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		<title>Resident Evils</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's no secret that here's no shortage of scumbags in the lower mainland but the numbers seem to be growing as our useless legal system does little or nothing to slow their reign of terror. Here's a few of the most recent pieces of garbage to grace the pages of our local newspapers...]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Lilian Louise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the birthday of Lilian (Anne) Louise Barker. My lovely mum passed away in 1975 and today, June 11, 2010 would have been her 81st birthday. I was just a kid when she left us after a long battle with cancer but I remember her laugh, her grace and unending patience with her four children.]]></description>
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		<title>Two Recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not big into recommending stuff to people I don't know but I thought some of you may enjoy these two unrelated visual and gastronomical items...]]></description>
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		<title>Tweedsmuir Twits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook sucks at the best of times. It reaches a new level of suck when a few young horn-dogs flagrantly advertise their mission to bed Grade 8 school girls on a Facebook page. Such was the case with students at <a href="http://www.sd36.bc.ca/tweeds/">Lord Tweedsmuir High School</a> in Cloverdale.]]></description>
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		<title>Fallen Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 31, 1984 Steve Fonyo started his Journey For Lives cross country run for cancer. He finished the run on May 29, 1985 on a beach in Victoria, raising $14 million dollars for cancer research and becoming a national hero. He met the pope, Diana Princess of Wales, George Harrison and other celebrities and politicians. Things have changed for Steve Fonyo]]></description>
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		<title>Pricey Pills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 02:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have received the 'prescription drugs' email from a friend or co-worker that outlines drug price discrepancies from one pharmacy to another. I tend to ignore those type of emails as a general rule but I had occasion to test the accuracy of the viral email's claims recently and thought I'd post my findings.

The email in question was titled 'Costco Prescriptions' and included a variety of prescription drugs with consumer pricing, cost of active ingredient and percentage of markup. Including the ingredient pricing and the markup is actually quite deceiving because drug companies don't really charge for the drug itself but rather the cost of development and marketing. Big bucks in the drug world and we, the consumer, pay for it. Through the nose and other orifices. 
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		<title>Sudden Death in 1947</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newspapers have obviously changed in the last 63 years. The print and paper quality, size, typeface and layouts are quite different in The Vancouver Sun but the most glaring difference is the reporting style. The photo above was published Tuesday, September 2, 1947 in the second section, top and centre. It shows the victims and onlookers at a motor vehicle accident on King George Highway, bleeding and battered bodies still in the car. The driver is obviously dead, blood draining from his nose.]]></description>
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		<title>The sorry state of pop music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop music officially entered the '<em>complete shit</em>' phase of it's existence with the recent appearance of <a href="http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/" target="_blank">The Black Eyed Peas</a> on the <em>American Idol Gives Back</em> broadcast. Don't believe me? Take a gander at the video below but be sure to have a small bucket handy while you watch this piece of visual and aural excrement.]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most residents of British Columbia and Canada are aware how <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Bud" target="_blank">BC Bud</a> has grown and prospered in this province from it's early beginnings in the Gulf Island hippy communites to the present billion dollar underground industry. Our bud is know the world over for it's quality and potency. But what about the United States? Ah...yes, our friends to the north. Well fear not as they have a thriving industry of their own whether the FDA, FBI and local law officials like it or not.]]></description>
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		<title>The Guitar Of My Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're a guitar player (like me) you're very aware of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_stratocaster" target="_blank">Fender Stratocaster</a>, Leo Fender's iconic guitar introduced in 1954 and since utilized and endorsed by top players around the world. The Stratocaster, Telecaster, Les Paul, SG and Flying V are the most recognizable guitars and coveted by amateur and professional musicians everywhere. Forget those dorky video games...nothing says <em>Rock Star</em> like one of these guitars running through a nasty big amp with the volume set to 11.]]></description>
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