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<title><![CDATA[Biddy alert...]]></title>
<link>http://mysecondjournal.wordpress.com/?p=608</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MP</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mysecondjournal.wordpress.com/?p=608</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to warn you guys that Biddy may be stopping by while I&#8217;m gone. Don&#8217;t let her]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to warn you guys that Biddy may be stopping by while I'm gone. Don't let her scare you away with stories of ... well girly bits and hangovers..<br />
She's a wordpress virgin too...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Loving it]]></title>
<link>http://dazzaluz.wordpress.com/?p=99</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dazzles</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dazzaluz.wordpress.com/?p=99</guid>
<description><![CDATA[oysters.
they are delicious and best when raw, like sex.
I meant&#8230;..
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oysters.</p>
<p>they are delicious and best when raw, like sex.</p>
<p>I meant.....</p>
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<title><![CDATA[zvon - citrice periculoase]]></title>
<link>http://papershit.wordpress.com/?p=97</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Triky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://papershit.wordpress.com/?p=97</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Comform unui articol grecesc pe care il puteti citi aici, mandarinele, portocalele si nectarinele ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Comform unui articol grecesc pe care il puteti citi </span><a href="http://www.greeknewsonline.com/modules.php?name=News&#38;file=categories&#38;op=newindex&#38;catid=12"><span style="color:#3366ff;">aici</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">, mandarinele, portocalele si nectarinele de productie turceasca, greceasca si libaneza contin o substanta derivata a semintei modificate genetic MON810. Aceasta a patruns intamplator acum cativa ani in culturile citricelor de mai sus si s-a raspandit repede pe teritoriile celor 3 tari. Deasemenea afectate mai sunt si Siria, Iordania si Cipru.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Aceste produse au impanzit si piata romaneasca si se pot gasi aproape pe orice taraba. Autoritatile romane nu au emis inca nici o avertizare comerciantilor sau populatiei. Puteti citi un alt articol despre acest fenomen </span><a href="http://www.haaretz.co.il/"><span style="color:#3366ff;">aici</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Get ready for Twittermania]]></title>
<link>http://mysecondjournal.wordpress.com/?p=606</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MP</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mysecondjournal.wordpress.com/?p=606</guid>
<description><![CDATA[OK, I think I am all set. Couple hours from now we are off. Hilton Head..NO..we&#8217;re off to the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, I think I am all set. Couple hours from now we are off. Hilton Head..NO..we're off to the American Idol concert. J, Drew, my SIL and her two rugrats are off to the concert. I'm really looking forward to this. I believe we have pretty decent seats, I'll bring my camera! To refresh your memory, this is Brooke White, Carly Smithton, Michael Johns, Jason Castro (hubba hubba) and your American Idol..Missouri Native, David Cook. </p>
<p>Either late tonight or tomorrow we begin our trek to Hilton Head. It's supposed to be a 13 1/2 hour drive. We'll see how long it takes us. We don't have reservations anywhere so this should be interesting. </p>
<p>We will stay in South Carolina until Thursday then we're headed back. Drew turns 9 on Friday and has to be back since he's having a sleep over party on Saturday. </p>
<p>I think my MIL has her laptop..but she is VERY protective. I in turn will be twittering. I get 500 twitters so I'm not going to follow everyone. I am following Bri, Rimshot, Jean, Hot...and I think that is it. If you follow me on Twitter or would like to be able to then go sign up...let me know though within the next couple hours. </p>
<p>If you would just like to READ my twitters of what is going on you can do so right here..see on the bottom right hand side...THOSE are my twitters.. </p>
<p>Questions? Let me know.. I guess I better print out my mapquest so I know how the heck to get to South Carolina..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hating it]]></title>
<link>http://dazzaluz.wordpress.com/?p=95</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dazzles</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dazzaluz.wordpress.com/?p=95</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses banging on my screen door at 10AM on a Saturday whilest I am joyfully enjo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jehovah's Witnesses banging on my screen door at 10AM on a Saturday whilest I am joyfully enjoying my naked time.  I felt so violated, and so did my cats.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fursecul mecanic]]></title>
<link>http://adieredeprimavara.wordpress.com/?p=83</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adieredeprimavara</dc:creator>
