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<title><![CDATA[It's official!  I'm asking for money on this stupid website.]]></title>
<link>http://derekmartin81.wordpress.com/?p=104</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>derekmartin81</dc:creator>
<guid>http://derekmartin81.wordpress.com/?p=104</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I always see websites and blogs that display some sort of PayPal &#8220;donate&#8221; button.
I have]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">I always see websites and blogs that display some sort of PayPal "donate" button.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I have added one to my page as a test.  The content that I write about isn't worth paying for.  Hell, I should pay you for reading it.  I wonder if there are any PayPal account holders that randomly surf around the internet looking for somewhere to spend money.  These people would see a donate button and figure "why not?".  What if one person per day donated a dollar to me?  That would be $30 (or $31) (or $28) per month.  Wow, that would take care of our cable bill.  We only have basic cable.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I've gotta level with you fine readers.  The wife and I are trying to have a baby.  We're also working very hard on fixing up our first house.  Money is tight since any extra cash is going into the house (and baby savings).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I don't want to seem like some kind of internet panhandler so maybe you should just ignore everything that I wrote.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">If you want to play along with the fun, click the button below:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&#38;business=derekmartin81%40gmail%2ecom&#38;item_name=derekmartin81&#38;no_shipping=0&#38;no_note=1&#38;tax=0&#38;currency_code=USD&#38;lc=US&#38;bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&#38;charset=UTF%2d8" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-100" title="donatebutton" src="http://derekmartin81.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/donatebutton.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="110" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[rappelz - new capes in cs]]></title>
<link>http://the2ndspitter.wordpress.com/?p=378</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>the2ndspitter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://the2ndspitter.wordpress.com/?p=378</guid>
<description><![CDATA[not all the pictures are correct but we have some new capes.
[NEWS] Weekend Cloak Sale! September 05]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not all the pictures are correct but we have some new capes.</p>
<p><span class="news_header">[NEWS] Weekend Cloak Sale!</span> <span class="news_date">September 05,2008</span></p>
<p align="center"><img title="Rank V &#38; VI Cloaks!" src="http://rappelz.gpotato.com/images/m/Cloaks.jpg" border="0" alt="Rank V &#38; VI Cloaks!" width="500" height="390" /></p>
<p align="left">We will be selling 4 new Rank V and VI cloaks this weekend only! These will be on sale from Friday Afternoon (9/5/2008) through Monday Afternoon (9/8) PST.</p>
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<p align="left">Get them while you can!</p>
<p><a href="http://rappelz.gpotato.com/news/?id=435"><br />
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<p><a href="http://yolto.com/FeedTopic.aspx?Id=1748">metaforum</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[testing page]]></title>
<link>http://laminnlay.wordpress.com/?p=6</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laminnlay</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laminnlay.wordpress.com/?p=6</guid>
<description><![CDATA[hello buddy
this is testing
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hello buddy<br />
this is testing</p>
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<title><![CDATA[About Kyaukme]]></title>
<link>http://kyaukme.wordpress.com/?p=3</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kyaukme</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kyaukme.wordpress.com/?p=3</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A town pass Gote Hteik, the famous gorge in Northern Shan State.  One hundred and ten miles north-e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A town pass Gote Hteik, the famous gorge in Northern Shan State.  One hundred and ten miles north-east of Mandalay.  A mix of Shan, Plaung, Bamar ethnic groups comprised of the town population of about two hundred thousand people.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Test from iphone!]]></title>
<link>http://crazygift.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/test-from-iphone/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>crazygift</dc:creator>
<guid>http://crazygift.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/test-from-iphone/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello,world!

