script could some judicious cutting, a positive application of the �less is more� approach.
Having said that, the flawed script is rescued by stellar performances not only by the leads, Jim O�Brien as Smith and Georgia Cohen as his ill-fated lover Julia, but also by Richard Noble, Jed Hancock-Brainerd, and Casey Seymour Kim, all of whom played multiple roles to perfection.
Jessica Hill�s stark, emotionless set is dominated by a screen housing the ever-watchful eye of Big Brother; Marilyn Salvatore�s drab costumes, mostly black, white, and shades of gray stylistically support Orwell�s distaste for collectivism and lack of individuality. Director Tony Estrella further accentuates the negative using David Roy�s sound and video design and Matthew Terry�s lighting to emphasize the most frightening aspects of existence in a world of conformity.
Unlike the official motto of New Hampshire, �Live Free or Die�, in Oceania�Orwell�s fictitious London after an atomic war�the going slogan is �Conform or Die!� And there�s the rub for Winston Smith and Julia. Smith is a revisionist �historian,� responsible for rewriting history to coincide with Big Brother�s version of things. On the surface he conforms; at heart, however, he�s a rebel with a clause, an intellectual who keeps an illegal diary of his traitorous musings and longs for female companionship.
Julia, who Winston considers to be a threat until she confesses her love for him, is a revolutionary too but only �from the waist down� according to Winston. Even so, the passion O�Brien and Cohen bring to their roles is palatable. In a story so filled with hate and deception, their expression of love offers the only glimmer of hope in a hopeless world. Their secret liaisons are poignant and laced with sexual fervor and the human need to be touched physically and connected emotionally.
Casey Seymour Kim brings much needed humor to the story in a variety of roles running from a PE instructor to a prostitute. Richard Nobel�s chilling portrayal of O�Brien is reminiscent of a KGB or Gestapo agent as he betrays the lovers and applies an overdose of electric shocks to torture the wayward Winston and re-program his free-thinking mind.
In the end, nothing ends well for members of the Outer Party (middle class) or Proles (proletariat) in �1984�; but how could it when truth is invariably the first casualty of information suppression and manipulation?
The horror of Orwell�s vision hasn�t yet been realized in the modern world; but the threat is still very real. The forces that seek to rob us of individual liberty, whether they come from a government, a religious institution, or a multi-national corporation have never been more powerful or better technologically equipped to manipulate our thinking. The Gamm is to be applauded for bringing us this potent reminder now.
Whereas Orwell didn�t offer much hope to the citizens of Oceania, we have Churchill to fall back on for inspiration: �Never give up, never give up, never give up,� he told students at London�s Harrow School in 1941. For a haunting reminder of how bad things could be, don�t miss the Gamm�s powerful production of this Orwell classic.
Dave Christner is a South County playwright. His comedy �A Day in the Wife of Avery Mann� is currently being translated into Spanish for a professional production in Buenos Aires.


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Today we ran the South Fork of the Smith river, it's an inaccessible wilderness run. The run is 13 miles long with 4 or 5 class IV rapids. The approach was over and hour and a half drive through mountains. These carnivorous Pitcher plants are native to the area and were prevalent in the lower section of the river.
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Tories were today seeking to draw a line under recent rows over the direction of the party with a call for unity from chairman Theresa May.
In her opening address to the party's Spring Forum in Harrogate, Ms May was calling on Tories to present themselves as 21st-century Conservatives and a credible alternative to Labour.
She dismissed suggestions there was a conflict between the agenda introduced by leader Iain Duncan Smith at the same event last year to help the vulnerable and the traditional Tory priorities of low taxes, family values and toughness on crime.
The conference is the party's second most important annual event and is intended to give a major boost to campaigning for the May 1 local elections, but will be overshadowed this year by the threat of war in Iraq.
Mr Duncan Smith was today giving an address on the international situation, restating his support for military action to disarm Saddam with or without a second resolution at the UN
He will turn to the domestic agenda in tomorrow's keynote speech, setting out key issues in the Tories' local election campaign in May, with attacks on Labour's record on public service delivery and tax, including the above-inflation council tax rises currently arriving on voters' doormats.
