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<title>The Weighting is the Hardest Part--The Fallout</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2783_The-Weighting-is-the-Hardest-Part--The-Fallout.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It seems even with the World Wide Web at our disposal, we could not ascertain a credible answer to that question. Although, it should be noted that this bet was made at Wrigley Field after both he and I had been radically over served, so it could be that neither one of us was in a hurry to seriously scrutinize the Baseball Almanac. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 10:17:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of a Teacher</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2781_Confessions-of-a-Teacher.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you really want to learn something, try teaching. At this time of the year, in the high school where I've taught for some time, lockers are emptied and final exams administered. Yearbooks are signed and there are plenty of goodbyes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 03:51:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HERE IS A NEW  FERTILISER FOR THE WORLD</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2775_HERE-IS-A-NEW-FERTILISER-FOR-THE-WORLD.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The other day I saw a well dressed man urinating into the sewage canal right in  broad day light..]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 03:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Post office to reach to remote village in India to create awareness on human trafficking</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2772_Post-office-to-reach-to-remote-village-in-India-to-create-awareness-on-human-trafficking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is an alarming trend of women and child being trafficked
from North Eastern region. Awareness and dissemination of information
on the issue is an urgent need. This is possible with a thrust on
friendly approach method by the law enforcement agencies supported and
supplemented by matching participation from the local communities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:11:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global Warming - Small Island Nations to Disappear Within Years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2767_Global-Warming---Small-Island-Nations-to-Disappear-Within-Years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The stark realities of global warming and subsequent rising sea-levels are appearing to begin to have major effects on small Caribbean and Pacific Islands nations, with the latest stark call for assistance coming from the President of the Pacific Islands nation of Kiribati. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:11:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dirty Bird or Resourceful Mortal?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2765_Dirty-Bird-or-Resourceful-Mortal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[While at the top of the food chain, masters of land and sea, blessed with the gifts of knowledge and reason, humans are also garbage-producing fiends.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 11:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>THE  RAGGING  SEASON  IS  HERE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2764_THE-RAGGING-SEASON-IS-HERE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Isn’t it strange that   while most  school children detest Monday mornings  because they have to go to school after a hectic week end, they look forward to the re-opening day after the dog days’ summer vacation?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:13:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Where Have all the Cashiers Gone?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2751_Where-Have-all-the-Cashiers-Gone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[People have become quite fanatical with “saving time” these days. In a society where the average American juggles a job (or two) along with a family, a hobby and a social life, we yearn for extra minutes, even hours in the day. What would we do with this time once we acquired it?  Who knows?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 12:28:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ipod, You Pod, We All Pod for Ipod</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2748_Ipod-You-Pod-We-All-Pod-for-Ipod.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ipod is the best thing since sliced bread. In fact, it’s way better than sliced bread. Any idiot can pull out a knife and cut off a hunk of rye, but how many people can take an entire music collection and cram it into pocket calculator that’s also a TV? No one, unless you count those magicians without a social life fooling around chips and wires, while the rest of us are out getting drunk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 01:35:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Welcome Visitor</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2734_A-Welcome-Visitor.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is something special about wild creatures and I would go so far as to say spiritual. By that I mean a communication on a level that is deeper than normal discussion. It's as if the little guy was saying we are all a part of this planet so we are in it together. Okay as writer I have an active imagination and that's what my sub-conscious thought was the communication. But it doesn't alter the fact I had a deep connection with the koala. It was something that had me thinking for days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 12:04:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Dog's Life</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are pets that come into your life and immediately win you over, and then there are the ones that slowly burrow their way into your heart like a worm defiling an apple. Foster the collie would fall into the latter of these categories. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 03:31:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WHAT DO THE MONKEYS THINK ABOUT US?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2698_WHAT-DO-THE-MONKEYS-THINK-ABOUT-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Well, according to the Darwin theory, the human race is supposed to be the descendants of monkeys through the evolution process. In which case, why do monkeys exist even now and  continue to  multiply  as fast as the human beings? Could Mr. Darwin answer it?  No.  He can’t.  He is no more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A slow coach monkey learner</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2690_A-slow-coach-monkey-learner.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Right from my school days I had a great fascination for monkeys, at  their way of playing and fighting etc. Whenever there was a monkey show on the  roadside  I just couldn’t help stopping and watching the drama or skit executed by them.  One monkey charmer had trained his pet monkeys to play  husband and wife and for the delight of the onlookers made them fight for two minutes and then they would make up with a kiss.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 April 2008 11:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Weighting is the Hardest Part</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2688_The-Weighting-is-the-Hardest-Part.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I notice signs of my advancing age every once in a while. It’s mostly small things like finding a gray hair in my sideburns or having my knees go on strike after actually running on pavement instead of a treadmill. But this week I was treated to a nice one, I engaged in an honest to goodness weight loss competition involving money, pride and bragging rights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 April 2008 11:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Understanding Peer Pressure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I wrote this article for children. I'm sure some of TheCheers readers have children. Show them this article. It may help to explain the pressure some of their peers place on them and how to deal with it.

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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 01:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fast for better Health</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2681_Fast-for-better-Health.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fasting is one of the most popular forms of democratic protests in India.  The late Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, is perhaps the originator of this modus operandi]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 March 2008 02:08:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Erin Go Drinking</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2676_Erin-Go-Drinking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drinking on St. Patrick’s Day is a little like having sex on Valentine’s Day; it’s cliché and it seldom lives up to your expectations. Much like sex, the best drinking experiences are never organized efforts; they usually happen on a Tuesday when you’re just stopping at the bar to pay your friend that $20 you owe him. Then one thing leads to another and there you are eating White Castle at 2am and leaving a voicemail for your boss explaining that you’ve got a “family emergency” and won’t be making it in tomorrow. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 March 2008 03:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pieces of Posh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2674_Pieces-of-Posh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[We've all had that former boss that just got under our skin.  Unfortunately, rarely do we get the chance to go back and say the things we wished we had said then.  I have written my feelings on one former employer here, in hopes of once and for all whitewashing her from my memory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 March 2008 11:39:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>THE LOUSY, SILENT and FAST</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2673_THE-LOUSY-SILENT-and-FAST.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I don’t know about your country but in my India and in my Metropolitan city in particular, I am totally  disenchanted with the services provided by various tradesmen, such as plumbers, signboard writers, shoe repairers, tailors and so on. It’s equally  unfortunate that we cannot live without them;  you would need  one or the other  of these guys some time or the other.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 March 2008 04:16:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>They call it politics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2668_They-call-it-politics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[People we must realize we are the important presence in this world not the rich and greedy.  Without the averge man or woman, they would be nothing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 March 2008 11:26:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bald and Beautiful</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2663_Bald-and-Beautiful.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A man keeps his hair according to the existing style when young and according to the existing hair when old.  True or not?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 March 2008 10:22:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Last week some lucky son of a bitch won $275 million dollars in a multi-state lottery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2649_Last-week-some-lucky-son-of-a-bitch-won-$275-million-dollars-in-a-multi-state-lottery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Last week some lucky son of a bitch won $275 million dollars in a multi-state lottery. A lot of people would point to this as something that’s wrong with America, but I see it as something incredibly right with America.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 March 2008 03:26:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Welcome to the Land of the Ice and Snow</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2643_Welcome-to-the-Land-of-the-Ice-and-Snow.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Attention all car thieves, if you’re looking for easy pickings, look no further than the upper Midwest of the United States. You can’t walk down the street here without passing a running vehicle. Every driveway, street corner and liquor store parking lot has a car warming up and just waiting to be stolen, you need only hop in and go. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 25 February 2008 08:43:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The History of St. Thomas Mount, Madras, India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2634_The-History-of-St-Thomas-Mount-Madras-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the important landmarks in Madras city, India,  is,  “St. Thomas Mount” at the southern most end of the city, near the  airport.  It is  a small hill feature about 300 feet high (91 meters).  It  was on this hill that Thomas Didymus, one of the disciples of Lord Jesus Christ, was killed in the year 72 A.D. and this hill had been named  after the Apostle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 19 February 2008 09:32:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hell Hole</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2632_Hell-Hole.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There’s an old joke that goes, Chicago has two seasons, winter and construction, which I guess is funny to those who don’t actually live here. For the rest of us, it’s a none-to-gentle reminder of the circle of life; men fix roads, weather destroys roads, men fix roads; good news for construction workers, bad news for innocent commuters such as myself.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 19 February 2008 09:32:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND VALENTINE’S DAY?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2624_DO-YOU-KNOW-THE-HISTORY-BEHIND-VALENTINES-DAY.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ah,  here is 14 February ! Another  Valentine’s day for the year 2008.  The world celebrates this day by sending cards, flowers and gifts to their lovers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 15 February 2008 01:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Where There's No Smoke, There's Ire</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2620_Where-Theres-No-Smoke-Theres-Ire.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[On January 1st, the state of Illinois began an all out smoking ban in public places. This came to me as a bit of a shock. Oh sure, the state had announced that it was going to institute such a ban, but I never really believed it would come to pass, at least not in the city of Chicago.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 5 February 2008 12:52:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A run-away at fourteen</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2618_A-run-away-at-fourteen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some small incidents or encounters during your young age life, have a tremendous influence on your behaviour, philosophy of life, decision making etc in your later life. They become your guide stars too.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 7 February 2008 11:16:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The price of instant friendship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2610_The-price-of-instant-friendship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Call it a good or bad  or an  undesirable habit. But I can’t give  up  the practice of  stopping someone on a public road and talking with him.  “An instant friendship maker” kind of strategy.
