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: headelbob; December 21st, 2009

Several of the participants of this international conference at MIT hold come to the Fab Laboratory for help in constructing parts of their designs. Their work is really interesting, and the presentations would be deserving checking out.

Delight join us on Midweek, Transfiguration, from 4-6pm in the Bartos House and
the lower-level of the Media Laboratory for the last jubilation of the
International Development Design Summit
( IDDS ) at MIT.
( Bartos is located here: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=e15

The meridian holds took to a higher degree 50 participants from over
twenty commonwealths to MIT to pass a month acquiring about designing and making
engineerings to meliorate the lives of people in the developing cosmos. The
participants will exhibit their labor in Bartos Theatre from 4 - 5 and
so exhibit their images at the response that follows. This twelvemonth 's
tasks include:

a device for lessening the transmitting rate of HIV/AIDS from mothers to
their babes
a charcoal suppression machine to assist do charcoal briquet from carburise
maize hazelnuts
a rope mode system to assist craftswomen in the Himalayas get their merchandises to
marketplace
a bulrush millet thrasher
an brooder for low birth weight infants in the development cosmos
a top-notch low-priced computer for educational programmes
an mesh stabilise dirt block shaper
a pico-hydro electrical generator
a handheld tool for insulate DNA for better diagnostic capableness
a device for generating electricity from a pedal pump

Please distributed the word about this last event and experience free to invite
friends and co-workers whom you conceive would relish the assemblage!

IDDS is hosted by MIT, Olin College and Cooper-Perkins, and is patronise by
the Rockefeller Foundation and the Subject Collegiate Inventors and
Innovators Confederation. The Final Jubilation is located in Edifice E15 and
is patronize by the MIT Populace Service Middle http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/

Hope to see you there!

IDDS website- Link

D-Lab website - Link

Amy Smith is in charge of D-Lab - Link

This is a good picture of one of her presentations - Link

La Vie en Rosebush Artist

: headelbob; December 17th, 2009

One of our artists, we are proud to exhibit during our subject `` La vie nut arose '' is Daniela Dietel
Under her label she makes really graphical looking, emotional touch jewelry which she herself draws as: intuitively, inspirational, diagrammatically, emotionally, intoxicant and beautiful. She doed an apprenticeship in Muenchen as gold-worker, works as an artist and graduated as decorator for jewellery and object in Pforzheim. The stuff she utilise for her work are all just trade read more about that theme on her site, because she is much better in drawing this so I am. I leave you with a couple of pictures and savour the beauty of her creations:

( first movie from Marsupialia, other pics from Frau Dietel
, related to their root )

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Reply to Nature 's Call # 3

: headelbob; October 29th, 2009

Itchyfingers
were kinda surprised to happen the public Loos in Taiwan were mostly the squatting sorts, except in the train depot and in one of the nicer shopping centres wevisited.One of the first Loos I seed was in a plaza. It was our first dark in Taipei, walking about after dinner. We holded considered that the plaza was a 24 hr bookstall we planned to see as they holded the same name. Went upwardly several floorings and saw no books... So I conceived might too travel see the W.C. since we might be resting out awhile before returning to the hotel.

But I was a trifle floored by the Loos in the shopping center....such Nice and hip shopping mall selling upmarket things but the Loos were.....

loo
This was the cleanest of all the cells... but after looking at the status
of the other cells, I was in no more humor to apply the W.C. anymore... Observe
the designing of their squatt W.C. is different from ours, which is totall plane? The
metal thing on the right is for you to tread on to redden. All tissues were sayed
to be thrown in the bin at the left.

I recollected another lands likewise make n't advance tissues to be thrown into the john bowl... consider it was Vietnam or Cambodia... ca n't retrieve goodly cosines they merely holded a little discreet mark. None of these other states holded such large marks to remind users not to throw the tissue in... except in China....

poem
A poem ' on the gracious utilisation of Loos at the Shilin Marketplace....You really hold
to understand thelanguage to fullly appreciate this piece... : phosphorus

Goodly, Itchyfingers
shall seek at a ( really! ) loose rendering for those not skillful in Mandarin...

It stated, ( from left to compensate ):

`` To piss, thin forward; Piss, wo n't drip out.
To squatting, take correctly; Closet, will rest fresh.
When maked, blush instantly; BM, moved you locomote.
Foreign things, throw not; Areca nut, spew not. ''

Haha... Stinky rendering....but you get the thought....

