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	<title>Mark Gregory Turansky</title>
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		<title>&#8220;I just want to get started&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/185</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I just want to get started.&#8221;   How commonly uttered is this phrase in the life of a new project?
My wife is tiling our bathroom and she&#8217;s carefully laying out tiles, measuring, preparing to make cuts that accommodate the cabinets, and various other tasks that are required before anyone can lay a single tile on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make your own seedling pots from newspaper</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/183</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This How-To article shows how you can make your own seedling starter pots from newspaper!  Very cool idea.  My plastic trays are getting crumpled from continuous reuse and buying new peet pots is expensive.  I&#8217;m going to try using newspaper as described in the article.  Cheap new pots in perptuity!
http://whipup.net/2007/05/21/raising-seedlings-using-recycled-newspaper/
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		<title>Signs of life</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/182</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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Spring is officially here and the growing season has begun!  I have high hopes for these pole bean sprouts.
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		<title>The Deficit Peacock</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/179</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some are deficit hawks and truly believe we should have a sane, balanced budget.  Others claim to be deficit hawks but upon closer inspection, you realize their feathers are different.  They aren&#8217;t hawks at all.  They are deficit peacocks who love to strut and preen but do very little to address the real problems facing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What you get with &#8220;small government&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/176</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado Springs is dying.  Dramatic budget gaps and an electorate unwilling (and politicians unable) to consider tax increases force the city to cut crucial services across the board.  There are fewer cops, fewer firefighters, no recreation centers, all museums are closing, no public pools, no one to mow the lawns in the park, and no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Global Ponzi Scheme revisited</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/173</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist has an interesting article talking about the true cost of goods and services we take for granted when the environmental impact is measured and accounted for.  This is also Lester Brown&#8217;s argument, which I wrote about recently.  Mr. Brown calls it a Global Ponzi scheme.
In The Economist&#8217;s article, the author writes about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broccoli in December</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/168</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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South Carolina weather is good for an extended growing season.   Here is my broccoli after Christmas. 
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		<title>The Global Economy is a Ponzi Scheme</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/156</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lester Brown has an interesting take on the unsustainable economy we live and work within.
http://www.grist.org/article/our-global-ponzi-economy/
He argues, for example, that &#8220;expensive&#8221; $3/gallon gas does not reflect the true cost of the fuel in our cars.  Mr. Brown believes the cost of gas isn&#8217;t just pumping, refining, and shipping gasoline.  It also includes the military cost of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A $9,000 water bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/150</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When I have a dollar to blow on a bottle of water, I buy Perrier!&#8221; quipped Robin Williams in his late &#8217;70s stand-up days.
It killed.  The audience howled at Williams&#8217; derision of paying a lot of money for something we get nearly for free from the tap, especially when the EPA does a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White Roof &#8212; Steven Chu is right!</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/149</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Steven Chu has advocated painting roofs white as a cost saving measure that also reduces the impact of climate change.  The theory is that more heat would be reflected, thereby lowering a building&#8217;s cooling costs, which in turn reduces greenhouse gas emissions because we&#8217;re using less power to cool the building.
An article (blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beatles Game Changer</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/148</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, something that might &#8212; might &#8212; make me buy this game!  It&#8217;s a true game changer&#8230;!  Although, I still feel I should instead continue to learn to play Beatles songs on my real guitar.

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		<title>Trending local</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/147</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[$45 of every $100 dollars spent at local businesses stays in circulation in the local economy.  The money is spent on local salaries, payments to other merchants, and so on.  A big chain, on the other hand, only keeps $13 in local circulation.  This is the finding of an economic study done in Austin, TX.
Buying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small organic farms on the rise</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/146</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a Fortune magazine article about a farming youth movement and how young people are starting organic farms and businesses.   I find the article timely considering I just wrote an article of my own advocating backyard organic gardens.
You can read the Fortune article here:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0907/gallery.farmers_organic_local_young.fortune/
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		<title>Mr. President, please, raise my taxes</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/145</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal government is bleeding red ink, as are nearly all other states in the union.  Why?  Because Americans have lodged in their heads the idea that we are entitled to everything, which includes paying nothing.
We expect and demand safety and security from our police force and fire fighters.  We ask our real estate agents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Declassified imagery graphically shows global warming in action</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/144</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama declassified satellite imagery that graphically shows the effect of global warming.  The imagery was previously kept classified by the Bush administration.
Read more:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/26/climate-change-obama-administration
View the images:
http://gfl.usgs.gov/Publications.shtml
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		<title>Fall planting</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/143</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for fall planting in South Carolina.  I sowed lots of seeds in my starter trays with my eye on mid-August for transplanting outside.
I planted cantaloupe, (lots of) snow peas, swiss chard, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cucumbers, broccoli, collards, green peppers, kohlrabi, romaine lettuce, and lil&#8217; gem lettuce.
Let&#8217;s hope for nice weather, lots of sun, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compost Toilets the &#8220;in&#8221; thing</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/142</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And I thought writing about composting in a Victory Garden was a good thing to do, but I&#8217;ve been easily bested by people in Fiji who created composting toilets because they found their sewage was seeping into the sea and affecting their coral reefs.
The toilets separate liquids and solids, with the liquids becoming a fertilizer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use a classpath resource or kill your application&#8217;s portability</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/141</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Code Hints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the secret way to kill your application&#8217;s portability &#8212; and by portable, I mean across different computers, let alone operating systems:  Hardcode all your paths.
That&#8217;s it.  That very quickly kills portability.  It&#8217;s easy to accomplish, too.  Simply refer to all your configuration files, for example, by fully qualified pathname, like this:

System.setProperty("com.yourcorp.refdata.config.filename",
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		<title>Drivin&#8217; like Gandhi</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/140</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know Americans drive 3 trillion miles annually?  We drove 250 billion miles just in April &#8216;09.  Pretty amazing.
The article Drive Like Gandhi shows how much we could save nearly 700 million barrels of oil and $34 billion by applying a few simple, conservative, and thrifty tips.
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		<title>5 ways to help your new hire</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/139</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s said that some of the most stressful things you can do in your life are move, have a kid, get married, and start a new job.  It&#8217;s all true, too, but this essay focuses on starting a new job because I&#8217;ve just started one.
All new employees are vulnerable, regardless of rank or position.  The [...]]]></description>
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