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,world!</p>
<p><a href="http://crazygift.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/l-640-426-a1270b8d-509e-44c0-80ec-4b3b8b703826.jpeg"><img src="http://crazygift.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/l-640-426-a1270b8d-509e-44c0-80ec-4b3b8b703826.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="199" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-364" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[test]]></title>
<link>http://edenguild.wordpress.com/?p=8</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>edenguild</dc:creator>
<guid>http://edenguild.wordpress.com/?p=8</guid>
<description><![CDATA[test
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>test</p>
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<title><![CDATA[certification test tomorrow]]></title>
<link>http://fruitlooped.wordpress.com/?p=86</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ckelly16</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fruitlooped.wordpress.com/?p=86</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t already know we work at a tissue bank.  Tomorrow is the annual AAT.B test.  I ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you didn't already know we work at a tissue bank.  Tomorrow is the annual AAT.B test.  I am not one of the luck chosen ones this year but Jo is.  I will get to spend my morning sleeping in and enjoying the day while she is holed up in a room with 50 other people trying to get certified.</p>
<p>So, I guess we can talk about the giant elephant in the room - the test.  that we haven't taken yet. and tomorrow will be 3 days overdue.  She has been so focused on that test this month and with all the hurricanes, family issues, and stuff we decided it would be best to wait a week.  Just in case it's just stress that has her a little overdue.  I'm sure most of you are probably like - OMG how can they wait... if I was overdue I would already know! - but she was 10 days overdue one time and we got SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited that this time it's like "Oh it's just 3 days - no biggie."  So....... we wait.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[How old is your brain?]]></title>
<link>http://mervinlow.wordpress.com/?p=289</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mervinlow</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mervinlow.wordpress.com/?p=289</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Have you ever wonder how old is your brain? There is a test from this Japanese website to find out ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.simpsonstrivia.com.ar/simpsons-photos/wallpapers/homer-simpson-wallpaper-brain-1024.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="Homer Simpsons brain" src="http://www.simpsonstrivia.com.ar/simpsons-photos/wallpapers/homer-simpson-wallpaper-brain-1024.jpg" alt="" width="258" height="194" /></a></p>
<p>Have you ever wonder how old is your brain? There is a test from this Japanese website to find out whether your brain is younger or older then the restof your body. </p>
<p>How to play   <a title="Brain Age Test 1" href="http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html" target="_blank">脳年齢テスト01　瞬間記憶 (Brain Age Test 1 - Temporary memory)</a></p>
<p>1. [START]をクリックすると、カウントダウンのあと↓の画面に変わります<br />
    Click 'start' button and wait for a count down from 3, 2, to 1. </p>
<p>2. <span class="style2">数字の位置を瞬間的に記憶しましょう。</span> この画面は0.7秒ほどで消えます<br />
     Memorize the number's position on the screen, the image will only appear for only 0.7 second. </p>
<p>3. 先ほど記憶した<span class="style2">数字の位置</span>を思い出して、<span class="style2">数字の小さい順</span>に<span class="style2">〇</span>をクリックしていきます。<br />
    Start by clicking on the circle from the smallest to the biggest number.</p>
<p>4. 10問終了後にあなたの腦年齢が鑑定されます。脳年齢20歳を目指しましょう。<br />
    After 10 questions, your brain age will be determined. Let's aim for 20 years old brain. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>There are other interesting brain tests too available on the site.</p>
<p><a title="Brain game 1" href="http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html" target="_blank">脳年齢テスト01　瞬間記憶 (Brain Age Test 1 - Temporary memory)</a><br />
<a title="Brain Age Test 2" href="http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain2/brain02.html" target="_blank">腦年齡テスト02 計算符号 (Brain Age Test 2 - Calculation sign)</a><br />
<a title="Brain Age Test 3" href="http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain3/brain03.html" target="_blank">脳年齢テスト03 色識別トレーニング (Brain Age Test 3 - Colour Differentiation)</a><br />
<a title="Brain Age  Test 4" href="http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain4/brain4.html" target="_blank">脳年齢テスト04 図形識別 (Brain Age Test 4 - Shape Differentiation)</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lee hopeful to return for India tour ]]></title>
