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Tio D. hunting for the cure to Huntington disease

great Huntington disease awareness thanks to House MD tv show

I'm doing 17 things

I've done 232 things

Tio D. hunting for the cure to Huntington disease's Life List

1. Help find the cure to Huntington Disease
23 entries . 71 cheers 6 people
2. do an olympic-distance triathlon
10 entries . 20 cheers 21 people
3. follow the 13 key questions to ask before i design, specify, or buy anything
1 entry . 12 cheers 4 people
4. attend an opera written by BEEM
1 entry . 2 cheers 1 person
5. ride a century
14 entries . 20 cheers 110 people
6. do one hundred consecutive push-ups
20 entries . 12 cheers 296 people
7. live simply
5 entries . 33 cheers 3,258 people

8.

Practice the Four Agreements on a Daily Basis: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best!
1 entry . 4 cheers

6 people

9. eat more locally grown food
1 entry . 1 cheer 290 people
10. Do the 100 mile diet
1 entry . 8 cheers 6 people
11. Run 10 KM in less than 40 m
7 entries . 13 cheers 4 people
12. consume less
1 cheer 165 people
13. make a smaller ecological footprint
46 team members . 11 entries . 33 cheers 1,042 people
14. update my will
3 entries . 17 cheers 25 people
15. Minimize existing clutter and excess possessions
4 entries . 31 cheers 405 people
16. Learn Portuguese
2 entries . 10 cheers 1,051 people
17. live without a car
5 entries . 36 cheers 74 people

How I did it

How to go to the opera

It took me

1 year

It made me

How I did it: dig in! do some research to find opera productions in your community or as close to it as possible.ask family and friends to help, have any of them attended an opera? do you know anyone who can tell you a bit about operas or who might want to go along with you and share the experience. Read how I did it…

Jun 03, 04:43PM PDT | 0 comments

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Give a kiva loan in 43 countries (read all 7 entries…)

43! 3 months ago

I had just turned on my computer when the RSS feed signalled a new loan had arrived in Rwanda; it was fully funded by the time I caught up with it. But using the most recent index on the lending page, I grabbed a loan in Rwanda and a loan in Cameroon before the RSS feeds updated themselves, which they have just done now as this is being typed.

Jul 31, 10:35AM PDT | 0 comments

Give a kiva loan in 43 countries (read all 7 entries…)

41! 3 months ago

Kiva alerts worked once! I was too slow once before but I clicked on the loan literally within one minute of receiving the alert but 21,000 other kiva lenders were busy making at least one loan last week so loans can get funded very quickly. Another time it read this way: Loan=$250, already raised=$250.

My list of kiva countries:
Azerbaijan
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina (haha! counts as 1 country only)
Cambodia
Costa Rica
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Ecuador
Ghana
Guatemala
Honduras
Indonesia
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Liberia
Mali
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Palestine
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Phillipines
Samoa
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Vietnam

Nepal, Cameroon and Rwanda posted new loans this month so these are countries I expect to lend in next. Afghanistan’s last new loans were available 1-July so that’s also a possibility to be #43!

Can’t tell easily when the last loan was available in Haiti because almost all of the partner’s loans are made in Dom. Rep. Iraq partner’s last 5 loans were listed 1 per month in April-August 2008 so that’s very unlikely. The partner in Bulgaria is presently paused so that status needs to change or a new partner is needed before that one gets done.

Set my kiva alerts for many countries which presently are not served by kiva’s present partners to advise as soon as loans in new countries become available.

Jul 30, 10:26AM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments

Give a kiva loan in 43 countries (read all 7 entries…)

Now on 40 thanks to Kiva alerts and RSS feeds 3 months ago

Thanks to kiva alerts and the RSS feed on fundraising loans of the kiva partners in countries where I haven’t made loans, two new loan opportunities, in Bosnia and Palestine, were flagged which I was able to respond to just in time this morning.

This puts me on 40! We’ll see how fast the next 3 countries can find representation in my kiva loan portfolio.

Jul 16, 09:09AM PDT | 1 cheer | 4 comments

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