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		<title>Goodbye Grandma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday (June 15, 2010), I attended the funeral of my maternal grandmother.  All of my other grandparents passed away well before I was born.  She was the only grandparent I ever knew.  She was 99 years old. I found out about her death when I was in China on a research trip for my PhD. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s Stuff Growing in my Bin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many of you who do not know, ever since I lived in Vancouver, I have grown to love the nature around me.  In my last place, my landlord &#8212; a pastor and his family &#8212; had a compost bin in his back garden.  We would fill the bin with all sorts of rubbish (vegetable clippings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon&#8217;s Monopoly</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2010/02/01/amazons-monopoly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after Apple introduced the iPad, Macmillan went to Amazon to negotiate the pricing of their products. Amazon was selling their ebooks at $9.99, when their print versions normally go for between $5.99 and $14.99.  Amazon was also taking a huge cut of commission, but Macmillan basically wanted to get the same deal they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of Religion is a Farce</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2010/01/27/freedom-of-religion-is-a-farce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A French parliamentary committee has recommended banning Muslim headcoverings. The committee&#8217;s report claims that it &#8220;is the symbol of the repression of women, and&#8230; of extremist fundamentalism.&#8221; [1] BBC reports that many in the UK also want this ban, claiming that it is &#8220;not British.&#8221; There is obviously a racist underpinning to such a statement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academia and the &#8220;Suspension of Belief&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2009/08/24/academia-and-the-suspension-of-belief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In literature, there is a concept known as a &#8220;suspension of disbelief&#8221; where you are mentally are willing to belief in the unbelievable.  This then allows the story to make sense, despite the fact that chipmunks don&#8217;t sing and different worlds don&#8217;t exist deep inside your wardrobe. Since coming to England for my postgraduate, theological [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our New Home</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2009/08/06/our-new-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since getting married, Betty and I have a place of our own to call &#8220;home.&#8221; When we first got married, Betty moved into my basement suite underneath the home of a pastor and his family. They were good people but, on a regular basis, we could hear the piano playing next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Day Another&#8230; Huh?</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2009/06/17/another-day-another-huh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARNING: You are about to encounter a long rant. So, since Betty and I have been here living in the motherland (England), I have been merrily driving around in our eternal blue Honda Civic without a license.  Well, without a proper UK license to be precise.  I can legally drive on my US license for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Year of Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2009/05/10/first-year-of-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 01:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been 365 days since Betty and I wed.  Since the exchange of vows, it has been quite a whirlwind.  She changed jobs; I began a PhD.  We moved countries and have lived in two homes (Lord-willing, going to a third one at the end of this month).  Had the addition of two members to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End is Near!</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2009/04/16/the-end-is-near/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, no, I am not talking about rapture.  A few months ago, I talked about my research proposal purgatory.  I have done five major revisions.  Then, I met with my supervisor today and he said, &#8220;Aside from this one small item you left out, I think you are done.&#8221;  I was sure I misheard or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning English, Again</title>
		<link>http://www.alex-betty.com/2009/03/27/learning-english-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past three decades, I have lived for extended periods of time in three different countries.  Each, however, have been English speaking.  The first being my beloved U. S. of A. &#8212; my homeland and my place of birth.  The second being Canada, where I found my beloved Betty.  And now, I find myself [...]]]></description>
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