same old Halifax school board

new school year, same old story. this week the Halifax school board fired a bus driver for breaking up a fight on the bus. typical disgraceful and disgusting behaviour by the HRSB. as usual trying to make history while instead just being on the wrong side of it.

I was hoping for change after the recent elections and the long overdue departure of Carole Olsen (good riddance). alas the bureaucracy is perpetual and it's the same old embarrassing story in Halifax. in my district the school board incumbent ran unopposed. you get the government you vote for

I don't even understand what she supposedly did wrong. there was a fight on the bus. she broke up the fight and sent one fighter to the front to separate the combatants. so what's even the problem. it's bizarre, Kafkaesque even by the standards of the modern education system

can someone explain to me the difference between Heather Vidito and Ken Fells. because if it's not about race then why was Vidito thrown under the bus?

anonymous sides with Hamas

So anonymous has joined Hamas in the attack on Israel. Way to keep it classy anon.

Oh dear, what is the Zionist entity going to do? so what's the next big PR win for the terrorists, the OWS endorsement?

Deep Sky by Patrick Lee

I recently read Deep Sky. This finishes up the Breach trilogy. It was ok. The author finishes very strong, tying the timelines back together very nicely. Fast paced, it had a bit of a Ludlum feel to it at times. I think the second and third books in the Breach series were a bit burdened with being the follow ups to The Breach which was just so great. Still there's lots of action, Breach entities, plot twists, and it does come together to complete the trilogy. I found myself missing the Whisper entity through this book and hoping it would make an appearance.

So that's ok finished up two multi part series now. Stay tuned for another announcement in that area.

misc

been crazy at work hardly any time to post. looking forward to launch date

Stopped for lunch at Daddy O's Diner in Clayton Park West Saturday on the way to work. I had the all day breakfast. It was good, service was fast and friendly, price and portion were right. [x] would go back

From the "you should know" file, here's a couple of links on the Gaza situation
http://www.blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2012/11/must-seetodays-despicable-idiots.html ah those Hamilton moderates so diligently reporting the truth and relying on fact based arguments.
http://honestreporting.com/gaza-child-killed-by-hamas

Daemon by Daniel Suarez

I finished another book recently. It was Daemon by Daniel Suarez. It was a good book.

It's near future science fiction. The author takes some current trends such as 3d printers, botnets, sophisticated viruses such as Stuxnet, identity theft, powerful distributed network computers, parasitism in biology, and big multiplayer online games, computer sunglasses, wearable computers, advances them all a bit, and pulls them together into a fast paced story.

In the book a prominent and wealthy game developer Matthew Sobol dies. Sobol leaves behind a sophisticated computer program in his games called Daemon. The Daemon recruits human operators by offering them a fast track to wealth and prestige to work for the Daemon. It's hard to get into the Daemon's darknet and you have to be ruthless and technically adept to be recruited.

Along the way the Daemon is battled by government forces including the NSA and a mysterious Russian named "Jon". The government good guys face an uphill battle as the Daemon stays a step ahead of their efforts to shut it down before it brings in a new Daemon world order.

It was an enjoyable and fast paced read with a strong ending. It's a two part series so now I'll have to read the next title Freedom.

pink football

Is there anything as lame as watching men play pro football all decked out in bright pink shoes, towels, wristbands, etc. Terrible, there's no place for that on the football field. Give it up.


Speaking of pink ribbon. I asked pink ribbon Canada if any of the run for the cure money is going to controversial Komen USA. Good news, no. All the pink ribbon money raised in Canada stays in Canada and Komen doesn't get any.

From:  @cbcf.org
Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Subject: RE: CIBC Run For The Cure
To: @gmail.com

Hi,
Thanks for your question, apologies for the delayed reply - we’re still catching up on our correspondence following the Run this past weekend.

So, to answer your question, no, the Foundation does not pay royalties to use the pink ribbon from Susan G Komen or any other organization. The Foundation has trademarked our version of the pink ribbon that you see in our logo. And no, we do not fund Susan G. Komen’s work in the US, we only fund initiatives here in Canada.

I hope this helps answer your question and please let me know if you have any further questions.


From: sp_farm@cbcf.org [mailto:sp_farm@cbcf.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:50 PM
To: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Subject: CIBC Run For The Cure

Message : do you have to pay royalties to Komen USA for the use of pink ribbon? if not do you voluntarily fund Komen USA