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		<title>Grand Canyon adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/09/16/grand-canyon-adventures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently went to the Grand Canyon on vacation at the end of May &#8211; beginning of June of 2009 and thought it would be helpful to recommend the places/services that we thought had great &#8220;bang for your buck&#8221; and/or wonderful customer service. We went to and stayed at the North Rim as we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting pythons in Florida</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/07/16/hunting-pythons-in-florida/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/07/16/hunting-pythons-in-florida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Florida has finally allowed open season on pythons.  In case you don&#8217;t know, the large snake species in invading the state from the south up. Originating as escaped or freed pets in South Florida, the snake has populated the everglades and is expanding north into areas of Central Florida. The python threatens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Jumping Beans</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/06/29/mexican-jumping-beans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As this video shows, Mexican jumping beans are real. Hope this isn&#8217;t what refried beans are made of.]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to survive from TV</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/06/23/learning-to-survive-from-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/06/23/learning-to-survive-from-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amongst today&#8217;s headlines was an article about a boy surviving overnight by himself in the Utah woods and crediting the TV show &#8220;Man vs. Wild&#8221; for giving him the knowledge to make it through his ordeal. While I am happy that the child survived and was found, I can&#8217;t help to think that he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s land quality suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/04/20/worlds-land-quality-suffering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/04/20/worlds-land-quality-suffering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This should come as not surprise, but very sad none the less. The ISRIC-World Soil Information, a soil research and education organization, has released a global land degradation study that says 25% of the world&#8217;s land and soil quantity is in bad shape and getting worse. I don&#8217;t doubt what this study has to say. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killer Whales in the Gulf of Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/25/killer-whales-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/25/killer-whales-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[File this under &#8220;I did not know that&#8221;&#8230; Oracas, commonly known as Killer Whales, live in the Gulf of Mexico. While their populations are not large, they live miles offshore and feed off of Tuna and Dolphin. &#8220;Scientists believe the whales have been in the Gulf for years, Mullin said, and that their presence — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sad fish story</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/04/a-sad-fish-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/04/a-sad-fish-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery news is reporting on a fascinating new study that has been conducted on photos of trophy fish photographs from Key West. When viewing the photos over time, you can see the dramatic results over fishing has on both fish population and overall size. This goes to show that the most significant conservation efforts can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global warming theory chilled</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/03/global-warming-theory-chilled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/03/global-warming-theory-chilled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Discovery news has announced that the global warming theory is on hold. And by &#8220;on hold&#8221; they really mean that they can&#8217;t admit that they might be wrong. The article says &#8220;a cold winter, or a few strung together doesn&#8217;t mean the planet is cooling&#8221;. Well, that doesn&#8217;t exactly say it&#8217;s warming either, now does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weatherman who knows what he&#8217;s talking about</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/19/519/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/19/519/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dawn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really like this guy! He has the gumption to speak the truth no matter what everyone else is trying to shove down our throats. Since he founded the Weather Channel, he probably knows what he&#8217;s talking about when it comes to weather. Go John Coleman!!! Which seems odd, because in the past few years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A local paper gets it right&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/10/a-local-paper-gets-it-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/10/a-local-paper-gets-it-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dawn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, another human being who has not &#8220;drank the kool-aid&#8221; when it comes to the whole &#8220;global warming&#8221; debate. I think there really are more people who don&#8217;t agree with the theory, but they don&#8217;t feel they can speak up due to being &#8220;smacked down&#8221; by the MANY that has been brain-washed by the media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation and the Green Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/01/12/conservation-and-the-green-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/01/12/conservation-and-the-green-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Senate advanced legislation that would protect 2 millions acres of land as wilderness. I guess this is one of the few perks of having a Democrat controlled congress. By the sounds, the bill was somewhat bipartisan which is a positive sign. Its rather unfortunate that Republicans no longer take the lead when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global slowing &#8211; everybody panic!</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/29/global-slowing-everybody-panic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/29/global-slowing-everybody-panic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget about global warming for a minute. There is a bigger problem facing the inhabitants of this planet. Did you know that the earth&#8217;s rotation is slowing down? That&#8217;s right&#8230; global slowing! &#8220;Along with the economy, the Earth itself is slowing down, requiring timekeepers to add an extra second to their atomic clocks to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cost of Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/25/the-cost-of-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/25/the-cost-of-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you, like me, may recall growing up and seeing David Bellamy on nature TV shows. He is a renowned botanist and environmentalist that has written numerous books and hosted hundreds of television shows. Ever wonder what happened to him? Well, it seems that he has been blacklisted because he does not believe in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ant Megalopolis</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/20/ant-megalopolis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/20/ant-megalopolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nature is a wondrous thing. So simple, yet so complex.]]></description>
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		<title>Scenes from Antarctica</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/13/scenes-from-antarctica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/13/scenes-from-antarctica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the coolest photos of Antarctica that you will see today! Down in Antarctica, November marks the end of spring, the beginning of austral summer, and the beginning of Antarctica&#8217;s cruise season. The Sun just rose for the first time in 6 months on September 22nd, and is now visible in the sky all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survivorman to Retire</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/10/survivorman-to-retire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/10/survivorman-to-retire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After three seasons of living by himself in the wild, Survivorman Les Stroud has announced that his is going to retire form the TV show that has made him famous. &#8220;It takes a lot out of me as I really do what I do for real, with no camera crew, no nights in hotels like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well, it&#8217;s about freakin time eBay!</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/10/22/well-its-about-freakin-time-ebay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/10/22/well-its-about-freakin-time-ebay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dawn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can tell my stance just by the title of this blog post. An interesting article on the announcement by eBay yesterday that they are banning ANY and ALL ivory sales on their website. There was a ban put in place in 1989 for ivory being sold (more internationally if I read it right) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Says No to Snowmobiles in Yellowstone</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/09/16/judge-says-no-to-snowmobiles-in-yellowstone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/09/16/judge-says-no-to-snowmobiles-in-yellowstone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somehow I don&#8217;t think Teddy Roosevelt had snowmobiles in mind when he laid the cornerstone of Yellowstone&#8217;s entrance arch that bears the inscription &#8220;For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People&#8221;. So kudos to the federal judge that shot down a plan to allow 500+ snowmobiles a day to rip roar around the park! Read [...]]]></description>
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