<guid>http://adieredeprimavara.wordpress.com/?p=83</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ne mai avand rabdare sa stau la cozile din cofetarii si sa vad fetele pline de sictir ale vanzatoare]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ne mai avand rabdare sa stau la cozile din cofetarii si sa vad fetele pline de sictir ale vanzatoarelor m-am hotarat sa-mi fac ceva dulce, ceva care sa se pregateasca rapid, sa nu necesite prea multa caldura degajata din partea cuptorului, pt ca si asa afara sunt peste 30 de grade si e si luna lui cuptor. Astfel, cautand pe internet diferite retete am descoperit, intamplator, un blog foarte interesant, <a href="http://furseculmecanic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fursecul mecanic</a> . Aici, dupa alte cercetari pe Google, am descoperit ca, un tip Dan, face niste fursecuri excelente, aromate si le distribuie gratis celor care intra pe blog si-l conving ca merita sa primeasca aceste delicatese, fiind fani inraiti dulciurilor. Mi s-a parut geniala ideea, as face-o si eu daca as stii sa gatesc sau daca as avea bani necesari pt ingrediente si distribuire, chiar daca oamenii platesc cat cred ei atunci cand primesc fursecurile. Tipul are initiativa si-mi place..si mult curaj si imaginatie. Asa ca eu ii urez SUCCES :) si sa faca o intreaga afacere din dulciuri. Probabil ca dupa ce va merge vestea mai departe, vor aparea si altii care vor incerca acest lucru, daca vor vedea ca lui Dan ii merg afacerile bine. Chiar daca el sustine ca nu e o afacere pentru el. Acum lasam timpul si populatia sa decida daca hobby-ul lui va prinde in Romania.</p>
<p>.....in speranta ca v-am facut pofta de ceva dulce :D</p>
<p><a href="http://adieredeprimavara.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cake.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-84" src="http://adieredeprimavara.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cake.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pin, Furniture Catalog Secrets, and a New Game]]></title>
<link>http://mestroyer543.wordpress.com/?p=25</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mestroyer543</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mestroyer543.wordpress.com/?p=25</guid>
<description><![CDATA[

The Treble Clef Pin is located at the Pool.

Here are the Furniture Catalog Secrets/Cheats.
Click ]]></description>
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<p>The Treble Clef Pin is located at the <a href="http://watex.wordpress.com/2007/02/16/secret-places/">Pool</a>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1836" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/trebleclefpin.png?w=220&#38;h=172" alt="" width="220" height="172" /></p>
<p><strong>Here are the Furniture Catalog Secrets/Cheats.</strong></p>
<p>Click the Upright Piano for the Guitar Stand</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1845" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/guitarstand.png?w=374&#38;h=252" alt="" width="374" height="252" /></p>
<p>Click the Coffee Shop Tree for the Vegetable Garden</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1847" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/coffeeshoptree.png?w=374&#38;h=254" alt="" width="374" height="254" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1849" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/vegetablecorn.png?w=375&#38;h=252" alt="" width="375" height="252" /></p>
<p>Click the leaves of the Palm Tree for the Flower Planter</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1851" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/palmtree.png?w=373&#38;h=252" alt="" width="373" height="252" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1852" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/flowerplanter.png?w=368&#38;h=246" alt="" width="368" height="246" /></p>
<p>Click the Seaweed for the Clam</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1853" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/seaweed.png?w=371&#38;h=249" alt="" width="371" height="249" /></p>
<p>There is also new igloo music available. To play music, have a stereo or jukebox set up in your igloo.</p>
<p>Also, the Night Club is being reconstructed for the upcoming New DJ Game! If you hover your mouse over the ‘Fragile’ box, the DJ equipment comes to life.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1844" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/newdjgame.png?w=412&#38;h=226" alt="" width="412" height="226" /></p>
<p>Everything has a music theme this week. It’s pretty cool.</p>
<p>And lastly, here is the <strong>NEW Walk on Pathways Glitch/Cheat:</strong> A pathway is somewhere where when you usually go, it’ll take you to another place on the map, such as the right/left pathways next to the Town. However, with this cheat, you won’t be taken to another map. First, click on the part of the pathway you want to go to. Now while you’re still walking, click the Penguin Mail envelope at the top left. Stay in the P-Mail thing, viewing your postcards/mail, until you think you have stopped walking. Then exit P-Mail and you are standing on a pathway! Now you can dance, talk, whatever!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1856" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/yay.png?w=202&#38;h=167" alt="" width="202" height="167" /> Ps: I am not Fever i just copyed it</div>
