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","pubDate":"Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:02:28 +0000","author":"Mitch Koss"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/18\/eating-on-the-run-with-vanguard\/","title":"Eating on the run with Vanguard","description":"As we head into the season of indulging on favorite foods surrounded by family and friends, I\u2019ve begun reflecting on meals I\u2019ve shared with our team in Vanguard. As I\u2019ve gotten to know my colleagues over the years, I\u2019ve fondly begun to associate certain flavors and foods with certain people.","pubDate":"Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:36:42 +0000","author":"Joanne Shen"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/17\/what-came-through-the-wall\/","title":"What Came Through the Wall","description":"Last week was the 20th anniversary of the breaching of the Berlin Wall. It also found President Barack Obama still deliberating about what to do with the US Commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McCrystal\u2019s request for 40,000 more American troops. If you think about the kind of world that we began to enter 20 years ago, perhaps the two events of last week are somehow related.","pubDate":"Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:57 +0000","author":"Mitch Koss"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/13\/the-future-of-pornography\/","title":"Does porn have the answer?","description":"From music to movies to newspapers, the media industries are struggling to figure out how to use the Internet without losing their shirts. With some combination of envy and disgust, they've watched from the sidelines as the pornography industry seized every opportunity to get before the wider audience all of them sought. But today, the technology that once pushed the adult industry forward is stripping away its profits.","pubDate":"Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:23:50 +0000","author":"Christof Putzel"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/12\/what-world-have-we-entered\/","title":"What world have we entered?","description":"   Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the breaching of the Berlin Wall, an occasion of many reminiscences, but some questions.  I\u2019d like to write about some of those questions\u2014questions which impact the role of Vanguard.  But I\u2019m in transit today, so before my flight boards, I\u2019m going to cheat and [...]","pubDate":"Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:45:33 +0000","author":"Mitch Koss"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/11\/on-veterans-day\/","title":"On Veterans Day","description":"On this Veterans Day, I want to give a shout out to Mike Elliott.  I first heard about Mike when he met my dad in Iraq.  My dad was covering the start of the Iraq War as a reporter and met Mike while embedded with his Marine unit. I first made contact with Mike when he got home from his tour and in April of 2006, I visited him in Montana.","pubDate":"Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:17 +0000","author":"Lauren Cerre"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/10\/hey-electronic-arts-when-you-going-to-do-a-pirate-video-game\/","title":"Hey Electronic Arts, when you going to do a pirate video game?","description":"My next Vanguard special due out Dec 2, is called Remote Control Warfare. Without giving too much away the premise is simple. As warfare evolves its becoming increasingly sophisticated, and now technology is allowing us to conduct over the horizon warfare in a way we never could before. One of the technologies we look at is the Predator drone.","pubDate":"Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:19:20 +0000","author":"Kaj Larsen"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/09\/christofs-doc-the-porn-community-and-obscenity\/","title":"Christof\u2019s Doc, the Porn Community, and Obscenity\u2026","description":"Since this is my last blog before Christof\u2019s doc Porn 2.0 premieres on Wednesday, I\u2019m going to write instead about the ramifications of the Big Bang in American jurisprudence that led to the creation of the modern porn industry, mainly in the San Fernando Valley, just over the ridge from Hollywood, where we in Vanguard have our offices.","pubDate":"Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:36:20 +0000","author":"Mitch Koss"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/09\/you-have-a-college-degree-so-what\/","title":"You Have a College Degree: So What?","description":"As I was looking through a friend's pictures from last weekend's Halloween festivities, I came across a photo of a guy dressed in a cap and gown with a cardboard sign around his neck that just read: \"F*cked\".  How very apropos. If the past couple of years have taught us anything, it's that the value of a college degree has diminished, and having one certainly doesn't guarantee finding a job.","pubDate":"Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:05:37 +0000","author":"Tracey Chang"},{"link":"http:\/\/blogs.current.com\/vanguard\/2009\/11\/06\/what-transformers-2-has-to-do-with-japans-falling-population\/","title":"What Transformers 2 has to do with Japan\u2019s falling population","description":"On my long transatlantic flight this week, I managed to catch up on a movie I'd been meaning to see for some time. It usually takes flying to force me to commit to watching anything on the screen for more than 20 minutes. So between a couple short naps I finally watched Transformers 2. Though the movie was lame, I'd been reminded of how much I loved the Transformers as a kid. I grew up wanting to be an evil Decepticon who wreaked havoc on humankind. (Just seemed more fun than to be a friendly Autobot.)","pubDate":"Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:21:21 +0000","author":"Adam Yamaguchi"}]});