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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Cleared Videos! (Completed: December 23nd, 1:30 AM)</title>
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      <description>To visit our Welcome page with all contest links, click here! 
 
 This is where videos that have reached ten or more comments are placed pending being scored for Ignition Impossible! 
 
 
 All content . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:16:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Cleared Images! (Last Updated: December 20, 12:30 AM)</title>
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 This is where images that have reached ten or more comments are placed pending being scored for Ignition Impossible! 
 
 017)  View . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Cleared Articles! (Last Updated: December 26th, 3:45 AM)</title>
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      <description>To visit our Welcome page with all contest links, click here! 
 
 This is where articles that have reached ten or more comments are placed pending being scored for Ignition Impossible! 
 
 
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Featured Videos! (Last Updated: December 20th)</title>
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 Each item on this page is a video that has less than ten comments and was published before December 1st, 2009. 
 
  Our Ignition Impossible . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Featured Images! (Last Updated: December 20th)</title>
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      <description>To visit our Welcome page with all contest links, click here! 
 
 Each item on this page is an image that has less than ten comments and was published before December 1st, 2009. To participate in Ignition . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:05:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Featured Articles! (Last Updated: December 20th)</title>
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      <description>To visit our Welcome page with all contest links, click here! 
 
 Each item on this page is an article that has less than ten comments and was published before December 1st, 2009. To participate in . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:01:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Leaderboard! (Last Updated: December 26th, 3:50 AM)</title>
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      <description>To visit our Welcome page with all contest links, click here! 
 
