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		<title>Bethesda Water Main Break</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few final words
I think the water company and emergency crews did a tremendous job responding to the River Rd Water Main break. The road was opened for traffic on Jan 1 after 80 feet of 66 inch pipe was replaced. The road will need to be repaved, so there will still be some disruptions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=27&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome back, Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been engaged in other activities including a few other blogs and haven&#8217;t focused on this blog much over the last several months, but I do intend to start writing on this blog soon. I have made a decided effort to stay out of the election related political banter, which is one reason I didn&#8217;t have much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=23&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on the MC water outage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[montgomery county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WSSC issued another update at 4pm on the 16th that included a boil advisory for the next three days. While the advisory recommends boiling water before brushing teeth, drinking etc&#8230;, the update does not mention anything about showering &#8211; which it seems to me would result in at least as much water exposure as teeth brushing. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=16&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water Main Break in Montgomery County</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large swaths of Montgomery Country in Maryland had the misfortune last night of experiencing a large water main break. Tens to hundreds of thousands of people were without water or had severely limited and possibly contaminated water supplies. That means there was no drinking water and more importantly, no water to flush toilets, shower or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=15&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Math: Coal + Light Bulbs = Autism? (2 of 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of a 2 part series
In my previous post I outlined my concern that Mercury contained in Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs) will find its way into the environment. I equated the magnitude of Mercury contamination due to CFLs to Mercury released from coal plants in the United States. I think it is important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=12&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Math: Coal + Light bulbs = Autism ?</title>
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		<comments>http://davidoarr.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/cfls1of2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 00:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part One of a Two part series…
I recently finished changing every light bulb in my house to the new energy efficient and good for the environment CFL (compact flourescent light). You’ve probably seen them; they usually come in pretty green packaging to reinforce their pro-earth value and look a little like something M.C. Escher would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=9&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hepatitis Awarenss day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 03:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was hepatitis awareness day and I wanted to take a moment to do my part to make everyone aware&#8230;
Hepatitis is a category of diseases that cause liver inflamation and if not effectively treated can  lead to cirrhosis and death. Over 2 Billion people around the world have been exposed to one or more of the viruses that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=8&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Knut Kpoot</title>
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		<comments>http://davidoarr.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/actic-seals-and-polar-glares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 05:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arctic seals may be the only creatures under the sun that are truly happy with Wednesday&#8217;s announcement placing the polar bear officially on the U.S. threatened species list. Canadian Inuits are unhappy because they sell their polar bear kill quotas to foreign hunters and &#8220;There&#8217;s more Americans who want to shoot polar bears than any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=7&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An FSA for Charitable Donations?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Myanmar typhoon has me thinking about charitable giving and the difficulty inherent in a dynamic economy to both budget for and manage philanthropic activities. The increase in gas and food prices along with the uncertainty created by the ongoing economic malaise has stretched many American budgets to the breaking point. Because media exposure to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=6&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Al jazeera in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was looking for on-the-ground video of the Myanmar Typhoon affected area, so I naturally turned to You-Tube. It looks like the best footage is coming from Al jazeera (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAF8AjgiWM), which I find interesting – not surprising mind you as Al jazeera is far and away the most popular media outlet in the “muslim world”. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidoarr.wordpress.com&blog=3678745&post=5&subd=davidoarr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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