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<title><![CDATA[The Pornification of a Generation]]></title>
<link>http://thebridgecincy.wordpress.com/?p=609</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tim Dunn</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kevin Scott (brother of my good friend Jake, who is the Youth Pastor at Grace Community Church in Ch]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin Scott (brother of my good friend <a href="http://www.grace-community.org/about_us/our_staff_profile.php?id=44">Jake</a>, who is the Youth Pastor at <a href="http://www.grace-community.org/">Grace Community Church</a> in Chelmsford, MA) has written book called <em>The</em> <em>Pornification of a Generation</em> that is featured in an article in <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/">Newsweek</a>.  Here is the first paragraph to the article...</p>
<p><em>The idea for a book about porn culture came to Kevin Scott the day his daughter decided she absolutely had to have a Bratz-doll pony. For months, the 5-year-old had begged him for a Bratz doll—clad in spike heels, fishnets and miniskirt, enormous puppy-dog eyes protruding from her oversized head. Her sexy look seemed a little too sexy for a preschooler, so he and his wife bought her a different doll, which she was happy with. Except that a few months later, Bratz came out with Bratz Babyz. "If Bratz had looked like Barbie hookers, these looked like baby hookers," Scott says. Again, he convinced his daughter that My Little Pony was just as cool—and for a moment, the conversation ended. Until, of course, the Bratz came out with Bratz Ponyz. And then, says Scott, an English professor at a small college in Georgia, "I realized porn culture and I were in a death match for my daughter's soul."</em></p>
<p><a href="http://mobile.newsweek.com/detail.jsp?key=33127&#38;rc=top&#38;p=1&#38;pv=1#___1__">Read the entire article here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Toxic]]></title>
<link>http://chepchumba.wordpress.com/?p=1261</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chepchumba</dc:creator>
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I don&#8217;t know what it is but everytime I think of Paris Hilton I think of the word Toxic. It m]]></description>
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<p>I don't know what it is but everytime I think of <a class="zem_slink" title="Paris Hilton" rel="homepage" href="http://www.parishilton.com">Paris Hilton</a> I think of the word Toxic. It may also be because of Britney Spear's song by the same title or it maybe the fact that often times I am just sickened by Paris' public persona. In away I see Paris as one of the pioneer women who helped society to cross over from praising virginity to worshiping promiscuity. Before she came we had confessions from pop idols about their commitment to their supposed virginities and she kinda obliterated that scene by coming out with her infamous sex tape. It seems that today young girls especially are encouraged to become famous no matter the cost. No one wants to be barbie anymore when they can be Bratz!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wii’ve Got Spirit]]></title>
<link>http://cheerleadingfilm.wordpress.com/?p=165</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>awardprod</dc:creator>
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Another reason why video games aren’t just for nerds anymore- on September 30th, a new game call]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://cheerleadingfilm.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/wecheer.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-166" title="wecheer" src="http://cheerleadingfilm.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/wecheer.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="225" /></a>Another reason why video games aren’t just for nerds anymore- on September 30<sup>th</sup>, a new game called  <a href="http://www.wecheergame.com/" target="_blank">“We Cheer”</a> is being released for the <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/">Nintendo Wii</a>.<span>  </span>Players can choose from 30 songs to perform to while holding the Wii’s controllers like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nak4jJIZM&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">pom-pons</a>.<span>  </span>There are various modes of play, including “exercise mode” (which I assume is similar to what you do in <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/wiifit/launch/?ref=http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&#38;rls=en&#38;q=Wii+Fit&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;oe=UTF-8" target="_blank">Wii Fit</a>), and “campaign mode” in which you compete against others to be team captain.<span>  </span>You can either choose a pre-made member of “the squad” to play as, or you can create your own character by choosing features like her hair color, skin tone, and outfit.<span>  </span>It’s sort of interesting to note that these avatars look less like the standard Wii characters, and more like less-trashy <a href="http://www.bratz.com/" target="_blank">Bratz dolls</a>.<span>  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone from Nintendo wants to send us a copy to review, we’d be more than happy to do it. <span><span>J</span></span><span>  </span>But since that’s pretty unlikely to happen, leave us comments once the game is released and let us know how it is.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cómo son los negocios que triunfan?]]></title>
