That is the unnecessary part.

But the misinformed, arbitrary nature of this law is what literally drives me to distraction, forgive the pun.

According the the Ontario government’s website:

the distracted driving law makes it illegal for drivers to talk, text, type, dial or email using hand-held cell phones and other hand-held communications and entertainment devices. Hands-free use of these devices is permitted. The new law also prohibits the viewing of display screens unrelated to driving such as laptop computers or DVD players.  Police, paramedics and firefighters, as well as some commercial drivers and public service workers may continue to use certain hand-held devices when performing their duties. All drivers may use hand-held devices to call 9-1-1.

So now if i make a call and use the handsfree function, it’s a legal call (Well…. technically not the dialing part, but the government seems to just forget about that, as very few of us have voice recognition, and no one on the planet has voice recognition that actually works).  Now.  If I use that handsfree function, AND have the phone in my hand (not to my ear mind you, just in my hand), I’m breaking the law, even if it’s in a hand that’s also on the wheel.  However, if I use that handsfree function, AND have a cigarette package in my hand, I’m not breaking the law.  It appears that the only thing that you can’t hold in your hand while using it’s handsfree function is the phone itself.  You can hold your spouse’s hand, your lunch, a tennis ball, or even a dried newt in your hand while using the handsfree function on your phone, but DON”T YOU DARE touch that phone!  Totally arbitrary, and thus unsupportable in my humble opinion.

That is why this law, in my humble opinion, is an ass, and has to go.

The second part of this is the exemption for police, fire etc.  I’m sorry but they don’t receive any special driving training other than high speed chase training.  They are absolutely NOT in any way more qualified to do two things at once than I or anyone else.  Have you ever BEEN in a modern transport truck.  There are a lot of things to look after.  They seem to do fine.  Why can’t a phone be one of them??

I’m tired of the government poking their noses in our lives.  There is a law to cover those who cause a crash while using their phone.  I’m fine with that if the phone was a contributor.  This new law was not necessary, is an infringement on my freedom and I will fight it if ever charged.

Neil Young has taken his campaign for higher-fidelity digital sound to the stage of a technology conference.

By Ryan Nakashima
Associated Press
Feb 02, 2012
DANA POINT, CALIF. — Legendary rocker Neil Young took his campaign for higher-fidelity digital sound to the stage of a technology conference Tuesday, saying a giant of the industry was on his side: the late Steve Jobs.

Young said the Apple co-founder was such a fan of music that he didn’t use his iPod and its digitally compressed files at home. Instead, he used a physical format well-known to have better sound.

“Steve Jobs was a pioneer of digital music. His legacy is tremendous,” Young said. “But when he went home, he listened to vinyl (albums).”

Young told the “D: Dive Into Media” conference Tuesday that he spoke with Jobs about creating a format that has 20 times the fidelity of files in the most current digital formats, including MP3.

Such a format, he said, would contain 100 per cent of the data of music as it is created in a studio, as opposed to 5 per cent in compressed formats including Apple’s AAC. Each song would be huge, and a new storage and playback device might only hold 30 albums. Each song would take about 30 minutes to download, which is fine if you leave your device on overnight, he said.

“Sleep well. Wake up in the morning. Play some real music and listen to the joy of 100 per cent of the sound of music,” he said.

Although Young didn’t have a practical plan for developing such a format — saying it’s for “rich people” to decide — he said Jobs was on board with the idea before he died from cancer at age 56 in October.

“I talked to Steve about it. We were working on it,” Young said. “You’ve got to believe if he lived long enough he would eventually try to do what I’m trying to do.”

Young’s opinion of Jobs was confirmed by interviewer Walt Mossberg, a journalist with News Corp.’s All Things D website, which has hosted Jobs at its conferences before.

Mossberg said Jobs in the past expressed surprise that “people traded quality, to the extent they had, for convenience or price.”

Young, a 66-year-old singer and songwriter, was full of other surprising opinions, including his defense of recording labels such as his own Reprise Records, a unit of Warner Music Group Corp., as being a nurturer of artists, even as he said recording companies had botched the transition to digital music.

Young also said that “piracy is the new radio,” suggesting that illegally copying low-quality songs was an acceptable way for fans to sample music before buying higher-quality versions.

The Globe and Mail put out this Infographic which shows some of the craziness behind the Facebook IPO.  A valuation at over 60X earnings means they will have to grow very fast for this stock to be a winner for you, the retail investor.

Click here to go to the Globe’s site.

Do you see the arrow between the “E” and “x” ??

2nd and 3rd “t’s” are two people sharing a tortilla over a bowl of salsa

Probably the world’s most famous bike race. The “R” in “Tour” is a cyclist – yellow circle front wheel of bicycle.

Arrow probably means Amazon has everything from A to Z ??

There is a sideways chocolate kiss between “K” and “I”

There is a bear if you look closely at image of Matterhorn . Toblerone

chocolate bars originated in Berne , Switzerland whose symbol is the bear.

See “31” embedded in the “ B R” ?? Thirty one-derful flavors !!!

