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    <title>And the point is</title>
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    <description>Recent Articles on Gather by And the point is</description>
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    <copyright>Copyright Gather Inc 2009</copyright>
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2010-01-04T18:50:37Z</dc:date>
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    <dc:rights>Copyright Gather Inc 2009</dc:rights>
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      <title>You Would Not Beleive What I Just Did!</title>
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      <description>Actuallly, I did it last night. I turned dwon the themostat down, as I always do. I get hot at night, and have not figured it out. 
 Know , it is on lock-out. We have to call someone, and do not have . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:54:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T15:54:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Insurance Update... system failure on display... and a few other thoughts on the subject</title>
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      <description>This is a follow up on my blog/rant,  Looks Like I am About To Lose My Insurance... Again . To really understand what I'm writing about, you need to read that... otherwise, any response you might leave . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>hannah "mighty mouth" wallen (Site Shite Stirrer)</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T15:01:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Quotes of the Day</title>
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      <description>Confusion is always the most honest response.   -  Marty Indik 
 
 There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.   -  William . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:47:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T12:47:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I Just Bared The Cold</title>
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      <description> It is cold out there, look at the front door. I got another pretty sky shot also. In my socks, on the front porch.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:45:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T12:45:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I Am Working Hard For A New Pair Of Jeans</title>
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      <description> I still need 340 points. I am really ooking forword to a $25.00 Target Card. Points are really slow these days. I have lost weight, due to being ill. I brought  the jeans that are to bid to . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T10:44:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Hay-Ku of the Day (Outside the Box)</title>
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      <description>Life outside the box Of mental experience Is Paradise Found. 
 Life outside the box Of conceptual matters Is self-transcending. 
 Life outside the box Of self-reflective thought is Beyond conception. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:26:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richard Hay</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T10:26:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I Will Be Traveling To Later Today.</title>
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      <description> I have to get a shot in my tummy for M. S. Bringing alond my cd's, and my friend , who served in Desert Storm. Can you help name some Cd's we would lie to bring? The radio always goes  out. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:48:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T09:48:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Good Morning All</title>
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      <description>  I just woke up as my son went out to deliver newspapers. He is dressed in layers, and has a face mask on. 
  It is ~30 here, with the wind chill. Going to have a heat wave, though. It is going . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T09:24:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Fat-be-GONE!</title>
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      <description>This past Saturday, I joined a gym. =)  It is called Planet Fitness.  They are running a special where it is only $1 to sign up, and $10 a month.  Well I got the package that is $19.99 . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Erinn K.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T05:33:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Going Back to Work and School</title>
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      <description>This past week I was working from home because we kept Kyleigh at home. Beginning tomorrow, everything should return to normal - I am going back to the office and Kyleigh is going back to day care.  . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T02:53:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Lego Gift Cards Are Gone (Pampers Gifts to Grow Program)</title>
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      <description>It feels like I am always one step behind.  Last time I wanted a Coca-Cola camping chair and by the time I got enough Coke points, they were no longer available.  This time I wanted the Lego . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:40:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T02:40:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>First Dish with My New Slow Cooker - The Result</title>
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      <description>This is what we had for dinner tonight: pot roast with onions, potatoes, and beans, cooked in my new slow cooker, over rice.  
 
  
 The dish doesn't necessarily look all that great but it tasted . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T02:20:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>UGH</title>
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      <description>Just got off the phone with Comcast because my dvr has an error.  We tried the unplug it and plug it back in to reboot the dvr, you know the ol standby they use to fix things.  Of course this . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:15:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T02:15:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Important Dates (emailed joke)</title>
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      <description>Because I had forgotten the dates for a number of my friends' and relatives' birthdays and anniversaries, I decided to compile a list on the computer and have the dates highlighted on screen when the . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:43:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T01:43:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>On New Years Eve I got A Great Shot Of The Moon</title>
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      <description> It was full. I did not see it turn blue, though. Here it is.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:50:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T00:50:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Blog</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974574&amp;grpId=3659174697251655&amp;nav=Groupspace</link>
      <description>I have started a new blog about secrets....we all have a secret or 2 that we have been holding back.  Go check it out! 
   
 http://thekeeperofyoursecrets.blogspot.com/</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lori McCracken-Ishii</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T21:11:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card $250 Bonus Offer</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974569&amp;grpId=3659174697251655&amp;nav=Groupspace</link>
      <description>Chase came up with a new variation of the Sapphire credit card - the Sapphire Preferred.  The difference is that it has a $85 annual fee (but first year is free) and it gives out additional . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:07:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T21:07:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Good Deals for Schiff Move Free Advanced</title>
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      <description>If you use Schiff Move Free Advanced, there is a good deal this week at CVS.  It is buy one get one free, and there is a $1 coupon inside each box. The box is not sealed, so you can open it and get . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:34:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T20:34:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Game: How many words can you list that start with the letter T?</title>
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      <description>T</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:35:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>M &amp; M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T19:35:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Game: How many things can you list that STAND?</title>
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      <description>Thanks for playing sweet friends.  Have fun.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:33:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>M &amp; M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T19:33:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Freebies for January 3rd</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974291&amp;grpId=3659174697251655&amp;nav=Groupspace</link>
      <description>Here's a few weekend freebies for you.. tell us what you signed up for! 
   
 1. Receive a free Atkins Quick Start Kit (Contains 3 free Atkins Bars)     http://community.atkins.com/security/collectAddress.jsp?rc=FreeBars . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Pamela E.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T17:35:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>First Dish with My New Slow Cooker</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974313&amp;grpId=3659174697251655&amp;nav=Groupspace</link>
      <description>I received a slow cooker for Christmas - not this past Christmas but quite a while ago.  I never started using it because I don't normally cook and I have no idea what to do with it.   . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T17:21:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Von Willebrand Disease</title>
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      <description>Back in October, my daughter and I took a trip to Michigan. We were in the car with my Grandpa, on our way back from visiting my older daughter and grand daughter. 
 McKaylah, my 13 year old started having . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:21:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lori McCracken-Ishii</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T17:21:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Relationships Change</title>
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      <description>I understand that relationships evolve over time, sometimes people become closer, sometimes people fall out of touch. I have had many relationships that do the later. 
 I am having a hard time with my . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lori McCracken-Ishii</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T16:46:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A Wall Of Art Just Down The Hill</title>
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      <description>  This is at a body shop. My freind, Brad Wichmeyer painted it. I think he did a great job. Almost looks like a car show.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T16:05:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A Word Game</title>
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      <description> If I say a word, what fisrt comes to your mind? 
 bicycle</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T14:30:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Quotes of the Day</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974081&amp;grpId=3659174697251655&amp;nav=Groupspace</link>
      <description>Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.  -  Sir Arthur Eddington 
 
 You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T14:14:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Today's Life Lesson</title>
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      <description>One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. 
  
 
 
  Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:47:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Sharon  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T06:47:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Late night thought</title>
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      <description>Why is it when a door is open it's ajar but when a jar is open isn't not adoor?</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:30:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T04:30:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kyleigh's Story - More Funny Conversations</title>
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      <description>The following conversations happened between November 2009 and early January 2010. 
 
 
 ************ 
 
 
 Kyleigh, "Daddy I wanna ride-ah horsey!" 
 
 
 Daddy, "You want to ride a horsey?  Where . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Selene N.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-03T02:37:39Z</dc:date>
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