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		<title>The White House as a Business</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2011/11/08/the-white-house-as-a-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My primary interest in career focuses more on learning (advancing my skills, knowledge, engineering, Computer Science) and development (ie, creating software).&#160; I don’t have any special background or goals in terms of business or finances, outside of getting opportunities to advance my learning and chances to develop projects in my preferred specialization area(s).&#160; Of course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012: Creationism Whackos</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2011/11/07/election-2012-creationism-whackos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re naive like me, and assume that candidates for the President of the United States must be really smart and educated and sane people, then some of the views of the actual candidates might, at a times, look like a bit of a circus!
Of the 10 Republican candidates listed on wikipedia, I&#8217;ve X&#8217;ed out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012: science literacy matters</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2011/11/07/election-2012-science-literacy-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my next post, I’m going to skim the internet to find out what the 10 Republican candidates listed on wikipedia say about science, such as the Evolution vs. Creationism in schools controversy. In case your reaction is &#34;science is not an important Presidential issue&#34;&#8230; Consider that we live in a society where science and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012: Social Conservative Republicans?</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2011/11/07/election-2012-social-conservative-republicans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the second paragraph from the 2011/11/06 wikipedia entry for social conservatism:
&#62; The accepted goals and ideologies related to preserving traditions and/or morality often differs from group to group within social conservatism. Thus, there are really no policies or positions that could be considered universal among social conservatives. There are, however, a number of principles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012: warning, controversy may ensue</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2011/11/06/election-2012-warning-controversy-may-ensue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 2012 presidential race coming soon, I&#8217;ve decided to finally do some posts in the politics (or political philosophy) category. Since this blog (or lack thereof?) is totally public, and politics is one of those sensitive emotionally-charged controversial topics, and there&#8217;s a risk that someone might read it and be offended by some difference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Bezos with Charlie Rose</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2010/12/10/jeff-bezos-with-charlie-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a 40 min video of Jeff Bezos (amazon.com CEO / founder) with Charlie Rose (talk show) talking about the release of the Kindle 3.&#160; I found the last 10 min (the part which isn’t about the Kindle 3) especially interesting:
1) Quote: We make it easy to try stuff on.&#160; How do you make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malvina Reynolds &#8211; Little Boxes</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2010/06/06/malvina-reynolds-little-boxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little boxes on the hillside,   Little boxes made of ticky tacky,    Little boxes on the hillside,    Little boxes all the same.    There&#8217;s a green one and a pink one    And a blue one and a yellow one,    And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on: Bill Gates (and Melinda) speech: Living Proof Project: Why We Are Impatient Optimists</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2009/10/28/notes-on-bill-gates-speech-living-proof-project-why-we-are-impatient-optimists/</link>
		<comments>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2009/10/28/notes-on-bill-gates-speech-living-proof-project-why-we-are-impatient-optimists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched the presentation video here:   http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject/Pages/impatient-optimists-speech.aspx
&#62; Gates said the generosity of the United States “has helped improve health and save lives and bring down population growth, so that money can be spent on all the other things that need investment – economic growth, jobs, and so on.”    &#8211; http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28794.html
Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How rare is true passion? (What do people really enjoy and value?)</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2009/10/23/how-rare-is-true-passion/</link>
		<comments>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2009/10/23/how-rare-is-true-passion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pem (Admin)</dc:creator>
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Quote: You know, it’s such a peculiar thing &#8211; our idea of mankind in general. We all have a sort of vague, glowing picture when we say that, something solemn, big and important. But actually all we know of it is the people we meet in our lifetime. Look at them. Do you know any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Computer Make You Cry?</title>
		<link>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2009/10/12/can-a-computer-make-you-cry/</link>
		<comments>http://mepem.com/pemtech/index.php/2009/10/12/can-a-computer-make-you-cry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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&#160;
*** text from the magazine print ad, 1982:
Can a Computer Make You Cry?
Right now, no one knows. This is partly because many would consider the very idea frivolous. But it&#8217;s also because whoever successfully answers this question must first have answered several others. 
Why do we cry? Why do we laugh, or love, or smile? [...]]]></description>
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