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		<title>The Wild World of the World Wide Web</title>
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Citizen journalism was in the news last week, as some morbid prankster, or ice-cold trader, planted a rumor at CNN’s iReport about a Steve Jobs heart attack, causing Apple’s stock to fall. CNN took down the post, calling it “fraudulent,” and the SEC has opened an investigation into the case. Apple’s stock bounced back, but the incident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With the Internet, I Can Do Anything!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I recently tried to put up some shelves in my girlfriend’s apartment, I turned to Youtube. When I made mac and cheese last weekend, I found a recipe at the Food Network’s website. And when I want to get a quick answer to anything, I avail myself of Wikipedia. The internet is a godsend for Do-It-Yourselfers. Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sixty Years of Universal Human Rights (the Video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, originally drafted by Eleanor Roosevelt and signed in 1948 in a post-WWII international effort to express the rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. An example of some of the basic rights it guarantees for the people of the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/sixty-years-of-universal-human-rights-the-video/</link>
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		<title>Can Tiny Fish Save the World&#8217;s Coral Reefs?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s well-known that much of the earth’s habitats are in peril, and so too are the coral reefs.  The number of coral reefs are drastically declining worldwide, according to the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  The results of a long-term study suggest that monitoring a balance of herbivorous fishes is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/can-tiny-fish-save-the-worlds-coral-reefs/</link>
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		<title>Can Ancient Philosophy Can Fix the Economy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Bush just spoke from the Rose Garden to reassure the American people that &#8220;we know what the problem is&#8221; and &#8220;we have the tools to fix it.&#8221; It&#8217;s certainly nice to hear they&#8217;re not worried in Washington, but is it possible that Bush is just hoping his confidence will catch on? Nobody wants to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/can-ancient-philosophy-can-fix-the-economy/</link>
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		<title>Even The Experts Cannot Save Us, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does the hyper-fast, 24-hour news cycle make the sensation of global economic collapse more or less painful than it was 1929? In &#8220;The Great Crash, 1929&#8221; legendary economist John Kenneth Galbraith describes monitors unable to keep up with the tumbling prices. But now we can track the stock market with the acuity of a heart [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/even-the-experts-cannot-save-us-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Enjoy Some Cheap Light Crude For About Five More Weeks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A barrel of light sweet crude stood at $82 on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday, the lowest price in eight months. Consumers wondering if the bargain trading prices will translate to more bearable prices at the pump over the long term should not get their hopes too high. Analysts conjecture how low the market [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/enjoy-some-light-sweed-crude-for-about-five-more-weeks/</link>
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		<title>Kurt Pitzer on Yet Another Little Squirmish in the Balkans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serbia has won a nebulous bid to have Kosovo&#8217;s February secession reviewed by the International Criminal Court of Justice. Following Belgrade&#8217;s urging, the UN body has agreed to weigh in on the steps Kosovo took to sever its final ties to the former Yugoslavia. The decision to review is non-binding which is perhaps a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/kurt-pitzer-on-yet-another-little-squirmish-in-the-balkans/</link>
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		<title>Jeff Sachs Hates Irreversibility (and the Wall Street Journal)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Globalist Jeffrey Sachs spoke at NYU Wednesday night about economics, ecology and geopolitics to about 200 students and professors, mostly from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Following a reference to FDR&#8217;s presidential legacy, Sachs wasted no time addressing the global economic meltdown, attributing the collapse of Lehman and AIG to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/10/jeff-sacks-hates-irreversibility-and-the-wall-street-journal/</link>
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		<title>Shmuley Boteach Explains Judaism in Just Over Four Minutes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixty-eight years ago today John Lennon was born in Liverpool. One thousand and five years ago today Leif Ericson landed in Canada. And, well, a long time ago, Yom Kippur was first celebrated. Granted, October 9th was probably not the first Yom Kippur, but this year Yom Kippur happens today. Goyim kids may remember Yom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bigthink.com/blog/2008/10/09/shmuley-boteach-explains-judaism-in-just-over-four-minutes/</link>
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