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Please Distribute: February 2009
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Saturday, February 28, 2009. Had they been called “gated communities”—the softest possible semi-accurate name, more people might have questioned their acceptability or the impact that they might have on a peace process and reconciliation. If they were called “networked, militarized, communal fortresses”, there might at least be more interesting photos taken of the imposing unapproachability that they broadcast. Is a different issue that I have not experienced first hand.) This private, top-of-the-lin...
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Please Distribute: March 2009
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Friday, March 6, 2009. This is the most up close image I captured of a newly created settlement. In the background are the preliminary dwellings, low to the ground beneath their budding infrastructure. In the foreground are structures that served as storage for military vehicles. In front of this proto-settlement, I saw approximately 15 identical military troop moving trucks, parked in their garages. There were storage facilities for five times that amount of equipment. Up close, these walls tower above ...
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Please Distribute: Update
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Saturday, November 21, 2009. Vote against this option! Or I had almost eliminated some typhoid I didn't know I had, which rebounded with remarkable speed to become strong typhoid. In either case, I feel like I haven't surfed since 1993, like all food is gross and filling and like everything makes me tired. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Monrovia and Robertsport, Cape Mount, Liberia. View my complete profile. Anonymous Country (Elie in Liberia). Robertsport Community Works (Our Liberian NGO).
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Anonymous Country: MovedtoMonrovia on the city's architecture (Part II of III)
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Friday, March 18, 2011. MovedtoMonrovia on the city's architecture (Part II of III). This is Part II of a three-part series where I interview MovedtoMonrovia. S Matt Jones about the city's architecture, inspired by his Architectural Tour of Monrovia. Thanks to Matt for being such a good sport! All images courtesy of Matt Jones. AC: What do you think are some of the most interesting buildings in Monrovia? Ducor Hotel in its heyday, c. 1960s. I totally love the abandoned French Embassy on Mamba Point, whic...
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Anonymous Country: Feeling the fear
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Friday, April 22, 2011. One of the writers. I follow challenged me to write about what I’m most afraid of. I read his challenge, packed a backpack and left my island retreat for a mountain village in Bosnia for a few days. I needed to think it over. Then I opened my heart a little more, and told my friend that I was afraid that I could never do enough to fix the problems around me. How no matter what I did for the Co-op. I couldn’t protect them from everything I wanted to or guarantee their future&...
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Anonymous Country: February 2011
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Thursday, February 24, 2011. We make a preliminary assessment of each participating school's computer lab before we arrive, taking time to ascertain how many of their Ministry of Education-donated computers are functional. Usually, it's just a fraction of the total. At the beginning of our trainings, when the team is busy connecting the working computers to the Internet, I notice as the virus-riddled machines sit there in silence. They may as well be rocks, for all the use are to their students. When thi...
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Anonymous Country: January 2011
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Do we need to buy more ramen for the mice? I don't want them branching out and eating other stuff.". Nate, at our old flat. Me (in Uganda, to our friend's driver): Are we north or south of the Equator? Driver (c.k.a. Mugabe): We are east. To be continued.I've had a crazy week. Posted by Elie Losleben. Labels: overheard in monrovia. Monday, January 17, 2011. Adventures in Tropical Medicine: Giardia. 8226; If you are taking malarone, it is virtually impossible to get malaria.
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Anonymous Country: Liberia guides for the newbies
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Liberia guides for the newbies. I've just gotten my hands on two guides to Liberia written by the Liberian Professional Network and part of the intriguingly-named "Demystify Liberia Project":. 1 Traveling to Monrovia. And just in case you need to get your household goods out of the port and have no idea how: Import and Clearance Procedures for Freeport, Monrovia. At the moment, these links seem to not be working. Hopefully they'll be fixed and live soon.*. Posted by Elie Losleben.
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Anonymous Country: October 2010
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Thursday, October 28, 2010. We're a strong team at Tides now, with two additional members of the management team. It means now, instead of all decisions being made by Nate and me, plus our investors when it mattered, we're now a handful. Each of us has something we like to do best and are looking forward to doing things together. Here's a new waitress studying our drinks menu before opening time:. If you're in Monrovia, come to our Halloween costume party tomorrow! Posted by Elie Losleben. Really, chutne...
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Anonymous Country: April 2011
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Friday, April 22, 2011. One of the writers. I follow challenged me to write about what I’m most afraid of. I read his challenge, packed a backpack and left my island retreat for a mountain village in Bosnia for a few days. I needed to think it over. Then I opened my heart a little more, and told my friend that I was afraid that I could never do enough to fix the problems around me. How no matter what I did for the Co-op. I couldn’t protect them from everything I wanted to or guarantee their future&...
