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		<title>Writing Ideas For Everyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to write a novel? I know when I am engrossed in a good read,I become more than envious at how some authors can virtually carry us away to places and scenes using descriptive language. Obviously, or so it would seem, some people were born to write. Many we assume are natural writers. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=875&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>B&amp;N Hits A Home-run With Nook Color Update.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been considering a tablet pc for a while now. I have read up on the current offerings and think I have narrowed it down to one that technically is not even a tablet . The Nook Color e-reader. This is not your fathers or mothers e-reader though. Its not even last years Nook [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=867&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political Correctness Is Tyranny</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose everyone has heard about NBC censoring the words &#8220;under God&#8221; out of the Pledge of Allegiance during the telecast of the US Open Sunday. Sometimes people and corporations do things so utterly stupid you can only shake your head in disbelief and move along. Its a bit unnerving to know that a company as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=862&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Not Privatize U.S. Prisons Or Make Them Self Sustaining ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 13:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After coming across this article , my thought processes went kind of like this. Why doesn&#8217;t the federal and state government allow some privatization of prisons through-out the country. Or at least try to make them self sustaining  ? O.K. , I know, prisons are not (in their present state) profit-making institutions nor are they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=852&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putting In A Retainment Wall.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 02:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long over-due I have finally got around to doing some landscaping around the place. Earlier in the month I planted four azalea bushes, a mungo pine, and a plum bush. The azeleas are blooming like crazy . Most of these plants went in around the front, facing the street. To add some curb appeal I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=849&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updating To Windows 7 , Is it Worth It ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 18:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend most of my computer time on the laptop . Its just much more comfortable to be on the couch as opposed to sitting at the desktop. I have a Dell Inspiron 1521 AMD Turion . I upgraded the RAM to 4 GB and it was running Vista Premium. I have heard a lot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=843&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Data Safe On the Cloud ?</title>
		<link>http://theshank.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/is-your-data-safe-on-the-cloud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 20:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In two words,absolutely not. No more proof is needed than the recent news of Sony and LastPass getting infiltrated by hackers and user information being compromised. The latest casualty, LastPass could turn out &#160;to be the single largest infiltration catastrophe ever. Stay tuned to see how this turns out. LastPass&#8217;s slogan; &#8220;The last password you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=834&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LastPass Infiltrated by Hackers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 20:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LastPass is reporting some suspicious activity has been discovered on some of their servers and user data may have been compromised. LastPass is a popular cloud based solution for password management. Since they are experiencing an overload of hits to their site, a link is not provided . Filed under: Cloud Computing, Misc, Security, Software, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=830&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Osama Bin Laden Killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 02:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporting on tv that Osama Bin Laden is dead and his body is in the hands of  U.S. troops. President Obama to make an announcement in moments. Filed under: Politics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=827&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Authorities Block Easter Service in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://theshank.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/chinese-authorities-block-easter-service-in-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually blog about political subjects but this article kind of touched a nerve . We take a lot of our rights for granted. The right to assemble and worship being one. I really found this a bit arrogant on the part of the Chinese authorities . For years we have heard about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theshank.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1418981&amp;post=820&amp;subd=theshank&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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