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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>Friday Featured Artist: Mike Gombas Jr.</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-mike-gombas-jr.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I make fairly densely interwoven imagery that isn't representative of a singular image but is unified in its approach."]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Careyann Weinberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>Romance in the Air: The Emergence of TRDance &amp; Virginia Ballet Theatre</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/shake-it-like-you-were-born-at-doumars-february-in-hampton-roads-dance.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/shake-it-like-you-were-born-at-doumars-february-in-hampton-roads-dance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attucks Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnival of the Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carousel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Steppin’ Sunday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance classes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance performances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elbert Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geraldine Boone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inez Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce White-Tasby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maizelle Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margie Day-Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandler Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Yvonne Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mambo Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRDance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Ballet Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willett Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plus all the best dance performances and classes this month in Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Absorbed Poet Has Backing by the Underworld</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Cocteau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orphee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orpheus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Opera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A review of Virginia Opera's Orphée; a piece that can play with our web of current cultural references while still addressing universal themes that one would expect from a reworking of Orpheus.]]></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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[beards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chili Ride]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fixie index]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priceonomics.com]]></category>
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		<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>PhotoBlog: Behind the Scenes at the Virginia Zoo</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/photoblog-behind-the-scenes-at-the-virginia-zoo.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/photoblog-behind-the-scenes-at-the-virginia-zoo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Logan Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behind the scenes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[closeness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[touching animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unattainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia zoo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Elephants, giraffes, kangaroos, tortoises, up close and personal. It's a sacred feeling to safely travel beyond the barriers we've grown up with.]]></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>
		<comments>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#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zane Hurst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Addictive Behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Journal of Emergency Medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California’s Prop 19]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Del. David Englin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helen Lovejoy]]></category>
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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>This Ballerina is Learning How to Swing Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/this-ballerina-is-learning-how-to-swing-dance-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/this-ballerina-is-learning-how-to-swing-dance-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balboa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Be My Jazz Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Speidel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DanceSport VA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devon Rowland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Coast Swing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindy Hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shall We Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southside Stomp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swing music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Charleston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor Celania]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dance floor was packed – an array of swinging arms, kicking legs, and turns. Smiles were in abundance; the bouncing energy filled the room.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Brandon Thompson</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-brandon-thompson.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-brandon-thompson.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=117626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["A lot of times ideas pop into my head and I can't explain them, but I'm glad that they're there and I hope they never stop coming." - Brandon Thompson ]]></description>
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		<title>There are No Bad Dog, Just Dogs That Haven&#8217;t Been to Norfolk K9 Academy</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/there-are-no-bad-dog-just-dogs-that-havent-been-to-norfolk-k9-academy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/there-are-no-bad-dog-just-dogs-that-havent-been-to-norfolk-k9-academy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk K9 Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portsmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["They don't start off bad," Lisa said. "There are no dogs that are born bad. But life, and what happens, and people's reaction to them can turn them."]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Carlson and The Raiders of the Lost Hops</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/robin-carlson-and-the-raiders-of-the-lost-hops.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/robin-carlson-and-the-raiders-of-the-lost-hops.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clear, dark amber with an eggshell head. Sweet caramel malt nose, citrus notes and a hint of woodiness. Zings off the tongue...]]></description>
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		<title>The Push: The Norfolk City Council Wants You!</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/nightlife/the-push-the-norfolk-city-council-wants-you.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/nightlife/the-push-the-norfolk-city-council-wants-you.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Pushers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bring your crappy business and your hair brain schemes to the City of Norfolk. We've got millions of our taxpayers' money, and we're just dying to spend it. ]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Brooks Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dickheads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I hate NPR]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/op-ed-bus-service-to-orf-its-about-time.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown Norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to get to ORF]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[orf]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/video-in-the-kitchen-with-todd-jurich.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/video-in-the-kitchen-with-todd-jurich.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Norfolk Restaurant Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foie gras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoked]]></category>
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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>On Starting My Small Business: The 6 Customers You *Have* to Reach</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/on-starting-my-small-business-the-6-customers-you-have-to-reach.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/on-starting-my-small-business-the-6-customers-you-have-to-reach.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Luma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[customer types]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Norfolk Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help me i need a donut so bad and i'm scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to reach your customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the heart of thinking about these different types of folks is, for me, a sincere desire to serve them and the city with a great, honest, ethical business that delivers an excellent product for a good value.]]></description>
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		<title>Luna Maya&#8217;s New Vegan Menu Not Just for Vegans</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/luna-mayas-new-vegan-menu.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/luna-mayas-new-vegan-menu.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia DeFonzo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luna Maya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topped with fresh roasted salsa for a biting aftertaste, this burrito overloads the senses to a feeding frenzy. Sharks even have a week dedicated to it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Rich-Joseph Facun</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-rich-joseph-facun.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-rich-joseph-facun.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Place is not confined to mere geographic locations but could extend into the esoteric places, such as the mind."
