| Computer Game Lets Kids Replay, Rewrite Canadian History
Media firm Bitcasters aimed to change the future of Canadian history today with its launch of HistoriCanada, the world's first Canadian history computer game. An extension of the best-selling computer game Sid Meier's Civilization III?, called the "best strategy game ever created" by Time Magazine, HistoriCanada lets players replay, relive and even rewrite Canadian history. Now Bitcasters plans to give the game away to 100,000 12-18 year olds. "For too many Canadians, our past is a foreign country. By giving young players the visceral experience of replaying history, HistoriCanada could very well be the solution to the 'history deficit' facing Canada today," said Dr. Thomas Axworthy, HistoriCanada co-creator and Chair of the Queen's University Centre for the Study of Democracy.
5 ways how misuse of balance transfer credit cards can cost you dearly
0 Intro APR credit cards are used by many people to avoid high interest rates on outstanding balances. As soon as the 0 Intro period expires - they find another credit card with 0 intro offer or low interest offer on balance transfer and switch balances. In the short term it might look as a good strategy, but it has its own drawbacks. Here are few facts, which if overlooked can cost the credit card holder dearly. The credit card companies might stop approving such applications when they find that the applicant has a sustained history of balance transfer misuse. Lenders like people who pay them interest, that's the main source of their income. So, if the find that when it comes to repaying your debt with interest, you simply cut corners and transfer the balance to a new credit card. They won't be interested lending to you.
Zimbabwe: MDC - When Part Equals Whole
THE Sadc resolution on Zimbabwe issued at the end of March has drawn interesting, but instructive, reactions from the MDC and its Western allies. Listening to them talk, one would be forced to recall the phrase, same script different cast. Both have rejected, explicitly and/or implicitly, the entire Sadc resolution, save for the section dealing with South African President Thabo Mbeki's mandate to facilitate dialogue between the Government and the opposition. .
Chaotic Sandro Serves Pasta That'll Make You Weep: Alan Richman
How many places has he been? Tracking Sandro Fioriti -- chef, icon, deity, eccentric -- requires the instincts of a Kremlinologist. ``He fights with owners and he's gone,'' said one such person. ``He's Mary Poppins.'' In New York alone, his spokeswoman says, he's worked at 12 restaurants minimum. She adds, ``I'm guessing more.'' He's so revered that almost half the places where he's cooked have been named for him. The first Sandro's, the second Sandro's, Serafina Sandro and Sandro's in St. Martin. (So that's where he went when he disappeared from New York.) Now there's a new Sandro's, a 50-seat restaurant on the Upper East Side. He has publicly declared his intention of staying put. Do we believe him? There are promises and there is history.
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