<link>http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/?p=260</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lewiscarroll</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[read this blog in your own language &gt;        
 
La búsqueda del negocio perfecto es como la bús]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h6 style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">read this blog in your own language</span> &#62; <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=en"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-154" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/reino-unido-3.gif?w=128" alt="" width="31" height="15" /></a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=fr"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-159" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/francia.gif?w=128" alt="" width="25" height="17" /></a><strong> </strong><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=de"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-164" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/alemania.gif?w=128" alt="" width="28" height="17" /></a><strong> </strong><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=zh-CN"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-170" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/china.gif?w=128" alt="" width="28" height="18" /></a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=ja"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-167" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/japon.gif?w=128" alt="" width="28" height="19" /></a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=it"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-187" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/italia.gif?w=128" alt="" width="28" height="19" /></a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=pt"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-188" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/portugal.gif?w=128" alt="" width="28" height="19" /></a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.wonderbusiness.net&#38;hl=es&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sl=es&#38;tl=ru"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-189" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/rusia.gif?w=128" alt="" width="25" height="17" /></a></h6>
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<p><strong>La búsqueda del negocio perfecto es como la búsqueda del Arca perdida</strong><strong>, del Santo Grial o de la Piedra Filosofal. Es posible que existan, es posible que no, pero no por ello dejamos</strong><strong> de buscar.</strong> Vamos a partir de la premisa de que el negocio perfecto no existe, y nos preguntaremos a cuál de los negocios que conocemos se parecería si existiera.</p>
<p><a title="The new consumer" href="http://www.bcg.com/impact_expertise/publications/files/New_Consumer_OFA_Dec01.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-large wp-image-392" title="web2society1" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/web2society1.png?w=455" alt="" width="455" height="644" /></a></p>
<p>Como vivimos en una <strong><a title="Reflexiones sobre la Globalización" href="http://books.google.es/books?hl=es&#38;id=_68_iAScNIkC&#38;dq=sociedad+global&#38;printsec=frontcover&#38;source=web&#38;ots=R0i5kmxzPh&#38;sig=JRfYQkO7G2pY6-RWCtNcu2JGURI&#38;sa=X&#38;oi=book_result&#38;resnum=7&#38;ct=result#PPA35,M1" target="_blank">Sociedad Global</a></strong> que identifica negocio con Empresa y Empresa con <strong><a title="Best-loved brands" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/07/21/best-loved-brands-list-revealed-115875-20656603/" target="_blank">Marca</a></strong>, ¿el negocio ideal podría ser algo parecido a Coca Cola, a Microsoft, a Sony? ¿O tal vez estaría más en la línea de Google, Amazon o IKEA? Un negocio ideal es un negocio que mueve mucho dinero, ¿sí?, que proporciona beneficios y genera riqueza y más negocio. Entonces, tal vez el negocio ideal esté intrínsecamente relacionado con el dinero, ¿podría ser el HSBC, el Santander, el Chasse Manhattan Bank?, ¿tal vez un Fondo de inversiones, una aseguradora? Bueno, a la luz de recientes sucesos con nombre propio como <a title="El fin de una larga historia" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/business/newsid_7616000/7616299.stm" target="_blank">Lehmann Brothers</a> o <a title="Llegan tiempos grises" href="http://www.portafolio.com.co/negocios/administracion/2008-09-27/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_PORTA-4568635.html" target="_blank">Merryl Linch</a>, puede que el camino sea otro ¿Una empresa de subastas online? Puede que algo relacionado con el espectáculo y el entretenimiento, ya que ésta es la sociedad del ocio, ¿Pixar, Time Warner, la Paramount? Algo más <em>cool</em>, admirado y deseado, ¿Apple, la MTV, Nike? ¿Un negocio con el glamour de Armani o la sofiticación de Bentley?</p>
