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		<title>Singer with 2 years Hiccups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Sands is a singer with hiccups for the past two years.


He had hard times to complete a song, struggles when eating, and don’t have a full night sleep. Because of this problem, Christopher unable to perform with his band and at present failure to receive benefit.
According to a physician, Christopher’s hiccups could probably cause [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/singer-with-2-years-hiccups</link>
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		<title>Top Stupid Statements of 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2008 was one of the years when people can’t resist in saying stupid things.


We gathered the top stupid statements of 2008 and to start with:
Hillary Clinton - former US First Lady
&#8220;I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/top-stupid-statements-2008</link>
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		<title>Tips in Handling Money for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2008 has been a challenging year in many countries in Asia, Europe and especially America.


Lowest inflation rate, thousands of employees lost their jobs, and prices of goods soaring high due to oil price hike.
It is expected in 2009 that the world-economy will be in a roller-coaster ride again.
One Big Question: Do you have plans on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/tips-handle-money-2009</link>
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		<title>The 9 hottest skills for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Old notion: Certain skills, such as programming, are prime for outsourcing.


New order: Firms want developers and other talented staffers in-house.
By almost any measure, the U.S. economy is in its worst state since the Great Depression. Consumer spending is down, credit markets remain weak, and more than 10 million Americans are out of work.
Yet despite the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/the-9-hottest-skills-for-2009</link>
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		<title>Apple working on large-screen iPod Touch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple is expected to release an iPod Touch device with a 7- to 9-inch screen


in the fall of 2009, according to a report on TechCrunch that cites three independent sources.
One of TechCrunch&#8217;s sources claims to have actually handled one of the prototypes, and Apple is talking with manufacturers in Asia about mass production of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/apple-working-on-large-screen-ipod-touch</link>
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		<title>LEDs Will Light Times Square Ball Year-Round</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We often celebrate big events with lots of bright lights, and the dropping of a giant


illuminated ball in Times Square marking the New Year for revelers in Manhattan — and for television spectators across the globe — is a prime example. So perhaps it’s no surprise that this icon of the industrial age has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/leds-will-light-times-square-ball-year-round</link>
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		<title>Office Bling for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Old notion: Squeeze every drop from your old equipment.


New order: Fresh gadgets crank up your productivity.
Nothing stands still in business; needs, skills and opportunities change. When upgrading IT equipment, most enterprises squeeze every drop of utility from basic hardware to get the best possible return.
That&#8217;s sensible, but many companies look at upgrades differently. Rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/office-bling-for-2009</link>
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		<title>Your Google Docs May Be Open to Hijacking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In July of this year, Google finally gave webmail users a way to make sure


that Gmail always used SSL - the protocol that encrypts connections to prevent hijacking. Through a flip of switch in Gmail&#8217;s settings, users could rest assured that their email was at least less vulnerable, if not totally secure from hackers.
However, Gmail [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/your-google-docs-may-be-open-to-hijacking</link>
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		<title>Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the new browser war, privacy is a crucial battleground.


Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari all compete to give users the most control over their online identities and the best protection from Web sites that use “cookies,” those unique identifiers that can track users online.
So how effective are the newest batch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/adobe%e2%80%99s-flash-and-apple%e2%80%99s-safari-fail-a-privacy-test</link>
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		<title>Downloads of Pirated Windows 7 beta Candidate Soar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Build 7000 of upcoming OS growing in popularity on BitTorrent sites.


Downloads of a new build of Microsoft Corp.&#8217;s upcoming Windows 7 operating system have soared in the past two days, with thousands of systems now pulling pirated copies from BitTorrent sites.
Searches today on the Pirate Bay BitTorrent site, for example, returned multiple listings of Windows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/downloads-of-pirated-windows-7-beta-candidate-soar</link>
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		<title>Facebook&#8217;s War on Nipples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The breast-feeding wars have long followed a familiar pattern.


