Salute,
Well life has been slow. Found a nice television show "Burn Notice" on USA. This keeps me entertained between resumes.
Just a note to any future non-profit development wanna be's...it takes a load of effort to get a position in this field and study for the foreign service exam. Beyond just studying geography, history, and politics I concurrently read up on grant writing, and fundraising. Honestly the politics and economics run well with both sets of study yet it makes for dull day.
At least subversive study of french and swahili keeps me well rounded.
Hoping your weather is as wonderful where you are as it is here. Maybe you can even get off the computer long enough for full enjoyment. As you stand in the shade drinking a lemonade with a stalk of lavender plunked within, remember my jealousy.
Ciao
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Prius at 100 MPH
HAHA for everyone who has asked me about the power in my Prius check out this article.
Who says the Prius can't get out of its own way?
Not that I ever want to go that fast, ruins my mileage, I do best around 55 mph though 45 can bump me up a couple mile-per-gallon in the right circumstances.
Who says the Prius can't get out of its own way?
Not that I ever want to go that fast, ruins my mileage, I do best around 55 mph though 45 can bump me up a couple mile-per-gallon in the right circumstances.
News
I was just reading a blog on the Huffington Post. The full article is more of a rant but I am thinking about the idea in the last paragraph.
It is not about "protectionism" nor about so-called "free trade." The question is: what are the rules? Right now, trade deals are structured primarily around the interests of capital and investment. And, with all due respect to Rangel, his deal with the Administration barely scratches the surface. In fact, I've never believed that side agreements on labor and the environment will change much (because they are almost impossible to enforce) until the very nature of these deals are changed.
The real challenge is to scrap the NAFTA-style trade deals. The only way to do that is to start with a blank page and start with the following premise: trade is about trying to improve the standard of living of communities. When you answer that premise, then, labor rights and the environment are addressed as fundamental pillars of any agreement--not grafted on as an after thought. And, then, and only then, would we ask the question---how do corporations help society reach that goal?
So I now have something to mull over in this debate just as I was becoming bored with dicussions of free trade and guidelines that never seemed to be enforceable. For the article he is ranting about go to "New York Times"
It is not about "protectionism" nor about so-called "free trade." The question is: what are the rules? Right now, trade deals are structured primarily around the interests of capital and investment. And, with all due respect to Rangel, his deal with the Administration barely scratches the surface. In fact, I've never believed that side agreements on labor and the environment will change much (because they are almost impossible to enforce) until the very nature of these deals are changed.
The real challenge is to scrap the NAFTA-style trade deals. The only way to do that is to start with a blank page and start with the following premise: trade is about trying to improve the standard of living of communities. When you answer that premise, then, labor rights and the environment are addressed as fundamental pillars of any agreement--not grafted on as an after thought. And, then, and only then, would we ask the question---how do corporations help society reach that goal?
So I now have something to mull over in this debate just as I was becoming bored with dicussions of free trade and guidelines that never seemed to be enforceable. For the article he is ranting about go to "New York Times"
En Travail!
While I haven't left today I will tomorrow, going the wrong way. I am heading down to Redding to see a bridge. Ah the freedom, the wind in my hair, the heat - ugh I don't want the heat.
After this side trip I am going to head north on a scouting foray into the wilderness of Seattle. I have been trying to line up a few informational interviews with both employers and places to live. I would really like to live downtown but realize rents there are fairly unreachable unless I pull a rabit out of the hat and find a position with a heftier paycheck. Then again I could always work a few hours a week for an espresso place. I would save money on coffee and earn a bit towards skylines covered in rain clouds.
There better be a wine shop nearby. That and delicious chocolate.
I will start posting pictures of where I have been and where I am going this week. Feels only fair to share these things with everyone.
After this side trip I am going to head north on a scouting foray into the wilderness of Seattle. I have been trying to line up a few informational interviews with both employers and places to live. I would really like to live downtown but realize rents there are fairly unreachable unless I pull a rabit out of the hat and find a position with a heftier paycheck. Then again I could always work a few hours a week for an espresso place. I would save money on coffee and earn a bit towards skylines covered in rain clouds.
There better be a wine shop nearby. That and delicious chocolate.
I will start posting pictures of where I have been and where I am going this week. Feels only fair to share these things with everyone.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Where am I going?
I will be leaving for either Seattle or Washington DC by the middle of next week. I have given up on getting a lead before I head out. Here I go helter skelter!
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