VB's Rich-Joseph Facun, our FFA ]]></description>
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		<title>Political Cartoon: The Maurice Jones Cash Machine</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/political-cartoon-the-maurice-jones-cash-machine.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/political-cartoon-the-maurice-jones-cash-machine.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maurice jones]]></category>

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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>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>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/snapshots-sketches-walt-taylors-wonderous-world-5.html#comments</comments>
		<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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[API]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application programming interface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apps for Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civic hack-a-thon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic-minded developers a]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[minimum viable product]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Resella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/12-ways-to-deal-with-broken-health-resolutions.html</link>
		<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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		<category><![CDATA[8th Annual Love Run 5K]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Virginia Medical School]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Thumb Gardening Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high fructose corn syrup]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mambo Room]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Botanical Garden]]></category>
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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>Hope Machine: Inside Hope House Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/making-the-whole-better-a-better-look-into-hope-house-foundation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/making-the-whole-better-a-better-look-into-hope-house-foundation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa Mangubat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynne Seagle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Hope House no one is labeled, and everyone is accepted just as they are. ]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Staff: An Interview with Visual Arts Editor Jules Alvarado</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/meet-the-staff-an-interview-with-visual-arts-editor-jules-alvarado.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erik Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton boyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martha vann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nichole Ashikis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rick nickel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jules talks about her favorite Friday Featured Artists, the interviews that have left an impact on her, the local art scene, and on re-designing billboards in her head as she drives around town. ]]></description>
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		<title>From the Ground Up: A Foster-to-Adoption Story</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/from-the-ground-up-a-foster-to-adoption-story.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dickon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensed Professional Counselor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifting Up Lives in Hampton Roads]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Linda Young became their foster mother, the three of them found a way to increase the potential of each of their lives.]]></description>
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		<title>January&#8217;s Featured Tattoo Artist: John Thrasher Thiel</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/januarys-featured-tattoo-artist-john-thrasher-thiel.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/januarys-featured-tattoo-artist-john-thrasher-thiel.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stain Studios]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["I enjoy drawing/tattooing things with a comic book feel." - John Thrasher Thiel ]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hollingsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mallory Street]]></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>AltDaily Weekly Newsletter &amp; Thrill Ride Opt-IN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easy and good for you. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Squiggly Mind of Douglas Orleski: Cartoons</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/the-squiggly-mind-of-douglas-orleski-cartoons.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doug Orleski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug is a CNU student, an up-and-coming cartoonist, and a young man with a squiggly mind. We hope you enjoy this monthly series. ]]></description>
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		<title>How (not) To Open a Business in Norfolk: A Story of Lofty Dreams Gone Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/how-not-to-open-a-business-in-norfolk-a-story-of-lofty-dreams-gone-bad.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of a rooftop venue in Downtown Norfolk that would have been amazing... but never got the chance to get off the ground. The former owner tells us where she went wrong, and how you can do it better. ]]></description>
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		<title>Walt Taylor&#8217;s Illustrated Map of the Seven Cities</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/walt-taylors-illustrated-map-of-the-seven-cities.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known for his editorial cartoons, featured weekly in The Virginian-Pilot, Walt Taylor is an elusive Hampton Roads local whose illustrations capture the essence of the area's cultural beauty.]]></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>Friday Featured Artist: Christopher Warren Fuentes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illusive Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the dudes behind Dumskeme Apparel in images and words. ]]></description>
