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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/duwamish-not-dead">        <title>Duwamish not dead</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~3/KjrainuXozQ/duwamish-not-dead</link>        <description>Fight for federal recognition of Seattle’s first tribe far from over.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~4/KjrainuXozQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Arla Shephard</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                <dc:date>2009-07-09T15:41:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/duwamish-not-dead</feedburner:origLink></item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/wilderness-dedux">        <title>Wilderness Dedux</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~3/aNsyPBHLoK0/wilderness-dedux</link>        <description>Public Land legislation passed during the Bush Presidency was unprecedented. A new book explores the phenomenon.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~4/aNsyPBHLoK0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Felice Pace</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                <dc:date>2009-06-26T18:13:44Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/wilderness-dedux</feedburner:origLink></item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/blog_post.2009-06-24.7242567942">        <title>"God ain't a great co-pilot" </title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~3/4VX-kRYUE-I/blog_post.2009-06-24.7242567942</link>        <description>Christopher Hitchens preaches atheism to Air Force cadets.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~4/4VX-kRYUE-I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Betsy Marston</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                <dc:date>2009-06-24T16:17:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/blog_post.2009-06-24.7242567942</feedburner:origLink></item>




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