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	<description>a joyful life</description>
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		<title>Definitions, please step forward.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last month I&#8217;ve gotten to meet a lot of people I&#8217;ve never met, and come away feeling like many are some of my best friends. It&#8217;s been bizarre and pretty amazing.  

(If you look closely I&#8217;m in the middle of this crazy group&#8230;)

One of the things that it&#8217;s led me to is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s a wrap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone visiting has officially gone home as of today. Two and a half amazing weeks. Now, for reals this time, I&#8217;m going to catch up on sleep, bills, and laundry. Give me the rest of the week to recover and then we&#8217;ll be ready to go and play catch up with the blog and with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIA: toLearn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Heya folks &#8211; 
So as it sometimes goes, life snuck up on me and pulled me away from my own projects, including my toLearn postings. 


The last couple of months have been nothing short of insane and quite rough. There have been extreme highs and lows which have resulted in a lot stepping back and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn Roundup: days 91-97</title>
		<link>http://www.alexissdawn.com/gioiosa/?p=1957</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the delay. Life got in the way. 
toLearn updates for this week!
Sunday, May 30th &#8211; Day 91: Darth Vader &#8211; 3 men, 1 villian
Monday, May 31st &#8211; Day 92: Chili &#8211; Homemade chili recipe
Tuesday, June 1st &#8211; Day 93: to the center of the Earth &#8211; Massive sinkhole in Guatemala
Wednesday, June 2nd &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 97: Oil Disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In all of these posts I figured I&#8217;d better post about the BP oil disaster in the Gulf. It&#8217;s nothing any of us want to hear, especially if it&#8217;s the continuing news that they still haven&#8217;t fixed it. 
According to BP, their latest containment dome effort has successfully siphoned 250,000 gallons of oil to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 96: VHS FTW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alright kiddos, let&#8217;s take you back to the old days and celebrate: the day VHS made it&#8217;s way to America. 
This is long before the Blu-ray and DVD debates, and back when it was VHS vs. Betamax (SAY WHAT?!).


The VHS videocassette was introduced in North America at a press conference before the Consumer Electronics Show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 95: AP Stylebook Socialized</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in high school and into college I was into journalism. I was an editor, a writer/reporter, and I loved it. One of the books always in my bag was in the AP Stylebook. Yes, I was a different kind of geek then, but I had that book pretty well read over and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 94: youTube X1000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s something random for the day: a guy decided to test the image and sound degradation that happens when you upload a video to YouTube, download it from YouTube, upload it again to YouTube, and on and on. And here&#8217;s the kicker: he did it 1,000 times.
Even more odd is the psychadelic (oh yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 93: to the center of the Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first headline I read was something about a hole to the center of the Earth. Then I looked at the photos and thought they had to have been photoshopped. Turns out, they&#8217;re definitely not.


This sinkhole happened over the weekend in a street intersection of Ciudad de Guatemala. And it seems like you can really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 92: Chili</title>
		<link>http://www.alexissdawn.com/gioiosa/?p=1959</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homemade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recipe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s recipe is for Chili! I have a tendency to have a recipe and then just toss in whatever I want, so here&#8217;s the recipe I ended up with:
- 1 T. canola oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 1/2 t. cumin
- 1 1/2 t. oregano
- 1/4 c. chili powder
- 1/2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 91: Darth Vader</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A random tidbit: In 1983’s Return of the Jedi, three different actors portrayed Darth Vader. The man in the costume was David Prowse, the voice was that of James Earl Jones, and the revealed face was that of Sebastian Shaw.


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		<title>toLearn Roundup: days 84-90</title>
		<link>http://www.alexissdawn.com/gioiosa/?p=1939</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 23:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[toLearn updates for this week!
Sunday, May 23rd &#8211; Day 84: RAW &#8211; RAW is the new JPG
Monday, May 24th &#8211; Day 85: Brain Rewiring &#8211; How the Internet is rewiring our brains
Tuesday, May 25th &#8211; Day 86: What motivates us &#8211; An interesting way to discuss motivation
Wednesday, May 26th &#8211; Day 87: Influence Objects &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 90: Creative Minds &amp; Schizophrenia</title>
		<link>http://www.alexissdawn.com/gioiosa/?p=1946</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 23:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reported in a recent BBC article, a group of scientists who are studying how the brain works have reported that brain scans of highly creative people as well as schizophrenics show strong similarities in thought pathways.
As it turns out, each lack receptors that are important in filtering and directing thought. This lack is what some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 89: World of Color</title>
		<link>http://www.alexissdawn.com/gioiosa/?p=1945</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disneyland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot even begin to express how excited I am for Disneyland&#8217;s (err, California Adventure) new show, World of Color.


I love Disneyland.
The show is set to premiere on June 11th, a mere number of days away. I&#8217;m pretty dang sad that I won&#8217;t get to be there for the opening time!
But what&#8217;s toLearn about that? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>toLearn day 88: Human Computer Virus</title>
		<link>http://www.alexissdawn.com/gioiosa/?p=1944</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[toLearn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, it may sound like something straight from the Weekly World News. But this time (and this time only), they seem to have been right.
British scientist Mark Gasson says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus. He had a chip inserted in his hand which was then [...]]]></description>
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