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		<title>Councils Set Details of ROTC Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each of the two upcoming forums on the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps will include six panelists, equally split between supporters and opponents of NROTC’s return to campus, student leaders decided in an open meeting Friday night.
Two dozen students representing almost as many campus groups met in Earl Hall to finalize the layout of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They wanted Chicago &#8216;68, but not at their own convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amy Goodman is a journalist who was covering protests at the Republican National Convention.  But you are not permitted to be a left-of-center journalist at the Republican National Convention, and you certainly are not permitted to try to protect your producers, who are being arrested for the crime of showing something the RNC doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/they-wanted-chicago-68-but-not-at-their-own-convention</link>
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		<title>Party on, dudes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to know how being entertained by a band called &#8220;Hookers and Blow&#8221; is consistent with conservative Christian family values:


And what is it with Republicans and pink feather boas anyway?
By the way, Bob Marley is turning in his grave at the notion of one of his songs being played at a big party for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/party-on-dudes</link>
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		<title>Is Sarah Palin a head-fake?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m beginning to think so.  I don&#8217;t know if the delegates who hew to the religious right were planning any shenanigans at the Republican National Convention.  But with the strong evidence that Palin is only being vetted by Camp Grandpa Simpson NOW, it seems to me that it&#8217;s either the Palin nod was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/is-sarah-palin-a-head-fake</link>
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		<title>Family Values</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin&#8217;s 17 y/o daughter Bristol is pregnant. Pass it on.
There is no truth to the rumor, however, that Palin&#8217;s four month-old child with Down Syndrome is Bristol&#8217;s daughter.
The McCain campaign is saying that McCain already knew about the blessed event before he made his running mate choice eight days ago. If that&#8217;s true, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/family-values</link>
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		<title>The Sarah Palin Labor Day News Dump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice of the McCain campaign to vet his running mate now &#8212; AFTER selecting her and while no one is paying attention.
At least Todd Palin actually WAS young when he was &#8220;young and irresponsible&#8221;:
Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/the-sarah-palin-labor-day-news-dump</link>
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		<title>BREAKING: Palin&#8217;s Daughter Preggers&#8230;Again?  Palin&#8217;s Lies, McCains Gambling Problem, and The Big Brother Backdoor Strategy&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Breaking News: Sarah Palin just confirmed that her 17 year old daughter, Brillo, is 5 months pregnant and is gonna marry the father, Levi, and keep the baby. Supposedly McCain knew about this pregnancy before choosing Palin as his running mate.These people are so full o&#8217; lies that its mind boggling in its enormity. Read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/breaking-palins-daughter-preggersagain-palins-lies-mccains-gambling-problem-and-the-big-brother-backdoor-strategy</link>
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		<title>Around the Blogroll and Elsewhere:  Special Republican National Convention edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a trip through Blogtopia (&#8482;Skippy) to see what other people are saying about the St. Paul Clown Car this week, and the occupants therein:
DCap on how with Cindy McCain around, who needs comedy writers?
Driftglass examines the Palin selection process.
Earth-Bound Misfit puts it all in context.
Warren Street on how someone who wasn&#8217;t even vetted at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/around-the-blogroll-and-elsewhere-special-republican-national-convention-edition</link>
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		<title>Want to know how you would fare under the Obama tax plan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[See for yourself.
(h/t)
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/want-to-know-how-you-would-fare-under-the-obama-tax-plan</link>
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		<title>Paul Krugman reminds us of what the Obama/Biden campaign&#8217;s theme should be</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Republicans think government is the problem because they&#8217;re so incompetent at doing it effectively.&#8221;
Krugman today (also revealing that the hurricane preparation and response isn&#8217;t even being done by FEMA, because that agency is rotten to the core with theocrats and hacks:
On Sunday morning the White House Web site featured photos of the president talking to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/paul-krugman-reminds-us-of-what-the-obamabiden-campaigns-theme-should-be</link>
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		<title>For Republicans, EVERYTHING is political</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all the lip service that John McCain is giving to &#8220;putting aside politics&#8221; this week out of &#8220;respect&#8221; for the people who are possibly going to lose their homes in Louisiana today, the Republicans are eager to spin a natural disaster as a boon for their own retention of power:
â€œYou donâ€™t wish for it, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/for-republicans-everything-is-political</link>
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		<title>Ladies and Gentlemen&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;your next vice president.
This is an honest-to-God 1988 clip of Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential running mate Sarah Palin as a 24 year-old sportscaster on Anchorage&#8217;s KTUU.
Ah, that brings back memories. Remember when we were all in our cross-eyed Marie Antoinette phase?
