It is certainly strange. I guess it adds some human element to the story. Personally, the end part is a bit of a filler for the article. I would have much prefer to read more about how the Sheri was able to explain the ins and outs of an internet business in Africa etc. To each their own, I guess.
Yeah, when I got to that part I had to read it twice and check the URL. It suddenly turned into some kind of smutty story talking about her cleavage and beautiful dark blonde hair.
Some more details on how they setup the business and deliver the goods to customers would be helpful.
Summary: a Harvard student working on her master's thesis talked with some Maasai herders whose livestock was being devastated by Hoof and Mouth Disease. She did some internet searches and found that Big Pharma had attempted but failed to isolate the active ingredient in a traditional native treatment. They tried the traditional native treatment and it worked; now the Maasai herders have a profitable business selling the traditional treatment. The Harvard student is very sexy but will soon be too old to attract a man. One of the Maasai doesn't beat his wives much and she finds him very manly. They are expecting their first child.
I'm sorry, but while the first part is an interesting if unsurprising anecdote, I found the later part downright offensive.
Just went back to re-read the story, and it has been updated. The Mills and Boon chapter have been edited out! Where is the dramatic ending!!! OK, I can tone down my sarcasm now..
Something seems wrong about this. I can't seem to find any other references to Sheri Goldberg. Plus it's the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, not "international studies."
The headline and the contents strongly led me to believe that there would be a paragraph at the end cheerfully informing me that I, too, could make $7000 a month online with no work at all, just enter your credit card number here!
Also calling shenanigans. The sentence 'As a graduate student at Harvard she had become familiar with the Bing search engine's advanced capabilities' reeks of marketing.
Over the few months they worked together on the project, Sheri gradually fell for Lerionka's calm demeanor. The steely mysterious gaze in his eyes and rich baritone voice set off a deep and powerful feeling of attraction in her. She fell in love.
Almost pushin' thirty, she was worried she would never experience this amazing feeling before her looks faded. And boy does she have looks in spades! With a svelte 5' 4 curvacious figure, a pretty face, and beautiful dark blonde hair flowing freely over her shoulders, she has never lacked dates.
She often dresses down to avoid having grown men stare at her cleavage and not value her for her brains. But even with these assets Sheri believes that "only once in your life do you find a man who makes you feel truly feminine in every fiber of your being."
Lerionka may not have much formal education but he knows what it means to be a real man. When he says no, he means no. He also does not believe in sparing the rod and spoiling the woman and, in the past, used it liberally to great effect.
Recently, though, Maasai men have had to change to be more in tune with the times. Kenya's new constitution gives women more rights and many men may run afoul of the law if they stick to their old ways.
While Sheri likes the new laws she secretly admits that she prefers this strength and authority to the wishy-washy ways of the men she's dated in the posh Mercer Island, Washington neighborhood she grew up in. They tippy toe over issues and are too eager to please. She's joked with her girlfriends that Lerionka should hold a "how to be a real man" workshop for their boyfriends and husbands!
In June Lerionka and Sheri will welcome their first son, whom they have decided to name Lenana, after the legendary Maasai warrior!
The big take-away here is normal Internet searches yielded nothing, but she had access to academic journals. In an esoteric journal, she found the cure. This is exactly why I hate paywalls on publicly funded scientific research. Information should be free.
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I'm sorry, but while the first part is an interesting if unsurprising anecdote, I found the later part downright offensive.
What a pile of hoof-and-mouth cowpies.
Almost pushin' thirty, she was worried she would never experience this amazing feeling before her looks faded. And boy does she have looks in spades! With a svelte 5' 4 curvacious figure, a pretty face, and beautiful dark blonde hair flowing freely over her shoulders, she has never lacked dates.
She often dresses down to avoid having grown men stare at her cleavage and not value her for her brains. But even with these assets Sheri believes that "only once in your life do you find a man who makes you feel truly feminine in every fiber of your being."
Lerionka may not have much formal education but he knows what it means to be a real man. When he says no, he means no. He also does not believe in sparing the rod and spoiling the woman and, in the past, used it liberally to great effect.
Recently, though, Maasai men have had to change to be more in tune with the times. Kenya's new constitution gives women more rights and many men may run afoul of the law if they stick to their old ways.
While Sheri likes the new laws she secretly admits that she prefers this strength and authority to the wishy-washy ways of the men she's dated in the posh Mercer Island, Washington neighborhood she grew up in. They tippy toe over issues and are too eager to please. She's joked with her girlfriends that Lerionka should hold a "how to be a real man" workshop for their boyfriends and husbands!
In June Lerionka and Sheri will welcome their first son, whom they have decided to name Lenana, after the legendary Maasai warrior!