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		<title>Don&#8217;t stand in the puddle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The problems in Bangladesh are a subject of much debate and discussion in our house. This month I think the biggest one is probably corruption, but the problem symptom I&#8217;ve been experiencing most often is that of the power outages. As I write this at 5:14 pm the power has been on for a total [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/08/11/dont-stand-in-the-puddle/</link>
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		<title>baire &#8211; [a. bahy-rey] outside</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realized today that I&#8217;ve been out of the US for over a year now.  I haven&#8217;t gotten out of the eastern hemisphere.  The itinerary for the last year has been Bangladesh, India, Nepal (although no stamp in the passport), Malasia, Cambodia, Macau and Hong Kong. ]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/08/06/baire-a-bahy-rey-outside/</link>
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		<title>Lesson 10: Aro kerup hote parto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always something. The most recent something started with my involvement in a motorcycle accident in Bogra. It started out as mechanical failure and ended with user error. I ended up with a few minor brush burns and a sprained hand. I thought I was fine and went about my week. However, about 5 days [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/07/14/lesson-10-aro-kerup-hote-parto/</link>
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		<title>Lesson 9: matha beta hole matha kete phelbo?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the difficulties of living in Bangladesh is the game of Bideshi 20 questions. Someone will accost you on the street, and run down the list of questions. They must have all read the same script because they very rarely vary. What is your country? What is your name? How long have you been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/06/07/lesson-9-matha-beta-hole-matha-kete-phelbo/</link>
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		<title>Retro-Direct Vangari</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All Rickshaws and Vangari&#8217;s in Bangladesh have only a single gear. It&#8217;s something like 61 gear inches and way to stiff when under load. We adapted a vangari with a retro-direct drive system which means that if you pedel backwards you get a different gear. The upshot of this over a normal geared system with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/04/30/retro-direct-vangari/</link>
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		<title>Time well spent?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got to Macau this evening.   So very good to be back here.  I left Cambodia yesterday.   I really enjoyed my time there.   So drastically different from Bangladesh, but in some ways very similar.  I put some photos up on flickr.  Probably the most notable event though was that I have a neice now, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/04/02/time-well-spent/</link>
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		<title>Lesson 8: Asha kori ektu pore khub bhalo ruti hobe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been spoiled by good bread.  When I was growing up my mother would bake bread almost every week.  Everybody who visited for dinner or something would compliment my mom on the good bread but it was something I took forgranted. One year my Uncle Dan&#8217;s Christmas story was about his quest to find good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2010/03/04/khub-bhalo-ruti-hobe/</link>
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		<title>Lesson 7: Jeamon manush, teamon dudh.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thicker than water&#8230; In general there are 3 kinds milk in Bangladesh.  UHT, powered and fresh.  UHT is the Ultra-high temperature processing which allows milk to be kept at room temperature while sealed, powdered milk which I think most of us are familiar with, although it still has the fats. Fresh milk, comes from Dudh wallahs, or milk men, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2009/12/19/lesson-7-jeamon-manush-teamon-dudh/</link>
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		<title>A wedding&#8230; Hindu style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I went to a wedding of one of my co-workers. I knew it was an evening wedding, but there were two pieces of information I didn&#8217;t know. It was going to be a Hindu wedding, and Hindu weddings are a lot more interesting than Muslim weddings. The wedding was in a village outside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2009/12/12/a-wedding-hindu-style/</link>
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		<title>Grandma speaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Grandma, Miriam Charles, gave the message at Habecker Mennonite Church a few weeks ago. [download mp3]]]></description>
		<link>http://char1es.net/2009/11/11/grandma-speaks/</link>
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