<link>http://aboutcricket.wordpress.com/?p=347</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sandeshkumar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aboutcricket.wordpress.com/?p=347</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lee hopeful to return for India tour












Brett Lee says he will soon be ready to return to c]]></description>
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<p class="news-body">Brett Lee has declared himself ready to tour India after taking time away from the game to deal with the break-up of his marriage, although he did contemplate skipping the trip. Lee joined his team-mates in Darwin on Thursday but he was flying back to Sydney later that day and will not play in Saturday's ODI against Bangladesh.</p>
<p class="news-body">The players depart for India on September 21 and Lee said there was no doubt he would be available. "Absolutely, I'm looking forward to it," Lee said. "I can't wait." However, it was only earlier this week that Lee made up his mind that he was mentally prepared for the four-Test tour.</p>
<p class="news-body">Lee was originally named in the squad to take on Bangladesh in three one-day internationals but he was later granted leave by Cricket Australia when he informed them of his personal circumstances. Lee considered whether it would be best to miss the India trip but his break during the Darwin games and the postponement of the Champions Trophy helped him decide.</p>
<p class="news-body">"I needed for personal reasons to have a bit of time away from cricket and I felt at these three games up here was probably the time that I needed to actually get away from cricket. It's worked out well."</p>
<p class="news-body">Also contributing to Lee's decision was his burning desire to finally play his first Test in India, where he is immensely popular. When Australia last visited India for Tests, in 2004-05, Lee was on the fringes of an attack led by Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz.</p>
<p class="news-body">Lee's whirlwind 24-hour stop-off in Darwin was designed in part so that he could start to feel like part of the team again. That began with some stretches and a game of kick-to-kick in a Darwin park as Lee joked around with his team-mates following Wednesday's thrashing of Bangladesh. He also wanted to catch up with the coaching staff to ensure all was on track for his participation in the India tour.</p>
<p class="news-body">- About Cricket -</p>
<p class="news-body">Sandesh Kumar Jaggi</p>
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<title><![CDATA[itoki q&amp;a]]></title>
<link>http://the2ndspitter.wordpress.com/?p=376</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>the2ndspitter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://the2ndspitter.wordpress.com/?p=376</guid>
<description><![CDATA[q&amp;a with itoki for rappelz. huge wealth of information.

Q&amp;A
by itoki on Fri Sep 05, 2008 12]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://rappelz-forum.gpotato.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&#38;t=926323&#38;st=0&#38;sk=t&#38;sd=a">q&#38;a with itoki </a>for rappelz. huge wealth of information.</p>
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<h3 class="first"><a href="http://rappelz-forum.gpotato.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&#38;t=926323&#38;st=0&#38;sk=t&#38;sd=a#p5407903">Q&#38;A</a></h3>
<p class="author"><a href="http://rappelz-forum.gpotato.com/viewtopic.php?p=5407903#p5407903"><img title="Post" src="http://rappelz-forum.gpotato.com/styles/prosilver/imageset/icon_post_target.gif" alt="Post" width="11" height="9" /></a>by <strong><a class="username-coloured" href="http://rappelz-forum.gpotato.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&#38;u=31164793">itoki</a></strong> on Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:30 pm</p>
<div class="content">Hi folks,</p>
<p>There seems to be a lot of confusion and misinformation going around right now and I'd like to clear some of it up before the weekend.</p>
<p>If there's something going on in Rappelz that is bewildering you, post here. I will answer what I can over the next 4.5 hours before the end of the work day.</p>
<p>Please note that any off-topic or duplicate posts will be either ignored or deleted. I would like this thread to be as productive as possible in a short amount of time.</p></div>
<div class="content"><a href="http://yolto.com/FeedTopic.aspx?Id=1748">metaforum</a></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Advergame]]></title>
<link>http://advergames.wordpress.com/?p=843</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gregoirelac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://advergames.wordpress.com/?p=843</guid>