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Another friendly card in the lav at Taroko National Park
From left to
right it stated, `` Bathroom tissue does me endure from dyspepsia. Healthful tablets
blockade my guts. Please make not throw these into the lav bowl. Livelihood
comfort station clean. ''

Now I remember, the bathrooms at that first shopping center were really not that dirty. They were only old and the floor a little moisture. I conceive because they flail the applied privy documents into the bin, there was ever this malodourous odor in the Loos... so I was n't applied to that that dark. Haha...

Itchyfingers
besides boom bury to take nice can subscribes to add onto our assemblages.

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This nice one at Tiansiang, Taroko National Park
demonstrated the tribal people

Another at the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines

Another cunning W.C. mark... but this was not a closet... IT was a eatery!

Before we were in Taiwan, I holded been reading about this cunning eatery. But referable its popularity, reserves shoulded be done at least a day before. We were not sure if we could afford the clip to move and encounter the spot since we were n't sayed to be resting but in Taipei metropolis. So we determined to give it a attempt only when our timing permited us to harmonise a eleventh hour visit. But we accidentally run into this subdivision at Shilin on our manner to the train depot... and wow! So cute! I wanna endeavor! But we were already full and the eatery appeared to be full house....

loo1
With loo as a subject for the eatery, what make you conceive the decor would be?

Large cumulation of sh*t on a lav in the window show... why maked they maintain the
Happy Hour mark behind?

Cute loo and sh*t determined product on show... Wow!

I peeped into the eatery for a long patch before eventually willing to leave. Regrettablely we maked n't hold a opportunity to see any other outlets during our short stay in Taiwan. Following clip, Itchyfingers
will be back and we will make a point we see the eatery! : O

Likewise see linked stations:

& gt; Shit Happens - Taipei, Taiwan Trip #8

& gt; Holy Sh*t!
& gt; Answer to Nature's Call #2 - Toilet Signs, Singapore
& gt; Answer to Nature's Call #1 - Toilet Signs, Bangkok

Jillian Michaels ' up-to-the-minute podcasts

: headelbob; October 28th, 2009

Here are the most recent podcasts from Jillian Michaels! Her official page is over at KFI AM 640

, with sum-up of themes covered and name in queries. You can take the show on iTunes, but it Holds a little spot of a hurting. Hunt for `` KFI Sundays; '' it Holds the radiocommunication station 's hebdomadal podcast. Or download it through the links below! To a t clink the links below and take `` relieve mark as '' to savethem to your computer.

May 17th, 2009 podcast - the Biggest Loser Finale was bigger than ever!

May 24th, 2009 - KFI holded proficient troubles and were unable to post the sound.

May 31st, 2009 podcast - coping with criticism

If you 're looking for some exercise need, there Holds not much better than listening to Jillian while you exert!

doing the cosmos playfulness

: headelbob; October 27th, 2009

walking up stairs
and cleaning up
holds ne'er been more playfulness

I 'm a natural systah

: headelbob; October 26th, 2009

As you can see, my user name is NaturalSystah. If you 've not seen the About ME page, it Holds because I am a black woman who holds selected not to utilize chemicals to unbend her hair since 1997.

Some of you may believe `` What Holds the large trade? '' Others may be considering `` Uh-oh '' as this can still be a feisty issue for many. For the lowdown, I heartily advocate Nappturality.com
as a resource for natural black hair. I loved the station by Denim at The Virtuous Woman
blog on embracing our God-given beauty
and considered that I 'd better get along with printing this station! This is one immense theme that I believe is merely constituent of the large job linking to percepts of external beauty, which is course highly subjective. There 's large bucks to be done from doing people experience that there Holds something incorrect with how they look and that Holds not attending alter any clip presently.

It Holds interesting to me though, that the black pentecostal church particularly was cognise for frown on straightened hair as being someways worldly. Now natural hair is in the minority in the ones I 've been to. I 'm not sure why or how that displacement in sentiment passed, but I inquire if the prevalence of many women sermonizers and Gospels artists wearing consecutive weaves doed it appear alrightly? ( side note: I 'm not sure I can recollect any black female Gospel artists with natural hair?! )

I got to conceiving that there hold been quite an few analogs in my life between my walking with the Creator and my holding natural hair. Check it out:

Both Biblical Christianity and natural hair are oftentimes belied and are rung by many myths, far overly many to name here!

