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	<title>JC Shepard(dot)com</title>
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	<description>Life, Liberty &#38; the Pursuit of Americana</description>
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		<title>Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-05-20</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooking big dinner for Mothers&#039; Day. She gets day off, I get good meal, won-win. # Going to watch The Blues Brothers later in memory of Donald Duck Dunn. Playing that Ramada in the sky. # &#34;We had a band &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/05/microblog-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-20-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawn mowed. Forget the calender summer is here. # “@TwangNation: Travis Tritt &#8211; Here&#039;s A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares &#8211; http://t.co/VHrgaUus #CheatingSongs]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing Opener is Upon Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday is a religious holiday in Minnesota: the Walleye fishing opener.  Got your fishing license yet?  Yup, me too, with a trout stamp. While Minnesota is best known for it&#8217;s 10,000 lakes &#8220;Up North&#8221;, Southwest Minnesota has a fair amount &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/05/fishing-opener-is-upon-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This #MayDay pause in remembrance of 94,000,000+ victims of Communism. http://t.co/BeCZUg0f # Congrats! “@Rockstar_Aimz: I got a job offer! Whoo-hoo!” # Spotify For iPad Is Music to Our Ears [REVIEW] http://t.co/GUHtHOIi via @mashable &#124; Mobile still requires premium Spotify sub &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/05/microblog-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-06-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Convention Call: The World is Run by Those Who Show Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 03:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some 80 odd citizens of Southwest Minnesota gathered tonight from across nine counties  all or part of Minnesota&#8217;s Senate District 22 for the local GOP legislative endorsing convention at the Fulda American Legion Hall.  This is grassroots politics nitty-gritty.  The &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/05/convention-call-the-world-is-run-by-those-who-show-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-04-29</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beauty. “@gretchenpeters: Headed back across the Continental Divide. http://t.co/yxYWNdGO” # On the road again&#8230;. # Billy Joe Shaver in the Walmart discount bin. http://t.co/6hvvHRfj # Wisconsin does Cheesy well. http://t.co/rDNgf7Bh # Powered by Twitter Tools]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Drop Youth Farm Labor Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minnesota Farm Bureau Applauds Withdrawal of Overreaching Youth Labor Proposal “Yesterday’s notification by the U.S Department of Labor to withdraw the overreaching proposed youth labor regulations is the right decision for our nation’s family-based farms and ranches,” &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/04/feds-drop-youth-farm-labor-ban/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Says: Drink Your Beer, Eat Your Bacon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worthington&#8217;s regional economic development organization WREDC does a bang-up job bringing together an annual conference each spring to address issues in agriculture and bio-sciences.   The sessions bring together folks working in agricultural industries and bio-tech in Southwest Minnesota—actually across Greater &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/04/dr-says-drink-your-beer-eat-your-bacon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey @hibeamsco , let&#039;s get our Halden Wofford on! # RT @Fratrain FTB podcast #160 with @EricBibb @ShooterJennings @chriscastle @emmadashlee @hibeamsco [Yeah Halden Wofford live! #NoDepression # Everything you didn&#039;t know you needed to know to go &#34;Merlefest 2012 &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/04/microblog-weekly-updates-for-2012-04-22-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Dedicates Sales Tax to Flood Mitigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alerted to this on The Midwest Planning BLUZ, a land use blog from Iowa State Extension.  A new bill in Iowa: &#8230;establishes a flood mitigation program and a flood mitigation board to review proposed flood mitigation projects and authorize funding &#8230; <a href="http://www.jcshepard.com/2012/04/iowa-dedicates-sales-tax-to-flood-mitigation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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