Linnea Ashley on March 4th, 2006

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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Linnea Ashley on March 3rd, 2006

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 […]

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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 […]

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Linnea Ashley on March 1st, 2006

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 […]

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