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		<title>Using social media to trace victims of a rare disease</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/using-social-media-to-trace-victims-of-a-rare-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On March 15, a fifteen year-old girl died recently in the U.S. of a sudden, degenerative disease that may or may not be linked to a Gardasil vaccination. Her parents happen to be professors in the field of medical science. They are trying to clarify the &#8216;may of may not be linked&#8217; part of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Goodyear&#8217;s clarification: bad, bad PR</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gary Goodyear should not have accepted the appointment as Secretary of State for science and technology if he holds so little regard or interest for science. It doesn&#8217;t matter if his distrust comes from religion, childhood experiences or a bad chemistry teacher in Grade 9 (well maybe it does, but at another level). But it&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Enough already with the cocktail party columnists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columnists behaving badly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reading Margaret Wente in the Globe is often unsettling. You recognize the events she&#8217;s talking about, you know she&#8217;s making observations about the country you live in. But strangely, none of the people know know seem to be living in Wente&#8217;s Canada. I usually don&#8217;t mind that Wente&#8217;s universe seems to be entirely contained within [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oil flacks keep their ear to the ground</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/oil-flacks-keep-their-ear-to-the-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Carbon Wars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very good response from the flacks at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers about the National Geographic text on the oil sands. They set up a section on their Web site to deal with this (and certainly encourage friendly columnists to use their speaking points), then intervene on the blogs where the topic is discussed&#8230; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poll: National Geographic vs. Alberta oil sands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post below received quite a few visits since it got posted a few hours ago. This looks like a good opportunity for a little poll. So read the post and vote if you are so inclined.]]></description>
		
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		<title>National Geographic and the oilsands: what the heck are they complaining about in Calgary?</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/national-geographic-and-the-oilsands-what-the-heck-are-they-complaining-about-in-calgary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been scratching my head for a few days now, trying to make sense of the uproar out West about the latest issue of National Geographic Magazine. The venerable yellow-framed publication, famous for the quality of its pictures and focus on conservation, ran a 20-page section on Alberta&#8217;s &#8216;oilsands&#8217;. It illustrates the dark side of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>On the use of teleprompters</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/on-the-use-of-teleprompters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has a piece on the American President&#8217;s constant use of teleprompters. Apparently Mr. Obama uses them every time television cameras are around to capture prepared remarks. Heck, why not? Even his adversaries recognize the man is one of the most gifted public speakers of his generation. Far from making him appear [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wake up and smell the recession</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/wake-up-and-smell-the-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re richer than you think&#8221;, they said. Kudos to Scotiabank&#8217;s marketing team for waking up fairly early on and asking themselves the question: &#8216;Is our little catchphrase becoming an object of ridicule?&#8217; Apparently, &#8216;no, not really&#8217; is the official answer. But Scotia seems to be letting go of the slogan anyway. Just like that slightly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rocky Mountain News&#8217; farewell video</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/rocky-mountain-news-farewell-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Denver&#8217;s Rocky Mountain News published its last edition today. It&#8217;s a local bit of news within a global catastrophe for the print media (and much of the electronic). The farewell video put together by the staff illustrates a whole range of issues linked to the changing industry, as well as captures the human side [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a great stolen podcast</title>
		<link>https://finalspin.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/heres-a-great-stolen-podcast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have no particular comments on the content of this podcast, which is a slightly more entertaining version of the standard discussion one can find all over the Internet in these difficult times for the media. I just wanted to see if the inter-Wordpress &#8217;embed&#8217; function worked well. Okay, it works &#8211; copy, paste. Nice. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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