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		<title>QONQR the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was blessed with enough disposable income to upgrade my crappy basic phone (dumb phones, I call them &#8211; I know, so original). Since I&#8217;m enamored with the new Windows 8 and can&#8217;t wait to get a new computer with a touch screen, we went to check out the Windows store. Lo and behold, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=831&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtues Of Gaming</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/04/22/786/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geekdom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[700 Club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever there&#8217;s a tragedy of violent human nature in this country, some people &#8211; not all, thank gods, but some &#8211; turn to video games as a scapegoat. After so many school shootings, such as Newtown most recently, the media loved to mention that the shooter &#8220;enjoyed playing violent first person shooters, by the way&#8220;, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=786&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dove, Nike and the perils of positive advertising</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/04/20/dove-nike-and-the-perils-of-positive-advertising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health and Wellness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Fit and Feminist: Earlier this week, a video produced by Dove was making the internet rounds and sparking all kinds of debate in its wake. In it, a sketch artist drew two versions of the same woman - one as described by herself and one as described by her friend. The resulting disparities [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=784&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media &amp; You: The Future of the News</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/04/19/social-media-you-the-future-of-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet and Blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember loving Monday mornings as a kid, because I got to read the Sunday Comics at my grandparents&#8217; house. I loved playing with the old newspapers, making hats and boats and paper mache. I was inspired by the news; I created my own environmental newsletter and used photo cuttings from past papers. As I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=763&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Honor of Boston</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/04/16/in-honor-of-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home and Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Liver Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Marathon 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I joined fifteen of my classmates in Boston to volunteer with the American Liver Foundation to massage their runners, regular men and women who ran the Boston Marathon in order to raise money for the charity. It&#8217;s an event they hold every year, and every year our massage club takes the trip down to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=706&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Birth of Purpose</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/04/09/the-birth-of-purpose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to have a thought-provoking post on women, their role in society as mothers and caregivers, and the departure from that role. I wanted to have a heartfelt post on what it meant to me to be asked to be my friend&#8217;s doula, to know that she trusts me so implicitly. (Summary: it means [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=700&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Tips to Avoid Rape</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/03/28/top-10-tips-to-avoid-rape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING Saw this on Facebook and couldn&#8217;t not share it. The public always seem to make it the girl&#8217;s fault she was raped because she didn&#8217;t protect herself better. How about while we teach our young girls to stay safe, we teach our young boys to not rape? * Disclaimer: I realize it&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=681&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Spring Cleanse of Spirit (and Caffeine)</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/03/27/674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following opinions and sarcasm in this post are 100% mine; I&#8217;m not receiving any compensation from Standard Process or people who hate quackwatch.org as much as I do. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;+&#8212;+-++ Most religions, spiritual practices, and locations around the world agree that springtime, whenever you celebrate it, is a time of renewal, ressurrection, and purification. I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=674&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Come Spring</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/03/06/come-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about this time of year that I start crossing my fingers for warmer days. My birthday is the beginning of March, and I like snow for my birthday, but after that, I want an instant melting and sunny, warm days. Snap my fingers and its spring! Of course, it doesn&#8217;t work that way. (But [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=646&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Body Issues Are More Pervasive That You Think!</title>
		<link>http://deararadia.com/2013/03/02/body-issues-are-more-pervasive-that-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[negative body image]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently, as in at the exact moment of typing this, sitting at a Nutrition seminar in Mass with my boss. I&#8217;m learning a lot amd it&#8217;s going fantastically. I&#8217;m surrounded by chiropractors and acupuncturists and other alternative wellness prpfessionals. Its like the motherland! Turns out, negative body image can be found amywhere, and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deararadia.com&#038;blog=31516301&#038;post=642&#038;subd=deararadia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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