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		<title>Another Reason To Fear Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[in vitro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On today&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Inroads in Science: Still No Cure for Cancer&#8221;, we bring you an article in Discover Magazine that says that clowns are apparently a leading cause of pregnancy.  I know what you&#8217;re thinking. You&#8217;re thinking, it would not surprise me to learn that Deb either made that up or, once again, has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1476&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Spirit: New Jersey Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men. Unless you are the owner of a six-foot, plastic porch Santa singing Christmas songs on a loop.  Then, screw you.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1466&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230; And Then His Head Exploded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs & other things that are very, very bad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mug shot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Best Mug Shot of All Time&#8221; Award goes to Art Taylor, an 18-year-old from Masschusetts who allegedly swallowed an entire bag of cocaine after being stopped by police for a minor traffic violation:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1454&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Newsflash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deb amlen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Horne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Merrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordplay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very pleased to announce that on January 3, 2011, I will be stepping into the formidable, size-12 shoes of Jim Horne and Patrick Merrell, who have done an excellent job of discussing the New York Times Crossword puzzle for the past few years on the Wordplay blog. This is a new adventure for me, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1448&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s My Air You&#8217;re Breathing</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/thats-my-air-youre-breathing/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/thats-my-air-youre-breathing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insane People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galicia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debamlen.com/?p=1438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hearty congratulations to Angeles Duran of Galicia, Spain, who has not only single-handedly solved the world&#8217;s economic crisis, but has also come up with a most excellent way to monetize her crazy. Ms. Duran, who owns the Sun, is graciously donating the majority of royalties she earns from our usage of her star to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1438&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Port Authority: A Cultural Oasis</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/port-authority-a-cultural-oasis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arm wrestling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lest anyone accuse the Port Authority Bus Terminal (&#8220;Most of Our Restrooms Are No Longer Infested&#8221;) of shirking their responsibility for contributing to the reputation of New York City as a cultural hotspot, I present today&#8217;s offering: The World Arm Wrestling Championships. The photo shows the stand off between the United States and Poland, which, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1437&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Intelligent and Carefully Thought-Out Appeal. Yo.</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/an-intelligent-and-carefully-thought-out-appeal-yo/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/an-intelligent-and-carefully-thought-out-appeal-yo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[break it down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stem cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stemc cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debamlen.com/?p=1431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At some point in the near future, we will hopefully have advanced far enough as a species so that it is no longer considered funny to watch mature, white men in lab coats trying to rap. But today is not that day. Ladles and gentlemints, meet Dr. Jonathan Garlick, my new hero. Dr. Garlick is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1431&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Space: The Freebase Frontier</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/space-the-freebase-frontier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs & other things that are very, very bad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of talk in the press recently about &#8216;helicopter&#8217; parents, or those people who need to control their kids&#8217; lives to the extent that they influence every educational decision that the kids should really be learning to make on their own.  I&#8217;m not like that. As far as I&#8217;m concerned, my children [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1420&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Smart To Vote</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/its-smart-to-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[smart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I voted. I hope all of you got out and cast your vote as well in whatever way you saw fit. That&#8217;s not meant to be a partisan remark (some of you might know that I had a family member running in the local election.) It&#8217;s just that we here in Springfield tend to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1414&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Always Tip Your Waitstaff</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/always-tip-your-waitstaff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yes, they really ARE out to get you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maldives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding vows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, quiz time: Hands up those of you who have ever purchased a shirt or gotten a tattoo with mysterious characters in a foreign language because you were told that it meant something wise and Zen-like that would show the world just how cool you really are. And how many of you avoided just that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1402&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Frog and I</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/the-frog-and-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tadpole]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I would be guilty of understatement if I said that the Frog and I don&#8217;t see eye to eye. She&#8217;s been living with us for more than six years now, and as far as I&#8217;m concerned, she&#8217;s already overstayed her welcome by a good five and a half years. I&#8217;ve even tried [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1396&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The More You Know: Criminal Edition</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/the-more-you-know-criminal-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs & other things that are very, very bad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[warrant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are enjoying your freedom, do not go up to a police officer and ask him to check whether you have any outstanding arrest warrants. You&#8217;re welcome.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1392&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s Nothing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/thats-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; We have over 400 of them. Brazil Votes Clown Into Congress<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1388&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Those Wacky Japanese People: Fetish Edition</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/those-wacky-japanese-people-fetish-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Menopause and other Black Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[menstruation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflatable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godzilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese have worked hard in the past to surpass us as a world power, and while I personally don&#8217;t have a problem with being colonized by the country that brought us both Godzilla AND sake, I&#8217;m seriously concerned that their lack of success is making them crack under the strain. Things haven&#8217;t been going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1376&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s My Can Of Home Fries?</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/wheres-my-can-of-home-fries/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/wheres-my-can-of-home-fries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Yes, they really ARE out to get you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food in a can]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pancakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pancakes in a can]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Proof that the Universe loves us and wants us to be happy, or an evil experiment to determine that we don&#8217;t actually need real food to survive? Discuss.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1371&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Well, At Least They&#8217;re Giving Us A Head&#8217;s Up Now</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/well-at-least-theyre-giving-us-a-heads-up-now/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/well-at-least-theyre-giving-us-a-heads-up-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insane People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone scam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1365&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back-To-School Night Blues</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/back-to-school-night-blues/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/back-to-school-night-blues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids and other aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back to school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classrooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that our kids are safely ensconced in their classes, let’s all take a moment to thank the courageous Springfield teaching professionals who risk life, limb and sanity every day in order to give our children an education. These people welcome our children into their lives, open their eyes to different ways of thinking and, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1356&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will This Be On The Final Exam?</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/will-this-be-on-the-final-exam/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/will-this-be-on-the-final-exam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellesley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of a high school social studies class on world belief systems, students were taken to a synagogue, a gospel music performance, a mosque and a Hindu temple. See if you can guess which part of the curriculum everyone seems to have had a problem with.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1350&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta, Canada: Our New BFF</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/alberta-canada-our-new-bff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Alberta, Hey, how are you?  Did you have a good summer?  Ours was pretty hot, what with the global warming thing. Not that we&#8217;re feeling sorry for ourselves, but how come it only seems to hit us down here in North America? Ha ha.  Sorry, you guys are still part of good old N. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1341&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pass Me Some of That There Jumbo Shrimp</title>
		<link>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/pass-me-some-of-that-there-jumbo-shrimp/</link>
		<comments>http://xworddeb.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/pass-me-some-of-that-there-jumbo-shrimp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNBC Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUffington Post]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting down?  Good.  Maintain a steady grip on your armrests, because this one might hurt your brain. An Italian economist interviewed by CNBC Europe says we now appear to be entering what he calls a &#8220;Growth Recession.&#8221;  Yes, I thought of George Carlin&#8217;s oxymorons routine, too.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xworddeb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7616871&amp;post=1334&amp;subd=xworddeb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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