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        <description>Where Blood and Bone Render Meaning in the City Core</description>
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            <title>Can Mere Mortals Predict Miracles?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Is it possible for mere mortals to predict Miracles?<br /><br /> 

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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:32:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Picking Your Own Democrat Vice President</title>
            <description><![CDATA[I had some great fun over the weekend <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/veepstakes_obama/index.html">picking my own Democrat Vice President online</a> by answering a variety of qualifying questions.&nbsp; Here are the first few choices I made:<br /><br />

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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:42 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Private ASL Tutoring via Online Chat</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://bolesbooks.com/sweenie.html">Janna</a> and I are pleased to announce a couple of new features added to our American Sign Language <a href="http://hardcoreasl.com/classes.html">HardcoreASL.com</a> learning portal. <br /><br /> 

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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:10 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>CBCInnovis and Fair Isaac Think Janna is Dead</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Janna was shocked and horrified to learn CBCInnovis and "Fair Issac" think she is deceased!<br /><br /> 

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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:56:35 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>The Indian Premier League</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<b>Dananjay Anandan wrote this article.</b><br /><br />There's a new act in the circus and it's <a href="http://www.iplt20.com/">called the Indian Premier League</a>.<br /><br />
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Time for Hillary to Go</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Enough already!&nbsp; Hillary:&nbsp; Get.&nbsp; Out!<br /><br /> 

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            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/05/07/time-for-hillary-to-go/</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:33:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>The Covenants of Modern Faith</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there such a thing as a <a href="http://urbansemiotic.com/2007/06/28/of-blood-oaths-and-sacred-vows/">universal covenant</a> between people today that is unspoken, yet understood?&nbsp; Or are we all <a href="http://urbansemiotic.com/2007/01/25/the-covenant-of-circles-and-the-continuity-of-regeneration/">doomed to the niches</a> of our own faith?&nbsp; <br /><br /> <div align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/modfaith.jpg" /></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 09:09:35 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>This American Life with Ira Glass</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<b>Gordon Davidescu wrote this article.</b><br /><br />Last night I attended a one-time film event called <i>This American Life Live</i>. While, strictly speaking, it was not actually live due to my being on the west coast (Side note: for some reason, we on the west coast almost never get "live" broadcasts - they are always "time delayed") it was still a spectacular event. <br /><br />

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            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/05/05/this-american-life-with-ira-glass/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:01:33 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Mind Manager or Paper Pusher?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[When you elect a national leader -- do you want a Mind Manager or a Paper Pusher?<br /><br />

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            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/05/05/mind-manager-or-paper-pusher/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 07:24:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>The Impending American Apocalyptic</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Do Americans always look for the worst in the best?&nbsp; Is the one thing we universally share with each other a national <a href="http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/03/24/android-assassins-inventing-the-death-wish/">Death Wish</a>?<br /><br /> 

<p align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/apocalypse.jpg" /></p> ]]></description>
            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/05/02/the-impending-american-apocalyptic/</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 07:37:52 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Arguing Against Corridor Teaching</title>
            <description><![CDATA[We must always teach our children universal ideas.  The temptation to "corridor" teach them -- instead of bending young minds open to other doorways for learning -- is a national failing of a teaching philosophy.<div><br /></div>

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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:33:28 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Tempting the Ridiculous and Achieving the Sublime</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Have you ever been in a ridiculous situation that you found funny or dangerous that then became a sublime experience?<br /><div>&nbsp;
<div><p style="" align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/ridsub.jpg" /></p> </div></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Betraying Barack: What Wright Has Wronged</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is in trouble.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

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            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/04/29/betraying-barack-what-wright-has-wronged/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:55:32 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Dusting Off Bob Dylan</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Donna Tessitore wrote this article.</span></p><p>On April 7th, <a href="http://urbansemiotic.com/2005/10/01/top-10-male-singer-songwriters/">Bob Dylan</a> won a Pulitzer Prize, the first rock and roll artist to receive this coveted award.</p><p align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/dylan1.jpg" /></p>]]></description>
            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/04/28/dusting-off-bob-dylan/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:55:05 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Has Madonna Broken Her Gender?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Can you believe this is Madonna?<br /><div><br /></div><div>

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            <link>http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/04/28/has-madonna-broken-her-gender/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:11:21 -0500</pubDate>
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