The polls are seen as make-or-break for Mr Duncan Smith, with suggestions he could face a leadership challenge if the party fails to do well. Party strategists have set a modest target of 30 net gains, which analysts expect will easily be outstripped.
Today Ms May was stressing Tories must address the modern world if they are to regain voters' confidence.
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The discovery could help provide clues to the cause of some kinds of neonatal growth defects and may also help advance the development of stem cell models of disease.
Each of our cells carries two copies, or alleles, of every gene in our genome, one from each parent. In certain genes, one allele is imprinted -- marked with small chemical tags called methyl groups -- to keep it silent and prevent biological conflicts from arising between the two copies.
Before they mature into sperm or egg cells, primordial germ cells' imprinting patterns are erased and then re-established in an allele-specific manner. This process ensures that in the developing embryo only one member of each pair of alleles is expressed.
Zhang and Yamaguchi showed in a mouse model lacking the Tet1 gene that loss of the Tet1 protein prevented primordial germ cells from erasing their imprints, leading to embryonic lethality and reductions in the size of live-born offspring.
The results suggest that Tet1 mutations may contribute to certain human birth defects and also provide insight into the mechanisms underlying the erasure process.
"We've long known what proteins are responsible for establishing imprinting patterns. How erasure occurs has been less clear. We realize that Tet1 does not act alone in the erasure of genomic imprints, but is one important factor," he added. "We need to do additional work to understand what other proteins are involved." said Zhang.
Zhang added that proper imprinting also has a role in cellular reprogramming, such as the generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
"Proper imprinting pattern is critical for the maintenance of normal development and differentiation, but abnormal imprinting pattern is frequently observed in iPS cells after reprogramming, understanding how imprints are erased could lead to more effective methods of high-quality iPS cell generation." he explained.
The research was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
- Yamaguchi S, Shen L, Liu Y, Sendler D, & Zhang Y (2013). Role of Tet1 in erasure of genomic imprinting. Nature PMID: 24291790


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I completely lost myself in my marriage. Not on purpose. Sometimes you just become so involved in trying to be everything for everyone else that you lose yourself. I didn't even know what I liked or who I was anymore. I was wife and mom. When I divorced my ex, I even lost the wife part.
I was mom.
I realized I was more introverted than I thought because I went everywhere with my kids and they were my safety net. If there was no one to talk to or I couldn't think of anything to say, I played with my kids. If I met someone new, it was a parent of their friends.
I didn't know how to be just me when there was no one else here. So began a process of trying new things whenever the opportunity arose. There have been a few great ones so far and I may post them here but there are so many to come.
With this type of confusion, often comes loneliness. Especially when you are having such discord (never in front of the kids) with your ex.
I was going through a patch about a month ago, airing some of my frustrations but not all, when my fellow Brighton High School alum, amazing artist and friend, Sean Carolin (facebook page), posted a picture of an amazing strong female warrior he was working on. Half-heartedly and full of wishful thinking, I asked him "Will you make me a superhero? Lol". His reply, "I could!"
So began the process of him asking me questions I hadn't really thought about. Outfit (leather!), super powers (protecting myself and everyone I care about), favorite characters (I'm a marvel girl but I'm also girly), background (just make me a badass)…and so on. I was completely kept in the loop and asked frequently what I thought. The final reveal (over the most delicious Korean food and awesome conversation) was tonight and I couldn't be more excited.
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Any person nominating to any stakes event listed in this directory agrees to abide by the following terms and conditions stated herein:
1. All races will be run under the Rules of the American Quarter Horse Association, Horse Racing Alberta and this directory.
The definition of a "Stakes Race" as stated in the AQHA Official Handbook. "A stakes race is a race in which any
2. All owners and trainers participating in any way in any stakes event listed in this directory must be an accredited member in good standing in the Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association (AQHRA).
