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	<title>No Pains No Gaines</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Will 45 Principals Balance out 750 Less Educators?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education/Recreation</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I gave it some thought about DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee firing 750 educators and aides at once, just months after terminating 100 or so educators already.  And then I started thinking about something Jim Collins wrote about in his book, &#8220;Good to Great.&#8221;
I can&#8217;t remember verbatim or give it justice if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>750 Less Teachers, Aides Won&#8217;t Disrupt Upcoming School Year?</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/164/750-less-teachers-aides-wont-disrupt-upcoming-school-year</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Education/Recreation</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve really been giving the Fenty-Rhee ticket the benefit of the doubt about their plans on the pucblic school system.  Perhaps since I don&#8217;t have any kids I can&#8217;t understand the full impact of some of these decisions.  But does it really take kids in school to feel that firing 750 teachers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snaps of the George Meade Statue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Photos Around Washington DC</category>
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While downtown today I was walking down Pennsylvania Ave NW and took some snaps of the George Meade Statue at 4th Street NW.  From the KittyTours.org website:
George Meade (1815-1872) graduated from West Point and served in the Mexican War. He became a general during the Civil War and participated in the battles of Antietam, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Free DC Environmental Film Festival Showings</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/152/free-dc-environmental-film-festival-showing</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Entertainment/Events</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my family was stationed in Bremerhaven, Germany, there was only one English-speaking channel for us to watch.  And it was produced by the military at that.  No advertisement was allowed other than a ton of PSAs and community announcements.
One of the PSAs would always encourage the military families to conserve energy.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Showing of &#8220;Big Dreamers&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/153/free-showing-of-big-dreamers</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In anacostia stands the Big Chair.  Marietta Georgia has the Big Chicken.  Across the country there&#8217;s a bunch of big stuff.  And in Australia, there&#8217;s the Big Boot. As part of the DC Environmental Film Festival, you can learn the story of this huge Wellington boot built to attract tourists in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Nanu and Seela, Residents of the Arctic</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/154/meet-nanu-and-seela-residents-of-the-arctic</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
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The first time I went to see a film for the DC Environmental Film Festival, it was &#8220;March of the Penguins, a film I&#8217;ve been recommending to everyone who&#8217;ll listen.  Now the creators bring us &#8220;Arctic Tale,&#8221; a story based on the other side of the Earth about a polar bear and a walrus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DC Environmental Film Festival Is Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Entertainment/Events</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today until March 22, the DC Environmental Film Festival will be presenting a number of environmental-related films at various locations throughout DC.  Many of these films are free, some premiering here in DC.  To learn more about the schedule, the locations and of course, the films, visit DC Environmental Film Festival&#8217;s website.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pete Rock rocking at Cue Bar this Thursday</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/162/pete-rock-rocking-at-cue-bar-this-thursday</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
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It may not be Sacred Art Saturdays, but if Bobby Cato is promoting it, it&#8217;s gonna be live!  Come check out Pete Rock at 7:00 pm &#8211; until this Thursday at Cue Bar, located at 1115 U Street NW in Washington DC.
It&#8217;s going to be the old school.  It&#8217;s going to be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METRO May Add TVs For Our Viewing Pleasure</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/161/metro-may-add-tvs-for-our-viewing-pleasure</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
	<category>METRO</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initially I was thinking METRO just raised the fares and now they&#8217;re buying thousands of LCD and plasma TVs?  But then I read they&#8217;ll be earning &#8220;an estimated $16 million to $178 million over the life of the 10-year license&#8221; from advertisers on these screens.
I can dig that.
Apparently it&#8217;s not finalized, but this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art That&#8217;s More Than Just a Painting</title>
		<link>http://davidgaines.com/wordpress/160/art-thats-more-than-just-a-painting</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gaines</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day Torrie and I took a stroll through the National Museum of Art.  Afterwards, I confessed that I&#8217;m just not into paintings of 16th century Europeans.  Though some of the pieces were interesting, it was more so because of the painting techniques or the realism in the paintings.  I still [...]]]></description>
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