A woman gets thrown off a plane for nursing her toddler; she sues Delta. Barbara Walters says sitting next to a breast-feeding woman made her &#8220;uncomfortable&#8221;; ABC&#8217;s headquarters get surrounded by 200 women staging a &#8220;nurse-in.&#8221; Maggie Gyllenhaal is photographed nursing her daughter in public; tabloids rush [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/facebooks-war-on-nipples</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Steve Jobs&#8217; Health Rapidly Declining, Inevitable News Spring 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs&#8217; health has been an important topic of rumours ever since


he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in mid-2004. He was treated successfully, and recovered from his ordeal. Ever since then, rumours of possible health problems popped up regularly, which were only ignited further by Apple&#8217;s recent announcement to drop out of MacWorld San Fransisco, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/steve-jobs-health-rapidly-declining-inevitable-news-spring-2009</link>
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		<title>Vitamins Fail to Prevent Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In another blow to the supposed cancer-fighting powers of vitamins C and E,


new research suggests that supplement forms of the vitamins don&#8217;t prevent the disease in women.
And another widely touted supplement, beta carotene, didn&#8217;t help either, the new study found.
&#8220;Simply taking antioxidant supplements is insufficient to prevent cancer development,&#8221; said study lead author Jennifer Lin, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/vitamins-fail-to-prevent-cancer</link>
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		<title>Virginity Pledges Don&#8217;t Mean Much, study says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many as one in eight teens in the United States may take a virginity pledge


at some point, vowing to wait until they&#8217;re married before having sex. But do such pledges work? Are pledge takers more likely than other teens to delay sexual activity?
A new study suggests that the answer is no. While teens who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/virginity-pledges-dont-mean-much-study-says</link>
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		<title>Rapper DMX Headed for Jail on Drug, Cruelty Charge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Embattled rapper DMX faces at least 90 days in jail after pleading guilty


on Tuesday to drug, theft and animal cruelty charges, Arizona prosecutors said.
The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded to three felony charges and one misdemeanor count in Maricopa County Superior Court under a deal to settle three criminal cases against him. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/rapper-dmx-headed-for-jail-on-drug-cruelty-charge</link>
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		<title>Goodbye, Sony PSP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to the PSP?


The device that Sony once touted as &#8220;the Walkman for the 21st century&#8221; is fast disappearing from popular consciousness, and if you believe the rumors circulating just three-and-a-half years after its launch, it&#8217;s up for a major rethink in 2009.
Over the crucial month of November, the Nintendo DS shifted a jaw-dropping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/goodbye-sony-psp</link>
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		<title>Library of Congress Adds &#8216;Terminator&#8217; to Archive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s most famous lines, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back,&#8221;


will be back for generations to come, now that 1984&#8217;s &#8220;The Terminator&#8221; has been selected for preservation in the nation&#8217;s film archive.
The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that James Cameron&#8217;s low-budget film, which made now-Gov. Schwarzenegger a movie star, is one of 25 films being added [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/library-of-congress-adds-terminator-to-archive</link>
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		<title>Writing the Web’s Future in Numerous Languages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next chapter of the World Wide Web will not be written in English alone.


Asia already has twice as many Internet users as North America, and by 2012 it will have three times as many. Already, more than half of the search queries on Google come from outside the United States.
The globalization of the Web [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/writing-the-web%e2%80%99s-future-in-numerous-languages</link>
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		<title>Horton Hears A Who - Top 10 Box Office Movie of 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Horton Hears A Who is the number 10 Box Office Movie of 2008.


» Total Gross: $154,529,439
Featuring the voice talents of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, and based on Dr. Seuss&#8217; storybook classic, the computer-animated Horton hit it big in March with one of the top spring opening weekends ever.
Source [ Yahoo ]
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		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/horton-hears-a-who-top-10-box-office-movie-of-2008</link>
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		<title>Twilight - Top 9 Box Office Movie of 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twilight is the number 9 Box Office Movie of 2008.


» Total Gross: $158,461,000 
Fueled by an enthusiastic fanbase, Stephanie Meyer&#8217;s hit literary phenomenon jumped from the page to the big screen to take a bite out of the annual box office, grabbing the number 9 spot during the last weeks of the year.
Source [ Yahoo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batchlinks.com/twilight-top-9-box-office-movie-of-2008</link>
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