I see freedom in Christ, the Boy holds putted me free so! Holding natural hair holds released me in many slipways overly.

There are many who give au courant the religion or on natural hair, either because of ignorance or want of support/ostracism.

I 've been roasted for being a Christian and yep, holding natural hair

There are people whose life-styles can bespeak that they may be a false convert, and I 've enquire about those who hold shunned chemicals, province proudly that they hold natural hair yet regularly fry their hair with heat and it Holds rarely seen in a non-straight manner...

I 've been named judgmental because of my religion, and too for holding fairly strong thoughts about natural hair ( which I might add, I make n't give unasked but I will right falsehoods when I hear them - whether about the Almighty or natural hair ) - my religion and my perspectives on hair are unpalatable to some...

I maked n't get bay heartache about my hair turning up, but I make think hearing people tell that it was a shame that I maked n't inherit my daddy 's `` good hair '' ( good hair = heterosexual or wavy, anything but kinky
or `` fussy '', the Afro-Caribbean dyslogistic term for perverted coarse-textured hair ). To my shame I deeply resented my hair and gave in to the chemicals when I was about 14 or 15. I loved holding it consecutive and would n't entertain the thought of holding it any other manner until I turned 20 and got oppugning many things I was neutralizing my life. I inquired why it was OK for the relaxer to move on my caput yet the stylist need to wear mitts? And I easily started to see that there was nada inherently incorrect with my hair, I was but unlettered as to how to handle it. Now I make that my hair texture is not `` bad '', not even problematical, it Holds how the Godhead projected it to be.

At the start my equals believed I was locomoting mad, especially when I cut out the relaxed hair and holded natural hair but 3-4 ins long. It maked do me titter indoors though when I saw a couple of of them wear the same canerow fashion that I holded though Incidentally, the Divine relieved me a few months after that haircut and He Holds been working on me both inside and outside, praise Him.

a brief debrief on beaches and trampolines.

: headelbob; October 26th, 2009

Ohio cats.

For those of you praying for me to set goodly to my new `` stay in one spot for a yr '' business, coworkers, flat, etc... it Holds locomoting great.

I lose some of you badly-most of you cognize who you areand some of you i 'm utilise to not seeing. I wish i could get a Micah clinch, but can wait until he sees me.

Meanwhile, ive need to hang out with cousin-germans who remind me of Micah. This past weekend was a blast with relations on ness cod-hadnt seen them in ages but moved for a visit with my new apartment-sharer Rachel.

We caught au fait the past few geezerhood, ate seafood, travelled swim, gokarted, bestrode AMAZING trampolines ( multiple ) that are constructed INTO THE Earth, moved swimming AGAIN, caught eldritch crabs, grilled a feast exterior, moved kayaking, moved swimming again, and attended the beach at dark. we likewise watched the office ( the tiddlers were holding a marathon ) and bosomed adios, so emily drove me place ( Rachel holded already left ) so she could watch the Italian business for the first time-since she drives a new Cooper miniskirt with speeding bands on that. . we listened to Simon 's new Cd and caught au fait life, love and environmental technology.

RIGHT, Sol. this hebdomad is attending be another busy one ( thence the posting Monday morn ). sometimes i get home and merely cant expression at a screen anymore. boot bivouac sorta got expoloded into aught over the weekend but at least i got exericse in beach walking, swimming and kayaking ( so its not a entire loss ).

i take to do more clip for important things. clip direction holds been moving goodly, but at the same clip, things are getting crazier and i require to prioritise my forenoons so i pass the clip right and:

pray/read/exercise/pack for the day/shower and netmail the people i postulate to e-mail in africa BEFORE getting to work-which i believe agencies i postulate to get upward before. yoy. shout out and thanks to aunt bern and the cousin-germans for a weekend of memories!

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Republic of costa rica

: headelbob; October 25th, 2009

Wed 3: 30AM EST The dog and the cat are inquiring what in the universe is travelling along. All the lights get on in the midst of the dark. My wife and I are frolicing the house doing eleventh hour readyings. We roust the boy out of his bed state him it is clip to get ready togo.He is excited about this trip, but besides a trifle nervous. We check on him every few transactions to make a point he is getting ready and not simply playing about.

