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<title>Lance Winslow - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Greetings to Everyone, I am a retired Franchisor, Business Consultant, Philanthropist and I run a Think Tank, as well as do a lot of Traveling, Writing, Cycling, Flying, Volunteering & enjoy life to the fullest. Have dabbled in local and regional politics. No Religion. Over Achiever Family Most of our ancestors came over on the Mayflower. I am the grandson of a Nuclear Physicist at (SLAC) who wrote 70 research papers (applied science). My Dad; Naval Aviator and jet pilot (250 combat missions, CO of a Navy Jet Squadron) also airline and corporate. My Mom would have been an Olympic ... ]]></description>
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<title>You Are Most Likely Smarter Than the Programmer</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:07:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been introduced to a new type of software, perhaps in your industry or for your business, and you are expected to use this software to help you with your productivity? And when you did use the software did you ever get frustrated, swear to yourself, and claim that the software wasn't good enough? Do you know why this is?]]></description>
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<title>Swarm Warfare Works in All Human Competitive Endeavors</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:06:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you remember in the third movie of the Matrix Series where the machines came for the humans underground, and these machines formed swarm like tactics to defeat the resistance? Do you realize that today swarm warfare tactics are being used by humans to fight other humans in battle just as that movie had shown? Does this surprise you?]]></description>
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<title>Future Acoustics and Sound Degree - Good Idea, Yes, I Agree</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:06:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I was talking to someone whose son was studying acoustics. This intrigued me because my grandfather was a nuclear physicist, but he also was one of the early pioneers of acoustic transducer technology. Sound and vibrational energy is what makes the world happen, without it there would be nothing, there would be silence, no activity, and the entire universe would be reduced down to absolute zero.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Articles About the Defense Industry Online</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2012 there have been a significant number of budget cuts, and the industrial military complex is quite worried because of the slowdown of military funding. Perhaps this is why each and every contract awarded in 2012 is significant for the companies who get the contracts and will be doing the work. Those who do not get the contracts may be forced into bankruptcy, or merged out of existence, as has been the case with consolidation during past administration's which have drastically cut the military or even gutted it.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Articles About Military Tech Online</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:05:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although writing articles about military technologies is difficult, luckily, there is indeed a stream of new technologies coming forward. In fact, they span so many categories, it's often hard to keep track of, much less understand all the technology which have been presented, and are on the cutting edge. Now then, we obviously don't hear about all the technology because there are so many black projects, but the technology we do know about, where there is information available, is still substantial.]]></description>
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<title>If China Won't Buy More US Cars Maybe Saudi Arabia Will Buy More</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:04:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the last few months China has ended some of their subsidies for automobiles, and they've also made it tougher for US automobile manufacturers to sell cars in the country. This is a slap in the face, especially with all of the products we let come from China into the US. Some say this is a tit-for-tat move on China's part because of the animosity, and divisive political comments against China in the US media.]]></description>
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<title>Regulatory Challenges and Franchising</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:04:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's often amazing to me the amount of regulations we put on the industry known as franchising. And really it's not an industry as much as it is a business format. In fact it is one of the most powerful business formats of all time.]]></description>
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<title>The Political Firestorm Over Contraception Considered</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:03:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With all the problems going on around the world, not to mention here at home with high unemployment, minor disturbances of civil unrest, inclement weather, and an uncertainty of the financial success of a good many American families, we see that the media instead wishes to concentrate on a political firestorm over contraception. It's really a silly matter, in that there were a couple of issues in a recent piece of healthcare legislation which made it mandatory for employers to pay for contraception pills even if those employers were churches which are against contraception. Obviously, if the church is...]]></description>
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<title>What's an Opportunity Transfer?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:02:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, an acquaintance who works for the Los Angeles School District apparently upset his superiors and the administration with a grievance and critique. As he told me the story of his ordeal, I was blown away with what had happened to him. Yes, things happen, of course, he'd been a thorn in their side, but they realized they couldn't lay him off or fire him due to tenure and his high performance ranking, so they gave him the old; Opportunity Transfer!]]></description>
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<title>Where Did All the Water Go? - This Planet Is Dry!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:20:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How might a watery planet lose all of its water? How might a watery planet gain new water? Well, there are many speculations as to how water arrives on a planet, such as a near miss from a comet glancing the atmosphere, or one hitting the atmosphere and the severe temperatures turns the ice-water to steam, and when it cools it becomes rain putting water on the planet.]]></description>
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<title>2012 Trends in General Aviation</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:20:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[General aviation has sure been a tough row to hoe in the last good many years. Nevertheless things are not looking so bad moving forward. It looks as if China will open their general aviation market meaning wealthy Chinese will own private business jets, and light aircraft.]]></description>
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<title>Does Typing 2 Million Words Make Someone Ambidextrous and Change Their Brain Format?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:19:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a very prolific online article writer, I've probably pounded out 2-3 million words in the last 6-years, and I don't know for sure exactly how many, because I am not certain how many articles I've done now via speech recognition software - however what I do know is my abilities to do things with my other hand have improved drastically, including writing or even silly things such as crumpling up a piece of paper and shooting it across the room into the trash can with amazing accuracy. Why is that? This is not something I've been able...]]></description>