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:04:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Real Story about Heath Ledger</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2605_The-Real-Story-about-Heath-Ledger.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[People dying in conflicts, famine, and road trauma hardly get a mention yet the death of an actor causes such grief around the world. The paparazzi can make so much money because we have an insatiable desire to see and know what celebrities are doing, saying, and sleeping with]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 27 January 2008 12:13:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two Tickets to Paradise</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2604_Two-Tickets-to-Paradise.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I’m a fairly stupid man.  The Webster’s New World Dictionary defines the word stupid as, “implies lack of intelligence or incapacity for perceiving, learning, etc. as might be shown by one in a mental stupor”.  Yep, that’s me all right.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 January 2008 01:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DON’T SAY WHAT YOU MEAN</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2589_DONT-SAY-WHAT-YOU-MEAN.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What  is the hall mark of an honest person?  Answers  may vary. But according to me it is,  “To say what  he/she means”.  This axiom could be put in different forms as well such as, Be truthful, don’t back-bite, be completely sincere, be frank” and so on.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:16:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Let It Snow, Let Them Throw, Let it Go</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2586_Let-It-Snow-Let-Them-Throw-Let-it-Go.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[So, someone snowballed me the other day.  I’m not sure that “snowballed” is even a proper verb, but I’ve been using it as such for well over 30 years, and I don’t see any reason to stop now.  I was driving down a residential street in my town when out of nowhere a snowball smacked the side of my car.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 January 2008 02:58:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clash of cultures and the formation of Indian Taboos</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2581_Clash-of-cultures-and-the-formation-of-Indian-Taboos.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This article is in connection with the 31st Night Molestation Case of Female Tourists at two prominent places in India. I got a chance to catch the debate live on CNN-IBN as I reached home the other night. No! I am not going to start discussing how bad the molestation was on India's reputation or whether Indian Women are safe outside or whether it was a sorry sight. "Is India Sex Starved?" was the title of the debate that was on. And one of the participants, when asked about whether it was Indian Culture that lead us to be sex starved, took on a different view. A view that I agree upon. And this article delivers that view to you.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:16:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ARE YOU SCARED OF NUMBER THIRTEEN?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2579_ARE-YOU-SCARED-OF-NUMBER-THIRTEEN.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Are  you really allergic to the figure Thirteen?  According to my information, people in most parts of the world consider 13 as an  unlucky fellow. Some people wouldn’t start any new venture on  the  13th.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:46:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CHEATING GALORE ON THE INTERNET</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2574_CHEATING-GALORE-ON-THE-INTERNET.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The world has been always on a ‘trend change’ mode for centuries.  Such changes don’t come about overnight but in small doses over a period of time.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 January 2008 12:50:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SCIENTISTS HAVE PROGNOSTICATED MORE DANGERS TO OUR LIFE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2570_SCIENTISTS-HAVE-PROGNOSTICATED-MORE-DANGERS-TO-OUR-LIFE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There !  The scientific community of our planet are on their  warning mission once again.. The latest one is for the Lap top users. Their research has revealed that the heat produced by the laptops kept  balanced on your lap,  could increase the risk of infertility in you.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 12:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AN INDIAN CELEBRITY IN ENGLAND</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2563_AN-INDIAN-CELEBRITY-IN-ENGLAND.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[She was in the world of films.  For how long, one wouldn’t know without some research !  She is reasonably pretty, but prettiness isn’t the only criterion to get a role in a film.  Indian  cinema is a highly competitive business and one can’t enter into it like you walk into a room.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:31:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Does Caffeine Kill Christmas Cheer?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2561_Does-Caffeine-Kill-Christmas-Cheer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An overview of cafe life and culture during the 'merry' holiday season, during which many people appear rushed, thoughtless, and rude.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 07:17:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DON’T ALL OF US HARBOUR SOME CRAZY DESIRES?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2551_DONT-ALL-OF-US-HARBOUR-SOME-CRAZY-DESIRES.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am sure you too would have harboured some desires in your heart some time or the other  but felt helpless  to execute them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A QUESTION OF ADJUSTMENT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2544_A-QUESTION-OF-ADJUSTMENT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tamil, one of the 15 major languages of India, has borrowed many words from other languages, Sanskrit and English, in particular. These have been accepted with slight changes here and there. But one English word  - ADJUSTMENT- has stuck to the younger generation without any shift whatever but with a new meaning - Put up or change over  to the new situation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 12:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>THANKFUL FOR WHAT?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2532_THANKFUL-FOR-WHAT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The world has decided we can join together in one conscious and be human in heart and emotions.  For this I am thankful for we need a break from being caught up in worldly gains.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 November 2007 10:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>YOUR   LUCKY  DAYS  ARE  ON  THE WAY</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2531_YOUR--LUCKY-DAYS-ARE-ON-THE-WAY.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you are an unmarried young woman from India, read this article because it is meant primarily for you.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 November 2007 10:30:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WHAT ARE YOU REALLY PUTTING IN YOUR MOUTH?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2529_WHAT-ARE-YOU-REALLY-PUTTING-IN-YOUR-MOUTH.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is not nice to fool with Mother Nature.  It is even worst when you continue to act like you are not doing it.  We have gone from calling our food natural to organic and the price ticket is high for many of us.  Is this another control tactic over our well-being?  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 November 2007 11:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>THE  WALK  IN  INTERVIEWS</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2505_THE-WALK-IN-INTERVIEWS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[As a retired man and since I have plenty of time on hand, I read through the daily newspaper from the first line to the last.  And that includes all the advertisements.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 November 2007 10:57:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Preformed Opinions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2492_Preformed-Opinions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Preformed opinions often form the crux of our decision making. First impression is the last impression, we say, but this often would lead to sinister good judgements...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 26 October 2007 07:24:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>  AN  EMPIRE  LOST and RE-CAPTURED</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2487_-AN-EMPIRE-LOST-and-RE-CAPTURED.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time in India, ‘cooking’  used to be the  prerogative  of a woman. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 23 October 2007 09:39:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IT IS  CONTAGIOUS</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2473_IT-IS-CONTAGIOUS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It’s a disease and yet not a  disease in the technical sense.  If you sit next to a person affected by it you too may contract it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 17 October 2007 09:37:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>YOU ARE INDEED A PRIVILEGED PERSON IN THE WORLD</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2463_YOU-ARE-INDEED-A-PRIVILEGED-PERSON-IN-THE-WORLD.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[No one respects you;  you go to the Public Distribution office and there the salespersons drive you mad telling you to come on the following day since several items have not arrived from the Head office.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 9 October 2007 02:32:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>War of Independence or the Great Mutiny</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2456_War-of-Independence-or-the-Great-Mutiny.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 1857 War of Independence or Great Mutiny has been directly seared into the national psyches of many countries and impacted a great many more countries indirectly. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 3 October 2007 10:14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>INDIAN MARRIAGES ARE  SURELY IN  THE  REVERSE GEAR</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2455_INDIAN-MARRIAGES-ARE-SURELY-IN-THE-REVERSE-GEAR.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When God created the first Man and Woman, His plan was that for every male child there should be born a  female child as well.  And God has been keeping to this equation  all these years.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 2 October 2007 01:54:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HOW TO  CATCH A ROMEO !</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2445_HOW-TO-CATCH-A-ROMEO-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[How to catch a practising Romeo,  was the question that had been weighing on the minds of all members of the  KV colony Ladies club.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 September 2007 09:52:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Scavengers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2428_The-Scavengers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I dont know who vilifies us, Tamilians. I can very well handle queries like above(and I pity what they learnt in their Geography Lectures at School. Surely, their Lecturers would suffer severe heart-attacks if they came to know their Curious Questions such as these)...]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 7 September 2007 10:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>My Granddaughter's Visit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2410_My-Granddaughters-Visit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grandchildren are special. Especially when you can get them to yourself without their interferring parents. For a short while we enjoyed our granddaughter all to ourselves.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 13 August 2007 06:59:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WANNA BE AN ASTROLOGER?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2398_WANNA-BE-AN-ASTROLOGER.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:29:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One day at the Operation Theatre</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2397_One-day-at-the-Operation-Theatre.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[“You have to take off your T-shirt first and then put on the Green Dress. Don’t put the Green Dress on the T-shirt”, replied the Nurse with a you-are-so-dumb smile.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 4 August 2007 10:25:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Difficult Son to Handle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2365_A-Difficult-Son-to-Handle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 July 2007 11:21:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How you judge reform depends upon where you are standing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2358_How-you-judge-reform-depends-upon-where-you-are-standing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three Muslim reformers, but not as the west knows reforms]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 June 2007 07:25:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A FORMULA FOR LONG LIFE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2357_A-FORMULA-FOR-LONG-LIFE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 June 2007 07:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>LOTTERY   TICKETS   AND  AN ANGEL OF LIGHT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2353_LOTTERY--TICKETS--AND-AN-ANGEL-OF-LIGHT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 19 June 2007 08:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SOME  IRREPLACEABLE  INVENTIONS</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2349_SOME-IRREPLACEABLE-INVENTIONS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 12 June 2007 12:46:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Great American Dumb Ideas: Designer God</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2337_Great-American-Dumb-Ideas-Designer-God.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bible tells us in the first verse of Genesis: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 28 May 2007 10:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A city of heavy contrast</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2330_A-city-of-heavy-contrast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The roads in all the Indian Metropolitan cities are flooded with people for at lest 20 hours in a day. So, Chennai which is my city of residence is no exception to this rule. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 May 2007 12:14:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The sea-side magic</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2320_The-sea-side-magic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When Shakespeare wrote that  “The world loves a lover”, he must have had in mind a typical beach side panorama.  I am not talking about the vast ocean outline you watch standing at the shore but at the people who throng the grand beach every evening.  ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:18:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Portrait of an Indian bride/bridegroom</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2310_Portrait-of-an-Indian-bride-bridegroom.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some three or four hundred years back, a marriage in  India was solemnized at a very  early age. Possibly the girl was five and the boy seven or eight.  The concerned mothers told their offspring at an age of understanding as to who she/had been married to.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:33:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On a fine summer morning, when the ant captured me</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2299_On-a-fine-summer-morning-when-the-ant-captured-me.