Best sellers about Diabetes

Betty Crocker Diabetes Cookbook by Betty Crocker show you easy everyday meals that you can prepare for a diabetic person. This cookbook puts flavor and various back to menu for people with diabetes and their families. Betty Crocker is the most trusted friend in the American kitchen and now she has teamed up International Diabetes Center to create a major source of easy to make recipes and information about the nutritional value of the growing number of people who have diabetes. This recipe book features carbohydrate choices is the new simplified method of meal planning is recommended by the American Diabetes Association.

Diabetic Cookbook of healthy recipes source provides over 500 delicious diabetic recipes to help you begin to enjoy food again as a diabetic. Collection of recipes is sure to please anyone who needs to watch their diet without sacrificing their taste buds. This is the perfect book for millions of people with diabetes who need to be careful to maintain their diet. Here you will find recipes for desserts that you may have thought you would never have that cakes, tarts and fudge. With these recipes, you can do all these treats and more without having to worry about slipping your diabetic diet.

The new glucose revolution for Diabetes by Dr. Jennie brand-Miller is the definitive guide to managing diabetes and prediabetes using the Glycemic index. This is the first comprehensive guide to using the Glycemic index control type 1 diabetes type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and more, this book contains the most accurate and recent information with new findings by the authors. It contains recipes for all types of diabetes, including gestational diabetes or juvenile diabetes. There are also recipes for related conditions like obesity and celiac disease plus practical guidance on sugar, sweeteners, alcohol, snacking and eating out at restaurants.

Insulin resistance diet by Cheryle r. Hart and Mary Kay Grossman is the best-selling book that has helped thousands of people overcome insulin resistance and lose weight. This book provides a lifelong livable eating plan that shows you how to lose weight safely and easily because it links carbs and proteins that control blood sugar and insulin sticks. This release contains the latest information about good and bad fats, carbs, and much more ... do not want to give up your sweet treats? This book is good news for all who love chocolate, coffee, nuts and cinnamon.

Diabetic meals in 30 minutes or less by Robyn Webb, Ms gives you crisp, diabetes-friendly recipes. Collection of recipe is perfect for people with active life and fits perfectly in the schema in use. It is filled with recipes that are specially designed for people with diabetes. This book will enjoy your meals on the road to no time. The author of this book is an expert in the field of diabetes and she is dedicated to improving the lives and interests of diabetics, people all over the world.

 

Free book summary, small edge-secrets to a successful life-written by Jeff Olson

This book has as one of the best books written about the implementation. Jeff Olson is a successful entrepreneur and what distinguishes this book is that it talks about philosophy. Have you ever driven at the Office and when you got it almost forgot you ran? Basically, it is wont to run so ingrained that it requires no thought. This is the whole concept of small edge behaviour.

Why is this important? Think about these 9 incredible statistics:

1. the Average American eats 158 pounds of sugar per year. Processed sugar create mood swings and deep crashes.

2.33% of adults are overweight

3.33% of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives

4.42% of college graduates never read another book after college

5. There were 1.5 million new bankruptcy filings in the last 12 months.

6. major pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars each year on Ritalin, Prozac, Xanax and other mind altering drugs.

7.43% of American families spend more than they earn each year

8. Average households carry out $ 8,000 in credit card debt.

9. the average person will spend 26 hours a week watching TV and surfing the Web.

These are all examples of poor small edge behaviour. The great Jim Rohn said "what is easy to do is also easy not to." This interpretation has real powers and is the key to real success and happiness no matter how you define it.

Small edge work always. The human condition, you control either expanding or contracting. There is no stable state.

When a child is born, is a day closer to death. This is not a cruel thing, it's just our reality. This is the paradox that makes life so valuable.

What would you do if you had a choice of either $ 1 million dollars a day or your money which doubled every day 31 days starting with a penny? Two people out of ten would choose penny. The other 8 would include $ 1 million. After 31 days of doubling, you would have $ 10 million dollars. This is the concept of interest-the eighth wonder of the world. 8 persons could also simply activate its financial future over to a stock broker or financial planner without taking responsibility for the results themselves. I suppose, then, everyone's pension at issue. -WISDOM is expensive!

Small edge works the same way. If you eat a Big Mac and fries today, you are not unhealthy today but allows for three meals per day for 30 days and you will virtually kill yourself. Watch the movie Super size me for more information.

Small edge consists in a nutshell, daily habits, you make that can magnify your results with very simple changes. Think of this in a minute. If you cut 145 calories per day-i.e. one can of soda, you know that you would be brighter with 45 pounds in three years? This is a very simple thing to do and a very simple thing not to do. For speech-geeks, here's the math: 145 calories x 1095/3500 equal 45 kilos. The opposite applies if you add 145 calories per day. Lead 45 kilos of extra pleasure!

Taking an inventory can be one of the main and back – things you will ever make. You will see things you had no idea you were doing or how much it really is.

I challenge you to take an inventory of how you use your time. For a week, directory, you can do from the moment you get up to the time you go to bed. If you drive to work, listening to morning radio or a learning CD? How long is commuting? When you get home, you crack a beer and turn the TV on for the next 4 hours until the bed?

Now the directory where you spend your money. For a week, write down every penny you spend, and you will be shocked where it goes. Point to make this shines light on what really happens in your life.

Remember the example small edge of either adding or subtracting just 145 calories per day? The result after three years is a proliferation of 90 pounds. Everything you do has a small edge effect and is just up to you whether that effect is positive or negative.

Small edge is a good book and I was able to continue to write about the effects that the book has had on me. About 18 months ago I kicked up my reading requirements each week with slight edge philosophy. With this philosophy has made a huge difference in my efficiency at work, as well as the creation of this website.

My opinion on this is really simple. Your average book has 200 pages and the authors typically has 20 years of solid experience in their fields if they are good. If you read only 12 books per year you will get 240 man-year knowledge. If you think about this, you can achieve anything This is the essence of small edge behaviour.

I hope you find this brief summary useful. The key to any new idea is to work it into your daily routine until it becomes habit. Habits form in as little as 21 days.

One thing that you can remove from this paper is to understand small edge. This is more of a philosophy but understands that each daily routine that you have a complex effect over time in a positive or negative way. Small edge work always. Think of this as gravity. You can believe it does not exist but the jump of a four-story building, and you know that there are serious. This is the same with the small edge behaviour.

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Bestsellers in exercise and fitness for aging

By Thomas Hanna Somatics will show you how to turn your mind control mobility, flexibility and health. The author shows that so many problems that we have accepted as inevitable over time as well as chronic stiffness, poor back, chronic pain, fatigue and high blood pressure are not necessarily ever to arise if we learn to consciously control our nerves and muscles. Hanna is calling this a State of sensory-motor vehicles awareness. By following gentle program, helps you maintain the pleasure in a healthy body indefinitely with only a five minute routine once a day.

Cycling past 50 by Joe Friel shows you how to become an ageless athlete. Conventional wisdom says that middle-aged cyclists should slow down and expect not to be able to achieve as much as they grow older, but this book shows that cyclists with adequate training and attitude adjustment can achieve more than ever after 50 years. This book is written for all types of riders including mountain biking and track competitions and gives a look at the full range of considerations for Cycling success and through middle age. This book will inspire cyclists to perform better with more pleasure.

Age-defying Fitness Marilyn Moffat and Carole b. Lewis shows you how to make the most of your body for the rest of your life. We all know that our bodies changes with age, but many of the problems that are attributed to the inevitable increase in age-related alterations are not actually inevitable and can be reversed with lifestyle changes. This book shows you how to overcome pain, stiffness and unsteadiness in your muscles and joints. By using these tests, you can assess the level of the physical performance in posture, balance, strength, flexibility and endurance. This book is more than a simple how-to book, because it encourages you to take responsibility for your welfare.

Strength training past 50 by Wayne Westcott and Thomas r. Baechle will help you increase your strength, improve your health, your looks and your results. Weight training has many benefits for one adult including improved athletic performance, reduced risk of disease, decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes and osteoporosis. This book has everything you need to start enjoying these benefits, or that your current routine. This book will keep you active, healthy and great-looking great. You can find passport and programs designed specifically for you.