<p>Grandes negocios todos ellos. <a title=" Fortune Global 500. 2008 ranking of the world's largest corporations " href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/full_list/" target="_blank">Empresas de grandes dimensiones que operan a gran escala</a>, lideradas por el gigante entre gigantes: <a title="Wal-Mart Stores" href="http://walmartstores.com/" target="_blank">Wall Mart</a> . No todas rentables, desde luego. Ninguna sencilla, aunque globales sin duda. La mayoría de ellas aquejadas de lo que podríamos llamar el <em>síndrome de Babel</em>, que se caracteriza por tratar de abarcarlo todo y tocar el cielo.  La mayoría de las Marcas aquí mencionadas figuran en el <a title="Top 100 de las Marcas mundiales" href="http://www.interbrand.com/best_global_brands.aspx?langid=1000" target="_blank">Ranking 2008 "Best Global Brands"</a> que elabora anualmente Interbrand. Ah!, pero el negocio ideal podría no tener nada que ver con ninguna de ellas.  <a title="Mies van der Rohe" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mies_Van_der_Rohe" target="_blank">Mies van der Rohe</a>, el genial arquitecto alemán, sentenció en una vez, al ser preguntado sobre el secreto de la <a title="Farnsworth House · Plano, Illinois" href="http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Farnsworth_House.html/cid_1176264517_20050610_134119_farnsworth_mies.html" target="_blank">perfección </a>que reflejaban las <a title="Crown Hall · Chicago, Illinois" href="http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Crown_Hall.html/cid_1160283473_Crown_Hall_06.html" target="_blank">grandes obras</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>"la perfección no es una cuestión de medidas, sino de proporciones"</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Si existe un negocio perfecto, seguramente será un negocio de proporciones equilibradas. Equilibrio significa armonía.  Si existe un negocio perfecto, a buen seguro, tendrá como estandarte una Marca reconocida, valorada, bien posicionada, asociada a valores sólidos y con una conexión emocional con el público. Cuando las grandes consultoras elaboran sus rankings de Empresas más valiosas, siempre tienen en cuenta la importancia de la Marca, los motivos de compra del consumidor y la probabilidad de ingresos provenientes de la Marca en cuestión. Esos parámetros determinan el valor de los Negocios, de las Empresas, de las Marcas. Sirva como ejemplo el <a title="Informe Interbrand-AmericaEconomia" href="http://beta.americaeconomia.com/133524-Las-50-marcas-m%C3%A1s-valiosas-de-Am%C3%A9rica-Latina.note.aspx" target="_blank">Ranking de las 50 marcas más valiosas de América Latina</a> elaborado por <a title="Best global brands 2008" href="http://www.interbrand.com/" target="_blank">Interbrand</a> y <a title="AmericaEconomia.com" href="http://beta.americaeconomia.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">AméricaEconomía</a>.</p>
<p>El Internet 2.0 ha cambiado no pocos de los parámetros con los que estábamos acostumbrados a medir y valorar los negocios. Entre otras cosas, ha transformado en negocios (sonadamente lucrativos en casos puntuales) proyectos e inciativas que no pasarían de ser aventuras delirantes y descabelladas poco tiempo atrás (delirantes y descabelladas lo siguen siendo, a pesar de todo, pero hay que quitarse el sombrero ante la habilidad que algunas personas han tenido para hacer de esas locas ideas su modo de vida).</p>
<p>El caso más representativo de este fenómeno son <strong><a title="Top 20 de los blogs mas influyentes del mundo" href="http://blog.wikio.com/es/2008/01/top-20-mundial.html" target="_blank">los Blogs</a></strong>. Un fenómeno muy reciente, si tenemos en cuenta que su eclosión mundial la podemos situar en el 2006. Los blogs son hoy un mundo en sí mismos, un territorio nuevo que nos pone ante una realidad diferente, influyente y en constante crecimiento; cada día se crean 120.000 nuevos blogs y 17 nuevos post son publicados cada segundo. EE.UU, Japón, el Reino Unido y Alemania son los líderes de la blogosfera. Los <strong><a title="El tremendo impacto de los blogs" href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/General-Information/Important-Statistics.html" target="_blank">datos estadísticos de la blogosfera</a></strong> son de lo más interesante, y analizándolos podemos entender un poco mejor la magnitud del cambio que estamos viviendo y que va más allá del impacto tecnológico. Es un cambio social, y, desde luego, una transformación de los parámetros económico-empresariales.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Interesting blogs statistic" href="http://adage.com/images/random/0507/blogs.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-293" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/blogs-statistics2.jpg?w=455" alt="" width="455" height="70" /></a></p>
<p>Aunque no todo son blogs en el Internet 2.0 por mucho que ahora lo parezca. En cualquier caso, puesto que son las grandes "estrellas" del momento, como lo fueron en su día los websites, el e-comerce, las aplicaciones en flash, las comunidades virtuales, el video streaming o el messenger, <strong>vamos a decir 4 cosas sobre los blogs</strong>:</p>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Toda persona puede escribir un blog, pero siempre está bien tener algo interesante que explicar.</span></strong></span></h5>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Su blog puede leerlo todo el mundo, y puede, téngalo en cuenta, no gustarle a nadie.</span></strong></span></h5>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Con su blog podría usted hacerse rico, pero no crea todo lo que lee sobre el dinero fácil en la Red.</span></strong></span></h5>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Tener y mantener un blog es completamente gratis, siempre y cuando usted considere que el tiempo que dedica a su tarea de blogger no tiene absolutamente ningún valor.</span></strong></span></h5>
