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Watching a very interesting documentary about the US Army. It deals with the fact that the US army is in the midst of a great transition and overhaul of it’s purpose.
Since Jalta there was a cold war to be won. This created an arms race to see who had more military might (mind you this [...]

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Driving home this morning was a joy; the sun rising in my face, some good tunes and better company made the ride home nice. But that was not what was so special about thetrip home (sorry Martina..:-) .
What was, was the fact that I hit 7 straight green lights. In…a….row. But I nearly missed two [...]

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The NBA had Magic and Bird in the 80’s, a rivalry which took a declining category and made it more popular than any other sport.

More recently Kanye West and 50 cent went head tot head, releasing albums on the same day and creating a great buzz + great first week sales for their [...]

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“She sent out for one of those short, plump little cakes called petites madeleines, which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted scallop of a pilgrim’s shell. And soon, mechanically, weary after a dull day with the prospect of a depressing morrow, I raised to my lips a spoonful [...]

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This post is most def not rocket science but the following hit me:

Why is there not a growth in collective blogs? Doing some basic research (?) shows that blogs are basically social clusters.
Example: Musings of an opinionated sod, is connected to punk planning, to fredrik sarnblad, to
in my atmosphere, to she sees [...]

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So Lil’ Wayne has been planning the release of his latest album. As far as hip hop goes, it is one of the most anticipated albums of the year. However there has been a lot of talk on blogs regarding the album and the artist . It’s one thing to call yourself the best rapper [...]

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The Japanese tea ceremony cha-no-yu is an ancient tradition; it’s most famous practicioner went by the name Sen no Rikyu.
Amongst many things he became emporer Hideyoshi’s favorite tea master, and part adviser on matters of politics and culture.
On a certain day emporer Hideyoshi decided to pay Sen no Rikyu a visit at his house. [...]

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transformation design is a human-centered, interdisciplinary process that seeks to create desirable and sustainable changes in behavior and form – of individuals, systems and organizations – often for socially progressive ends.

Mr Maschmeyer, over at his new blog has been trying to get an example library started.

So here is an example that [...]

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“No [...]

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