Marine Link Tours

Marine Link Tours

一次只載運 16 位旅客的 MV Aurora Explorer, 是一艘專門航行於北溫哥華島間小城市的貨船.
和大郵輪當然是沒有得比, 但是卻是閒遊北溫哥華島和加拿大本土間的海灣的好方式之一.

最近實在是太忙了…

維多利亞下午茶的地方

The Blethering Place
$16.95
2250 Oak Bay Ave., Victoria BC

The Butchart Gardens
$21.75 或 $28.75
800 Benvenuto Ave., Brentwood Bay, BC

The Fairmont Empress
$30 – $50
721 Government Street, Victoria, BC

James Bay Tea Room and Restaurant
?
332 Menzies Street, Victoria, BC

Murchies Tea and Coffee
$24
1110 Government Street, Victoria, BC

Point Ellice House
$16.95 包括導覽
2616 Pleasant Street, Victoria, BC

The White Heather Tea Room
?
1885 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC

Windsor House Tea Room
?
2540 Windsor, Victoria BC

Outsourcing (2)

Microsoft outsourcing high-end jobs, union says (2004/06/16)
Most states send work offshore (2004/07/15)
Microsoft outsourcing high-level work, labor group says (2004/07/29)
Union says Microsoft work going offshore (2004/07/29)

Pain and gain in the global economy 系列報導
Foreign agriculture bruising 'Grown in Washington' label
Trade winds buffet state's farmers
Q & A: Pain and gain in the global economy

From Redmond to India: high tech's global families
India parlays education, timing into tech boom
India a mixture of old ways and new technology
The India network: The director Rajiv Kaul, 35
Globalization hangs out at the Taj Krishna hotel
High technology from India is just down the street
The India network: The entrepreneur Rajeev Agarwal, 39

Techs Unite 裡面列有那些美國公司把工作往國外送的資料.

Group Health 的醫療人員罷工

Group Health 的護士和其他醫療人員可能在十日後罷工. 聯邦法律規定, 如果醫療人員要罷工, 必須要在十日內提出. 醫療人員要抗議 Group Health 裁減他們個人的醫療保險和增加個人的醫療保費. 如果這問題十日內沒有解決, Group Health 的護士和其他醫療人員便會在八月二十三日起罷工五天. 這將影響全華盛頓州約五十萬人的醫療.

美國西北區的飛行博物館

Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR Flying Heritage Collection, Arlington, WA McChord Air Museum, WA Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA National Flight Interpretative Center, Everett, WA Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia, WA Pearson Air Museum, Vancouver, WA Port Townsend Aero Museum, Chimacum, WA Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, OR 另外 FAA 上個月底開放輕型和娛樂型的飛行器. 並歸類於新的類型 Category “N”. Cateory “N” 讓想要學習飛行的一些人們只需要約 20 小時就可以單飛拿執照. 以往飛行是有錢人的玩意, 一般都要有十幾萬美元才玩的起來. 新類型的飛機卻只需花費幾千元. 除了讓飛行和駕船一樣的平民化, 也讓一些地方機場有更多的商業發展機會.

Puyallup Fair (9/10 – 9/26)

Puyallup Fair 華盛頓州最大, 世界上前十大的”園遊會”; Puyallup Fair; 在這個週末開始, 為期三週. 從 Tacoma 可以搭乘 Pierce Transit. 從西雅圖, 平常日可搭乘 Sound Transit 至 Tacoma Dome Station. 再轉乘 Pierce Transit 提供的 Fair 公車. 從西雅圖, 週末可以搭乘 Sound Transit Fair Bus, #599 (付完公車費後會發給 $2 的入園折扣卷). 如果要去, 別忘了去這些地點購買入園折扣卷.