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I stand in my new dressing table mirror, and twirl. How do I look. I'm wearing a stripy minidress and sequined legging. My shoes are like skyscrapers. Just in time for my 20th birthday party. We've rented out the local club and are having a huge dance party with my old high school friends. It's going to be awesome!
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My friends dog died, so we bought her a plant, and she liked it so much that she asked us to help her set up a complete garden. We had a different variety of vegetables and flowers and it looked great.
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I'm sitting at the dinner table with my flatmates, Gabby and Sam in our Riccarton flat. There is a steaming platter of nachos in the middle of the red and white checked tablecloth with a basket of freshly baked soft white rolls that Gabby made after her shift at Subway. Our water gla**** are filled to the brim, and each of us have a special treat of a bottle of Lemon, Lime and Bitters. I had a day off Police School , so I'd been to the nearest supermartket. We don't make much money, so we…
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I would have a beach event, like a party with talks and donation boxes, perhaps with movies on water and sanitation. Something fun, so people actually enjoy it and come. But not splashing out on big things.
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It's hot outside, and I'm on my latest MI5 operation. I've been living in California for about a month now, trying to uncover the world's biggest smugging operation, the Aramov Clan. I'm doing well, and have been accepted by some of what we believe to be the highest people in the clan. I can't wait to get back to my house in Florida and be me again. At the moment I'm known as Florence Tilley and I've had to dye my hair red. Last time I went over to the Clan's headquaters, I was issued with…
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Provide skills, not just finished technologies. The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution,
rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate and contribute to the evolution of the product. Furthermore, they acquire the skills needed to create solutions to a much wider variety of problems. They are…
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