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		<title>Comment on The Hook by Athena Sasso</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/10/the-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-106052</link>
		<dc:creator>Athena Sasso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Surf Morocco was the name of the article, not a surf school. :0</description>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: January 2012 by Latest Purple Shoes For Women News &#124; Bowling Shoes For Women</title>
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		<dc:creator>Latest Purple Shoes For Women News &#124; Bowling Shoes For Women</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Word on the Street: January 2012 1/5: Cocoa Beach Woman&#039;s Club Meeting The theme of this month&#039;s meeting is domestic violence, with Cindy Flachmeier serving as the scheduled speaker. Cindy&#039;s career started in 1971 as the Director of Social Services at Fair Havens Center, &#8230; Read more on Beachside Resident [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: January 2012 by Word on the Street: January 2012</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2012/01/word-on-the-street-january-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-105719</link>
		<dc:creator>Word on the Street: January 2012</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] at 71 N. Orlando Ave. They offer junior/women&#039;s clothing, accessories, &#8230; Read more on Beachside Resident More Suggestions Daily wrap of all things interesting for Monday, January 9 Luxury Hosiery Company [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] at 71 N. Orlando Ave. They offer junior/women&#039;s clothing, accessories, &#8230; Read more on Beachside Resident More Suggestions Daily wrap of all things interesting for Monday, January 9 Luxury Hosiery Company [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on And Yet More Random Notes by Peter Stoller</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2012/01/and-yet-more-random-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-105590</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter Stoller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jerry Leiber and Mike (not Jeff) Stoller wrote &quot;Jailhouse Rock&quot; for Elvis Presley: it was &quot;Hound Dog&quot; that they wrote for Big Mama Thornton in 1952, redone by Presley in 1956. Jerry was indeed from Baltimore, but Mike was from Queens, NY.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jerry Leiber and Mike (not Jeff) Stoller wrote &#8220;Jailhouse Rock&#8221; for Elvis Presley: it was &#8220;Hound Dog&#8221; that they wrote for Big Mama Thornton in 1952, redone by Presley in 1956. Jerry was indeed from Baltimore, but Mike was from Queens, NY.</p>
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		<title>Comment on It&#8217;s The End of the World and We&#8217;re Gonna Miss It by dunskie</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2012/01/its-the-end-of-the-world-and-were-gonna-miss-it/comment-page-1/#comment-105525</link>
		<dc:creator>dunskie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s Dec 21&#039;st NOT the 12th.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: December 2011 by Word on the Street: January 2012 &#124;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Word on the Street: January 2012 &#124;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: January 2012 by Word on the Street: January 2012 &#124; Brevard County Articles</title>
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		<dc:creator>Word on the Street: January 2012 &#124; Brevard County Articles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] to Original Content From Beachside Resident: read moreSee more stories on Google:  read more   This entry was posted in General. Bookmark the permalink.   [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: January 2012 by Word on the Street: January 2012 &#124; The Beachside Resident</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2012/01/word-on-the-street-january-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-105492</link>
		<dc:creator>Word on the Street: January 2012 &#124; The Beachside Resident</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] News            Home &gt; Word on the Street &gt; Word on the Street: January 2012  Word on the Street: January 2012 [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Don Ryan of Surfers for Autism by Bob hunt</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2010/07/don-ryan-of-surfers-for-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-105244</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob hunt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Don,
   
       Remember when you held your event on Treasure Island Beach.

    You had come into our Island Dreamz Bicycle Shop looking for a 

    donation. We had only been in business for a month or so, and we gave 

    you a new bicycle for your cause to auction off. Bob could use a letter

    a letter to submit to the Chamber. They would like to do a article on 

    us. This would look really good in the article. Since you will be 

    back.   If you could email it to me I would be so gratful.