Growing old is not Sissies II: Portrait of Senior athletes is the sequel to the best-selling novel of the same name. It will teach you how to rethink the popular associations of age with the discomfort and disability. This book provides 100 compelling portraits of senior athletes accompanied by their personal statements and poems about their experiences with aging. This book shows that physical activity can be fun. Not only will you delight in work as you age, but you will feel the benefits of your actions. If you follow these high-ranking athletes as an example, will you also live a ripe old age.

 

A Pocket Guide for Alzheimer's Caregiver-a Book Review

Reality for someone without Alzheimer's disease is here and now-what affects our lives in the present. For one with Alzheimer's disease (AD), it can be anchored in the past or even in the distant past, because they are the only memories as the person can download. As mentioned in Dr. Daniel c. Potts and Ellen Woodward Potts book A Pocket Guide for Alzheimer's Caregiver, "people with AD is losing his ability to remember the first time, and then past in General." When an individual asks a question repeatedly, it is because they don't remember the answer you just gave them. "Arguing and patch" is one of the early chapters of part two of the book, which gives practical advice on how to deal with some of the many personality changes as a beloved will go through with the AD.

This book is an excellent resource for those who provide caregiving to one with Alzheimer's and even would be a good source of information for someone who gives only occasional direct caregiving, understand what both patient and caregiver. There may indeed be a challenging situation when an AD wander from home and don't have a GPS bracelet or experiences "sundowning," in which he or she becomes confused and agitated at the end of each day.

Part one of A Pocket Guide for Alzheimer's Caregiver describes how Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed and stages of the disease, corrects caregiving and offers general tips with message for an AD. The short chapters to identify certain common problems in a caregiver will face, including:
• The will of the individual to "go home" and caregiver can help him or her to find that location.
• False accusations that the caregiver
• Hallucinations, changes in perceptions and concerns
• Inappropriate public behaviour
• Apparel, dressing and bathroom anxiety
• How to remove driving privileges if necessary
• Eat, sleep, sundowning, wandering and violence on an AD on behalf of
• Walking and balance and customize live spaces so that the patient
• Dealing with severe weather, depression and tell the individual about his diagnosis
• Realistic expectations, social isolation, is about family and art therapies

See quick guide in part two of the Guide gives the reader a "how to" list for each problem with bullets. Some useful resources for healthcare providers to turn to for more information on the back of the book. In all the circumstances described, encourage authors caregiver to put himself in the AD hit point of reference and to address them courteously and with love and respect.

A Pocket Guide for Alzheimer's Caregiver are written with a very loving way, from Dr. Potts perspective, a neurologist and his wife Ellen Potts, specialist health and management between them had eight family members diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The personal stories add a useful dimension to the book, the authors have "been there, done that." Order the book, go http://alzpocketguide.com/to. Alzheimer's disease affects 5.3 million Americans and is the "defining the disease of the baby boomer generation" according to the Alzheimer's Association. For a free weekly newsletter which treat Alzheimer 's, dementia, caregiving and aging itself, http://www.issueswithalzheimers.com/ go to to register.

Cyrille pump-inventor

InventorsCyril African Bomba is an engineer and inventor of Cameroon who developed the lamp Afrisolar, a lamp that runs on solar photovoltaic (solar energy). It is in 2008, during national technological Journ?es (national technology days), initiated by the Ministry of Mines and technological development of Cameroon, Cyril Bomba submitted his invention and won the first prize.

The lamp of gasoline is still used in Africa centres in rural and urban, while a solar solution is certainly the most suited to Africa, which enjoys a high level of solar radiation. The industrial production of the Afrisolar lamp would provide a viable electric solution and good walks to continental as access to electricity is often still a luxury.

The Afrisolar lamp is 90% made with local materials (including Woods) and would cost about 38 euros (25,000 CFA francs) without grants or Government support. Cyril Bomba believes that the support of the State would reduce the price by about 24%, or 29 euros (19 000 CFA francs).

The Afrisolar lamp comes with a solar panel that just must be installed on the roof or another location that can capture maximum sunlight. The solar panel, it is connected to the lamp by a power cable and has a lifespan of 25 years. The lamp has a rechargeable battery with 12 hours autonomy and would light up, like essence 26 lamps. The duration of battery life is approximately 5 years.

There is a model of the fully equipped lamp bulb of one (1) and a model with two (2) LED bulbs, with commands LED light-emitting diodes with illumination capabilities superior to that of a traditional petrol lamp. Also, this lamp has a FM radio and can charge mobile phones.

Cyril Bomba has engaged with OAPI (African intellectual property organization) to patent his invention. Initial estimates for the industrial production of the Afrisolar lamp would on average be 91,500 euros (60 million CFA francs). Given the recurrent problems of energy on the continent, such investment could be a winning ticket.

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Manufacturing metal Calculus

Products of calculation is able to provide stakeholders in Africa's industrial and agri-food solutions to all their manufacturing needs.

Calculation is well known for signaling that it produces for the oil companies, banks and other points of sale throughout Africa.

The company focused on South Africa's manufactured products for a number of well-known companies, Standard Bank, Sonangol, Shell, BP, Audi, KFC, Sasol and Eskom.

Calculation is specialized in laser cutting, punching, CNC, bending, guillotining, machining and welding of components of stainless steel, aluminum, copper, soft steel, aluminium and brass of composite material of CNC. The company is also able to manufacture products made of other materials.

Products for the agricultural sector

Of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, the calculation is capable of producing a variety of products tailored for the agricultural sector. Some of these products include:

Agricultural ImplementsCabins for tractorsComponents for the industryDistillation of fruits of plants partsCrops spraying heavy equipmentExtra (skidders) Rotary mower heavy Extra graders

"By offering a combination of cutting laser controlled by computer and CNC punching technology, we are able to save even more money for our customers," explains Max Dietstein, Manager of manufacturing in the calculation. "Some models are cheaper for drilling, while for others, laser cutting is the most appropriate.".

Typical examples of products for the agricultural sector

Opportunity business

"Entrepreneurs in the rest of Africa can build viable businesses by importing our sheet metal components and then do the Assembly and installation in their country of origin," said Dietstein.

The calculation process consists of three distinct stages, namely the manufacture of components, Assembly and installation. The manufacture of components is by far the most expensive part of the process, mainly due to the high cost of the machinery. Can manufacture any component based on the drawings of the customer. The finished components can be then assembled and installed in the country of origin of the client. Dietstein says that Calculus cannot identify the customer specific business opportunities, but it can certainly make the required components or products specifications.

"Most small businesses do not have the capacity to manufacture components of plate due to the high costs involved in the purchase of the machine." "It is so much easier for them to import manufactured components and make themselves, welding, spray painting and installation", explains Dietstein.

"For example, entrepreneurs can easily get involved in signalling cases high volume by import components and Assembly and mounting it in their own country", he added.

Calculation also offers training and mentoring to foreign workers in the Assembly of components and finished the installation of products.

Dietstein says that, according to the design and the volume calculation can comfortably compete with Chinese suppliers. "Our export port is the city of Cape Town, which is much closer to Western China Africa." "It is therefore much more cost effective to ship products in South Africa in countries such as Nigeria or Ghana," he says.

"Calculus is an active player on the continent and participates in projects in Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Nigeria and Ivory Coast, said Dietstein.".

Other products

In addition to components for the agriculture industry, Calculus also manufactures a range of other products. The company is well known for the catchy signalling, it produces for filling stations and banks throughout Africa. Calculation made signs to companies in Angola, Nigeria and South Africa.

The company also produces following products:

-Mobile DAB
: Seller street carts
-Stainless steel benches
-Electrical boxes for outside
-Enclosures air conditioner
-Awnings of vehicle Service
-Metal components

Typical examples of other product Calculus can manufacture ofDetails of Contact

For more information, please contact Max Dietstein to:

Email: info@calculus.co.za

Web site: www.calculus.co.za

PRODUCT CALCULATION - LASER CUTTING, CNC PUNCHING, BENDING CNC, GUILLOTINING, MACHINING, WELDING AND MANY MORE...

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Encouraging inventiveness

A few months ago, I wrote this piece of response to Boston Review. It distils many things, we strive to D - lab, HII and the largest community MIT: development of invention a set of tools that can be integrated into our community partners. For those of you who have asked for links, here's an excerpt and the full piece after the jump.

Michael Kremer and Rachel Glennerster noted that health and education interventions must complete more complex machines: human behaviour. They are right. And their argument can go a step further. Engaging local stakeholders in the design of policies and solutions can stimulate the innovative behaviour of the people which we evaluate the well-being.