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		<title>Yes We Can! (halt the gay equality movement in its tracks)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama's marginalization of gays as "the crazy left," and his turning his back on Don't Ask Don't Tell.]]></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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		<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 Inspiring Supporters of AltDaily</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for donating your dollahs. You guys are a-ma-zing]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist(s): Stuntkid &amp; Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I feel like this is an opportunity for Norfolk to prove it's worth as a market for lowbrow artists and I hope to see similar exhibitions attracted to the area. I certainly plan on doing my part."]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Sensible Parking in Downtown Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/op-ed-sensible-parking-in-downtown-norfolk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/op-ed-sensible-parking-in-downtown-norfolk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clint Dalton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus a solution: "Park Up Norfolk" parking.]]></description>
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		<title>Art &amp; Commerce: A Chat between stuntkid and Fans</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/art-commerce-a-chat-between-fans-and-stuntkid-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/art-commerce-a-chat-between-fans-and-stuntkid-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contemporary art center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["From Greek sculpture through contemporary painting, nudity and sexuality have always been part of art and I don't find any shame in continuing that tradition." - stuntkid]]></description>
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		<title>Comic Life: Explaining that Graphic Novels Aren&#8217;t Porn</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/comic-life-explaining-that-graphic-novel-does-not-mean-porn.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Heroes owner Greg Thompson explains that, no, he is not a pornographer, but a good old-fashioned comic book store owner. And actually, no matter what you like to read, there's a graphic novel to suit your taste.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: How to Swing Dance with Southside Stomp @ Mambo Room</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-january.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-january.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus dance events and classes around Hampton Roads this month. ]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Luma</dc:creator>
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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>Youth in Revolt: How the Norfologists Will Inherit the City</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/lifestyle-entertainment-features/youth-in-revolt-how-the-norfologists-will-inherit-the-city.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/lifestyle-entertainment-features/youth-in-revolt-how-the-norfologists-will-inherit-the-city.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Norfologists are past their cynicism about Norfolk; they see in it a blank canvas, a place where they can actually make a difference. And nothing could be more exciting to them. In fact, a true Norfologist thrives on this challenge.]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh to Market &amp; Making Lives of Autistic Children Better: Aeir Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/fresh-to-market-making-lives-of-autistic-children-better-aeir-talk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/fresh-to-market-making-lives-of-autistic-children-better-aeir-talk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aeir BioLogic.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aeir talk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism help]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A father of two autistic children rises from unemployment to create an app that has the potential to change thousands of lives. It's available at the Apple app store today.]]></description>
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		<title>The Wrong Way to Use a Norfolk.Gov Email Address</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/the-wrong-way-to-use-a-norfolk-gov-email-address.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/the-wrong-way-to-use-a-norfolk-gov-email-address.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a cautionary tale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=17757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Norfolk employee sent an email from work asking for Fraim volunteers. Not good.]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Dreamscaping: The Flatiron Community Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/urban-dreamscaping-the-flatiron-community-garden.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/urban-dreamscaping-the-flatiron-community-garden.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flatiron Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future of Norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimizing use of urban space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retaining the creative class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban dreamscaping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What Should Be Done With Flatiron Park Downtown? We say a beautiful community garden. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pictures from The Big Lebowski @ The Naro</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/pictures-from-the-big-lebowski-the-naro.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/pictures-from-the-big-lebowski-the-naro.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big lebowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lebowskifest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=21244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had some real characters show up, I'll tell you.]]></description>