    darlingtondreamz [at] gmail [dot] com

    Thank you,

    Linda

    
    would be great to include.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Don,</p>
<p>       Remember when you held your event on Treasure Island Beach.</p>
<p>    You had come into our Island Dreamz Bicycle Shop looking for a </p>
<p>    donation. We had only been in business for a month or so, and we gave </p>
<p>    you a new bicycle for your cause to auction off. Bob could use a letter</p>
<p>    a letter to submit to the Chamber. They would like to do a article on </p>
<p>    us. This would look really good in the article. Since you will be </p>
<p>    back.   If you could email it to me I would be so gratful.</p>
<p>    darlingtondreamz [at] gmail [dot] com</p>
<p>    Thank you,</p>
<p>    Linda</p>
<p>    would be great to include.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Defense of Localism by gabe</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/06/in-defense-of-localism/comment-page-1/#comment-104858</link>
		<dc:creator>gabe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, I agree that beach cities need to be shown more respect, but I disagree that just because you are lucky enough to live near the beach that you have more right to surf those spots. I feel localism is just another word for greed sometimes people think because they live near the beach they own the beach and whoever doesn&#039;t has no right to experiance the awesomeness of surfing.
     on another note people do steal things in Kauai. I just got back from a trip there and someone broke into our car stole a boogie board, 500 dollars and an Iphone out of the locked glove box.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I agree that beach cities need to be shown more respect, but I disagree that just because you are lucky enough to live near the beach that you have more right to surf those spots. I feel localism is just another word for greed sometimes people think because they live near the beach they own the beach and whoever doesn&#8217;t has no right to experiance the awesomeness of surfing.<br />
     on another note people do steal things in Kauai. I just got back from a trip there and someone broke into our car stole a boogie board, 500 dollars and an Iphone out of the locked glove box.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Arturo Echarte by David Gamblin</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/02/arturo-echarte/comment-page-1/#comment-104563</link>
		<dc:creator>David Gamblin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is so nice to see that you still enjoy your music and put such a nice effort into it. I have heard great things about your new church. Keep going!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is so nice to see that you still enjoy your music and put such a nice effort into it. I have heard great things about your new church. Keep going!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Ian Millar by Matt Folkmuse Stone</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/02/ian-millar/comment-page-1/#comment-103701</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Folkmuse Stone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Howdy Ian, sure did enjoy meeting you and hearing your guitar and voice on the high seas recently.  I&#039;m the guy who knew who John Prine was, and then gave you a long list of songs.  Turned out we both knew the Harp Inn and a few others.  Safe travels and keep up the wonderful music.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Howdy Ian, sure did enjoy meeting you and hearing your guitar and voice on the high seas recently.  I&#8217;m the guy who knew who John Prine was, and then gave you a long list of songs.  Turned out we both knew the Harp Inn and a few others.  Safe travels and keep up the wonderful music.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Chris Brewer by Sam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4296/jimihendrix1968electric.jpg

Looks familiar.</description>
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<p>Looks familiar.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Chris Brewer by Sam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Photoshop filter&gt;distort&gt;glass&gt;block on famous photographs. Totally original. </description>
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		<title>Comment on The Purple Nettle Jellyfish by admin</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/06/the-purple-nettle-jellyfish/comment-page-1/#comment-102675</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes of course thank you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/alopezarenas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ToniTofa&lt;/a&gt;!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes of course thank you <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alopezarenas/" rel="nofollow">ToniTofa</a>!</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Cocoa Beach Surf Museum by Dee Evans</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/12/the-cocoa-beach-surf-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-102664</link>
		<dc:creator>Dee Evans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder if any of the top name surfers of the past years ever came to Surfeside Theater in Cocoa Beach to watch the surfing movies that I showed back in the seventies.  And, did they get the inspiration for learning the sport from watching those fantastic shows?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if any of the top name surfers of the past years ever came to Surfeside Theater in Cocoa Beach to watch the surfing movies that I showed back in the seventies.  And, did they get the inspiration for learning the sport from watching those fantastic shows?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Ian Millar by Carol and Dennis Jones</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/02/ian-millar/comment-page-1/#comment-102351</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol and Dennis Jones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thoroughly enjoyed your shows on the Indie over the New Year, live music and banter at its best.  Really hope we will be lucky enough to be on another cruise when you appear.  Still think you would be brilliant at Grandma&#039;s feather bed.   Keep on with the Brandy they still have way too much on board, now you know it goes well in a carajillio (you may need to check the spelling on that).  Cheers xx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thoroughly enjoyed your shows on the Indie over the New Year, live music and banter at its best.  Really hope we will be lucky enough to be on another cruise when you appear.  Still think you would be brilliant at Grandma&#8217;s feather bed.   Keep on with the Brandy they still have way too much on board, now you know it goes well in a carajillio (you may need to check the spelling on that).  Cheers xx</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Defense of Localism by The future of local &#124; I Am Pete Ashton</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/06/in-defense-of-localism/comment-page-1/#comment-100896</link>
		<dc:creator>The future of local &#124; I Am Pete Ashton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] from this article about surfing where &#8220;localism&#8221; has a quite specific meaning.    This entry was posted in ASH-10, [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] from this article about surfing where &#8220;localism&#8221; has a quite specific meaning.    This entry was posted in ASH-10, [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: December 2011 by Mike McGahey</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/12/word-on-the-street-december-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-100617</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGahey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Smoking Joe&#039;s Smoke Shop is NOW OPEN,

Featuring Roll Your Own Cigarettes $7 Bucks Gets you 50 Smokes Thats $2.08 per pack, We also have Cheapest Name Brand Smokes and Smoking Accessories on the Beach.

