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		<title>National Bike Month</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/national-bike-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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May is National Bike Month and in Washington D.C., Friday May 19th is also &#34;Bike to Work Day&#34;.  I don&#39;t know if I will try it since my commute is a bit longer than most ppl, but I may give it a shot especially since there will be guides and re-fueling stations (water,gatorde) all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=21&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pikes Peek 10K Finish Time: 00:54:59</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just ran the Pike&#39;s Peek 10K Race this Sunday and here&#39;s the results. Not exactly an excellent time at 8:50 mins/mile average but it was my first 10K. I don&#39;t really have the body for distance running but I can see where the endurance aspect of the sport is addictive. Next year I would like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=20&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Collection of Travel Fare Search Sites</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/the-ultimate-collection-of-travel-fare-search-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-Search Sites (In no particular order):

Travelocity 
Expedia 
Kayak
Farechase (Yahoo)
Farecompare
Sidestep
Orbitz
Priceline

Individual Airlines:

Delta
Southwest
AmericanAirlines
AirTran
United 
JetBlue

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		<title>Kamut: A refreshing alternative to whole wheat or wheat bran</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/kamut-a-refreshing-alternative-to-whole-wheat-or-wheat-bran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever get tired of those cardboard tasting wheat or bran flakes? Want a tasty whole grain cereal that is also good for and doesn&#39;t need sugar? You may wanna try kamut. Kamut (pronounced kah-moot) is a new grain being introduced in the united states recently that is naturally larger and sweeter than regular wheat. Arrowhead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=17&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At least one actor &#8220;Gets It&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/at-least-one-actor-gets-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to questions about fellow Mission Impossible 3 castmember Tom Cruise&#39;s new baby, Ving Rhames had this to say:
&#34;There&#39;s gonna be a bill passed sooner or later that&#39;s gonna draw a line. We have to just think about, &#39;What have we become? Why is all of this fuss over another human being?&#39; &#34;
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		<title>Google Finance!  Paper Trading the online way&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/google-finance-paper-trading-the-online-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#39;t tried out google finance (http://www.google.com/finance), I suggest you give it a whirl. It has 5 year data on pretty much ever stock and security (along with a few mutual funds) and does a really nice job of putting everything an investor would need (earnings reports, outlooks, blogs, company news, rumors, etc.) right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=15&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jetta: Lexi&#8217;s new companion</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/11/jetta-lexis-new-companion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Lexi has a boyfriend, well more like a canine accomplice. He&#39;s a black German Sheppard and his name is Jetta. Here&#39;s some pics of him. He&#39;s 8 years old and not nearly as energetic as lexi but what he lacks in enthusiasm he more than makes up for in heart.
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		<title>NASA making strides to decommission the Space Shuttle Program</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/nasa-making-strides-to-decommission-the-space-shuttle-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/10/nasa.in.transition.ap/index.html
Looks like NASA is making further steps to finally decommission the aging space shuttle program in exchange for the Crew Exploration Vehicle. The CEV will be more modular and be launchable from a low earth orbit (NASA description here). This is probably the biggest change that NASA has undergone in the last 30+ years, let&#39;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=13&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Product Review: Hood Carb Countdown Fat-Free Milk</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/09/product-review-hood-carb-countdown-fat-free-milk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#39;m not usually one to hype up the already over-sensationalized bevy of low carb products that are already out there BUT&#8230;this one might not be so bad. At just 45 calories per cup, 3g of sugar and 0g of fat this milk makes protein shakes palatable again. It also works as a substitute for non-fat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=11&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Boot Camp: Duel Booting Mac/Windows XP for Intel MACs</title>
		<link>http://thecontrary.wordpress.com/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-duel-booting-macwindows-xp-for-intel-macs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecontrary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

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Well, it&#39;s offiicial, as of this week Apple has officially found the holy grail of computing. Why for you say? Because they now have a hardware platform that can please almost any computer geek on the planet. Mac OS X is based on BSD Unix under the sheets which keeps the Linux crowd happy with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecontrary.wordpress.com&blog=174609&post=10&subd=thecontrary&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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