Ride-sharing service Uber is adding fare splitting to its iPhone and Android apps. So you can look forward to fewer empty promises from friends to pay you back for that late-night Uber ride.
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In Bangkok, grinning kids pose for photos next to cartoon effigies of the man responsible for the deaths of 12 million people during the Holocaust.
It started as a craze for T-shirts printed with cartoon images of Hitler?s face. This dubious trend among teenagers in Thailand soon moved on to include SS style bike helmets, temporary swastika tattoos, and pictures of cute teddy bears doing the Nazi salute.
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Soon, kids were seen on the streets of Bangkok posing for photos, grinning next to cartoon effigies of the man responsible for the deaths of 12 million people during the Holocaust. Then it emerged other incidents had taken place including a Nazi themed school fashion show and a sports day parade in the northern city of Chang Mai in which a group of students dressed up as SS soldiers as a surprise for their teachers.
?Hitler Chic,? as it was dubbed in the media last year, has quickly snowballed in Thailand, revealing a lack of historical education and awareness in a country that was left largely untouched by World War II.
Unsurprisingly, the new craze has prompted confusion among foreign tourists and outrage among several international organisations, including Itzhak Shoham, the Israeli ambassador to Thailand, who said the trend ?hurts the feelings of every Jew and every civilized person.? ?
The complaints elicited bemused responses from Thailand?s cultural elite, who brushed it off as misplaced humor, stemming from kids who aren?t taught about the history of the Holocaust in school. One blogger said they thought the world had lost its sense of humor. ?Why is this different from the West?s obsession with Che Guevara?? he wrote.
Interest in the trend seemed to be dropping off until last week when pictures on Twitter started circulating of a fried chicken joint in Bangkok allegedly named Hitler. Modeled after Kentucky Fried Chicken, the restaurant's logo features the face of the Fuhrer plastered onto the body of bow-tie wearing Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC.?The images prompted a renewed outburst of anger, followed by a heavily worded statement from Kentucky Fried Chicken saying they were considering suing the restaurant.
"We find it extremely distasteful and are considering legal action since it is an infringement of our brand trademark and has nothing to do with us," a spokesperson for Yum!, KFC?s parent company said.
It was later pointed out that the pictures of the restaurant may be old and that the chicken joint in question has since changed its name.
True or not, the revival of the debate around Hitler Chic has prompted some to call for history to be re-instated as one of the key subjects in the Thai syllabus to avoid further misunderstanding and embarrassment. ?
Varakorn Samakoses is the president of Dhurakij Pundit University in Bangkok and former deputy minister for education. He says a lack of emphasis on history teaching in Thailand means students are graduating without a proper grasp of events that shaped the world around them.
?Kids are much more interested in the present and the future, they are not taught to appreciate or take seriously what happened in the past,? he said, adding that because Thailand avoided much of the hardships suffered by other countries during World War II and under colonial rule, people find it harder to relate to stories of genocide and chaos.
?Even teachers are ignorant of these issues,? he said. ?This is something that should change. History should be one of the most important parts of the syllabus. [Children] should know what goes on because history always repeats itself.?
Lack of education and empathy may be a big problem here, but its not restricted to Thailand. Other countries have also picked up on the Hitler Chic craze, including the sale of Hitler key rings in 7/11 stores in Taiwan, Nazi T-shirts in Japan and Korea and a clothing store in Hong Kong caught decorating the counter with Nazi flags.
But the message that foreigners don't approve of Hitler Chic seems to be catching on.
Last Saturday, a young Chinese man was perusing a set of Hitler T-shirts at Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok. The man and his friend joked as they held up different T-shirts, including one of the German dictator dressed as Ronald McDonald.
?I want this. I will wear it at home in China,? he said. ?I work at McDonalds so I like it very much.?
When asked if he knew who Hitler was, the man ??who declined to give his name ??smiled sheepishly. He nodded to indicate he did and then seemed to get embarrassed. As this reporter walked away, his friend muttered something under his breath and the pair left abruptly. Later this reporter saw the T-shirt he was going to buy, still hanging up.?
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Lejos de ser el t?pico conquistador, el actor lleva 10 a?os junto a la actriz Calista Flockhart despu?s de que se separase por segunda vez. Sin embargo, nunca se le ha podido llamar el soltero de oro porque no nos daba tiempo a disfrutar de su soledad. Con su primera esposa dur? 15 a?os y con la segunda, 21, lo que nos indica que adem?s de guapo es fiel.