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<p><strong>Hay vida, y negocios, más allá del blog</strong>. Sin embargo, parece que sea cual sea el negocio o la i<a title="ideas y negocios..." href="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/ideas-y-negocios-ideas-de-negocio-negocios-con-idea/">dea de negocio</a>, o el plan de negocio perfecto, debe pasar por tener presencia en el listado de Su Majestad Google. <strong><a title="Search engine history" href="http://www.searchenginehistory.com/" target="_blank">Muchas cosas han cambiado desde que Google apareció en nuestras vidas</a></strong>; pero, en realidad, la nueva era que el más famoso y utilizado de los buscadores simboliza, empezó a gestarse hace mucho, mucho tiempo, allá por 1945, cuando <strong><a title="AS we may think..." href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush" target="_blank">Vannaver Bush publicó en The Atalantic Monthly</a></strong> un artículo que impulsó una nueva manera de entender y compartir el conocimiento.</p>
<p>Qué curiosos, verdad? Que las cosas nuevas sean, en realidad, la versión actualizada de cosas que ya existían o que vienen de muy atrás.</p>
<p>La búsqueda del negocio perfecto es tan vieja como el propio concepto de "negocio". Lo que suecede es que hace ya un tiempo que Internet entró en nuestras vidas y en nuestra sociedad, así como en nuestra estrucutura mental, para hacernos mirar con ojos nuevos ideas que no lo son.</p>
<p>Estamos de acuerdo en que Internet es fundamental en cualquier negocio, desde el más tradicional hasta el más vanguardista. Lo cual no quiere decir que un negocio verdaderamente próspero sólo pueda existir dentro, para, por y en Internet. Ciertamente, Internet es un canal de comunicación, un canal de venta, una herramienta de investigación, un estupendo escaparate y una herramienta de branding de grandísimo valor si se sabe utilizar bien. Pero, si tomamos el comercio electrónico como ejemplo, vemos que los datos reales son, digamos, discretos. En el caso de <a title="El e-comerce es poco utilizado" href="http://www.theslogan.com/es_content/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=6517&#38;Itemid=1" target="_blank">España, tan solo el 7% de las empresas utilizan el comercio electrónico</a>. Es cierto que la tendencia es al alza, pero todavía no vivimos en un entorno 100% digital.</p>
<p><a title="Negocios Billonarios" href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/richest-people-billionaires-billionaires08-cx_lk_0305billie_land.html" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-277" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/homer-pensativo.jpg?w=249" alt="" width="122" height="147" /></a>Hay algo, sin embargo, que no ha variado desde el inicio de los negocios. Algo cuya decisiva importancia no han cambiado revoluciones industriales, sociales o tecnológicas. Ese "algo" es el cliente. <strong>Un buen negocio, un verdadero buen negocio se mide en clientes.</strong> De ahí deriva todo lo demás, desde la Reputación Corporativa hasta la Cuenta de Resultados, pasando por la Imagen de Marca y el Posicionamiento en el Mercado. Clientes, reales o potenciales, Consumidores, satisfechos o insatisfechos, son los que hacen buenos o malos los negocios, los que los acercan o los alejan de la perfección. Clientes. Consumidores. Ni más ni menos. Porque un negocio no prospera, no vive de las ideas, sino de los clientes.</p>
<p>Y, entonces, <a title="Negocios en tiempos de crisis" href="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/hacer-negocios-planificar-decidir-en-tiempos-de-crisis/" target="_blank">llegan los tiempos de crisis</a>. Como ahora. Y da la impresión de que la niebla de la crisis lo impregna todos y nadie sabe qué hacer, y los principios básicos de los negocios se invierten, los valores se trastocan, es díficil distinguir una noticia buena de una mala y, lo más grave de todo, nadie sabe qué pasará mañana. Para entender un poco mejor esto de la crisis, recomendamos encarecidament una visita al <a title="La crisis NINJA." href="http://leopoldoabadia.blogspot.com/search/label/%2B%20ANEXO%201%20Crisis%20NINJA" target="_blank">blog de Leopoldo Abadia, su análisis de la crisis NINJA es brillante</a>. Pero, díganme, acaso hemos sabido alguna vez lo que pasará mañana? No.</p>
<p>La crisis puede aumentar la inseguridad, pero mantiene intacta la incertidumbre. Si antes no sabíamos lo que iba a pasar mañana, ahora tampoco. Y algunas certidumbres también las mantiene intactas, es más, las confirma y las refuerza. Y esas certidumbres son las bases, si no para un negocio perfecto, sí para un negocio viable:</p>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Es mejor dedicarse a algo que sabemos hacer bien y buscar la diferenciación en cómo hacerlo que tratar de hacer fortuna en algo que no dominamos y cuya única ventaja es que es "nuevo".</span></strong></span></h5>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Rico viene de riesgo, cierto. Y la diferencia entre la riqueza y la debacle es la medida del riesgo. Un negocio de alto riesgo es efímero y, desgraciadamente, no sabemos cuándo acaba la racha buena. Riesgo excesivo, fracaso asegurado.<br />
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Un negocio con ciertas garantías de prosperidad debería guardar un equilibrio analógico/digital razonable. También debería guardar un equilibrio innovador/conocido razonable. Es importante que el Mercado entienda lo que se le ofrece y pueda compararlo con algo que ya conoce.<br />
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Un negocio estupendo debe ser, por encima de cualquier otra consideración, estupendo para usted. Debe sentirse como en él y con él. Dificilmente podrá convencer si no está convencido. Resulta muy obvio, es cierto, por eso esta es una piedra en la que tantos tropiezan.</span></strong></span></h5>
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<h5><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span>Si hay clientes hay negocio.</span></strong></span></h5>
