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	<description>Creating and celebrating local culture in Norfolk and all of Hampton Roads.</description>
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		<title>The Art of Tool &#124; Tool @ Hampton Coliseum</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-reviews/the-art-of-tool-tool-hampton-coliseum.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jESiO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stinkfist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the mothership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tool. Hampton Coliseum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Tool show is so much more of a visual experience than a Sonic one. I thought they sounded better on their albums but couldn’t take my eyes off the stage.]]></description>
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		<title>The Search for Hampton Roads&#8217; Most Dateable People: The AltDately Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/the-search-for-hampton-roads-most-dateable-people-the-altdately-challenge.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Watkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=134324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The whole purpose of this experiment is to see what it means to be solo in Hampton Roads and to send a Bat Signal up to some AltDaily readers that there is hope for the unattached, so play fair.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: HB750 Would Move Power from Judges to Prosecutors</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-hb750-would-move-power-from-judges-to-prosecutors.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-hb750-would-move-power-from-judges-to-prosecutors.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Poggenklass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Cline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth’s Attorneys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court-appointed attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminel summons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Albo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first offender program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB750]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hernandez v. Commonwealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercy of the court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petit larceny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia trial judge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With unchecked power to dismiss a case or press forward with it, prosecutors — not judges — get to decide who gets convicted and who doesn’t. ]]></description>
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		<title>How Change Happens: Civic Activism, HRT, &amp; How Hampton Roads Just Got a Little More Small Business Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/how-change-happens-civic-activism-hrt-how-hampton-roads-just-got-a-little-more-small-business-friendly.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/how-change-happens-civic-activism-hrt-how-hampton-roads-just-got-a-little-more-small-business-friendly.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Careyann Weinberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casual riders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civic activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commuters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily commute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoPass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoPass365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grow Interactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philip shucet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Hodges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=130724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After many months of conversation, HRT has agreed to extend their GoPass365 to businesses with as few as three employees at a sensible price. Score one (big one!) for Norfolk’s small businesses!]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Year McDonnell&#8217;s Christian Right Took Over Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-year-mcdonnells-christian-right-took-over-virginia.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-year-mcdonnells-christian-right-took-over-virginia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Broadcasting Network University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamental Republican Party principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasively probing women’s bodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Northam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond sunlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Republican Party's Vision for the Family\]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transvaginal ultrasound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginian-Pilot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A general rule: the more draconian a bill, the more it puts ideology ahead of common sense, the more likelihood it will pass.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend &#124; February 1, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-55.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-55.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=126694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Groundhog's Day. Feel like your life is the same, boring day over and over again? Change it.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: Scott Rigell &amp; Misguided Congressional Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-scott-rigell-misguided-congressional-reform.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-scott-rigell-misguided-congressional-reform.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiona Wake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ribble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Rigell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[term limits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=126721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Scott Rigell came up with four ways to try to reform Congress, but his ideas will do more harm than good. I offer alternative solutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Cartoonage with Dougie O: Mitt (Loves) Newt, Tebow, &amp; More</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/editorial-cartoonage-with-dougie-o-mitt-loves-newt-tebow-more.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/editorial-cartoonage-with-dougie-o-mitt-loves-newt-tebow-more.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=126070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newt's kiss, his kiss, is on Mitt's lips. ]]></description>
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		<title>What I Saw on My Walk Today &#124; Our World Through Walt Taylor&#8217;s Eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/what-i-saw-on-my-walk-today-our-world-through-walt-taylors-eyes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/what-i-saw-on-my-walk-today-our-world-through-walt-taylors-eyes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=122978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somebody's got plans for the dandelion...]]></description>
