Denmark

Hygge: One of the fundamental aspects of Danish culture is "hygge", which, although translated as "coziness" is more akin to "tranquility". Hygge is a complete absence of anything annoying, irritating, or emotionally overwhelming, and the presence of and pleasure from comforting, gentle, and soothing things.

So I've been doing a bit of research over the past couple months on what it is exactly I want to do for the summer. I've grown overly irritated by the northeastern lifestlyle, although wonderful at points, definitely has it's downside.

I've narrowed it down to a few different things. 1) Work at one of many ski resorts in NZ. Essentially get a full winter of shredding here then go straight there to start basically a second seaon. 2) Work with Hamish Baxter fishing in Finland http://http://www.visitfinland.com/en/web/guest/fishing/home 3) Take business classes at http://www.au.dk/en Aarus U, and find a part time job.

Hmm which to choose? the feeling of hygge is one I could use.

Apple Expands It's Marketing

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-25/apple-enlists-unisys-to-help-with-corporate-customers.html

Apple has decided to expand in the business sector. A new contract with Unisy is now going to targer businesses, by offering tech support and reliability with Apples products. Most companies are still PC dependent, and Apple believes with recent technological innovations it will only benefit companies.

RAC Takes Indie To New Places

http://salacioussound.com/2010/09/tuesday-top-ten-the-10-best-rac-remixes/

A few weeks back Salacious Sound released their Top Ten RAC remixes... These are good ladies and gentlemen. Starting off with a remix of Coconut Records: Nighttiming and mixing through other artists like The Shins, The Yea Yea Yeas, and even The Temper Trap.

I encourage you to check them out and even swing by their website http://remixartistcollective.com/ for even more of their mixes.

Success New Music

Starfucker | Starfucker Album | Yahoo! Music

I decide to post on Starfucker (STRFKR), one of the greatest bands I've heard come out of our generation. The band blossomed out of Portland Oregon, a place I can actually say I've enjoyed- except for getting worked out of a hundred bucks- but thats beside the point. The band is an excellent mixture of what they say is electroacoustic, disco house, and pop music.

Stimulus Packages are Running out

Next week the job stimulus package that has provided thousands with jobs is going to run out. Many are worried but are hopeful that an extension on the package will keep these jobs for a while longer.

The link below is to the NY Times article speaking about this issue. The extension of the bill will keep government employees working but will it be too much of a debt on the country? It asks for over a billion dollars to be spent on keeping these people employed. With an already enormous deficit on the country it seems this would be only putting us further into a hole.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/us/26stimulus.html?_r=1&ref=business

"'It's an "A" paper. Unfortunately, it's a "Late" paper. "B"'

This is what I recieved on my Seminar paper, written on a new eye opening film "1-800-India." PBS ran this Independent film in order to better understand how developing countries such as India are radically changing because of western influence. Below is the link to more information about the film and about India.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/1-800-india/introduction/70/

Below is the paper I wrote on the film:

A Taste of Globalization

India is one of the words growing nations; Their cheap labor and willingness to cooperate with nations such, like the United States, is drastically changing the country. The Film 1-800-India opened my eyes to much of the changes India is experiencing from this.
GECIS is a telemarketing company that the film follows in order to explore the improvement these companies are making on the country. These companies are part of the BPO which is the Business Outsourcing Industry. The BPO essentially is connecting countries that want to send specific areas of labor to countries that will do the work for cheap.
India is very popular for this industry for the simple fact that many of its citizens speak fluent English. Countries like the US and Australia are thriving off of these conveniences. However it’s facing road blocks with many of the social norms. These companies are dependent on 24 hour work schedules but with the high level of crime India has it hasn’t been easy. To keep employees at work after dark, GECIS has provided a shuttle than can often drive hours away to pick up the employees. They also have built a dining hall so that the people do not have to leave the complex. This is important because of such high crime rates.
Companies like GECIS are working hard to protect employers for a few important reasons, but arguably the most notable is it’s growing the rate of women employers. One of the country’s biggest setbacks is it’s inequality between genders. With companies like this is giving women the chance to earn a decent living is quite noticeably changing the Y generations belief on gender roles. The change is slow but is showing promise.
The improvement of other countries without a doubt can be and has been beneficial to the United States growth. As a College student, just about everything I am learning is how globalization is affecting my life and the lives of everyone in the globe. I spend hours out of every day keeping up to date with the constant changes all over the world. “1-800-India” has dramatically expanded my knowledge of our relations with India and has given me even more insight to possible future investments.

Something.

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity."- Albert Einstein