Then D - Lab of MIT, we believe that the users in the developing world have the potential to be the daily inventors of their own solutions. A Nicaraguan hospital, a nurse could quietly create neonatal UV protective layers of surgical gauze. At the corner of the operating room, surgeons are trading sutures valve line and drainage for cut - up soda bottles that work as well for fishing. These inventive behaviors are often hidden. The drawings are remaches, geuzas, improvisation, hacks. Not exactly the stuff of professional associations. It is only because they are not the last bit of formal engineering which reveals the brilliant solutions that they are in fact.
Traditionally, technology designers who focus on the developing world are trying to create affordable solutions can be adapted to the local environment. They could develop effective water pumps that run on the power of the pedal, phones with longer strings and more intelligent features and syringes which are safer and more accessible, with retractable needles that automatically turn off. Our approach is to encourage the co-creation in the design process: we want to empower locals to invent, then they can be contributors, not just clients. In our fieldwork we teach students to seek imaginative behaviour, and many of our interventions have originated with users. Cultivate the inventiveness and the tools of the invention of the poor, it is our priority.

Taking bread from the laboratory in the field

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Hackteria is a collection of biology DIY, Open Source Art projects which use the biology, LifeSciences, biotechnology.

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Project 1: The Net-telecommunications microbial bacteria.

Quorum sensing is a type of decision-making process used by decentralized groups to coordinate behavior. Many species of bacteria use quorum sensing to coordinate their gene expression according to the local density of the population.The Net bacterial attempted to transfer the decision-making process of the process on the Internet. The use of Microcontollers and sensors to detect bacterial population and a http://www.pachube.com/ of public web service that helps transfer the information from the sensors. The Net bacterial is an exploration of the Internet entry in the natural ecosystem.

Project 2: Bioelectronix

Electronic integration in devices of organic farming of the needs of the different approaches. the use of silicone-rubbers to seal off the coast of wet/wet bio-part of the Silicon circuits and sensors allows the hybrid manufacture of BIOELECTRONIC devices.

Project 5: DIY microscopy

a small hack for the optics of a standard webcam with an adjustable focal length to create video data, with nearly 100 to 400 x magnification (depending on the model) to a few mm working distance. Higher magnification can be achieved by inversion (an upside down) the lens. The addition of good lighting using LED allows to create images using a method of bright (brightness through the stuff) or dark method (look at the reflections and scattering) on the ground.

Project 6: $25 DIY Gel box

It is easy to build your own box of Gel Electrophoresis. Here's how do you!

Project 7: Habitat bio

instead of using standard lab culture tools, such as flasks or plates, artists can develop their own culture and the living organisms inhabitate devices and keep them alive. simple devices can be cast to the silicone to integrate all the conditions of environemtal necessary for survival long time of microorganisms.

Project 10: Pd_microscope

Pd_microscope is the software that you can use to control your microscope DIY. It is a work in progress.

Project 11: DIY spectroscopy

Spectroscopy means the analysis of natural phenomena according to the distribution of energy. In the case of the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from x-rays, visible light, infrated to radio frequencies, it can be used to analyze chemicals, biochemical reactions or obtain information of the composition of stars. This project tries to use webcams, CD/DVD and construction materials, for spectral analysis of ultra-violett and visible light sources, which could be used to track the enzymatic and metabolic reactions in cultured microorganisms and bacteria.

Project 21: ReacTable

Gives information and protocols for bacteria and equipment put on

Project 22: The Culture of algae at home

Increase your own algae at home with plastic bottles, lighting and air bubbles

Project 23: phone portable Field Microscope

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Project 24: DIY spectrophotometer

measures simple absorption of light for the monitoring or detection of nanoparticles in water using an arduino, a laser and a LDR.

Project 25: Stages of microscopy Laser-cut

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Project 26: How to start a nanolab

Because nanotechnology is located at the interface of many disciplines, it is preferable to organise some gear base from various sources, such as a local electronic store, Garden shops or various suppliers online for household tools and electronic gadgets. You will need to configure some basic laboratory instruments to simple biology, chemistry, manufacturing & production and some physical computing all connect to your computer.

Project 27: Magnetic stirrer

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Project 30: TEMPE (h): INSTRUCTIONS

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The Sika clothing line

Phyllis Taylor designer subverts traditional prints from Ghana and contributes to transform its culture of couture in the process

"Tissue in Ghana can be very specific," says Phyllis Taylor, the designer behind the line of clothing based in London, Sika. It sources traditional batik and printed fabrics of wax of country of origin of his family in West Africa and uses them to create silhouettes ready-to-wear pieces carefully West.

We respect the fabric and the porter in places that are important. There is a style of fabric that Ghanaian women could bring to the Church. And then another would be for marriages and burials, "she said." "" But what I doing me, making prints and make them work for any occasion, was unknown. In Ghana, they would make funny comments on", she adds."

But for each eye "tcu" and the side as Phyllis received in cities such as Kumasi and Oda, it seems even more need-it-now lust shoppers in London and New York who likes it female, easy to wear dresses in 1950 and forms reminiscent of 60 years.

Phyllis, a former music industry executive, began four years of a desire to export the sensitivity bold of the traditional dress of Ghana in the Western worldto Sika. "When I was young, I go there every summer and see all seamstresses autour.". I always thought that it is a shame that you could see only that in Ghana, "she said."

If she went to London College of Fashion, where she studied the pattern cut and dress making and then return to Ghana, where she was hired for seamstresses to make his work. While his company became (Sika has expanded in vitrified and accessories), it is too much. "I wanted to give these seamstresses a chance to sew on a large scale.". I work with women were able to move in large buildings, purchase of new machinery and hire more people, "she said."

Phyllis hope that Africa could one day be known in the industry of fashion for its plants. "Ghana does not have the same history of couture that the Italy or the India not but they are now learning new techniques and begins to see this making traffic could be diverted to Africa." I don't know if we are ready to immediately. But it is certainly possible. »

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One minute cure for every disease-is there really such a thing?

"The one minute Cure" is an e-book written by Madison Cavanaugh. It describes a method by which the author says, anyone can cure a disease, a disease or condition. This is of course an incredible and fantastic claim. So is the question; is the total charlatans or is there any merit to it? I have read "The one minute Cure" and in this article I will review it for you.

Naturally I am still skeptical of the claim that makes Madison Cavanaugh to cure late stage cancer using a holistic approach. I would think that someone would be sceptical about each so wonderful that this allegation. Still, I must frankly say, when I picked up the e-book, I read the whole thing as a sitting. I was totally mesmerized by what the author had to say about holistic cure he describes.

I cannot give out too much information about exactly what this cure is due to violation of copyright laws. But I can tell you the cure involves mixing a soup in your home. Then you store the soup in a secure location and take it daily in the recommended dosage.

The recommended dosage is increasing on a daily basis until you have it every day for a month and then dose reduce every day until you are on a small maintenance dosing. The book explains exactly how this will cure a late stage cancer, or anything else for that matter. Just how this happens is explained in depth in the book, although you would never believe it, it is a most interesting reading.

One problem I have with "The one minute Cure" is I've never seen ratings of any claims his or her late stage cancer has been removed with the help of "The one minute Cure." Still, I cannot rule out the possibility that some of these testimonials coming soon. I say this because this holistic cure only become available to the public. So, who am I to say, maybe it really works! Fortunately, I am currently not inflicted with life-threatening illness, disease or condition, so I will not test out now. I would, however, if a doctor told me that there was no hope for me.

Another disadvantage of "The one minute Cure" is not so much, it seems far-fetched, but that one of the ingredients of part of the magical elixir is quite dangerous if misused. I say quite dangerous, because the author warns, it is possible to misuse any of the ingredients can do some terrible damage to the Manager of that ingredient.

Still, I really think there is great opportunity in "The one minute Cure." I think absolutely, I have learned a lot by reading it. I have no regret I bought it, and to some extent, much of what the author said, has changed my way of thinking. In conclusion, I can not recommend using the cure, as described in the book because I am not a doctor and I think the decision to use it or not is very personal. I recommend, however, read the book. I think you will find it is very, very enlightening.

