MENUPOEMS READING In honor of National Poetry Month, Alimentum, a food-oriented literary journal, recently produced a special menu-size broadside featuring short, pithy poems about eating, which it has distributed to local restaurants.
As of Wednesday, the World Food Program reported that it had distributed food to more than 200,000 people, but it acknowledged that it could take as long as a month for relief food to get to the two million or more people in need.
RELIEF EFFORT -- The United Nations World Food Program said it had distributed 250,000 tons of food to six million Afghans over the last four months, at a cost of $20 million.
The Shabab Islamist militant group, which still controls a few large patches of Somalia, said Tuesday that it was expelling the Save the Children aid agency because it had distributed expired food and tried to bribe Shabab officials.
Last month, the company announced that it had distributed a total of over $8 million to its 1000 participating developers, although a few particularity successful developers likely received the majority of the take.
It had distributed 67,000 copies of the guide to churches and supporters.
It has distributed money to Acorn, to a community center for transvestites and transsexuals and to a pro-Palestinian group.
The company also notes that it has distributed $34 billion to its shareholders over the last three years in dividends, stock repurchases and spinoffs.
While the law school is saying little so far about its dog-lending program, it has distributed a memo to students with the basics: that Monty will be available at the circulation desk to stressed-out students for 30 minutes at a time beginning Monday, for a three-day trial run.
To identify children at high risk, it has distributed 60,000 questionnaires to students, which inquire about their sense of well-being, family situation, and attitudes and exposure to drugs.
