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	<title>Cyde Weys Musings &#187; Maryland</title>
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		<title>Hard to believe it&#8217;s been a year</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/05/27/graduation-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 12:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s been a year since I graduated University of Maryland. Compared to how quickly this one went by, all of the previous years in my life felt like eons. And the sad thing is I can&#8217;t really even point to anything that justifies the passage of a whole year (except possibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sin city (College Park, to be exact)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/19/sin-city-college-park-to-be-exact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for the three semesters prior to my graduation. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Blacksburg (the one year anniversary)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/16/lessons-from-blacksburg-the-one-year-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curse the whole damn flawed system (housing at University of Maryland)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/05/curse-the-whole-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/05/curse-the-whole-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/05/curse-the-whole-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM WITH C++</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/04/i-know-how-to-program-with-c/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/04/i-know-how-to-program-with-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully, I no longer live in the rundown rented house that I called my home during my senior year at University of Maryland, College Park. That means no more housemates setting their socks on fire in the microwave (no, really). It also means no more contact with my former West African roommate who believes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less money, more problems at University of Maryland</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/02/umd-needs-more-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/02/umd-needs-more-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/02/umd-needs-more-funds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn by doing (on the importance of undergraduate research)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/undergraduate-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are all the computer science majors?</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/where-are-all-the-computer-science-majors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/where-are-all-the-computer-science-majors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[career fair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, I attended the career fair at University of Maryland, College Park on behalf of my employer. It was a pretty sweet deal. Instead of spending the day coding in the office, I got to return to campus on a weekday during all the hustle and bustle of usual college life. I ran into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stamping out chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/22/stamping-out-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/22/stamping-out-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/22/stamping-out-chaos/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gimme shelter (the student housing crisis at University of Maryland)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/19/gimme-shelter-the-student-housing-crisis-at-university-of-maryland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/19/gimme-shelter-the-student-housing-crisis-at-university-of-maryland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Rockstar</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/15/professor-rockstar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/15/professor-rockstar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<title>A buried gem (how winning a Nobel Prize is a big deal)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/13/a-buried-gem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/13/a-buried-gem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/13/a-buried-gem/</guid>
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		<title>No true Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/09/no-true-christians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/09/no-true-christians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/09/no-true-christians/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding helicopter hell</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/07/avoiding-helicopter-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/07/avoiding-helicopter-hell/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bike theft shouldn&#8217;t be overlooked</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/03/dbk-bike-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/03/dbk-bike-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/03/dbk-bike-theft/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Maryland to lighten some of its housing penalties</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/03/umd-pot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the University of Maryland, College Park is finally going to lighten up some of the penalties for violating dorm rules. For too long ResLife has used a nonsensical system that has two, and only two, severity levels of penalties. A-level penalties, which include arson, rape, assault, and somehow marijuana use, generally lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The major problem with minors</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/29/the-major-problem-with-minors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/29/the-major-problem-with-minors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/29/the-major-problem-with-minors/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A wrenching decision</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/27/a-wrenching-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/27/a-wrenching-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/27/a-wrenching-decision/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluation process flawed</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/24/evaluation-process-flawed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/24/evaluation-process-flawed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting sure doesn&#8217;t matter</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/22/voting-sure-doesnt-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/22/voting-sure-doesnt-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/22/voting-sure-doesnt-matter/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education under fire</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/21/education-under-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/21/education-under-fire/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I&#8217;d rather not depend on The Diamondback to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All eyes on evolution</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/19/all-eyes-on-evolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/19/all-eyes-on-evolution/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was an opinion columnist for University of Maryland&#8217;s student newspaper The Diamondback for three semesters before I graduated. The columns I wrote are still up on the web archive, but I can&#8217;t trust them to host them indefinitely. Thus, I have decided to repost them on this blog, so that you readers here can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking into the videogame industry</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/18/breaking-into-the-videogame-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/18/breaking-into-the-videogame-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/18/breaking-into-the-videogame-industry/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I graduated from University of Maryland, College Park with a citation for completion of the Gemstone Program, which is a four year long undergraduate group research project. Our project was an educational computer game for elementary school children called A Day in the Bay. If you have any children, you might want to check it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A microwave accident goes absurd</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is frequently bizarre. Everyone has had some absurd, surreal, dadaist experiences, and now, thanks to blogopower, we can share these experiences with the world rather than leaving them to fade away into null memory. My housing situation during my senior year at university was full of surprising occurrences. I lived with three foreigners, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A dash of the medieval</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/09/18/a-splash-of-medieval/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/09/18/a-splash-of-medieval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a certain affinity for all things medieval. I do not know exactly where I picked it up, but fantasy novels, with their appealing environments, must have had something to do with it. And then there are the roleplaying games, which make such excellent use of medieval environs. I find the whole milieu appealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing right by Jupiter</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/09/11/doing-right-by-jupiter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier, I wrote about the one good aspect of the encroaching darkness of winter: it makes astronomical observations easier. I had been trying to observe Jupiter and its satellites with my old 8&#215;30 binoculars, with no success. On Saturday night, I made up for it in a big way. I attended a meeting of the [...]]]></description>
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