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<title>What Causes Traitors to Switch Sides and Betray Their Group?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:19:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems with innovation in America is the amount of intellectual property that is siphoned off to other nations without regard to proprietary property, or respect for the R&D departments or the individual inventors that created it. Perhaps the biggest challenge in keeping secrets and not allowing loose lips sink ships as the challenge of insider threats, and social engineering in this day and age of cyber attacks and sophisticated hackers is overwhelming. And what of the traitors, those people who switch sides, the so-called Benedict Arnold's of the world?]]></description>
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<title>How to Interject a Little Bit of Science Into Your Online Articles</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:18:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are writing articles online about personal technologies, or the computer industry, it makes sense to interject a little bit of science into those articles. What I am noting recently is that fewer people are doing this, perhaps the reason is because they don't understand the science behind whatever it is they're talking about.]]></description>
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<title>The Philosophy of Regulatory Challenges</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:25:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We seem to have a problem brewing in the United States, as there are philosophical differences between laissez-faire free-market capitalism, and big government control over business. Not only do we have a culture clash and a bit of class warfare going on, but we also seem to have a total separation and divide amongst the role of government in business. It seems that so many industries have been maligned such as Wall Street bankers and corporate jet manufacturers.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Military Strategy Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:22:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, I was having a discussion with an officer who had gone back to school at one of our nation's top war colleges. We were having a discussion on military strategy, one of my favorite topics as I like to go to the strategy page online to read, and also watch the military channel. I've always been intrigued by strategy, not only from playing sports at a high-level in my younger days, but also in business and politics.]]></description>
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<title>How to Put A Little Bit of Philosophy Into Your Online Articles</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:21:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As an online article author, and a former businessperson, I have been amused at times, and often bewildered by some of the articles I read from folks who are actually experts in their industry with decades of experience. When they write an article, they will often state all the facts, and all the information that you could get out of any industry association newsletter or trade Journal, but they don't put any real thought into it, and even if they might have put some mental muscle into it, it certainly doesn't show in their articles. Okay so, I'd like to...]]></description>
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<title>Are Computer Scientists Sealing Their Fate By Programming AI Software to Do Research Science?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:21:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It seems every day we look around, computers, robotics, and artificial intelligence are taking the jobs of humans. As a former employer it's difficult for me to give you an opinion of all of this that you will be satisfied with, and that is because I've watched some of the shenanigans that human beings attempt to pull while they are gainfully employed. Now then, I would like to talk to you about this challenge we have with our ever-increasing and advancing technology in the present period.]]></description>
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<title>Competing in Air Shows and Air Races Against Autonomous Aircraft</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:21:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, it's already happening, and most airline pilots and military pilots assumed it eventually would. Pilots are being replaced by unmanned aerial vehicles. And this makes sense because even though flying aircraft requires a lot of skill, we also have the capability of programming computer systems to do the same thing, and in many cases they can do it better.]]></description>
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<title>Philosophical Thoughts on Studying the Trends of 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:20:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the coordinator for a think tank we obviously follow news events, and global happenings around the world. We also follow technology, and we watch the evolution of technological trends. This isn't easy to do due to the abundance of information out there in the world, but it is possible to stay up on it all, and may not be as hard as you think.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in Online Article Writing</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:26:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I've watched productivity tools for writers take a turn for the worse. What's happened is online article authors who wish to put out an extreme amount of content have chosen to go to the dark side. They've attempted to use PLR strategies and schemes, as well as garbage articles created by derivative article manipulation.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in the Online News Media Game</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:26:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It seems every day we turn around and a computer or a robot is taking the job of the human. Certainly, it's helped our civilization and many industries create incredible productivity, but those jobs may never be coming back. As we complain about jobs being outsourced to other countries overseas, we also should be concerned with the jobs being replaced in our own country by robots.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in Designing New Car Models</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:59:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, it's already starting to happen folks are using artificial intelligence coupled with the latest CADCAM software to design our future vehicles. Although many of these new designs look quite futuristic, and intriguing, there is a problem with all of this. They are all starting to look like giant teardrops, and the body lines are looking more and more familiar regardless of which model you buy.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Articles New Car Models Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:55:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It seems as if whenever there is a major car show anywhere in the world, there are always great pictorials and articles about the new car models which are coming out. People love to read this kind of content online. In fact it is quite popular, and often ranks up there with whatever the famous Hollywood movie stars are doing that week, people are interested in that.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Articles on the Auto Industry Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:55:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most popular categories for online articles is automotive. This shouldn't surprise anyone because there are indeed more cars than people in the United States. We are a nation of automobiles.]]></description>