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		<title>New Legislation Could Disenfranchise Low-income, Elderly &amp; Student Voters in VA</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/new-legislation-could-disenfranchise-low-income-elderly-student-voters-in-va.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/new-legislation-could-disenfranchise-low-income-elderly-student-voters-in-va.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zack Budryk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a government identification card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a Social Security card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a valid Virginia driver’s license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D-Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disenfranchise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee identification card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Appropriations Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Cole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Obenshain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mamie Locke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Privileges and Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state legislatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timothy Hugo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Legislative Black Caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter registration card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter turnout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting rights activists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wisconsin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=122627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least a half-dozen bills before the Virginia General Assembly are causing alarm among voting rights activists.]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Real DJs Please Spin Forward: Elitism in the World of Spinning</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/will-the-real-djs-please-spin-forward-elitism-in-the-world-of-spinning.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/will-the-real-djs-please-spin-forward-elitism-in-the-world-of-spinning.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryon Burgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mel Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[producer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rasta tams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel L. Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shakin' that ass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vinyl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=121142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson, “I’m tired of all these mother(loving) DJs arguing over who is a mother(loving) real DJ or not.” Hmm. Maybe that’s not exactly how he put it, but I think we all get the point.]]></description>
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		<title>Cyclist Gazette: Norfolk Scores Big on the Fixie Index</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/cyclist-gazette-norfolk-scores-big-on-the-fixie-index.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/cyclist-gazette-norfolk-scores-big-on-the-fixie-index.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chili Ride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fixie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fixie index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hipster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priceonomics.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tattoo's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Threadlesst-shirts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tight pants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wes cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williamsburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wvec]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=120992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Statistics show we are hipsterer than I thought.]]></description>
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		<title>This Past Week in AltDaily &#124; January 30, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/this-past-week-on-altdaily-january-30-2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/this-past-week-on-altdaily-january-30-2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=120176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Warm and fuzzies. Let the sky never be just blue again. Winter be damned forever. Gratitude and grace abound. ]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bill Would Let Professors Carry Guns</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bill-would-let-professors-carry-guns.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bill-would-let-professors-carry-guns.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Bob Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faculty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Bill 91]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican lawmaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond sunlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[House Bill 91 would ban policies by public institutions of higher education that prohibit full-time faculty members with Virginia concealed handgun permits from packing heat.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: We&#8217;re Not High, it just Makes Sense: Pot Should be Legal in VA</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-were-not-high-it-just-makes-sense-pot-should-be-legal-in-va.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zane Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of advancing the marijuana policy reform discussion, here are five of the most common arguments against legalizing marijuana and why they’re wrong.]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Mandate Drug Tests for Aid Recipients</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-mandate-drug-tests-for-aid-recipients.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mechelle Hankerson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aid recipients]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If some Virginia lawmakers have their way, Virginians seeking social service benefits may have to submit to a mandatory drug test before receiving public assistance.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Virginia Laws Treat Women Unfairly, and It&#8217;s Getting Worse</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-virginia-laws-treat-women-unfairly-and-its-getting-worse.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-virginia-laws-treat-women-unfairly-and-its-getting-worse.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many places in the world where laws pertaining to health care and privacy rights treat women and men equally. The Commonwealth of Virginia does not seem to want to be one of them.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-54.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-54.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art, concerts, clubs, activism, love, fear, sex, destruction, and a cash bar. Get yourself in some really uncomfortable situations and live your damn life. ]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Westin Space to be a Waste No Longer: Meet &#8216;The Plot&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/downtown-westin-space-to-be-a-waste-no-longer-meet-the-plot.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Hampton Roads' brightest minds, Thom White of Work Program Architects, has donated his time to envisioning The Plot, a 'community gathering place' featuring an entertainment amphitheater, outdoor basketball court, a place for vendors, and very cool shipping container public art.]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Inskeep Thinks I’m a Slut: The Inner Turmoil of a Secret NPR Hater</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/steve-inskeep-thinks-im-a-slut-the-inner-turmoil-of-a-secret-npr-hater-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/steve-inskeep-thinks-im-a-slut-the-inner-turmoil-of-a-secret-npr-hater-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shouldn’t I, an advocate of education and literature, be glad that people are tuning into news radio instead of say, painting STOOPID LIBERAL HIPPY BITCH on my Sentra?]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Bus Service to ORF: It&#8217;s About Time</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/op-ed-bus-service-to-orf-its-about-time.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk/Virginia Beach is changing, both in real-life-livability, and perception. This is a step in the right direction, and I'm going to be happy to support this pilot program first hand on my next trip out of ORF in mid-February.]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: In the Kitchen with Todd Jurich</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chef prepares seared foie gras under glass. Warning: this video will make you so, so hungry.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor &#124; Waterside: The Answer is Clear, Now Let’s Get Moving</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-waterside-the-answer-is-clear-now-lets-get-moving.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-waterside-the-answer-is-clear-now-lets-get-moving.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Schranz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s just get going and build this thing so I can actually spend my paycheck now rather then my social security later.]]></description>
