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January 2, 2007 at 8:48 pm · Filed under Huh?
Well, the x-mas holidays are past, the new year has arrived and I'm still in Vancouver. long story short, the INS official who was supposed to process my TN visa application decided that I was intending to stay in the states permanently and completely invalidated my Visa application. So, Kerry got on the plane and I went back to her parents place in West Vancouver.
Now the waiting, phone calls and lawyer consults are the main focus of my days, and I hope to telework at some point - still waiting on some clarification on that.
Being in limbo is unsettling, but K's parents have been so wonderful and supportive and it is great having a place to stay while this all get sorted out.
More on the VISA stuff soon, I think NAFTA is done for, and H-1B is the way forwards.
Dj
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October 26, 2006 at 5:39 pm · Filed under Huh?, Science
I'm on Maui right now, last night was the scoping meeting for the proposed rules to limit human-dolphin interactions. All in all it went well, and was consistent with the other meetings. Not as positive as Oahu, but we figured as such.
I got cornered by an attendee of the meeting and chastised for not doing enough in these meetings to educate people about the science. Sadly, the science is in a poor state with most of it remaining unpublished, and possibly unpublishable - this likely includes the work conducted by my verbal assailant (his work is certainly unpublished).
So how do you explain to eager people, with their hearts in the right place, the intricate nature of the process and the rigor required to support any rule making. One more thing to add to list in terms of public education.
Tonight is the Big Island. It's going to be a gong show.
More soon.
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