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...Will I be able to clone my pet...
Cassius is a Miniature Schnauzer with oversized ears, who joined my household courtesy of the Naughty Pets store in Shanghai. The idea of keeping pets - naughty or otherwise - had long been taboo in the People's Republic of China. During the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao's Red Guards killed pet dogs by the tens of thousands, seeing them as symbols of the pampered bourgeoisie his Communist regime was out to eradicate. Even dogs being bred for their meat in southern China were exterminated, and gourmets dissuaded from tasting the rich flesh lest they become infected by class depravity...
Such behavior is tolerated because in California there is no reasoned opposition. Republicans caricature themselves as loony ideologues by grandstanding the addition of anti-abortion amendments to unrelated budget bills. Lacking the support of the courts and their peers, these Republicans are dismissed almost as quickly as their pet causes. People also have little ability to influence their government since the electoral districts in California are so gerrymandered that, of the 153 national and statewide positions up for grabs in the 2004 election, not a single one changed party hands...
...Germany? With unemployment in Europe's former economic powerhouse at a staggering 11.3%, auctioning off your labor online may be the best way to go. At www.jobdumping.de, a website that has been a hit since its launch in October 2004, job seekers post their qualifications-- in everything from pet grooming to accounting--and the minimum wage they will work for. Would-be employers then place their bids, with the highest offer taking the prize. Alternatively, employers post jobs that need doing, along with the maximum wage they are prepared to pay, and candidates then compete for the opening, until...
BUSINESS LUNCHES "Executives tell me that their pet peeve is colleagues talking with their mouths full of food...