2 Monsters for $ 4.00 Bucks including Tax</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smoking Joe&#8217;s Smoke Shop is NOW OPEN,</p>
<p>Featuring Roll Your Own Cigarettes $7 Bucks Gets you 50 Smokes Thats $2.08 per pack, We also have Cheapest Name Brand Smokes and Smoking Accessories on the Beach.</p>
<p>2 Monsters for $ 4.00 Bucks including Tax</p>
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		<title>Comment on Word on the Street: November 2011 by Latest Lawn Bowling Shoes News &#124; Bowling Shoes For Women</title>
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		<dc:creator>Latest Lawn Bowling Shoes News &#124; Bowling Shoes For Women</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] will feature fitness challenges, a DJ, the Big Red Bus, food and health and &#8230; Read more on Beachside Resident  Tags: Bowling, Latest, Lawn, News, [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Tom Curren by Music Surfers Listen To &#124;Tom CurrenSurfing News Daily</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/11/tom-curren/comment-page-1/#comment-97456</link>
		<dc:creator>Music Surfers Listen To &#124;Tom CurrenSurfing News Daily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Curren’s music goes beyond the immediate “surf market.” He explores musical styles and combinations of sounds that reflect his unique take on music — and a glimpse into the Curren persona.” Read the original source of the story here [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Curren’s music goes beyond the immediate “surf market.” He explores musical styles and combinations of sounds that reflect his unique take on music — and a glimpse into the Curren persona.” Read the original source of the story here [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Offshore Fishing Report: November 2011 by Crissy</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/11/offshore-fishing-report-november-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-96051</link>
		<dc:creator>Crissy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s aylaws a pleasure to hear from someone with expertise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s aylaws a pleasure to hear from someone with expertise.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Purple Nettle Jellyfish by ToniTofa</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/06/the-purple-nettle-jellyfish/comment-page-1/#comment-95524</link>
		<dc:creator>ToniTofa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can cite the authorship of this photos, or at least paste a link...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alopezarenas/2601191073/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can cite the authorship of this photos, or at least paste a link&#8230;<br />
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		<title>Comment on Estonia: Land of Song by Estonian</title>
		<link>http://thebeachsideresident.com/2011/12/estonia-land-of-song/comment-page-1/#comment-95317</link>
		<dc:creator>Estonian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As has been pointed out to me several times, the Singing Revolution could easily have gone the way of the Prague Spring or the Hungarian attempt in 1956. Not to take away from the brave nonviolent actions of my parents and grandparents, the circumstances were very much to their favour: the Glasnost was a highly publicised &quot;free speech&quot; movement in USSR, Gorbachev couldn&#039;t very well up and use force right after declaring a new era that was aimed at revitalizing the crumbling, dying Soviet economy. The economy was so bad, in fact that according to some economists, the collapse of the Soviet Union was merely a matter of how and when. 

In that sense, in those circumstances, what is truly miraculous about the Singing Revolution of the Baltics is that the three countries came out of it with a minimum amount of bloodshed and a very clear path to democracy - as we all know, not all republics that emerged from the Soviet Union got the same start. Some are now mostly democratic, some are still struggling with the legacy of Soviet idiocy. What the Singing revolution really did was that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia had a popular movement BEFORE the collapse of the USSR where they had a chance to have a public discussion what do they want once they&#039;re independent. And how to get it. The beginning of the 90&#039;s was a very difficult time in our region and it could easily have degenerated to a mafia-ruled oligarchic puppet-region of Russia but because of the Singing Revolution, the (foreign) political aims of the Baltics were clearly backed by the majority of the people, even when there was no trade coming from Russia (as punishment) and nothing from the west either (yet. because they had no idea if the countries would survive and why piss off Russia?) - I remember my mom saying &quot;we&#039;ll eat potato peels if necessary but we will not go back to that Soviet system&quot;</description>
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<p>In that sense, in those circumstances, what is truly miraculous about the Singing Revolution of the Baltics is that the three countries came out of it with a minimum amount of bloodshed and a very clear path to democracy &#8211; as we all know, not all republics that emerged from the Soviet Union got the same start. Some are now mostly democratic, some are still struggling with the legacy of Soviet idiocy. What the Singing revolution really did was that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia had a popular movement BEFORE the collapse of the USSR where they had a chance to have a public discussion what do they want once they&#8217;re independent. And how to get it. The beginning of the 90&#8242;s was a very difficult time in our region and it could easily have degenerated to a mafia-ruled oligarchic puppet-region of Russia but because of the Singing Revolution, the (foreign) political aims of the Baltics were clearly backed by the majority of the people, even when there was no trade coming from Russia (as punishment) and nothing from the west either (yet. because they had no idea if the countries would survive and why piss off Russia?) &#8211; I remember my mom saying &#8220;we&#8217;ll eat potato peels if necessary but we will not go back to that Soviet system&#8221;</p>
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		<dc:creator>Roger Burleigh of Green Gloves Garden Center &#124; Gardening</dc:creator>
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