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		<title>Swine Flu Breeds Commerce</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Duregger</dc:creator>
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Swine Flu got you down? Lift your spirits with these beautiful masks to protect yourself from these Swine germs!
It amazes me that anyone can turn anything into a money making idea.  Japanese artist Yoriko Yashida has designed a multitude of masks.  I don&#8217;t think you can actually buy these yet.  But I&#8217;m sure they can [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Swine Flu</strong> got you down? Lift your spirits with these beautiful masks to protect yourself from these Swine germs!</p>
<p>It amazes me that anyone can turn anything into a money making idea.  Japanese artist <strong><a  href="http://workbook.yoriquo.com/">Yoriko Yashida</a></strong> has designed a multitude of masks.  I don&#8217;t think you can actually buy these yet.  But I&#8217;m sure they can make protecting yourself from a pandemic fun.</p>
<p>See a full gallery of <a  href="http://workbook.yoriquo.com/">Yoriko Yashida</a>&#8216;s masks after the jump.</p>
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<p>Head over to <a  href="http://gizmodo.com/5234125/protect-yourself-against-the-swine-flu-with-style" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a> to see this gallery as well as pictures of people wearing actual custom masks.  Pretty strange.</p>

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