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	<title>Neall Alcott</title>
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	<description>Lives in South Jersey and writes about technology, music, books, and news.</description>
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		<title>Bruce, This One&#8217;s For You!</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/232</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;ve been really busy with work and life and I haven&#8217;t been blogging in a while. (Sorry)
My buddy Bruce was asking what was up, so I figured I should set a little time aside tonight and write. I told him that since the mainstream media (MTM) has noticed the improvements in Iraq, I haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Steyn: World Should Give Thanks for America</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/231</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Mostly because it&#8217;s a time for the family and it&#8217;s not overly commercialized. When Thanksgiving is approaching, you don&#8217;t have to worry about budgeting funds for gifts or credit card bills the following month. All you have to worry about is exercising and/or dieting to work off your over-consumption.
One of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Surge Working??</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/229</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a comment on an earlier post of mine on my Daily Local blog that I found interesting:
gypsy hammond said&#8230;
The surge is working? That must explain why 2007 has seen the highest level of troop deaths since the war began. But then, defining success downwards has been a hallmark of this war and this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last of the Last</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/228</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a really nice (although sad) article in the New York Times about the last surviving American soldier from World War I:
Over There — and Gone Forever
Four years ago, I attended a Veterans Day observance in Orleans, Mass. Near the head of the parade, a 106-year-old named J. Laurence Moffitt rode in a Japanese sedan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfortunate Headline</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/227</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I love finding newpaper headlines that are either poorly worded or can be read differently. Here&#8217;s one I found in the Washington Post today:
Panel May Cut Sentences For Crack
Drug dealers rejoice! They say that crack is very addictive, but this is ridiculous&#8230; maybe they shouldn&#8217;t be responsible for sentencing.
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		<title>Close Call</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/226</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video of some firemen in Boston making a hasty retreat from a rooftop&#8230;



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		<title>A New Da Vinci Code</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/225</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting news article:
An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci&#8217;s &#8220;Last Supper,&#8221; raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting&#8230;
Pala explains how he took elements of the painting that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Iraq Embarassment: The Times of London</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/224</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been interesting watching the news as Iraq has been improving&#8230; it&#8217;s been getting more and more difficult to find any reports, other than independent reports from Michael Yon and other freelance reporters in Iraq.
It looks like the Times of London has noticed the same thing:
The Petraeus Curve
Is no news good news or bad news? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanny State</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/223</link>
		<comments>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/223#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry about not posting last week. I&#8217;ve been swamped at work and home!
But anyway&#8230;
I found this interesting NBC News report (via InstaPundit) that talks about the Nanny State movement and how it can create kids that are unprepared for the real world. I&#8217;ve written about this before (HERE).
In particular, this phenomenon has struck South Jersey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children 0, Senator Spector 166</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/222</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting stuff happening on Capitol Hill. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) proposed an amendment to a major health spending bill that said no lawmakers&#8217; pet projects (i.e., earmarks) would be funded until &#8220;all children in the U.S. under the age of 18 years are insured by a private or public health insurance plan.&#8221;
Sen. Coburn has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Global Warming Report</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/221</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Michael Yon : Resistance is Futile</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/220</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another dispatch from Michael Yon in Iraq: Resistance is Futile:
No thinking person would look at last year’s weather reports to judge whether it will rain today, yet we do something similar with Iraq news. The situation in Iraq has drastically changed, but the inertia of bad news leaves many convinced that the mission has failed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Was Tied Up At The Time</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/219</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a big John McCain fan, but this is a GREAT debate line that only he could have delivered:



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		<title>Hacker Break Into 911, Sends SWAT Team On Fake Call</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/218</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know whether to laugh or cry: Man accused of hacking into 911
SWAT officers expected to find a victim shot to death, drugs and a belligerent armed suspect when they surrounded the home of an unsuspecting couple, but found they were only a part of a false emergency call caused by a teenager who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Yon Reports From Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/217</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received this email from Michael Yon via Basra, Iraq:

Greetings:
Iraq is on the mend, al Qaeda is on the run, and the civil war has abated to a point where the term &#8220;civil war&#8221; no longer applies.
Accurate war coverage is increasingly important.  Even prominent seemingly well-informed persons can get it wrong, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday Morning Music Review: McCartney and Illinois</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/216</link>
		<comments>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/216#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full

Paul McCartney released his latest studio album on June 5th and it&#8217;s pretty good. It&#8217;s not as good as his 2005 release, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (which I think is incredible&#8230; more about that another time) but it&#8217;s definitely worth listening to.
In general, the songs find McCartney mostly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Softly And Carry A 12-Gauge</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/215</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the video:
Nathaniel Brooks stole a line from an old Western movie to capture a pair of burglars. A Fort Bend County, TX homeowner fought back when he found burglars in his home. “You know there&#8217;s something about when you hear a pump shotgun click,” said Nathaniel Brooks. “It makes everybody think twice.” And the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Music and Technology Collide - Part 2 of 5</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/214</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Part Two: Building A Home Studio On With NO MONEY DOWN! 
During the summer of 2006 we had our basement finished. Whenever you get your basement finished, it forces you to do something you’ve probably been putting off… cleaning it out! While cleaning out the basement, I came across my Strat. Just for fun, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Gore wins Nobel &#8220;Peace&#8221; Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/213</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was an impressive year for Al Gore&#8230; he convinced Iran to abandon their nuclear program. He brokered the Anbar Awakening in Iraq. He jetted to Palestine and convinced Hamas and Fatah to stop fighting. Then he got the Israelis to join them. Then he drove up the road to Damascus and got the Syrians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Music Price: It’s Up To You My Friend</title>
		<link>http://www.neallalcott.com/archives/212</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neall Alcott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday (Oct. 10), the ground shook violently at record companies around the world as a major artist, Radiohead, decided to release their new album, In Rainbows independently and with a new price model: Name Your Own Price
That’s right. You can order the album from their website and name your own price… whether you enter $0, [...]]]></description>
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