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	<title>Rapidsea &#187; Cultural Symbols</title>
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	<description>Dissecting everyday images of escape and paradise.</description>
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		<title>Accenture Dumps Golfing Tiger for Surfing Elephant</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2010/02/accenture-dumps-golfing-tiger-for-surfing-elephant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you Google “dumps Tiger,” half of the front page listings deal with the Accenture corporation. They officially cut ties with him in December 2009, giving a crisp send off in this press release (emphasis added): Accenture Sponsorship Update NEW YORK; Dec. 13, 2009 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that it will not continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody’s laughing at the clownfish spokesmodel for Dell’s fantastic new monitor</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2010/02/nobodys-laughing-at-the-clownfish-spokesmodel-for-dells-fantastic-new-monitor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2010/02/nobodys-laughing-at-the-clownfish-spokesmodel-for-dells-fantastic-new-monitor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Symbols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medium to Paradise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What better way to showcase your new monitor than with a clownfish or two? Finding Nemo changed the world for better or worse. Can Dell? The Dell UltraSharp U2711 monitor is now shipping—sans fish. Will its color gamut be the ultimate desktop medium to paradise? Professionals awaiting something new (and not glossy) from Apple may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chez Cher Sells with Sofas by the Seashore</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2010/02/chez-cher-sells-with-sofas-by-the-seashore/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2010/02/chez-cher-sells-with-sofas-by-the-seashore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Symbols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cher sold her Big-Island Hawaiian home at auction for $8.7 million according to CNN. The fourth image in the four-picture gallery is particularly amusing: Notice the palms blowing in the wind? The description says that the “Trade winds cool the patio.” No wonder why she has never lived there. How could she keep her wigs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The most unsustainable best job in the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/06/the-most-unsustainable-best-job-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/06/the-most-unsustainable-best-job-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Symbols]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With fewer entries at the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival this year, one seemingly successful campaign is continuing to garner more attention even after its big push earlier this year: The Best Job in the World by Tourism Queensland.&#160; It just won two major Grand Prix awards at Cannes.&#160; However, is it too early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conclusive evidence that crop circles are not alien renderings</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/06/conclusive-evidence-that-crop-circles-are-not-alien-renderings/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/06/conclusive-evidence-that-crop-circles-are-not-alien-renderings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Symbols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jellyfish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Either the ocean obsession has spilled over into alien life interacting with earth or crop circles are made by sea-possessed humans.  The latest jellyfish crop &#8220;circle&#8221; in Britain provides 600 feet of near-conclusive evidence of the latter.  We love our ocean creatures.]]></description>
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		<title>Crayola Crayon Color Names ~ Rain = Pain</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/04/crayola-crayon-color-names-rain-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/04/crayola-crayon-color-names-rain-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In case you wanted more feeling from the images that are thrust in front of you and your kids every day, Crayola has taken steps to give it to you with its new color names.&#160; Three of them are relevant here: Best Friends, Fun in the Sun, and Super Happy.&#160; Here they are from their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii Chair ~ absolutely ridiculous (or is it?)</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/01/hawaii-chair-absolutely-ridiculous-or-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/01/hawaii-chair-absolutely-ridiculous-or-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in November, we talked about the &#34;Hula Chair&#34; found in the SkyMall catalog.&#160; Well, now the motorized version of the chair called the &#34;Hawaii Chair&#34; from a company called Perfect USA is making buzz around the Internets.&#160; I have to say that it makes the Hula Chair look like a rocking horse in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Tree Christmas Trees</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/12/palm-tree-christmas-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/12/palm-tree-christmas-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to everyone who stands tall against buying lighted palm tree Christmas trees: Although, many people might try to justify the purchase by saying, &#34;But there&#8217;s so much more room for all the presents we buy every year.&#34;&#160; Not that it matters this year, given the debt crisis.]]></description>
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		<title>Drudge: Joy to the Beach</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/12/drudge-joy-to-the-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/12/drudge-joy-to-the-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Drudge Report is one of the most popular news consolidation sites on the Internet.&#160; They often post photos of the news of the day, some of which can be jarring.&#160; Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s photo that looks more like a family vacation photo than news: I think that it&#8217;s meant to be something of a Christmas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School Haka Dance</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/high-school-teams-doing-the-haka-dance-to-scare-opponents-during-football-games/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/high-school-teams-doing-the-haka-dance-to-scare-opponents-during-football-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Symbols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[15-yard penalty? It&#8217;s worth it do be able to dance like Maori warriors. It&#8217;s so important to one Texas high school team that they supposedly are willing to take a 15-yard penalty just for the chance to scare their opponents. I&#8217;m sure it works well. Here are some links: CBS News (includes video), Google News [...]]]></description>
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