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<title><![CDATA[yo, i'm back !]]></title>
<link>http://memoandmyself.wordpress.com/?p=535</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://memoandmyself.wordpress.com/?p=535</guid>
<description><![CDATA[after a 6h drive, leaving the sunny bretagne and my crazy family for the noisy and grey Paris, we go]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://memoandmyself.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cimg8490.jpg"></a>after a 6h drive, leaving the sunny bretagne and my crazy family for the noisy and grey Paris, we got home yesterday night around 11pm.</p>
<p>so, ...5 days break in Bretagne with my mom's family   is always something! Damn I love them, they are the funniest. I have 4 oncles, and as many aunts, and all together they produced 13 kids, plus my sister and I. so yeah we were a little bunch there. Actually älskling and I and some cousins had to camp in the garden. It was fun. the house is big but not really equiped to welcome 23 people at the same time, taking 2 showers a day (after the beach to get the sand out of your bathing suit and hair) .   </p>
<p><a href="http://memoandmyself.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cimg8492.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-550 alignleft" src="http://memoandmyself.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cimg8492.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="177" height="134" /><img class="size-medium wp-image-548 aligncenter" src="http://memoandmyself.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cimg8490.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="190" height="137" /></a></p>
<p>the house is about 500 meters from the beach so it's really cool, you can totally walk there. the schedule was kinda the same everyday, waking up around 10, having a big breakfast with amazing baguettes of all kinds ;-)  taking the kids to their surf lesson, going to the market, lunch with tones of cookies , beach and swimming when you were very brave (i know it's july but it's still Bretagne, the water was at 16 degres) home around 7pm, playing games with the kids, reading, and dinner. Yeah eating was a big part of our stay :-)   Eventhough the weather wasn't totally awesome I got a nice tan and my hair got so blond !!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://memoandmyself.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cimg8503.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-551 aligncenter" src="http://memoandmyself.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cimg8503.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="252" height="196" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">and here is a cookie älskling made... everyone loved it :-)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://memoandmyself.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cimg8494.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-552" src="http://memoandmyself.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cimg8494.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="195" height="238" /></a><a href="http://memoandmyself.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cimg8494.jpg"></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> to sum up, great stay.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Bird]]></title>
<link>http://annanagel.wordpress.com/?p=271</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
<guid>http://annanagel.wordpress.com/?p=271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are few things that I love more in life than going to the concert of a musician that I really ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are few things that I love more in life than going to the concert of a musician that I really like and leaving completely blown away and even more impressed by them because, not only do they have likable recorded music, but you see how amazingly talented they actually are when they play live.</p>
<p>Such was the case with Andrew Bird last night.  He makes an impressive one man band playing his violin while singing.  But he also totally rocks out when playing with his full band.  He apparently channels Jeff Buckley when he sings.  And he's the most artful whistler I've ever heard or seen.</p>
<p>Go buy one of his albums right now!  Then find a way to see him live.  You won't be sorry.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/5iImZNKy1SA'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/5iImZNKy1SA&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><em>*This post is dedicated to T. Remington Brooks who got me listening to Andrew Bird in the first place.  I owe you. </em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pin, Furniture Catalog Secrets, and a New Game]]></title>
<link>http://aidenpenguin.wordpress.com/?p=218</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aidenpenguin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aidenpenguin.wordpress.com/?p=218</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Treble Clef Pin is located at the Pool.
Here are the Furniture Catalog Secrets/Cheats.