Northwest Airlines. Circle is a compass. Guess which direction the arrow in upper left corner (or beginning of “W”) is pointing ??? (north west)

See the gorilla and lioness ??

Smiley face is also a “g” like in “goowill”

Let me set the tony by saying that Evelyn Myrie, Executive Director of Hamilton’s Centre for Civic Inclusion, who has stated that the signs are “very offensive and against the principles of diversity and inclusion.”, you can kiss my ass!

What the hell is the Centre for Civic Inclusion anyway?!?!?! What a waste of money (likely ours).

Anyway Mr. Cameron Bailey, says he means no offence. Even if he does mean to offend, I don’t care. That’s his right. I’m so tired of people like Ms. Myrie who seem to think they can and should tell us what to think, say, feel and do. If Mr. Bailey wants to drive himself out of business by insulting various customs (cuisine is not protected under the charter!), let him.

If YOU choose to be insulted because of a sign that says, “to better serve you, our staff speaks ENGLISH” and “What would make you think this was a Korean BBQ? Do you see any f’n ducks in the window?”, then you really don’t understand why my grandfather and uncle died fighting the tyranny of Hitler et al. I will defend to the death Mr. Bailey’s right to be a jerk.

If you don’t like it, stay away from his place of business, and don’t eat his BBQ food. Or even blog about it! Since he has broken no laws, leave him be.

Here is a link to the Hamilton Spectator’s article on the subject.  You can vote on whether or  not you find this offensive there.

Facebook’s IPO will be the biggest of any tech company in history — six times that of Google’s, according to Accounting Degree Online.

Click on the infographic below for a larger size.

On Romney:

Just as the one-eyed man is king in the land of the blind, so Mr. Romney is the best of a bad Republican lot.

On Gingrich:

“…who couldn’t open his mouth without insulting someone, reminding voters of his unfitness for high office. The more Iowans heard from Newt, the less they thought of him.”

Rick Perry

“Mr. Perry, lost in his own delusions, intends to carry on his hopeless cause until he runs out of cash, which will happen before he runs out of ego.”

You probably get a little nervous before you go into a job interview. Even if you’ve copiously prepped, you figure the interviewer will hold all the cards. She knows everything about her company and the job you want, and she’s got a vision of the perfect employee that doesn’t exactly describe you.

Not so, says David Couper, a Los Angeles career and executive coach and the author of Outsiders on the Inside: How to Create a Winning Career … Even When You Don’t Fit In. In reality, most interviewers are ill-prepared and distracted, he says. “They usually just wing it based on their own experience.”

Before he became a consultant and coach, Couper worked in human resources and training at several big companies in Chicago and Los Angeles, including the now-defunct consulting giant Arthur Andersen. He has sat in the interviewer’s chair many times.

In Pictures: Ten Job Interview Myths Debunked

At one interview of a potential sales staffer, Couper was called in at the last minute because another human resources manager had canceled and three bodies were required at the interview table. “I hadn’t seen the applicant’s résumé,” he recalls. “I didn’t even know what the job was.”

Another time Couper was in the job seeker’s chair, and he thought the hiring manager seemed a little strange–especially when he said, “I see you got your degree in Cleveland.” Couper realized the interviewer was looking at someone else’s résumé.

Even when they know who you are, interviewers rarely ask good questions, says Couper. The most frequent–tell me about yourself–is among the silliest, he points out, because it’s too general. “Interviewers are looking for someone who can do the job, fit in with the culture, and not cause trouble,” he says. “If you can demonstrate that you can do that, you will get the job.” His advice: Don’t tell the interviewer about yourself. Talk about what you would accomplish in the position you want, and specify ways your past successes illustrate that.

Interviewers feel obligated to offer job seekers refreshment, but Couper says they don’t really want you to say yes to that cup of coffee. Couper recalls an interviewee accepting his offer of a cup of tea. “I had to find a cup, I had to find some tea, I wasted, like, half an hour, and got really annoyed,” he recalls. “Unless there’s a bottle of water sitting there and they offer it, just say, ‘No thanks, I’m fine.’”

Most career manuals advise job seekers to make their answers succinct. Couper says this is not necessarily a winning strategy. Because most interviewers haven’t thought about what to ask you, you can make a favorable impression by going on for awhile with convincing reasons you’d make a great hire. “If you’re giving information that’s hitting what they need to know, then they’re happy,” Couper says.

Perhaps the biggest interview myth, according to Couper, is that the most qualified applicant gets the job. Frequently, it’s the applicant who comes recommended from an inside source or a personal connection, like when the boss’s brother-in-law gets the job whether or not he’s the smartest or most accomplished candidate. The final hiring determination can also come down to personality rather than qualifications.

Couper recalls a time he had to hire actors to perform in training videos for a large corporation where he worked. He says he often didn’t hire the most skilled applicants. “There were actors who did a great job performing, but you could tell they would be difficult people,” he says. “You say to yourself, he seems really talented, but I’ll have to socialize with him.” Couper says he often went for a less talented but friendlier candidate.

Original Article:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2011/10/12/ten-myths-of-job-interviewing/

Hope to see you all there!!!!

Show starts at 9:30 PM.