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		<title>Alaric: Still Making Headlines 1,600 Years Later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 1,600th anniversary of the day the capital city of Imperial Rome was destroyed by foreign invaders (possibly by some of my distant ancestors).  In his article, BBC Rome Correspondent David Willey briefly explains how this monumental deathblow to the empire is still considered today as one of the most significant events that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=50</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Live Writer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m officially drunk on the Microsoft kool-aid by writing this entry from Microsoft Live Writer (a free optional software download I got via Windows Update).&#160; Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you know that Microsoft has been playing catch-up with just about everything they do as it’s incredibly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=46</link>
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		<title>Global Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Since World War II, U.S. imperialism has stepped into the shoes of German, Japanese, and Italian fascism and has been trying to build a great American empire by dominating and enslaving the whole world.  It is actively fostering Japanese and West German militarism as its chief accomplices in unleashing a world war.  Like a vicious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=43</link>
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		<title>Berkeley Springs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Say to thyself every morning: “Today I shall encounter some meddler, some ingrate, someone who is insolent, crafty, envious, or churlish.”  All these evil qualities, however, spring from men’s ignorance of good and evil. But as for me, since I have beheld the nature of good and know its beauty, and of evil and perceive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=38</link>
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		<title>20 Years Ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I barely remember the fall of the Berlin Wall.  I was five years old, but I remember seeing some people on television standing on top of a concrete wall and they seemed to be really angry or celebrating something - I couldn't really tell.  Today I know very well how significant that day was and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Net Neutrality (finally) Back on the Front Burner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright… Don't try to tell me you don't care about Net Neutrality.  Unless a friend printed this off for you, you’re reading this online and I’m guessing you don’t enjoy when a simple page like this takes a long time to load.  Well, if some companies could have their way (*cough* Comcast *cough*), you’d be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Get Creative?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global warming isn’t really making headlines now, but it will be this December when 170 world leaders meet in Copenhagen for a massive climate conference.  You’re not seeing things; 170 of 195 countries will be there.  Essentially the entire world will be gathered in one place to talk about this.  I think that’s pretty cool.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=7</link>
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		<title>When the sun is up, I always eat it&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was listening to a progressive trance house dance Internet radio station on iTunes called Pure.FM and I was excited to discover that you can download some of the music they play from their forum.  Now I have more random music to listen to at work while trying to program!  In other news, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=5</link>
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		<title>Bonjour les Monde</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I figure everyone has a blog now, why not me?  I'm not sure what I'll write about, but I would like to practice writing more and I've read on the Interweb that this is a good way to practice.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zachalsgaard.com/?p=3</link>
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