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<title>2012 Trends in Online Opinions Considered</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:14:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, I'd like to personally thank you for reading by 2012 Trends series, as there will be as many as 700 of these articles when I'm completed. Now then, it's not easy to keep your hand on the pulse of America, and even more difficult to understand all the interactions in our global society. Yes, it is difficult, even for someone like me who happens to run a think tank.]]></description>
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<title>US Economic Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:13:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, what are the economic trends for 2012 here in the US? Well of course it is an election year, and generally our economy does okay in an election year, however in this particular year the European crisis will also affect our GDP growth slowing us down to 1% or thereabouts. That certainly won't make the current administration look very well, even if the unemployment rates are slowly dropping, at least as per the official version.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With the Machines Making Automobiles in a Factory</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:11:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A couple of years back, I was talking with a distant relative from Dayton Ohio about their robotic factory at General Motors. The workers along with the robotic factory component process were able to complete SUVs from start to finish in less than 18 hours. In other words, a bunch of parts come into the building, and within 18 hours completed automobiles painted and everything roll out the door.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Opinion Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:13:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Perhaps, you are like me and you like to read the opinion section of the newspaper. It's hard to say why folks like to read this section more than the other parts of the newspaper, but I suppose it is because we want a fresh perspective, and we get tired of reading the spoon fed media content. And who can blame people really?]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:12:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are an online article writer, and perhaps you are writing articles on the Internet to help draw targeted traffic to your website and you will be engaged in informational marketing. If so, you will have to write articles in such a way where you are delivering "top quality information" to your reader. Now of course you can't put everything that you know about whatever industry it is you are writing about in a single article, nor should you, as the average Internet surfer only has the attention span of a few minutes, and certainly not much more than...]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Media Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are just a ton of former newspaper reporters, and people who were once in the media who are now laid off. Many of these folks are now writing articles online, and trying to get freelance work. Often it's hard to compete with writers of this caliber, especially if you are a new writer, and have only written in the online venue.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Articles - Automotive Start-Up Businesses Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Before I became an online writer, interestingly enough, I was in the automotive sector. I was a franchisor of mobile carwash, mobile oil change, and fleet truck washing units. Today, I've written thousands of articles on this topic, and I've learned quite a bit along the way.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Franchising Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:10:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, as an online article writer and a former franchisor, I have hundreds of articles on franchising. Indeed, it is one of the strongest sectors of our economy, and you may not know this, but one-third of every consumer dollar spent goes through a franchised outlet or through a franchise organization. That's a huge amount of our domestic GDP.]]></description>
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<title>Automotive Manufacturing Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:10:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of interesting trends in 2012 in the auto manufacturing sector. We've recently noted that China is trying to cut back on foreign automakers selling in their country, putting on more restrictions. This is not good for US, Japanese or European auto makers.]]></description>
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<title>2012 Trends in Franchising Considered</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:09:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Each year, our think tank looks at the various sectors of the economy and makes predictions as it watches the future trends. The franchising industry is a very important part of our economy because it accounts for so many jobs, and such a large percentage of our domestic GDP - and the percentage of consumer dollar spent. The franchising sector has had a rather tough time in the last few years, and as any sports coach might say as it's going through tough times; "this is a rebuilding year.]]></description>
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<title>Future Concept Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:09:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are some of the future concept Trends that which we will see in 2012? Well, we will see incremental changes obviously in every category, and much of this will be due to the changing consumer sentiment, thanks to more online interaction, greater data flow, and all the social networking. We will also see thanks to new technologies, tablets, and with Apple future trends in every sector, for instance in the healthcare sector we will see these new productivity tools used to increase efficiency, and accuracy with diagnostics.]]></description>
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<title>Early 2012 Trends Politics - First Quarter</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now then, I don't suppose you need to be a political junkie to realize that the GOP race for 2012 is shaping up very rapidly. And surprisingly enough it is quiet a close race considering the amount of money being spent by the Romney campaign. Of course many of the larger donors who have moved to other candidates promise that whoever is nominated as the GOP presidential candidate for 2012 - that they will also support them with their dollars.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in Economic Analysis</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is rather hard to compete with the computer when doing economic analysis. This is because computers are quite good at doing math once they are programmed, and although economics isn't an exact science, those who study it, do the research, and use the tools certainly see it as such. Meaning they will use these equations to guestimate the future trends.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in Franchise Territory Marketing</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now then, I'm not sure what you know about territorial expansion, extending a brand name, or the world of franchising. As a former franchisor, sometimes I feel as if I know too much, but I can tell you this is where the rubber meets the road. You must be an expert in all those things, or the competition will sink your ship.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With an Autonomously Driven Race Car</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:04:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, the other day we were sitting in a coffee shop with some fellow think tankers, and the topic came up about autonomous vehicles. You see, I had attended the first DARPA Challenge, and that year none of the autonomous unmanned robotic vehicles finished the course. They all crashed.