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<p>En un artículo anterior decíamos que los <strong><a title="Los clientes ya no existen" href="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/los-clientes-ya-no-exiten/" target="_blank">clientes ya no existen</a></strong>. No existen en su significado clásico porque, en el entorno del Internet 2.0, definir cliente es complejo. Un cliente no es necesariamente aquel que compra un producto o utiliza un servicio. Un cliente puede ser alguien que consulta un contenido, que lee un blog, que comparte un archivo, alguien que teje enlaces en redes sociales, que actualiza su perfil, que deja comentarios en un foro. Cliente es alguien que puja por un artículo en una subasta, que deja sus datos en un formulario... Cliente, en definitiva, es aquella persona que, con su acción y su relación con respecto a nuestro negocio nos proporciona un valor (que no tiene porque ser dinero, aunque dicho valor debe poder medirse y ser trasladable a valor económico) que nos permite mantener nuestra actividad, crecer y generar activos de mayor valor. Es decir, que nos proporcione el cliente lo que sea que nos proporcione (sus datos, links, comentarios, referencias, contenidos, tiempo...), eso debe permitirnos generar riqueza.</p>
<p><a href="http://lewiscarroll.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/mafaldaymanolito1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-427" title="mafaldaymanolito1" src="http://lewiscarroll.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/mafaldaymanolito1.jpg" alt="" width="455" height="109" /></a></p>
<p>Si no hay clientes, no se genera riqueza (dejamos que cada cual otorgue al término riqueza el significado que crea más conveniente). Si no se genera riqueza no hay negocio. La búsqueda del negocio perfecto pasa por la búsqueda del tipo de cliente adecuado para generar riqueza. Tiene usted un negocio?, eso no es ni bueno ni malo. <strong>Tiene usted clientes?, eso es bueno. Consérvelos y no deje de esforzarse en conseguir más.</strong></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I fucking HATE these TGIF lunches. 
 
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#3ec146;">I fucking HATE these TGIF lunches. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#3ec146;">My coworkers and I have very different ideas about what constitutes a delicious meal, and frankly ... <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://thatyemayobtain.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/for-the-love-of-god/">I'm still full from breakfast</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#3ec146;">Fuck this shit. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#3ec146;">I'm boycotting.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#3ec146;">Or at least throwing a huge fit.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#3ec146;">*commences brattery*</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bratz Costume? Top 10 Halloween Costumes 2008 #9 Bratz]]></title>
<link>http://standoutcostumes.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/bratz-costume-top-10-halloween-costumes-2008-9-bratz/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[http://www.StandoutCostumes.com Bratz Costume - our #9 Girls Halloween costume for 2008. Watch more ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bratz: Runway to Highway]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://magicbookshelfonline.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/bratz-runway-to-highway/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was looking for someone to high-five when I read the New York Times report that children&#8217;s p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was looking for someone to high-five when I read the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/22bratz.html?_r=1&#38;oref=slogin" target="_blank">report</a> that children's publisher Scholastic Inc. has axed the sexed-up Bratz book rip-off series from their book clubs and fairs.</p>
<p>Well, nobody else is home so I'm high-fiving via blog. This rare "No" to the book merchandising of junky TV shows and products is a major step (although I don't really understand why Scholastic allowed the trashy Bratz to move in in the first place, vamping about in titles such as "Catwalk Cuties").</p>
<p>Boston-based <a href="http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/" target="_blank">Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood </a>claims credit for cutting the Bratz chapter books from the fliers that go home in students' bookbags, as well as other spinoff products, via an aggressive e-mail campaign. Their beef is as much with the gimmick factor as the inappropriateness of the Bratz dolls, as is mine.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Scholastic reports their decision to yank the series was based as much on dwindling sales as parent protests.</p>
<p>I've always felt Scholastic selections erred severely on the junky side, while sprinkling in some high-quality choices here and there, like the Harry Potter series. One stroll through a school Scholastic book fair and you tend to see as many, if not more, toys, cheapo plastic items and "imitation book products" on display as bona fide good books.</p>
<p>In her article, <em>Times</em> writer Motoko Rich quotes teachers who actually argue that book tie-ins to trendy shows like "Hannah Montana" and movies might be "the only books some children would read."</p>
<p>Why? Why would spin-off drivel be the only thing a child would read? I'll gladly field arguments to the contrary, but my feeling is that somebody just isn't trying hard enough -- if at all -- to find such kids something good to read.</p>
