Several Lenses

Wishing the best of Easter and Passover to those who honour these traditions.

More on other matters later in the day...

A couple of concerns

Some news from the animation field about how learning on the job might end up more problematic than many would prefer:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/digital-domains-john-textor-brags-to-investors-about-exploiting-animation-student-labor.html

Vermont vs. Monsanto. Possibly.

http://www.alternet.org/food/154855/monsanto_threatens_to_sue_vermont_if_legislators_pass_a_bill_requiring_gmo_food_to_be_labeled/?page=entire

Both of these things worry me for different reasons. Should I worry?

A penny for the entrepreneurs' thoughts no more?

This caught my eye:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/04/06/ottawa-small-business-penny-concerns.html

Granted that this is likely a one-off thing - at least until the coin-pinchers decide to drop the nickel or the dime! - but seeing as it's still useful to lots of people, myself included, why accept federal finance minister Flaherty's argument that the Canadian penny has to go away forever?