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Si vous êtes ici c&#8217;est que vous n&#8217;avez pas encore eu vent de la deuxième version du b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.advergame.fr" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-833 aligncenter" src="http://advergames.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/aurevoir.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="229" /></a></p>
<p>Si vous êtes ici c'est que vous n'avez pas encore eu vent de la deuxième version du blog. Je vous propose de venir nous retrouver sur <a href="http://www.advergame.fr" target="_blank">http://www.advergame.fr</a>.<br />
L'adresse est plus courte, le design plus clair, les jeux directement jouables sur le blog... Vous aurez aussi la possibilité de vous identifier pour rédiger votre propre article sur un advergame ou un flashgame qui vous plait.</p>
<p>Alors n'attendez pas plus pour rejoindre la communauté de la <a href="http://www.advergame.fr" target="_blank">V2</a> :).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[swallowed in the sea]]></title>
<link>http://ilyma.wordpress.com/?p=113</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilyma</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ilyma.wordpress.com/?p=113</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was going to blog about happiness since that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been discussing in Psych 10,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was going to blog about happiness since that's what we've been discussing in Psych 10, but I'm not in the mood seeing as I just found out I failed my last midterm. Insert failure rant. </p>
<p>I also fell asleep during the psychology research experiment I was participating in. Hope I didn't ruin the researcher's results. </p>
<p>At least it's Friday and it's my last day at the radiology internship. I'm glad that it's over. I did learn quite a bit though, when I think about it. I learned how hospital exam scheduling works and just administration side of things. Also learned that I definitely don't want to work on this end of the health field. I don't think I can deal with desk job. I don't know how my mom does it, 9-5 everyday in a (messy) cubicle. I would go insane. </p>
<p>I was thinking about alternative jobs that other day, upon realizing that I can't stand a desk job, and I couldn't really think of anything I'd be interested in/qualified for besides physician/nurse. I mean, I definitely enjoy reading things about design, fashion, and cosmetics, but I don't see a career in that. I'm a psychobio major who doesn't like writing. Maybe I'll fulfill my father's dream of my becoming some kind of painter/potter/glassblower and then he'll manage my shop for me. Yeah, psychobio doesn't quite apply to that either. </p>
<p>My thumb is callused from playing Soul Caliber 4.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Spiritual Gifts - Online Evaluation]]></title>
<link>http://cohesivefaith.wordpress.com/?p=117</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cohesivefaith</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cohesivefaith.wordpress.com/?p=117</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m the kind of person that never thought about my own spiritual gifts, up until recently.  I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm the kind of person that never thought about my own spiritual gifts, up until recently.  I realized that knowing our spiritual gifts can help us understand how God made us uniquely and how he wants to use us.</p>
<p>I don't think he created us in the same template as everyone else in the world.</p>
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<p>At the same time, however, I don't think that we should get too extreme and get lost in the thought of making it our life goal to find out to what extent we are 'so special'.  I think that's just plain self-indulgent.</p>
<p>I believe the goal of finding out our spiritual gifts is to find out how we can use it to serve OTHERS and glorify GOD, not ourselves.  After all, Apostle Paul himself in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20cor%2013;&#38;version=31;" target="_blank">1 Cor 13</a> talks about how gifts are great, but love is the most important.</p>
<p>The following took me about 5 mins to complete, and I found it somewhat eye-opening for me.</p>
<p><a href="http://archive.elca.org/evangelizingChurch/assessments/spiritgifts.html" target="_blank">Take the Spiritual Gifts Assessment</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Test]]></title>
<link>http://davereeves.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/test/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidrsae</dc:creator>
<guid>http://davereeves.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/test/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m testing out an application for my iPhone that allows me to post entries and pictures to my]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm testing out an application for my iPhone that allows me to post entries and pictures to my blog.</p>
