http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog Politics. News. Random Adventures. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:03:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, of the former rebel FMLN party, has won the country’s presidential election, ending two decades of conservative rule. Funes won 51 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Rodrigo Avila of the ruling right-wing ARENA party. Avila conceded defeat late Sunday. The FMLN ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2009/03/leftist-fmln-candidate-mauricio-funes-wins-el-salvador-presidential-election-ending-two-decades-of-conservative-rule/ Tristan Anderson, an activist in the Bay Area that I've known for many years, was critically injured this week after being shot in the head by the Israeli Army (IDF). We are all pulling hard for him right now. Please stay tuned for more information on his condition...   Statement from the ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2009/03/oakland-activist-shot-by-the-israeli-army/ Luke, Amy, and myself just returned from an amazing three days of backcountry skiing in the Sierras. Thursday, Feburary 26, after cutting out early from a trying week of work in Oakland, we made a mad dash for the Sierras.  By the time we reached the trailhead — on highway 80 ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2009/03/castle-peak-backcountry-skiing/   27 May 2008 | Opua, New Zealand And the changes continue...  Where to start? The short of it is that after what seems like endless changes in plans and unknowns, Bahati is not leaving New Zealand. She will stay here for the next year. This was decided the day before we were ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2008/05/hello-world/   09 May 2008 | Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand Wow. Changes, changes, changes... and life goes on... Just before departing the Bay of Islands to head north for Vanuatu, we received word that Grandma White (Nat's mother, Molly White) was very ill back home in Maine. The weather window to head ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2008/05/bahati-nz-departure-delayed/   25 December 2007 | Auckland, New Zealand BAHATI E-Log update from Auckland! Dec 14, 2007 Dear Family, Friends, and Virtual Crew Members! Happy Holly Days from Kiwi-land "Downunder"! BAHATI is finally in New Zealand! Pictures coming soon! We had a looooooooooooong and somewhat fraught passage from Tonga but we finally made it to ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2007/12/passage-from-tonga-to-new-zealand-sv-bahati/ 11 November 2007 | Vava'u, Tonga Hello Friends of Bahati! OK. So it has been way too long since we have updated you all on our voyage. And for once, we have no good excuse. Really, we have been just having too much fun (and dealing with too many issues!) to take ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2007/11/the-cook-islands-nuie-and-tonga-aboard-sv-bahati/ 24 August 2007 | Papeete, Tahiti Hello Bahati Virtual Mates, As we write you, we are approaching our first city since leaving Panama, more than two months ago, on June 8. As BAHATI glides through a clear night with brisk tradewinds and rocking seas, we prepare ourselves to enter the bustling South ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2007/08/the-french-polynesian-islands-aboard-bahati/ 25 July 2007 | Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Ahoy Bahati Comrades! It has been a while since our last "Ship's Log" update (exactly one month ago), and for once we have a very good excuse... we have been at sea. And guess what? We are STILL at sea! We are writing you this ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2007/07/21-days-at-sea-bahati-crosses-the-pacific/ Greetings Bahatian Comrades! We appoligize for the lack of photos and fancy design elements in this update, but we are greatly limited by slow internet connections in the remote islands of the Galapagos. We promise to share the incredible collection of photos we've gathered at the next available high-speed internet connection ... http://joshwarrenwhite.org/blog/2007/07/galapagos-islands-aboard-sv-bahati/