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[On a fine summer morning..while I commuted through the train..I came to know that the crowd wasnt the only problem that I had to face.. a tiny insect sticking to my back was my major problem..read on]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 4 May 2007 02:57:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 40: Problems in Learning Serenity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2200_Addictions-Anonymous-40-Problems-in-Learning-Serenity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 March 2007 07:11:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Adult Orphans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2177_Adult-Orphans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Death is something that is inevitable in our lifetime. One day we will die, one day our siblings will die, our friends will die, our pets will die and our parents will die. We may or may not ever encounter these losses, but the certainty of death does not make the experience any easier. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 3 March 2007 09:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 39: Problems with Relationships and Sponsors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2168_Addictions-Anonymous-39-Problems-with-Relationships-and-Sponsors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 March 2007 06:01:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 38: Problems with Emotional Pain and Service to Others</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2154_Addictions-Anonymous-38-Problems-with-Emotional-Pain-and-Service-to-Others.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There are clinics for treating physical pain all over the United States, but emotional distress, one of the chief obstacles in the path to a normal existence, is often neglected or treated inappropriately. Everyone, of course, experiences emotional pain at one time or another. Some problems are temporary and specific to a situation, some are chronic and permanent parts of a person’s life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 February 2007 07:36:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Love of the Written Word</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2144_Love-of-the-Written-Word.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This week, I am going to tell you all about one of the things that I love most about England. It is the fact that you can get access to an abundance of books and other printed media . . . incredibly cheaply! There are libraries that you can join for free; there are charity shops where you can buy them for a pittance; and there are all those wonderful bookstores which celebrate the written word with the attention it actually deserves.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 March 2007 05:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 37: Problems with Anger and Depression</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2123_Addictions-Anonymous-37-Problems-with-Anger-and-Depression.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 February 2007 11:33:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One Language, Many Shapes and Sizes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2116_One-Language-Many-Shapes-and-Sizes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I thought it would be a good idea to start this column off with one of the most obvious parts of life in Britain: The English Language. The following contains some observations and snippets about the way in which British people use their language.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 February 2007 11:27:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Used and Abused</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2081_Used-and-Abused.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If Mark Twain were alive today, he might amend his famous quote to say, "There are lies, damn lies and marketing gimmicks."  Of course, no one would listen because he'd be 172 years old and people would be absolutely freaked out by that.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 9 February 2007 10:15:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 36: Problems with Anticipation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2078_Addictions-Anonymous-36-Problems-with-Anticipation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 12 February 2007 05:27:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Up ' About:  Morning Rituals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2077_Up-About--Morning-Rituals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discussing the basic activities of a morning day before starting off to work and starting off your day...]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 8 February 2007 06:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous 35: Harm Reduction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2054_Addictions-Anonymous-35-Harm-Reduction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 29 January 2007 11:51:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Golden Slumbers Fill Your Skies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2048_Golden-Slumbers-Fill-Your-Skies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don't mess with a good thing.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 25 January 2007 07:13:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous 34: Therapists Of All Sorts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2046_Addictions-Anonymous-34-Therapists-Of-All-Sorts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In general, there are two kinds of therapist qualifications: (1) earned degrees and, (2) licenses and certifications. Some clinicians, of course, may have both. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:23:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 33: Pitfalls In Finding Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2041_Addictions-Anonymous-33-Pitfalls-In-Finding-Treatment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Problems confront addicts when they decide to seek mental health services. They can be serious problems, but they are not impossible. Here are a few of the big ones:]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Sunday, 21 January 2007 10:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 32: When a Friend Needs Help</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2032_Addictions-Anonymous-32-When-a-Friend-Needs-Help.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the days when I was working as a clinical psychologist in hospital programs where we treated addictive behavior, it was common to have members of Twelve Step groups bringing people in for help.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 9 January 2007 03:58:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 31: Does Prohibition Work?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2031_Addictions-Anonymous-31-Does-Prohibition-Work.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 22 December 2006 10:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous 30: The Way to Be, Part Two</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2028_Addictions-Anonymous-30-The-Way-to-Be-Part-Two.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I remind the reader who may be studying these choices that I have not announced my own preference in terms of which of the choices, A or B, I think is most appropriate to a mature and normal way of thinking. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 14 December 2006 04:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous 29: The Way to Be, Part One</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2025_Addictions-Anonymous-29-The-Way-to-Be-Part-One.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[No one really teaches us the whole story on how to live in the world. We learn some of what works and some of what causes pain. We learn what people like and dislike about our behavior. Unfortunately, we don’t have teachers who teach us how to live comfortably in the world, how to develop and keep the everyday euphoria that is our right. If we knew what to do to reduce self-inflicted misery, we would probably want to learn it because we need something better than the School of Hard Knocks.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 6 December 2006 10:40:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chapter 28: Normal As The Gold Standard—Part Two</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2021_Chapter-28-Normal-As-The-Gold-Standard—Part-Two.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this chapter I finish a brief discussion of each of my proposed dimensions of noble character that I claim are important qualities of thought and behavior. They are both learnable and teachable.
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<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 29 November 2006 04:54:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 27: Normal As The Gold Standard—Part One</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2018_Addictions-Anonymous-27-Normal-As-The-Gold-Standard—Part-One.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If normal is to be the standard towards which we strive, exactly what qualities of personality will be important? What will we try to measure, learn, and teach to others? In this chapter and the next, I present a list of seventeen proposed character dimensions and offer a brief discussion of each.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 21 November 2006 09:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 26: Searching For Normal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2017_Addictions-Anonymous-26-Searching-For-Normal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Beyond finding problems and flaws in the thinking of others, a philosopher might go the next step and offer some better path to what we hold as a valuable goal.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 15 November 2006 10:29:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 25: Normophobia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2013_Addictions-Anonymous-25-Normophobia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Normophobia: I made that word up myself. At least I’ve never seen it used anywhere, but I could be wrong. Being wrong once in a while is normal and the best reason to look for and listen to critical feedback.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 8 November 2006 10:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 24: More On Religion In Recovery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2011_Addictions-Anonymous-24-More-On-Religion-In-Recovery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Steps, Traditions, and Promises of Alcoholics Anonymous have become important to millions of people throughout the world. In early chapters of this book, I looked at the philosophy that underlies the steps and traditions, a philosophy that is widely accepted and used in self-help groups. From the beginning, the steps stirred debate and controversy along with a remarkable number of good recovery stories. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 1 November 2006 10:34:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UKRAINIAN  “GREEN CORRIDOR” IS OVERLOADED</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2007_UKRAINIAN-GREEN-CORRIDOR-IS-OVERLOADED.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Before travelling abroad, you should be equipped with as much information as possible.  This means you should learn the customs regulations for passengers going across the border. Otherwise, your journey can turn into a big problem. Some Ukrainian experts consider that the establishment of Ukrainian regional customs, and liquidation of some previous customs, (started October 1 this year), is making customs procedures for passengers easier and more comfortable.  ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 26 October 2006 04:09:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 23: Group Traditions And Management</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2006_Addictions-Anonymous-23-Group-Traditions-And-Management.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 October 2006 09:57:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gone In Smoke!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2003_Gone-In-Smoke.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of the world population undergoes it. No one is spared. Right from Gauri Khan - SRK’s wife- to the local professor's wife. Some by choice, others willingly. Even you and me, mostly unwillingly undergo it. May be at the bus stop, public places or worse; with your friends and co-workers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 October 2006 05:24:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 22: Continuing The Growth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_2002_Addictions-Anonymous-22-Continuing-The-Growth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The last three steps in the recovery program deal with personal growth, a renewed growth that is possible after some amount of clean and sober time. By now, if the reader has been following previous articles, the ideas behind steps ten, eleven and twelve should be rather obvious. Together, these three steps offer a plan for essential, continuing personality development. I will comment on each briefly in this chapter.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:22:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 21: Setting Things Right</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1999_Addictions-Anonymous-21-Setting-Things-Right.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[8. Made a list of all persons we harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 October 2006 08:31:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 20: Asking For Help</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1997_Addictions-Anonymous-20-Asking-For-Help.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[7.  Humbly asked the help of others in the removal of our short comings and be resolved to work to remove these faults ourselves.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 19:  Growth Through Practice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1992_Addictions-Anonymous-19--Growth-Through-Practice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[6. Were entirely ready to practice the program in order to remove all these defects of character.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 September 2006 04:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 18: Confession, Honesty And The Open Life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1988_Addictions-Anonymous-18-Confession-Honesty-And-The-Open-Life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 20 September 2006 09:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 17: Self Knowledge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1985_Addictions-Anonymous-17-Self-Knowledge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Captive Royals and Meat Machines – Animals in America Today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1984_Captive-Royals-and-Meat-Machines-Animals-in-America-Today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 13 September 2006 09:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 16: The Surrender Of Ego</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1981_Addictions-Anonymous-16-The-Surrender-Of-Ego.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 8 September 2006 06:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Adult World</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1980_The-Adult-World.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A little girl's peek into the adult world]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 8 September 2006 05:23:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blackie - the Dog</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1978_Blackie---the-Dog.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dan always dreamt of having his own pet. His parents always scorned away his pleadings for the same. It is soon going to be his birthday. Will Dan get his Ultimate Gift, the gift that he dreamt of?]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 5 September 2006 02:50:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 14: The Art Of Being Powerless</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1973_Addictions-Anonymous-14-The-Art-Of-Being-Powerless.