rdunne: March 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Do you know your middle east countries?

THE MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY QUIZ...

”This is more than challenging - it's humiliating.

I hesitate to call it fun, but actually it was.

No wonder we don't understand what's going on over there!

Drag the country's name onto the map.

There is no score or time limit. This is a learning tool.

Don't be afraid to make an error, try again [and again, if need be!] and once you have finished the puzzle you will be far more educated about this very intense part of our world."

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

Original Post: rdunne.com

Friday, March 18, 2011

Invisible hand is visible...

Mar 18, 9:01 AM EDT

NY Fed confirms intervention in currency markets

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The New York Federal Reserve Bank is confirming that it has intervened in currency markets for the first time in more than a decade.

The disclosure by the U.S. came a day after the Group of Seven major industrialized nations pledged in a statement to join in a coordinated effort to weaken the Japanese yen. The yen has surged in the last week to post-war record levels following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

A spokesman at the New York Fed, which operates as the agent of the U.S. Treasury in currency operations, confirmed that it had intervened. The last time the U.S. government intervened in currency markets was the fall of 2000 when it sold dollars and bought euros to bolster the fledgling European currency.

The spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the operation, refused to provide any details on the amounts of the intervention or what currencies were involved.

Original Post: rdunne.com