Click the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Treble Clef Pin is located at the Pool.</p>
<p><strong>Here are the Furniture Catalog Secrets/Cheats.</strong></p>
<p>Click the Upright Piano for the Guitar Stand</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1845" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/guitarstand.png?w=374&#38;h=252" alt="" width="374" height="252" /></p>
<p>Click the Coffee Shop Tree for the Vegetable Garden</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1847" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/coffeeshoptree.png?w=374&#38;h=254" alt="" width="374" height="254" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1849" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/vegetablecorn.png?w=375&#38;h=252" alt="" width="375" height="252" /></p>
<p>Click the leaves of the Palm Tree for the Flower Planter</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1851" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/palmtree.png?w=373&#38;h=252" alt="" width="373" height="252" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1852" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/flowerplanter.png?w=368&#38;h=246" alt="" width="368" height="246" /></p>
<p>Click the Seaweed for the Clam</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1853" src="http://watex.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/seaweed.png?w=371&#38;h=249" alt="" width="371" height="249" /></p>
<p>There is also new igloo music available. To play music, have a stereo or jukebox set up in your igloo.</p>
<p>Also, the Night Club is being reconstructed for the upcoming New DJ Game! If you hover your mouse over the ‘Fragile’ box, the DJ equipment comes to life.</p>
<p>Everything has a music theme this week. It’s pretty cool.</p>
<p>And lastly, here is the <strong>NEW Walk on Pathways Glitch/Cheat:</strong> A pathway is somewhere where when you usually go, it’ll take you to another place on the map, such as the right/left pathways next to the Town. However, with this cheat, you won’t be taken to another map. First, click on the part of the pathway you want to go to. Now while you’re still walking, click the Penguin Mail envelope at the top left. Stay in the P-Mail thing, viewing your postcards/mail, until you think you have stopped walking. Then exit P-Mail and you are standing on a pathway! Now you can dance, talk, whatever!</p>
<p>~Aidenpenguin =D                                                                                              By: Watex</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Anti-Stuff Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://rolstonhouse.wordpress.com/?p=40</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rolstonhouse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rolstonhouse.wordpress.com/?p=40</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So I was sitting around this morning and thinking about all the junk I have in my life, and the need]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I was sitting around this morning and thinking about all the junk I have in my life, and the need for me to rid myself of all the junk or at least make better use of the what I have so that others can benefit from my intense amount of possessions. I have been preaching for the last four or so years about the need for humanity, and particularly the American citizenry, to ween ourselves from our buying habits and to take the rest of the world into account when we make a socio-religious-political action in the form of buying things. <!--more-->If I really believe that I am to follow only Christ, than I must recognize that some things hinder me from this call and some things move me towards it. So here is what I propose: I want to catalog everything that I have. I will put up thumbnails of all my stuff on the Anti-Stuff Campaign page and you, dear reader, can let me know what you think. This isn't about bragging, in fact it is just the opposite. I am at times ashamed of how much I have accumulated, even since I left college (five years ago I must add). I got this idea from a few different things, a personal life inventory where you try to limit yourself to 500 things, a food blog by my brother in law (which would make for an interesting commentary on faith and diet, but maybe some other time), and the need for some sort of translucence in my own life. If you don't think I need it, tell me about it. If you want to borrow it, just ask me. I hope to begin a conversation and open accountability between the things must valuable to us, if we defined it by our actions and not just our words. So check out the page and let the conversation begin.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Postcards]]></title>
<link>http://planetross.wordpress.com/?p=1065</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>planetross</dc:creator>
<guid>http://planetross.wordpress.com/?p=1065</guid>
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Why aren&#8217;t there any &#8220;Post-it Note&#8221; style postcards?
No more thumb tacks, push]]></description>
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<p> </p>
<p><strong>Why aren't there any "Post-it Note" style postcards?</strong></p>
<p>No more thumb tacks, pushpins, tape, or fridge magnets to hold them up!</p>
<p><strong>Sure the postal workers wouldn't like it, but they've been living on easy streets since e-mail anyway.</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>note:</strong> above postcard sent to me by <strong>sweetiegirlz</strong> at <a href="http://sweetiegirlz.wordpress.com/">Sweetiegirlz's Blog</a>.</p>
<p><strong>double note:</strong> the original <strong>Post it 'Note'</strong>:</p>
