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	<title>The Manicou Report</title>
	
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		<title>Three Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are three things that worried me this week when it comes to the crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago. If you are anything like me it’s very difficult to be bothered by the incidents covered in the news anymore. Call it being desensitized if you will, but grizzly murders don&#8217;t shock me anymore. Surprisingly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity Commission Resigns</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2009/02/integrity-commission-resigns.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, are we living in some kind of New Age, Utopian Trinidadian society where people actually resign when they have done wrong? When did things change from wrong and strong to if I have erred I will resign? That is just way too American for me. Next thing you know politicians will start star telling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dust Mask Required Beyond This Point</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2009/01/dust-mask-required-beyond-this-point.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Cough* *Cough* Waaaaaayyyy, it have real dust in here, boy. Jeez an ages! Oh gosh! Check dus&#8217; an&#8217; rus&#8217;! Had to get some WD-40 for the &#8220;Write New Post&#8221; button. Well Dee made a comment about me being back after I replied to a comment someone left on my blog. I&#8217;ll admit that I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign #37</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/08/sign-37.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another sign that some parents really have no idea what their kids are doing on the internet. 

Lord Fa-da!
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		<title>Jerry Narace</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/07/jerry-narace.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themanicoureport.com/2008/07/jerry-narace.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One man says we are living under a dictatorship. The other asks, &#8220;What are you talking about? This isn&#8217;t dictatorship. Pinochet, now that was a dictator.&#8221;
Sometimes it&#8217;s so easy to identify with the first guy. 
I found this story reading one of my new favourite blogs Media Watch. I never watched more than a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mani’s Shorts</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/07/manis-shorts.html</link>
		<comments>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/07/manis-shorts.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need to stop running away from my blog. And believe me when I say I am running. I&#8217;ve been avoiding writing in this thing like the plague and for no good reason at all. 
CNC3 &#8211; Specifically Samuel McKnight
Dear CNC3, please spend the money to hire good reporters instead of hiring substandard ones with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t call it a Comeback…</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/05/dont-call-it-a-comeback.html</link>
		<comments>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/05/dont-call-it-a-comeback.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 16:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themanicoureport.com/2008/05/dont-call-it-a-comeback.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, don&#8217;t call this a comeback. 
The Fat Solo is back! Coming soon to a beach lime near you.
I can&#8217;t even remember the last time I saw one of these on grocery shelves, but it looks like Solo Beverages Limited has brought these back at least for nostalgia&#8217;s sake. Everyone knows the Fat Solo bottle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Thursday</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/04/tech-thursday.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech Tip]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yo, it&#8217;s Tech Thursday however. And today I’ve got three.
First up a tool called Karen’s Replicator. If you have a back up hard drive like I do, making sure you consistently back up all your photos, music, and documents could be a pain. If you don’t have a back up hard drive, then think of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>URP</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/04/urp.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Story]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make-work programmes are worse than outright social security handouts, because people think they&#8217;re working when they&#8217;re wasting time. - BC Pires
We&#8217;ll get back to this quote in a little bit. I got back the internet this past Thursday after not having it for about two weeks. Not having access to the internet when I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/03/tech-teusday.html</link>
		<comments>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/03/tech-teusday.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech Tip]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[









Staying on the Facebook theme for a bit, I want to give you two more tips for better Facebooking. As you know, implemented in your Firefox browser is a list of search engines that you the user can utilise instead of opening the page itself.
In addition to the default list, Mozilla also provides extra search [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobago, I’m Sorry</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/03/tobago-im-sorry.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themanicoureport.com/2008/03/tobago-im-sorry.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8216;m not sure how many of you got a chance to catch the Stanford 20/20 final on Sunday night, but the game was great. I just wish the West Indies could play like that sometimes. Hats off to all the Jamaicans for reaching the final, but something went woefully wrong with their game. I can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bad News Times</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/03/the-bad-news-times.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themanicoureport.com/2008/03/the-bad-news-times.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At about minutes to three on Sunday afternoon while farmer Ronald John was tending to his animals, he was witness to a gang of rabid Pompecks from the neighbouring farm who had raided his farm, gang raped and subsequently slaughtered three of his goats.










Farmer John recalls standing a ways off cleaning up the residue of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balisiers on a Plane</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/02/balisiers-on-a-plane.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PNM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[










I wasn&#8217;t quite sure what to think when I saw this story on the news last night. Yes the balisier is a flower &#8211; a pretty flower at that &#8211; and it makes up part of the flora of Trinidad and Tobago. However, the balisier is also the political symbol of the ruling PNM, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop!</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/02/stop.html</link>
		<comments>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/02/stop.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are some things that about Trinbago that disturb me a great deal. Yes crime is a big issue, so are food prices, homelessness etc, but what really worries me a lot is our rhetoric. 
Last week while I was browsing Facebook profiles, I came across this group: called F*** the PNM.
Just because a man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://themanicoureport.com/2008/02/tech-tuesday-2.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech Tip]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand, it&#8217;s Tech Tuesday. Yes, I know this is Thursday, however, Tuesday wasn&#8217;t anywhere near long enough. And it&#8217;s not by &#8220;popular&#8221; demand. Only one person demanded it, but you never know, she could be popular, right? But anyway, think of these tech tips as the gifts that keep on giving.
I suggest [...]]]></description>
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