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 August 2006 03:17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 15: Living With Higher Authorities</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1972_Addictions-Anonymous-15-Living-With-Higher-Authorities.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 13: A Universal Secular Twelve Steps</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1965_Addictions-Anonymous-13-A-Universal-Secular-Twelve-Steps.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There are two important thoughts to keep in mind when we consider what have been called the Twelve Steps of Recovery. First, each step is really an important idea that can be incorporated into every aspect of life. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:13:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>At the end of the day ... about friends</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1959_At-the-end-of-the-day-about-friends.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of the day...about your friends]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 10 August 2006 03:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 12: The Stages of Addiction and Recovery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1957_Addictions-Anonymous-12-The-Stages-of-Addiction-and-Recovery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 August 2006 07:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 10: Dark Feelings</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1947_Addictions-Anonymous-10-Dark-Feelings.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 28 July 2006 09:32:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous. 11: The Addiction Cycle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1932_Addictions-Anonymous-11-The-Addiction-Cycle.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 July 2006 11:27:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Unexplored Region</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1920_The-Unexplored-Region.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The silent surroundings where Daniel resides, is going to change. There is going to be a Change in his life. There is going to be a Change everywhere. Is this change for good? What is this Region that no one has Explored yet? Read on..]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 July 2006 07:45:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ukraine is trying to push biodiesel</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1911_Ukraine-is-trying-to-push-biodiesel.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Head of Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry Alexander Baranivskiy declared recently  that his Ministry promotes new Law allowing all biodiesel factories to have big privileges in taxes payment. Ministry officials consider that new legislative rules increase biodiesel production in Ukraine to 1,6 millions per year. Experts consider new legislative changes as a new criminal loophole to be free from  taxes payment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 July 2006 07:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 9: How Attitudes, Beliefs And Values Create Vulnerability</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1909_Addictions-Anonymous-9-How-Attitudes-Beliefs-And-Values-Create-Vulnerability.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 July 2006 10:05:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 8: Risk Factors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1905_Addictions-Anonymous-8-Risk-Factors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just as I ask addicts to consider all the different addictions, I urge them to think in a very general way about potential risk factors, situations that may help set the stage for the development of an addiction. These risk factors, like triggers, make up another important group of conditions that lead to addiction.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 June 2006 08:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 6: Triggers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1900_Addictions-Anonymous-6-Triggers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What addicts do involves either a substance such as alcohol or a behavior like gambling, but that’s just the surface. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 June 2006 09:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 7: Common Elements In Addictions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1899_Addictions-Anonymous-7-Common-Elements-In-Addictions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier I mentioned dark feelings and this, I think, is a common factor running through all addictions of whatever sort. Knowing how to live with, control and even eliminate unpleasant emotions is a survivor skill that people have in different amounts. Those who become vulnerable to addiction always seem to lack skills for handling emotions, but these simple skills are neither complicated nor difficult to learn.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:44:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>My Daddy's rose garden</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1897_My-Daddys-rose-garden.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I recall the Easters from my childhood.  The always-scratchy dress, white patent leather shoes, the hat that would not stay on my head no matter how many bobby pins my Mother dug into my scalp.  She drew blood with those suckers many times but it really didn’t matter because the first small breeze that came along meant the end of the day for my Easter bonnet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:14:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 5: They Sneak Up On Us</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1885_Addictions-Anonymous-5-They-Sneak-Up-On-Us.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Addictions usually develop over time, and that’s why I think addictions are problems of human development. Although they can and do happen quickly, it usually takes time for an addiction to develop fully. Addictions tend to begin at critical life stages.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 June 2006 11:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 4: A Bit Of History</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1884_Addictions-Anonymous-4-A-Bit-Of-History.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Historically, people made moral judgments about addictions without doing much about them. Calling addiction a sin, of course, is not very effective in bringing about a change in behavior.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 June 2006 11:22:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 3: An Incident on the Boardwalk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1874_Addictions-Anonymous-3-An-Incident-on-the-Boardwalk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I like to write about addictions and about how to live without them, but if you don’t happen to have an addiction, you may be reading this for the wrong reasons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 24 May 2006 07:33:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 2: Self-help, Professionals And The Role of Religion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1873_Addictions-Anonymous-2-Self-help-Professionals-And-The-Role-of-Religion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If mental health professionals find problems with my ideas, senior members of the various Twelve Step groups may well join them in the complaint department because I suggest, in the pages to follow, some re-wording of those basic Twelve Steps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 24 May 2006 07:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous, 1: The Challenge Of Normal Living</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1872_Addictions-Anonymous-1-The-Challenge-Of-Normal-Living.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you are addicted to something there are people out there who will offer to fix your problem in a hurry with little effort on your part and without having to change anything important about your life. These people lie.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 24 May 2006 07:31:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Addictions Anonymous: Introduction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1870_Addictions-Anonymous-Introduction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this series of columns I describe a universal and secular self-help program for recovery from addiction. It is universal because it includes all addictive behaviors in a single program. It is secular because it avoids controversial references to religious themes while preserving and developing the philosophy of the original Twelve Steps written by William Wilson for Alcoholics Anonymous.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 20 May 2006 01:27:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An Incredulous Search for the Holy Grail</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1857_An-Incredulous-Search-for-the-Holy-Grail.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The mystery of the lost city of Atlantis interested my dad.  He loved hearing about such stuff. When asked if it was true, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “Ah, I don’t know.  But it’s a great story.”]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 April 2006 12:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Birds, Bees and Allergies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1853_Birds-Bees-and-Allergies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There are many things that you can tell people that you've developed that make you an interesting and sought after guest at parties. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 April 2006 11:35:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Crave On</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1844_Crave-On.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a trendy detached suburb there is a place where geniality and camaraderie are paramount. Perth in Western Australia has its share of treasures. This store in Leederville, is one of them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 April 2006 11:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Crave On ' 16 different types of hand roasted coffee beans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1843_Crave-On-16-different-types-of-hand-roasted-coffee-beans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a trendy detached suburb there is a place where geniality and camaraderie are paramount.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 April 2006 11:51:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hold on, I have a call coming in</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1836_Hold-on-I-have-a-call-coming-in.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[So, I walked into a men’s restroom during a conference recently and observed a guy standing at the urinal with his arm raised and wrapped over his head to hold his cell phone up to his ear. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 16 March 2006 12:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Working America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1831_Working-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I love having a blog. It allows for me to be honest with the world on a verbal basis. My life is the result of experiences and knowledge accumulated with time. Today I want to introduce myself as a working American citizen. My job description: Machine Operator and here are my responsibilities. Now you do the math. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 8 March 2006 02:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obesity in America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1824_Obesity-in-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I remember when I was a child seeing kings on a throne whether real or make believe, they were always pot-bellied and big. Fat during that time represented richness in life. When the king was served the palace meals, there was always an abundance of food for all attending. Greek art statues revealed the waistline of a woman with fullness as it represented reproduction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 1 March 2006 12:04:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Don’t Believe the Hype: Pot Smoking is a Personal Choice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1813_Dont-Believe-the-Hype-Pot-Smoking-is-a-Personal-Choice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The American public is sorely misinformed by a dictatorship that calls itself democracy on the issue of marijuana smoking.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 12 February 2006 10:36:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Relationships - The Expecting Father</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1811_Relationships---The-Expecting-Father.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[With the coming of new life into a family there are many implications in a mans life too.  Not only the impact of the big responsibility coming his way its also a expression which lacs words. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 10 February 2006 09:11:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Get a Life with LavaLife</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1804_Get-a-Life-with-LavaLife.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[“That's powerful. That's Lavalife. Where singles click.”]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 January 2006 05:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interview with Trailblazer Award winner Donna Hill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1799_Interview-with-Trailblazer-Award-winner-Donna-Hill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is a true pleasure to introduce Donna Hill who is an established yet humble woman. Three of her novels have been transformed into movies for t.v. Donna Hill ...  She is the first recipient of the Trailblazer Award (2002) for her
