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  <title>Sylvan Manor</title>
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  <modified>2007-11-29T19:07:09Z</modified>
  <tagline>Notes to self.</tagline>
  <id>tag:,2007:/185</id>
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  <copyright>Copyright (c) 2007, nick</copyright>
  <entry>
    <title>Exegesis of Matthew 2:1-12</title>
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    <modified>2007-11-29T19:07:09Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-11-29T13:07:09-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.24267</id>
    <created>2007-11-29T19:07:09Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Sufjan Stevens All the King&apos;s Horns Songs for Christmas One mother rises Pulling the sheets from the crib All the disguises Wandering stars, what she did All the king&apos;s horns, all the king&apos;s horns Saddled and worn Raise the dead...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>music</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Sufjan Stevens<br />
All the King's Horns<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Christmas-Sufjan-Stevens/dp/B000HLDF0O">Songs for Christmas</a></p>

<p>One mother rises<br />
Pulling the sheets from the crib<br />
All the disguises<br />
Wandering stars, what she did<br />
All the king's horns, all the king's horns<br />
Saddled and worn<br />
Raise the dead<br />
Holy and infant<br />
He came to raise up the dead</p>

<p>Wandering wisemen<br />
What did you bring to his bed?<br />
Shapeless surprises<br />
Incense to bring to the dead<br />
Nothing is wrong, it's what she did<br />
All the kings horn's and king's men<br />
Nothing is wrong, it's what she did<br />
All the king's horns and king's men</p>

<p>Nothing is wrong, it's what she did<br />
All the king's horns raise the dead<br />
Nothing is wrong, it's what she did<br />
All the king's horns</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Islam’s Quiet Revolution</title>
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    <modified>2007-10-10T17:37:32Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-10-10T12:37:32-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.22758</id>
    <created>2007-10-10T17:37:32Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Islam’s Quiet Revolution by Samuel Gregg D.Phil. &quot;[bin-Laden]’s probably aware -- and worried -- that several thousand miles to the south-west of his Afghan-Pakistani hideaway, small but important Muslim countries are gradually embracing features of those very same market-systems he...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>economics</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.acton.org/commentary/commentary407.php">Islam’s Quiet Revolution</a><br />
by Samuel Gregg D.Phil. </p>

<p>"[bin-Laden]’s probably aware -- and worried -- that several thousand miles to the south-west of his Afghan-Pakistani hideaway, small but important Muslim countries are gradually embracing features of those very same market-systems he despises. ...</p>

<p>"Economic liberalization is not a panacea for all the Muslim-Arab world’s problems. These go far beyond economic issues. But while economic liberty and free markets are not sufficient for societies to be free, they are essential. ...</p>

<p>"But as the nineteenth-century French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville observed long ago, economic freedom has a way of loosening those bonds that unjustly diminish other legitimate expressions of human liberty -- including, it seems, in Muslim cultures."</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Five Books on Iran</title>
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    <modified>2007-10-06T18:56:19Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-10-06T13:56:19-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.22645</id>
    <created>2007-10-06T18:56:19Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Persian Gulf: Insights into Iran can be gleaned from these masterly works. By Michael Ledeen...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>current events</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://sylvanmanor.covblogs.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>Persian Gulf: <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/fivebest/?id=110010701">Insights into Iran can be gleaned from these masterly works</a>. By Michael Ledeen</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>John Stossel on Health Care in America</title>
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    <modified>2007-09-20T16:21:01Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-09-20T11:21:01-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.22216</id>
    <created>2007-09-20T16:21:01Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Excellent series of clips (this is part 1 of 6):...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Excellent series of clips (this is part 1 of 6):</p>

<p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aEXFUbSbg1I"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aEXFUbSbg1I" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Civics Quiz</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://sylvanmanor.covblogs.com/archives/022183.html" />
    <modified>2007-09-19T16:57:05Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-09-19T11:57:05-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.22183</id>
    <created>2007-09-19T16:57:05Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">According to Acton&apos;s blog, colleges and universities fail at teaching american civics. You can take the quiz from ISI. I scored 90% (67 of 70 correct). Interestingly, most of that stuff I learned before (and after) college, not during....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://sylvanmanor.covblogs.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>According to Acton's blog, <a href="http://blog.acton.org/archives/1936-Colleges-and-Universities-Fail-at-Teaching-American-Civics.html">colleges and universities fail at teaching american civics</a>.</p>

<p>You can <a href="http://www.americancivicliteracy.org./resources/quiz.aspx">take the quiz from ISI</a>. I scored 90% (67 of 70 correct). Interestingly, most of that stuff I learned before (and after) college, not during.</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Cheating or Gamesmanship?</title>
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    <modified>2007-08-10T15:41:07Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-08-10T10:41:07-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.20995</id>
    <created>2007-08-10T15:41:07Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Cheating or gamesmanship? You decide....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>baseball</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/cheat/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=2960346">Cheating or gamesmanship?</a> You decide.</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Not a Democracy</title>
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    <modified>2007-08-03T19:29:35Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-08-03T14:29:35-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.20881</id>
    <created>2007-08-03T19:29:35Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Our Counter-Majoritarian Constitution...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.acton.org/blog/index.html?/archives/1833-Our-Counter-Majoritarian-Constitution.html">Our Counter-Majoritarian Constitution</a></p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Before You Tee Off on China</title>
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    <modified>2007-04-12T16:15:21Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-04-12T11:15:21-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.17806</id>
    <created>2007-04-12T16:15:21Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Before You Tee Off on China . . . . . . Answer this question: What is China doing that’s any different than what Tiger Woods is doing? By Donald Luskin...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTQwMjY3NTRlNjM5Y2FjZGZlMDQxNzAyODQyNWZkZjY=">Before You Tee Off on China . . .</a></p>

