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	<title>JessicarulestheUniverse &#187; Cosmic Things</title>
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		<title>Appetite for Apocalypse</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/01/05/appetite-for-apocalypse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just saw Melancholia. It&#8217;s beautiful and strange, two qualities we like. THE DIFFICULTY with prophecies — whether based on passages from the Bible or ancient calendars, on solid climate science and economics or the visions of the Mongolian shamans Lawrence E. Joseph visited while researching his books — is that they are almost invariably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-fourths Apocalypse</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2009/09/25/three-fourths-apocalyps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: The Carina Nebula Panorama from NASA&#8217;s Astronomy Picture of the Day archive. Last night as we were leaving Silk in Serendra we beheld a sight that caused our heads to do the Linda Blair 180-degree spin from The Exorcist. Seated at a table outside Mamou&#8217;s were BB Gandanghari, Gretchen Barretto, and Chavit Singson. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your front page today was our back page yesterday.</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2009/06/27/your-front-page-today-was-our-back-page-yesterday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column was written two days earlier and it appeared online hours before the death was announced. How did I know that Michael Jackson was going to die? Am I psychic? Do I know the secrets of the universe? Do I know when you&#8217;re going to die? (Do you seriously want to know?) Fine, I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satan Claus</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/12/24/satan-claus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greeting card by Charles Platt, 1994 (found on Boing Boing) Here&#8217;s a tract by a theologian who argues that Santa IS Satan. And it&#8217;s not just dyslexia!]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger, Faster, Cooler</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/09/14/bigger-faster-cooler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/09/14/bigger-faster-cooler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s not easy to have a rational discussion of new technologies these days. Half the time the conversation may be boiled down into the question, â€œWhere can I get it and how much will it cost?â€ Inevitably debate arises over whose thing is bigger. Or smaller. Or faster, more convenient to use, or just cooler. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it the end of the world yet?</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/09/10/is-it-the-end-of-the-world-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/09/10/is-it-the-end-of-the-world-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Large Hadron Collider will be turned on today. Will it help physicists figure out how the universe began, or will it create a black hole and eradicate the earth? The firstÂ Global Catastrophic Risks ConferenceÂ assessed the threat from the particle accelerator, as well as asteroid collisions, gamma ray bursts from supernovas, man-made nanobots replicating out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where were you when&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/08/21/where-were-you-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Ninoy Aquino. &#8220;Do you remember where you were when you first heard that Ninoy had been shot?&#8221; asked my friend, the Princess Poulet. Yes I do. I remember that it was a weekend and I was at home with my mother. Everyone knew that Senator Aquino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But will they outlive Cher?</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/14/but-will-they-outlive-cher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/14/but-will-they-outlive-cher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Slate, Daniel Riley reviews the case for cockroaches surviving a nuclear holocaust. Will cockroaches really inherit post-apocalyptic earth? &#8220;&#8230;Studies over the last half-decade, such as those conducted by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, have found that these &#8220;other insects&#8221; are more likely to reign in the age after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go over the top, then keep going.</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/06/30/go-over-the-top-then-keep-going/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/06/30/go-over-the-top-then-keep-going/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was feeling glum for no good reason (which is better than being depressed with good reason) so I thought I&#8217;d cheer myself up by watching Wanted. Excellent idea: the movie blew the gloomy thoughts out of my head. Tibur Bekmambetov&#8217;s (Russians Russians everywhere I look; really must move to St Petersburg) adaptation of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana Jones and the Marketers of Ka-ching</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/05/01/indiana-jones-and-the-marketers-of-ka-ching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/05/01/indiana-jones-and-the-marketers-of-ka-ching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new, highly-anticipated Indiana Jones movie is called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (Highly-anticipated especially by me, since real life is not up to movie standardsâ€”I listened to two archaeologists yesterday and neither one had a fedora or a bullwhip. Although I was tempted to let a snake loose during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Knights Templar are back.</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/20/the-knights-templar-are-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/20/the-knights-templar-are-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;ve got an ad in The Daily Telegraph, demanding the formal restoration of the order. The last time anyone heard from them was in 1314, when their grand master was burned at the stake. Apparently they&#8217;re represented by a West London accountant who also does the books for the Wiggles.Â Patrick Barkham investigates.Â First theÂ Ark of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ark of the Covenant found?</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/02/24/ark-of-the-covenant-found/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/02/24/ark-of-the-covenant-found/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicazafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant was a wooden box that contained the Ten Commandments. It could also zap people and reduce them into columns of ash. The Ark was reportedly kept in the Temple of Solomon, which was razed by the Babylonians. According to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the [...]]]></description>
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