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      <title><![CDATA[Brattleboro Reformer: Columnists]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[A tart for the November chill]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[November can be a tough month to like; the time change has robbed us of valuable evening light, the hillsides appear barren and monochromatic, and the air has turned from crisp to downright cold.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:10:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Aristotle    and the    hibernation    of birds]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Aristotle lived 2,400 years ago, in the fourth century before the common area.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:40:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Learning    from    traveling]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I love to travel. I love the new vistas, architecture, foods, plants and gardens.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:21:15 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The secret    option]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[By RICHARD DAVIS



Last week, I asked a Washington insider why there is no public outrage over the fact that from now on, much of the crafting of health care reform legislation will take place behind closed doors.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:28:29 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont values    and sustainable budgets]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In June, the Vermont Legislature passed, over Gov, James Douglas&rsquo; veto, a balanced budget.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Rep. MARTHA HEATH</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:28:22 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Losing the   CARD game]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Back in May, Congress passed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:28:18 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Clothes    washer    revolution]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, when my wife and I were expecting our first child, we decided it was time to give up our weekly adventure at the laundromat and buy our first clothes washer: a used Maytag.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:07:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Yellow rose]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I find I&rsquo;m thinking a bit about my mortality these days.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By BOB ENGEL</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:05:34 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Scissor-tailed    flycatcher: A    poor lost bird]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Last week, I had plans to go to Dead Creek in Addison to see the snow geese.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:49:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Noble    trees]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[About 15 years ago, I took a course at Vermont Technical College to increase my knowledge of trees and shrubs used in the landscape business.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:58:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lessons from &lsquo;Laramie']]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Last week, all students at Brattleboro Union High School attended performances of "The Laramie Project," a play about the aftermath of the murder of a gay University of Wyoming student.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By MAGGIE CASSIDY</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:47:24 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[What about the fans?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tonight is Game 1 of the World Series and my New York Yankees will take on some team that by chance and circumstance fumbled their way into the playoffs.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:11 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Feed-in    tariffs boost   renewable    energy in Vt.]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Vermont made history last week, becoming the first state to offer "feed-in tariffs" for electricity generated from renewable energy sources.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:35:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA['Lothl&oacute;rien']]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[J.R.R. Tolkien's elves treasured woods in mystical and practical ways.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By RALPH MEIMA</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:57:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Glittering, romantic winter]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[  <div class=pub_info>Monday, October 2</div>  Winter. Think it, and if you're the romantic type, the world turns bright with snow that sparkles -- just as the snow in a Grandma Moses painting sparkles. It actually glitters, from glitter. You know, those decorative silvery flakes they sell in crafts stores.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By MARTHA NELSON</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Oct 2006 07:07:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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