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…and 8 hours of class will make you a little stir crazy. today was my first full day of class. i mean that literally. while i am taking a kappa haka class (i’ll explain that later), today was my first day of my public health classes. each of them is from 9-5. no misprint…9-5. and […]
Continue reading about 10,000 years will give you such a krick in the neck*
ok so my daddy isn’t and my mom is but that is neither here nor there. mostly i’m just thrilled that my tuition money finally made it in. it was here intially, then it got cancled by rotary, only they didn’t send a replacement check until about two weeks later. that said…it is here now. […]
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2:30 am is freaking frigid in auckland. I’m not talking, “it’s a tad chilly”, I’m talking “my teeth are crashing together so hard I mght break one.” I know this because at the wee hours of this morning I was awakened by a strong urge to pee and the blaring of a polite voice informing […]
By CELIA W. DUGGER Published: March 2, 2006 Rampant child malnutrition in poor countries is usually not caused principally by lack of food, nor are large, politically popular programs to feed schoolchildren the right way to tackle a problem stunting the intellectual and physical development of more than 100 million children worldwide, a new World […]
Continue reading about NYT article – Lack of Food Not Main Cause of Child Malnutrition, Study Says
i remember getting into a debate with a fellow PCV when i was in south africa – we were on opposite sides of the “as long as you affect some change, no matter how small, it matters” conversation. she was adamantl opposed and i, a staunch believer. we didn’t change each other’s minds but…i have since […]
This was written by Octavia Butler in 1998…the truth in it is staggereing: Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be […]
Here I am in the most developed country I’ve visited in quite a while and for once I NEED to stand out so that i can arrange formal/informal talks as part of my obligations as a rotary scholar. But here, in the midst of English speaking zed, I am the least “interesting” I’ve been in […]
I have a friend who jokes about being a miscegenation. He contains multitudes and adamantly refuses to be put into a little American box meant to define him The zed, at least Auckland, is a lesson in that same kind of hybrid. On campus, very few people check a single box. This afternoon while lolling […]
Niue From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Niue Flag of Niue Official languages Niuean, English Capital Alofi Head of State Elizabeth II New Zealand High Commissioner Sandra Lee-Vercoe Premier Young Vivian Area – Total – % water 260 km² 0 Population – Total (2003) 2,145 Establishment – Date Niue Constitution Act 19 […]
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