Shortly the motorcar is ladened with our bags. A last cheque to make a point we hold everything - playthings to play with, books to read, airplane ticket, passes,etc. and we are forth. The house travels quiet and dark again as we take our small whirlwind with us. The brutes can move back to slumber until my sis comes to take tending of them while we are forth.

My wife and her sis, Broom, take a trip together each summertime. Sometimes it is simply the two of them; sometimes other sises or neices locomote on. It Holds a missy thing - no hombres letted. Usually they take a sail. Ever they travel someplace tropic. This twelvemonth they plot to take me and our seven twelvemonth old boy, Calvin, along on a trip to Republic of costa rica. I merely chance out about it afew hebdomads ago. Another modification this yr is that my sister-in-law was not moving. She was assured clip away from workbut itgot revoked and some unexpected expenses at place holded coerced her to drop out - bummer - I wish Broom.

When I acquired that I was travelling on this trip, being a grind, I commenced making research on Republic of costa rica. I checked out what to make and where to move, the currency rate of exchange, what to pack, what the people are similar, and what nutrients to anticipate. I took German in school not Spanish so I got larning utile phrases and even happened a list of some common Costa Rican slang footings. I experienced thatI was fairly goodly fixed.

Course holding maked some travelling in the yesteryear I cognize that one thing to maintain in nous on any trip, expecially one to a foreign commonwealth, is to e'er anticipate the unexpected. Something e'er appears miscarry or at least is different than what you anticipate. You can permit those things destroy your trip or you can roll with the slugs and hold a great clip anyways. I vowed to roll and it is a good thing I maked because this trip wasabout to travel nutseven before our airplane left the land.

Midweek 4: 50AM EST -We attain the depot to encounter a huffy house. It looks that our airline, Delta, holds three flights leaving within half an hr of each other and they make not hold the installations or staff to deal the hurry of riders checkingin.Add to it all the other airlines too with flights leaving within proceedings of each other and the security checkpoint was overwhelmed -the line literally stretched out the doorof the terminus. The spot is a full messiness. We negociate to contend our mode to a booth and get ourselves sign in before they severed at 5: 30, but we still should wait to get our bags sign in, so we personally need to shlep themto thebaggage security country, then we should get ourselves through security which still holds a line like you would not believe. This is a little airdrome -95 % of the clip it is like a specter town. Why the airdrome and airlines ca n't work together to level out the traffic I make n't cognise. Maked I name I detest wing?

So we eventually manageto get through security with our carry ons and our boy still with us - all good. We commence fast walking for the gate. We hold 7 twelvemonth old with us and my wife holds a heart disease complete with an planted defibrillator so we are n't attending be running through the aerodrome bounding over chairs and luggage like on those oldO.J. Simpson commercials. We get to the gate with like 10 proceedings to save.

Notwithstanding, Delta, even though we are sign in and they cognize we are coming and they cognize that thesecurity procedure is a entire muss holds already given off our places to standby riders. Although the airplane is right there and holds not yet begined its leaving, we can not board because it is full. The staff say us that we are out of circumstances, shut the incline door, and vanish forfifteen transactions some. When they come back they cheerfully say us ( and the other three people that were similarly left behind ) that there is no other flight with them or any of the other airlines that will get us to Atlanta in clip to do our tying flight to Republic of costa rica. They will be happy to direct us to Kennedy in a twosome hrs and from there to Atlanta where we can catch the justly other flight to Republic of costa rica that day Ix hrs or better subsequently than our original flight! For this they willhave to charge us a mere $ 150.

Now comes the kicker. Think I told that my sister-in-law was not travelling on the trip? Goodly, it looks that this was a prevarication and she was secretly attending see us at the airdrome in San Jose, the san jose, as a surprise. She sleep in Indiana and was wing separately on Northwest airlines. She makes n't cognize that we lost our flight and wo n't be there to encounter her. The good folks at Northwestlet my wife utilize their telephone system to name downwardly to the gate at Houston, page Ling who is waiting for her connectedness to Republic of costa rica, and permit her cognise that she will get on her ain in a unusual countryuntil like midnight. Congratulationses to Northwest!

Goodly, we are finallyon our fashion. But wait, there Holds more! It Holds simply one escapade after another on this trip. You 'll observe that there are no photos of Republic of costa rica on this blog. There Holds a ground for that.

MDW

headelbob

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