It is universally accepted that miniatures are expensive. It is just as universally accepted that potatoes are cheap. How cheap? They literally sell them by the pound. So one sprouting game designer mashed the two together. The result is called Kartoffelkrieg, or Potato War in the German. First announced as a goof on Imgur just 18 days ago, it’s already got a publisher lined up and a Kickstarter scheduled for March 7. To play, you’ll take your potato and draw from a bag of bits. Inside are all the parts needed to make a proper mechanized potato including armored plates, laser weapons and grasping arms that both slice…
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N Chandrasekaran completes a year as Tata Sons’ Chairman and keeps to his promise of stabilising the conglomerate by simplifying the structure. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Vallabh Bhanshali, Chairman of Enam Securities shared his views on the same. Bhanshali said that would rate Chandra’s performance as 9 on 10 this year, as Tata Group Chairman. He further said that Chandra provides an exemplary depiction of an uncluttered mind. I see Chandra as a software man with niche in finance, he added. He also mentioned that subject to external limitations, Chandra has shown blistering speed. Talking about business, he said…
General Electric Co. is heading toward the bottom of its profit forecast for the year as the manufacturer faces challenges in its finance operations, a top executive said Wednesday. Following a large charge against an insurance portfolio and plans to shrink the GE Capital division, the company’s earnings are “probably more at the lower end” of the range, Chief Financial Officer Jamie Miller said at the Barclays Industrial Select Conference in Miami. GE didn’t change its projection for adjusted earnings of $1 to $1.07 a share for this year. Read more: Gadfly on GE’s messaging issues The comment comes several…
School principals or designated school representatives may pre-order certificates at 1-877-897-4784. President’s Education Awards Program (PEAP) student recipients are selected annually by their school principal. Last year, PEAP provided individual recognition to nearly three million graduates at the elementary, middle and high school level at more than 30,000 public, private and military schools from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Students receive a certificate and schools receive a letter signed by the President and U.S. Secretary of Education. School Year 2017-18…
It was supposed to be a day like any other for Amanda Alexander. The District’s chief of elementary schools ran 3½ miles on the treadmill and arrived at work with plans to visit two schools and meet with some of her deputies. But then Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) summoned Alexander in the morning with a startling question: Would she be willing to run the entire D.C. Public Schools system? Chancellor Antwan Wilson was being forced to resign, and Bowser needed someone immediately to take charge for the rest of the school year. Alexander accepted and, by late Tuesday afternoon,…
Increasingly, Canadian universities seem to be more concerned about political correctness than educating students. A prominent illustration of this is University of Toronto psychologist Jordan Peterson’s public battle with university administrators, professors and some students over his refusal to use gender-neutral pronouns when referring to students with varying sexual orientations. A less well known but arguably much more serious example is the increasing tendency for Canadian faculties of education to use admissions criteria that are unrelated to the characteristics and skills needed by effective classroom teachers. At the University of Windsor, for example, special consideration is being given to candidates who reflect “the ethno-cultural and…
There’s no longer any question at all: Russians meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, and they relied on social media tools we can all use. Facebook and its photo-sharing site, Instagram, are mentioned dozens of times in the indictment handed down Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller. Twitter, YouTube, and PayPal are also mentioned at various points. SEE ALSO: The 9 craziest things from latest Mueller indictment against Russian trolls Mueller, for those catching up, was appointed by the Justice Department in May 2017 to investigate alleged foreign meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The Friday indictment is only the latest…
Internet sensation and Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who has shaken the social media by one wink, surely became an internet sensation but now it’s some other astonishing beauty who has been winning over millions of hearts in India by her striking appearance and charming smile. Himanshi Khurana, a famous Punjabi actress who has become the latest national crush of India. The stunning beauty and her mesmerizing pictures have taken the internet by storm in no time. You’ll not be able to take your eyes off her once you look at her gorgeous pictures. Himanshi is a successful Punjabi actress…
Clinical psychologist Carol Balhetchet has seen first-hand how the Internet wreaks havoc on young lives. One of her patients suffered from severe depression and another became suicidal after being criticised online. “The impact such emotional experiences can have on the youth can be long-lasting,” said Dr Balhetchet. Anorexia or even adult psychological issues can stem from incidences that occur in one’s youth, she added. Results of a study done by Singtel and global digital literacy group DQ Institute released this month showed that 54 per cent of children aged eight to 12 are exposed to cyber risks. These risks include…
Theresa May will temporarily set Brexit aside and try to repair her image with young voters with a speech on education, an issue where the opposition has the upper hand. To be clear, free tuition is not on the menu. Echoing the tone of her first public address as prime minister in 2016, May on Monday will call for a system with fairer funding that opens up “opportunity for everyone,” while warning against an “outdated attitude” that favors academic over technical qualifications. The reboot comes after a disastrous June election in which her Conservative Party lost its majority, with Labour leader Jeremy…