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CBC News – New Brunswick – Vandals damage Fredericton cenotaph.

Wow. Just wow. It’s hard to believe people would do something like this.

CBC News – New Brunswick – Mansbridge named Mount Allison University chancellor.

This morning Mount Allison held a gathering at the Wallace McCain Student Centre to announce Peter Mansbridge’s replacement of John Bragg as chancellor.

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 2) – You’re the Boss Blog – NYTimes.com

Follow-up to part 1.

EastLink’s “Search Manager”

Any “service” that has to describe itself as “… not Spy-ware or Mal-ware …” needs to be deep-sixed.

Worse, I’ve opted-out of this “service” multiple times. Think about that.

Where does any ISP get off thinking it’s their job to fix the internet in the first place? This is where Net Neutrality should be enforced. If they want the legal protections of ‘common carrier’ status, they should have nothing whatsoever to do with what’s coming over the pipes, let alone interjecting their name and ad-messaging just because I mistyped a domain name.

Complain to EastLink using their contact form.

Human rights ruling against classroom crucifixes angers Italy —The Guardian.

Money quote:

Classroom crucifixes were made compulsory by two laws in the 1920s when Italy was a fascist state.

Fascinating that Italians would think of the crucifix as a nationalist symbol rather than a religious one. Can’t imagine seeing a crucifix and ever associating it with Italy, rather than Christianity… Precious few American Christians, for example, think they have an Italian symbol at the front of their sanctuaries, I’d wager.

(Via RichardDawkins.net.)

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1) – You’re the Boss Blog:

These are excellent suggestions. I constantly see violations of:

5. Tables should be level without anyone asking. Fix it before guests are seated.

12. Do not touch the rim of a water glass. Or any other glass.

17. Do not take an empty plate from one guest while others are still eating the same course. Wait, wait, wait.

20. Never refuse to substitute one vegetable for another.

23. If someone likes a wine, steam the label off the bottle and give it to the guest with the bill. It has the year, the vintner, the importer, etc.

This one goes for coffee, water, etc., not just wine — especially in this day of H1N1 hysteria concern:

30. Never let the wine bottle touch the glass into which you are pouring. No one wants to drink the dust or dirt from the bottle.

Looking forward to the next 50…

(Via @zeldman.)