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		<title>A New Year&#8217;s Dawn By Reggie Legend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those that are single (or are in relationships but acting like you&#8217;re single), be careful who you hook up with as you start out the new year.  Realizing that some of the craziest parties are getting lined up to b/ring in the new year, does it not make sense that they may attract some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m Not Gon&#8217; Do In 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandelyn N. Castine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[what i’m not gon’ do in 2012 this year, i am choosing not to make any resolutions. instead, i am going to talk about what i’m not gon’ do in the new year. 1. apologize for who i am and for the choices i make: i tend to be a people pleaser. choosing to apologize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let History Pass You By &#8211; Awordorthree.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 13, 1945, a cleaning woman and part-time janitor/barber welcomed a smiling brown boy with the odds already stacked against him to Memphis, Tennessee, a proud part of the Jim Crow South. His parents moved to Georgia and he grew up on a farm there where he lived a poor but happy life. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Your Ideal Vacation? By Gresham Harkless</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My idea vacation is to be with my family going to some place out of the country.  For my ideal vacation, I would love to be able to go sight-seeing and do some adventurous things.  At the end of the day, I want to be able to see things and meet people that I would never have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Requires Sacrifice By Jarrai Stephens</title>
		<link>http://youngwritersblock.org/2011/06/06/success-requires-sacrifice-by-jarrai-stephens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jarrai Stephens is an Internal Auditor for the Department of the Navy. Best described as “rare and rarely forgotten,” she is an outgoing, charismatic, results-driven lady with swag. This morning I breezed through my usual morning routine: woke up at 5:30 am, watched the news while getting dressed, rode the 6am bus, transferred metro lines, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you accept a position with less pay but doing something that you love or more pay but you hate what you do? Gresham Harkless</title>
		<link>http://youngwritersblock.org/2011/06/06/would-you-accept-a-position-with-less-pay-but-doing-something-that-you-love-or-more-pay-but-you-hate-what-you-do-gresham-harkless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gresham is a freelance writer and entrepreneur.  He graduated from Howard University and Georgetown University. He regularly blogs at his personal blogProgreshion.com&#8230;, edits documents at Exemplary Editing and contributes at Hearpreneur.com&#8230;.  He has been published in the PW Business Magazine, The Prince William News &#38; Messenger and Patch.com&#8230;.* &#8220;Would you accept a position with less pay but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Is The Work Of Your Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandelyn N. Castine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brandelyn N. Castine is the author of 2 novels, Everybody Plays the Fool and U.G.L.Y. She is also the author of Spoken Silence, a volume of poetry and dreams are not concerned, the forthcoming volume of poetry and prose due out June 2011. Please visit the website Website: www.beencee.com&#8230; or follow her on Twitter: @BeeNCeedotcom. ["Usually there's a deeper truth submerged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filthy Rags To Riches by Reggie Legend</title>
		<link>http://youngwritersblock.org/2011/06/06/filthy-rags-to-riches-by-reggie-legend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all heard the saying – often uttered out of a sense of humility and Biblical scripture:  “Well, we’re all just filthy rags!”  Well what if it could be revealed scripturally that this mindset is wrong?  I’ll not delay the revelation of scripture until the end of this entry; rather, I’ll just quote it directly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not As Black And White As You Think By Crystal Marie</title>
		<link>http://youngwritersblock.org/2011/05/03/its-not-as-black-and-white-as-you-think-by-crystal-marie/</link>
		<comments>http://youngwritersblock.org/2011/05/03/its-not-as-black-and-white-as-you-think-by-crystal-marie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*I&#8217;m Crystal Marie and I&#8217;m the writer for www.awordorthree.com&#8230;.  I like to say I&#8217;m the sole member of &#8220;Team Awesome,&#8221; but that&#8217;s just crazy. All the people that read my blog, follow my tweets, friend me on Facebook, etc are also awesome. As you can see, I&#8217;m also modest. Me in Threes &#160; Dane Cook, Kevin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Interracial Relationships Still Taboo? By Bengemin Grehe</title>
		<link>http://youngwritersblock.org/2011/05/03/are-interracial-relationships-still-taboo-by-bengemin-grehe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sincere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If they aren’t, then why even ask the question?  Clearly some degree of taboo has to exist for situations occurring like the one in Mississippi right now.  They’ve never been taboo to everybody everywhere, and so I suppose the issue is subjective to the relative parties and their immediate environment.  But racism still exists and so long as [...]]]></description>
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