I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room.
“Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed.
Why Are Men Silent“This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
Richard weber, owner/operater Arctic Watch
And rather than follow the conventional path of indebting yourself for 13-years so that you can attend university for four, and then fork over the bulk of your pay to the government, instead focus on learning tangible, valuable skills overseas.
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Well, yeah. Go to the Pearl St. Mall and try the same thing. You’ll get the same result she got. I kind of thought this was a bit of a big to do about nothing. A police officer said something s/he shouldn’t have to a little girl, and now she’s going around blabbing about it, as if it’s city policy. I like the message she’s spreading, though, because I think it applies to our country writ large, but I think there’s a good reason for permits on public property. Since not everyone can use a public space at the same time it makes sense for the city to use permits to allow everyone to share the public space, so that everyone who wants to use it for something like this gets their turn. This really came home to me when Occupy Boulder tried to camp out in front of the Municipal Building for months on end. They *did* camp there for a few months, but eventually the city let them know they had to go, and they left. I just wish the city had done it sooner.