pioneering work in the literary industry for authors and readers. She is doing so much more and has received more credit for her works.     ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 December 2005 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unsupported Marriage in India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1795_Unsupported-Marriage-in-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this article, i exposed the status of Gay Marriage in India.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 3 December 2005 02:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bipolar Disorder: the euphoric, the shocking and the hideous</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1781_Bipolar-Disorder-the-euphoric-the-shocking-and-the-hideous.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bipolar Disorder. Pretty scary term huh? Especially if all of sudden it's the term that defines you. So cutting through the crap of symptoms, medications, treatments and definitions what really goes on in the life of the B.P. afflicted.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 November 2005 01:24:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Power of Purpose</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1775_The-Power-of-Purpose.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I read a news report that was, actually, quite disturbing. It seems that there was a grossly overweight woman who was so immobile that she, literally, could not get up from the couch. That couch had been her home for about six years. She couldn’t get up to eat or even go to the bathroom.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:39:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Passion Pays</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1774_Passion-Pays.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The house we live in is on a half acre lot with lots of trees. It is a beautiful setting, but the situation does call for a certain amount of work to keep the place looking nice.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:38:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Origin of Success</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1773_The-Origin-of-Success.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I remember when I used to do a lot of scuba diving. I lived in Okinawa at the time and it was a fantastic place to participate in that sport. The water was clear, there was a lot of beautiful coral and many varieties of tropical fish. On top of that, you didn’t even need a boat. There were numerous places where it was possible to just swim out from the shore a few feet and do a tremendous dive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:38:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Five Step Formula for Creating a Successful Business</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1772_A-Five-Step-Formula-for-Creating-a-Successful-Business.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I’ve started a lot of different exercise programs in my life. Some I started because I wanted to lose weight, some because I enjoyed a particular sport, and others because I just wanted to get into shape.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I wish I had</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1771_I-wish-I-had.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I remember climbing to the top of a mountain in Finland and being petrified with fear the whole way up. In spite of my fear of heights, I have put myself in that position many times. I have been so scared at times that I thought my heart would pound through my chest. But I experienced amazing things.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:37:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How to Keep Your Engine from Overheating: Five Steps for Diagnosing and Solving Problems</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1770_How-to-Keep-Your-Engine-from-Overheating-Five-Steps-for-Diagnosing-and-Solving-Problems.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago my car began to overheat. I checked the radiator fluid level and, sure enough, it was low. Since I am not very mechanically minded, I called Bill, my mechanic, to see what I ought to do.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:36:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Get Your Employees Flying High</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1769_Get-Your-Employees-Flying-High.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Years ago, when I was in high school, I played running back on the football team. I was an OK player - not great, but maybe a little better than average.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:36:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Superior ways to get things done in your organization.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1768_Superior-ways-to-get-things-done-in-your-organization.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Virtually everyone who has ever been to the movies enjoys the experience of surround sound. To feel like you are actually in the middle of the what is going on in the movie is a powerful experience. The pulsing force of the sound itself pulls you into the action.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1 - 3 - 2? Three Steps to Success</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1767_1---3---2-Three-Steps-to-Success.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You know how to count to three, right? No, it’s not 1-3-2. The correct order is 1-2-3! You know very well that you cannot change the order of the numbering system and have it still work correctly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:34:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Extending the Range of Consciousness</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1736_Extending-the-Range-of-Consciousness.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I gave a talk to the Science and Consciousness Conference a few years ago in New Mexico. The topic was “Extending the Range of Science”. I learned during and after the presentation that quite a few people in the audience thought I was going to talk about the role of intuition when making breakthroughs in science. Although intuition is clearly important in any human endeavour, the talk was about something very different - direct perception of the non-physical. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 October 2005 09:18:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laxatives in a Bun</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1733_Laxatives-in-a-Bun.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that fast food is tremendously popular and a way of life in America.  And sometimes fast food in linked to uncomfortable stomach-ular feelings that make us vow NEVER TO EAT THAT FOOD AGAIN.  This vow however is broken once we feel better or don’t have time to cook at home. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 September 2005 08:47:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celebrity Endorsements: Slippery When Wet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1731_Celebrity-Endorsements-Slippery-When-Wet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the race to see which celebrity can cash in the fastest, department and specialty stores are bombarded with the newest celebrity craze—original scents created directly by the rich and famous themselves, how unique.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 September 2005 01:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HPV; A Life Altering STD</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1728_HPV--A-Life-Altering-STD.html</link>
<description><![CDATA["This all dates back to two years ago when I had unprotected intercourse with several people. Unfortunately, I did not listen to the warnings, which most of us don't, and ended up paying the consequences."

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<pubDate>Monday, 19 September 2005 06:27:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Road to law school, Part III</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1719_Road-to-law-school-Part-III.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[My introduction to law, came early and fast.  We were required to “brief” 2 law cases for orientation.  “Briefing” is essentially summarizing, or restating the cases in our own words, highlight the essential points for discussion.  We were given introductions on how to write effective briefs, and set to our paths to self-destruction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Road to law school, Part II</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1718_Road-to-law-school-Part-II.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Law school registration is surprisingly easy, especially for 1st year students, because they already pre-assigned our class sessions for us.  We simply had to fill out and sign a small stack of obligated forms, buy books, and pay the tuition.  Before I knew it, I was finished.  And then a surprise, the school officials gave me a scholarship of $5,000 a year.  Not that it mattered, since my employer was already paying my tuition, but a good surprise nevertheless.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:49:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Road to law school, Part I</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1717_Road-to-law-school-Part-I.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I jumped into law.  There is no other way to describe it.  There was no serious ambitions of law in me.  Nothing in my youth that indicated a leaning for a life in law.  I was born and bred to be an engineer and a scientist.  My family was three generations of engineers, farmers, fishermen, and sailors.  Not a lawyer in the lot.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:48:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Planet Earth: planes fly without pilots and researchers find out *unthinkable* things</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1691_Planet-Earth-planes-fly-without-pilots-and-researchers-find-out-*unthinkable*-things.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I’ve always thought that planet Earth is a very insane place to live on. Up until now I just said it, but then I started thinking… which is not very common for me, I know. I was going through the news today and it really hit me – there’s nonsense around us EVERYWHERE. Well, I knew that, but still, why? Who needs it?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 16 August 2005 09:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An Inside Focus On Indian Woman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1675_An-Inside-Focus-On-Indian-Woman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this article, I try to expose the discriminations against Indian women, beginning with the origin of such discrimination in India. Then I discuss the reform movement against these acts of discrimination before describing the current prevalence of discrimination in that country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 3 August 2005 04:08:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Fall - Mega Tsunami Part 2</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1674_The-Fall---Mega-Tsunami-Part-2.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A piece of the island of La Palma 200 km³ in extent hangs poised to collapse into the Atlantic Ocean.  What would initiate such a cataclysm and what would be the global effects it would cause.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 31 July 2005 09:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Loch Ness monster exists - we have her tooth!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1670_Loch-Ness-monster-exists---we-have-her-tooth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early in March 2005 two American students decided to visit Loch Ness and have a look for themselves if the monster was real or not and boy did they get more than they bargained for! Hiring themselves a local fishing boat, the students ventured out onto the quiet waters and after only a few hours came across a huge mass floating on the water, getting closer they could see that it was the mangled remains of a deer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 July 2005 08:53:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Fight for Luna</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1655_The-Fight-for-Luna.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At the moment a fight is going on for a five-year-old. However,this is no ordinary child, Luna is an Orca.
Lost from his pod alone and confused, Luna, and his plight, has touched hearts world-wide.
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 13 July 2005 10:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Big Birds Last Stand</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1645_Big-Birds-Last-Stand.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cryptozoology can be broken down into three categories:
* Out of place animals
* Previously unknown species
* Paleocryptids – those species that once existed but though extinct still make appearances and leave evidence of their continued existence. Creatures like the New Zealand Moa.  No animal has had more speculation heaped upon it than the Moa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 5 July 2005 08:54:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>By The Rivers Of Babylon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1642_By-The-Rivers-Of-Babylon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The capitalistic society in which we are more and more finding ourselves living in, is blanketed under this term by the new generation of the 'hippie' movement.
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<pubDate>Sunday, 3 July 2005 09:35:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mega-Tsunami</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1632_Mega-Tsunami.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The East Coast of America faces a threat more devastating than the hurricanes which yearly ravage this area, more devastating than the tornadoes that annually ravage the Midwest.
A threat generated thousands of miles away but liable to impact on the 40 million people who inhabit and call the East Coast of America their home.

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<pubDate>Monday, 27 June 2005 09:44:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Final Greek Victory II</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1580_The-Final-Greek-Victory-II.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mardonius, seeing next morning the columns of Greeks retreating upward on the hills, from his camp by the river, was prompt to pursue them. He could not see however, the Spartans who had remained hidden behind the low hills, which arose from the valley.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 17 June 2005 11:57:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Final Greek Victory</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1579_The-Final-Greek-Victory.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Themistocles and his followers rejoiced immensely when the Persian retreat was apparent. After making certain that Xerxes and most of his forces had indeed gone, he resolved that they should return to Athens. The city was in ruins. All the temples were destroyed and the homes abandoned and in disrepair. Laboriously, they began its reconstruction. Their spirits high after the tremendous victory against all odds, the soldier returned to his civilian abilities and pursuits with renewed vigor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 17 June 2005 11:56:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Battle of Thermopile and the Naval Battle of Salamis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1578_The-Battle-of-Thermopile-and-the-Naval-Battle-of-Salamis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Persians, after four days, were convinced that the Greeks were not frightened and commenced to attack on the fifth day. During the first two days of the attack, the Persian suffered massive losses, while the Greeks under Leonidas, protected by their fortification, suffered very light casualties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 17 June 2005 11:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Day the world Quaked</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1546_The-Day-the-world-Quaked.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[On December 26th 2004 an area of the seabed off the coast of Sumatra, near  Banda Aceh, Indonesia, rumbled and heaved to life, as along a 1000 km stretch of the bottom of the Indian Ocean the junction between the India and Burma’s tectonic Plates literally unjammed, allowing the India Plate to slide under the Burma Plate, this sudden release of pent up energy resulted in a massive quake, registering 9.0 on the scale, producing a shelf 6 meters high along the length of the tear along the sea bottom, this was no ordinary quake and no ordinary release of stress, it would continue a full 10 minutes before subsiding, alter the shape of the earth and leave thousands dead with the massive tsunami created by the movement of the seabed and the sea water that movement displaced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 10 June 2005 09:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Message to Garcia 9</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1541_A-Message-to-Garcia-9.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 5 June 2005 10:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lessons From Mom</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1438_Lessons-From-Mom.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[My mother encouraged me to be creative from the beginning of my life.  She read me bed time stories with a different voice for each character.  When I was a child and wanted to pretend to be a kitty cat all day, she drew “whiskers” on my face with eye liner and served me lunch on the floor.  She took me to ballet and gymnastics lessons from the age of three to encourage me to be graceful. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 May 2005 02:17:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dutch community organization aids children in war zones</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1431_Dutch-community-organization-aids-children-in-war-zones.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even though they live thousands miles away from their own homes, they look comfortable, despite the fact that they are actually refugees living in another land in their own country. This pain alone is enough. These are the children from Northern Uganda areas striken by an 18-year-old war.
