October 2008
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I now have a renewed sense of hope that we can make a difference in the fight against global poverty. http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca
“Eliminating poverty at the global scale is a global responsibilty that will have...”
– Jeffrey Sachs
Working in spinks all night. Come visit if bored.
Book Recomendation
I’ve been reading “The End of Poverty: Economic possibilities for our time” By Jeffrey Sachs this week. It’s for my International Studies class, but it’s so fantastic I had to share. This book is extremely inpirational and eye opening.It makes you realise (if you haven’t already) the many mistakes western governments and intergovernmental organizations have made...
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Make Poverty History →
tumblr rocks my socks!! http://heyliz.ca is fully operational. Anyone else have a tumblog?
Moving on
This is my attempt at moving into the new age where the personal domain (as I know it anyway) has turned into microblogging, feeds and posts that have ACTUAL CONTENT (gasp!) with simplified layouts, and multiple mediums in which to express oneself.
i’m scared.
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Procrastination (imported)
Yeah, I’m in class right now. I really can’t help how bored I am, really. It’s kind of painful how dry the material is. Maybe I should stop brining my laptop so I’ll pay attention more. We will be moving onto development theory soon, so at least it’s applicable.
I was at work last night until 10:30ish, helping set up for christmas stock. It seems weird to have all...