 Unlike in previous contests, we will be sorting our contest participants by Gather user name - there are some Gatherers who have identical . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:51:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-01T00:51:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Rules (Updated December 14th)</title>
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 Official Contest Rules: 
 1) The contest is to run between the dates of 12:01 AM, December 1st 2009 to 12:01 AM, December 20th . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:40:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-30T23:40:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ignition Impossible: Welcome!</title>
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      <description>Welcome to the Ignition Impossible welcome post! This post contains links to the other relevant posts you'll want to be keeping up with if you're participating in Ignition Impossible, or just want to . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:25:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-30T23:25:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Airman Battle Uniform (November 29, 2009)</title>
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      <description>As part of my job for Anchortex Corporation, I am looking at how best to redesign our site to appeal to our customer base and attract more interest. Traditionally, the company has relied on strong direct . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:26:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-30T03:26:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Mysterious ways (November 25, 2009)</title>
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      <description>Work's been going well, all things considered -- I've got a new overall goal in mind regarding  our website , though. We've been tweaking here and there, adjusting it so that it looks more internally . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-26T00:35:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Games: Chain Game Classic (November 19, 2009)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-20T00:12:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Updates and plottings (November 12, 2009)</title>
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      <description>Hey, guys! A few things: 
 1) One of my friends,  Dien  has joined Gather and is just starting out here -- give her a visit, if you please. She's doing a series of book reviews, and I think and hope she'll . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:43:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-13T07:43:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ABC - Good news and bad news</title>
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      <description>Well, the good news is, the new V series seems to be planned out well. The elements seem carefully planned -- many elements familiar from the first series can be detected in this one, and many elements . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-04T02:08:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway Has Reached 2,500 Members!</title>
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      <description>Yep, you read right -- we've reached 2,500 members, and for a long time I've been planning on doing a special contest once we've gotten there. And, indeed, I'm starting to do prep work for this one -- . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:32:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-03T23:32:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>In every fall, a chance to rise (November 2, 2009)</title>
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      <description>Mrgh. Steroids taste terrible. Sinus infections are unpleasant. And I'm feeling like I'm on fire and achy. Not what I would call pleasant. 
 Still, I've got some good things to contemplate, as well. Health . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-03T02:41:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Page-a-Day: People of Wal-Mart! (October 29, 2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977876741</link>
      <description>Good evening, Gatherers and Internet wanderers! Tonight, we have a Page-a-Day that evokes horror and dread, perfect for the Halloween season! It's  People of Wal-Mart ! (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/) . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:37:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-10-29T23:37:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Games: Chain Game One-Offs! (October 29, 2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977876713</link>
      <description>Hello, and welcome to another round of the Chain Game One-Offs, a recurring feature of  The Chain Game ! 
 In Chain Game One-Offs, we focus on trying to come up with as many words or phrases . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:19:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-10-29T23:19:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Common Cents: Personal Optimist, Global Pessimist (September 30, 2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977833310</link>
      <description>It's easy for me to be an optimist at the moment. I've got a good-paying job, I'm doing better than ever, and our household is recovering nicely from medical problems. I can feed my family and even get . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:42:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-10-01T05:42:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway: Help These Videos! (September 13, 2009) [50 remaining!]</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811449</link>
      <description>Welcome, members of  Comment Speedway , to another installment of Help These Videos! How are things going with you today? We're at well over 2,400 members, and in the top 50 Gather Groups! When . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811449</guid>
      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-14T06:53:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway: Help These Images! (September 13, 2009) [36 remaining!]</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811015</link>
      <description>Hello, members of  Comment Speedway ! We're doing very well -- we're at well over 2,400 members, and in the top 50 Gather Groups! When we hit 2,500 members, we'll hold our next Comment Speedway . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811015</guid>
      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-13T21:20:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway: Help These Articles! (September 13, 2009) [38 remaining!]</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810921</link>
      <description>Hello, members of  Comment Speedway , and welcome to another Help These Articles! We're doing an excellent job so far - we're at well over 2,400 members, and in the top 50 Gather Groups! When we hit . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:12:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-13T19:12:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Shopping Minigame (September 5, 2009)</title>
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      <description>I've already firmly established that I am a geek, and one of the ways my brain seems to work - at least when I'm in a good mood - is that when I can equivocate something to a video game experience I'm . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-05T23:17:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway: Help These Videos! (September 2, 2009) [87 remaining!]</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797780</link>
      <description>Welcome, members of  Comment Speedway , to another installment of Help These Videos! How are things going with you today? We're at well over 2,400 members, and in the top 50 Gather Groups! When . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797780</guid>
      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-02T22:19:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway: Help These Images! (September 2, 2009) [21 remaining!]</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797762</link>
      <description>Hello, members of  Comment Speedway ! We're doing very well -- we're at well over 2,400 members, and in the top 50 Gather Groups! When we hit 2,500 members, we'll hold our next Comment Speedway . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:04:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-02T22:04:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Comment Speedway: Help These Articles! (September 2, 2009) [26 remaining!]</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797737</link>
      <description>Hello, members of  Comment Speedway , and welcome to another Help These Articles! We're doing an excellent job so far - we're at well over 2,400 members, and in the top 50 Gather Groups! When we hit . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:44:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797737</guid>
      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-02T21:44:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Danger zone (September 2, 2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797670</link>
      <description>A little stressed out today -- apparently, a package arrived at work two weeks ago that I supposedly signed for -- but I don't remember doing such a thing, and the signature doesn't look like mine. And . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:55:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-02T20:55:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Happy birthday to me (August 28, 2009)</title>
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      <description>That's right, today is my birthday, and as usual, it's an occasion on which I am quietly reflective. Most of the time, birthdays are, to me, an occasion of limited merriment, as I've had mixed luck with . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-08-28T23:19:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Games: Chain Game Classic (August 24, 2009)</title>
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      <description>Welcome to Chain Game Classic, a feature of  The Chain Game ! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:26:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-08-25T03:26:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I'm making a note here (August 24, 2009)</title>
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      <description>I've decided that discussing the woes of life seem to only encourage them to multiply, so instead of doing that, I'm going to focus on some good things. 
 I'm thinking about presents for my birthday. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Austin Cushing</dc:creator>
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