<p>Speaking of the iPhone, I have been playing around by jailbreaking my phone. I had my original iPhone jailbroken and I loved it. I'm not so sure that I like my 3G being jailbroken. I'm not sure the benefits are worth the investment in time. I'll play around with it until the 9th. I'll see what Apple does and then I will go from there. Maybe living with the jailbreak for a few days will change my mind.</p>
<p><a href="http://davereeves.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/p-640-528-80f497c2-ce5f-4e4e-b16c-01be0b64da71.jpeg"><img src="http://davereeves.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/p-640-528-80f497c2-ce5f-4e4e-b16c-01be0b64da71.jpeg" alt="" width="247" height="300" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-364" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[this is a test post]]></title>
<link>http://mgardner85.wordpress.com/?p=3</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mgardner85</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mgardner85.wordpress.com/?p=3</guid>
<description><![CDATA[testing
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<title><![CDATA[test post to test features]]></title>
<link>http://unlikeminds.wordpress.com/?p=6</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>unlikeminds</dc:creator>
<guid>http://unlikeminds.wordpress.com/?p=6</guid>
<description><![CDATA[add text to the fields in the posting form. Add title, main post text. You can use simple html forma]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>add text to the fields in the posting form. Add title, main post text. You can use simple html formatting or if you prefer there is a wysiwyg interface with tools like in word for simple formatting.  Experiment with adding blockquotes, emboldening etc. mouse over the buttons in the formatting bar to see what they are.</p>
<p>This is a text post i am using the main tools here to experiment with.</p>
<blockquote><p>I am trying out blockquotes to see what the formatting does etc etc etc</p></blockquote>
<p>and then i will add a link with the link button. how about to <a title="um" href="http://www.unlikeminds.co.uk/indextest.html" target="_blank">unlike minds official website</a></p>
<p>here i am going to add an unordered list of items:</p>
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<li>item 1</li>
<li>item another</li>
<li>third item</li>
<li>four things now</li>
<li>thats enough of that</li>
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<p>and how about an ordered list:</p>
<ol>
<li>start here</li>
<li>then add another</li>
<li>then another here</li>
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<p>Now i might like to add a line break to keep the posts short on the front page with a read more feature<!--more--></p>
<p>and here i think i will add an image from the image bank using the add media button</p>
[caption id="attachment_7" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="test image"]<a href="http://unlikeminds.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/275303578.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-7" title="275303578" src="http://unlikeminds.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/275303578.jpg?w=300" alt="test image" width="300" height="236" /></a>[/caption]
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<title><![CDATA[Boost testé pour vous]]></title>
<link>http://noisettesociale.wordpress.com/?p=804</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Noisette Sociale</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Je ne me rends pas souvent au dépanneur en général et encore moins dans une succursale Couche-Tar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Je ne me rends pas souvent au dépanneur en général et encore moins dans une succursale Couche-Tard en particulier. Lors de mon passage à Québec samedi dernier, moi <a title="Le fiancé" href="http://www.ledetracteur.com">et</a> <a title="La Fêlée" href="http://justeunpeufrustreee.wordpress.com">mes</a> <a title="ExIvrogne" href="http://exivrogne.com/blog">acolytes</a> (fallait que je le plogue quelque part, on a tellement eu du plaisir!) sommes allés dans un fameux Couche-Tard et en arrivant à la caisse, j'ai compris que c'était la première fois depuis <a title="Dopage au dépanneur" href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080313/CPACTUALITES/803130568/7049/CPACTUEL08">la fameuse polémique sur les nouvelles pilules de Radio-Énergie</a>. L'article que j'ai mis en lien s'intitule "Dopage au dépanneur" alors ça donne une idée de combien ça a pu choquer. D'ailleurs, les réactions avaient été assez nombreuses sur la blogosphère quand la nouvelle était sortie. </p>
