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		<title>The Political (Party) System</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/the-political-party-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems I rarely agree with Thomas Friedman (NY Times). Whenever I see him on TV or read his columns &#8211; I&#8217;m old fashioned in that I follow even those editorialists/journalists/pundits with whom I seldomly agree &#8211; I find them just slightly naive or platitudinous&#8230; What is the right word ? He often seems to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1181&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medals per Population</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/medals-per-population/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Country Medals Population  PopMedalsIndex Norway 12 4,859,600 24.6933904 Slovenia 2 2,053,610 9.738947512 Austria 8 8,372,930 9.554600361 Switzerland 7 7,779,200 8.998354587 Latvia 2 2,248,400 8.895214375 Estonia 1 1,340,021 7.462569616 Sweden 6 9,340,682 6.423513829 Slovakia 3 5,421,937 5.533077939 Croatia 2 4,435,056 4.509525923 North Korea 9 24,051,706 3.741938306 Netherlands 5 16,591,875 3.013523185 Czech Republic 3 10,512,397 2.853773502 Canada [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1179&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Old&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/getting-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know you&#8217;re getting old when you buy a CD (nope, no ipod, itunes) and it then takes you 9 months to actually listen to it. I bought U2&#8242;s &#8220;No Line on the Horizon&#8221; in May 2009, and didn&#8217;t listen to it till last week. Ouch. Yep, must be the age. I did like the record, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1177&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Concept of Modularity</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/the-concept-of-modularity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Klean Kanteen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modularity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurred to me the other day how many manufactured products could be improved if they were wholly and entirely modular in design. What started me thinking was the Klean Kanteen. We have four (4) of them at home for our kids, and we initially bought them because all of they BPA hype about toxic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1171&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The March of Technology</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/the-march-of-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cleaning up the garage last weekend, I stumbled upon this relic &#8211; formerly a technology marvel, dated 1989. It still works, and so do the batteries (Energizer!) that have been in it for probably 10 years ( is that even possible?). I paid big bucks for the Sony back then, and it served me well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1167&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You gotta love google</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/you-gotta-love-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Keynes Debate</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-keynes-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keynes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you readers have been following the debate on Keynes that seems to have started with Paul Krugman&#8217;s recent piece in the NY Times. It&#8217;s an interesting debate that pits economists from one school of thought against those of another kindergarten of thought. A few days ago, I read Richard Posner&#8217;s article [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1157&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>News You Can Use</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/news-you-can-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only TV news I watch because it&#8217;s the only news I trust is the PBS Newshour. Unfortunately, for the last few years, it&#8217; s been broacasting at the ridiculous time of 6 PM. Impossible to watch when you&#8217;re trying to have dinner with the kids. But when I do manage to tune in, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1152&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living in a Land of Morons</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/living-in-a-land-of-morons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I can&#8217;t help but wonder what&#8217;s up with all those morons demonstrating in the street against socialism in the US. Where do these people come from ? Do they know what socialism is ? Do they know how to spell socialism ? Do they read the newspaper ? They can&#8217;t all be living-dead talk-radio victims [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1146&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yosemite Climbing</title>
		<link>http://thegelf.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/yosemite-climbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[                            First time climbing in Yosemite over Labor Day. 1) The place should really be called Cracksemite ! 2) Rock quality is second to none ! 3) The average pitch is loooooooooooooong. 4) The routes are busy but not crowded. (Bring your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegelf.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1567885&amp;post=1142&amp;subd=thegelf&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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