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	<title>Metaphors for Life -- And Living! &#187; Life</title>
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		<title>BBC News &#8211; &#8216;Long-term harm&#8217; of too much TV for toddlers</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2010/05/04/bbc-news-long-term-harm-of-too-much-tv-for-toddlers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been saying it all along, so it&#8217;s nice to see scientific research finally catching up to common sense. BBC News &#8211; &#8216;Long-term harm&#8217; of too much TV for toddlers.]]></description>
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		<title>Pure Heart of Yoga &#8211; Chakras &#8211; Gaiam Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a detailed overview of the human chakra system, one of the best we here at MFL have seen on the web. Read! Learn! Enjoy! Pure Heart of Yoga &#8211; Chakras &#8211; Gaiam Life.]]></description>
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		<title>And The World Rejoices With Us</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/11/05/and-the-world-rejoices-with-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not just us -- this euphoric feeling of release, of joy, and of hope is blooming all over the world today:]]></description>
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		<title>Enlarging the Soul</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/08/19/enlarging-the-soul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written fifteen years ago, Mr. Robbins&#8217; remarks in Esquire Magazine are worth revisiting today. You Gotta Have Soul by Tom Robbins Mental Bungee-jumping may not be your sport of choice, but there&#8217;s a cerebral ledge that sooner or later each of us has to leap off. One day, ready or not, we glance in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Look at `Internet Predators&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/02/28/a-new-look-at-internet-predators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, parents will be well-served by reading this article on the results of a new study about &#8220;Internet predators.&#8221; There were several points I found to be surprising. The article lead-in provided the first: Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprise: Victimizing Fat America</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/11/17/reprise-victimizing-fat-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m not fat. I&#8217;m suffering from the disease of obesity.&#8221; These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprise: Valuing Life</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/11/11/reprise-valuing-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally written and published in May 2005. On stem cells, roses, and the fallacies inherent in the &#8220;culture of life&#8221; philosophy. All life has intrinsic value. I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month&#8217;s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things I Have Decided</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/10/21/things-i-have-decided/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a list of Things I Have Decided Today. It&#8217;s just my list for today. I could decide differently tomorrow, of course. But for today, this is it. I have decided that: Puppy alarm clocks are better than the other kind. Even if they are set to go off at sunrise. Espresso in front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On &#8220;The Politics of God,&#8221; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/08/26/on-the-politics-of-god-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/08/26/on-the-politics-of-god-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this next section on the essay adapted from “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West,” by Professor Mark Lilla of Columbia University, we examine the impulses that separated man from God, and secular politics from religion. Section II: The Great Separation. For those who study the evolution of human consciousness, this could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Our Modern Health Insurance System Won&#8217;t Survive</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/08/04/why-our-modern-health-insurance-system-wont-survive/</link>
		<comments>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/08/04/why-our-modern-health-insurance-system-wont-survive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this report from Reuters today, &#8220;Health insurance premiums will cost families and employers an extra $922 on average this year to cover the costs of caring for the uninsured.&#8221; How does this happen, you may be asking? Well, it&#8217;s what is otherwise known as a &#8220;vicious circle&#8221;: The costs of traditional medical care [...]]]></description>
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