Aish Machal and Aish Hatorah?

I’m not sure how much need there is for this “Aish Machal” program when the official Mahal (www.mahal-idf-volunteers.org) program (previously known as Mahal 2000) has been around for years and has an established reputation with those wishing to serve in the IDF.

I’d also like to understand why the author of the article chose not to mention the Aish in Aish Machal. Is Aish Machal another front or Trojan horse for the Aish Hatorah ultra-Orthodox missionary organisation? If so, why is this not stated up-front?

Israel and the IDF will still pay a stiff price for the incendiary cocktail of fundamentalist religion and military service, wrapped up in religiously homogenous units with their own rabbinic commissars!

in reference to: Aish Machal recruits non-Israelis for IDF (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google Sidewiki entry by Russell

Something that didn’t come out in your viewers’ responses to this program was that claiming copyright has become a very effective way to censor YouTube content. Don’t like a particular video clip for political, religious or any other reasons? Simply claim copyright infringement as the author of the work and Google will dutifully take down the offending clip. What’s more you get to punish your foe; their content will be taken down and they will have all the hassle of proving there was no infringement. You might even get them taken down altogether!

in reference to:

"Ollie Rickman, Google's UK spokesman, defended his company: "It's not true that we automatically side with the complainant." "Every single time that we receive a complaint we have to take the video down - that's the law. We have no other option," he said. "Google and YouTube are never going to be in a position to adjudicate on who owns copyright to what and whether a use is authorised or not. We simply don't know," he added."
- BBC News - Is YouTube's three-strike rule fair to users? (view on Google Sidewiki)

Terms & Conditions

I would just like to note the following concerns I have raised on previous occasions:

- The exchange fee is excessive, and becomes more excessive each year. In the decade or so I’ve been a member it’s climbed from +/-R200 to almost R1,000!
- Exchange fees are not published, notified or advertised on any of the material provided by RCI. They should be set once a year, by increased by no more than the inflation rate and published in RCI’s promotional material.
- While a letter is provided IRO the exchange, no Tax Invoice or transaction advice is provided for the exchange fee itself. This is irritating, unprofessional and probably contravenes SARS regulations.

in reference to:

"Terms & Conditions"
- RCI Online (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google Sidewiki entry by Russell

The following issues have not been addressed:

- Must the Hotmail account become the default e-mail account in Outlook?
- Do the Windows Live Calendar and Contacts folders become the defaults in Outlook? My understanding is that they do not.
- Will the Windows Live Calendar and Contacts folders be synchronised with devices such as mobile phones? I understand that they won’t be, as these folders are part of a Hotmail .OST structure, rather than the default .PST Personal Folders.

in reference to: Microsoft Office Outlook Hotmail Connector overview - Outlook - Microsoft Office Online (view on Google Sidewiki)