education
all kinds of studies or learning ventures
By bluerasberry on 2009-04-16
I took a class at Theo Chocolate on Wednesday, April 15. They have a proper chemist named Andy McShea as their head chocolatier and he gave a lecture on the fermentation of cacao beans. The way he explained it was that there were three processes – sugar to ethanol via yeast, ethanol to lactic acid […]
Posted in education | Tagged chocolate, classes, coffee, food
By bluerasberry on 2009-02-22
Twice a year our HVTU CAB (HIV Vaccine Trials Unit Community Advisory Board) meets for fun and to review our mission as a CAB. Part of what we do as a CAB is review the development of HIV vaccine research protocols to the extent that they involve the general public. Whatever information the general public […]
Posted in education, HIV, research, rights | Tagged CAB, ethics
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-27
Today is Rabbit Hole Day because of Lewis Carroll’s birthday. To celebrate this holiday one is supposed to write on a topic about which one does not usually write, thus jumping into a rabbit hole. The first time I read Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass I was about 14. For whatever reason, […]
Posted in education | Tagged Rabbit Hole Day
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-25
Last night I went to Cocoon House in Everett and met with Marty Arellano, the director of youth operations there. Cocoon House is a non-profit organization that provides care – particularly housing – to homeless persons under age 18. I had met Marty a few months ago when the PI (Janet Walthew) for the study […]
Posted in education, non-profit | Tagged Americorps, homeless, youth, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2008-11-02
I met this Indian at a coffeeshop the other day. I was practicing Hindi writing (my tutor Ali at http://www.zabaan.com/ is awesome!) and he came up to me and asked me if I spoke Hindi. I answered him in Hindi and asked him if he spoke Hindi, but he just said he did not speak […]
Posted in education, encounter, India, Seattle | Tagged coffee, Hindi
By bluerasberry on 2008-10-20
I have been at my new job for three months now, full-time. I think that possibly I have put in more hours of non-self-employed work at this job than from every other job I have had put together. I talked to my dear Aunt Vicki a few weeks ago and somehow she had gotten word […]
Posted in education, health, Seattle, work | Tagged grades, insurance, public health, social status
By bluerasberry on 2008-10-02
Since I started my job as a clinical researcher a few months ago I have not done any data collection. I and Danielle, the other researcher, have been preparing paperwork so that we can begin paperwork. Right now the independent reviewers from DC are here looking at what we have done and then they will […]
Posted in education, HIV, India, legal, presentation, Seattle, work | Tagged Ballard, fundraiser, government, hampster, Hindi, library, license, sport
By bluerasberry on 2008-07-03
I attended Gay Pride in Seattle 2008 as a presenter in the non-profit section of the expo. I was representing Sanjeevani Booti as an American agent and I was trying to raise awareness and get social support for issues relating to HIV in India. I talked about Benares. I told people that it was the […]
Posted in drug, education, festival, health, HIV, India, Nepal, non-profit, presentation, rights, Seattle | Tagged expo, heroin, Seattle Gay Pride, volunteer, war, women's rights, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2008-05-29
I want to make some notes about my last job as a test grader for high school standardized exams. I worked at this mass grading facility for ten days sometime within the last couple of months, and I read essays by kids around 12 years old. I do not know the standards, but the grades […]
Posted in art, education, work | Tagged data, fiction, logistics, pop culture, test, youth
By bluerasberry on 2008-05-07
I do not have a strong work ethic with respect to working for causes for which I am not involved in some decision-making process. I got a new job which starts tomorrow. It is nice for me for several reasons. It is a full-time temporary job. I love temporary work because I get to quit […]
Posted in education, work | Tagged youth