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in the Design World of Future Concepts</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:03:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs is reported as saying that "if you want to predict the future, the best way is to create it." Now he probably isn't the first person to say that, as it is a quote that goes back many decades. However, I can tell you as a futurist, and as the founder of a think tank, I've uttered those similar words, not because I heard them, because it's the reality in the world we live in today.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in the World of Politics</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:03:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During the 2008 presidential elections I watched our Teleprompter in Chief get up and make great speeches, I was impressed because as a former franchisor before retirement, I understand all whole lot about branding, and I also understand marketing and the media. It was as if this guy couldn't miss a beat, and I wondered who was advising him, and who his image consultant was. It seemed like magic, and mind you I am not a Democrat, and as much as I enjoyed watching this brilliant marketing campaign, I'm the last person in the world who would've voted for him...]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Articles for Franchisees Owners Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of folks that write articles in the franchising sector, some of them specialize in writing articles advising franchisor's how to run their corporate headquarters, do their marketing, and expand their business. There are so many different vendors to the franchising industry there are just a ton of articles in all the different trade publications. In fact, I take a number of trade publications and I cannot believe how often I see the word franchising, regardless of which magazine I'm reading.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informative Political Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:40:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As an online article author, I feel it is my duty to help article authors create quality content online. Indeed, I've written over a 1000 articles on political topics, and I've learned the hard way how to do it right, and which mistakes are easily made. Writing about political topics is serious business, it's easy to make a mistake and look foolish, and you can't rely on everything you hear in the media, most of the news stations are jaded towards a conservative slant, or a more neo-liberal motif.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Informational Future Concepts Articles Online</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:22:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a futurist, and a member of the World Future Society I read their online newsletter and magazine each and every month. They have seminars, and articles from various futurists explaining how other futurists might write articles to the public on future topics. Now then, that doesn't mean that you need to follow all their methodology.]]></description>
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<title>Global Economic Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, 2008 was the year about global economics and it is my contention, as well as the view of our think tank that 2012 will also be a year with global economics dominating much of the media. There are challenges all around the world, and I'd like to discuss a few these if I might. One of the big challenges happens to do with Iran's nuclear weapons program, and the sanctions placed on that nation.]]></description>
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<title>News Media Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:16:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, they say election years are great years for the news media, and since 2012 is an election year, and there looks to be a heated race between the GOP and President Obama's reelection committee, you can be sure that lots of dollars will be flowing into the news media. Indeed it couldn't come at a better time, or at a more crucial time as media outlets have been laying off, and watching their viewership and readership dwindle. As you probably know most of the reason for this has to do with online social networks and the amount...]]></description>
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<title>2012 Trends in Online Article Writing</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:02:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, I'd like to thank you very much for reading this article in my 2012 Trends series. There will be 700 articles in this particular series, and as an online article writer I feel it is most appropriate to start with this one. You see, each and every year as I study all the trends in all the various industries for our think tank, I find tidbits of information, and through a little bit of Cross-pollination I can spot how different trends in different sectors and areas of the human endeavor in our present period are slowly evolving.]]></description>
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<title>How Do You Feel About Genetically Modified Humans for Space Travel?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:31:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, I am sure we've all heard the debates over GM Crops and that's all well and good, but really I wonder how do you feel about modifying humans for future space flight? It makes some sense when you really look at it from a logistics and scientific standpoint, of course, then again, I guess such topics are generally considered taboo, at least for now. Okay so, since we aren't supposed to talk about this, let's do.]]></description>
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<title>The Media in the US Is Much Better Than in Other Nations - But Still Not Good Enough</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6873036</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:31:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are a reporter in some countries, you are a marked man and the government is watching you, and one slip up and you are history, you disappear, or are thrown in jail. In the United States we have freedom of the press thankfully, and although we export our products, know-how, and services all over the world, don't expect us to be able to export that as a "new found freedom" to ports afar. In fact, many nations are busy tightening down the reins on the media, and not just newspapers and TV either.]]></description>
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<title>What's the Best Way to Deal With Iran Right Now?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872994</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:31:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Obviously, economic and financial sanctions are not having a very immediate effect on Iran's decision to give up its nuclear weapons manufacturing process. Does this surprise anyone, "not I," said me at a recent think tank discussion. Whereas, many academic intellectuals believe this is the proper way forward, I say that's just pure "rubbish, it's poppycock" if you ask me.]]></description>
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<title>Arab Spring - But Was It Really Worth It?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872973</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:31:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, I guess it goes without saying that think tanks talk about global politics, world events, international relations, and world-trade. Thus, no one should be surprised when I say that we have a few thoughts on the Arab Spring events of 2011, well, one could actually call them the Arab Perennial events of circa 2011 to 2014 or who knows how long all this mass protesting civil unrest might go on. Let's discuss this for a moment shall we?]]></description>
