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		<title>Reflecting &amp; making a statement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m the TA for the Stanford Design Program&#8217;s intro design class (ME313 &#8211; Human Values and Innovation) this quarter.  It&#8217;s a class I took in the first quarter of my grad program and found it to be a very formative experience &#8211; an indoctrination into the culture of design and a crash course in its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/10/reflecting-making-a-statement/</link>
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		<title>Last day in Kuria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is my last full day in Kuria and it&#8217;s been perfect. We were invited to the home of Peter Mwala, one of our boda drivers.  He lives in a nearby village named Taragwiti, a little past the turnoff to the Nuru granary.  I&#8217;d passed by it on a boda several times and waived to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/08/last-day-in-kuria/</link>
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		<title>A different way of doing things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has traveled in the developing world has encountered some level of disorganization, a redefined sense of time, or in its subtlest form, a different way of doing things.  I believe that to be successful in life or travel in these regions of the world, you simply need to learn to roll with it.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/08/a-different-way-of-doing-things/</link>
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		<title>Human dignity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not the first time I&#8217;ve seen a person with leprosy.  However, a simple experience during my walk for groceries yesterday reminded me of the nobility of the human condition. I walked down the main road of Isibania, a rather seedy border town, but our closest source of shops and supplies.  I&#8217;m always guarded as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/07/human-dignity/</link>
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		<title>Torn between worlds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny how as I sit here in Kenya I feel so far removed from my &#8220;other life&#8221; back in the States, yet it still comes flashing back sometimes.  Often at really unexpected times.  I picked up a pen to write a couple of notes on a printout this morning and it just happened to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/07/torn-between-worlds/</link>
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		<title>Bows and (poison) arrows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been almost a week since Foundation Team 4 left and the house has been much quieter.  Before they went on their way, however, David had asked our security guard to make him a handful of arrows.  Though he wanted to go with the poisoned variety, we convinced him of all of the ways that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/07/bows-and-poison-arrows/</link>
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		<title>Breakfast of champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the whole, the food in Kenya is turning out to be much better than I expected.  For those of you who remember, I had a bit of a run-in with Kenya&#8217;s equivalent of Delhi Belly last time I was here.  I blame some combination of meat and grease and while the grease is somewhat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/07/breakfast-of-champions/</link>
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		<title>First week in Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have now been in Kuria for almost a full week.  As with any new experience, the variety and newness has made it feel much richer than a mere 6 days. I arrived safely by bus after spending my first night in Nairobi.  Aside from a rooster in a box, some baby chickens mingling with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/07/first-week-in-kenya/</link>
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		<title>Leaving on a jet plane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#60;written July 2, 2010 ~10am PDT&#62; Sitting here in the San Francisco airport, watching as people sleepily sip their coffee and browse the morning paper, there&#8217;s a sense of calm routine to it all.  For me, however, today represents everything that routine isn&#8217;t.  It represents a departure, and not only in the literal airline sense.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/07/leaving-on-a-jet-plane/</link>
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		<title>An end and a new beginning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As graduation weekend draws to a close, I can&#8217;t help but reflect on how far we&#8217;ve all come.  The second years now hold masters degrees.  They presented brilliantly at Annenburg, each telling a compelling story of their two years in the loft and at Stanford.  I&#8217;m inspired by their journey and am equally looking forward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nathaliecollins.com/blog/2010/06/an-end-and-a-new-beginning/</link>
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