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	<title>Musings of a Madman</title>
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		<title>Family Emergency Checklist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world  and a state (Florida) where natural or man-made disasters can happen without any warning. Our checklist covers 8 simple categories: Warmth &#38; Shelter (depending on the time of year) Water &#38; Hydration Food &#38; Nutrition Sanitation &#38; Hygiene First Aid &#38; Medical Light &#38; Communication Cooking &#38; Fuel Tools &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Activities for Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aesop’s Fables—Professor Copper Giloth at the University of Massachusetts Amherst teaches Introduction to Computing in the Fine Arts. She assigns her students the task of illustrating the traditional Aesop&#8217;s fables alongside their own retellings of the fables in a modern setting. This website showcases their work and can be used in several ways. You and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Freakin&#8217; Mac is On Life Support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep! It finally happen! My trusty ol&#8217; Macbook fail me for the first time in 4 years. The truth really is&#8230;I fail him.  His fan had been complainin&#8217; and I had been disregardin&#8217; for some time now.  So now he doesn&#8217;t even come on. So now I will just have to risk taking off my &#8220;dunce cap&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: No, Not in Your Twin Bed&#8230;We&#8217;re Not</title>
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		<title>8 Critical Steps Every Family Should Be Taking to Prepare for the Next Financial Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It remains to be seen whether or not the worst has passed, or if we are merely enjoying the relative calm during the eye of the latest financial storm. I personally believe we are in for more tough times in the near term. A variety of stimulus programs have conspired to create an “artificial demand” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Toons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food Fight Food Fight at a UN Famine Camp in Somalia &#8211; Dude got carried away   Capital Punishment Playing Hangman can be dangerous &#8211; especially when you live among idiots.]]></description>
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		<title>Borrowing Money from Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article from: Money Smart Life Borrowing money from family has kept people out of the cold for thousands of years. It hasn’t always taken the form of borrowing money directly but the family structure has offered food, shelter, jobs, and loans to brothers, sisters, parents, and all manner of family members. Lending money to people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Tenant Selection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a column by our resident real estate expert Rachelle at the Million Dollar Journey Website. I have been renting properties in the GTA since about 1997. Here are my hints and tips for selecting the best tenants. In our current market, if your place isn’t priced properly or is in bad condition you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mbno.com/rupert/real-estate/the-art-of-tenant-selection</link>
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		<title>Saving on Summer Utilities Bills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saving Money on Summer Utilities Can Save Hundreds of Dollars Each Year There are countless methods available for lowering your energy bills and one of the best times to cut back is during the dog days of summer. Making the proper adjustments to your home and your lifestyle can work wonders in helping save money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mbno.com/rupert/money-matters/saving-on-summer-utilities-bills</link>
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		<title>The Cost of Maintaining the Perfect Lawn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing I’ve noticed since we’ve built a house in suburbia is that everyone strives to have a perfect lawn. It’s quite the sight to drive through a subdivision, and all you see is perfect golf grass. Some of these lawns are managed by professionals, but others are cared for by enthusiastic home owners.   [...]]]></description>
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