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    <title>TREND HUNTER &#45; The Latest Trends</title>
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Trend Spotting, Cool Hunting and Innovation
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      <title>Animals Merged With Guns &#45; Pro Wildlife Posters (GALLERY)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/animal-merged-with-guns-more-clever-wildlife-conservation-adverts"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21733_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) As with the WWF adverts, these images from Pro Wildlife once again show that a strong image can say 1,000 words. I am not sure what exact point they are trying to make, but I do know I find the images&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Twitter Style Video Updates &#45; 12seconds.tv (VIDEO)</title>
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It calls for quick thinking and there is no time&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Recreating Classic Films With Robots &#45; The Shining with a WowWee Tribot (VIDEO)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the&#45;shining&#45;by&#45;robots&#45;robots&#45;recreate&#45;classic&#45;film&#45;scene</link>
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I just wonder where the heck this idea came from in the first place... &quot;Hey guys, I&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Heath Ledger Lives On &#45; Five Leaves Restaurant Will Open Anyway (GALLERY)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heath-ledgers-restaurant-will-open-anyway"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21731_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Heath Ledger made a commitment to an old friend that he would invest in his new restaurant. When Ledger died, it had to put some doubt in the owner&apos;s mind, but Ledger’s father said he knew how much the&#8230;</description>
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<category>Icons and Leaders</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:39:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Story Telling Bangles &#45; Disaya Jewellery (GALLERY)</title>
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The artist behind these is Central St Martins graduate Disaya Prokobsantisukh.&#8230;</description>
<category>Style and Fashion Trends</category>
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      <title>Scandalous Beer Commercials &#45; Is Guinness &apos;Good Times&apos; Sexist, Indecent, or Both? (VIDEO)</title>
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Let&apos;s just say that their&#8230;</description>
<category>Marketing Strategy</category>
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      <title>28 Awesome Pens of the Future (SUPER GALLERY)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/future&#45;pen&#45;innovation</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/future-pen-innovation"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21721_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) While most people do the majority of their writing on computers these days, there is still a huge market for pens, especially innovative ones. 

These creative innovations go way beyond the colourful BIC&#8230;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:40:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Sexual Double Standards &#45; Hetero Cheating OK; Homo Cheating, Not So Much (GALLERY)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sexual&#45;double&#45;standards&#45;hetero&#45;cheating&#45;ok&#45;homo&#45;cheating&#45;not&#45;so&#45;much</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sexual-double-standards-hetero-cheating-ok-homo-cheating-not-so-much"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21678_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com)  Nobody seems to have a problem with Senator John Edward&#8217;s getting caught visiting his mistress and love child, but Senator Larry Craig got slammed by the press because he took a gay dump at the airport&#8230;</description>
<category>Life Stages</category>
<category>Trends for Boomers</category>
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<category>Icons and Leaders</category>
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      <title>Fake Gun Crafts &#45; MP Industries Felt Armory (GALLERY)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/felt&#45;armoury&#45;fake&#45;felt&#45;guns</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/felt-armoury-fake-felt-guns"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21664_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Ethical issues aside, I totally love this felt armory collection from MP Industries. From a design point of view, they are fantastic, much like the china guns we&apos;ve previously posted. 

But what I really&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Heated Snake Rugs &#45; The Eva (GALLERY)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snake&#45;rug&#45;multi&#45;purpose&#45;rugs</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snake-rug-multi-purpose-rugs"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21662_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) This is, unquestionably, the best rug ever featured on Trend Hunter, and I don&apos;t feel you can prove me wrong on this one.

The Snake Rug (design name Eva) is by Britta Knuppel and is a glorious hybrid&#8230;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:40:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Criminals In Your Area &#45; CriminalSearches.com (GALLERY)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crime&#45;busters&#45;find&#45;out&#45;which&#45;criminals&#45;are&#45;in&#45;your&#45;area&#45;with&#45;criminalsearch</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crime-busters-find-out-which-criminals-are-in-your-area-with-criminalsearch"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21718_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Every day we meet new people, let tradesmen into our homes and leave babysitters alone with our kids, but do you really know anything about them?

