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		<title>Forgotten oil in our back yard</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/forgotten-oil-in-our-back-yard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why is no one asking this question? Why are we warring with other countries when we have a serious problem right in our own back yard? Mexico&#8217;s oil industry is overshadowed by world events. Attention is riveted on Libya. Should the U.S. consider more help for Mexico? New horrors out of Mexico&#8217;s border towns still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=520&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wow! Twitter has wings!</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/twow-twitter-has-twings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/?p=505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a cocktail napkin, you have half the ingredients for forming a tech startup. Jack Dorsey put his idea on tablet paper, though. With a sketchy mockup of a Twitter page, a few million dollars and some magic from South by Southwest &#8211; where Twitter became a phenomenon &#8211; another digital revolution was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=505&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on making banks accountable</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/update-on-making-banks-accountable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[attorneys general]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens are asked to call their attorney general today. http://showdowninamerica.org/countdown-march-29#call-ag-reasons Meanwhile, the big banks were summoned to Washington, D.C. today to meet with federal and state regulators, Marketwatch.com reported Monday. Here is that link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/big-banks-to-talk-foreclosure-settlement-2011-03-28 Interested people should spread the word and urge the government not to back down from pushing changes in modifications as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=501&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transcendent man: When the machines take over</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/transcendant-man-a-disturbing-thought-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Kurzweil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singularity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a child, you might have imagined robots tending to your every whim. Whatever vision you might have pondered on a lazy afternoon, you probably never pictured something like Ray Kurzweil&#8217;s future, the singularity. Kurzweil&#8217;s tome is going to shatter those daydreams. His documentary may be more confusing, more compelling and maybe more chilling than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=451&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making the banks accountable for the mess</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/making-the-banks-accountable-for-the-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[attorneys general]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm watching to see if the state attorneys general stick to their guns and prosecute wrong-doing - in addition to slapping the servicers with fines. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=426&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Game over, man?</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/game-over-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hit the gas! No! Hit the brakes! At a critical time in history when we need action, our political leaders have chosen instead to lock horns in what we all know will end up a stalemate. Can we just move on on health care? As the economy sputters out of a recession, there is plenty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=413&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A harvest of garlic</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/a-harvest-of-garlic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great novelist John Steinbeck opened a window into the world of the downtrodden with his many books that included The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row. Sad as it is to say, several little burgs that were the setting for his stories have been struck hardest by the real estate downturn in California. Susan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=258&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The bank image problem</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/the-bank-image-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The banks have an image problem. How can they avoid it if they are under investigation by multiple agencies? We can debate if the image problem is deserved or not. The danger is banks should be more concerned that the blame for the financial crisis and maybe the slow recovery of housing will be dropped [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=368&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Was is it a good year?</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/what-is-it-a-good-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Christmas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the headlines about wars, disasters and hardships, it&#8217;s always difficult to recall what kind of year it was. But there were remarkable occurrences in the past 12 months. Here are just a few. Some gifts come from the sky. Winter solstice arrived with a stunningly beautiful lunar eclipse. My son, Kyle and I endured [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=345&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kristen Schaal&#8217;s meteoric rise in comedy</title>
		<link>http://nextwaveray.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/kristen-schaals-meteoric-rise-in-comedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nextwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good job Kristen Schaal! The Longmont native&#8217;s comedy career continues to soar. Last night&#8217;s appearance on Conan, a recent appearance on Letterman and voice-over roles in Toy Story 3 and Shrek are evidence of what fans everywhere have known all along. She&#8217;s one funny person! You might be saying to yourself: &#8220;Oh yeah, she was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nextwaveray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8036762&amp;post=321&amp;subd=nextwaveray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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