No i think that he uses these as a wire bridge.
But on a wrong place but if you compare the schematic
And PCB you can see this. 

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> Van: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
> Namens peter green
> Verzonden: woensdag 12 augustus 2009 19:49
> Aan: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Onderwerp: Re: [PIC] My simple dev board is not working
> 
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> >
> > Any ideas?
> >   
> What are those blue lines on your PCB layout? are they tracks 
> you forgot to route?
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