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	<description>Just some thinking and observing happening around these here parts.</description>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t Americans Really Work Jobs That Immigrants Will?</title>
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By Paul Vann
&#8220;Dad, I want to earn my own money. Can I go work in the tobacco field with my friends to earn money?&#8221;
&#8220;Sure son, but you had better understand it&#8217;s hard work, so do not come back home complaining to me.&#8221;
That conversation took place between me and my dad when I was 14 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Brands are Looking for New Friends</title>
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By Don Potter
While doing research on the Internet, I came across an article indicating many brands that were favorites in the mid-1900s are reinventing, repositioning and, in some cases, reintroducing their once top-sellers in an attempt to entice a new generation of consumers to buy their products. In the meantime, they seem to be overlooking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does a Hot, Sexy Voice Matter?</title>
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By Nancy Daniels
If the numbers are correct and 37% of the image you project is the sound of your speaking voice, then without a doubt, having a hot, sexy voice that exudes warmth and sensuality is a turn-on. For both men and women, deeper voices are much more attractive to the listeners&#8217; ears than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serving Justice &#8211; On Jury Duty</title>
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By Janet Horton
There are people who have never been asked or selected to serve on a jury. I have had the privilege several times — in different courts, in different counties, in different states. That is probably the price I paid for living in so many places. But, that is okay, because I believe it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Answer to Our Immigration Laws? Adopt Mexico&#8217;s</title>
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By Peter Giordano
The illegal alien issue is now the elephant in the living room. Or the T-Rex in the laundry room. Or something just as impossibly huge yet somehow overlooked in our home.
Whether you&#8217;re for illegal immigration or against it, you have to admit it&#8217;s getting harder and harder to ignore. And the solutions seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Post Office is Raising the Price of a First-Class Stamp Again?</title>
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By Jeanne Gibson
On a recent Saturday morning, I spent 27 minutes of my life waiting in line to mail a small package at the local Post Office. That time could have been put to much better use. Among other things, I could have visited a sick friend, weeded a flower bed, mixed up a bunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the Invaluable Benefits of a Good Education &#8211; BAM! &#8211; Clicked in My Head</title>
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By Eldon Sarte
It was 1980 or 81. I was a sophomore in High School, which in the Philippines back then meant I was no more than 14-years-old (no Middle School). I attended a private Catholic school, immediately putting me among the relatively affluent minority segment of the populace — and that fact always became highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light a Candle?</title>
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It&#8217;s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness&#8230;
&#8230;unless of course you&#8217;re cursing that you can&#8217;t find the effing candle in the effing dark.
And don&#8217;t get me started about finding matches.
— EES

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		<title>Helping Your Creative Intelligence Blossom</title>
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By TJ Philpott
Each and every one of us possesses creative intelligence, most of which is likely untapped and therefore unused. Whether it is a preoccupation with our busy lives or sheer laziness, thinking outside the box is something most of us do not do enough of. Nonetheless these creative resources still reside inside each of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dangers of the New Media Landscape</title>
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By Anthony Mora
Much of the media is going through tough financial times. The danger here, particularly when it comes to hard news and investigative reporting, is if real news continues to lose ground to sensationalism and entertainment.
Taking the lead of sensationalistic blogs and reality TV, the mainstream media seems to be responding with a &#8220;give [...]]]></description>
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