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	<title>Astrofiammante&#039;s Botheration Log &#187; Smoke and mirrors</title>
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	<description>“I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries – I like the hush.” Robin Ince</description>
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		<title>The Northern Lights come south</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/the-northern-lights-come-south-post2879/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The great outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The truth is out there]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aurora borealis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auroras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Anglia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Lights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sky-gazing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the sky at night]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, there was a large-scale solar storm, bringing the promise of possible aurora sightings further south than is usually even imaginable. It is one of my lifetime ambitions to see the Northern Lights - but, as someone who lives not much more than 50 degrees north, I have to accept that I'm highly unlikely to fulfil it on my own doorstep.]]></description>
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		<title>All necessary documents will be made available for prove in needed time</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/all-necessary-documents-will-be-made-available-for-prove-in-needed-time-post2576/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conspiracy theories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[419 scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advance fee fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Me and Colonel Gaddafi, we're like that... and, by the way, would you like a chunk of his missing millions? Yep, the 419 scammers have been to call this morning with another amusing missive. ]]></description>
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		<title>Daily photo: 5/08/2011</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-5082011-post2564/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Photo 2011+]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long-exposure images]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[out and about]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Phantom</strong> (n): A ghostly image, an illusion, a spectre or a product of the imagination.]]></description>
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		<title>The FBI is coming!</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/the-fbi-is-coming-post2480/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conspiracy theories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fascinated and yet repelled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[419 scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advance fee fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Mulder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the 419 scam (or advance fee fraud) email has morphed into yet another form, after this gem of imaginative creativity dropped into the inbox this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Never mind altruism, let&#039;s go straight for greed</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/never-mind-altruism-lets-go-straight-for-greed-post824/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[419 scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a period when it looked like scammers had got bored with the 419, here it is back in abundance. We have received five or six of these in the course of a couple of weeks, after months of being free of them.]]></description>
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		<title>A lady in distress in Dubai (not)</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/a-lady-in-distress-in-dubai-not-post821/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[419 scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly, the classic 419 scam does not appear to have had its day yet. This fine example dropped into the inbox a few days ago.]]></description>
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		<title>10 questions to ask when considering if something is true</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/10-questions-to-ask-when-considering-if-something-is-true-post594/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conspiracy theories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The truth is out there]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scepticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the management is in a video-embedding mood, here's another - The Scientific Baloney Detection Kit, which arrives with us via a long and prestigious line of scientists including Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins.]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#039;m reading: 09/05/06</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/links-for-2009-05-09-post528/</link>
		<comments>http://www.astrofiammante.net/links-for-2009-05-09-post528/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 13:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[But is it Art?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[site-specific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What I’m reading online today - if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…]]></description>
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		<title>Cleese on Palin (S, not M): &quot;A nice-looking parrot&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/cleese-on-palin-s-not-m-a-nice-looking-parrot-post311/</link>
		<comments>http://www.astrofiammante.net/cleese-on-palin-s-not-m-a-nice-looking-parrot-post311/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A bit of politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lulz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Parrot Sketch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Cleese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monty Python]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national treasures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Cleese, asked what he thinks of Sarah Palin, bursts out laughing. He then says: "It's like a nice-looking parrot." Watch him on YouTube and share the laughter.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#039;t look at that&#8230; I said, don&#039;t look&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.astrofiammante.net/dont-look-at-that-i-said-dont-look-post254/</link>
		<comments>http://www.astrofiammante.net/dont-look-at-that-i-said-dont-look-post254/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrofiammante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A bit of politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke and mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Library Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banned Books Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[His Dark Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Pullman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An excellent piece in today's Guardian by Philip Pullman, author of the wonderful <em>His Dark Materials</em> trilogy, debunks censorship during the <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/archive/bannedbooksweek73008archive.cfm" target="_blank" title="ALA: Banned Books Week 2008">American Library Association's Banned Books Week</a> (it's important to point out that they celebrate the books, rather than the censorship).]]></description>
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