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<title>Okay so We've Created Genetically Modified Humans for Space Travel - Now What?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6873058</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:35:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The great thing about running a think tank is after you are done talking about how to solve the world's current challenges you can switch gears and talk about how to solve the problems of the future. Sometimes they are one of the same, for instance it seems that whenever you solve a problem, the humans run around and mess things up again, thus, the law of unintended consequences. Suffice it to say working in a think tank is job security, there are always plenty of problems and challenges the world that we must face.]]></description>
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<title>Sound and Fury, Media, Sports, and Distraction of the Mindless Masses</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6873019</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:34:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some might love to use social networks, and who can blame them as they are designed for people to communicate in a way that makes them feel good about themselves. In China, the government wants to limit the time spent on social networks, as they want a productive and obedient society. That makes sense.]]></description>
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<title>The Circular Arguments of Past Period Philosophers - Why Am I Not Impressed?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are past period philosophers all that great, why do we put their heads on pedestals? Why do we call them pillars of intellectual prowess, and the wisest of their time, even present them as more enlightened that today's best and brightest? You see, I am most certain they were not, so I cannot agree with academia on these points, and yes, I read enough of past philosophy to understand the concepts and thoughts.]]></description>
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<title>Is the Global Warming Debate Overcooked?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It just amazes me how many people have bought into the whole global warming motif, it's as if they've adopted it as some sort of religion. The problem with that is, as soon as you adopt something as a religion generally you take it as gospel and stop listening to reason, which is a real challenge moving forward.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Quality Online Articles Efficiently</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872697</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6872697</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day someone had asked my how on Earth I was able to write so many articles online. Well, the basic answer is; Hard Work. Seriously, have you ever heard of it?]]></description>
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<title>Online Article Authors and Marketing With Quality Articles Considered</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872676</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, I suppose online article writing to drive quality targeted traffic to your website is a rather simple and efficient way to market on the Internet. It makes sense and you pay in "information" up front - paying it forward - in trade for trust and future clientele. Yes, that's about it from a philosophical standpoint, and luckily it works.]]></description>
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<title>Online Marketing - Let's Keep It On the Up and Up!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872644</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:29:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years, I've noted a slight change in the number of folks who've chosen to engage in less than ethical marketing practices, and quite frankly this concerns me. You see, I am an online article author and enjoy a bit of targeted traffic to my website, unfortunately my hard work is being undermined and I am now being judged due to others doing article marketing and sending people to websites which appear to be quite scammy. No not all of these sites are fraudulent, but many look as if they are.]]></description>
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<title>Is the Concept for an Artificially Intelligent Electrical Energy Grid Revolutionary?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872602</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:29:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There have been numerous grants awarded to computer scientists and engineering schools throughout the country for new smart grid technologies. Some of the most interesting DOE awards have been to artificial intelligence schemes to run our entire electrical energy grid. That sure sounds interesting doesn't it?]]></description>
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<title>Can We Make a Self-Healing Energy Grid Like an In-Flight Failure Aircraft Control System?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872554</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:28:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do we go about building a truly smart grid which can self-heal and one which can detect a computer virus, and handle a cascading power outage? In 2005 when the energy grid failed in the North East, apparently it worked correctly, and it started shutting the whole system down. Well, if that's an engineer's answer to protecting the energy grid, then "Houston, ah, we have a problem.]]></description>
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<title>Should We Fix the Energy Grid and Transmission Lines or Use AI to Handle the Outages?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872529</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:27:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the coordinator for a think tank which happens to operate online, often we look at the most pressing issues of our time, namely we concentrate on the necessities of civilization such as communication, transportation, education, distribution, water, energy, security, agriculture, etc. One of the issues we'd previously discussed was the transmission lines and our nation's energy grid. Some say we must make the grid smarter, others say we must spend $500 million to a trillion dollars to fix what we already have.]]></description>
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<title>Is It Time to Completely Overhaul Our Electrical Energy Grid in the US?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:38:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, a whole lot of people have been discussing the dire challenges of our crumbling infrastructure. I've read think tank reports for RAND, Hudson Group, Academy of Sciences, and even Public Citizen, so in other words this crosses all political lines, and it's no secret. One of the biggest challenges we have is our electrical grid, for which we got a rude awakening in 2005 when the lights went out in the North East after a cascading blackout.]]></description>
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<title>Can We Really Trust Artificial Intelligent Computers to Run Our Government and Civilization?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872479</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many folks have fear when it comes to the concept of artificially intelligent computer software programs running our civilization. Sure, I understand that, and yes, I too have seen enough of the Sci Fi movies to scare the bejesus out of me also. However, you know what truly scares me worse?]]></description>
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<title>Right Now Our So-Called Smart Grid is Rather Dumb But What if it Was Hyper Intelligent?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872461</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We've all heard a lot about the new Smart Energy Grid in the US, but when we really look at it, as dynamic as this system is, well, it isn't really "smart" or intelligent, but it could be! Yes, I speak of artificial intelligence, and why not, isn't that where all our technology is going these days? Look around you, AI is becoming a bigger and bigger part of your life every day, whether you are at home or traveling around with your favorite mobile personal technologies.]]></description>