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Localized manufacture comes of age

Talkin' ' robots, 3D printing and manufacturing on demand to the masses

David ten Have of Ponoko sitting with Dale Dougherty, founder and editor of Make magazine, to talk about personal factory - a system of manufacturing and distributed accessible to anyone.

David talks about the personal platform Factory works (how Ponoko makes your tips, where Ponoko makes your tips and what you can do tricks for), but mostly he discussed with Dale, the importance of tools for manufacturing on demand for the masses.

"You can do almost everything you want, wherever you are." "You do not have a big laboratory, a space maker, hacker space, lab… fab", says Dale. "You could do on a computer, press a button and have delivered to you…". »

"Exactly." And this is the interesting thing that has emerged in the four or five years, "explains David." "We began these tools online." This means that you can have your own virtual plant, your own personal Factory, run from your computer. And the parties turn up, just as the tower to store books online.

Many customers of Ponoko will just use their personal factory to make unique models. Several small companies, creators of jewellery for toy manufacturers to custom housing for DIY electronics providers, run on personal Factory.

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About a year ago, I wrote a weekly post at Wired’s Gadget Lab called “DIY Friday.” The first story was about MintyBoost, a USB charger made from AA batteries and an Altoids tin, devised by Adafruit’s Limor Fried. That was what DIY/maker hardware news mostly looked like in the last week of August 2010.

Now, let’s look at the first week of August in 2011:

Design software giant Autodesk, creators of AutoCAD, Maya, Sketchbook and 123D, purchased Instructables, a popular online community for DIYers to share and discuss their projects, and help others build their own.MakerFaire Detroit, sponsored by Ford, Pepsi and Microsoft as well as Etsy, Boing Boing and O’Reilly, gently wound down after officially closing July 31, featuring everything from giant Halloween displays to sewing tutorials to tiny children on crazy leaf-blower go-karts. I wish I’d been there.Microsoft presented a handful of proof-of-concept projects for its .NET Gadgeteer, a competitor to Arduino that likewise promises easy-to-build open-source hardware gadgets using Microsoft’s .NET framework and Visual Studio/Visual C# Express. (This miniature arcade cabinet looks awesome.)GE launched a Facebook campaign targeting DIY makers to share designs for model aircraft and an airport, using 3D printers from the revered independent MakerBot.MakerBot got some more competition in the field of inexpensive, easy-to-build-and-use home 3D printers: Ponoko featured the UP! printer on their blog (which comes helpfully pre-assembled), while MAKE featured Ultimaker, which touts its speed. “This is what happens when you do something that’s successful,” MakerBot’s Bre Pettis said. “Other people figure it out, too, and start businesses. More 3D printers are good.”

Whether they’re at established mainstream companies or hungry startups, people all over the world have figured out that DIY can be good business. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson calls it “the continuing industrialization of the Maker Movement“:

What you can now see emerging are several vertically-integrated “making chains”, which go from authoring tools to design houses to service bureaus to communities to 3D printers — all aimed at the new consumer/Maker side of the business.

Reading Anderson’s post on Monday, I wrote in the comments:

It’s fascinating; on the one hand, we’re seeing hardware-building tools become easier to use, more broadly distributed, more democratic.

On the other hand, that broader base is helping to create successful companies, which in turn is attracting interest from bigger fish.

It reminds me a little of 20-25 years ago, when first personal computing with Macintosh, Microsoft and Lotus and then indie rock with Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr broke through from the margins into the mainstream.

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Like PCs and punk, the Maker Movement’s growth and mainstream visibility have been building for a long time. MAKE magazine was launched in 2005; the first MakerFaire in California in 2006 drew 20,000 attendees and doubled the next year. Clive Thompson wrote about the open hardware movement for Wired in 2008, profiling Fried’s Adafruit Industries; Wired’s Dylan Tweney even wrote an “Is do-it-yourself culture going mainstream?” post last summer.

Culturally, it’s mostly already happened — just like Hüsker Dü and The Pixies figured out Nirvana’s basic hard-rock punk-pop template years before. Only now, the business and commercial components are catching up in a big way.

Here are just a few more touchstones from the last twelve months:

Microchip designer ARM’s mbed project offers users an inexpensive microcontroller and a drag-and-drop compiler for simple hardware computing. It isn’t open-source, but like the new generation of Arduino boards, it’s comparatively easy for novices to use.MakerBot’s new Thing-O-Matic (launched in September 2010) makes desktop 3D printing easier and cheaper. In June 2011, MakerBot’s Bre Pettis appears on The Colbert Report.Amir Abo-Shaeer, a Santa Barbara high school teacher, wins a MacArthur Fellowship for his work in robotics and engineering education. Abo-Shaeer’s just one part of an increased emphasis on DIY education in K-12, partly centered around the FIRST Robotics international high school competition. Kids, teens, parents and young women are increasingly among the most numerous and enthusiastic makers.When Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor for Xbox goes on sale, the hardware hacking community almost immediately develops open-source drivers for the device. Microsoft initially appears to take a hard line against Open Kinect, then embraces it, eventually launching an official development kit for Windows. Users increasingly want to know how their commercial devices work and modify them for their own ends.Wired’s April 2011 “How to Make Stuff” issue features 25 DIY projects and Adafruit’s Fried on the cover. Bruce Sterling half-jokingly refers to the “maker superstar personality cult.” Nerds are cool, and nothing is nerdier or cooler than building and maintaining your own stuff.

The maker community’s largely taken this infusion of attention and the money it brings in stride. Many in the Instructables community are cautiously optimistic about Autodesk’s purchase of the site, particularly those who hope extra resources might improve the site’s usability or offer better tools to make and share projects.

In general, there doesn’t seem to be many bitter cries of “newbie!” or “sellout!” here. People are more excited and interested to know what they will be able to do.

MAKE/Adafruit’s Phillip Torrone makes the sharp observation that Instructables’ revenue is a drop in the bucket compared to what Autodesk makes on its bread-and-butter CAD products. It’s not really a play for more users, either. Instead, what Autodesk seems to want from Instructables is its talent and experience at managing communities. It’s quite likely that Autodesk will become more like Instructables — i.e., increasingly community- and consumer-focused — rather than the other way around.

I interviewed Torrone by e-mail to ask him about broader changes in the maker community and commercial ecosystem. Like Sterling, he observed that the new “hero cult” around popular DIYers had changed the public perception of the industry.

“There are more pilot TV shows that feature makers,” Torrone said. “Self-organized maker faires are common now. Makers do not require MAKE to come to their town; they’ll do it on their own” — or companies like GE or Red Bull will sponsor them.

The size and scope of the business has changed, too: “Between MakerBot, Adafruit, MakerSHED and SparkFun, that’s well over tens of millions of revenue.” With dozens of other companies making millions of dollars each year, “it’s a real industry now.” And for small companies and single proprietors, crowdfunding companies like Kickstarter have “made it easier to bring ideas to life.”

“Americans are building things again,” reads a General Electric report. “From Makerbot to GE’s Ecomagination Challenge, an open source competition to find the best ideas in cleantech, opportunities abound today for anyone with the motivation and imagination to get their hands dirty and create things that can solve some of our biggest challenges.” It may be sweeping corporate PR, but it suggests some of the possibilities and stakes of what’s happening.

Adafruit’s Torrone predicts that any or all of the following may happen in the next year or so:

We’ll see more large companies embrace the maker movement, [through] acquisitions, sponsorships. More companies / tool makers [will] compete to get makers interested. (IBM really adopted open source; it will be a little like that.)We will see a publicly held maker company.We will see more VC money flow in to maker companies.We will see political leaders visit places like tech shops or maker faires when they realize this movement is one our best hopes to fix the US economy and education system. (Will we see Obama at the next maker faire? We should. If not – whoever is running against him should [come].)

When I asked him whether this was a best-case or worst-case scenario, Torrone was coy: “This is the best case and worst case depending on how you look at it.” Either way, the future of the DIY maker movement is coming.

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SuzieBeauty

Suzie Wokabi (34) is the founder and Executive Director SuzieBeauty the Kenya Limited. Although she holds a degree in international relations from the University (USIU) International in San Diego United States, crushed Wokabi the world of the company to pursue a career in the beauty industry. Regina ekiru sat with Suzie Wokabi to talk about his company and build a business in the Kenya.

Suzie Wokabi

How did you start to SuzieBeauty Limited?