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 May 2005 02:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>You Have What?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1430_You-Have-What.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to the National Institute of Mental Health, bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that has a biological origin. It used to be known as manic-depression and causes extreme shifts in a person’s mood, energy level, and ability to function normally. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 May 2005 01:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A message to Garcia 8</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1429_A-message-to-Garcia-8.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It was but a short ride from Paralejo to the banks of the eastern side of the river to the town, once a city of 30,000, now a mere village of perhaps 2000. It was surrounded by a row of blockhouses the Spaniards had built on both sides of the stream. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 May 2005 09:59:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A message to Garcia 5</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1427_A-message-to-Garcia-5.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 May 2005 09:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A message to Garcia 7</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1426_A-message-to-Garcia-7.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hitherto there had been danger; from this time on there would be more. Spanish troops mercilessly hunted down Cubans and small mercy was shown by the forces directed by Weyler, the "butcher," to men found in arms, or outside the concentration camps, even though they might be unarmed. The remainder of the journey to Garcia was fraught with many dangers and I knew it, but this was no time to consider them; I must be on my way!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 May 2005 09:48:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A message to Garcia 6</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1425_A-message-to-Garcia-6.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Once aboard the boat I noted that it was partially filled with boulders intended for ballast. Oblong bundles indicated cargo, but not sufficient to impede progress. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 May 2005 09:47:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illegal Immigrants in America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1409_Illegal-Immigrants-in-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Exactly how many illegal immigrants are living in the United States today? Well, that depends on who you ask. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 30 April 2005 05:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an Ad-Man VII: Commercial ends up in the air instead of on the air</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1396_Confessions-of-an-Ad-Man-VII-Commercial-ends-up-in-the-air-instead-of-on-the-air.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The story I’m about to relate may not be true.  The advertising world abounds with its own peculiar brand of urban legends.  This may be one of them but having spent years in the business, I find myself ready, willing and able to believe it.  It is just that incredible.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 30 April 2005 04:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dead Zones - where marine life is not supported</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1393_Dead-Zones---where-marine-life-is-not-supported.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[No, this is not a spiel for a zombie horror movie, but an actual event, causing the deaths of marine creatures and destabilising ecosystems on a grand scale.

Dead Zones have been discovered worldwide in 146 locations.  Places as diverse as the coasts of China, the Baltic Sea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

They occur in temperate waters and range in size from small areas of bays to vast regions, such as in the Baltic Sea, of 100,000 square kilometres.

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<pubDate>Friday, 29 April 2005 09:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Message to Garcia IV</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1384_A-Message-to-Garcia-IV.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The article "A Message To Garcia" has the distinction of having been the most reproduced during the lifetime of the author, of any article in the history of the United States. There were 40 million copies printed and it was translated into all written languages. 

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<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 April 2005 08:47:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Message to Garcia III</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1383_A-Message-to-Garcia-III.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Elbert Hubbard wrote the following comment about his Message to Garcia article on December 1st, 1913, telling us the unbelievable circulation reached by such a small inspirational piece.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 April 2005 08:47:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Message to Garcia I</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1382_A-Message-to-Garcia-I.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Elbert Hubbard wrote the following article in one hour, at home one evening, after discussing with his son Bert over dinner, the merits and identity of the heroes of the Spanish-American War (The Cuban War of Independence). He subsequently used it as filler in the March 1899 issue of the magazine "The Philistine." Hubbard became astonished when requests for reprints began to pour in; the rest as they say, is history!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 April 2005 08:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Message to Garcia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1360_A-Message-to-Garcia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The article, "A Message to Garcia," had such huge success after its publication in 1899, that it was reproduced forty million times and into all written languages. No small feat at the end of the XIX Century. Notwithstanding its huge success, its message of individualism is mostly frowned upon today and most Americans now alive are not familiar with its contents; the article was not picked up by the history text books in Cuba and therefore, it is little known amongst Cubans also.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 23 April 2005 12:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The ancient institution of  marriage  is  at  peril</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1356_The-ancient-institution-of-marriage-is-at-peril.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Since the State of Massachusetts  legalized  same-sex  marriages, there have been several attempts  to  follow  suit  and  even  to expand the idea in other  jurisdictions.  Court  cases  in  other states have sought to legalize the union of same-sex couples  and some even of three persons, two of which were of the same sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 22 April 2005 08:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1321_The-Mystery-of-the-Mayanup-Poltergeist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forty-five years ago it rained stones in the town of Mayanup, Western Australia, terrifying farmers and driving people from their homes. Decades later, the mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist is no closer to being solved, as Ruby Lang discovers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 April 2005 04:44:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Turning the tables on parapsychology</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1320_Turning-the-tables-on-parapsychology.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spiritualists have been tilting tables since the 1800s - but is it thanks to ghosts or their own latent psychic powers? A group of Sydney researchers have been trying to find out. Ruby Lang reports.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 April 2005 04:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>From the barnyard to the backyard</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1319_From-the-barnyard-to-the-backyard.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Homeowners looking for a slice of country life are clamouring to buy chickens, goats and even pigs, but setting up a miniature 'farm' on a quarter-acre block doesn't always pan out for the animals, as Rebecca Lang discovers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 April 2005 04:33:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bum, but not by choice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1313_Bum-but-not-by-choice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[George is a regular man, he used to be an auto-mechanic, but he quit 2 years ago. He was very good in what he did, but at some point he had to stop working at all. Now he’s 31, living off his parents money, collecting disability pension and lurks on the edge of society, collecting bottles to make some extra cash.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 17 April 2005 05:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Journals I - My New Home</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1309_Oz-Journals-I---My-New-Home.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Moving house is challenging at the best of times, but as Tom Nicholson reveals to The Cheers, he has taken the bull by the horns, leaving behind his old life in Toronto, Canada for a new one a world away in sunny Perth, Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 17 April 2005 04:33:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an Ad-Man VI: Buzz Words - Making Them Work For You</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1299_Confessions-of-an-Ad-Man-VI-Buzz-Words---Making-Them-Work-For-You.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dave Foreman has spent years in the advertising business. And if there's one thing he's learned, it's that knowing the jargon - the vocal tools of the trade - is much more important than knowing anything at all about advertising.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 16 April 2005 06:38:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an Ad-Man V: You Don’t know Anything – You’re Only the Client</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1234_Confessions-of-an-Ad-Man-V-You-Dont-know-Anything-Youre-Only-the-Client.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There was one very dismal period in my Agency career.  Nothing I wrote seemed good enough.  Not good enough for the clients, not good enough for the art department.  My creative ideas sucked.  Even the 20-year old gum-chewing receptionist said so.  Regularly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:34:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an Ad-Man IV: Southern Fried Ads</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1179_Confessions-of-an-Ad-Man-IV-Southern-Fried-Ads.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There was the time the agency pushed the humor envelope . . .]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:07:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an Ad-man III: The agency Rocks . . sort of</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1118_Confessions-of-an-Ad-man-III-The-agency-Rocks--sort-of.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I found myself in the presence of greatness . . . in more ways than one]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 March 2005 11:42:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Love Life and Health Advice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1082_Love-Life-and-Health-Advice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Computer Scientists have come up with many different forms of technology that have wowed their audience. Now they are coming up with computerized robots that can even pass the Turing test and mimic human interaction. This technological advancement raises many philosophical and ethical questions.  What does this mean?  Where does this take us?  How does this impact our future in robotics and computerization?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 March 2005 05:49:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Love Life and Health Advice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1062_Love-Life-and-Health-Advice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gestures, movements, and postures, all excellent examples of body language, and how others view us. We all have our boundaries, a bubble if you will; formally one may call this a personal zone.  This zone we call our bubble is a boundary in which we protect from invasion or intrusion, and if intruded we feel uncomfortable. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 March 2005 09:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an ad-man II: The Briefing Session</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1053_Confessions-of-an-ad-man-II-The-Briefing-Session.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Clients brought me a variety of challenges.  On the day I describe here, I learned a lesson about listening . . . before talking.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 March 2005 01:50:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confessions of an Ad-Man</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1046_Confessions-of-an-Ad-Man.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I started writing in self-defense. I ran a fairly successful advertising agency and found that I was constantly in the middle of a serious conflict between my writers and my clients. The conflict was always the same:

The clients complained that the writers didn’t give them what they wanted and the writers complained that the clients just didn’t understand advertising. As with most conflicts, both sides were right and both sides were wrong. The clients weren’t communicating very well and the writers weren’t listening very well.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 March 2005 05:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TOP THINGS OVERHEARD AT THE ANGLICAN PRIMATES MEETING</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1040_TOP-THINGS-OVERHEARD-AT-THE-ANGLICAN-PRIMATES-MEETING.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[As reported on CNN, MSNBC, CBN and a host of reputable [sic] international news agencies, The U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada have withdrawn from a key body of the global Anglican Communion under pressure from conservative church leaders horrified by the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions in the two countries.  Following are some of the juicy bits overheard at this Anglican Primates meeting held February 21-25, 2005 in Belfast, Ireland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 March 2005 04:56:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Where do you fit?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1033_Where-do-you-fit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered where you lie between the two extremes which appear in almost every aspect of life? Or perhaps you are holding one of the end...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 March 2005 06:21:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parents Regretting Parenthood;More Common Than You Think</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1006_Parents-Regretting-Parenthood-More-Common-Than-You-Think.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Columnist Ann Landers once did an informal survey of her readers back in the 1970's. The single question she asked of them was: "If you had it to do over again, would you still have children?" A surprising 70% said "no." Although the survey was hardly scientific – she didn’t claim that it was – it was still a strong indication that more couples regret being parents than some of us like to believe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 February 2005 05:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Groundhog Mall</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_1000_The-Groundhog-Mall.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 February 2005 10:59:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>So What If I'm Short?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_984_So-What-If-Im-Short.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have finally been weirded out with society’s secret obsession with height.  Unfortunately, I too am guilty - very guilty.  I guess I should start off with the fact that I am 5’4, well maybe I’m closer to 5’3.  But I am not shorter than that!  How tall (or short) you are can affect aspects of your life that should be independent from your aesthetics, but that is not always the case.  Let me share my issues with height.  Beware - they used to be pretty deep!
