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	<title>Tin Foil Soldier</title>
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		<title>As long as it doesn&#8217;t pop!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Compressed-air energy storage plants use compressors to store electricity generated when it’s not needed. The air, pumped into large underground formations, is like a spring that’s been squeezed and when it’s needed, it can deliver a large percentage of the energy that it received.
The first and only such plant in the United States went online [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/14/as-long-as-it-doesnt-pop/</link>
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		<title>Police report lesbian to Air Force, discharged under DADT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rapid City Police Department says Newsome, an aircraft armament  system craftsman who spent nine years in the Air Force, was not  cooperative when they showed up at her home in November with an arrest  warrant for her partner, who was wanted on theft charges in Fairbanks,  Alaska.
Newsome was at work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/14/police-report-lesbian-to-air-force-discharged-under-dadt/</link>
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		<title>Simul-Flush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The water utility in Edmonton, EPCOR, published the most incredible graph of water consumption last week. By now you’ve probably heard that up to 80% of Canadians were watching last Sunday’s gold medal Olympic hockey game. So I guess it stands to reason that they’d all go pee between periods.
via What If Everybody in Canada [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/11/simul-flush/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to bike, but not too hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Uphill slopes: l don&#8217;t know anyone who enjoys biking up a hill,  especially when you&#8217;re trying to get somewhere you need to be. Going  uphill is worse than simply being much slower; it&#8217;s also exhausting and  can take a toll on the rest of your ride. Our biking directions are  based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/11/its-time-to-bike-but-not-too-hard/</link>
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		<title>Free Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you journey along the path you meet an old man.
He tells you that modern neuroscience has proved that all our actions and decisions are merely the machinations of a predetermined universe and that our concept of &#8216;free will&#8217; is naught but a comforting illusion.
If you agree with his hypothesis, turn to page 72
If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/11/free-will/</link>
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		<title>Dirty Teachers, Nurses and Assistants Oh My!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AshleyMadison.com,  the dating site for married people (yes, you heard right), surveyed all of their new members last year. Of the 1.9 million folks who signed up to cheat, er, date in 2009, these were the  top professions:
For Women:
1. Teachers
2. Stay-at-home Moms
3. Nurses
4. Administrative Assistants
5. Real Estate Agents
For Men:
1. Physicians
2. Police Officers
3. Lawyers
4. Real [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/10/dirty-teachers-nurses-and-assistants-oh-my/</link>
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		<title>Search the PopSci Archives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for  free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of  publication, complete with period advertisements. It&#8217;s an amazing  resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the  future, and science and technology&#8217;s incredible potential to improve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/07/search-the-popsci-archives/</link>
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		<title>Vroom Vroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1985, according to Ward’s Communications, 22.4% of all vehicles sold  in the United States came with a manual transmission. By 2007, the  number had plummeted to 7.7%.
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That doesn’t mean we have to like it, though. For the serious driver,  piloting a car with a manual transmission is a badge of honor. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/02/vroom-vroom/</link>
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		<title>LGBT Vandalized, Not Cleaned Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To the Campus Community,
On the night of February 26th the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center experienced acts of vandalism. The entrance to the LGBTRC was defaced with derogatory and hateful words that target the Queer community.
This vicious hate crime demonstrates the need for community centers like ours to exist in order to offer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/03/01/lgbt-vandalized-not-cleaned-up/</link>
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		<title>Parents Sue To End Anti-Bullying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two parents are  suing the Alameda County school district in California because they  don&#8217;t want kids to be taught that it&#8217;s wrong to beat up gay kids.
Lesson 9 is a once a year 45-minute presentation that suggests respect  for all students.  THAT is what they are suing about.
via Joe. My. God.: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/2010/02/26/parents-sue-to-end-anti-bullying/</link>
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