A d?a de hoy, el actor se sigue considerando alguien inconformista que intenta cambiar las cosas cuando cree que no est?n bien. A pesar de sus casi 50 a?os en la profesi?n, reconoce que no todo es de color de rosa y que durante 15 a?os prefiri? ser carpintero a aceptar papeles que no le gustaban.
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SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Athletics and its multimedia rights partner, Learfield Sports? Aztec Sports Properties, announced today that Wawanesa General Insurance Company will be the Aztecs? newest corporate partner for the 2013-14 athletic season.
Headquartered in San Diego since 1974, Wawanesa extends its footprint in the community with its first-ever collegiate partnership and first-ever affiliation with the San Diego State Aztecs.
The partnership officially kicks off next month and continues through the next athletic season with benefits centered on football and basketball. Wawanesa will receive exposure through football and basketball radio broadcasts, website advertising on the official athletics? site GoAztecs.com and on-site fan activation at home football and basketball games.
?We?re excited to align with the Aztecs and enter the collegiate space for the first time,? said Wawanesa?s Vice President of US Operations David Fitzgibbons. ?There?s no doubt we?re looking forward to this partnership and how it can benefit San Diego State?s alumni, fans and campus community.?
The Aztecs? partnership will complement Wawanesa?s other sports sponsorships in the immediate area ? San Diego Padres broadcasts, Lake Elsinore Storm, San Diego Sockers and various community youth sports organizations in San Diego County.
?Wawanesa already has proven to be an involved company in our community and area sports landscape,? said San Diego State University Athletic Director Jim Sterk. ?We?re pleased to see them come on board as an Aztec athletic partner and believe strongly they will see tremendous value from this collegiate partnership. We?re certainly happy to have their support and commitment.?
Wawanesa General Insurance Company?s marketing, underwriting, claims processing, and policyholder services are all conducted from the headquarters on Friars Road, close to Qualcomm Stadium.
Wawanesa employs almost 600 local San Diego residents and is committed to delivering award-winning customer satisfaction every day. The company offers insurance for auto, home, condo and renters directly to consumers in California. Wawanesa maintains expense levels well below industry averages. These costs savings are passed on to consumers in the form of lower insurance rates.
Aztec Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports, secured the Wawanesa relationship on behalf of SDSU Athletics. Learfield Sports manages multimedia rights for more than 50 collegiate institutions and associations and titles the Learfield Sports Directors? Cup with NACDA and USA Today. For more about the company?s 40-year history and complete collegiate portfolio, visit www.learfieldsports.com.
Source: http://learfieldsports.com/2013/07/san-diego-state-and-wawanesa-insurance-begin-partnership/
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A report today from SemiAccurate,?the site whose name describes their track record when it comes to Apple rumors, says Apple has just bought into a chip fabricating plant.
SemiAccurate, via 9to5Mac:
Apple has just done something that?SemiAccurate has been expecting?for months and entered the fab industry. No we are not joking, Apple just bought into a fab, and not in a trivial way either.
It?s unclear as to if the site mentions a specific company that Apple has bought into, as the full report resides behind a paywall. Tags for the report do list ?UMC,? which could mean the company could be?Taiwan-based chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation.
SemiAccurate?s track record for past Apple related predictions is hit-and-miss, as the site missed on a 2011 report that Apple would be moving away from Intel chips for its laptop lineup, although they did hit with their 2012 prediction Apple would go back to Nvidia graphics for its Mac lineup.
Samsung currently remains the only provider of Apple?s A-Series chips for its iOS devices, but Apple has recently been reported to have struck a deal with TSMC to fabricate A-series chips beginning in 2014.
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His first Apple product was an iPod Classic 5 years ago, and he has since added a MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone, and 2 Apple TVs to his collection.
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I just saw this on a post in facebook and I can?t help but think there is some heavy drug use going on if this story is true.
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It?s all over the news, including reliable sources. Seems totally legit. Crazy, but true.
Tampon band?
I thought I was going to read something about a group of musicians.
No matter how my imagination twisted the possibilities, it didn?t come up with anything as bizarre as the reality. Texas has descended into utter self-parody.
I?m just shocked they allowed vaginas in the capitol.
What is this? Whore Island?
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