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		<title>Finding Solutions In A Dead Era</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Through much study &#38; contemplation I have decided the most solid factor in my life which eases my mind, puts grounding to my passions &#38; sense into my soul, is the earth; nature.  The roar of a wave expressing its passion, fury, wisdom &#38; perfection; the howl of the wind shooting through limbs, rustling leaves; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack of Scott Olsen Evokes Emotion In Protesters Nationwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scott Olsen is a 24 year old Iraq veteran, fulfilling two tours, who took a blow to the head yesterday by a police projectile from the Oakland police department.   He is currently in Highland hospital with a fractured skull and brain swelling.  The question being asked is what hit him.  Keith Shannon, Olsen’s roommate, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1288</link>
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		<title>Wealth Gap &amp; Understanding Bean Bag Rounds / Bullets.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tables are turning.  The balancing scale is shifting.  The spotlight is on the Occupy movement, and the idle man’s mind is starting to rotate in a different direction.  It is interesting for me to watch reactions of people as the movement has garnered momentum.  I see middle aged folks with nice pensions, nice homes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1282</link>
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		<title>Police Raid Oakland Demonstrators. We Will Remain.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am lying in bed; I’m sick.  Not sick from a cold, not sick from the massive stack of school work needing to be done, but sick in my mind, riddled with the effects of an anxiety disorder.  However, these are my people, the 99%.  These are my people, and I will stand in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1249</link>
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		<title>US Police Brutality Making Global Headlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occupy Movement helps bring global awareness to what were once local incidents of US police brutality.  The recent arrest of Naomi Wolf, author, political consultant and leading spokesperson of the third wave of the feminist movement, has been a catalyst in bringing actions of US police brutality to the global forefront.  According to an article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1242</link>
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		<title>No más Iraq &amp; Gaddafi is dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember sitting in my room, watching the television, via “embedded reporters” as our country invaded Bagdad.  I was a staunch conservative and “down for the fight.”  I mean, who wouldn’t be?  I had grown up watching epic action movies, playing wild video games; and I was a male… us males grew up in “competition.”  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1200</link>
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		<title>What is the American Dream? Streamlined perspectives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone is experiencing it. Not everyone is experiencing it, not only because our experiences are different, but because what our minds are capable of differ, as well.  Many in society are being driven further &#38; further into mental instability each day.  I believe this is a reaction of our minds to the continuous daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1193</link>
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		<title>Showdown, 6am, Friday,  Zuccotti Park, NYC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we face a showdown, folks.  A report from OccupyWallSt.Org says, &#160; [Last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to "clean the park"—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. "Cleaning" was used as a pretext to shut down "Bloombergville" a few months back, and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1187</link>
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		<title>Occupy Movement News Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[- - - - - &#160; - - - Occupy Wall Street Organizer: Protest Expands Despite Police Effort to &#8220;Silence&#8221; Demonstrators http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/11/occupy_wall_street_organizer_protest_expands - Iraq Veterans at Occupy Wall Street Decry Financial Crisis Soldiers Face Returning Home http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/11/iraq_veterans_at_occupy_wall_street - Iraqi-American Musician Stephan Said Performs at Occupy Wall Street http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/11/iraqi_american_musician_stephan_said_performs - Independent Media Stalwarts Katrina vanden Heuvel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.116thavenue.com/archives/1168</link>
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		<title>The Podium From Which We Speak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to our limited world. Using the phrase &#8220;our limited world&#8221; as the limit of people in which our voice can be heard when we speak. Everyone has a platform.  Everyone has an idea.  Some choose to speak from their platform more than others.  Some choose not to say much at all.  However, at the [...]]]></description>
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