While in the United States, I worked as a freelance make-up artist with major manufacturers of cosmetics MAC Cosmetics. It is in this passage to MAC that I started to play with the idea of starting my own line of cosmetics. When I returned to the Kenya, in 2007, I started SuzieBeauty Limited, which offers add-on services to a range of clients. Later, I developed my mark SB, abbreviation for SuzieBeauty product line. I realized that most of the products quality available on the market are unaffordable to most Kenyans. I wanted to develop a range of products that offers a quality at an affordable price.

Tell us more about your line of cosmetics

The SB product range consists of a full range of make-up (foundations, powders, receivers, eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, blush, lipstick, lip gloss, lip liner), care products (film forming, cream, cleanser eye, lip of moisture) and brushes of application of the skin. We use the SB product range in all our services during the past year contracts. Our intention was to try on our customers and get their feedback to help us improve the product. Until now, we are confident that the product is good quality based on feedback from our customers.

The beauty in the Kenya market, which is estimated at a value of Ksh.15 billion ($185 million), is flooded with mainly foreign products. My research shows that the development of products to meet our specific needs of the market has the potential to become a large and profitable business. The beauty industry is heavily untapped considering the lengths people go to buy beauty products. There are women who would abandon the purchase of food for their family just to buy a red lipstick. The beauty is one of the industries which are not affected by the recession. Apart from that, the beauty is my number one passion.

Are you ready to hit the market?

A few months, the range of products will be available for sale in selected beauty stores. Products will be at retail for between Ksh.600 (US$ 7.4) and Ksh.2, 500 ($30.8). It is a project of intensive acquisition. I will not go how I spent, but to launch a product line to the Kenya, it would need at least Ksh.20 million dollars ($ 246,000). We have to assemble all the raw materials from abroad and use chemists y for testing and formulation products after which we import ready-made products. It would be very expensive to manufacture of Kenya, since we are not here most of the equipment and essential facilities.

What lessons were learned on entrepreneurship?

I have learned to be patient. It took considerable time to undertake research and develop the range of products. I've learned to never say die. I met people thought I was crazy to imagine a project like this, but the passion that I guard going me. I never stopped believing in my dreams.

What are your plans for the future for the company?

I would like to associate with other investors in the establishment of a cosmetics factory in the Kenya. This would cost about $ 2 million. Such a plant would create jobs for hundreds of young people in the Kenya. Over the next three years, we expand our range of products in other countries in the Africa region of the East and the whole of Africa later. My dream is to turn SuzieBeauty Limited to a name of household for beauty on the continent and abroad. I want to be the MAC of Africa!

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African Moringa

In the fashion sector, there is no shortage of models turned beauty entrepreneur. The pressure to look always well - and countless hours spent in the hair and make-up - provide expertise at ease with what works and what doesn't. Add a few name-recognition and that is: an opportunity for a successful product line. But the elite model (and favorite of Project Runway) Camilla Barungi puts a new twist on the theme: inspired by the interaction of the beauty of nature and the economy, it has found a way to bring business beauty rich Western consumers, but back in the rural villages in the country of origin of Uganda.

Travel Camilla Barungi in the business of beauty was perhaps inevitable. If a traditionally high colonial girl, the Fiery Barungi was weaving cosmetics in boarding school. "They were always confiscate my things!", she laughs.

Growing travel the world, she arrives in California to study Biochemistry at the University, but when she found an agent, she began modeling in San Francisco. Modeling eventually took her to New York, where Barungi was sunk in project runway season 3. Outgoing personality makes her a favourite player: "it's very fun to connect with people in this way - people forget that we models are too people!" - and it always surprises me how many people remember the show. »

But in high-functioning world of fashion from New York, the casual Barungi also knew that she had to step up his game: "all models are perfect here - they work on themselves all the time - I was always one with bad skin."

Rather than move in his Office of dermatologists, Barungi makes his past: "we always used herbs for this sort of thing, so I had my MOM send me all these things." I did find what works for me. »

When her mother sent her oil and African Moringa leaf powder, she knew had found something special - and not only for its skin complaints. Put his expertise in Biochemistry - and curiosity - to work, Barungi dug into the research: "more I studied this plant, most incredible I have found that it was".

Barungi found that African Moringa is, quite simply, the source of most nutritious plants found in nature. A complete plant, Moringa powder food contains (gram gram) 25 times the iron in spinach, 17 times the calcium in milk, 15 times the potassium in bananas, 10 times the vitamin a in carrots, 9 times the protein in the yogurt and generous portions of all vitamin B, vitamin c and Dmore than 22 amino acids, high levels of antioxidants, magnesium, zinc and selenium.

The leaves are collected, crushed into powder and dried in the shade nutritious food raw at hand, and the seeds produce an oil of fine texture, it is wonderful as a non-greasy skin moisturizer. Moringa was used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine and in the former Greece, Egypt and Rome.

But in concluding the Moringa Barungi has not only found a way to take care of her skin - it has found a new cause. For all its benefits documented, African Moringa was difficult to produce in Uganda. Years of practice agricultural colonies promote crops on a large scale and centralized systems help the funds could be cut to by bureaucrats along the way. Very little help - or trade - makes the rural tribes where Moringa is grown and harvested.

As a budding entrepreneur, Barungi found inspiration in a new economic theory. George Ayittey was inspiring a new generation of African entrepreneurs (and a legion of TED international fans) with its economic theory of "Cheetahs - vs-hippos.". In response to the inflated help system, corrupt in Africa that feeds a legacy of the colonial era centralized Ayittey encourages agile young entrepreneurs to "go where the people are" - doing business with the smaller communities where the means of production is locally owned and local tribal structures have more checks and balances to limit corruption. In collaboration with the people in these more informal tribes sectors, entrepreneurs could help their country with trade, increasing the economic independence of the poorest rural villagers.

Cultivation of Moringa is ideal for this type of business: it may be dress locally and sustainably harvested in the tribal areas of Uganda and Rwanda. With partner biochemist, Barungi can ensure that all aspects of its production are organic, raw, certified FDA, which is pleasing to Western affluent and health-conscious consumers. By increasing agricultural trade sustainable and direct, Moringa directly supports local tribes and allows them to bypass agricultural aid more centralized systems.

For the moment, the range of products consists of powder of leaves and oil - the purest forms of Moringa. There will be more sophisticated products, although the purity and a sustainable business model is essential. "It is so much demand for these products - now I have just a small company of correspondence, said Barungi." But that will soon change: she is poised to launch products at the national level and it is immersed in an intensive course on production and distribution in the US market of health and beauty. While his family is somewhat wary of the perils of entrepreneurship, she says they will understand "that they see what I do for the people." I'm not in it just for the money - after all, how lucky I am to find something so incredible that can help other too? »

As a model, Camilla Barungi intervened outside the standard as she seduced viewers of Project Runway. But after he discovered the African Moringa in its country of origin, its business in a sustainable trade in the beauty sector will likely be his true legacy it leaves.

Links:
African Moringa
George Ayittey on Ted
Project runway season 3
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Where are the real African fashion designers?

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I am concerned about the state of African fashion as it is now. Here’s why. While thanks, primarily to African fashion bloggers in the last five years, African designers are finally getting the recognition they deserve in African and Western media, what appears to be lacking, however, are diverse and distinct point of views on fashion from Africa.

These days, the homogeneity in Africa’s fashion industry, especially those marketed to Western consumers, are at best, non-compelling.

What is African fashion? Is it the “African” that makes fashion “African fashion?” Is African fashion just fashion from designers of African heritage, regardless where they reside? Is African fashion the fabrics that are used to design garments?

Who is an African designer? Is it the “designer” of African heritage who slaps print fabrics together that are commonly seen in Africa? What if an American or European of African heritage has never been to Africa, but designs with “African” fabrics, is that American/European born African an African designer? What about a White/Black American or European designer who uses “African” fabrics to create clothing, shouldn’t they technically be an “African designer?” by the current broad definitions?

There is a need to re-define what is or isn’t “African fashion” and who isn’t and who is an “African designer. “ It appears, for a while now, Africa’s fashion industry has confined the definition of African fashion to “African” prints namely Ankara and mud cloths, among a few more prominent print fabrics commonly available on the continent. These definitions have become quite limiting; and ultimately affect the bottom line (money/profit margins), particularly in the many instances or seasons, where there is a resurgence and global circulation of “African” fashion.

