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		<title>Capitalistic karma: reinterpreting reincarnation</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/07/05/capitalistic-karma-reinterpreting-reincarnation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking up in the mountains outside Kathmandu I contemplated the connection between the world’s inequalities today, the actions of one’s ancestors, and the idea of karma and reincarnation that I had been reading about in some books on the Eastern Religions. Be they the ancestors who split from the group to discover new worlds fifty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The evolution of “Man’s Best Friend”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 01:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stole my sister’s schipperke Bella for two days of doggie companionship – it’s pretty clear why they say that a dog is a man’s best friend. Not only are dogs adorable and fluffy, they (especially Bella) give you cuddles and snuggles when you ask, they run and have fun with you, they don&#8217;t hide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The parable of Easter Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in South America, one place I missed was Easter Island. If you want to go here I believe flying LAN Chile is the way to go as they give you a free stop over if you&#8217;re flying from Australia. We flew Aerolinias Argentinas (one thing I hope to NEVER do again) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big History Blog Series: Ch2 &#8211; Star Formation and Another Big Explosion</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/04/09/big-history-blog-series-ch2-star-formation-and-another-big-explosion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[supernova]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To recap, in our first chapter of this Big History Blog Series, we learned that the Big Bang theory is based on the observation that our universe is expanding and hence that it must have once been smaller. Winding back time we imagined the infinitesimally small point of singularity. At the point in time we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to create a world war</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/03/26/how-to-create-a-world-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among my Internet surfing I came across a “creationist” website – the belief that the world is around 6000 years old – a figure derived from tracing back the genealogy in the bible from Jesus to Adam, and the seven-day creation. This belief is growing so much that more than 40% of Americans believe this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big History Blog Series: Chapter 1 &#8211; The Big Bang</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/03/25/big-history-blog-series-chapter-1-the-big-bang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Meaning of life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, in the land of Quantum Nothingness, there was a BIG BANG and an infinitesimally small something started to expand, possibly faster than the speed of light. For some unknown but much talked about reason, matter in the form of quarks (the basic building blocks of protons and electrons) and dark matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big History Blog Series: Introduction &#8211; Our Story</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/03/24/big-history-blog-series-1-introduction-our-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish to share with you a story: The Story of the Universe. My Story. Your Story. A True Story – well as true as true can be. Our Story has gone through many filters: of limited human knowledge developed through our limited human senses, mental constructions, and even our “impressive” technologies. Our Story, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Religion Spread</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/03/18/how-religion-spread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You MUST check out this awesome animated map of history. It shows when each religion starts and how each one spreads across the globe &#8211; all in less than two minutes. http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf It&#8217;s been a busy week so I will start the Big History series, beginning with the Big Bang, very soon. Have a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Postmodern Grand-Narrative</title>
		<link>http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/03/12/an-outline-of-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Come with me on a journey through time and space&#8230; the mighty booooooshhhh! (If you haven&#8217;t seen The Mighty Boosh, do yourself a favour &#8211; watch it!) Searching for a Postmodern Grand-narrative&#8230;. I deferred this semester&#8217;s uni in hope of getting a scholarship to support a research project starting mid-year. Although officially I&#8217;m not a [...]]]></description>
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