Membership fees must accompany the initial payment for all stakes events. Membership year is January 1 to December 31. A supplementary payment for a late nomination to a stakes race constitutes the initial payment to participate and the AQHRA membership fee will be required at that time. No entries into trials or finals of any stakes race will be accepted on behalf of any owner/trainer who is not an accredited member in good standing of the AQHRA.
|3. All horses must be registered in either the permanent Stud Book or the tentative Stud Book of the AQHA; or, where applicable, horses must be registered with The Jockey Club, New York or Canadian Livestock Registry.
|4a. Alberta Bred Definition: Any Quarter Horse that was foaled in Alberta is "Alberta Bred".
|b. Alberta Bred Accreditation: In order to participate in races for Alberta breds, and/or be eligible for Alberta bred incentives or bonuses, horses must be Alberta Bred accredited by the AQHRA.
|5. Nominations are purchased and owned by a person or persons at the time of payment and are not transferable. A nomination allows a horse to be named on the date specified. A horse so named, must be owned or leased under the rules of the AQHA at the time of the naming. Subsequent to the naming date, a horse may be sold or ownership may be otherwise transferred. A nomination in a sweepstakes is automatically transferred with the horse when a horse changes ownership by sale or claim, and nominations do not become void on the death of the nominator.
|6. There is no sex allowance in any stakes race listed in this directory, either for trials or for finals.
|7. All nominations and sustaining fees must be postmarked on or before the due date or be delivered to the AQHRA office dropbox before 4pm on or before the due date. Meter stamped mail will only be accepted if received on or before the due date.
|8. In the event of a dispute over the timing of a stakes payment, the onus of proof of payment rests with the owner of the horse in question.
|9. Any returned cheques will void nominations and no refunds of earlier payments will be made.
|10. Nominations or subscriptions to these stakes may be refused or cancelled for just cause without liability at any time to the AQHRA or other race sponsor. There will be no refund of any prior fees paid for a particular horse to participate in a specific event.
11. The Alberta Quarter Horse Racing (1984) Association or its successors, or other Race Sponsors reserves the right to cancel or change any race dates listed in this directory, or to transfer any such race to another racetrack. If an event is cancelled, all monies will be divided equally among the owners of horses, which remained eligible at the time of cancellation, with the permission of the Horse Racing Alberta.
12. The Alberta Quarter Horse Racing (1984) Association accepts no responsibility or liability for any issues related to anything that happens to a horse at any racetrack.
13. (a)Stakes Races with less than 6 head entered may be cancelled by the AQHRA at its discretion. No Financial liability is to remain with the AQHRA after the return of entry fees paid to those remaining eligible.
(b) If any horse is scratched from a final being run without qualifying trials, there will be no refund of nominating, sustaining or late fees, and the horse will not be eligible for the purse monies in that race.
(a) Except in cases where the starting gate physically restricts the number of horses starting, each race in this directory consist of
(i) On community tracks be limited to eight (8) horses
(ii) On 'A' tracks the number be limited to ten (10) horses
with the discretion of the Host Race Tracks Rules and Regulations.
|(b) The time trials shall be raced under the same conditions as the final. If all the time trials are conducted on the same day, the horses with the 10 fastest times shall qualify to participate in the final. If the time trials are conducted on two days, the horses with the five fastest times on the first day and the horses with the five fastest times on the second day shall qualify to participate in the final. When time trials are conducted on two days, the racing secretary shall split owners with more than one entry into separate days.
|(c) If a starting gate has less than 10 stalls, then the maximum number of qualifiers will correspond to the maximum number of starting gate post positions.
|(d) If only 11 or 12 horses are entered to run in time trials from a gate with 12 or more stalls, the host track or the AQHRA may choose to run a final only. If 11 or 12 horses participate in the final, only the first 10 finishers will receive purse money.
|(e) In the time trials, horses shall qualify on the basis of time and order of finish. The times of the horses in the time trial will be determined to the limit of the timer. The only exception is when two or more horses have the same time in the same trial heat. Then the order of finish shall also determine the preference in qualifying for the finals.
|Should two or more horses in different time trials have the same qualifying time to the limit of the timer for the final qualifying position(s), then a draw by public lot shall be conducted as directed by the stewards. Qualifying times in separate trials shall not be determined beyond the limit of the timer by comparing and/or enlarging photo-finish images.
