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		<title>If the bomb had gone off&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://christytj.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/if-the-bomb-had-gone-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[would we have seen more news coverage? In and among sports updates, weather reports and other usual news on any given day, was 15 seconds (or so it seemed) enough for what appeared to be a pretty sophisticated bomb found in a backpack along a Martin Luther King parade route in Spokane Washington? I almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=591&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Heroism is found not only on the fields of battle&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit, more often than not I am critical of our government system, of the political infighting, of the motive for power or money that seems to drive those within the Beltway, of the inflammatory rhetoric you often hear in politicians&#8217; rants. Every so often something makes me stop and realize how proud I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=588&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wasserman-Schultz vs. Scalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that I go from cheers to jeers within minutes as I did this morning reading two separate news reports. The first was a post from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz &#8220;Give women every chance 2 fight off a killer.&#8221; She pointed out that 1 in 8 women in America has a chance of developing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=583&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Point Setters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just received an email from the front desk offering anyone free &#8220;point setters&#8221; if they pick one up by 11am. I love spelling/grammar mistakes that make me laugh, especially first thing on a Monday morning. You don&#8217;t see that many any more with spell check being everywhere, but those words that while spelled correctly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=579&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;In the Beltway&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t tell you how many times I&#8217;ve heard the phrase &#8220;&#8230;in the Beltway&#8221; when someone is describing their love/hate relationship with those in Washington DC, especially politicians. Usually, these days, it&#8217;s said with mixed feelings or unadulterated (is that a word?) hatred. I&#8217;m definitely an &#8220;outsider&#8221; as I&#8217;m not a politician and my thoughts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=572&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#ASAE09 Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://christytj.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/asae09-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a couple of days now to reflect on what the 2009 ASAE Annual Meeting taught me. Learning is what it&#8217;s all about, no? Educational sessions, &#8220;Thought Leaders&#8221;, social media opportunities, vendor products and last but certainly not least, networking. Yes, each of these areas taught me one or more somethings, but not necessarily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=567&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Silver Spring (MD that is)</title>
		<link>http://christytj.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/downtown-silver-spring-md-that-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A beautiful day yesterday, now only in memory as the summertime starts up with humidity hitting the airwaves.  I&#8217;ve learned the trick of adjusting (somewhat) to the DC metro area. Make sure to spend a bit of time in the humidity and not just hide behind an AC somewhere. The more time you can spend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=565&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Howling for the Wolves</title>
		<link>http://christytj.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/howling-for-the-wolves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m one of those who answers &#8220;dog person&#8221; whenever the question comes up as to favorite pets. I&#8217;ve grown up with them and my latest, Sadie, was a combo Basset Hound &#8211; Australian Sheppard mix. I would get lots of comments about her appearance especially after she lost one eye to glaucoma. Once we even passed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=563&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Astronauts &#8211; My New Best Friends</title>
		<link>http://christytj.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/the-astronauts-my-new-best-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent an unexpected amount of time this weekend watching Drew and John use newly designed tools to fix a broken object. From that description, sounds like I was watching a weekly PBS or cable show on home repair with a couple of hardware handymen. Nope. I was watching Astronaut/Astrophysicst John Grunsfeld and Astronaut Drew [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=559&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security in trouble, again?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest headlines, &#8220;Recession Hits Social Security Hard,&#8221; are just that, the latest headlines. We&#8217;ve all been reading for years of the trouble Social Security and Medicare are facing and that long term solutions should &#8220;start now&#8221;. I was in my twenty&#8217;s the first time I read about this &#8211; I only remember because I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christytj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2342370&amp;post=551&amp;subd=christytj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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