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		<title>Charlie&#8217;s Cafe &#124; Ghent &#124; Breakfast/Lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/charlies-cafe-ghent-breakfastlunch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/charlies-cafe-ghent-breakfastlunch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Self-evaluation: &#8220;VOTED AS 1 OF THE TOP 800 DINERS ACROSS AMERICA, CHARLIE’S CAFE IS LEADING A GREASE ROOTS CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND BUY AMERICAN PRODUCTS.&#8221; 1800 Granby Street &#124; (757) 625-0824 &#124; Sun-Thurs 7-2. Sat 7-7 Website Readers&#8217; Reviews: 1. 2. 3. Leave your review of Charlie&#8217;s Cafe in the Facebook box below to share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Traveling With Dark Star Orchestra</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-shows/time-traveling-with-darkstar-orchestra.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-shows/time-traveling-with-darkstar-orchestra.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaditya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark star orchestra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This truly was old school Dead, as this tune stretched to at least 30 minutes, but then again who knows, time fades into nothing when you're dancing like this]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Anyone to Fall in Love with Norfolk in 48 Hours or Less</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/how-to-get-anyone-to-fall-in-love-with-hampton-roads-in-48-hours-or-less.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/how-to-get-anyone-to-fall-in-love-with-hampton-roads-in-48-hours-or-less.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nightlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bean there cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birch bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe Stella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colley Avenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[d'Egg Downtown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[good beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granby Bistro]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack Quinn's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machismo Burrito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk walkabouts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean View Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OV Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shady Grove Marketplace in Freemason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visit Norfolk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Feel free to crib when you bring your friends in from out-of-town; these are places that showcase the absolute best of Norfolk, both in its history, and in its new birth, happening all around you.]]></description>
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		<title>A Personal appeal from AltDaily publisher Hannah Serrano</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/a-personal-appeal-from-altdaily-publisher-hannah-serrano.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/a-personal-appeal-from-altdaily-publisher-hannah-serrano.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It makes me feel ridiculously proud and fortunate to be a part of what makes Hampton Roads super fucking awesome. But those things that I'm so proud of doing here will cease to exist if we do not reach our fundraising goals with the Drive AltDaily Drive. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel According to Hate</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/the-gospel-according-to-hate.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/the-gospel-according-to-hate.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fallen soldiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god hates america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god hates fags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god hates you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harvey milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality and god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matthew shephard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timothy phelps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war and god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westboro baptist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=15918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The goal of Westboro Baptist Church--who staged protests around HR the last two days--is not to recruit followers. More so, it is to make known how unholy the rest of us are, to let us know that "God hates YOU."]]></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>Let there be romance: Phillip Roebuck&#8217;s &#8220;Can I Keep You&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/debut-video-phillip-roebucks-can-i-keep-you.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/debut-video-phillip-roebucks-can-i-keep-you.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryon Summers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I Keep You]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk music video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Roebuck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the rise up!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the most talented people in or from Hampton Roads creating art right now are the musician Phillip Roebuck and the videographer/director/overall-filmmaking killing machine Bryon Summers. They hooked up to make this video. ]]></description>
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		<title>On Opening my Home to the Homeless on Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/on-opening-my-home-to-the-homeless-on-christmas.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/on-opening-my-home-to-the-homeless-on-christmas.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless in norfolk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We sat like a family around the dining room table. We held hands as Shelley said grace. I don't remember all that we talked about, but the talking never stopped.]]></description>
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		<title>Two Post-Break-up Pitfalls: Drunk Texting and Cogan&#8217;s Pizza</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/nightlife/two-post-break-up-pitfalls-drunk-texting-and-cogans-pizza.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/nightlife/two-post-break-up-pitfalls-drunk-texting-and-cogans-pizza.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerome Spencer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nightlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cogan's Pizza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drunken romantics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy U]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucero incident]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest installment of "Reinventing Norfolk," Jerome Spencer blames the holier-than-thou-tattoo'ed-hipster-elite of Cogan's Pizza (and its Megatouch) for him sending a bad drunk text.]]></description>
