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		<title>Hiroshima 64 years ago</title>
		<link>http://creativeriff.com/2009/08/06/hiroshima-64-years-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Loose88</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeriff.com/?p=1112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1116" title="h18_31" src="http://creativeriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/h18_311-300x215.jpg" alt="h18_31" width="300" height="215" />Today marks the 64th Anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Occurring at 8:15 AM a blinding white light surrounded the city. People were thrown about, eyes melted onto faces, babies were instantly aborted within womens' stomachs and hundreds of thousands of victims would suffer the specter that is leukemia until their premature death.</p> 
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/hiroshima_08_05/h32_14.jpg" alt="" width="482" height="349" /></p> 
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not the most pleasant day to remember but a critical day in the forging of our future. View the images <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html">here</a> and check out my review of John Hersey's <em>Hiroshima </em><a href="http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/12/hiroshima-by-john-hersey-book-review/">here</a>.</p> 
Sources: <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html">Boston.com</a> 
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		<title>For a good time, make it a Suntory time &#8211; Celebrity ads in Japan</title>
		<link>http://creativeriff.com/2009/08/05/for-a-good-time-make-it-a-suntory-time-celebrity-ads-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Loose88</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeriff.com/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1092" title="lostInTranslation" src="http://creativeriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lostInTranslation-300x195.jpg" alt="lostInTranslation" width="300" height="195" />The reference in the title is from the sublime film <em>Lost In Translation</em>. Not only does the film depict the creepiness of Tokyo it also does a great job of examining how the city is both foreign and inviting at the same time. Simultaneously, it also features the best use of Scarlett Johansson's butt in film yet.</p> 
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caught up on a few photography blogs, and I found an <a href="http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2008/06/bruce-cameron-arnold-and-tommy/">article</a> everyone should check out. I thought I would link the two Tommy Lee Jones television spots because they are too awesome to miss out on.</p> 
 
 
 
 
 
Oh, and this... 
 
<a href="http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bruce2-450x600.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bruce2-450x600.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></a> 
 
Source: <a href="http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2008/06/bruce-cameron-arnold-and-tommy/">Michael John</a> <a href="http://creativeriff.com/2009/08/05/for-a-good-time-make-it-a-suntory-time-celebrity-ads-in-japan/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>In space no one will change pants</title>
		<link>http://creativeriff.com/2009/08/01/in-space-no-one-will-change-pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Loose88</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeriff.com/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1037" title="wakata" src="http://creativeriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wakata-240x300.jpg" alt="wakata" width="240" height="300" />Here's an interesting article I just read via the <a href="www.drudgereport.com">Drudge Report</a> so I thought I would link it here. Apparently Japan is interested in testing out a new prototype space pant to see how it holds up. The test: wear said pant for a month and analyze the results. Poor Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata was the unlucky guinea pig in this sick experiment.</p> 
 
Designed to resist the rigours of lengthy space travel, the anti-static, flame-resistant, odour-eating, bacteria-killing, water-absorbent smalls have been put through their paces as part of a project aimed at ensuring that future space travellers will need only minimal space in their suitcases. 
 
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		<title>Hiroshima by John Hersey &#8211; Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Loose88</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-866" title="n51647" src="http://creativeriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/n51647-180x300.jpg" alt="n51647" width="180" height="300" /><em> </em></p> 
 
 
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>“In a city of two hundred and forty-five thousand, nearly a hundred thousand people had been killed or doomed at one blow; a hundred thousand more were hurt. At least ten thousand of the wounded made their way to the best hospital in town, which was altogether unequal to such a trampling, since it had only six hundred beds, and they had all been occupied. The people in the suffocating crowd inside the hospital wept and cried, for Dr. Sasaki to hear, “Sensei, Doctor!,” and the less seriously wounded came and pulled at his sleeve and begged him to go to the aid of the worse wounded. Tugged here and there in his</em></p> <a href="http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/12/hiroshima-by-john-hersey-book-review/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar grants dying girl&#8217;s wish, gains Mother Teresa status</title>
		<link>http://creativeriff.com/2009/06/19/pixar-grants-dying-girls-wish-gains-mother-teresa-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Loose88</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeriff.com/?p=683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-684" title="pixar-up-logo-large" src="http://creativeriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pixar-up-logo-large-300x200.jpg" alt="pixar-up-logo-large" width="300" height="200" />Pixar is the film studio that can do no wrong. With a better track record than the Japanese economy, Pixar now has... count them... 10 hit films under its belt. When your two worst received movies earn $825 million together (<em>A Bug's Life</em> and <em>Cars</em>) you would think the studio could begin slacking off (*cough* Dream Works) and we would be none the wiser.</p> 
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not Pixar. Colby Curtin was a 10-year-old girl living in Huntington Beach, CA diagnosed with vascular cancer in December 2005. At the beginning of June it became apparent that Colby would die soon. Her dying wish? See Pixar latest film <em>Up</em>.</p> 
 
“When I watched it, I had really no idea about the <a href="http://creativeriff.com/2009/06/19/pixar-grants-dying-girls-wish-gains-mother-teresa-status/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to accomplish effective PR &#8211; &#8220;Cooking Mama&#8221;-style</title>
		<link>http://creativeriff.com/2009/05/15/how-to-accomplish-effective-pr-cooking-mama-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 18:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Loose88</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The Nintendo DS. The hand held system has sold over 30 million units in North America alone with three major revisions since its winter 2004 release (Source: http://www.vgchartz.com/).<strong> The DS is a big deal</strong> - much more so than even the colossal Wii (24 sold million in North America). So when, an established series on both Nintendo consoles suddenly finds its competition trying to elbow in on some of the ever flowing green it is easy to push the "lawsuit" button and call it a day.</p> 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Majesco Logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Majesco_Logo.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="157" /></p> 
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not Majesco. The Japanese/American video game publisher has become famous for cutting spending and creating profitable budget titles. <em>Cooking</em></p> <a href="http://creativeriff.com/2009/05/15/how-to-accomplish-effective-pr-cooking-mama-style/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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