Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Jan 1, 2009, 1:30 pm
My favorite posts from 2008: 1) Why health matters. My best friends’ daughter died, and in the terrible misery that followed, I did my best to take a lesson from it. My grieving friends liked the p...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 30, 2008, 7:56 pm
Jargon: NGO, CBO Translation: NGO stands for non-governmental organization. CBO stands for community-based organization. The difference between them is that NGOs are generally formally structured org...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 22, 2008, 11:57 am
1. How to open a can of food with a knife Place the knife straight down on the top of the can, with the tip of the blade resting where you want to make your puncture. Choose your location carefully; ...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 18, 2008, 11:33 pm
Jargon: Multilateral Translation: Involving three or more countries. Most often used in the phrase "multilateral discussions" or "multilateral negotiations." This one's so basic to most internati...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 17, 2008, 9:36 pm
American culture is such that I don’t even really like writing this post. But I am starting to get deluged with requests for assistance, and I just don’t have the time to answer them. I have a mor...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 15, 2008, 9:44 pm
Jargon: Holistic Translation: I think holistic may not actually be jargon, since it's used to mean what it actually means - whole or all-encompassing. People like to talk about a holistic approach...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 14, 2008, 2:30 pm
There are a few possible interpretations of Development 2.0 that make it more than jargon. Two are simple (although not easy) and most likely inevitable. The last one is very, very hard. And, of cours...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 10, 2008, 8:37 pm
Bad development work is based on the idea that poor people have nothing. Something is better than nothing, right? So anything you give these poor people will be better than what they had before. Even ...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 9, 2008, 9:02 pm
Joseph Kimojino @maratriangle Why you should follow: Fascinating first-hand account of wildlife protection in the Mara Triangle, complete with catching poachers, making tourists behave, and helping w...
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Alanna S. posted an article on Blood and Milk - Dec 3, 2008, 10:52 pm
Jargon: Granularity Translation: Detail. People generally refer to a "level of granularity" and that just means how much detail is used.
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