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		<title>Clean Nuclear Energy??</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/09/clean-nuclear-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlo Rubbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clean nuclear energy? Impossible!! What hair-brained scheme has been concocted now I wonder? Are there any potentially disastrous consequences? What new and wonderous technological development has occured and why did I not know about this sooner? These are just a few of the questions that you may be currently asking yourself having seen the title [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pan Jazz to the world</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/07/pan-jazz-to-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2010/07/pan-jazz-to-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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You can&#8217;t help being enthused and inspired by our affiliate Pan Jazz International which is a truly global music community that brings young people of all backgrounds together from across the globe with music.  Not just any music, they play funky jazz with orchestras built around the Carribean-style steel pan drum. They are a collective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheep&#8217;s clothing &amp; Identity Politics</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/05/who-is-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-identity-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2010/05/who-is-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-identity-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stereotypes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Accepting that there are some elements of our identities which are pre-detetermined such as our appearances, the prevailing culture where we are born and the things we experience from our surroundings - What makes an individual&#8217;s identity unique? We are social animals, meaning that if we are &#8216;normal&#8217;, we live in contact with others &#8211; friends, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A brave new world</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/04/a-brave-new-world/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2010/04/a-brave-new-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Transportation (of people and goods) seems a benign topic on the surface of it. However, when one start to think of its role in our daily lives (i.e. its facilitation of human progress and interaction); we begin to realise how it should not be taken for granted. Transport networks are the metaphoric &#8220;blood circulation&#8221; of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where do you get your news?</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/04/where-do-you-get-your-news/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2010/04/where-do-you-get-your-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily mail diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good question&#8230; after all modern technology enables to connect with and see events from the other side of the planet in almost real time. Indeed we live in a world where there are now so many sources of information available to us, it is possible to read/hear/see about the same event in dozens of different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You too may fit the profile</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/03/you-too-may-fit-the-profile/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2010/03/you-too-may-fit-the-profile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stereotypes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

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Things have changed once again.  It used to be that you could get on a plane quite easily after your baggage was x-rayed for contraband &#8211; drugs, excessive cash etc. However, the September 11th attacks ushered in a slew of aviation security changes which are now considered to be commonplace such as: metal detectors, pat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti on our minds</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2010/02/haiti-on-our-minds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global citizen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The devastation caused by the earthquake has led global society to rally round in such an extraordinary manner. If it was not before, Haiti (the poorest country in the Western hemisphere) is on everybody&#8217;s mind at the moment. The vivid extensive media coverage and availability of modern technology has ensured that global society has been able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F**k you I won&#8217;t do what you tell me!</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2009/12/fk-you-i-wont-do-what-you-tell-me/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2009/12/fk-you-i-wont-do-what-you-tell-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom of speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rage Against the Machine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is campaign currently being waged in the UK to get Rage Against the Machine&#8217;s &#8220;Killing in the Name&#8221; to be Christmas Number One and it is hard not to support such a move when the motivation has arisen from the grassroots. Basically some music fans fed up of being on the receiving end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Protest? Part 2</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2009/11/right-to-protest-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2009/11/right-to-protest-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the former Iranian vice-president and leading reformist in the administration of President Mohammed Khatami (1997 to 2005) was yesterday released on bail of $700,000 (£424,000) pending his appeal. Mr Abtahi has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for fomenting unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in June. The most senior of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reciprocity of respect</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/2009/10/reciprocity-of-respect/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/2009/10/reciprocity-of-respect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrsitianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hinduism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious harmony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling for reciprocity of respect, This isn’t politically correct, this might offend my religious connects.
When Aspecks was started, we made a conscious decision not to talk about religion because of its sensitivity. The decision was made to preclude the chance of causing offense. However it is for the precise reason that religious faith is so sensitive [...]]]></description>
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