For example, in the last few years alone, Western designers such as Boxing Kitten, SUNO, EDUN, Diane Von Furstenberg, Burberry, Vivienne Westwood, Bottega Veneta, Gwen Stefani, Louis Vuitton and Thakoon have embraced African prints from ankara to mudcloths to shukas aka masai plaids; and made it the musthahave.

With this phenomenon, which repeats itself periodically, among other factors, African fashion designers can no longer be content with just saying they are African designers because they design with “African” fabrics. There must be an active push by consumers of fashion from Africa and Africa’s industry professionals for African designers to be innovative, educate themselves and elevate their crafts so they can compete and be taken seriously on the global fashion map.

Below are the reasons why:

1. The Global Circulation of “African” Fashion Is Driven by Western Designers: While African designers continue to gain strides on the global map, albeit small strides, as it currently stands, the global circulation of “African” fashion as we know it, is driven by Western designers. When an African designer creates designs out of the stereotypical “mudcloth” or “Ankara” fabrics, and calls it “African fashion,” the global retail stores, Western media and buyers ignore it; until a Western fashion designer does the same and calls it African “Inspired.” Shortly after, we see the likes of high-end boutiques, department stores / local retail stores stocking these African Inspired designs. What this translates to is that thousands and millions of units of “African” fashion merchandize are moved and circulated all over the world, but by the Western designer who is inspired by Africa in that season. Bottom line, money flows out of the pockets of African designers doing the same thing their Western counterparts with no return on investments.

This is usually where I hear Africans and African designers scream about the exploitation by the West of Africa etc. As harsh as this may sound, “deal with it.” First, as we now know or should know, the fabrics that Africans have made uniquely theirs originate from Holland, France and Indonesia. To date, the Holland Dutch Wax is one of the highly coveted fabrics imported into Africa. So, what is the anger over so called “African fabrics” and the West stealing Africa’s identity and culture? Like Western designers, the bar must be raised just as high for African designers. African designers should be expected to be just as innovative, obtain a fashion education and get out of their comfort zone with the use of stereotypical “African” fabrics coupled with mediocre designs, at best.

2. African Designers, Like Their Western Counterparts, Must Get An Education & Learn the Business of Fashion or Risk Being Irrelevant: It used to be when most thought about the African designer, an image of a seamstress or tailor, in some small African village sewing and mending dresses, came to mind. This image for a long time prevented even Africans from embracing its own designers. Over the past four years ; if there is one thing we have shown you at Ladybrille, it is that African fashion designers are actually, for the most part, quite educated . Fashion for the many we have featured, over the years, is a second career. Many African designers hail from backgrounds in medicine, law, engineering, education, management, finance and the list goes on.

But, this also is where the problem lies. While many were willing to invest in an education and attend the top schools for their first degrees, the same group seem unwilling to invest in a fashion education. This is no longer acceptable. Many African designers can afford to invest in themselves i.e. get a fashion education to understand both the business of fashion and how to stay innovative with trends and ideas. To not do so is to risk being irrelevant and not making a return on investment, especially as the West continues to debunk its myths about Africa and looks to investments in the continent’s apparel industry, with a focus on financial benefits to the West.

Western designers are expected to and many, for the most part, do obtain a formal fashion education. The bar should not be any less because the designers here are of African heritage. African designers in the diaspora have absolutely no excuse for not enrolling in a fashion school to get the education they need. The same holds for those in places like Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Nigeria. For those without fashion schools, shows like Africa Fashion Week South Africa have shown that there are talented designers from almost every country in Africa. These designers should be the pioneers teaching fashion apprenticeship so the new breed of African designers can compete both within and outside Africa without an over-reliance and comfort zone on “African” fabrics.

3. African Designers Must Attend Market Weeks & Trade Shows, Expand Their Minds & Innovate Through Their Designs: Very often, African designers expect somehow that they will design their designs and the world will somehow know about them. A feature on Ladybrille or other similarly situated sites and blogs, while good, is not where it stops. Showing at a fashion show while also good, is also not where it stops. African designers should spend their time at market centers, marts, market weeks and trade shows to network, showcase to buyers and get their products out there.

For African designers in the diaspora, these platforms exist in cities like London, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Chicago and Atlanta. For example, market centers have weeks, market week, where producers exhibit their designs for buyers to check out. This is the place to network with colleagues, draw inspiration from others and also court buyers. The same holds for tradeshows around the globe, a prominent one of which is MAGIC in Las Vegas. Internationally and within Africa, there are many trade shows/fashion exhibition including Design Indaba in South Africa to participate in. The benefits of a trade show can be tremendous. For example, earlier this year, apparel manufacturers from Cameroon, the Gambia and Ghana signed $570,000 in deals, with potential orders estimated at $4.5 million, through the West Africa Trade Hubv at MAGIC in Las Vegas.

4. African Fashion Bloggers & Media Must Begin Having a Carefully Curated List of African Designers to Force Innovation : These days, it seems anything goes in blogosphere in terms of African fashion. Many bloggers are just delighted there are more “designers” putting out Ankara African designs. African bloggers wield a lot of influence, even more so than their Western counterparts, in terms of their impact on the African fashion designer. It is still not unusual to see majority of Western media and Western blogs ignore African designers. African fashion and lifestyle bloggers still make up the bulk of citizen journalists pushing Africa’s cosmopolitan fashion stories. These bloggers, especially those with backgrounds in fashion, should no longer be content with posting a sea of posts/pictures that primarily show Ankara or mud cloth designs with no originality or creativity. They should begin demanding and asking for carefully thought out and well constructed garments, full of innovation that can weather the storm, whether a Western designer jumps on the “African” fabric print trend or not.

5. African Designers Must Begin Learning Africa’s Fashion History: I have honestly lost count of the many designers I have had the privilege of interviewing. I know consistently, however, when I ask about the inspirations of many designers, particularly African designers, I get the big Western designer names thrown at me. There is definitely nothing wrong with that, in my book. But, there is something wrong with many of these designers not knowing the great African designers that have paved the way, knocked down walls and left a legacy of amazing craftsmanship and talent for new crop of African designers to follow.

This history must be studied so that it can be emulated. You can’t know where you are headed or avoid the mistakes of the past if you do not know your history. Africa’s fashion history includes names of designers like Alphadi (Niger), Chouchou Lazare (Gabon), Colle Sow Ardo (Senegal), Oumou Sy (Senegal), Jemann (Cameroon), Xuly Bet (Mali/Senegal), Ozwald Boateng (Ghana), Duro Olowu (Nigeria), Joe Casely-Hayford (Ghana), Marianne Fassler (South Africa) , David Tlale (South Africa), among many.

It really is time to rethink definitions and who an “African” designer is, and what constitutes “African” fashion. Really, will the real African designers please stand up?!

-Uduak Oduok
-Photocredit: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo
-Photo description: David Tlale at Capetown Fashion Week 2011

Stanford course 'Intro to have' free

Source: IEEE Spectrum — 8/4 / 2011.

Stanford University CS221: Introduction to one-quarter of Intelligence artificial fall 2011 is now available, free of charge, Stanford announced.

You can take this online course of Prof. Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig, with several hundred college students Stanford, without having to fill out an application, pay tuition, or live in a dormitory.

It is more than just downloading of materials and following with a live stream; in fact, you will have to work just as well as Stanford students. There is a book, at least 10 hours per week of studies, weekly graded homework, a mid-term review and a final examination. Teachers will be available to answer your questions. If you have finished the work, you will get a certificate of completion and a final note (no College not credits, however, unless you are a Stanford student).

You can register here and keep updated via the class as Twitter feed here.

 

 

Low Cost, Open source, WiFi

One of the great things about open software source is that it is not simply highlight a wealth of benefits to businesses. Instead, by making low-cost, widely available to everyone, software quality it also has the potential to change lives around the world.

Most of us is familiar with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) effort to develop the hardware computer low-cost in the hands of the poorest in the world, but a project animated by the same spirit is less well known is intended to do something similar with Internet access.

The objective is to develop low-cost software, open source Wi-Fi, and Wednesday Geeks without borders - an initiative of the foundation of the Manna energy not-profit - announced the final development of such a solution.

"Millions of people more.