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		<title>Full Text: The Waterside Proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/full-text-the-waterside-proposals.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/full-text-the-waterside-proposals.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In all their glory.]]></description>
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		<title>Over the Bridge and Through the Tunnel: The Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/food-blogs/food-reviews-blogs/over-the-bridge-and-through-the-tunnel-the-competition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/food-blogs/food-reviews-blogs/over-the-bridge-and-through-the-tunnel-the-competition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Paul Kleinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I accept my duty to be an Official KCBS Certified Judge, so that truth, justice, excellence in Barbecue and the American Way of Life may be strengthened and preserved forever.”]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Repeal HPV Vaccine Requirement</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-repeal-hpv-vaccine-requirement.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-repeal-hpv-vaccine-requirement.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pia Talwar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Bob Marshall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two measures before the General Assembly would repeal the requirement that girls be vaccinated against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus before entering the sixth grade. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: McDonnell as Mitt&#8217;s VP? Only if State Republicans Don&#8217;t Stop Him</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-mcdonnell-as-mitts-vp-only-if-state-republicans-dont-stop-him.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-mcdonnell-as-mitts-vp-only-if-state-republicans-dont-stop-him.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Strickler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget fight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delaying the development of Virginia’s health benefit exchange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The longer a budget fight drags on, the less appealing McDonnell becomes on the national stage, as his carefully crafted reputation for responsible governance erodes away.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Train from NFK to Richmond Best Local News All Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting in December, anyone within walking distance of a Tide station will be able to journey all up and down the Eastern Seaboard by public transit, without need of a car, bus, or taxi, changing trains exactly once: at Harbor Park.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: In Spite of the Maurice Joneses &amp; Frank Batten Jrs. of the World, Journalism Will Survive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike D'Orso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the few barriers that have kept these hordes from having their way have been strong daily newspapers like the Virginian-Pilot once was and is struggling mightily, against all odds, (and against their own corporate bosses) to still be.]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Governor Wants to Keep Ban on Uranium Mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Public safety must be the primary factor in the ultimate determination as to whether to proceed with uranium mining.” - Gov. McDonnell ]]></description>
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		<title>Political Cartoon: The Maurice Jones Cash Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man in a tough position, no doubt, but hiding a big secret: that he was still collecting bonuses upwards of a quarter million dollars on top of his $600k plus salary. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-53.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've got the goodness at MOCA VA, Shaka's, Belmont, the Roper Center, Generic Theater, Riverview Gallery, PFAC, new movies, JewMa, Plaza del Sol and more and more and more. 
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		<title>Op-ed: The Waterside Proposals Should be Made Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now is not the time to close the doors. Now is the time to be open. If Norfolk wants to be a grown-up city, it needs to start treating its citizens like adults. Let it start here, with Waterside.]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots &amp; Sketches: Walt Taylor&#8217;s Wondrous World</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/snapshots-sketches-walt-taylors-wonderous-world-5.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: we're all gonna die.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The VA Law Changes that Would Most Positively Affect the GLBT Community</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-va-law-changes-that-would-most-positively-affect-the-glbt-community.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-va-law-changes-that-would-most-positively-affect-the-glbt-community.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Caywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia General Assembly is now in session and considering bills that might protect your right to work, or deny you the right to be a parent.]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking HRT Buses in Real Time: Let&#8217;s Make a Transit API</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/lets-make-a-transit-api.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/lets-make-a-transit-api.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Curry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HRT is planning on making real time bus data public. Now it's up to 757 developers to come up with an app that makes this information useful to the public. Are you in? ]]></description>
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		<title>12 Ways to Rebound from Broken Health Resolutions</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/12-ways-to-deal-with-broken-health-resolutions.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabina Cieszynski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sabina shares her tips on how to get back on track with your healthy resolutions for 2012. ]]></description>
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		<title>Survival of the Spinster: When Your Ex Gets Hitched</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question that I do not ask aloud, the question that I am trying to bury deep in my guts while surveying the stucco of my apartment ceiling – How are you married before me?]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Allow Deadly Force Against Intruders</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mechelle Hankerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Republicans controlling both the House and Senate, this could be an important year for gun rights supporters.]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Norfolk: Your Chance to Shape Norfolk&#8217;s Future</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/generation-norfolk-your-chance-to-shape-norfolks-future.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes me so optimistic about this project is the way that the private sector, citizens, and government have worked together to make it happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk SlutWalk: Who You Calling a Slut?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-slutwalk-who-you-calling-a-slut.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized" - Toronto Police officer. We politely--and quite sexily--disagree. 