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<title>Creating an Artificial Intelligent Machine to Run Our Civilization</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872443</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Before humans embark on creating an artificial intelligent system to run our entire civilization, we must consider one of the fundamental principles and realities about complex systems and engineers, namely to Keep It Simple Stupid also know by its famous acronym; KISS. Not long ago, I was having this conversation with an acquaintance and I mentioned the need for keeping it simple to prevent catastrophic failure at the worst possible time. To that point my acquaintance asked; "Oh, you mean Murphy's Law?"]]></description>
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<title>AI to Run the Electric Grid - Can We Trust It?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872391</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:27:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Computer scientists are busy studying the future of artificial intelligence and they are busy programming these software tools to run our future. Still, are we sure that humans in the future will be smart enough to program artificial intelligence, wouldn't that be unwise, as soon the AI systems will surpass human intelligence and therefore, we'd be implementing such tools with an inherent built in handicap you see. Further, to start out with the misconception that a thinking machine created by a computer scientist mimicking the human mind will solve this problem is unrealistic.]]></description>
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<title>Implementing an Artificial Intelligent System to Run the Entire Energy Grid</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:25:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A few months back our Think Tank was working through a thought problem, we were trying to consider how best to launch an artificial intelligent software system to run an entire energy grid for a state, nation, or region. Okay so, let's talk about this. You see, the entire point of switching over such a system is to take human error out of the loop, and let it run on auto-pilot.]]></description>
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<title>Protecting Our Energy Grid - Self Healing Strategies and Borrowing From Nature</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872230</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:25:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, we have a fairly robust energy grid in the US, no, I don't mean the state of overall disrepair of this aging infrastructure, rather I mean its ability to deliver continuous power even when a sector of the grid has a catastrophic challenge, or a major incident. Still, we've also noted challenges with cascading failures when the challenges or problems are compounded. Okay so, let's talk about this, as there is a new challenge afoot; Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Warfare. Now then, we need a self-healing artificial intelligent system which can better re-direct energy and make complex...]]></description>
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<title>Time to Redesign Our Wind Energy Future</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6872197</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[From an engineering stand point, I'd say all these very large modern wind turbine designs are rather cumbersome and less-than-optimal. No, I am not taking anything away from the brilliant engineering designers using high-tech materials to make all this work, truly it's an amazing feat. We now have carbon-composite blades with special aerodynamic tricks, one design even uses the organic evolutionary design from the leading edge on the fin of a hump back well, and to that I say; Bravo, and Well Done!]]></description>
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<title>Webinars - Better Mute the Background Noise or Ditch the Teleconference</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870161</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870161</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:07:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I was on a teleconference, yes, it was a real ass-flatener, almost an hour - but it did have a website interactive follow along motif, which was nice. In fact, I learned a lot about something I've been working on and had some thoughts of my own. Although questions were limited I did get a bang for my buck and later in the day followed up with the tele-master by email.]]></description>
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<title>Once We Make Contact, Then What?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870221</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Perhaps like you, I've always been a fan of Drake's Equation - that is the equation that estimates the number of intelligent species on other planets in the galaxy based on probability, personally I think his numbers are off, and there is must more intelligent life than we might ever imagine, and yet, still I love the thought process there you see. Okay so, let's talk about this shall we? Not long ago, I had pondered the questions; what should we do if we discover other intelligent life out there?]]></description>
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<title>What Will They Ask Us to Shovel Next?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870251</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We were promised an end to the unemployment through government provided jobs to improve our crumbling infrastructure. Interestingly enough, the infrastructure is still in dire need of repair, and those jobs never happened. Why you ask?]]></description>
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<title>Are Non-Believers Being Silenced - Reverse Political Correctness?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870305</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870305</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:03:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We demand free speech in our nation, and the politically correct crowd culls free-speech at every turn, but let's not be too quick to point fingers because all too often the religious folks amongst also quell atheism and agnosticism often enough. Okay so I ask are non-believers being inadvertently silenced and denied access to advancement in society for speaking of their beliefs, namely in no belief of a god at all? If so, what can we do about this to let freedom ring?]]></description>
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<title>Mandatory Eco-Lighting Light Bulbs in Our Homes or More Efficient LEDs?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870281</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870281</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The new eco-light bulbs that became mandatory in the US do use less energy. However they do not last as long as promised in some cases. Luckily, they seem to be of similar brightness.]]></description>
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<title>Talking About Geniuses</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870373</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870373</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was paging through a new book at the book store, it seems quite good. The name of the book is; "Quiet - The Power of the Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain and it reminded me of a conversation I had with an acquaintance from Australia a few months the prior. He told me that it seemed that "doing nothing" and just thinking or day-dreaming was when some of the best discoveries have been made through human thought and reasoning - and I suppose Plato, Aristotle, and even the condemned Socrates...]]></description>
