December 2010
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Bye 2010, hey 2011.
Happy New Year! Before we start celebrating the new year, I would like to spend a post reflecting on the last one. (despite how cliche that may be.)
The world is significantly different coming out of 2010 than it came in. An earthquake in Haiti and a flood in Pakistan has added millions of homeless to the World’s impoverished. An organization called wikileaks has significantly changed the...
Funny Christmas Story #2
I know it’s the day after Christmas, but this still counts. Anyway, this morning when i got out of bed I grabbed my IS club shirt which has a bunch of world leaders on the back of it and then a mock real world intro adapted to it. During lunch this afternoon, I leaned forward to get something and I guess my mom saw it because I hear “is that Obama on the back of your shirt!” I...
A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean →
As a current student at a fairly competitive private university I agree with the above article saying the grading system is currently flawed. But while UNC was said to be aiming at a target median GPA of 2.6-2.7, the article fails to mention the implications this would have for the students. I know this is an effort to give grades more meaning and the article does address how hopefully graduate...
Funny Christmas Story #1
i think some of you might find this funny. This mornin while we were opening presents, I was a gift from my mom and dad and when tearing open the wrapping paper I saw that it was a box if wine glasses. I was kind of shocked because it seemed odd that my parents, who traditionally didn’t foster any kind of interaction between me an alcohol, would give me a set of wine glasses. So I was a...
African Farmers Losing Land to Investors →
Once again, there is a new way to exploit Africa and more importantly it is the rural communities that are marginalized. This new race for land, if done carefully, could be a route to development. Unfortunately, I doubt the compensation for the farmers, if there is any, will be adequate and soon there will be more unemployed without a trade. The chances for corruption and manipulation out weigh...
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Home for Christmas
I haven’t updated on my whereabouts and what I’ve actually been up to in a while. After a few days of intense recovery from exams, I headed back up to Clarksville and have been here ever since. All I’ve really done is tried to develop a healthy routine of sleep, reading, and working out. I still have a lot of Christmas shopping to do and this year especially it does not feel like...
WatchAn interesting video on some of the problems a small hospital in rural Zimbabwe faces. They came up with a clever way to continue to serve its community in times of hardship.
6 Days until Christmas and I’m going to...
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I think you're a contra (or a sleep deprived...
3rd night of staying up literally all night in the library. In the midst of all the Latin American revolutionary analysis and souh american literature contra by vampire weekend came on shuffle. I’m a little hysterical right now.
Day 4 of all day and night paper writing and...
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Just Made My Jumo Account! →
You may have heard me mention this website in the past. Today I finally got an account with Jumo. It’s a social networking site that was launched about 4 days ago and is designed to connect different non-profits, charities, workers, and volunteers with each other. GlobeMed already has a page and so does Partners In Health and the Central Asian Institute. You can look up organizations by your...
Thanksgiving Break, Papers & Exams, Christmas,...
So, I haven’t tumbled in a while and I feel like if I don’t do this when I want to instead of when I have time to, then these posts would get far and in between… as they have.
Anyway, thanksgiving break! I planned on writing something about things I’m thankful for and how great family is, but I didn’t get around to it because I was too busy being thankful and hanging...
The Global Dependency Explorer →
Above is a link to a pretty awesome website that shows how almost every country in the world is interlinked in a thousand different ways. It is almost too much information in one spot haha, but it is pretty awesome.
“One’s character is based largely on that of the people with whom one...”
– Montesquieu