Monday, February 27, 2012
Official Song for the Hunger Games
I LOVE this song by Taylor Swift (Safe and Sound) as the sound track for the Hunger Games movie. The eerie feeling suits the book perfectly!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
"The state has no business in the hard-drives of Canadians" - Rick Mercer (2012)
Another well-put, intelligent "rant" by Rick Mercer about online privacy.
Libraries have fought long and hard for open access to online information, and for the privacy to access it. This also helps to lower the digital divide between the economic classes. Now the federal government wants to take that right away from Canadians through laws that go against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I still believe that the government should have to have a warrant to access private or confidential information. This ensures an (hopefully) unbiased third-party to ensure that there is adequate justification to gain access, and then the Conservatives can't just go fishing. Just because we want privacy DOES NOT mean we are criminals. Well said Mr. Mercer, well said.
Libraries have fought long and hard for open access to online information, and for the privacy to access it. This also helps to lower the digital divide between the economic classes. Now the federal government wants to take that right away from Canadians through laws that go against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I still believe that the government should have to have a warrant to access private or confidential information. This ensures an (hopefully) unbiased third-party to ensure that there is adequate justification to gain access, and then the Conservatives can't just go fishing. Just because we want privacy DOES NOT mean we are criminals. Well said Mr. Mercer, well said.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Mockingbird
Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine
Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
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