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		<title>Teaching with Depression: Is There Any Way Out?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/teaching-with-depression-is-there-any-way-out.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/teaching-with-depression-is-there-any-way-out.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its a horrible catch-22: being a teacher you’re not allowed to be depressed, but the emotional output required by the job makes you more likely to be depressed.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: This is the Year Virginia Should Give GLBT Citizens Full Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parrish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLBT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is now clear that ending discrimination against GLBT Virginians is a mainstream objective. Those who continue to obstruct progress are on the wrong side of the issue politically and on the wrong side of history.]]></description>
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		<title>January in LGBT Hampton Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/january-in-lgbt-hampton-roads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/january-in-lgbt-hampton-roads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plus an interview with Cathleen Rhodes, professor of Queer Studies at ODU.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fight to Ban Abortion in Virginia Continues</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-fight-to-ban-abortion-in-virginia-continues.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-fight-to-ban-abortion-in-virginia-continues.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Democratic leaders are speaking out against Republican legislation that they said seeks to make abortion illegal and even might restrict access to some forms of legal birth control.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Books John Read, with John McManus</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-books-john-read-with-john-mcmanus.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-books-john-read-with-john-mcmanus.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balloon Juice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Dish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unclaimed Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Neutrality and objective distance are places I’ve never been able to find.” –Saviano, Gomorrah.]]></description>
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		<title>Kickstarting Your Career in Music &amp; the Arts: A Guide to Using Kickstarter.com</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/kickstarting-your-career-in-music-the-arts-a-guide-to-using-kickstarter-com.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/kickstarting-your-career-in-music-the-arts-a-guide-to-using-kickstarter-com.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Federali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kickstarter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Federali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rewards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Only ask for what you need. This isn’t a teenage negotiation with your parents for movie money. Don’t ask for $50 in secret hopes of only getting $20. ]]></description>
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		<title>Start it, Execute it, Live it: The Life of an Entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/start-it-execute-it-live-it-the-life-of-an-entrepreneur.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/start-it-execute-it-live-it-the-life-of-an-entrepreneur.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zack Miller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aeir talk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apocalapps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovation research park at odu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[start norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TutoriALL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vinylmint]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["A start-up company is a dream turned into a tangible action to create a specific lifestyle for that visionary." - Byron Morgan, CEO of Vinylmint]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend &#124; Balmy January Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-balmy-january-edition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-balmy-january-edition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don't get out and enjoy yourself this weekend then we can't help you. We just... can't. ]]></description>
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		<title>Stalking Norfolk Construction Projects: The Dashboard</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/stalking-norfolk-construction-projects-the-dashboard.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/stalking-norfolk-construction-projects-the-dashboard.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Scruggs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The dashboard will track projects through design, contracting, and construction, breaking each phase down by percentage completed and providing estimated dates of completion and pictures of the initial renderings of the projects. ]]></description>
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		<title>The AltDaily Drive Raffle: A Sweet Harmonica Necklace!</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/the-altdaily-drive-raffle-a-sweet-harmonica-necklace.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/the-altdaily-drive-raffle-a-sweet-harmonica-necklace.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harmonica necklace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luna rosa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A local jewelery business gave us these two sweet pieces to raffle off. They're rad and so is Luna Rosa. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Gallery Pops up in Downtown Phoebus: TrueFace and Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/a-gallery-pops-up-in-downtown-phoebus-trueface-and-friends.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/a-gallery-pops-up-in-downtown-phoebus-trueface-and-friends.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asa jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton boyer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Hollingsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mallory Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoebus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop-Up Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TrueFace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, while some of the work is a little young- it is definitely youthful in a good way. It's the kind of feeling you get from talking to a gawky, smart teenager that is bursting with potential and on the verge of coming into their own. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Tweets in Town</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-best-tweets-in-town.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-best-tweets-in-town.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqui Riffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#hrva]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A list of the best Twitterers #HRVA has to offer, in Twitterific poem form.]]></description>
