<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Blog Around The Clock]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://blog.coturnix.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bora Zivkovic]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blog.coturnix.org/author/coturnix/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Blogging contests of various&nbsp;kinds]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Are you writing your posts yet?  Hurry up, the <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/12/plos_one_is_two_second_birthda.php" target="_blank" title="">PLoS ONE Second Birthday Synchroblogging Competition</a> is in two days!<br />
There are also just a couple of days left to vote in the <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/12/2008_edublog_awards_time_to_vo.php" target="_blank" title="">2008 Edublog Awards</a>, so if you have not done it yet, do it now.<br />
And be patient with us &#8211; there are <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/12/the_open_laboaratory_2008_all.php" target="_blank" title="">many, many good entries</a> to choose from for The Open Laboratory 2008.  The judging process is going on smoothly and the winners will be announced pretty soon.</p>
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