<p>. . . Answer this question: What is China doing that’s any different than what Tiger Woods is doing?</p>

<p>By Donald Luskin</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Coptix Hoax Makes National News</title>
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    <modified>2007-04-06T15:21:09Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-04-06T10:21:09-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.17537</id>
    <created>2007-04-06T15:21:09Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">The Washington Times: Rove &apos;e-mail scandal&apos; makes April fools of blog readers Fox News: Brit Hume&apos;s Political Grapevine The original images on Coptix&apos;s site....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    
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      <![CDATA[<p>The Washington Times: <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070405-114824-8778r.htm">Rove 'e-mail scandal' makes April fools of blog readers</a></p>

<p>Fox News: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9bq0XfFnE">Brit Hume's Political Grapevine</a></p>

<p><a href="http://coptix.com/rove/">The original images on Coptix's site.</a></p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Morphing a Conspiracy? Karl Rove and Coptix</title>
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    <modified>2007-04-04T15:26:43Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-04-04T10:26:43-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.17455</id>
    <created>2007-04-04T15:26:43Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">From the Chattanooga Time Free Press: Morphing a conspiracy? and Zeroing in on Karl Rove spoof photo Hilarious....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>current events</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://sylvanmanor.covblogs.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>From the Chattanooga Time Free Press: <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/local.aspx?articleid=13362&zoneid=77">Morphing a conspiracy?</a></p>

<p>and</p>

<p><a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/blog-1.aspx?articleid=13342&zoneid=11">Zeroing in on Karl Rove spoof photo</a></p>

<p>Hilarious.</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Call of the Entrepreneur</title>
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    <modified>2007-03-29T17:28:35Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-03-29T12:28:35-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.17308</id>
    <created>2007-03-29T17:28:35Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>economics</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pem0ZSsMQVA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pem0ZSsMQVA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Christmas Card Photo</title>
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    <modified>2007-01-03T16:00:07Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-01-03T10:00:07-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/185.14094</id>
    <created>2007-01-03T16:00:07Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain"> Christmas Card Photo Originally uploaded by NSmithFam....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsmithfam/342723099/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/342723099_5ba3da15eb_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsmithfam/342723099/">Christmas Card Photo</a> </p>

<p>Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nsmithfam/">NSmithFam</a>.<br />
</span></p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mars Hill Audio on P. D. James and Children of Men</title>
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    <modified>2006-12-22T15:50:20Z</modified>
    <issued>2006-12-22T09:50:20-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2006:/185.13854</id>
    <created>2006-12-22T15:50:20Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Here&apos;s a link to a special edition of Audition from Mars Hill Audio on P. D. James and Children of Men. Jeffrey Overstreet continues to chronicle the glowing reviews of the movie. A quick glance at the summery at Rotten...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Here's a link to a special edition of <cite>Audition</cite> from Mars Hill Audio on <a href="http://mhadigital.org/index.php?post_id=156797">P. D. James and <cite>Children of Men</cite></a>. </p>

<p>Jeffrey Overstreet continues to <a href="http://lookingcloser.blogspot.com/2006/12/and-now-j-hoberman-sings-praises-of.html">chronicle the glowing reviews of the movie</a>.</p>

<p>A quick glance at the <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/children_of_men/">summery at Rotten Tomatoes</a> tells most of the story.</p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Grilled Turkey</title>
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    <modified>2006-12-18T14:59:26Z</modified>
    <issued>2006-12-18T08:59:26-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2006:/185.13734</id>
    <created>2006-12-18T14:59:26Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain"> Grilled Turkey Originally uploaded by NSmithFam....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsmithfam/325454753/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/140/325454753_f1aa2342dc_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsmithfam/325454753/">Grilled Turkey</a> </p>

<p>Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nsmithfam/">NSmithFam</a>.<br />
</span></p>]]>
      
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Boys</title>
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    <modified>2006-12-12T05:04:41Z</modified>
    <issued>2006-12-11T23:04:41-06:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2006:/185.13546</id>
    <created>2006-12-12T05:04:41Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain"> The Boys Originally uploaded by NSmithFam....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>nick</name>
      <url>http://nsmithfam.org</url>
      <email>list@nsmithfam.org</email>
    </author>
    
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsmithfam/320126403/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/140/320126403_360c2dd2e3_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsmithfam/320126403/">The Boys</a> </p>

<p>Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nsmithfam/">NSmithFam</a>.<br />
</span></p>]]>
      
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