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<title><![CDATA[Taxes are going up in 2011!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Think times are tough now?&nbsp; Wait till you see  this article  on tax rate increases of all types beginning in January of next year.  Investors Business Daily has done a good job of touching on some of the main tax increases scheduled for January ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On Hurricanes and Oil Disasters]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Weather Channel has  a very good article  today on the effects a hurricane might have for the Gulf Coast given the current BP oil tragedy.  It comments on many issues, including a possible oil/water spray for those on the coast but states that no...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The BP disaster's effect on human health]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster continues to unfold.  BP has said they have capped the well and this was supposed to be good news for all involved. But the reality is that it now seems oil and gases are seeping through the sea floor in places other t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:38:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Federal government limiting access to GOM blowout]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Success at self reliance comes in no small part from having access to solid information.   Here in the US we have believed that for the most part we have a free press. While the main stream media has always been more beholden to big business than the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:35:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radical Self Reliance Comes from Within]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Skills and practices that have been with mankind for centuries  gardening, keeping small livestock, preserving food, and so on, sort of disappeared for the past few decades when conveniences made them unnecessary.     As we became a society of cons...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:11:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping Chickens an Act of Civil Disobedience]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Keeping backyard chickens is illegal in many cities.  In Richmond, VA, people are keeping chickens anyway.  Is this an act of justified civil disobedience, or are people wrong to think they are above the law?        Residents in the Richmond, VA reg...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:28:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Windowsill Gardening: Free Green Onions Forever!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Some people call them onions.  Others call them scallions.  On my path to eating more healthy foods, I discovered that green onions add something to a dish that really needs to be there.  They taste fresh and slightly spicy.  They remind me of summer...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:21:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BPA Lurks in Virtually All Canned Foods]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[     A few years ago people became aware that BPA  bisphenol A  a carcinogenic substance  was leaching into their drinks from plastic bottles.    Now it is becoming known that BPA is also found in the lining of canned food:  Soups, baby formula, cann...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:15:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Did Spain Do the Right Thing by Cutting Wages?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ To avoid becoming another Greece, Spain announced an austerity program that would save 15 billion Euros from its budget.  Part of the package included a wage cut for public sector workers.  The figure for the    pay cut appears to be between 5% - 15...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:15:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[College Grads Must Let Go of Dreams & Face Reality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[    Countdown to reality in 5... 4... 3... 2...   Times are tough for college graduates.  Not only are they graduating with a ton of debt, they can t find jobs to begin paying it off.  Their ideals and dreams are being dismantled.  Let s examine the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lifting Chicken Bans a National Work in Progress]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[   You're creating quite a stir, little chick.    One great thing about living in America is that many of us have huge houses with pretty big yards.  A little piece of land we can call our own.  You can put a pool back there, or keep the grass perfec...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:19:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Glimpse of Europe's Austerity Programs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  We keep our eye on Greece and Europe because many of the things happening there could be the model for our own financial, economic, and perhaps political future.  As New Hampshire governor Judd Gregg put it,      If we continue to spend much more t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Self Reliant Health: Learning to Enjoy Exercise]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In addition to    adopting a healthy diet , exercise is the other obvious thing to do for good health.  However, if you re exercising on your own it s necessary to avoid jumping into something that can injure you.    Americans love to exercise hard....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State Workers, Beware: Gov't Shenanigans Abound]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What happens financially at the Federal level has a  trickle-down effect  that impacts our daily lives.      Staying abreast of financial developments won t stop bad things from happening, but at least we can brace ourselves for the fallout.  On Jun...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:37:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban Farms Fight for Self Sufficiency]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Striving for self sufficiency, urban farms teach us about the nature of self reliance today: local self reliance may be the key.    Urban farming has received a lot of media attention lately.  It s appealing to many people that urban spaces  particu...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is a follow-up to Jim s post about  pharmaceutical companies withdrawing their business from Greece  because Greece can t sell the drugs for the company s asking prices.  The suggestion is that when we re facing a totally unsustainable debt tha...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:04:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Crafting and Tinkering Are Survival Skills]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Thom over at Simple Self Reliance discusses the   value of tinkering, i.e. taking things apart and putting them back together .  