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		<title>Coffee drinkers less likely to be hospitalized for heart rhythm disturbances</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2010/03/coffee-drinkers-less-likely-to-be-hospitalized-for-heart-rhythm-disturbances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["This association does not prove cause and effect," he says. "These data should be reassuring to people who drink moderate amounts of coffee that their habit is not likely to cause a rhythm disturbance."]]></description>
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		<title>Well Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was rummaging through some notes and rediscovered this wonderfully written poem – quite possibly one of my favorites. It is called &#8216;The Well Rising&#8217; by William Stafford; featured by NPR in its coverage of John Felstiner’s book “Can Poetry Save the Earth?”
The well rising without sound,
the spring on a hillside,
the plowshare brimming through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Army&#8217;s New Solar Power Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2010/01/the-u-s-armys-new-solar-power-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army&#8217;s New Solar Power Plant.
Reflecting on the US Army&#8217;s use of solar energy, I think that fuel cells and wind power would also make sense. Imagine the tactical advantage of NOT having to truck in tankers of gasoline. Imagine what you could do with tanks that ran on hydrogen fuel cells. Of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Detroit our new China</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2010/01/make-detroit-our-new-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OC METRO&#62; UCI&#8217;s Policano: Make Detroit our new China.
Difficult times breed novel ideas. I like Policano&#8217;s idea of sourcing work back to the American industrial center. But not just manufacturing jobs, I think new incentives could drive a whole range of services back in-country with two benefits:
ONE: obviously, we get more people back to work.
TWO: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For photographers and graphic artists, not a pretty picture out there &#8211; latimes.com</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2010/01/for-photographers-and-graphic-artists-not-a-pretty-picture-out-there-latimes-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For photographers and graphic artists, not a pretty picture out there &#8211; latimes.com
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		<title>Optimism</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2010/01/optimism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The power of optimism is that it breeds dignity and honor. Without it, people tend to throw over the hood of despair. And what does despair do, but lead us to disillusionment. In its own part, disillusionment has a far more nefarious role. When mixed with the rhetoric of cynicism and anger, it causes people to say and do stupid things.]]></description>
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		<title>My Green Hedge on Inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2009/11/my-green-hedge-on-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not everybody wants to be a tree hugger, so I say "don’t." Be smart instead. Plan for the future and ACT NOW. Put your Green Hedge into motion before hyper-inflation hits you where it won’t grow back.]]></description>
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		<title>So very very pretty&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2009/11/so-very-very-pretty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been bragging about my solar panels. I suppose it&#8217;s time that I show folks what they look like. By the way, those panels are from First Solar &#8211; note the frameless design, rack mount system. Very high geek factor. Solar City worked the installation &#8211; nice job guys.
]]></description>
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		<title>How the profits stacked up &#8211; Nov. 2, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2009/11/how-the-profits-stacked-up-nov-2-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heavypen.com/2009/11/how-the-profits-stacked-up-nov-2-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN MONEY: How the profits stacked up &#8211; Nov. 2, 2009
Good solid news for the economy. On other online venues, I&#8217;m known for my high optimism for the recovery of the US economy. As reported by CNN Money, the recovery is producing profits for key SP500 corporations &#8211; the companies that are in the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the quiet, the US is legalising marijuana &#8211; Times Online</title>
		<link>http://www.heavypen.com/2009/11/on-the-quiet-the-us-is-legalising-marijuana-times-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the quiet, the US is legalising marijuana &#8211; Times Online.
I just read this article and commented elsewhere that the problem with the American &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; was that it was more about controlling people than actually trying to control access. The only accomplishment was waste: billions of dollars and millions of lives. At some [...]]]></description>
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