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		<title>AltDaily Weekly Newsletter &amp; Thrill Ride Opt-IN</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/newsletter-opt-in.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/newsletter-opt-in.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Easy and good for you. ]]></description>
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		<title>Moving a Business from Riverview to Ocean View, by Bike</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/moving-a-business-from-riverview-to-ocean-view-by-bike.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/moving-a-business-from-riverview-to-ocean-view-by-bike.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["We look like the Beverly Hillbillies," said Cindy Lewis at one point. To drivers passing by we might have looked like gypsies, or a low budget circus on bikes.]]></description>
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		<title>AltDaily Volunteers Service Opportunity: The Union Mission</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/altdaily-volunteers-service-opportunity-the-union-mission.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/altdaily-volunteers-service-opportunity-the-union-mission.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Cook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christian way]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight 270 men, 30 women, and 18 children will find their way out of the cold drizzly rain to a roof over their head, a comfortable bed, and a relatively tasty meal, all thanks to The Union Mission. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Testimonial: Why Norfolk Needs AltDaily</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reader-testimonial-why-norfolk-needs-altdaily.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reader-testimonial-why-norfolk-needs-altdaily.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AltDaily is a lighthouse in Norfolk's sea of journalism, and a major seaport without a lighthouse is very dangerous proposition.]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Notebook &#124; You Can&#8217;t Stop Our Metaphorical Cojones</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/editors-notebook-you-cant-stop-our-metaphorical-dicks.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/editors-notebook-you-cant-stop-our-metaphorical-dicks.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Neko Case, Cannonball City, a 2012 resolution worth keeping, the best of last week, and what to expect this week on AltDaily. ]]></description>
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		<title>Working Artist Interview: Nichole Ashikis</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/working-artist-interview-nichole-ashikis.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/working-artist-interview-nichole-ashikis.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["We need to work-on being a destination and not a stagnant trendy novelty." - Nichole Ashikis ]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Age of Property Stalking in Norfolk Begins</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/property-stalking-in-norfolk-made-easy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/property-stalking-in-norfolk-made-easy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hoarders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a website and app that helps you look up everything from assessed value to code enforcement cases. Welcome to the golden age of property stalking in Norfolk.]]></description>
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		<title>2011&#8242;s Most Undesirable: Best Albums from Last Year with Ryan Stoner</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/2011s-most-undesirable-best-albums-from-last-year-with-ryan-stoner.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/2011s-most-undesirable-best-albums-from-last-year-with-ryan-stoner.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Stoner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[and The Birthday Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[death metal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After listening to his band's newest album (fresh after mastering), he took off his headphones, looked to the sky and said “This is the one, motherfucker. This is the one.”]]></description>
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		<title>The Norfolk Project: Falling Backward into Making this City My Life&#8217;s Work</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-norfolk-project-falling-backward-into-making-this-city-my-lifes-work.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a vision for this city. When I ride my bike through Norfolk I see it in two dimensions: where it is now, and where I believe it can be in the next couple of years.]]></description>
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		<title>VB Local Helps Develop App that Lets Physical Therapy Patients Help Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/irehab-com-an-app-that-is-modifying-health-care-solutions-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/irehab-com-an-app-that-is-modifying-health-care-solutions-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanesa Vennard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“With smartphone and tablet computer sales growing exponentially, we will all see huge growth in health care related applications in the next 24 months,” Krugh said.]]></description>
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		<title>The Things People Tell You When They Think You&#8217;re Not Real: A Statue in Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/the-things-people-tell-you-when-they-think-youre-not-real-a-statue-in-norfolk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/the-things-people-tell-you-when-they-think-youre-not-real-a-statue-in-norfolk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Luma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alicia Stoner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[busking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[our lady of the various sorrows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday night was my second time taking advantage of Norfolk’s now-friendly busking laws by performing as ‘the first acquisition of Norfolk’s Human Statuary.' Here's what happened. ]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration Begets Inspiration: Public Art Beauty New Orleans Style</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/inspiration-begets-inspiration.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/inspiration-begets-inspiration.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Logan Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[velo bamboo]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=61549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We need to take our cues from places like New Orleans, whose citizens go out of their way to make their surroundings reflect their personalities, regardless of their income level.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend: New Year&#8217;s Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-new-years-edition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-new-years-edition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[80s prom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belmont House of Smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Drain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Mouth Annie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cozzy's Comedy Club & Tavern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deloreans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jewish Mother backstage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KELLER WILLIAMS Kids Matinee Show]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Jewish Mother Backstage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say, "the world is going to end in December 2012" so this may very well be your last chance to ring in a new year. BRING IT.]]></description>