I can&#8217;t wait until the Republican party seizes on this as proof positive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/ladies-and-gentlemen</link>
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		<title>John McCain&#8217;s &#34;record of service&#34; (sic) to Katrina victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After John McCain has his photo op at Haley Barbour&#8217;s house, he&#8217;ll be going to his convention in St. Paul, which he has recast as focusing on service in the face of disaster:
&#8220;There is very little doubt that we have to go from a party event to the call to the nation for action, action [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/john-mccains-record-of-service-sic-to-katrina-victims</link>
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		<title>Excuse me, Senator McCain, but the nomination isn&#8217;t for auditioning your next wife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jed again:


Talk about pictures being worth a thousand words.  Note how Palin doesn&#8217;t want to get too close to Old Granddad.  Note how he keeps sneaking peeks at her chest.  Note also how he plays with his wedding ring through the whole thing, while Cindy gazes on in the background.
I don&#8217;t think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/excuse-me-senator-mccain-but-the-nomination-isnt-for-auditioning-your-next-wife</link>
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		<title>Live blog: Google Chrome press conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bookmark this page for a live report&#8211;complete with blow-by-blow commentary&#8211;from the company&#8217;s official public unveiling of its new Web browser.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/live-blog-google-chrome-press-conference</link>
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		<title>Bookmark your favorite spots like a mixtape with Placefav</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever been asked &#8220;what are some good places to go in _____?&#8221; Skip e-mail and make a Placefav instead.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/bookmark-your-favorite-spots-like-a-mixtape-with-placefav</link>
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		<title>$34.5 million spent on Facebook virtual goods?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a rapid pace, Facebook is making money from those $1 virtual gifts, which may account for a shockingly high 10 percent of revenue. Maybe one day, goods will outshine advertising.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/345-million-spent-on-facebook-virtual-goods</link>
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		<title>Another tour of duty for iRobot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Army to re-up $200 million contract for general robots, services, and training, as well as PackBots.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/another-tour-of-duty-for-irobot</link>
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		<title>Apple makes September 9 iPod event official</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Company plans to rock the Yerba Buena Center in downtown San Francisco next Tuesday, according to an invitation that was just released.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/apple-makes-september-9-ipod-event-official</link>
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		<title>What Chrome means for Microsoft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Redmond gets back to work on Tuesday with more than just another browser to contend with.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/what-chrome-means-for-microsoft</link>
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		<title>Meet Chrome, Google&#8217;s shiny new browser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Search giant makes its long-awaited foray into Web browsers, but just how far can it ride its online dominance?
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/meet-chrome-googles-shiny-new-browser</link>
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		<title>With site block, Malaysia seems to break promise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government&#8217;s Communications and Multimedia Commission has instructed several ISPs to block Malaysia Today, prompting political commentators to brace for a crackdown.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/with-site-block-malaysia-seems-to-break-promise</link>
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		<title>Celebrities get their chance to make &#8216;Spore&#8217; creatures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EA&#8217;s latest bid to build anticipation for its evolution game, which launches Sunday, puts the Creature Creator in the hand of dozens of &#8220;creative celebrities.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/celebrities-get-their-chance-to-make-spore-creatures</link>
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		<title>Why Microsoft needs Xbox 360 price cuts across the board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A worldwide price slash could be the perfect way to differentiate Microsoft&#8217;s console.  But will the company do it?
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/why-microsoft-needs-xbox-360-price-cuts-across-the-board</link>
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		<title>Google Chrome: Browser competition back in high gear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No browser maker is complacent these days, but Google&#8217;s open-source browser effort is likely to put on even more pressure.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/google-chrome-browser-competition-back-in-high-gear</link>
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		<title>Dwarves and hobbits in open-source land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open source has grown up. It&#8217;s no longer about heroes and villains. It&#8217;s about code. Whether this is good or bad is up to us.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/dwarves-and-hobbits-in-open-source-land</link>
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		<title>Interactive albums coming to iTunes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

Interactive albums coming to iTunes&#8211;Alternative rock band Snow Patrol&#8217;s next album will be released in a new interactive format on iTunes and will include lyrics and exclusive images.


Video game &#8220;megatrends&#8221; and the necessity of internet connectivity&#8211;The video game market is changing as the Internet enables new consumption methods for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/interactive-albums-coming-to-itunes</link>
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		<title>Red Hat&#8217;s Project Spacewalk could make it the hub in the open-source wheel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Red Hat&#8217;s Project Spacewalk is notable for its promise, but also for its lack of evangelism to live up to that promise.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/red-hats-project-spacewalk-could-make-it-the-hub-in-the-open-source-wheel</link>
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		<title>First digital TV market to go live next week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wilmington, N.C., will be the first market to switch to digital TV next week, providing a peek at what to expect in February when the rest of the country transitions to digital TV.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/first-digital-tv-market-to-go-live-next-week</link>
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		<title>Republicans wire Xcel Center for political convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GOP turned to Qwest to completely rewire the Xcel Center for its national convention this week.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/republicans-wire-xcel-center-for-political-convention</link>
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		<title>Google steps on Firefox with its new Zune&#8230;err, Chrome browser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has the brand equity to make people pay attention to Chrome in the way start-up Flock never did, but could Chrome be Google&#8217;s Zune moment?