Facilitated by a grant from the tides Foundation, the open80211s of new technology (o11s) will the development and deployment of Wi - Fi networks of mesh on a large scale for about half of the cost of a traditional network, said Geeks without borders. Designed to use existing equipment to reduce costs and maximize the availability, it was expected to be particularly important in areas where the old models in broadband are considered as currently to be economically viable.

Built primarily by the Cozybit, the technology is managed by the Geeks without borders and Solutions-Net and sponsored by Google, Global connect, Nortel, OLPC and the manna Energy Foundation.

"By lowering the cost of the metropolitan and scale village Wi - Fi networks, millions more people will be able to take advantage of the economic and social benefits of significantly lower cost of Internet access," explains Michael Potter, one of the founders of the initiative of Geeks without borders.

The video below explains the project more in detail.

Two methods of authentication

Technologically speaking, nodes and antennas will work together on those new mesh networks to extend connectivity and the Internet for a wide area. Networks are self-healing, so that if a tour stops, the software self-assesses and re-routes automatically to maintain the network to full availability.

For security, at the same time, the new Wi - Fi software uses known stronger authentication methodology the existence of mesh networks, the group said. More specifically, simultaneous addition of authentication is equal to (SAE) to protect against offline dictionary attacks, it implements also authenticated Mesh Peering Exchange (AMPE), which allows authenticated multinode encrypt traffic between them.

The combination of open source code and high-level security is designed to ensure that the new networks based on o11s are safer and still significantly cheaper to deploy.

The next step for the project is to complete the implementation open current source of upcoming mesh IEEE standard 802 11 s, which should be ratified in the fourth quarter of this year. In the meantime, the latest version of the software is available for developers on the o11s site.

A world of new possibilities

So that means for us in the business world who already have the chance to have access to the Internet? In short, he will tell a very different world on the Internet, populated not only by the "haves", but more and more by those who were once the "poor".

It is a very good thing, not only for all those on Board finally - that will suddenly be found with a new wealth of opportunities - but also for us in the business world, according to figures significantly enhanced markets and potential customers.

It will require a new sensitivity on our part, certainly, that we must achieve more that many consumers see our ads online, say, can not live in the suburban subdivisions, but rather in village huts.

But the opportunities will be there, not only for advertising and communication, but for new types of products and services as well. It would be a good time to start thinking about what your company will make this fresh new world of possibilities.

"Magic rice" - auto Rice

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Azuri - a health food company

A greater Africa face of hedges small farmers is to get their products from the farm to the market. Azuri Health Limited, a company Kenyan manufactures and distributes healthy food, help rural farmers in the Kenya access to markets for their fruit and cereals. The firm has established a partnership with more than 600 farmers to provide a range of products to markets Kenya and Sudan and is now looking to start exporting to the United States. How we do in Africa Regina Ekiru speaks of Tei Mukunya, Director General of the health of the Azuri.

TEI Mukunya displays products health Azuri beach.

What was the driving force behind the creation of the health of the Azuri?

I have used to work under a program to help farmers value added. During this time, I fell to the experience of farmers of small challenges while trying to access the markets for their products.

For example, a group of women from Murang' has was struggling to put its product of flour porridge in the market despite donor huge investments in research, product development and capacity-building. After having developed an interest in helping farmers have easy access to the market for their products, I made an attempt for the Group products in retail stores. My first attempt was unsuccessful due to disruptions in the production. In 2005, I made a second attempt and managed to get space for products.

Products which currently have you in your portfolio?

At the time that we started the only product that us had was flour porridge. We, however, realizes that a product don't cut it for us. So we started working with a group of women from Busia and deployed our brand of potato flour. We have since announced new products and repackaged our old brands. Azuri health includes today flour Azuri Nutriporridge, which is our flagship product, potato Azuri, Kahurura Azuri powder flour (made from a plant of the pumpkin family), sweet potato cookies, and a range of dried fruits such as mangoes and pineapples. These products not only to the Kenya, but Sudan also sell. We have an annual turnover of Ksh.12 million (US$ 143,000).

Healthy living is the new craze. Lifestyle diseases are spreading rapidly, fuelling the demand for healthy lifestyle options. It is a market which, if well explored can produce benefits. Enter the market, it is not a joke due to competition. We are not unique. Beat the rest that we must move quickly to introduce new unique products.

Describe the relationship of Azuri health with farmers ' groups?

We work with several groups of farmers across the country, which the majority is made up of women. We have 600 farmers in our network. We have trained farmers feeding, processing and packaging. They, therefore, conduct the processing of products while we handle the marketing, distribution and sale. To ensure consistency of production and to provide us with recently established a Ksh.2 million ($24 million) plant in Nairobi. In the past, groups of farmers some challenges which affected the production and processing. Therefore, we have created our own processing plant to avoid such interruptions of supply. In addition we also offer advisory services and support the farmers. Most of these groups of women would have collapsed, but they are now a success because they have access to the market. We managed to put their products on the shelves of retail stores.

Tell us more about the challenges you encountered during the start-up of the company

Insufficient funding has been a major obstacle. To ensure the supply of large volumes, we have lots of funds. While having our products for sale in stores in the country, it is an important step, keep this calls for hard work and the appropriate organization. In the beginning, we were expelled from a string of local stores because our supply is erratic. We can afford to make such errors now. We are available in almost all supermarkets and have therefore keep that we supply. We also invest heavily in the commercialization of our products due to the competition in the sector of growth.

The lessons that you learned in an entrepreneurial spirit?

Resilience. When I quit my job to go to business, I had to tighten my budget until I hit rock bottom. He taught me to be very difficult. No matter what face challenge, I look at the positive aspects, knowing that the situation will improve.

What is the future for the health of the Azuri?

We want to implement an automated installation more important to increase our volume and effectively support the supply. We would also like to extend our reach in the regional market. We have plans to begin exporting to the United States soon.

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"Load carrier for work".

In the coming months, we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas for Design of Core77 year this! We have been delighted by the breadth and depth of the presentations of this year and look forward to take a moment to honor the recipients of this year. For more details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the scholarship program, go to Core77DesignAwards.com

One of the three accounting actions for "charge carrier for the work".

Designer: Vikram Dinubhai Panchal - nest
Location: Ahmedabad
Category: Products and equipment
: Professional winner

Load for work support
The project "Load carrier for work" is an innovation to improve the working condition of the workers and workers in many places in the world, construction sites, factories, ports, railway stations, etc. The objective is to prevent occupational risks and showing the design of products and ergonomic consideration for the protection of human life.

The main purpose of innovation is to facilitate the three methods of lifting and movement of loads by workers, as over the head, back and push or pull action. The main new device structures are made of cane, components in plastic and metal materials. It is possible to make all of the plastic or metal structure.

The new design has two major parts, one that holds the load and the other based on the shoulder. DEVICE has two buttons, which facilitates the required function change manually to another one in the duration of a minute. This allows the three modular functions to carry lighter loads on the head, medium loads at the rear and more heavy to push or pull as truck loads. Ergonomic, the load is distributed on the shoulder and in support of the wood by softer material. The total weight of the device is KGS. 2 and cost approx. RS. 300 /-in mass production.

Core77 Design Awards: How did you learn that you had been recognized by the jury?

I learned that I was recognized by the Board of my students Varun Prabhakar, who wrote me an email:

Jin
Mr President, seen on Core77...
http://www.core77designawards.com/recipients/load-carrier-for-labour/
u have surprised everyone, as always...
sincere congratulations!
Regards,
Varun Prabhakar

What is the latest news or development with your project?

At the present time, I'll be interested to find sponsorship, marketing or a manufacturer take this design on the end user. I would like to make this more versatile with metal and plastic design principle. I am open to any organization interested in sponsoring, marketing or manufacturing.

Continue reading for details on the comments of project and a jury.

Energetic Anatomy-an illustrated Guide to understanding and with the human energy system

I found "Energetic Anatomy: an illustrated Guide to understanding and using the human energy system" by Mark Rich is an interesting and enlightening read. The book looks at the energy that we all have and ways to understand and use energy productively. Rich drag of books and teachings of Carlos Castaneda and Tom Brown, Jr., both of whom I am familiar with, and his own martial arts, Qigong, and healing methods. I would have liked to have read a little more about the Richs martial arts and Qigong practice, because I have a background in both, too, but it is a small point.