|(f) Except in the case of disqualification, under no circumstances shall a horse qualify ahead of a horse that finished ahead of that horse in the official order of finish in a time trial.
|(g) When there is a malfunction of the timer during one or more of the time trials, but the timer operates correctly in other time trials, the accurate electronic times shall not be discarded, nor shall the average of hand times be used for all time trials
(h) Should a horse be disqualified for interference during the running of a time trial, it shall receive the time of the horse it is immediately placed behind plus one hundredth of a second, or the maximum accuracy of the electronic timing device.
(i) No adjustments will be made in the times recorded in the time trials to account for head-wind, tailwind, off-track, etc.
(j) If a horse is disqualified for interference with another horse causing loss of rider or the horse not to finish the race, the disqualified horse shall be given no time.
|(k) Should a malfunction occur with the electronic timer on any time trial, finalists from that time trial will then be determined by official hand times operated by three impartial officials. The average of the three hand times will be utilized for the winning time, unless one of the hand times is clearly incorrect. In such cases, the average of the two accurate hand times will be utilized for the winning time, other horses shall be given times according to the order and margins of finish with the aid of the photo finish, if available.
|(l) If the accuracy of the electronic timer and/or the average of the hand times are questioned, the recording of a time trial may be used by the stewards to estimate the winning time by any acceptable means possible including counting the number of video frames in the race from the moment the starting gate stall doors are fully open parallel to the racing track. When the timer malfunctions and there are no hand times, the stewards may select qualifiers based on the recording.
|(m) Should there be a malfunction of the starting gate, and one or more stall doors not open or open after the exact moment when the starter dispatches the field, the stewards may declare the horses with malfunctioning stall doors non-starters, or may allow any horse whose stall door opened late, but still ran a time fast enough to qualify to be declared a starter for qualifying purposes. If a horse breaks through the stall door, or the stall door opens prior to the exact moment the starter purposely dispatches the field, the horse must be declared a non-starter, and entry fees should be refunded. If one or more, but not all stall doors, open at the exact moment the starter purposely dispatches the field, these horses should be considered starters for qualifying purposes, and placed according to their electronic time. If the electronic timer malfunctions in this instance, the average of the hand times, or if not available, the video may be utilized for horses that are declared starters.
|(n) If a horse should be scratched from the time trials, the horse's owner shall not be eligible for a refund of the fees paid and shall not be allowed to enter the final. If a horse that qualified for the final should be unable to enter due to racing soundness, or scratched for any reason other than a positive drug test or a rule violation, the horse shall be deemed to have earned, and the owner will receive, last place money. If more than one horse is scratched, then those purse monies shall be added together and divided equally among those owners.
|(o) If a qualifier for a final or consolation is disqualified for ineligibility or a rule violation after the time trials are declared official, but prior to entry for the final or consolation, the non-qualifier with the next fastest time shall replace the disqualified horse. If a qualifier is disqualified after entry for a final or consolation for ineligibility or a rule violation in the time trials the purse shall be redistributed, and the nonqualifier with the next fastest time shall receive last place purse money.
|15. There will be no "also eligibles" for stakes race finals. Qualifiers must pass the entry box or be on the vet list, or deceased to be eligible for last place money. (A Qualifying finalist that is physically disabled and on the vets list or dead may receive purse payouts.) The second fastest full gate of horses that had entered the trials will be eligible for the consolation. Qualifiers for the finals will not be eligible for the consolation. Note that all non-finalists may enter any consolation for eligibility consideration. All finalists will be selected on the basis of timed trials, with fastest times preferred. In the event of equal times, lots will be drawn for stakes and consolation qualifiers.
|16. HRA requires that all starters be tattooed and gate approved for entry or must have an official line from another racetrack in order to start in a race in Alberta covered by this directory.