He quotes from an article at Popular Mechanics:    Here at Popular Mechanics, self-sufficiency is a virtue. The abilitie...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:16:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Debt Fallout: Health Care Woes Strike Greece]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the US we take for granted the availability of drugs and health care if we have access to some sort of plan, like Medicare or a private insurance plan.    And until now, they did in Greece as well.  But too much debt has a funny way of coming bac...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Need Something Done?  Join a Time Bank!]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.pathacross.com/blogs/Trade_Banking_Grows_in_Popularity_Across_U_S_-75.cfm]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[ Time banking is an interesting concept for all those people who want to move toward self reliance.  Time banking is a more sophisticated form of bartering. Bartering works between two people usually, person A cuts hair, for example, and person B, mo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:18:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[4 Ways to Plan Ahead for the Economic Downturn]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Have you given any thought as to what the economy looks like if we see a deepening of the recession due to the Gulf Oil Spill or any other event?  For many people the  economic situation is bad now, but what do things look like if the situation took...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:46:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Think About Living in a Toxic World]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Riding a bike is one of my favorite ways to be more self reliant, and I m lucky that I live in a small town with clean air and wide bike lanes.  Unfortunately, if you ride a bike in a bigger city, your suspicions about the bad air have been confirme...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 23:55:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frugal Living: Ode to the Rubber Spatula]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As far as kitchen tools goes, my cupboards are fairly bare.  I m a kitchen minimalist.  The few tools I do own are there for very good reasons.  First example: the rubber spatula.  A few days ago, as I scraped the last bits from a jar of spaghetti sa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 18:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What Happens When the Gov't Can't Afford Us?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Governments have obligations to their citizens.  But how much obligation is too much?  As governments in Europe show us now, the obligations the US government has to US citizens is similar, and neither model is sustainable.  I thought about this when...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[School of Thoreau: Our Oppressive Cultural Legacy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We now have our friends   Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson   guarding our main page.  These two figures have had a great influence on American culture and thought which persists today, even if we don t consciously think about it. But at th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 17:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Heard of Strawbale Gardening?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A lot of people may not garden because they do not have a lot of ground space available. But as they say, necessity is the mother of invention.This post from BackYard AquaFarms shows that  strawbale gardening really can work  for people in that situa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 21:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Need Motivation to Start Prepping?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Having a hard time getting motivating for prepping?Sometimes it seems hard to get to the prepping and the creation of a life based on self reliance and community networking.  Usually it seems like life goes on in spite of what bad news we see on the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[4 Easy Ways to Save Money and Time This Month]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Want to stretch your money and resources a little further this month?  Here are a few things you can do save a little bit of money and fortify your domestic savvy at the same time.  1] Use smaller amounts of cleaning products This one has been circul...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:38:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mark Rubio: Friend of Self Reliance or Empty Suit?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Who is Marco Rubio?Marco Rubio is Florida's republican candidate for Senate.  As a member and speaker of Florida s House of Representatives,    Rubio has accrued a conservative voting record .According to  this AP article ,  Rubio  used the energy of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:26:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cutting Through All the Green Tape]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Green.  Eco-friendly.  Do these words make you cringe?  A few months ago I stumbled across a certain website (not going to name names) that recruits members who undertake  challenges  to live a  greener life.   These  challenges  include tasks such a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gold's High Price Corresponds to Our Rising Doubts]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you have followed the investment world in the last week or so you know gold has received more press coverage because it hit a new all time high as priced in US dollars. It currently trades at around $1,240 per ounce, up quite a bit for the last 12...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 23:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What I Learned from the Death of my Herb Garden]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Back in March I started growing a windowsill herb garden.   On May 10, 2010, the struggling seedlings met their maker.  It s not easy to admit defeat, especially when I like to go around telling people that they ought to use their backyards and front...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 21:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Resources for Solar and Wind Power Info]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Solar power and wind power are both intriguing ways for us to use renewable energy that are not only good for the environment, but could supplement or even replace grid supplied electricity.  Additionally, with the way things work right now, shifting...