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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/the-eastern-frontier">        <title>The Eastern Frontier</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/wCt4-L00yzQ/the-eastern-frontier</link>        <description>New York City is really the West, buried under time's wrapping.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/wCt4-L00yzQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tom Zoellner</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>Antonin Dvorak</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>frontier</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>New York City</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>publishing industry</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>American history</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>New World Symphony</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-20T15:26:19Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/the-eastern-frontier</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/a-cleaner-coal">        <title>A cleaner coal?</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/dQQ6VKwgTfU/a-cleaner-coal</link>        <description>Proponents say that underground coal gasification could produce cleaner energy, but some environmentalists have their doubts.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/dQQ6VKwgTfU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jodi Peterson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>UCG</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>energy sources</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>carbon emissions</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>underground coal gasification</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-18T16:33:46Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/a-cleaner-coal</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/how-wild-is-a-managed-wolf">        <title>How wild is a managed wolf?</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/PdEaEHOyBQ0/how-wild-is-a-managed-wolf</link>        <description>In an age when wolves are radio-collared and tracked everywhere they go, can they still be considered wild animals?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/PdEaEHOyBQ0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>George Sibley</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>Northern Rockies gray wolves</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>wolf reintroduction</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>biologists</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>radio-collared wildlife</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-18T16:06:04Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/how-wild-is-a-managed-wolf</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/frack-2-scene-1">        <title>Frack 2, Scene 1</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/213yG12O6sA/frack-2-scene-1</link>        <description>New York City fights drilling in its watershed, and even some energy executives say the industry needs to be more transparent about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/213yG12O6sA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>groundwater pollution</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Marcellus Shale</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>fracking</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>hydraulic fracturing</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>FRAC Act</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Chesapeake Energy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-17T19:07:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/frack-2-scene-1</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/the-lost-art-of-listening">        <title>The Lost Art of Listening</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/7_sRTSoqqtw/the-lost-art-of-listening</link>        <description>Can the Arapaho language be saved from extinction?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/7_sRTSoqqtw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Emily Underwood</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>Andrew Cowell</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Stephen Neyooxet Greymorning</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Northern Arapaho language</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>language immersion</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>dying languages</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Native American youth</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-17T21:51:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/the-lost-art-of-listening</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/return-of-the-pod-man">        <title>Return of the pod man</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/geZEo3jNWL4/return-of-the-pod-man</link>        <description>Arizona farmer Mark Moody raises mesquite trees for food and furniture.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/geZEo3jNWL4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ariana Brocious</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>mesquite flour</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>mesquite farms</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Tohono O'odham</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>traditional Sonoran desert foods</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>agriculture</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Mark Moody</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-11T15:05:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/return-of-the-pod-man</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/gone-in-60-seconds">        <title>Gone in 60 seconds</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/tcLR6-xL9Ak/gone-in-60-seconds</link>        <description>Despite auctioneer Peter Stremmel's enthusiasm, the Western artwork sold at this year's Coeur d'Alene Art Auction in Reno didn't bring very high prices.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/tcLR6-xL9Ak" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Matt Jenkins</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>Charles M. Russell</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>cowboy artists</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Coeur d'Alene Art Auction,</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Western art</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Peter Stremmel</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-09T15:42:57Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/gone-in-60-seconds</feedburner:origLink></item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/how-big-should-we-be">        <title>How big should we be? </title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/wZIEyhhxEf0/how-big-should-we-be</link>        <description>The September board meeting raised questions about how big HCN should be; artists and activists visit us.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/wZIEyhhxEf0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul Larmer, Jodi Peterson and Betsy Marston</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>High Country News Board of Directors</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Grant Pound</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Katie Lee</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>artposium</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Paonia, Colorado</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>High Country News</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-03T21:27:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/how-big-should-we-be</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/the-kindness-of-hunters">        <title>The kindness of hunters</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/mZ4aJ9Tj_TQ/the-kindness-of-hunters</link>        <description>After a lifetime of despising and fearing guns, a woman is blindsided by the everyday kindness shown by two hunters.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/mZ4aJ9Tj_TQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Melissa Hart</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>hunters</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>prejudice</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Melissa Hart</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>hiking</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>guns</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-03T21:37:15Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/the-kindness-of-hunters</feedburner:origLink></item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/yes-to-desire-and-an-end-to-fear">        <title>'Yes' to desire and an end to fear</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/ocfgHugcT8I/yes-to-desire-and-an-end-to-fear</link>        <description>Charles Bowden's new book, Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing, reiterates the bad news of today but declares that times are changing.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/ocfgHugcT8I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura Paskus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>Charles Bowden</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>journalists</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>nonfiction</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>essays</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>memoir</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-03T21:35:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/yes-to-desire-and-an-end-to-fear</feedburner:origLink></item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/metalpalooza-09">        <title>Metalpalooza '09</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/vOI8REh0jDo/metalpalooza-09</link>        <description>Metals mining is making an unexpectedly dramatic comeback in the West.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/vOI8REh0jDo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Cally Carswell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>platinum</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>copper</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Mining</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>gold</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>palladium</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>silver</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-06T16:18:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/metalpalooza-09</feedburner:origLink></item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/is-the-blm-practicing-unsafe-cx">        <title>Is the BLM practicing unsafe CX?</title>        <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/I2Ps7hc71Yk/is-the-blm-practicing-unsafe-cx</link>        <description>The Bureau of Land Management used a large number of "categorical exclusions" to streamline permitting for oil and gas development.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/I2Ps7hc71Yk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights />                    <dc:subject>CX2</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>CX3</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>categorical exclusions</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>energy industry</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Government Accountability Office</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-11-04T22:25:57Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/is-the-blm-practicing-unsafe-cx</feedburner:origLink></item>




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