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	<description>A Blog About Humanity by Brandon Ferdig</description>
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		<title>WE’RE MOVING (Please Come Along)</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/06/14/were-moving-please-come-with/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Area Voices blogging network is shutting down. Since 2011, The Periphery has found a home here on this network reaching dozens of communities across the Upper Midwest. Over these seven years, we shared hundreds of articles and enjoyed countless comments from all of you. So we are sad to see this relationship come to&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/06/14/were-moving-please-come-with/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Cuba Taught Me About Modern Society – My Story In Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/06/03/what-cuba-taught-me-about-modern-society-my-story-in-todays-minneapolis-star-tribune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capitalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: my story reflecting back on Cuba and what she revealed about the role of government in 2018, the role of the individual, and the high risk/high reward nature of the U.S. This one ought to get you thinking: http://www.startribune.com/a-visit-to-cuba-shows-the-cracks-and-strengths-of-its-system/484353671/ I&#8217;d love to know your thoughts. Email me at brandon@theperiphery.com&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/06/03/what-cuba-taught-me-about-modern-society-my-story-in-todays-minneapolis-star-tribune/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bemidji Baby Jane, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), And A Million Dollar Drug</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/31/bemidji-baby-jane-spinal-muscular-atrophy-sma-and-a-million-dollar-drug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 22:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family & Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handicapped baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raising a baby with special needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 28, 2018, I sat down with Baby Jane and her parents Megan and Bryant of Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. They shared Jane&#8217;s and their journey&#8211;first devastation from the news of Jane&#8217;s deadly disease (spinal muscular atrophy) but then the hope of a brand new drug called Spinraza. Instead of certain death by the time&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/31/bemidji-baby-jane-spinal-muscular-atrophy-sma-and-a-million-dollar-drug/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/29/in-memoriam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 00:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law, Government, Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Memorial Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in the United States we just celebrated Memorial Day weekend. (Memorial Day is always the last Monday in May.) This is a holiday to recognize those who have died in the service of the U.S. military. This brings to mind so many thoughts and images&#8211;some heroic, some intriguing, some unsettling. In the U.S.&#8217;s rich&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/29/in-memoriam/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Footage From Inside A Heavy Metal Concert Crowd – Wisconsin’s Northern Invasion Music Festival 2018</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/17/footage-from-inside-a-heavy-metal-concert-crowd-wisconsins-northern-invasion-music-festival-2018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 16:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever want to know what a most pit and crowdsurfing look like? Over the weekend of May 12-13, I attended Northern Invasion in Wisconsin. Here is some footage from inside the mob:) *** Alert: Area Voices, the blogging platform I use, is being shut down. I&#8217;ll be moving my website to a new platform, but&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/17/footage-from-inside-a-heavy-metal-concert-crowd-wisconsins-northern-invasion-music-festival-2018/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Faces From Wisconsin’s Hard Rock Music Festival This Past Weekend</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/15/faces-from-wisconsins-hard-rock-music-festival-this-past-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend in Wisconsin I attended Northern Invasion. When not enjoying the intensity of the musicians, I captured some of the more colorful characters exemplifying this culture. &#160; They start &#8217;em rocking young in the Midwest.]]></description>
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		<title>To You, Mom (And Mothers Everywhere)</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/13/to-you-mom-and-mothers-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 14:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mother's day 2018]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
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		<title>No Stopping, No Electronics: Minnesota Man To Embark On Global Sailing Race July 2018</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/11/no-stopping-no-electronics-minnesota-man-to-embark-on-global-sailing-race-july-2018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 16:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[golden globe race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nabil Amra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can give them something to cheer for, that they haven&#8217;t had in years.&#8221; Motivated by his people, inspired by his spirit of adventure, Nabil sets sail July 1 on the Golden Globe Race. This is a solo, nonstop, around-the-world sailing race with no modern electronics allowed. I sat down with him in April, where he&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/11/no-stopping-no-electronics-minnesota-man-to-embark-on-global-sailing-race-july-2018/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carving Out A Life: Greg’s Lake-Map Coffee Tables</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/03/carving-out-a-life-gregs-lake-map-coffee-tables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CNC machine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lake map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake map table]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet Greg: Greg is an artist (and my cousin) working out of his home studio in Bloomington, Minnesota. An example of traditionalism-meets-hi-tech, Greg blends woodworking with computers to create these 3D scale models of area lakes. They can then be hung on a wall or used for a glass-plated coffee table. Before advancing to these&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/05/03/carving-out-a-life-gregs-lake-map-coffee-tables/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Starbucks Incident—Explained (*Video)</title>
		<link>http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/04/29/the-starbucks-incident-explained-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Ferdig]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[divided America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Is Starbucks racist?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racial profiling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The April 12 arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks made the news for being an example of racial profiling. But how about the reaction? Starbucks&#8217;s response, the media frenzy, and&#8230;fake coupons? In this video, I explain how the Starbucks incident is just the latest expression of modern America&#8217;s polarized ideologies—two sides going&#8230; <br /><a id="read-more-button"class="av-contrib-button moretag button" href="http://theperiphery.areavoices.com/2018/04/29/the-starbucks-incident-explained-video/"> Read More</a>]]></description>
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