<p>posted by <a href="http://magicbookshelfonline.com/contact.html" target="_blank">Janie McQueen</a>, author of <em><a href="http://magicbookshelfonline.com">The New Magic Bookshelf: Finding Great Books Your Child Will Treasure Forever</a></em></p>
<p><em>Visit <a href="http://magicbookshelfonline.com" target="_blank">magicbookshelfonline.com</a></em></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://stevenhartsite.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/the-products/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've had innumerable battles with The Divine Miss T over letting videos and books featuring the hooched-out Bratz dolls into the house, so I'm happy to see that<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/22bratz.html?_r=1&#38;oref=slogin"> Scholastic Books is dropping Bratz products</a> from its catalogs and fairs. There's too much good stuff out there for Scholastic to be wasting space on training manuals for the Little Lolita League, and any Humbert Humberts who are disappointed by the news can console themselves with Internet porn.</p>
<p>I realize that this is a complicated situation for a company like Scholastic. The field of children's books has been fully colonized by toy companies, and I'm not sure at what point one can argue with any consistency that a series or its characters are beyond the pale. I thought I could draw the line by supporting only things that originated as books or movies and otherwise wouldn't exist, which allowed Harry Potter and <em>Star Wars</em> through the gate. But when I saw Dances With Mermaid's instant rapture at her first sight of a Barbie doll, I capitulated without firing a single shot. There really is no rule of thumb. Even products that started out as crassly obvious marketing campaigns disguised as children's stories, such as the Smurfs or Transformers, now have lots of people who remember them with affection and nostalgia. The Divine Miss T has a Blue's Clues pillow and a Powerpuff Girls backpack and no doubt they will be her totems of childhood forevermore. </p>
<p>At least the Bratz crew were so out-and-out creepy that parents could line up against them. There are plenty of other battles ahead, and I know the issues won't be nearly as clear-cut.</p>
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<guid>http://neyugn.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/i-havent-been-updating-lately/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Okaaaaay I&#8217;ll try to sum it up as fast as possible:

weds: I opened a savings account., along ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okaaaaay I'll try to sum it up as fast as possible:</p>
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<li>weds: I opened a savings account., along with a chequing account. I HAVE DEBIT NOW!! I feel so adult! Downside: it takes 7 business days for my money to transfer through.. BS!!</li>
<li>Friday: work. I like work! I love the manager.. he has a sense of humor. But his face is almost 100% serious so I can't tell. He tricked me many times. I got my pay check from that one day I worked. $40 LOL. I found my pay rate- huit.quatre-vingt-neuf $$! I was training today, but next week I'm not so I get tips. YAYYYYYYY!</li>
<li>Sat: french classes. I asked Mme. M about moving up a level because.. in all honesty the class is an insult to my french level. I'm not saying im pro or anything... but the kids in my class know nothing. How much will I learn in a class full of people WAY below me? I'd rather be in a more challenging class and NOT be the one that knows the most (-.-) than be one of the top in my class and learn absolutely-fucking-nothing! I guess M seemed offended by my request. She looked teary and everything-FFS! I don't want to waste 300 on a class and learn nothing! NO! Because I asked M that, a couple of others(ha), including E asked too. One dude.. grade 8 this year or something, asked the SAME THING AS ME. Uhm... no you don't ask to skip a level to FINISH the program. You're here to learn as much as you can. You go at your own damn pace. Asshole. E &#38; I asked about moving up and the receptionist said that we should take a placement test (now free because we're registered. BAHAHA!). I guess I'll take it next Mon. Pro-D after all.</li>
<li>after french, my sister and I ate at oakridge.. and got a free poster at aritzia! cool.</li>
<li>cousins picked us up and then we stayed at their house until the next day. watched: maid of honor, some bratz movie, a little bit of my little pony, last half of 88 minutes. PATRICK DEMPSEY &#60;3. haha first when Dominic saw me.. I made a face and he cried. After he kept climbing on top of my sis  and me ~ gosh those kids tire me out so fast.</li>
<li>I solved the most of a rubiks cube I have ever solved (omg bad grammar here..)! one face, the T shape of each side touching the yellow side.. it was awesome. I need to buy one... and SOLVE IT!!</li>
<li>slept over there. My parents were in van and my dad got drunk from wine... so they came home late.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Scolastic pulls Bratz Books]]></title>
<link>http://carbags.wordpress.com/?p=297</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>carbags</dc:creator>