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/google-steps-on-firefox-with-its-new-zuneerr-chrome-browser</link>
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		<title>Mozilla CEO: Chrome was inevitable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Lilly says he welcomes the challenge that Google&#8217;s new browser poses to Firefox and that Mozilla will continue its financial relationship with Google until 2011.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/mozilla-ceo-chrome-was-inevitable</link>
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		<title>Oracle to acquire ClearApp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The company announces plans to buy ClearApp, whose application management software is designed to provide a greater view into a company&#8217;s business services.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/oracle-to-acquire-clearapp</link>
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		<title>&#34;Novel&#34; receiver to protect electronics against electromagnetic pulse attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Defense contract kick-starts electromagnetic pulse-tolerant receiver program
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/novel-receiver-to-protect-electronics-against-electromagnetic-pulse-attack</link>
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		<title>Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Face recognition technology coming to Google&#8217;s Picasa Web Albums lets users find and name people in their photos. Also: a new beta of the Picasa editing software.
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/revamped-google-picasa-site-identifies-photo-faces</link>
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		<title>In other words, it&#8217;s just a photo-op</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So John McCain is taking his harem with him to inland areas of Mississippi so that he can convey:  &#8220;Message:  I Care&#8221;:
Senator John McCain is heading to Mississippi Sunday to see the preparations under way for Hurricane Gustav, campaign officials said Saturday night.
The hurricane, which is heading toward the Gulf coast, poses a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/in-other-words-its-just-a-photo-op</link>
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		<title>Gustav, God, McCain, W, and Moore&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love him or hate him, Michael Moore has been speaking out bravely against the total and complete insanity of the past 8 years from the get go. This morning I woke to a letter in my inbox from Mike to God, and&#8230;so clearly does it spell out whats happened to us all as Americans, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/gustav-god-mccain-w-and-moore</link>
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		<title>Bill Maher&#8217;s New Rules for August 29th, 2008</title>
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/bill-mahers-new-rules-for-august-29th-2008</link>
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		<title>Time to rediscover the glory of chapbooks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The booklets have been spreading the literary word for more than 450 years and they still have the power to delight and inform in equal measure
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/time-to-rediscover-the-glory-of-chapbooks</link>
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		<title>Blame Newcastle&#8217;s boss for Keegan&#8217;s loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The real culprit for the latest fiasco to engulf St James&#8217;s Park is not Kevin Keegan, but owner Mike Ashley
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/blame-newcastles-boss-for-keegans-loss</link>
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		<title>Should a POW be president?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John McCain&#8217;s campaign has invoked his five-year imprisonment in the infamous &#34;Hanoi Hilton&#34; as a catch-all response to all number of stories, from his multiple house-ownership to allegations that he bent the rules at last month&#8217;s evangelical forum. But one&#8230;
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		<title>What film would you most like to pass on to future generations?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The British Film Institute is launching one of those polls to discover not the nation&#8217;s favourite film, but the film most worthy of being passed down through future generations. Since it is in aid of their 75th birthday, they have&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/what-film-would-you-most-like-to-pass-on-to-future-generations</link>
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		<title>Carry on up the iTunes charts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new trend has emerged where bands rush release covers of songs recently removed from iTunes. Is this simply a case of consumers no longer caring who is singing, or a cynical attempt to cash-in on the major-label dollar?
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/carry-on-up-the-itunes-charts</link>
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		<title>In a world without the voiceover guy&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The king of the voiceovers, Don LaFontaine, has died at 68. How much will you miss his thunderous promos?
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/in-a-world-without-the-voiceover-guy</link>
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		<title>A strong narrative engages audiences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supposedly old-fashioned, conventional storytelling has its critics but it brings clarity, focus and structure to a drama
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/a-strong-narrative-engages-audiences</link>
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		<title>Heat turns the tables on Frith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here was Monkey, all ready to condemn Heat magazine for a puff interview with its former editor Mark Frith so he could plug his new book The Celeb Diaries - published by Ebury, out now - over four pages in&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/heat-turns-the-tables-on-frith</link>
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		<title>Welcome back to the men of iron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing like an impending Lions tour to focus the mind at the start of a new rugby union season
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/welcome-back-to-the-men-of-iron</link>
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		<title>Google joins the browser wars with Chrome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the internet-based services we use everyday, the web browser is arguably the last, major chunk of kit that Google does not have a hand in. Until today. The launch of Google Chrome had to be rushed out last&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/google-joins-the-browser-wars-with-chrome</link>
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		<title>The secrets of successful pop-star investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pop stars aren&#8217;t really known for their sound business plans, so is it a good idea for Arctic Monkeys&#8217; Matt Helders to open his own pub? It is if he takes some tips from P Diddy and David Bowie
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/the-secrets-of-successful-pop-star-investments</link>
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		<title>Why don&#8217;t art and science mix?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Darwin&#8217;s Canopy commission was a chance for artists to engage with science. What a shame they turned their backs on this challenge
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		<link>http://www.vincesiragusodc.com/why-dont-art-and-science-mix</link>
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