|17. All overnight stakes races set out in this directory will only be run under the following conditions:
If fewer than six (6) horses are named to compete at the close of entries, the racing secretary has the option to cancel the event. In such instances, all fees paid to that point would be refunded to the owners of the horses remaining eligible. The racing secretary, in consultation with the racetrack operator and the AQHRA may decide to allow the race to proceed, in which case there will be no refund of any previous fees paid. Owners who choose not to compete in such a race, will not be eligible for a refund of any fees.
|18. All monies in eight-horse stakes events sponsored by the AQHRA, will be paid out as follows:
|a) If fewer than 33 horses enter the trials,
1st place 45% 5th place 6%
2nd place 20% 6th place 4%
3rd place 12% 7th place 3%
4th place 8% 8th place 2%
|b) If 33 or more horses enter the trials, there shall be a championship final and a consolation with 90% of the added monies going to the championship final and 10% of the added monies going to the consolation final.
|Final Consolation
1st place 40% 1st place 3.0%
2nd place 17.5% 2nd place 2.4%
3rd place 8.1% 3rd place 2.1%
4th place 5.6% 4th place 1.5%
5th place 5.0% 5th place 1.0%
6th place 4.8%
c) All money for overnight stakes races (including the aged and claiming series) will be split — 1st 53%, 2nd 26%, 3rd 12%, 4th 6%, 5th 3%
|19. All added monies in ten-horse stakes events sponsored by the AQHRA will be split as follows:
| a) If fewer than 33 horses enter trials,
1st place 45% 6th place 5%
2nd place 17% 7th place 4%
3rd place 10% 8th place 3%
4th place 7% 9th place 2%
5th place 6% 10th place 1%
|b) if 33 or more horses enter the trials, there shall be a championship final and a consolation final with 90% of the purse monies going to the championship purse and 10% of the purse monies going to the consolation purse.
|Final Consolation
1st place 38.0% 1st place 2.9%
2nd place 14.0% 2nd place 2.3%
3rd place 7.8% 3rd place 1.8%
4th place 5.9% 4th place 1.6%
5th place 4.6% 5th place 1.4%
6th place 4.3%
|20. Seven per cent (7%) of all horseman's fees paid for AQHRA stakes races will be deducted from the purse pool to be used for AQHRA expenses.
|21. The decisions of the stewards who are employed by Horse Racing Alberta will be final in all matters, but subject to objection/appeal process as per the rules governing horse racing in Alberta.
|22. The purse values and added monies in this directory are estimates only.
|23. Due care and attention have been taken in the preparation of this directory. However, the Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions.
|24. Clarification Only; Entries into Overnight Stakes Races; Where the number of starters is limited by the size of the starting gate those horses entering but who do not get an opportunity to race because of the size of the starting gate will have their time of entry fee refunded. This does not apply to any prior nomination fee that may have been charged.
|All questions related to any material in these general conditions should be directed to: Program Coordinator, AQHRA (403) 381-8167 | Fax (403) 381-8197
All questions related to any material in these general conditions should be directed to: Program Coordinator, AQHRA (403) 381-8167 | Fax (403) 381-8197
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The world of movies and TV have long been filled with fake videogames that only exist within the boundaries of their respective universes whether it's due to plot demands that couldn't be filled by existing games or simply trying to avoid copyright infringement. While sometimes there are games that look so incredible that the possibility of their existence would have nerds foaming at the mouth, there are also games too weird to possibly exist anywhere in the real world. Here are the 8 most bizarre fictional videogames in history.
With a title as ambiguous as Super Bario Bros., it either sounds like a shrink-wrapped bootleg video game you'd find being sold off a filthy tarp in a New York subway thoroughfare or the name of a bodega with some spelling issues. But given what goes on in the game itself is something that could only be found in those pirated video games, we're leaning towards the former.
Super Bario Bros. is essentially what happens when please forgive the following potentially-scarring mental image of Muppet/NES game cartridge intercourse the original Donkey Kong and Gonzo had a baby without Super Mario Bros. even being aware of the infidelity going on behind its own back. In the search for an adequate analogy, we nearly forgot to mention the King Koopa knockoff that throws what look like neon green boogers instead of fireballs and hammers. There's that too.