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		<title>On Raising and Butchering Chickens</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/dish/on-raising-and-butchering-chickens.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/dish/on-raising-and-butchering-chickens.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Colonna Essert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to butcher a chicken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meat-eating ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meet (what should be) your meat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=16975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not going to try and tell you the death of one of our chickens is a painless transition to the next world. Killing an animal sucks. It is not an enjoyable task. Obviously it is worse for the bird than for us.]]></description>
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		<title>La Bella in Ghent: A Vegan/Vegetarian Review</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/food-reviews/la-bella-in-ghent-a-veganvegetarian-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/food-reviews/la-bella-in-ghent-a-veganvegetarian-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Dore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[la bella]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PETA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nestled in a quaint shopping center in the heart of Ghent lies a hidden oasis of homemade, authentic, Italian cuisine with the most impressive vegan menu in Hampton Roads.]]></description>
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		<title>Every Story on AltDaily from the Past Month: November</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/every-story-on-altdaily-from-the-past-month-november.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/every-story-on-altdaily-from-the-past-month-november.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editors' Letters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You will find a story in this post that you love. Click it. You will. Trust us. Go on. ]]></description>
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		<title>Architectural Review: 201 Twenty One, Ghent&#8217;s Newest Development</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/201-twenty-one.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/201-twenty-one.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bergin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[201 Twenty One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st Street and Colley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elephant-Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Bergin's architectural review of 201 Twenty One, which "in theory, with all of the amenities, great location, fancy renderings and exciting program for this project, I should love. But in execution it just feels like I'm walking through a B-movie set. It seems fake."]]></description>
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		<title>Planning The Future of Norfolk: plaNorfolk 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/planning-the-future-of-norfolk-planorfolk-2030.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/planning-the-future-of-norfolk-planorfolk-2030.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than any other single document, the General Plan will shape the future of our city. For the past several years the City of Norfolk has been quietly updating its vision of the future, the General Plan, which they have named plaNorfolk 2030. It&#8217;s a sweeping document encompassing everything from addressing transportation issues to enhancing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Norfolk City Council Informal Session, 3/1</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/video-norfolk-city-council-informal-session-31.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/video-norfolk-city-council-informal-session-31.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we set up a camera and filmed the council in action. It's not the best video in the world, and sometimes the audio isn't perfect, but it's a start.]]></description>
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		<title>The Drive AltDaily Drive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the next six weeks we will be campaigning to raise $50,000, which can basically make AltDaily happen for the year 2012. Obviously, that amount is not gonna cover a 3D movie every week for our staff or anything, but it's what we're looking at for a shoestring budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Rtistjono</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-rtistjono.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-rtistjono.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I want to combat the notion that visual art is a luxury only to be enjoyed by the wealthy and expose the process of creating art through my work, making it more accessible for people to understand." - Rtistjono]]></description>
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		<title>Local Video: The Later Sun -Muse (In The Lights)</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/artist-profiles/local-video-the-later-sun-muse-in-the-lights.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/artist-profiles/local-video-the-later-sun-muse-in-the-lights.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk's answer to The Mamas &#038; the Papas plays With Lavender and Lace. Enjoy.]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marty Reisman]]></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>Spotlight on Local Charities: A Chat with ForKids&#8217; Thaler McCormick</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/spotlight-on-local-charities-a-chat-with-forkids-thaler-mccormick.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/news-profiles/spotlight-on-local-charities-a-chat-with-forkids-thaler-mccormick.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa Mangubat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["We see that all the time—kids people think are developmentally delayed or just written off…then six months later they’ll be in the gifted program. I mean, we don’t have one story like that, we have dozens of stories like that."]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Dana Ellyn</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-dana-ellyn.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-dana-ellyn.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I drew a naked picture of my aunt and uncle naked at their wedding. But not just naked, it was very creative; my uncle's penis extended up and around his neck to be used as a tie and her boobs slung over her head as a veil. I don't know when I drew this but it was sometime around six years old." - Dana Ellyn]]></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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/fiction-by-john-mcmanus-mr-gas.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/fiction-by-john-mcmanus-mr-gas.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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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>A Creole Christmas: The Heart of the French Quarter in Hampton</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-reviews/a-creole-christmas-the-heart-of-the-french-quarter-in-hampton.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-reviews/a-creole-christmas-the-heart-of-the-french-quarter-in-hampton.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaditya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The musical mecca, that place where music crosses the line and is no longer secular, is and always will be New Orleans. And if there is a church where we go to hear the sermon, that place is Preservation Hall, with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band the preachers at the altar.]]></description>
