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		<title><![CDATA[Death of the Principle of Voluntarism?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Death of the Principle of Voluntarism?As to the blood diamondsThey were never kept 'out of the market'. They were just 'washed' through numerous middlemen and bought by smaller companies who did not adhere to the standards that the Kimberly thing set.It's time to realize that the 'blood diamond' trade wasn't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Death of the Principle of Voluntarism?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sustainability/?p=793]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Much of the corporate sustainability and responsibility agenda has been propelled since the '90s by the idea that voluntary action on the part of corporations is more effective than regulation. ItÂ has been aÂ celebration of market dynamism over moribund regulation, the latter of which wouldÂ provide only for the lowest common denominator.Â At...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:59:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rethinking explosives to power tools, implode tumors, and clear arteries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=1327]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For most, explosive detonations illicit visions of building demolition and Mythbusters-style car bombs. But in a keynote at ETech today, Dr. Christa Hockensmith from the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center EMRTC, explained new creative applications that are, both, in research and "untried, untested, unrealized."    "I'm not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:58:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A bloody connection to the Congo in every pocket . . .]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=323]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in a global community where there is little happening in the world that we aren't all connected with in some way. The current global financial crisis underlies that point but also, the bloody conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.    The "civil war" that has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:31:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ARM says it's ready for the iPhone]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARM says it's ready for the iPhoneWhy Coke & Pepsi Fountan Control is BadA monolithic ecosystem is a weak ecosystem. The kelp forest that has but one type of sea weed isn't likely to be a forest a decade later and this natural law is just now being applied to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Game consoles are evil]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Game consoles are evilAnd did that cell phone have Linux embedded? ntntStallman also says"Live cheaply," he said, offering some free advice. "Don't buy a house, a car or have children. The problem is they're expensive and you have to spend all your time making money to pay for them."GenericMan -...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloading]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloadingIt's a pity Apple can't compete on meritInstead, they have to sign exclusive deals with record companies in order to lock their competition out of the market and create yet more artificial barriers to entry. This convicted monopolist needs to be broken up now!...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Video game pirate headed to slammer]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video game pirate headed to slammerOutstanding!!!True, it's only four months but that should be plenty of time for Bubba to romance him....Will he remove the parrot before or after foreplay.Excellent. Now he can meet other people's parrots at the state bed & breakfast. Maybe they will pass him around like...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grizzly 1.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=685275]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A little Grizzly bear has a difficult task. It has to collect all diamonds immured in the ice. But this isn&apos;t easy to do as the diamonds are guarded by blood-thirsty monsters, contact with which leads to fatal consequences. The little bear has 3 &apos;lives&apos; and a secret weapon: pushing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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