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Go Kiva!

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The loan you have made to Mkasi’s Hatuyu Mbishwi Group has received a repayment of $78.00. The total amount repaid is now $78.00. This repayment will be divided amongst all the lenders who helped to fund this business, depending upon the percentage each lender contributed.

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“Please note: Builders, Farmers, Tradespeople, ect [sic] often need larger vehicles for work. This is fine. I am after people who “need” a 4WD for camping twice a year, or soccer mums who “need the extra space”.” — What Can One Person Do?

How do you know which I am? I organize my errands so that we go out in the Suburban (and can you tell if it’s 2WD or 4WD?) no more than 2xs/week. When I’m at the grocery store or doing another mundane task, how would you know that I don’t also have a delivery of 600 lbs of grain in the back?

The car that does the most driving in our household gets around 35mpg. I purchase carbon offsets for all of our cars and other travel. I try.

I don’t think you can judge this book by its cover. Some days I look like a farmer. And other days I actually look like the soccer mom you profess to be “after”.

Bush Gives Taliban 10 Million To Fight Opium

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At Digg, there’s been a bit of discussion related to a US$43 million “gift” sent by the Bush administration to the Taliban in May 2001. There seems to be a discrepancy about whether the money was to be used to fight the opium trade or as humanitarian aid.

This article is clearer. Read the rest of this entry »