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		<title>Release: Clarence Clemons Tribute To Feature Members of E Street Band, Bon Jovi &amp; Gary US Bonds</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-shows/release-clarence-clemons-tribute-to-feature-members-of-e-street-band-bon-jovi-gary-us-bonds.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-shows/release-clarence-clemons-tribute-to-feature-members-of-e-street-band-bon-jovi-gary-us-bonds.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaver Brown Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Bandiera]]></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>Sponsored: Concrete Concepts Lays it Down Smooth in Park Place</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/concrete-concepts-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/concrete-concepts-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete concepts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["People hear concrete and they think garages and sidewalks," he said. "But it really is beautiful, and it's not something many people know exists. We're always educating people."]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Nikki Webb</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-nikki-webb.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-nikki-webb.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Traditions and rituals of my Italian Catholic heritage were woven into my life and still play an important role in my work as an artist." - ODU &#038; TCC's Nikki Webb]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Non-Fiction: Marty Reisman &amp; The Tournament That Changed Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/sports/creative-non-fiction-marty-reisman-the-tournament-that-changed-everything.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/sports/creative-non-fiction-marty-reisman-the-tournament-that-changed-everything.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marty was returning to the States not as a man but as a human asterisk, the answer to a ping pong trivia question: Who was the man that was supposed to win the tournament that changed everything?]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Love Norfolk’s Coffee Shop Scene</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/why-i-love-norfolks-coffee-shop-scene.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/food/why-i-love-norfolks-coffee-shop-scene.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa Mangubat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alatte cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bean there cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borjo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Just Cupcakes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s just something about it. Something addictive almost, and it’s not the caffeine. Plus, a Norfolk coffee shop guide. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dance It Up, December &#124; This Month in Local Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-december-this-month-in-local-dance.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-december-this-month-in-local-dance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arts for Life, Virginia Musical Theater, TRDance, The Kings of Salsa, Nutcracker, Southside Stomp, Latin Dance Party, and more... ]]></description>
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		<title>Map: Your Downtown NFK Cycling Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/sports/map-your-downtown-nfk-cycling-experience.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/sports/map-your-downtown-nfk-cycling-experience.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Cheney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk is more bike-oriented than ever. Downtown Granby Street is reverting to its centuries-old, humanistic roots: A fifteen mile per hour speed limit encourages drivers to take parallel streets to their on-ramps, leaving plenty of space for pedestrians and cyclists. T]]></description>
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		<title>Local Creative Industry: Dave Iwans &amp; DIA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you've seen a TCC "from here, go anywhere" ad, Dave Iwans has been in your life. If you've ever "taken ORF," Dave Iwans has been in your life... ]]></description>
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		<title>My Business: Charlie&#8217;s Cafe &#8211; Keeping Dollars Local and Preserving Ghent&#8217;s Character</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Warren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["There are so many reasons to buy local. Imagine Ghent with big-box stores on every corner, replacing the businesses that know their customers by name with businesses that are only concerned with the bottom line and stripping this historic area of its character." - Charlie's Cafe owner Ted Warren]]></description>
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		<title>Where Your Turkey Gets Stuffed: Cartoons by Douglas Orleski</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does Rick Perry's living room look like? Doug O. knows. ]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Reasons Why I Write Nonfiction (First Sentences of Novels I Never Completed)</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/seven-reasons-why-i-write-nonfiction-first-sentences-of-novels-i-never-completed.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven: “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since: "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember to whisper, otherwise you might be in for an ass whipping on a regular basis.”]]></description>