<guid>http://carbags.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/scolastic-pulls-bratz-books/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scolastic has pulled all the Bratz books from it&#8217;s distribution line. Parents, teachers and p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">Scolastic has pulled all the Bratz books from it's distribution line. Parents, teachers and psychologists have long been complaining that the Bratz are a highly sexualized brand, and since February 2007 Scolastic has received over 5,000 emails as part of an anti-bratz compaign. Is this behavour overly cautious? Surely there's nothing suggestive about a character aimed at the 5 - 8s who looks like this....</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://carbags.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/bratz-um08.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-298 aligncenter" title="bratz-um08" src="http://carbags.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/bratz-um08.jpg" alt="" width="445" height="742" /></a></p>
<p>Isn't she a Pussy Cat Doll? But seriously, I'm most upset about the kids. They are the victims here, missing out on such literary classics as  Lil' Bratz Dancin' Divas and Lil' Bratz Catwalk. Without the Bratz Fashion Designer stencil kit how will they ever learn to make the perfect purse?!</p>
<p>Madness. One New Yorker article actually decribed the Bratz Dolls as carrying "the sly, dozy expression of a party girl after one too many mojitos". Pah! Unfair surely....</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://carbags.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/whore.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-299 aligncenter" title="whore" src="http://carbags.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/whore.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="344" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[You Did It: Scholastic Expels the Bratz From Schools]]></title>
<link>http://hilltownfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1312</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sienna Wildfield</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hilltownfamilies.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/ccfc/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You Did It: Scholastic Expels the Bratz From Schools
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Thanks to you, Scholastic, Inc. will no]]></description>
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By <a title="www.commercialfreechildhood.org" href="http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org" target="_blank">CCFC</a></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks to you, Scholastic, Inc. will no longer be promoting the highly sexualized Bratz brand in schools. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;">In April, 2007, we launched a <a href="http://hilltownfamilies.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/bratz/">letter-writing campaign</a> urging Scholastic to stop promoting Bratz items at their book clubs and book fairs.  You flooded Scholastic with emails urging them to stop selling books such as Lil' Bratz Dancin Divas; Lil' Bratz Catwalk Cuties; and Lil' Bratz Beauty Sleepover Bash.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;">We were disappointed in Scholastic's <a href="http://hilltownfamilies.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/scholasticresponse/#more-241">initial response</a>. They claimed the Bratz books were important to reach "reluctant readers." This claim seemed disingenuous, especially when the 2007-2008 Scholastic Bratz items included the Bratz: Rock Angels computer game and the Bratz Fashion Designer stencil set so elementary school students could design "the perfect purse."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;">But we kept the pressure on. And in the end, more than 5,000 emails from CCFC members were too much to ignore. Scholastic has confirmed that they will no longer be selling Bratz Items in schools.  We applaud Scholastic for this decision.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family:arial;">If you would like to thank Scholastic, you can do so by writing to:<br />
Richard Robinson, CEO<br />
Scholastic, Inc.<br />
557 Broadway<br />
New York, NY 10012<br />
(212) 343-6100<br />
news@scholastic.com</span></p></blockquote>
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<link>http://faclubjb.wordpress.com/?p=47</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aninhajonas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://faclubjb.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/joe-jonas-e-chelsea-staub-juntos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Será que o Joe e a Chelsea estão namorando? Eu acho que sim! Nick pegou Joe no FLAGRA segurando a ]]></description>
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<p>Chelsea é uma atriz de 20 anos, ela atuou em Bratz o filme, como vilã.[gallery]</p>
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<link>http://retailgamers.wordpress.com/?p=452</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roughneck2426</dc:creator>
<guid>http://retailgamers.com/2008/09/11/sht-of-the-week-a-biased-look-at-video-games/</guid>
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*** Every Thursday we look at Sh*t of the Week, a look at just one of this weeks recent video game ]]></description>
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<p>*** Every Thursday we look at Sh*t of the Week, a look at just one of this weeks recent video game releases that deserves to die a slow horrible death.  Are we biased and opinionated? <strong>YUP!</strong> But most importantly, we don't care. . . ***</p>
