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Global-positioning technology for pedestrians--as opposed to automobiles--is still in its infancy. But there are at least half a dozen pocket-size devices on the market designed to mimic the in-car experience. I've been fooling around with two: the eTrex Legend ($249, from Garmin), which fits in your pocket; and the Geode ($290, from Geodiscovery), which plugs into a Handspring Visor...
...order to finance the Ngata Children's Home, Kariuki personally contributed to the costs of construction and to traditional community fund-raising events called harambees, Swahili for "pull together." He pays the monthly salaries for the 18 members of the home's management committee out of his pocket. Additional support comes from the community, which offered the land on which the home is built, as well as from local donors and the Kenyan Charity Sweepstakes. As much as 40% of the funding, however, comes from independent donors outside Kenya. Kariuki is directly involved in fund raising and is working...
...bottom in the level of benefits they offer immigrants hoping to stay. While refugee-rights groups have criticized Britain's Labour government for issuing a meager $50 weekly to asylum seekers, two-thirds of it in vouchers, other countries' policies are even worse. Germany, for instance, has slashed monthly pocket money to $40 and requires would-be refugees to stay in detention centers for their first three months. At a time of upheaval throughout the developing world, Europe's parsimony has done nothing for its reputation. Last month U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan criticized European leaders as anti-immigrant...
...Bing is the sharpie, the con man, the cad to men and women alike. He sells Bob into slavery in "Morocco," picks Hope's pocket of his boatfare in "Utopia," forces him into a dangerous highwire bicycle act in "Rio." And in a romantic canoe ride for two in "Zanzibar," he lets Dorothy do the paddling. Crosby never apologizes for his dastardly doings, and the plot rarely smites him with a climactic comeuppance. He is the singing scorpion; it's just his nature, though he'll deny it if you accuse him. "You know, way down underneath I'm honest...
...laundry revenues through HoCo's is not an equitable method of redistribution. If College administrators believe that HoCo's are important and responsible enough to receive the thousands of dollars generated by House laundry facilities each year, then the College should consider funding HoCo's out of its own pocket instead of supporting them through funds that have been exploited from unknowing students...