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		<title>Video: The Craft of Being an O&#8217;Connor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Terres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["It's something you can put your heart and soul into. And when you taste that, it totally comes out, and that's one of the best parts about it." - Jimmy Walsh, head brewer]]></description>
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		<title>The Jetsons is Now &#124; This Week in Science! News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jameson Dungan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer grade flying cars, space ports, rocket packs, rocket belts, superconductors, HAL, artificial intelligence, cancer vaccines, dogs regrowing retinas, brain co-processors, the theory of everything, real life time travel, etc. etc. etc. Zap! Boom! Zap!]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Carl Floyd Medley III</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-carl-floyd-medley-iii.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Sometimes I enjoy looking at the design work I did in school because it is absolute garbage and it makes me laugh." - Carl Floyd Medley III]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes Blog: Hansel and Gretel @ Virginia Opera</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our run-on sentence review: Appropriate and fun for the whole family with a magical set that conjures a world at turns wondrous and terrifying, Hansel and Gretel is an evening where a timeless fairy tale comes alive through the enchanting vehicle of narrative and emotion that is opera.]]></description>
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		<title>Music Video: The Who&#8217;s &#8220;5:15&#8243;, set in NFK/VA</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-video-the-whos-515-set-in-nfkva.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/music-video-the-whos-515-set-in-nfkva.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["We sure hope Pete Townshend likes it." - Paul Unger, who made this video with DJ Ryan Thomas]]></description>
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		<title>Plan B Sketch Comedy Presents: &#8220;The Break Up&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/film-blogs/plan-b-sketch-comedy-presents-the-break-up.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/film-blogs/plan-b-sketch-comedy-presents-the-break-up.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Kypros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a lesson from Plan B and get out of the bad relationship fast!!!!]]></description>
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		<title>We Are the Norfolk Start-up Community, Hear us Roar: Start Norfolk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ODU innovation research park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Maybe my business idea would have happened without Start Norfolk," said competition winner Brian Wells. "Now, it's *got to* happen."]]></description>
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		<title>New AltDaily.com Editorial Vision &#124; Call for Editors/Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/editors-letters/new-altdaily-com-editorial-vision-call-for-editorswriters.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are shifting the direction of the editorial content of AltDaily.com in a way that will lead to fuller coverage, higher quality content, and a more sustainable business model and work load. We are looking for editor/writers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Live from the Tide! It&#8217;s The Pushers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of RedRail the sketch comedy troupe The Pushers took over The Tide. Ahhh, sookie!]]></description>
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		<title>Popping My Monster Jam Cherry @ Hampton Coliseum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus an interview with Monster Truck driver and all-around nice guy John Seasock. "I'm very much an adrenaline junkie. I white-water kayak, scuba dive, sky dive, ski, anything that you can bleed, I'm into. But I make candles at home." ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: John Sebastian Vitale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["They "taught" us how to be professional at art school, but I didn't really learn that till failing in the field a few times." - John Sebastian Vitale]]></description>
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		<title>A Coming Out Story Mixed with A Chat with John Waters</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/film-blogs/a-coming-out-story-mixed-with-a-chat-with-john-waters.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Staves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["To me, (movies) all say the same thing, which is basically don’t judge other people till you know the complete story, and nobody really knows the complete story unless maybe they’ve done an analysis. Don’t be so quick to judge others.” - John Waters ]]></description>
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		<title>Blasted! Creating Art for the Harbor Park Tide Stop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was amazed at the ability of sand to defy the laws of physics in order to make entry into my face and ears. I wore a respirator, sandblasting hood, and glasses but I could still feel high velocity sand pluck me in the eye somewhat regularly.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Jeannine Harkleroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["My work starts from emotional sensations that I try to describe physically." - Jeannine Harkleroad ]]></description>
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		<title>Bit by the Glass Bug: The Chrysler&#8217;s Glass Studio Opens</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/bit-by-the-glass-bug-the-chryslers-glass-studio-opens.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beth cooke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charlotte potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass masters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace potter's sister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelly conway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lino Tagliapietra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TCC glass studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiffany]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Process. This is what art is: the creation, the trial and error, the hours alone in the studio, editing bay, or with a laptop in the dark. Art is not the final product you see in a gallery or museum. It is a team of seven people sweating over a piece of molten glass that literally glows with heat.]]></description>
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