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Dipping a toe into a new career
Vocation Vacations gives the curious a chance to try out new jobs, be it cheese maker, dog trainer or innkeeper.
By Kathryn Robinson, Special to The Times
October 30, 2005
BOB MULROY thinks he may be a pioneer.
Or an idiot.
On an October day at Oregon's Cristom Vineyards, he was laboring to figure out which.
Mulroy, an electrical engineer from Ellicott City, Md., had purchased 28 acres in Howard County, Md., and was thinking of planting some of the land with wine grapes.
His was no idle rumination: He was trying to decide whether to stay in engineering or become a vintner.
"First, I wanted to find out whether I'm making a mistake trying to grow grapes out there in the first place," he said. "There are no registered wineries in Howard County."
So Mulroy contacted Vocation Vacations, a Portland, Ore., organization that connects individuals interested in a particular career with mentors who are succeeding at it.
That's how Mulroy met up with winemaker Steve Doerner, a 14-year veteran of Cristom, a 28-year veteran of the winemaking trade and one of the most highly regarded crafters of the noble Oregon Pinot Noir.
Vocation Vacations operates on a simple principle: It lets curious individuals test-drive their dream careers.
Prospective clients contact Brian Kurth, the founder and president of Vocation Vacations, with their fantasies.
They tell him they want to be a sports announcer, a brew master or an innkeeper, for example; then he sets them up to shadow a professional in that field for an average of two to three days, from a list including more than 130 professionals in 70-plus lines of endeavor.
Most test drives cost between $349 — that's for one day with an animal therapist in West Palm Beach, Fla., or with a cheese maker in Seattle — and $2,000.
Some are even higher: You would spend $3,500 for two weeks with a boot maker in Guthrie, Okla., or $5,449 for eight days with a fishing outfitter in Dillingham, Alaska.
Unlike the Alaska adventure, which includes camping and meals, most vacations exclude airfare and accommodations. Mulroy's Vocation Vacation, which consisted of two lunches and two days of intensive immersion at Cristom, cost $995.
Realizing dreams
"THE idea for Vocation Vacations came while I was stuck in traffic," Kurth says. "It was the late '90s, I was living in Chicago, working the corporate grind, commuting two to three hours a day, not loving my lifestyle. I thought, 'I have a vacation coming up; wouldn't it be great to spend it finding out whether I really want to go work in a winery?' "
But instead he did what so many do: He jumped off the corporate ladder and into the dot-com industry for a couple of years — only to be laid off. He decided to travel for six months, and it was on that trip that he refined his dream.
"I was amazed at how many people we met [who] apologized for the work they did," he says. "They'd say, 'I'm a lawyer, but I really would rather work with animals,' or 'I'm in banking, but I'd love to move to L.A. and get a job in the film industry.' "
He made note of every dream job someone mentioned.
Eventually settling in Portland, Kurth began working in sales in a family winery
By Kathryn Robinson, Special to The Times
October 30, 2005
BOB MULROY thinks he may be a pioneer.
Or an idiot.
On an October day at Oregon's Cristom Vineyards, he was laboring to figure out which.
Mulroy, an electrical engineer from Ellicott City, Md., had purchased 28 acres in Howard County, Md., and was thinking of planting some of the land with wine grapes.
His was no idle rumination: He was trying to decide whether to stay in engineering or become a vintner.
"First, I wanted to find out whether I'm making a mistake trying to grow grapes out there in the first place," he said. "There are no registered wineries in Howard County."
So Mulroy contacted Vocation Vacations, a Portland, Ore., organization that connects individuals interested in a particular career with mentors who are succeeding at it.
That's how Mulroy met up with winemaker Steve Doerner, a 14-year veteran of Cristom, a 28-year veteran of the winemaking trade and one of the most highly regarded crafters of the noble Oregon Pinot Noir.
Vocation Vacations operates on a simple principle: It lets curious individuals test-drive their dream careers.
Prospective clients contact Brian Kurth, the founder and president of Vocation Vacations, with their fantasies.
They tell him they want to be a sports announcer, a brew master or an innkeeper, for example; then he sets them up to shadow a professional in that field for an average of two to three days, from a list including more than 130 professionals in 70-plus lines of endeavor.