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:27:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making a Deal With the Devil]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Greeks made a deal with the devil.   And so have we.  The deal was this. They were willing to live more comfortably than the economy would support.  They were willing to borrow to do so.  They would worry about the consequences later, not now, an...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 22:10:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ways to Go Solar Without Solar Panels]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When I think about solar panels, the first thing I think about is the price.  Even with the tax credits and rebates, going solar isn t something I m able to do this minute.  I m guessing there are a lot of people out there like me who like the idea o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 23:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving Energy: The Foundation of Alternative Power]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Solar power, wind power, alternative energy.  What do you think of when you hear these terms?  Maybe you get the warm fuzzies.  Maybe you think, "great, but way too expensive."  Or, "that stuff is for hippies."  I think that looking into alternative ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 20:41:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Oil Spill and the Failure of Complex Systems]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Complex systems work until they fail.   That is what we have with the oil spill presently spewing millions of barrels of oil out into the Gulf of Mexico. Coastal drilling platforms are massive facilities. In a sense they are like small cities. The dr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece Accepts Giant Bailout Package]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Greece has accepted an austerity package from the EU and the International Monetary Fund.  Greece gets a bailout of about 133 billion dollars, and has to do certain things as part of this agreement, including:    Cutting wages to government workers  ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 16:03:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frugal Living 4: Frugality Out of Necessity]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[One definition of living frugally means saving money by investing in quality products that you need.  But the problem with this definition is that it assumes that you have the money to make those investments.   In reality, most people don't become fr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:20:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frugal Living Tips 3: What Is Cheap?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Living frugally means many different things to each person, but in general to live frugally means living within your means, to practice self restraint in buying, and to be resourceful with the things you do own.  The purpose of living a frugal life i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:25:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frugal Living Tips 2: Making Frugality Work]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you are trying to live a more frugal lifestyle, you may be faced with a conflict.  On one hand, you are attracted to the frugal ideal.  On the other, you are pulled back into the comfort of spending.  This conflict is what causes frugal fatigue an...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Are We Facing an Economic Collapse Like Greece?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Greece has lost control of its ability to govern itself because of government overspending.  This is now requiring the country to enact severe austerity programs.After years of fiscal mismanagement, the markets do not trust the Greek government's abi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:46:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frugal Living Tips: Frugality vs. Consumption]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's not easy to adopt a frugal lifestyle.  Even though the economic downturn of the past few years has made frugality a good thing, people who want to live frugally often experience burnout, aka   frugal fatigue .    Even though many of us are tryin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Become an Urban Homesteader?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Urban homesteading is a movement growing slowly but surely all over the country.  From the self reliant persective, urban homesteaders do a great thing by developing their own self reliance as well as contributing to the sustainability of the neighbo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Massive Potential of Urban Homesteading]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren    I've been keeping up in the news about the Dervaes family in Pasadena, CA for several months now.  If you don't know who they are, the Dervaeses are a family of four who over the past ten years have converted their suburban home into a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:56:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Emergency Preparation II: Stay Ahead of the Game]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    We wrote yesterday about the effect the Icelandic volcano is having on European traveling.  It is causing major disruptions in the schedules of many travelers and those who rely on travelers for their livelihood.  We pointed out th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:04:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Emergency Preparation: Lessons from the Volcano]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    Everyone has read now about the Icelandic volcano.  It is wreaking havoc on Europe as the cloud of ash moves toward more of Europe, and now it seems the Middle East.  An enormous area is affected. The volcano is still erupting, and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Individual Self Reliance a Myth?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren  Recently someone asked me,"Do you ever talk about invididual self reliance versus community self reliance?"Well, we do write about self reliance on the individual level.  Growing plants, composting, saving money, survival gardening, and ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:39:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plant Some Seeds With Me - Indoor Herb Gardening]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren  We talk often about growing plants and starting gardens: now let's get to work!Gardening is not just a practical thing to do.  Yes, it does save money on food.  It's also a good skill to add to your repertoire.  