<p>Whats more worse than horrible little <a href="http://www.eliteautographs.co.uk/images/Christina%20Aguilera.jpg">slutty</a>, <a href="http://www.futuremusic.com/news/images/myspace_tila_tequila1.jpg">trampy</a> deformed looking tweenies that actual REAL little girls look up to everyday?  Horrible, slutty, trampy deformed <a href="http://www.bratzgamestoplay.info/img/bratz_babyz_ponyz_stylin_show.jpg">Ponyez</a> that these freaky ass <a href="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Bratz-um08.jpg">Bratz</a> girls enjoy.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.bratz.com/">Bratz</a> line, is a line of dolls that personifies teenage obsession with looks and popularity.  But to make matters worse they personify the worse aspects of being a real tween, 'You're only cool if you look good, wear lots of make up, dress in fancy clothes, oh and be the most popular girl around.'</p>
<p>For some unknown reason they thought, "Hey, girls like this <a href="http://www.outhousegraffiti.com/Crap1.jpg">crap</a>, I bet they would like if if they had <a href="http://worldofwonderlisburn.com/images/bratz_babyz_ponyz.jpg">Ponyz</a> too!"  I don't care what you might say about this game its a huge pile of crap.  Have I played it?  HELL NO!  I don't need to, I don't care if I can clean, ride, or customize my Pony, its a piece of shit.  Here's what the back of the box says;</p>
<p>"The game sees you arrive on the Ponyz archipelago to participate in the prestigious Ponyz Town beauty pageant, 'Passion for Fashion'. The competition takes place over a year and gives you the chance to develop your artistic talent through a series of challenges based around fashion and beauty. In addition, between each challenge you are completely free to explore the gorgeous tropical islands, meet and befriend the inhabitants, and participate in a variety of activities."</p>
<p>I'm speechless. . . Its a sad day when this game is being made, its an even sadder day that its a squeal...(that means the first did well enough to make a second *<em>sigh</em>*)</p>
<p>-written by roughneck2426</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>claramaya</dc:creator>
<guid>http://clarathecool.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/baby-sluts-are-extremely-funny/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I love Gallery of the Absurd. If you have never checked it out you really should, it&#8217;s mildly]]></description>
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<p>Anyslutty, below is a portrayal of every tots favorite tv star, Dora the Explorer if she were trying to compete with the <a href="http://www.bratz.com/">Bratz</a> market. Hilarious.</p>
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<p><a href="http://clarathecool.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/doramakeover.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-124" title="doramakeover" src="http://clarathecool.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/doramakeover.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="337" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bratz Movie Part 1]]></title>
<link>http://niamhsworld.wordpress.com/?p=44</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alfied</dc:creator>
<guid>http://niamhsworld.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/bratz-movie-part-1-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bratz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bratz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bratz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bratz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/PdSK2wR_yGU'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/PdSK2wR_yGU&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[When your little girl starts to grow up]]></title>
<link>http://teachthemasses.wordpress.com/?p=1113</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>teachthemasses</dc:creator>
<guid>http://teachthemasses.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/when-your-little-girl-starts-to-grow-up/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First she smiles and then says her first word, then she crawls- or just suddenly stands up and walks]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First she smiles and then says her first word, then she crawls- or just suddenly stands up and walks, as mine did. Then she sings and talks. All of a sudden it's the first day at school and your heart breaks as you leave her at the door. You're on edge all day- will she be ok? Will she find the toilet-on time? Will she eat her lunch, make friends, listen to the teacher, miss you?</p>
<p>Then she discovers Bratz and Hannah Montana. She doesn't like the clothes you buy and folds her arms when she speaks to you- and she's still only six.......you can only imagine what the years ahead will bring. Just as little girls in the west start trying on Mum's high heels, she starts playing with your hijab- somehow you don't want to tell her that a hijab, nail polish , lipstick and Daisy Duke shorts don't really go....</p>
<p>Then today when her eyes light up as she gets to go to the mosque for the first time- she saw it as a bastion of male domination ( well maybe not in those words- just a place where Daddy and brother go ). Today my daughter went to the Ramadan Prayer , to the mosque for the first time. Another step in 'growing up'.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BRATZ MOVIE PART 1]]></title>
<link>http://niamhsworld.wordpress.com/?p=29</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alfied</dc:creator>
<guid>http://niamhsworld.es.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/bratz-movie-part-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[BRATZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BRATZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BRATZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br></p>
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