I'm really disappointed that someone posted this completely baseless article (dated April 2, no less). It's been well-refuted. To quote the source, which is Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust in London:
"... There is one particular line relating to Holocaust education which has been the focus of the press and various alarmed emails. It features in the section addressing why teachers avoid teaching certain subjects and states: '. A history department in a northern city recently avoided selecting the Holocaust as a topic for GCSE coursework for fear of confronting anti-Semitic (sic) sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'."
Oh, and no one in Japan has mistaken a sheep for poodle, either, despite media reports to the contrary.
Were I to move, I'd head to Canada. My girlfriend's a Canadian citizen, and she has family and friend there, plus she's hankering to move back eventually.
Also, it's an absolutely beautiful country; the people seem nice, friendly, and well-educated; it's safe; and I prefer their form of government to that of the U.S.
The fact that it's a neighbor to the U.S. is another plus; I'd certainly miss my own family and friends, so being just north would make visits easier.
A year of free credit monitoring has become the de fact consolation prize from all these companies leaking their customers' and employees' data (i.e. Chevron, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Williams-Sonoma). It's ridiculous. Guess what, guys? My Social Security number isn't changing in a year. I wonder if the government is ever going to step in with legislation forcing companies to treat customer and employee data the way that HIPAA makes the medical industry protect patient data.
Not to pimp Blockbuster too much, because their movie selection isn't that super, but they do offer a monthly where you can rent an unlimited number of movies from the store for a flat monthly fee ($20 or so?). They should have started doing that a long time ago -- like as soon as NetFlix started to gain popularity.
I prefer that approach to NetFlix (or other online DVD rental sites). When I was a NetFlix subscriber, I found that I'd sometimes get DVDs in the mail that I wasn't in the mood to watch. There's something to be said for going to the store and picking out what you want to watch, when you want to watch it.
Then again, I also live in walking distance of Blockbuster.
I was checking out the pics again. The rat-huahua shots are still there, but the picture of the woman eating the brownie, which had been marked as taken by the thief, is now "private" and thus unviewable.
Not that it's that great a shot... Still curious.
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I'm really disappointed that someone posted this completely baseless article (dated April 2, no less). It's been well-refuted. To quote the source, which is Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust in London: "... There is one particular line relating to Holocaust education which has been the focus of the press and various alarmed emails. It features in the section addressing why teachers avoid teaching certain subjects and states: '. A history department in a northern city recently avoided selecting the Holocaust as a topic for GCSE coursework for fear of confronting anti-Semitic (sic) sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'." Oh, and no one in Japan has mistaken a sheep for poodle, either, despite media reports to the contrary.
Were I to move, I'd head to Canada. My girlfriend's a Canadian citizen, and she has family and friend there, plus she's hankering to move back eventually. Also, it's an absolutely beautiful country; the people seem nice, friendly, and well-educated; it's safe; and I prefer their form of government to that of the U.S. The fact that it's a neighbor to the U.S. is another plus; I'd certainly miss my own family and friends, so being just north would make visits easier.
A year of free credit monitoring has become the de fact consolation prize from all these companies leaking their customers' and employees' data (i.e. Chevron, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Williams-Sonoma). It's ridiculous. Guess what, guys? My Social Security number isn't changing in a year. I wonder if the government is ever going to step in with legislation forcing companies to treat customer and employee data the way that HIPAA makes the medical industry protect patient data.
I had a similar experience with them. Bastards.
Not to pimp Blockbuster too much, because their movie selection isn't that super, but they do offer a monthly where you can rent an unlimited number of movies from the store for a flat monthly fee ($20 or so?). They should have started doing that a long time ago -- like as soon as NetFlix started to gain popularity. I prefer that approach to NetFlix (or other online DVD rental sites). When I was a NetFlix subscriber, I found that I'd sometimes get DVDs in the mail that I wasn't in the mood to watch. There's something to be said for going to the store and picking out what you want to watch, when you want to watch it. Then again, I also live in walking distance of Blockbuster.
Jon Udell did a screencast of it last week, joined by Jim Hugunin (creator of Jython, the Java-based Python).
I was checking out the pics again. The rat-huahua shots are still there, but the picture of the woman eating the brownie, which had been marked as taken by the thief, is now "private" and thus unviewable. Not that it's that great a shot... Still curious.