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	<description>greater than the sum of its parts</description>
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		<title>A Great Tradition</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/12/17/a-great-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing the toughest schedule in the NFL this season, the Pittsburgh Steelers have survived by having one of the great defenses of all time. In this particularly tough late-season stretch, the Steelers have beaten the Patriots, Cowboys, and Ravens in the last three weeks and now face the team with the best record in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Finances</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/12/11/bad-finances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no question that the coming year will see us in financial difficulty whoever we are, whether we are individuals, families, towns, cities, states, or nations; and whether we are employees or business owners, local supermarkets, Citigroup, Ford, or Best Buy.
There is also no question that many of us are worried about whether we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Louis Stevenson</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/12/03/robert-louis-stevenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From Wikipedia:

For a time during 1894 Stevenson felt depressed; he wondered if he had exhausted his creative vein and completely worked himself out. He wrote that he had &#8220;overworked bitterly&#8221;. He felt more clearly that, with each fresh attempt, the best he could write was &#8220;ditch-water&#8221;. He even feared that he might again become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securing America&#8217;s Energy Future</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/12/02/securing-americas-energy-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team today. For National Security Adviser, Obama is nominating General James L. Jones. General Jones is a retired Marine commandant and NATO supreme commander. He has most recently been president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Institute for 21st Century Energy.
The Institute has recently published a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How About A Little Gratitude?</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/27/how-about-a-little-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving.



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		<title>Transition Planning</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/07/transition-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/07/transition-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emergentink.com/?p=435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was struck by FDR&#8217;s refusal to cooperate with Hoover after Roosevelt won the election of 1932 but before Inauguration Day (March 4, 1933) as depicted in Amity Shlaes&#8217; The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. It seemed unnecessary and ill-advised. The length of time between election and inauguration was longer than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Reading</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/06/weekend-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/06/weekend-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is working on putting together his team and a plan for the next four years. It&#8217;s time for me to move on, too, now that the election is over. I won&#8217;t be straying far; just spending less time on politics and more on ideas. This weekend, I&#8217;ll be reading Green Recovery, &#8220;A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Immense Hope</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/05/an-immense-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NY Times: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls 

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Word</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/03/the-last-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From FiveThirtyEight.com:

McCain&#8217;s chances of victory are estimated at 1.9 percent, their lowest total of the year.

For those of you who prefer to end this campaign on a positive note, Obama&#8217;s chances of victory are estimated at 98.1 percent, their highest total of the year.
I realize that for some of you, that&#8217;s not a positive note. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Way Things Work</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/02/the-way-things-work/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/02/the-way-things-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emergentink.com/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party is telling scary stories about socialism in its desperate last-minute attempt to stop Barack Obama from winning this election. (Yes, that&#8217;s what this is about. It&#8217;s not about electing John McCain. If it was about electing John McCain, we would have learned something about what John McCain intends to do if he [...]]]></description>
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