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		<title>Testimonial: AltDaily Gives Me Hope</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/testimonial-altdaily-gives-me-hope.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Burdick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AltDaily honestly gave me hope. I was stuck in a city I had deemed "crappy" all because I wanted nothing but to live in NYC, and Virginia Beach has "nothing to do" other than hit up the block and/or shore drive bars; everyone I know lives with their parents. ]]></description>
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		<title>City Council to Vote on Busking Ordinance Days Before Art&#124;Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/city-council-to-vote-on-busking-ordinance-days-before-arteverywhere.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/city-council-to-vote-on-busking-ordinance-days-before-arteverywhere.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jESiO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[busking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk city council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street performance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A look back on the year in busk. From the first Art&#124;Everywhere, which kicked it into motion, to the second, which kicks it into law.]]></description>
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		<title>TweetBlog: The Opening of The Tide</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/tweeting-about-the-tide.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/tweeting-about-the-tide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Tweeterific coverage of the opening of Virginia's first light rail system, plus some of #HRVA's take. ]]></description>
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		<title>AltDaily Drive Raffle: 2 Tix to Each: Keller Williams, SOJA, and G Love &amp; The Special Sauce @ The NorVa</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/altdaily-drive-raffle-2-tix-to-each-keller-williams-soja-and-g-love-the-special-sauce-the-norva.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/altdaily-drive-raffle-2-tix-to-each-keller-williams-soja-and-g-love-the-special-sauce-the-norva.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[g love & special sauce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That's 3 great shows. 6 tickets total. For as little as $10. Plus, you're helping AltDaily. Dig it. ]]></description>
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		<title>8 Creative Uses for Your XMas Tree Now that XMas is Over</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/8-creative-ways-to-make-use-your-xmas-tree-now-that-xmas-is-over.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/8-creative-ways-to-make-use-your-xmas-tree-now-that-xmas-is-over.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads christmas tree disposal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[4. Let your city turn your tree into mulch. 
7. Remove all the branches. Sharpen the base. Impale as you see fit. ]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in Chesapeake: A Story Told in Pictures, Words, and Lights</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/108808.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/108808.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Rene Bishop</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cafe Stella]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Lights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chesapeake lives it's daily life as if the values and little joys we learned in our childhoods still hold true...]]></description>
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		<title>Trifle Your Christmas Away &#124; Cartoons by Douglas Orleski</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/trifle-your-christmas-away-cartoons-by-douglas-orleski.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/trifle-your-christmas-away-cartoons-by-douglas-orleski.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is supposed to be this serious holiday. Instead, it has morphed into a day of materialism. It's virtually devoid of religious meaning for many who celebrate. So, we make comics about it.]]></description>
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		<title>On Kerry Dougherty, Jesus, AIDS, and Art</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/on-kerry-dougherty-jesus-aids-and-art.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/on-kerry-dougherty-jesus-aids-and-art.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Fire in My Belly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Close to the Knives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the Shadow of the American Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Dougherty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>GLBT Friendly Places of Worship in Hampton Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/glbt-friendly-places-of-worship-in-hampton-roads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/glbt-friendly-places-of-worship-in-hampton-roads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Caywood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights era]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality Virginia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may find that in a welcoming church where they are just another member. Others want to be part of a church community that has shared their experiences, painful and joyful, of being gay.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Out in the Park&#8221; is Welcome and Welcoming</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/out-in-the-park-is-welcome-and-welcoming.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/out-in-the-park-is-welcome-and-welcoming.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Mullins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay pride]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want you to dance with us, laugh and have a drink with us, because being afraid of homos is SO last century.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House: Christmas Weekend Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-christmas-weekend-edition.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you need a break from family fun and crazy holiday shoppers, don't feel bad. The rest of the world is waiting for you to cut loose in. ]]></description>