For the movie The Last Starfighter, the concept that one is conscripted into service in an intergalactic civil war (one that Earth isn't even involved in) based solely on their outstanding performance on a space shooter arcade game is somewhat plausible, but it just wouldn't work in the real world. Why? Well imagine the collective looks of dismay when the Rylon Star League discovers that their chosen with "the gift" is nothing more than an out-of-shape gamer with a severe case of carpal tunnel who just wants to go home. Nobody as cool as the film's main character, Alex Rogan, would be caught dead anywhere near an arcade (unless it's to wail on unsuspecting nerds).
Now if the principle of high scores irrevocably resulting in the individual being transported into a fantasy world held true for all arcade games, then former Donkey Kong champ Billy Mitchell should've been running up and down a construction site, having barrels tossed at him by a giant ape, a long time ago. I doubt there would be many objections.
Public park maintenance workers if they're anything like the character Skips from Regular Show are wellsprings of wisdom when you take the time to know the man or woman behind the wheelbarrow of mulch. They've mowed enough grass and thrown enough sawdust on puddles of wino vomit to comprehend the more metaphysical side of existence. So when they warn you to not, say, connect the red and blue wires of an awesome-sounding arcade game like Destroyer of Worlds, it's in your best interest to abide by those words unless you're absolutely fine with an 8-bit visage of Satan laying waste to everyone and everything you love. Then again, it does make for a pretty neat doomsday scenario.
If the ESRB had been around during the early '80s, a game like Headkicker would have garnered an "M" rating for sure and driven kids to dupe their out-of-touch parents into buying it for them long before games like Mortal Kombat were out. Initially, the idea of a game centered around vigorously kicking your opponent square in the cranium with little to no resistance sounds novel, but the thrill of doing so might wear off relatively quickly for most. Brak and Zorak, on the other hand, thought Headkicker was compelling enough to travel back in time and convince a pair of wizards to not invent homework so they could play in peace. Which isn't to say that eliminating homework isn't a noble undertaking when given the opportunity, but hopefully you're doing it for a game that's a little more fun than Headkicker.


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Kate Gosselin gets a tip from Jon: Reality TV is not a career
Pearls of wisdom from Jon Gosselin? Really? Yes, really -- at least when it comes to ex-wife Kate Gosselin and her job uncertainty now that "Kate Plus 8" has been canceled.
"To rely on reality television ... reality television is not a career," Jon Gosselin told RumorFix, even as Kate Gosselin's tale of "freaking out" was landing in mailboxes and on newsstands on the cover of People magazine. "Get back to normal life, simple life, provide for your family and go from there."
Plenty of pots and kettles here, of course: Jon wasn't shy about working the reality-star angle as he tried to earn a living after he and Kate split and "Jon & Kate Plus 8" morphed into just Kate and the kids. Ed Hardy sound familiar, anyone? How about Millions of Milkshakes?
Still, Kate told People that she realized that going back to 12-hour nursing shifts wouldn't let her "continue to provide well for eight kids essentially on my own." ("Essentially" = Jon is paying child support.)
While she said she was willing work her fingers to the bone so the kids could stay in their current house and school, weekend-dad Jon offered some perspective: "I don't have a farm with 24 acres, and the kids seem to have a good time at my house," he said.
"Obviously there are families out there that have several kids -- people work normal jobs and things work out," said Jon, currently employed as a computer support engineer.
Kate and the kids' "reality" reality comes to a close Monday, with their show's season finale.
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Setting up the branch office is progressing pretty well, but we are taking some shortcuts to be quicker about it. I decided to farm out the stuff that I could get other people to do as easily. That saves me the trouble of having to hire people, who I would then have to train to do the job. In time I have to get that done, but for the moment it is easier to just pay other specialists to do the jobs. I called up the Paychex California offices this morning and started talking to them about setting up the payroll for us. At the moment it is not that big of a deal. There is just me, my personal assistant and three other full time workers at the moment. I have hired a dozen or so temp workers, the plan is to see which ones are going to work out and keep them. The ones who can not manage things at a great efficiency will be let go with no fuss or pain.
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