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 February 2005 02:46:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Are you gender biased?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_980_Are-you-gender-biased.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have had the privilege to sign up for a class entitled “Psychology of Women. “ I thought that maybe after taking this class I would get a better idea of why people, particularly women, think the way they do. But what I have really started learning is the way that society views women. I have also learned how women view other women. Some of it is more than disturbing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alligators as Pets</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_969_Alligators-as-Pets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[People have dogs, cats and birds, why not a 14 foot alligator?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 January 2005 06:58:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Of Mice and Marriage</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_954_Of-Mice-and-Marriage.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The continuous squeaking of the wheel makes me happy because I know my mice are having fun and getting some valuable exercise. This same squeaking has the opposite effect on my husband, especially after disturbing his pillow drooling sleep... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 26 January 2005 04:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Return Of The Union</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_949_The-Return-Of-The-Union.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If Mikhail Gorbachev, the founding father of modern day Russia, were still holding the office of the President today, the values of GlastnostPerestroika would still be enshrined. The Oligarchs who had risen from humble backgrounds would still keep their fortunes and perhaps the relations with the Western World would be better. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 23 January 2005 09:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Attack Snake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_943_The-Attack-Snake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You train your cat dog and bird to serve useful purposes in your home, why not train your snake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 22 January 2005 02:56:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>La Conchita, CA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_923_La-Conchita-CA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The sky finally fell...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 January 2005 07:06:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Identity Theft – Protect Yourself</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_910_Identity-Theft-Protect-Yourself.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It’s just so easy to get your personal information nowadays. But then, this doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything to protect yourself from this happening to you. A few precautions that you follow could save your life from turning into hell.

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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 January 2005 05:57:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Marcus Welby, where are you?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_907_Marcus-Welby-where-are-you.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mrs. R sat five feet away waiting expectantly for the answer to the question that had brought her in, namely, why, whenever she squeezed her left breast, she let loose with a bone shattering belch.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 8 January 2005 08:54:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Identity Theft: A crime too personal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_862_Identity-Theft-A-crime-too-personal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It might happen to you too. You get a call one fine day from a credit collection agency, demanding you to pay off all your dues amounting to huge bucks. Wait a minute; I don’t have a credit card! What the hell? And then, you realize that it’s too late. Someone used your name and credentials, applied for a credit card and then splurged on thousands of dollars in shopping. And mind you, credit card misuse is just one way of what is termed as Identity Theft. There are other ways like hijacking a person’s email account, stealing passwords or personal information and misusing them and much more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 19 December 2004 06:51:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rationalizing Death</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_850_Rationalizing-Death.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone has their own way of coming to terms of not being alive. I have my own.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 15 December 2004 01:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Enjoy A DEBT FREE Holiday Season!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_841_Enjoy-A-DEBT-FREE-Holiday-Season.html</link>
<description><![CDATA["It’s the most wonderful time of the year" proclaims the popular holiday song. But wouldn’t it be even more wonderful if this holiday could be debt-free as well? Imagine a holiday season that is more carefree and relaxed because you’re not incurring any new credit card debt. Sounds good, but think it’s impossible? Here’s some good news: it IS possible, if you’re willing to make a few changes first.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 13 December 2004 02:28:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Don't Let Disillusionment Get You Down</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_836_Dont-Let-Disillusionment-Get-You-Down.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A balm for sores.
A soothe for pains.

To conquer or not to conquer,
This matter called life,
Is entirely up to you.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 22 November 2004 12:37:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The scary reality of binge drinking</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_835_The-scary-reality-of-binge-drinking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A FEW drinks at the weekend, the odd cheeky glass during the week, and maybe a pint with your pub lunch on a Sunday. At the age of 26, I like to think Ive finally started to get the right balance in my alcoholic intake throughout the week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 22 November 2004 10:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Keep Your Morals Out Of My Health Care!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_817_Keep-Your-Morals-Out-Of-My-Health-Care.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Who gave doctors and pharmacists the right to make reproductive choices for women? Obviously they did it themselves, when they began refusing to prescribe or dispense prescriptions for birth control pills, and other hormonal contraceptives, claiming moral or religious beliefs as the reason. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:18:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Loneliness might not be such a bad thing after all</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_816_Loneliness-might-not-be-such-a-bad-thing-after-all.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is just a philosophical approach to rationalize loneliness. There is no antidote, and this article doesn't provide it. Yet, after reading this, those feeling lonely might feel better about this lost gnawing feeling.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 17 November 2004 05:32:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Where are the unsung heroes?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_804_Where-are-the-unsung-heroes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, every student was taught that teachers are their second parents. Even the media propaganda regards them as the unsung heroes because they are the pillars of knowledge and the foundation of good values. Where are these unsung heroes now?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:16:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Out of the Mouths of Babes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_801_Out-of-the-Mouths-of-Babes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When you start out as a performer, especially a 'variety artist' like a juggler you have to take a lot of crappy jobs. Birthday parties are a great example. Early on in my career I managed to book an event for my home town festival where I was to stroll around the park grounds and juggle for people waiting in line for hot dogs. Next stop...SUPERSTARDOM!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 8 November 2004 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BEHIND YOUR LAUGH</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_798_BEHIND-YOUR-LAUGH.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Its a sound that shows fun, Its a sound that shows fun, For so many times, That plans have been made!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 8 November 2004 09:59:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Money And Marriage; Trust Me, They ARE Related</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_790_Money-And-Marriage--Trust-Me-They-ARE-Related.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What is your relationship with money? This may sound like an off-the-wall question, but consider it for a moment. Some people are relaxed with money, and have a good system of managing it that works well for them. They keep their spending reasonable, maintain careful records of what they do spend, and as a result, have enough to pay all their bills on time every month. Others ... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 6 November 2004 10:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Karamonjong Tribe of Uganda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_778_The-Karamonjong-Tribe-of-Uganda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Karamojong tribe, one of few African tribes that have continued to live in an 18th century lifestyle have continued with barbaric acts of raiding their neighbours (tribes) and gone on practicing this at the expense of their own clan members.
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 2 November 2004 08:39:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>VeerappanThe legendary bandit no more!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_771_VeerappanThe-legendary-bandit-no-more.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Known by different nomenclatures like bandit king, elephant poacher, sandalwood smuggler and the much recent Robinhood of India, Veerappanthe forest brigand was finally killed in an encounter this month. This man popular for his handlebar moustache, hacked more than 120 people to death during his reign of terror spanning over four decades, felled thousands of sandalwood trees worth and sandalwood worth $22 million, and poached about 2,000 elephants for more than 88,000 pounds of ivory worth $2.6 million and what not! It took about 20 years and more than Rs 1000 crores to finally kill Veerappan, making this manhunt, Indias biggest and most expensive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 31 October 2004 10:17:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parenting:  A Job That Does NOT Fit All</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_760_Parenting--A-Job-That-Does-NOT-Fit-All.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the strong beliefs and opinions of the majority, the simple truth remains that the job of parenting isn't for everyone.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 29 October 2004 05:14:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>This is another of those tribute stories-- And yet, its not</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_759_This-is-another-of-those-tribute-stories---And-yet-its-not.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inasmuch as Alboms book "Tuesdays With Morrie" was about a great teacher, it also highlighted the inadequacies across a wider segment of the educational population. At approximately the time of Alboms publication, the No Child Left Behind Act was in its infant stages. School districts in Philadelphia and other metropolitan areas like Baltimore struggled to entice young education majors to their cities. For a time, legislators resorted to halting the degree requirement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 28 October 2004 01:57:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Love</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_754_First-Love.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 25 October 2004 01:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gay Marriage And Politics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_743_Gay-Marriage-And-Politics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What is the basis of such fear and hostility toward men and women who simply prefer their own gender for sex?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 23 October 2004 04:49:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DEADLY DRIVE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_741_DEADLY-DRIVE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[DUI is a serious crime.  It usually ends in a person loosing their rights to drive or jail time.  Sometimes, such in this case, someone can be seriously injured or killed!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 22 October 2004 06:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Advice from The Revenge Guy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_736_Advice-from-The-Revenge-Guy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can you fight fire with fire when fire equals noise? No. Yes. Maybe. The Revenge Guy has the answer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 October 2004 05:23:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sex Without Guilt?  Why The Hell Not!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_729_Sex-Without-Guilt-Why-The-Hell-Not.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Regrettably, there are many people who still prefer to live in the dark where sex is concerned, although I'll never understand why.  Yet, much of American society has a huge problem accepting the idea that sex can be enjoyed with pleasure and comfort instead of shame and guilt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 15 October 2004 04:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>My Dad the Hero</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_727_My-Dad-the-Hero.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I think its fair to say that my father and I have come the full circle. From the adoration felt when I was a mere nipper, running round in nappies without a care in the world as to who could see me naked, to the growing resentment in my teenage years, where piercings, underage drinking, and the opposite sex seemed to be the constant source of irritation, and now to the respect and admiration I feel for him as both my dad and a human being, where we can sit together in the pub and put the wrongs of the world to right, while drinking a pint and arguing about whether Manchester City will finish inside the top 10 this season.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 14 October 2004 02:04:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ask Doc Kee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_725_Ask-Doc-Kee.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 13 October 2004 06:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Office Space and the Occasional Well-Placed Object Lesson</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_720_Office-Space-and-the-Occasional-Well-Placed-Object-Lesson.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just When You Thought it Was Safe To Go Back Into the Office...