<p><a href="http://planetross.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/post-it-note-003.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1082" src="http://planetross.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/post-it-note-003.jpg?w=285" alt="" width="285" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://humor-blogs.com/">http://humor-blogs.com/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[War and Video Games]]></title>
<link>http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/?p=388</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>betz451</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/?p=388</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thought control: it&#8217;s the computer world&#8217;s latest game plan - Times Online
First came th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/gadgets_and_gaming/article4354041.ece">Thought control: it's the computer world's latest game plan - Times Online</a></p>
<blockquote><p>First came the joystick. Then came the motion-sensing Wii remote. Now get ready for another radical and rather unsettling leap in video games technology: thought control.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://kingsofwar.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/firefox.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-389 alignleft" src="http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/firefox.jpg?w=215" alt="" width="215" height="300" /></a>The ways in which computer 'games' and war are converging are multitudinous and endlessly <a href="http://ubiwar.com/2008/07/06/a-tyrant-comes-clean/" target="_blank">fascinating</a> on a number of levels. As a training tool, as a recruiting device, as a  weapons control system... the list goes on. It used to be that military technology produced 'spin-offs' which entered the civilian commercial sector in the form of consumer products; nowadays the process is as likely to work the other way with 'spin-on' from civilian technologies in the commercial sector finding significant military use (for eg., a laptop with connection to the WWW, Google Earth, and mobile phones gives you a pretty decent C4ISR capability for a few hundred pounds). One can easily imagine the military uses of a system like the one described above which allows the control of devices by thought.</p>
<p>Leave aside the obvious thought-controlled airplanes, vehicles, missiles and so on. This part I found very interesting, even if I'm not sure exactly what it means:</p>
<blockquote><p>Last month the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), an arm of the US Defence Department, said it had awarded a $6.7 million contract to Northrop Grumman to develop “brainwave binoculars”. The binoculars use scalp-mounted sensors to detect objects the user might have seen but not noticed - in other words, the computer is used as a kind of brain-aid, giving the user superhuman vision.</p>
<p>Explaining the technology, Dr Robert Shin, an assistant professor of neurology and ophthalmology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said: “There is a level where the brain can identify things before it ever makes it to the conscious level. Your brain says, ‘it may be something', but it might not realise that it is something that should rise to the conscious level.”</p></blockquote>
<p>If I translate this correctly what they're saying is that a soldier wearing such a device might act as a sensor  in a grid (this is already somewhat the case--it's a question of the growth in sensititity and velocity of information flow). I can imagine all sorts of interesting effects of such a grid. For instance a sniper fires from cover at an infantry section on patrol. No individual soldier sees the shot's exact origin but they all from their individual perspectives orient their attention to its general vicinity. Result: triangulation. Put a 'shoot here' icon on a head-up-display. Hey presto a counter-sniper system with a organic sensing capability.</p>
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<link>http://planetross.wordpress.com/?p=1026</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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They changed the little plastic scoop in my laundry detergent box.
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<p>They changed the little plastic scoop in my laundry detergent box.</p>
<p><strong>There must have been a big breakthrough in "plastic scoop technology".</strong></p>
<p>I'm going to keep using the old scoop on the right though.</p>
<p><strong>I'm very traditional sometimes.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>note:</strong> Why are all ice cream scoops the same size and shape? I want giant square scoops once in a while.</p>
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<p><a href="http://humor-blogs.com/">http://humor-blogs.com/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shop discovery.]]></title>
<link>http://stylesavvy.wordpress.com/?p=125</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Siren. Mostly I&#8217;m thinking I like it. Some things I don&#8217;t get, but each to their own, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Siren" href="http://www.mysirenshop.com" target="_blank">Siren</a>. Mostly I'm thinking I like it. Some things I don't get, but each to their own, right? Some of it's a little Alice In Wonderland. Some of it's really chavvy looking. Some of it's a bit Harajuku/chav cross-over. Some of it's just plain cutesy. Some of it's... odd...</p>
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<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm115/stylesavvyblog/sigGuiwen.jpg" alt="" width="127" height="25" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[friday night, vodka and bruce.]]></title>
<link>http://kittypstar.wordpress.com/?p=11</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Springsteen. Bruce Springsteen. Born to Run was one of the anthems of my teenage years.