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		<title>Birthing Babies Au Naturale</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/birthing-babies-au-naturale.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/birthing-babies-au-naturale.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asha Baisden</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[giving birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my breath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my rhythm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural way of life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[so pretty in october]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I'd told those close to me of my intentions, a common response was that I had no idea what birth would be like, that it would prove far more difficult than I could imagine.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#124; Off to a Good Start, NFK</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/photo-of-the-day-off-to-a-good-start-nfk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/photo-of-the-day-off-to-a-good-start-nfk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello world. ]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Local Charities: American Red Cross of Coastal Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-american-red-cross-of-southeastern-virginia.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-american-red-cross-of-southeastern-virginia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[do the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donate blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday giving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red cross of southeastern virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["In my work with the Red Cross, I found that being able to help others after they have lost everything is a life-changing experience." - Susan Drees, Red Cross volunteer]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Why I Like the Seven Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/why-i-like-the-seven-cities.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/why-i-like-the-seven-cities.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lockness monster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fairly cracked out video Hannah and Jesse made talking all crazy about what they like about Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>What It&#8217;s Like: Being in an Abusive Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/what-its-like-being-in-an-abusive-relationship.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/what-its-like-being-in-an-abusive-relationship.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janine Latus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence Awareness Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relearning how to breathe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Which makes November the perfect month to keep the issue alive. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Battle to Rid Ghent of Homeless People</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-battle-to-rid-ghent-of-homeless-people.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-battle-to-rid-ghent-of-homeless-people.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ghent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghent Civic League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ken cuccinelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark warner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Sessoms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus Cooch, Sessoms' absurd response to a tent city at the Beach, and more in Jay Ford's powerful If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>PhotoBlog: US National Table Tennis Championships in VB</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/sports-blogs/photoblog-us-national-table-tennis-championships-in-vb.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/sports-blogs/photoblog-us-national-table-tennis-championships-in-vb.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Shinault</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plick plock, plick plock. Snap snap, snap snap. ]]></description>
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		<title>McManus&#8217; If You Read the Paper, Live from South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/mcmanus-if-you-read-the-paper-live-from-south-africa.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/mcmanus-if-you-read-the-paper-live-from-south-africa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You’re maybe wondering why I traveled to South Africa in the first place. The answer is simple: to escape Christmas music.]]></description>
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		<title>HRT (was going) to Try Out a Bus to Norfolk International Airport</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/hrt-to-try-out-a-bus-to-norfolk-international-airport.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/hrt-to-try-out-a-bus-to-norfolk-international-airport.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus to the airport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["The idea is to test the market to see if that's a market we're missing during the holiday season," said Ray Amoruso of HRT. "If there is success identifying a market we can see about going out to the Oceanfront as well."]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Local Charities &#124; The AIDS Fund Christmas Toy Drive and Meal Basket Donation</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-the-aids-fund-christmas-toy-drive-and-meal-basket-donation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-the-aids-fund-christmas-toy-drive-and-meal-basket-donation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esther Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aids fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true meaning of christmas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Without donations, some of these kids don't even have a Christmas..." - Heidi Watkins, AIDS Fund]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk Occupiers Hint at &#8216;Re-Occupation&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-occupiers-hint-at-re-occupation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-occupiers-hint-at-re-occupation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occupy Norfolk is gathering today to protest the Senate's authorization of Bill 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act. Where the movement goes from here is anyone's guess. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed &#124; Learning to Play Well Together: Regional Leaders Discuss Sharing Services</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-learning-to-play-well-together-regional-leaders-discuss-sharing-services.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-learning-to-play-well-together-regional-leaders-discuss-sharing-services.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Missy Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amerigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amerigroup vice president for External Relations Operations. Jim Hixon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake City Council; Marcus Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake City Manager; Rick West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief people officer of Dollar Tree; Jeff Gough]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[E. Dana Dickens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Southern executive vice president-Law and Corporate Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilot program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president and CEO of Hampton Roads Partnership; William Harrell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[smithfield foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithfield Foods vice president for Logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Gill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach City Council; James Fothergill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach City Manager; Glenn Davis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“With multiple adjacent cities in the Hampton Roads area, there are opportunities for cities to share services and avoid the costs of providing those services separately,” said Wick Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern.]]></description>