But I've also found that ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:48:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Compensation: When Do the Checks Stop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham  This fellow hits the nail on the head regarding self reliance and how it relates to unemployment compensation.In a letter to the editor to his local newspaper, he writes about unemployment compensation and who really wins and loses. ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:28:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebuilding Greensburg, KS: A Wind-Wind Situation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham  In 2007 a tornado swept through the town of Greensburg Kansas, killing 11 people and destroying an astounding 90% of the town's structures.I remember reading about this in the news, and when he townspeople said they would rebuild it ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When Reviewing Your Assets, Consider Silver]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    Part of self reliance is making sure that the assets you have work for you.  It may be that the asset is land, which might be great for growing things. It might be skill sets, which allow you to earn a living usually regardless of ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gardening is a Trend that Grows - and Sticks!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham  A 2009 survey conducted by the National Gardening Association and Scott's Miracle-Gro show that 7 million more people planned to grow food gardens in 2009 - up 19% from 2008.  If you grew a garden in 2009, you were one of 43 million ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advice for Young Adults Fresh Out of College]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren  I often hear parents say that they want to provide a better life for their children than their parents provided for them.Many parents have succeeded in providing well for their children.  They save up to pay for college tuition, private ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Impact of H.R. 3200 on Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    As time moves forward we find out we actually know very little about what is in the new health care reform bill.  And it is still hard to know what the ramifications are.  But certain ramifications are emerging. States are suing to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:20:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Struggling Neighborhoods Must Look Inward for Help]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    My current hometown newspaper ran   this article  about a week ago. It profiles an area of Jacksonville which doesn't have a lot going for it. Crime is high.  There are no local businesses in the area to speak of, and there have be...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Return to Local Self Reliance Thru Transition U.S.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren  It's amazing how problems as disparate as unemployment, distrust of the government, distrust of business, climate change, peak oil, and/or simple dissatisfaction with the status quo have a common solution: a return to self reliant princi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons in Preparation from the Rhode Island Flood]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    You can find a lot of pictures and videos showing what the recent storms in Rhode Island have done to some communities there.&nbsp;  The Weather Channel website's story has pictures and a video of some affected areas .  The floodin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Statistics Do Not Represent You]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham  Today the ADP payroll report came out, and the numbers were worse than projected.On Friday the monthly government jobs report comes out, giving the number of jobs gained or lost in the last month and a new unemployment rate.Jobs repo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Price of Oil Prompts Return to Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham  Oil is now back over $80, but what does this have to do with self reliance?  Don t look now but oil is trading  over $80 per barrel.That s down from the peak at about $150 per barrel a few years ago, but way above what it was a few y...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:37:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coercing Us to Ride Bikes?  DOT's Troubling Policy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren    Recently the head of the Department of Transportation Ray LaHood announced a new vision for the future of transportation.  The   announcement appeared on his blog  on May 15, 2010:   "This is the end of favoring motorized transportatio...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Will YOU Have a State Pension?  Brace Yourself Now]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    As if we all need another reason to move towards a self reliant lifestyle.  Due to a poor economy and other factors, state pension funds are dramatically underfunded.   The state of New Jersey just made changes  to their existing l...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Build Your Own Self Reliant Library]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[    The Urban Homestead  is one inspirational book to people who want to make better use of their home and yard.     by Jim    As you make the move towards a self reliant lifestyle books are a must.  At different times you may not have access to a co...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survival Gardens Sprout Amid Bad Economy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren  I'm a big fan of vegetable gardens.  More people are embarking on the adventure of growing their own food, and all for good reasons.    As this article from  The Times Daily  points out,  people are turning to gardening as a way to save ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:29:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Gardens Provide a Win-Win-Win For All]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim    Community gardens are joint efforts among local people to provide access to fresh produce in a community setting.  Here are the basics on how one community garden in Kannapolis, North Carolina is being put together.    It s a joint ventur...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Go Frugal and Help Remold a Post-Bubble America]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren    Maybe you or someone you know has lost a job or had their hours cut.  If you're a recent college graduate, you have a very hard time finding a job.  Even if you have a stable position somewhere, you're probably not taking it for grante...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:09:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Self Reliance and the Health Care Debate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The health care debate is front and center in the main stream media, in Washington, and across the United States.  