The book is short, 149 pages, and easy to read. Rich writes in personal style and a large part of the book is based on his own views and experiences, with little reference to other sources. I would once again, have liked to have read a bit more about his teachings and where he learned and so on. There were also some experience with Richs which is a bit difficult to understand, and I think that some readers may dismiss certain information. I would hate for someone to dismiss an entire book on parts that do not understand, because I believe that there is a lot we don't understand about the energy that we all have, and this book provides a perspective that will be part of all too many who are studying and working with the body's energy systems.

The author explains how he ended up in energy work and a basic description of the human energy system as he teaches it. This includes an energetic core, energetic cones, energy meridians and what he describes as relating to complex and cord bundle. Personally, I have not "seen" these cones and tubes as the author suggests, but I think it gives a "Visual" as we think about our energy and it is moving.

I liked the chapter on health, because as someone who has studied martial arts and Qigong, I think that energy is an important part of the health and fitness. Rich provides some exercises throughout the text to the reader better understand the human energy system. I have not tried all the exercises, but see where they can be worked in a program of health, breathing and energy work. I do not know whether my own experiences, opinions and studies agree with all rika's either, but that's okay, they don't need. I appreciate his views and experiences and learned from them, there is a lot we don't understand about our energy and how it works, and this book by Mark Rich provides guidance on better understanding of our energy. I recommend it to those working in energy areas such as human and to those who want a different perspective on the human energy system.

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Herbal surgeon: Immortal Cancer Care, by Shifu Hwang-Book Review

Shifu Hwang is a teacher in TCM traditional Chinese medicine. He has compiled in ages from ancient Masters wisdom and categorized in an easy-to-understand summary format suitable for beginners to learn its many secrets in her book, herbal surgeon: Immortal Cancer Care.

A son of a family line TCM practitioners to Shifu Hwang had learned from his father and grandfather a lot about herbs and acupuncture as a child while growing up. He then went on to study art to add to his family's knowledge base. He was born literally to cure people with his herbal and has done so successfully many times both humans and animals. His approach is presented clearly in a simple, symptoms and cure. first establish a headache, and then type the exact recipe for herbal remedy together with instructions how to administer medication. The most surprising cure he writes about is a cure for death. Yes, death by drowning or hanging can be cured, hours after the traditional Western medicine would have pronounced him dead.

The numerous cure cover lots of diseases from cold and flu-like symptoms of the various types of cancer, increases, wounds and harmful diseases. The combination of internal and external herbal remedies, various implementation procedures, as well as acupuncture all combined into a "recipe" for healing. TCM is an unambiguous method and the exact proportions of ingredients are clearly defined for each health issue, unlike Western medicine known as a "practice". While Western medicine cures, symptoms, focuses more on the reason of TCM treatment of health issue.

Much of the information contained within the herbal surgeon was previously published under 700 years ago, Hong Wu years (1373 a.d.) by Master Zao in his work titled The Secret surgeon menu from immortal. Many continuously used Taoist adherents were called "immortal" on account of their life span of life. Master Wan Lai Seng further contributed to this work throughout its 110 years of life, from 1889 until 1999. Shifu Hwang does not claim this book to be anything other than its synthesis of the work of others and allow modest his respect for masters.

Herbal surgeon are categorized into chapters based on symptoms and measure, also indexed as formulas for specific diseases can be found quickly. Even herbs identified by botanical drawings for clarity and understanding. Book increases its awareness of the complexity and interdependency herbal need our bodies. They have been used successfully for millennia before the creation of the FDA. How short a history of Western medicine have been compared to the many thousands of years old remedies.

Hardcover bound, this book is meant to be preserved for future generations and is used as an alternative to the famous physician Desk Reference (PDR). Secrets revealed and included in herbal surgeon is aged historical mastery of health and healing collective wisdom. A wise man knows good advice when he hears it. and herbal surgeon is just that: advice.

 

Free book summary-4-hour body, written by Tim Ferriss

When I picked the book up, I was very sceptical about the content. There are quick fix diets and all kinds of other waste products on the market to push to do something and lose 100 pounds. This book is clearly not one. I have great respect for the way in which Tim believes. He is probably best on "Smart Working". The original thought of the book, was this guy's probably lazy-far from it. What Tim strives for in this book and his other excellent book, the 4-hour work week, is to pack measures and knowledge in a small amount of time in order to maximize results. Depending on your health goals, this book is a must read.

What makes it so good is Tim himself is people's will. He recommends not something he is not trying to. You ' gotta ' respect, specially when you see what he attempts. You must read this book.

Why is this important to me?

I thought about this because when I heard about this book, I really did not give it a second thought. I have read the 4-hour work week and then had to read this book because it was so good. This book is important to you because Tim cuts through the crap and all of the misconceptions out there and give concrete results to fat loss, muscle gain, strength training and nutrition. The best is interviews with Nina Hartley. Because I have to keep this one G top rated, will I allow you to read it and see what I mean.

1. the 80/20 rule-most of you don't know me but I am kind of numbers nerd. Pareto was an Italian mathematician and this is his rule. Basically it is translated to 80 percent of the results come from 20% of the work. If you combine is has more efficient than the 80/20 rule composite effects. A weakness here is that you can be very effective in-effective work so you have to evaluate what is in effective and stop making it. There is no better than to Tim Ferriss then.

2. Parkinson's law-this is outstanding because I have not heard it before reading Tims books. Basically it says that a task will swell in "Perceived" difficulties which lengthens. In short, you can get an essay that is done on a night or every term. The difficulty of the project seems to be only harder by name-i.e. semester. To apply this law effectively focus on god and not perfection. You can therefore get 95% efficiency of say 1 month receive 100% efficiency in 5 years. That is where this law has real value.

4-hour body is packed with 600 pages of great material. Since I do not want to make a 10-hour video that nobody is going to look at, I profile three central concepts on fat loss in the book.

1. subtracting the fat-I chose a based on sheer popularity. With the growing obesity issues in this country, I thought I would let us start with the most popular. Contrary to what many believe, do not cut the fat that you lose weight. Tim profiles his "Slow Carb Diet" that works. You can melt the fat away by eating protein and vegetables on the way in which he summarizes the. Tim Ferris fashion, he takes it to the extreme and profiles of other ways to ignite fat burning. The hormonal responses to carbs, protein and fat are different. Here at the real key is three things:

1.1,000 calories of 90% fat = weight loss of 9lbs per day.

2.1,000 calories of 90% protein = weight loss of 6lbs per day.

3.1,000 calories of 90% carbohydrates = weight gain of. 24 kg per day.

Thus different sources of calories equal different results. Note: He does not serve to promote "no carbs". This is a bad idea as the Atkins Diet shows old. When people cut out all carbs, they lose weight, but when they go back, they tend to put more on.

2. Consistent follow-up-it is really simple but very effective. People suck create new favourable habits. That is why each diet fad is always a best seller because most people are not going to stick with one thing. To get around this, you will need people to see measurable results quickly. The only way to do this is to monitor the follow-up process and. start cutting myself some slack and shows measurable gains that are long lasting.

3. thermal load-I have never seen this concept but to put the numbers for it makes sense. If you run a marathon burn approximately 2 600 calories. A marathon run approximately 4 hours. Remember Michael Phelps? When training for the Olympic Games, he at 12,000 calories per day. This means that he would have to work 16 hours or equivalent 4 marathons every day. How will he not balloon and gain weight? The idea here is the thermal load. Running a marathon gives you a burn injury of 2600 calories while working in an 82 degree pool the same 4 hours will burn an EXTRA 4000 calories. I suppose we just thrown up pool membership dollars ... ...

I realize that this summary does not scratch the surface on how good this book is but of the time, I don't need to keep it short. Some other major topics covered in the book if you are interested in are:

1. to gain muscle mass and body fat, loosing.

2. Increased strength by working out less.

3. six minute abs

4. How will get 34 pounds in 28 days without steroids

5. reversing lamps permanent damage

I hope you find this brief video summary useful. The key to any new idea is to work in your daily routine until it becomes habit. Habits form in as little as 21 days.

One thing that you can remove from this book has a minimalist approach. One thing that shines throughout the book is a minimal amount of exercise needed for exceptional results. This is complicated and goes against. This does not mean that the exercises are simple. What is the difference. Most of the strength and size of the work requires a negative and lack of education. I've used several of these methods in the past and can say it works. Depending on your goals, you can choose what to work on.