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<pubDate>Sunday, 10 October 2004 10:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MEDICAID REFORM: It's Long Overdue</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_715_MEDICAID-REFORM-Its-Long-Overdue.html</link>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 9 October 2004 08:14:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Can only modern technology provide quality in business?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_708_Can-only-modern-technology-provide-quality-in-business.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 7 October 2004 08:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amy Fishers New Book and Advice for Teenagers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_700_Amy-Fishers-New-Book-and-Advice-for-Teenagers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those of us in The United States who remember Amy Fisher seem unable to forget her. Amy Fisher was seventeen when she was thrust into notoriety in 1992.  She is remembered for shooting the wife of her much older lover, Joey Buttafuoco. Although shot in the face, Mary Jo Buttafuoco survived.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 3 October 2004 03:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Acquittal of O.J. Simpson: Ten Years After</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_696_The-Acquittal-of-OJ-Simpson-Ten-Years-After.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 1 October 2004 03:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Does the Pain Ever Go Away?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_675_Does-the-Pain-Ever-Go-Away.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[On the 16th anniversary of my mother's death, I found myself filled with depression.  Why this year?  Why after all this time was the pain still there?  Most importantly, I asked myself, "Will it ever go away?"]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 20 September 2004 09:24:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No meat for me!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_670_No-meat-for-me.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 20 September 2004 05:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Another Osama bin Laden is in India!!!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_669_Another-Osama-bin-Laden-is-in-India.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 20 September 2004 09:53:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An Untold Story</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On 11th June 2004 the Karachi Corps Commander Lieutenant-General Ahsan Saleem Hayat narrowly escaped an assassination attempt while seven army men and three police officers were killed in the incident. After this incident investigations were started immediately. The investigation committee ultimately reached the hands behinds this assassination attempt. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 6 September 2004 11:25:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Louisianas Wild Alligator Season</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_633_Louisianas-Wild-Alligator-Season.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 6 September 2004 02:24:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Doc Kee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_627_Doc-Kee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have something on your mind that you are not comfortable taling to your friends or family about... well, send it to Doc Kee. She will help you...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 31 August 2004 06:54:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shark Attacks.</title>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 August 2004 09:22:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sunday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_613_Sunday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is a non piece which was written to be a human interest story and it turned into an interesting human story. I don't know what category to put it in, it's my first article. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 August 2004 03:33:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chasing Berkeley</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_605_Chasing-Berkeley.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 August 2004 07:28:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ask Doc Kee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_596_Ask-Doc-Kee.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 August 2004 10:19:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Real World Goddess</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_572_Real-World-Goddess.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have faced numerous trials and tribulations on the road to becoming the delicious b**ch I am proud to call myself today. The most trying of these was learning to simply be comfortable in my own skin. This is a venture that every person must face and, Im afraid to say, few of us succeed in. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 July 2004 09:22:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Doc Kee Tackles The Tough Questions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_569_Doc-Kee-Tackles-The-Tough-Questions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doc Kee expolores the issues that impact everyday life for you in this, the debut of a new regular column.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 July 2004 10:52:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Well Fixed Sports</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_514_Well-Fixed-Sports.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just like the people of many other countries, South Africans are crazy about sports. While almost every sport is played to some degree here, the main focus of the sport watching public falls into three arenas  rugby, cricket and soccer. These three games spark debate, argument, and even the odd drunken scuffle around the whole country. And, as any country that is fanatical about their sports, South Africa has tried hard to be the best there is in all three fields. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 July 2004 09:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Adoption: Laughter ' Tears</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_512_Adoption-Laughter-Tears.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you ever walk through an orphanage, it will be an experience youll never forget. Witnessing children in poverty, children discarded, children stunted both physically and emotionally, will stir your heart beyond belief. And adopting a child is a joy as great as witnessing the first sharp intake of breath by your very own newborn infant. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 5 July 2004 09:47:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drugs, Dancing, and Glowsticks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_498_Drugs-Dancing-and-Glowsticks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is a quick look at raves from an outsider and new comer's view.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 June 2004 09:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On Any Given Sunday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_496_On-Any-Given-Sunday.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 June 2004 03:12:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Colour of Death</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The silence of death helps man survive. Being an excruciating reality, so closely associated with every walk of life, man has no choice but to accept the decree of death. It isnt really true that people dread the system; it is often the mode that haunts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 June 2004 10:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Are Degrees Worth the Paper They Are Written On?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_483_Are-Degrees-Worth-the-Paper-They-Are-Written-On.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The situation for UK students
As we head into July, thousands of students prepare for their exams that they hope will enable them to attend the university of their choice. Is it really worth it? From my personal experience, only one of my friends has entered a job that required a degree, a year after he graduated. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 June 2004 09:10:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Life like we see it</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_479_Life-like-we-see-it.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When you're just a young child you often think what you might be like once you're a grown-up. In first stages you are usually imaging becoming a fireman, astronaut,  policeman,  or even the guy that carries shit. You don't think about a career or money. I would call it a really outstanding state of mind which we should try to keep as much as possible. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 June 2004 06:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Parent's Worst Nightmare</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_475_A-Parents-Worst-Nightmare.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[No parent should have to endure the pain described in this article, but it really happened.  It makes me teary-eyed just to know what these parents must be going through, losing their oldest child in a tragic accident for just a momentary act of foolishness.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 June 2004 06:31:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parting Gifts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_453_Parting-Gifts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[For me, there are myriad reasons why I am a professional entertainer. Ive wanted to be one since I was 10 years old and I cant imagine doing anything else with my life. Sure, Ive dabbled with other careers. Show biz is the only logical choice.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 June 2004 04:47:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Father's Wisdom: The $25.00 Monkey</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_439_A-Fathers-Wisdom-The-$2500-Monkey.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most fathers are filled with sage advice, or so I am told. My father was no exception. He was a smart guy and a funny guy. He would always have some special way to impart wisdom to his children. 

Handing down advice is common among parents in general. Presumably these lines are passed down from generation to generation, however, when my father turned a wise old adage it was blatantly apparent that some phrases were Don Martello originals.
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 June 2004 08:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Life on a Limb</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_438_Life-on-a-Limb.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you have ever wondered what life would be like if you were born a star, just take a look at the world we live in. You may feel indeed as if you are one.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 June 2004 05:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Life Less Ordinary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_427_A-Life-Less-Ordinary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ revolves around the current plutocracy]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 June 2004 04:14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Television is Taking Over</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_424_Television-is-Taking-Over.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Everywhere we go now we see types of televisions being used for various reasons.  Whether its for entertainment or security, the television has become the world's most widely used electronic device.  People are being born into a society that has been raised much of its life by the piece of equipment residing in every North Americans, South Americans, Europeans, and many more family household who can afford it, and even those who cant.  Were turning into creatures similar to zombies, except instead of not being able to survive without brains, it is television we cannot survive without.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 June 2004 11:27:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian Elections - Another Hindsight!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_412_Indian-Elections---Another-Hindsight.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[India now can boast of a scientist as President and an Economist/Teacher as the Prime Minister. Both are doctorates in their fields. With such able hands its the wait and watch game again to see what will be the outcome of India in the coming years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 June 2004 06:58:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dating The Masses</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_404_Dating-The-Masses.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I was once one of you; I was one of the masses who shunned online dating, pegging it to be either for those incapable of finding a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"real\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" date, those who are more than slightly ugly or those who suffer from social anxiety. That was until I wound up crossing over. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 June 2004 05:27:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How to Have a Life of Satisfaction. Guaranteed!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_392_How-to-Have-a-Life-of-Satisfaction-Guaranteed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Satisfaction 100% guaranteed or your money back! That was the promise, so you bought the product. You\'ve been there! You ended up not liking it and decided to send it back. But, when you started the return process, you discovered that it cost more to send it back than the refund was worth. Ouch!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 June 2004 03:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three Foundation Stones for Building Organizational Integrity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_391_Three-Foundation-Stones-for-Building-Organizational-Integrity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When the stock market crashed in 1929, there were a lot of people who lost everything they had. You would think that the result of that event would be complete and utter despair. And, in fact, there were those who reacted that way. There were numerous cases of people who committed suicide because they lost their life savings on that fateful day. They simply went into a depression and just couldn\\\\\\\'t bring themselves to go on with life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 June 2004 03:40:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mr. Monkey's Horoscope</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_380_Mr-Monkeys-Horoscope.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 June 2004 12:51:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A New Trend?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_378_A-New-Trend.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are pass now. Yes, shes still gorgeous. Yes, hes still just too damn cute. Yes, theyre still together, even after all the hoopla and the bets on how many weeks (or hours) they would last. 

Demi is widening a trend, started by Cher, Susan Sarandon, Joan Collins Mrs Robinson? Catherine the Great?

But just people like you and I making the change? And why? Lets look at the statistics
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 June 2004 10:48:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>My Dinner With Gacy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_367_My-Dinner-With-Gacy.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 May 2004 02:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mr. Monkey's Magical Horoscope</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/article_354