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08.09.2010
Editor's Note: Students from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering are working in Tanzania to help improve sanitation and energy technologies in local villages. The student-led group , known as Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects (HELP), will file dispatches from the field during their trip. This is their seventh blog post for Scientific American.The rooster in the room next to us crowed loudly at sunrise, and we despondently got out of bed with the goal of finding Fundi [see photo at left] , the town of Kalinzi's elusive stove maker. We found him farming and arranged to meet with him after work at the seventh hour of the Swahili clock, 1 p.m. international time (Swahili time starts with the first hour of sunlight and is therefore six hours behind). [More] Tanzania - Swahili language - Thayer School of Engineering - Engineering - Dartmouth College

My Sick Mind

07.09.2010
After losing my Internet connection due to a bad phone line, I am finally back on the air. Since the good folks at Verizon were going to take 4 days to dispatch a repairman to my home to fix my line, I shitcanned them. Subsequently, I signed up with Clear, but had some problems hooking up the air card to my PC. A quick fix and a few swear words and I'm back on the air. Soon, I'll be mobile-blogging, once my new laptop comes from the gang at Dell who, I'm sure, are busily building it as I type because they know how important it is to me.Anyway ... what did I miss?Oh yeah, that oil spill in the Gulf is almost gone - to hear the people at BP tell it, anyway. What happened to the oil? Most of it evaporated, they say. Here's a little experiment you can try in your backyard. Open a quart of oil and leave it on your back porch. Tell me how long it takes for a quart to disappear into the atmosphere. While you're at it, throw in a few shrimp and some fish just to spice it up a little.I'll think of something better, I promise. Mostly, I've been enjoying the break - much like a cigarette smoker who doesn't realize that his habit is ruining his life, only to find that stopping might have been the best thing he ever did.Until he has his next cigarette, of course.

News-n-Views

07.09.2010
Creative people enjoy in making something out of nothing, so when a new year and a blank calendar appears, the possibilities seem endless. Suddenly, impossible editors are not so restraining, artistic debuts are only one workshop away and sales goals are easy to achieve. Yeah! I am talking about Creativity. It is true that creativity is the ability to generate innovative ideas and manifest them from thought into reality. The process involves original thinking and then producing.In fact all we people exploring creativity in our everyday lives! Many of us throw their gifts away on a life of averageness, great men throw everything they have into their gifts and achieve a life of success. If you ask me then I tell you one thing here is I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. In fact, some year back I have started my blogging journey without any knowledge and now, at this time I just reached what I have expected. It happens only to think on creative way. Yeah! It is the fact that to live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. Just take a look at following slide show. It is the creativity of creative mind. People like you and me created such an creative thing here.Still many of us could not know the right meaning of creativity. Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. Yeah! Just keep in mind the above lines that are essence of creativity. There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish. In both cases creativity plays a vital role. It is up to you to choose any way that you like most. I am sure it will give delight moments that you never forget entire the life.As the season of believing seems to wind down let me gently remind you that many dreams still wait in the wings. Many authentic sparks must be fanned before passion performs her perfect work in you. Throw another log on the fire. I am always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life. It’s my routine that I follow this path regularly. Yeah! There is no “Ifs and Buts”. I think all you my friend must stress here that “to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."You know what? Creativity is a network of people, ideas and concepts, and practical activities that are a resource for business people who want to add to or strengthen creative actions and innovative results in their work.Finally, I would say, “There are no problems - only opportunities to be creative."Articles to Read :01. INDIANS=>Don't Buy P-E-T-R-O-L02. Beware of MOUSE (MOUSE ARM !!!)03. Surface Computer : Microsoft04. The Road is Never Long Between Friends !!!05. Principle of Life !!! 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07.09.2010
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