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<title>Do All Governments Work on Re-Distribution of Wealth?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870432</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I was talking with an acquaintance who suggested that all governments re-distribute wealth, as that is their job, further he suggested it was the most efficient means of giving to the have nots to ensure they were cared for and enjoyed their life, as that was only fair. Well, I seriously cannot understand why we need a government for that. Okay so let's discuss this for a moment shall we?]]></description>
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<title>There Is More Than One Way to Reach the Best Answer - Why Limit Yourself?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870395</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870395</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Often we are told that "group think" is the best way to come to the best answer, but of course, I suppose it depends exactly who is in that group and who is able to persuade the others to come to their best answer through social engineering, or personal interactive diplomacy. Personally, I believe that each individual should use their minds in different ways to come at a problem from all directions. Why you ask, well because you don't miss much and your final answer will probably be a good one.]]></description>
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<title>AI Thinking Machines to Secure Our Electrical Grid Considered</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870465</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870465</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:52:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is there a way to make our electricity grid self-healing - there just might be, but would this work, would it be safe - free from cyber hackers, or terrorism? All good questions, and perhaps this is why an acquaintance of mine and I had approached the topic. When I first heard of such a scheme of using AI or artificial intelligence to handle such tasks, I thought to myself; sure this is a decent line of inquiry and worthy research.]]></description>
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<title>I Want to Get Good Grades - Okay, Here Is How You Do It!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870496</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6870496</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:51:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They say if you find work you are passionate about and love, then you'll never work another day in your life, which makes for a nice quote and there is a good bit of truth in that. Not long ago, I was discussing such a concept with an East Coast acquaintance of mine and he noted his passion and has decided to go after it, well good for him I say, everyone should chase their dreams and if they are dedicated they just might get there. Okay so let's talk about this.]]></description>
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<title>I Know How to Prevent All Future Wars - Remove All Humans From the Planet</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870556</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:38:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the coordinator for a think tank which happens to operate online, we talk an awful lot about human conflict, political impasse, and of course, how to prevent future wars. Although we may not see a time, and certainly not in our near term when there are no more wars, there may be a time in which human stop killing each other. If we truly want to stop all wars right now, I suggestively joked to a friend; "all we have to do is get rid of all the humans on the planet.]]></description>
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<title>Real Coaches Are Choosy With Their Clients</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6870664</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:36:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I've been a little bit frustrated with what I see as less than ethical behavior from online coaches. You see, I note that there are many folks who call themselves coaches, but have never achieved anything in their lives. But suddenly they claim to be some sort of expert, and are trying to snow the public into believing they should be paid a lot of money for the nonsense they hold as secrets to a particular industry.]]></description>
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<title>Cleaning Light Aircraft at Desert Airports - Sand Blast Syndrome</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:33:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, I started my first business washing airplanes at age 12. Cleaning airplanes at the airport isn't as easy as it might seem, especially for a short skinny kid trying to clean the tops of the wings. One of the most important things is to use lots of water and a little bit of high-pressure to get all that grit and sand off the top of the aircraft so that when you are applying pressure from a soap met or a soft bristle brush you don't end up putting minute scratches on the painted surfaces, as this can lead to...]]></description>
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<title>Academic Intelligence Could Be Said to Be an Oxymoron - Care to Debate?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Far too often, it appears to me that we no longer teach our students in high school and at the college level to think. Rather we teach them through rote memorization for a future job. This is unfortunate because many of the jobs in the future will require reasoning and thinking.]]></description>
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<title>Turning Your Book Reviews Into Composite eBooks Considered</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:29:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I was reformatting some old books that I had written, several of which I had posted online as rudimentary eBooks, albeit in an older format to place on to the Amazon website. Why, you ask, simple, so that my loyal readers can read them on their Kindle eReaders. In doing this I had noted how many articles I had written which were actually old book reviews.]]></description>
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<title>How to Create a Cover for Your Finished Kindle eBook</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:28:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, they say that you can't judge a book by its cover however we know that everyone does it anyway. Indeed, I think this is something that I have recently relearned. You see, as an online article author with a number of articles posted online, I thought I would take my writing skills and put together some e-books and offer them to Kindle users.]]></description>
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<title>Kindle eBook Formatting for Quality and Saving Time</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:28:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, I have been putting together e-books to share my information with the world, and keeping the price rather low so that people will download this information to their e-readers. Although the type of niches and esoteric information that I specialize in is not commonly sought after, there are enough people to make it worth my while. Perhaps you have information you'd like to share with the world, but you have hesitated because it is a time-consuming process to put together an e-book.]]></description>
