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		<title>Painful Patriotism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an American, it was with pride and shame that I watched the CNN interview with Imam Rauf and the subsequent discussion last week. Pride, that Imam Rauf, along with Christian and Jewish leaders, were working to build harmony among the world religions represented in this world microcosm in which we live, the United States [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=165&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Heard About Vitamin D?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to share with you something I recently learned that could be of great benefit to you or someone you know.  And no, I&#8217;m not selling anything. ;) Vitamin D deficiency is a widespread problem among people of all ages.  Most of us don&#8217;t get much sun, and those of us who do usually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=155&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Loss of One’s Adopted Country &#8211; Another Result of the Economic Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted this article on my technical blog here, but it is applicable to this blog as well. If you&#8217;re interested, feel free to give it a read. I linked to there instead of copying it here so that, in case there is discussion, it will all be in one place.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=149&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amateur Massage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massage is a great thing.  It can be used to heal, to relax, and to connect. It can be used to solve specific physical problems, such as tight muscles, or in special programs for stress reduction or smoking cessation, or just to improve mood. My certified massage therapist friend Richard explains that &#8220;one of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=105&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Panama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s January 2009 and I&#8217;m in Panama to investigate the possibility of working here. It&#8217;s cheaper and faster to get from Washington, DC to Panama City than to California. The time zone is Eastern Standard Time, so collaborating with others in the U.S. does not have to involve bleary eyed conferences in the middle of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=53&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pak Se, Laos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arriving in Pak Se Joi, one of the teachers at Ban Kumuong school in Ubon, Thailand, accompanied me on my weekend trip to Pak Se, Laos. As an Ubon native, she spoke Lao, so she had no problem communicating with the locals. The hard part was communicating with each other &#8212; I speak only a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=16&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ubon Ratchatani, the English Crazy Club, and Ban Khumuang School</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ubon Ratchatani Ubon Ratchatani is a small city in northeast Thailand, about an hour from the Lao border. English Crazy Club During my pretravel research I learned of Ubon&#8217;s &#8220;English Crazy Club&#8221; (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/english_crazy_club/), a group of university students in Ubon dedicated to promoting the study of English among the local population. They organize English camps [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=15&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bangkok Barcamp, January 2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[27 January 2008 Yesterday was a great success at the Barcamp (http://www.barcampbangkok.org). It was all in all a great day, starting with a very pleasant half hour walk in the morning cool along Sukhumvit Road to the restaurant where the event was held. It&#8217;s quite a place, a large, expensive Indian restaurant (lunch was great, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keithrbennett.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2903509&amp;post=3&amp;subd=keithrbennett&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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