A tremendous amount is at stake for many different factions, and of course for each individual American. The process has been convolute...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:14:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three Ways to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren   I am on a quest to grow basil in my kitchen.    Last week, I did some research on starting from seed, growing indoors, and what kind of soil and accoutrements the basil plants would need.  I shared my research with you in  this blog pos...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A short note on national educational policy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I could only chuckle when I saw this  news story &nbsp; from the Washington Post. From the article one learns that the current administration wants to reformulate education policy from what the previous administration put into place.&nbsp;&nbsp;   Th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Are You Ready to Sow Seeds?  Now's the Time!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren Hawley     The mountains emerged from the fog and the snow melted.  People are leaving their overcoats at home.    Is this spring in Colorado?  While daffodils are springing up in warmer climates, our signs of thaw are a little different ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Crop Mob rules!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham  What a great story the Crop Mob makes.  Here is an article on Crop Mob at the LA Times news site:       The Crop Mob     It seems that Crop Mob, under the leadership of a fellow named Rob Jones as well as some other locals, have orga...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:26:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cook From Scratch - A Blueprint for Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren Hawley        I can cook them.. can I also grow them?   Becoming more self reliant is a matter of personal choice and where you begin depends on your circumstances, finances, and skills.  Unfortunately that leaves the door wide open to an...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One man's move towards Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is a great story the  Front Door Republic   ran about a fellow named Patrick McCarron in West Virginia who lost his job about 15 months ago on New Years Eve and what he did to build his own self reliance after that fateful day.  It seems McCarr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:59:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dramatic Unemployment Calls for Radical Solutions]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren Hawley  This New York Times article titled "Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs" appearing on February 20, 2010   profiles a new class of people: those who have lost their jobs and have no prospects of finding employment .  Hav...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:21:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Green Is Self Reliant - Esp. With Tax Breaks]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    The  New York Times  ran an article on February 13, 2010 entitled  "Don't Overlook the Rewards for Thinking Green."   Here is a snippet: IT S one thing to favor clean energy and to want to reduce your carbon footprint. It may be qu...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:16:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dilemma of Convenience vs. Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Lauren Hawley  This morning I wrote a grocery list.  This is a normal routine thing (and if you don't write grocery lists, you should - sticking to a list helps avoid impulse buys), but something about it was different today.    Milk... Bread.. ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:56:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solving the Debt Crisis - What it Means for You]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  by Jim Ingham    While successive presidential administrations add more and more to the national debt, the average American hasn't really felt the burden of being in the red.  What's been on the back of our minds for years may now become an unpleas...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vinegar and Tomatoes: Two Steps to Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[    This solution is not just a versatile household product: it's a symbol of the path toward self reliance!      by Jim Ingham and Lauren Hawley   Part of the challenge of becoming more self reliant is adding new skills and activities to your alread...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is a Path to Self Reliance Right for Me?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Becoming more self reliant is a continuous process that has no clearly defined starting or stopping points.  No one can tell you how or why to become more self reliant.  No one can tell you that you re doing it right or doing it wrong.  It s based on...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:49:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing Food for Better Health and Sustainability]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[   by Jim Ingham  Last night I sat down with family to watch the the movie,  Food, Inc.   It was quite compelling and I highly recommend it.   Food, Inc.  is produced by the fellow who wrote the book  Fast Food Nation  and it explores how chickens, c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Be Prepared: Take Initiative Toward Self Reliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Today's article is a guest post by  Tisha Holy  who maintains and writes for the website   Ready Nutrition .  She writes today about her personal reasons for choosing to become prepared in case of disasters and worst case scenarios and provides list...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:48:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Have You Experienced a Real Garden Tomato?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  I hate buying tomatoes.  At the tomato bins, I'm not really sure what I'm looking at.  Tomatoes come in all kinds of colors - red, yellow, and even purple - but what's this sick pale pink color?  "Hot House Tomatoes:  $2.99/lb."  Three dollars for ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:57:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Strength in Numbers!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Self reliance, in theory, is the ability to rely on oneself.  It's a total body and mind experience when philosophy and practical matters converge.  In reality, while many of us prize self reliance, most of us live in cities and suburbs where we rel...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:49:49 GMT</pubDate>
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