With Criminalsearches.com you can do a quick background&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Cult Classic Movie Remakes &#45; The Rocky Horror Picture Show by MTV (VIDEO)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rocky-horror-picture-show-remake"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21661_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Lets do the Time Warp again? Do you remember the dance steps? ALL the lyrics? Perhaps &quot;the&quot; cult classic movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, is being remade by MTV.  

Most people consider the musical&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Super Viagra &#45; Computer Aided Libido Discoveries</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/computer&#45;aided&#45;discoveries&#45;of&#45;new&#45;viagra&#45;pills</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/computer-aided-discoveries-of-new-viagra-pills"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21693_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Those famous blue pills are about to get competition. Scientists from the Federal University of Brazil have used computer simulations to test many erection&#45;causing chemicals to find eight promising candidates&#8230;</description>
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      <title>State&#45;Wide Fat Bans &#45; Schwarzenegger Signs California Trans Fat bill (VIDEO)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/schwarzenegger&#45;signs&#45;california&#45;trans&#45;fat&#45;bill</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/schwarzenegger-signs-california-trans-fat-bill"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21738_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com)  California has officially banned trans fats, making it the first US state to make it illegal for restaurants to serve food with the unhealthy unsaturated fats.
 
 
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Eyelid Tattoos &#45; More Extreme Tattoos (GALLERY)</title>
      <link>http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eye&#45;tattoo&#45;more&#45;extreme&#45;tattoos</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eye-tattoo-more-extreme-tattoos"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21716_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) So we thought tattoos had been done to death on Trendhunter, but oh no no no. I have found a new one to us all: Eyelid tattoos!

You can see the picture, but why anyone would want to see eyeballs on the&#8230;</description>
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<category>Bizarre</category>
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      <title>Funky Hippie Toasters &#45; Pop Color Into Your Kitchen (GALLERY)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/funky-toaster-brings-color-to-the-kitchen"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21714_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Stainless steel is sleek, smart and quite frankly, boring.  Would&apos;t you like to add a bit of color to your kitchen?  Well it is not often that you find funky toasters that are anything other than a solid&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Dogs With Cones Lamps &#45; The Carlos Night Light</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carlos-night-light-more-dog-inspired-home-trends"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/21654_1_120.jpeg" hspace=10 width=120 height=120 align=left border=0></a> ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Here is a really brilliant dog&#45;shaped accessory for your home! This one is really funny and stylish, not always an easy combination to balance. Kathleen Walsh managed to do it well with her Carlos Night&#8230;</description>
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The pictures&#8230;</description>
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Sharewear describes them as electronic dresses that merge together &quot;to&#8230;</description>
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      <title>Tribute: &apos;Last Lecture&apos; Professor Dies &#45; Inspirational Randy Pausch (VIDEO)</title>
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Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are natural colored light displays that dance across&#8230;</description>
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&quot;We&apos;re creating&#8230;</description>
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It was launched at Comic&#45;Con by Sony and DC Comics this week, making it the&#8230;</description>
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USA Today reported,&quot;The announcement from Iranian Vice President Gholam&#8230;</description>
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Artist Lisa Jones&#8230;</description>
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European readers may be surprised at my surprise at how cool this McDonald&#8217;s design is. It seems that McDonald&#8217;s has been very successful&#8230;</description>
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Designed by Geoffrey Barnett, this high efficiency, no emission urban transport system combines recumbent&#8230;</description>
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Trend&#8230;
 
 
Trend&#8230;</description>
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      <title>$500 Million Anti&#45;Smoking Campaigns &#45; Bill Gates &amp; Michael Bloomberg MPower (VIDEO)</title>
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The video&#8230;</description>
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Savvy ad watchers have pointed&#8230;</description>
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We already mentioned that Feist appeared on Sesame&#8230;</description>
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