I wanted to ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Springsteen. Bruce Springsteen. Born to Run was one of the anthems of my teenage years.</p>
<p>I wanted to be Wendy.  You know, 'Wendy let me in, I want to be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions.....together Wendy we can live with the sadness, I'll love you with all the madness in my soul......'</p>
<p>I wanted somebody to love me with that kinda soul madness - until I got it, and found out that it wasn't so much fun. The best part was wanting it - feeling that heart wrenching desire  - vodka on a Friday night brings it all back, 30 something years later. Mad soul always. </p>
<p>Think I'll change my name to Wendy.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blahness?]]></title>
<link>http://bjebbe.wordpress.com/?p=44</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Good day to get stuff that i&#8217;ll use soo much &#8230; I guess
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<p><a href="http://bjebbe.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/homamhead.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46" src="http://bjebbe.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/homamhead.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="382" /></a></p>
<p>Good day to get stuff that i'll use soo much ... I guess</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Uh oh....]]></title>
<link>http://flamingandromeda.wordpress.com/?p=113</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>flamingandromeda</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I appear to have been absent of late from here&#8230;.could it be the almost lazy almost holiday lik]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appear to have been absent of late from here....could it be the almost lazy almost holiday like spirit that has invaded our house now the children are all gone?  Who knows...but anyway I'm back for a fleeting moment!  Blokey is on his way home and I'm thinking about hitting him up to take us out to dinner...good idea huh?  We've eaten curries every night this week so far and I'm not getting sick of it yet!  So maybe Inidian?!?  The week has been uneventful...except for at work...well, let me tell you!  Last week ended with several of us almost wanting to murder one of the supposedly more senior of the supervisors (he's 22 and as immature as you can get....with a massive superior complex you wouldn't believe!  Anyway, several of us, mostly older women had had a gutsful of him by last Friday.  On Monday the poor ol' (assistant) manager, fresh back from holidays was set upon by us to let him know exactly what had been going on in his absence and asked what was he going to do about it.  Well, today was most satisfying....this jumped up little twit was hauled into the manager's office and formally told off....this goes on his permanent record and follows him where ever he goes in the company from now on.  The other piece of good news is that he is leaving our store soon to pursue a new career in management (of whom he belives he is already one)...I pity the poor people who have to deal with him...I shall not miss him at all.  On the positive side I have had the most delightful two days at work with a couple of our admin ladies who have been working with me a bit more....it's so much nicer when people can work well together and we all have the same aim....maybe it's a matuirty thing...we've all been through a few things in our lives....enough between us to build a fair amount of wisdom and knowledge....me, I know the least of them but it's not going to stop me from having a go at learning how it all works....someone needs to take over from them eventually....and I'm too lazy and too comfortable to move anywhere else unless I'm pushed.</p>
<p>Thing Two and my Mum come home tomorrow evening...and the two girls are due back on Sunday evening...the time has flown and I've been true to myself and not put any pressure on to do anything....no sewing...no housework (ooops)...a little cooking....some laundry and dishes but that's about it...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Boot]]></title>
<link>http://mdaffiq.wordpress.com/?p=18</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[My latest boot i have is&#8230;

A Specs made from indonesia..quite light when i running catching so]]></description>
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<p>A Specs made from indonesia..quite light when i running catching some ball..hahahaha</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Heartburn indigestion upset stomach diarrhea.]]></title>
<link>http://wastingtimewithmikeandari.wordpress.com/?p=1016</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diarrheaBot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wastingtimewithmikeandari.wordpress.com/?p=1016</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;ve had the shits for the past four days, I was looking for some people to commiserate ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Since I've had the shits for the past four days, I was looking for some people to commiserate with.  God bless the <a href="http://www.pepto-bismol.com/pepto_dance.shtml" target="_blank">Pepto-Bismol Dance Machine</a>.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://wastingtimewithmikeandari.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/peptobismoldancemachine.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1017 aligncenter" src="http://wastingtimewithmikeandari.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/peptobismoldancemachine.jpg" alt="" width="417" height="407" /></a></p>
<p>Choose:</p>
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<li>Dancers</li>
<li>Location</li>
<li>Malady</li>
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<p>Watch them wiggle, and <em>try</em> not to shit themselves.  <strong>Just like me</strong>.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[the following voice mail was left on our answering machine today by our lovely daughter.  i must for]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">the following voice mail was left on our answering machine today by our lovely daughter.  i must forewarn you, there was no emergency.  she didn't break her legs, rob a bank, or have her eyeballs gauged out with a fork.  nope, none of that.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">i wasn't home, but the husband was and he had to drop a business call in order to pick up our house line due to the sound of her voice on the machine.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">she needed to find out if she could have some friends sleep over.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">the dad was a little perturbed.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[New Pin, and Construction At The Night Club!]]></title>
<link>http://thekoolio.wordpress.com/?p=67</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thekoolio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thekoolio.wordpress.com/?p=67</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The new Pin came out, its a Treble Cleff, its in the pool.
There was construcion at the Dance Club, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new Pin came out, its a Treble Cleff, its in the pool.<a href="http://thekoolio.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pin3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-68" src="http://thekoolio.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/pin3.jpg?w=253" alt="" width="253" height="188" /></a></p>
<p>There was construcion at the Dance Club, check it out and tell me what you think it might be for. I think its for the new game.<a href="http://thekoolio.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dance-dj.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-69" src="http://thekoolio.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dance-dj.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="84" /></a></p>
<p>Sorry for not posting over the past few days, I've been busy with other stuff.</p>
<p>     Stay Kool,</p>
<p>                Thekoolio</p>
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