<p>Quand la polémique a éclaté, je vous avouerai que j'étais très intriguée par la chose et quand j'ai vu le produit sur le présentoir à la caisse, ça a ravivé ce sentiment. Je ne m'étais pas prononcée sur le coup car j'essaie autant que possible de ne pas parler de choses que je ne connais pas.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-805" title="bilde" src="http://noisettesociale.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/bilde.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="200" />Ce qui m'a choquée au départ, c'est la présentation du produit. J'utilise le terme "choquée" mais je ne sais pas trop quel sens lui donner parce que c'est un mélange de surprise et de stupeur qui m'habitait. </p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#993366;">On va mettre les choses au clair: Je suis une ancienne consommatrice assidue de drogues chimiques.</span></strong> J'ai quasiment tout essayé et à un certain moment, on peut presque dire que j'avais développé un "champ d'expertise" en <em>speed</em> et en <em>ecstacy</em>. Vers la fin de mon trip de consommation, je commençais à être inquiète par rapport à la quantité de produits chimiques que j'avais demandé à mon corps d'absorber. Comme je n'étais pas encore au stade où j'étais prête à tout arrêter, je m'étais tournée vers des alternatives comme les "Funk Pills" qui sont vendues légalement en Nouvelle-Zélande dans le cadre d'un programme de désintoxication chez les jeunes. Les pilules du Couche-Tard ont une présentation qui ressemble beaucoup aux "Funk Pills" et il est difficile de ne pas faire une analogie avec des drogues avec des noms comme "Boost" et "X-Cite". Je peux très bien comprendre la forte réaction négative qu'il y a eu de la part d'intervenants auprès des jeunes de toutes sortes dont des professeurs quand ils ont vu ça.</p>
<p>Pour revenir à mes moutons, je me sentais très fatiguée aujourd'hui et il y a un long travail fastidieux qui m'attend cet après-midi. Comme à chaque fois qu'une de ces situations se présente à moi depuis le 8 mars (date de notre déménagement à notre plus récent logis et date où j'ai décidé que je repartais à neuf dans tous les domaines), je ne peux m'empêcher de me dire qu'une moitié de "speed" ne serait pas de refus... pour rejeter immédiatement cette pensée par la suite. D'ailleurs, si je suis contente de ne ressentir aucun manque, ça me tue quand même de ne pas être capable de ne plus avoir de ces pensées ici et là.</p>
<p>Tantôt, j'ai dîné à l'extérieur du bureau et sur le chemin du retour, il y avait un Couche-Tard. J'ai décidé de me laisser tenter par le diable et d'essayer de ces pilules démoniaques. J'aurais pu me prendre une de ces horribles boissons énergisantes mais si vous saviez à quel point ça me lève le coeur et en plus, ces machins m'effraient plus que tout le reste car ils me donnent des palpitations cardiaques et ça a tendance à me rendre paranoïaque.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#993366;">Je me sentais aussi mal à l'aise que quelqu'un qui n'a pas réussi à joindre son </span></strong><em><strong><span style="color:#993366;">"pusher"</span></strong></em><strong><span style="color:#993366;"> et qui s'en va au métro Berri comme dernier recours. Il y a quelque chose dans le marketing de ce produit qui a dû mal tourner parce qu'en entrant dans le magasin, j'avais vraiment le sentiment que je m'en allais faire de quoi de répréhensible et d'illégal. J'ai même eu le culot de dire au commis que je venais acheter ça dans le cadre de mon travail, vous savez, pour les tests dans un magazine.</span></strong> Je ne sais pas si mon mensonge était convainquant mais en tout cas, il a fait comme s'il me croyait. (Je sais, c'est pitoyable de ne pas s'assumer à ce point-là.)</p>
<p>Ça fait environ 1h que j'ai ingéré le produit puis j'ai la patte qui tremble un peu comme quand je bois un café de trop. Alors c'est ça que ça fait... avec la mauvaise haleine en moins. Je n'ai pas de buzz ni de palpitations cardiaques. Ajoutez à ça un sentiment de culpabilité et je vous dirais que personnellement, je ne pense pas refaire l'expérience. La prochaine fois, je garderai le 3,49$ que ça a coûté et j'irai me chercher un très grand café en bas et ça va faire pareil.</p>
<p>Je m'interroge sérieusement sur le côté éthique de mettre en vente ce genre de produits dans un dépanneur. Je verrais mieux ça dans une pharmacie, dans le rayon des produits naturels. De cette façon, il y aurait au moins du personnel compétent pour répondre aux questions des potentiels utilisateurs. En tout cas, mieux que le commis qui m'a indiqué qu'il en vendait plein et que c'était pas mal <em>kewl</em>... </p>
<p><em>PS: Veuillez noter que j'ai fait cette expérience de mon plein gré et que ça explique pourquoi je n'ai mis aucun lien vers les compagnies impliquées qui n'ont pas besoin, à mon avis, de visibilité supplémentaire. </em></p>
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