Most test drives cost between $349 — that's for one day with an animal therapist in West Palm Beach, Fla., or with a cheese maker in Seattle — and $2,000.
Some are even higher: You would spend $3,500 for two weeks with a boot maker in Guthrie, Okla., or $5,449 for eight days with a fishing outfitter in Dillingham, Alaska.
Unlike the Alaska adventure, which includes camping and meals, most vacations exclude airfare and accommodations. Mulroy's Vocation Vacation, which consisted of two lunches and two days of intensive immersion at Cristom, cost $995.
Realizing dreams
"THE idea for Vocation Vacations came while I was stuck in traffic," Kurth says. "It was the late '90s, I was living in Chicago, working the corporate grind, commuting two to three hours a day, not loving my lifestyle. I thought, 'I have a vacation coming up; wouldn't it be great to spend it finding out whether I really want to go work in a winery?' "
But instead he did what so many do: He jumped off the corporate ladder and into the dot-com industry for a couple of years — only to be laid off. He decided to travel for six months, and it was on that trip that he refined his dream.
"I was amazed at how many people we met [who] apologized for the work they did," he says. "They'd say, 'I'm a lawyer, but I really would rather work with animals,' or 'I'm in banking, but I'd love to move to L.A. and get a job in the film industry.' "
He made note of every dream job someone mentioned.
Eventually settling in Portland, Kurth began working in sales in a family winery
how does forex work.
Foreign exchange trading is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. The foreign exchange market (Forex or FX) is the largest financial market in the world with a daily turnover of over $1.3 trillion. Examples of currency trading pairs are Euro/US Dollar (EUR/USD) and US Dollar/Japanese Yen (USD/JPY). Most currency transactions involve the "Majors"-the US Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar.
Unlike other financial markets, the foreign exchange market has no physical location and no central exchange. The Forex market operates 24 hours a day through an electronic network of banks, corporations and individual traders. Forex trading begins every day in Sydney, then moves to Tokyo, followed by London and then New York. The major market makers, or dealers, consist of the commercial and investment banks, the exchange traded futures, and registered futures commission merchants such as ProEdgeFX. ProEdgeFXs' dealing desk is open 24-hours a day from Sunday 14:30 EST to Friday 16:30 EST.
Foreign Exchange Prices
Foreign exchange markets and prices are mainly influenced by international trade flows and investment flows. The FX markets are also influenced, but to a lesser extent, by the same factors that influence the equity and bond markets: economic and political conditions especially interest rates, inflation, and political instability. Those factors usually have only a short-term impact, which makes Forex attractive-it offers the investor some of the diversification necessary to protect against adverse movements in the equity and bond markets.
Foreign Exchange prices, or quotes, include a "Bid" and "Ask" similar to other financial products:
Bid: Price at which Dealer is willing to Buy and Traders can Sell Currency
Ask: Price at which Dealer will Sell and Traders can Buy Currency
The difference between the Bid and Ask is called the "Spread", which is the Trader's cost of the transaction
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Unlike other financial markets, the foreign exchange market has no physical location and no central exchange. The Forex market operates 24 hours a day through an electronic network of banks, corporations and individual traders. Forex trading begins every day in Sydney, then moves to Tokyo, followed by London and then New York. The major market makers, or dealers, consist of the commercial and investment banks, the exchange traded futures, and registered futures commission merchants such as ProEdgeFX. ProEdgeFXs' dealing desk is open 24-hours a day from Sunday 14:30 EST to Friday 16:30 EST.
Foreign Exchange Prices
Foreign exchange markets and prices are mainly influenced by international trade flows and investment flows. The FX markets are also influenced, but to a lesser extent, by the same factors that influence the equity and bond markets: economic and political conditions especially interest rates, inflation, and political instability. Those factors usually have only a short-term impact, which makes Forex attractive-it offers the investor some of the diversification necessary to protect against adverse movements in the equity and bond markets.
Foreign Exchange prices, or quotes, include a "Bid" and "Ask" similar to other financial products:
Bid: Price at which Dealer is willing to Buy and Traders can Sell Currency
Ask: Price at which Dealer will Sell and Traders can Buy Currency
The difference between the Bid and Ask is called the "Spread", which is the Trader's cost of the transaction
www.onecfd.com/cfd
www.GFTforex.com
www.Easy-Forex.com
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