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		<title>Drivers Harming Cyclists: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t mean to&#8221; Doesn&#8217;t Cut It</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/drivers-harming-cyclists-i-didnt-mean-to-doesnt-cut-it.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/drivers-harming-cyclists-i-didnt-mean-to-doesnt-cut-it.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you get behind the wheel of a car you are arming yourself with a potentially lethal weapon. If you kill someone with that weapon, you should be held responsible. "I didn't mean to do it," just doesn't cut it.]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Virginia Beach: The US National Table Tennis Championships</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/sports-blogs/this-week-in-virginia-beach-the-us-national-table-tennis-championships.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/sports-blogs/this-week-in-virginia-beach-the-us-national-table-tennis-championships.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marty Reisman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newport News Table Tennis Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tidewater Table Tennis Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usa table tennis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus a little creative non-fiction about the invention of the sponge table tennis paddle, starring the great Marty Reisman and a suitcase full of stolen gold. ]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to a Sky Near You: Quadcopters</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/coming-to-a-sky-near-you-quadcopters.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/coming-to-a-sky-near-you-quadcopters.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jameson Dungan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These flying robots might revolutionize everything from war to disaster relief to filmmaking. Read on and be amazed. ]]></description>
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		<title>I Didn&#8217;t Know That Was Possible: Behind the Scenes of Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s &#8216;Quidam&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/i-didnt-know-that-was-possible-behind-the-scenes-of-cirque-du-soleils-quidam.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/i-didnt-know-that-was-possible-behind-the-scenes-of-cirque-du-soleils-quidam.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Hull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking about it now still shatters my brain. Things make so much less sense when you watch real live people spin like violent cyclones one minute and then suddenly they're gliding through the air like a wind-plucked dandelion tuft.]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction by John McManus: Mr. Gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mama said the way to keep a diary was to write down the opposite of everything that happened, so she gave Jason a blank book so each night he could tell how all the boys played kick the cans until the boogeyman came.]]></description>
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		<title>December Events, Fun, &amp; Love for LGBT Hampton Roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Miller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACCESS AIDS Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book recommendations and more...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads Men's Chorus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hershee bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT Christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mambo Room]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mambo Room, LGBT Center, Hampton Roads Men's Chorus, SLUT Walk silent auction, The Wave, Hershee Bar, The Garage, Access AIDS Care, LGBT Christians, book recommendations and more... ]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You gotta do something this weekend, why not do something super fun?]]></description>
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		<title>CSAcation: Dana vs. Parsnip</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/food-blogs/recipes-blogs/csacation-dana-vs-parsnip.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/food-blogs/recipes-blogs/csacation-dana-vs-parsnip.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Staves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recipes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I didn't cut and burn my fingers on countless kitchen hazards to scoop out giant sandwiches and give a camera a come-hither stare that seems to say, "Hey there, Tiger, this big sandwich? It's all yours." ]]></description>
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		<title>PhotoBlog &#124; For the Love of Cities: Pictures from Near the Top of the Wells Fargo</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/photoblog-for-the-love-of-cities-pictures-from-near-the-top-of-the-wells-fargo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Mullin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk skyline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S.L. Nusbaum Realty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The multitudinous illuminated windows of the high rises really did seem to wink at me, promising what nature's vistas never could: the excitement and potential of human adventures, of foreign voices and bodies and ideas interwoven with the framework of the city.]]></description>
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		<title>Release: Clarence Clemons Tribute To Feature Members of E Street Band, Bon Jovi &amp; Gary US Bonds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaver Brown Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Reid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The show will take place one night at The Attucks and then the next night at The NorVa. We're into this. ]]></description>
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		<title>Inside the Dominion Enterprises Hackathon: The Secret Lives of Programmers</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/inside-a-the-dominion-enterprises-hackathon-the-secret-lives-of-programmers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Paddock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great software is born from the kind of creative lightning-in-a-bottle that only programmers can produce and execute. Challenged to create a product in 36 hours, developers become a bit like Dr. Frankenstein hunched over his operating table, complete with "It's alive!" moments, as some esoteric line of code begins to run. ]]></description>
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