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	<title>Rapidsea &#187; Deserts</title>
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	<description>Dissecting everyday images of escape and paradise.</description>
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		<title>Wynn Encore ~ a little XS and never again</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/04/wynn-encore-a-little-xs-and-never-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/04/wynn-encore-a-little-xs-and-never-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be forewarned that the Wynn Encore’s XS night club, which is apparently one of the best nightclubs in Las Vegas at the moment, is a horrible place to host a party.  Do NOT choose this venue for an important event such as a big birthday, upscale bachelor/bachelorette party, or after-wedding event.  You will be disappointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J.Crew Spring in a Modernist Neutra Setting</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/03/jcrew-spring-in-a-modernist-neutra-setting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/03/jcrew-spring-in-a-modernist-neutra-setting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[J.Crew has taken a strong visual turn with the spring March 2008 catalog: It&#8217;s distinct for its use of landscape architecture and architecture to contrast just a hint of what the model is wearing.&#160; There are no happy, jumpy groups of people (at least on the cover) with white linen jackets in stupid little row [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Paradiso&#8217; font by Brian J. Bonislawsky at Astigmatic</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/03/the-paradiso-font-by-brian-j-bonislawsky-at-astigmatic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/03/the-paradiso-font-by-brian-j-bonislawsky-at-astigmatic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; MyFonts.com, in their most recent email newsletter, has this to say about the font: &#34;On a stroll across his home town, the Vegas-based, self-proclaimed &#8216;Professor of Fontology&#8217; found a similar source of inspiration in the Paris Resort and Casino. Its logo has a high &#8220;ooh-la-la&#8221; factor, with a capital P that is decidedly lustful.&#34; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kapalua Bay Beach on Maui named 3rd Best Place to Propose in the USA</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/01/kapalua-bay-beach-on-maui-named-3rd-best-place-to-propose-in-the-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/01/kapalua-bay-beach-on-maui-named-3rd-best-place-to-propose-in-the-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TripAdvisor has released their Top 10 places to propose in the country.&#160; Coming in at number three is Kapalua Bay Beach on Maui. This is just great.&#160; Now people will think that they have to propose on the beach, get married on the beach, and go on a beach honeymoon. Even more surprising is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Essences Great Escapes, Little Escapes Sweepstakes</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/12/stop-your-camels-we-missed-the-herbal-essences-great-escapes-little-escapes-sweepstakes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/12/stop-your-camels-we-missed-the-herbal-essences-great-escapes-little-escapes-sweepstakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests and Sweepstakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oasis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Herbal Essences wants you to stop and smell the essences. Their wild sneaker-wearing camel campaign is pushing hard. I personally don&#8217;t want to smell the camel or the sneakers, but we awarded their Hello Hydration ad the Rapidsea Commercial of the Year for their Lovely, Scented Desert (LSD) oasis imagery. It&#8217;s positively the best, worst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapidsea Commercial of the Year ~ Hello Hydration Shampoo and Conditioner by Herbal Essences</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/rapidsea-commercial-of-the-year-hello-hydration-shampoo-and-conditioner-by-herbal-essences/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/rapidsea-commercial-of-the-year-hello-hydration-shampoo-and-conditioner-by-herbal-essences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We already posted the worst print ad of 2007, and the year is winding down further.&#xA0; Even though there is still a month left, it seems like a great time to crown Rapidsea&#8217;s over-the-top TV commercial of the year.&#xA0; There&#8217;s just no way that something crazier will come along.&#xA0; According to the commercial, &#34;Herbal Essences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American oases ~ water and palm trees in America&#8217;s deserts</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/american-oases-water-and-palm-trees-in-americas-deserts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/american-oases-water-and-palm-trees-in-americas-deserts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you first think of the word &#34;oasis,&#34; the Sahara and other famed deserts usually come to mind.&#xA0; However, the deserts of North America have their own palm tree oases.&#xA0; Jim Cornett has written a short article here for The Desert Sun in California on native desert fan palms and oases in the US, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US officials being investigated for $730m US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq ~ $138m overrun</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/us-officials-being-investigated-for-730m-us-embassy-in-baghdad-iraq-138m-overrun/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/us-officials-being-investigated-for-730m-us-embassy-in-baghdad-iraq-138m-overrun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest escape resort in the world currently under construction is the US Embassy in Iraq.&#xA0; Perhaps nowhere in the world is an American safe zone with a few happy moments more desired.&#xA0; They call the area &#34;The Green Zone&#34; for a reason.&#xA0; According to the AP and MSNBC, the embassy itself will sit on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai ~ replacing New York as the center of the 21st-century world?</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/dubai-replacing-new-york-as-the-center-of-the-21st-century-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/dubai-replacing-new-york-as-the-center-of-the-21st-century-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re at all interested in Dubai, you may want to pick up a copy of the November 2007 issue of Metropolis magazine.  The issue is easy to find; it has a huge skyscraper on it, the Burj Dubai: The cover design is great.  It shows the printer&#8217;s marks at the top to illustrate that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bang &amp; Olufsen ~ Desert Escape in Ocean Paradise</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/bang-olufsen-desert-escape-in-ocean-paradise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/bang-olufsen-desert-escape-in-ocean-paradise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medium to Paradise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is always interesting to see how luxury companies try to tell people with resources how to live.&#xA0; Bang &#38; Olufsen recently sent out their 2007/2008 product collection corporate magazine, and on pages 2 and 3, they had this: The most remarkable feature of this picture is that it has a desert scene from, say [...]]]></description>
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