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<title>Turning Online Articles Into eBooks</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:10:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, after retirement I have taken many of my experiences, observations, and the knowledge from the various industries I participated in and compiled that information into a series of online articles. I am just trying to give back to a world which is given me so much. Of course one of the challenges I had right away was the fact that I am not a writer, rather I am an entrepreneur and business person.]]></description>
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<title>Spring Time Business Start-up for Mobile Auto Detailing</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:53:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Running a mobile auto detailing business doesn't work in all parts of the country, well, I mean to say, that you can do it all year round. That's because much of it is predicated on the weather. How would I know about such regional variation you ask?]]></description>
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<title>Eat, Sleep, and Write - Just Watch Me, I Can Do This All Day and All Night, Forever!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:52:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As an online article author, I have quite a number of followers, and often these folks will contact me by e-mail. Not long ago someone noticed that I was approaching my goal for the month, and it looks as if I will actually win that goal today. They e-mailed me to wish me a pre-congratulations for my efforts, as they saw I had posted a couple of dozen articles.]]></description>
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<title>Online Coaching Ethics Called Into Question - What Will They Think of Next?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:50:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day, I read something online which bothered me. You see, I read about an online coach who was bragging about how much money they were making, and how they could teach you to make money as well. In fact, they were charging an exorbitant amount of money to give you the secrets to the industry, and supposedly once you learned this information then you could copy their format and do exactly what they were doing.]]></description>
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<title>Why the Coaching Sector Has Run Its Course</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:50:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Back in the late 90s, there were quite a few people out of work, many folks had been laid off, but had decades of experience in various industries, and thus, many became consultants to the industry for which they'd spent nearly their lifetime working in. Eventually there were so many consultants out there that the word "consultant" was really a word meaning someone who'd been laid off. Then all the suddenly a new set of phrases emerged and people started calling themselves personal coaches and business coaches.]]></description>
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<title>Should I Start a Mobile Car Wash Business In the Spring?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a former franchisor of mobile car wash rigs, people often ask me how you get into the business. Interestingly enough, the mobile car washing sector is one of the easiest industries to enter. After all, you don't need that much, you need a few chamois, a plastic water tank, and a pressure washer, oh and some place to put it on or in such as a trailer or a pickup truck.]]></description>
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<title>Freudian Psychologists - They Bug Some People</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is it about Freud that has his name adorning our college textbooks and iTextBooks even today? In many regards some have surmised that he was mentally problematic, and yet, his observations, perhaps about himself, have been adopted and carried on as if a foundation of modern psychology. Okay so, let's talk about this, as I'd like to give you my personal critique.]]></description>
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<title>Police Unions, Ethics, Paper Work, and The Old Honor System</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:46:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, I'm sure everyone in the United States is aware that the policemen have their own code of ethics, honor, and an unspoken rule that; you do not turn in your fellow officer if they happened cross the line - for instance, if a fellow officer re-writes a police report to protect themselves from a lawsuit, the other officers are tightlipped and must say nothing. There is a code of silence amongst them. Now then, from an integrity and honesty standpoint this is a real problem, especially because those that are serving us and supposedly protecting us are really more...]]></description>
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<title>Philosophers as Spiritual Leaders - It Could Work in a Post Religious Society</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:45:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Arthur C Clarke's book 3001, he seems to talk about a new sort of religious divide. Rather than having many organized religions throughout the world, there were all reduced to two lines of thinking; those who believe in one God or no gods, and those who believed in one or more gods. This is an interesting philosophical question, and brings up some very good points.]]></description>
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<title>Time to Take Inventory - How Many High Ranking Government People Went to Ivy Leagues?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:45:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, no American likes to see discrimination, and I certainly don't. However I have noticed a bias towards Ivy leaguers in our government at the highest levels. Most of our presidents have been Ivy league schooled, and far too many folks who are in the cabinet, advisers to presidents, and running the top bureaucratic agencies have also gone to these institutions.]]></description>
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<title>I Thought You Liked This Technology - Why Are You Upset the Government Invested In It?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:44:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day, I had a few friends over at the house, and we were discussing the latest and greatest technologies which will solve many of the problems that mankind faces, some imaginary, and some quite serious. Indeed one of the individuals reminded me that the government has just invested in one of these new technologies, a technology which I am personally fond of. However, he was dismayed at the fact that I was not in approval of my tax dollar being spent to bring these new technologies, products, and services into the free-market.]]></description>
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<title>Who Says Coffee Won't Help In Reasoning Philosophical Discussions?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:44:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They say that a little coffee helps to get the neurons transmitting, and to this I cannot disagree, in fact, I like to have a cup myself each day. Indeed, when I sit in coffee shops and shoot the breeze on matters of high importance in the lives of Americans, I can see the caffeine at work in my fellow thinkers. Okay so, let me make a serious point here if I might.]]></description>
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<title>The Republicans Are Already in Full General Election Mode - But Have a Problem</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:43:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we watch the Republican Primary for who will be the next president and unseat the current teleprompter in chief, one has to ask if all this is nothing more than a false contest. You see, we have Romney who appears to govern as a centrist, but holds and hangs his hat in the Republican Party. Oh sure, he's a Republican, but he's also okay with intrusive government and bigger government, as per his previous showing as governor of Massachusetts.]]></description>
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