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			<title>Dinner theater in New Era: What’s not to love?</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Augie students drum up support for special camp</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:15:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[It was more than a year ago when Jenna Orabutt drove around the Quad-Cities, trying to explain the concept of Camp Kesem to local health professionals who treat patients with cancer. Orabutt has nearly completed her sophomore year at Augustana and the chapter has been fully established with the name Camp Kesem Augustana. Students have raised $28,000 for what will be their first camp, and are working to raise the final $3,000 to meet their 2012 goal.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Times Editorial Board Roundtable: Augustana reaches out</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana President Stephen Bahls’ mission to reach out beyond campus — bust out of the infamous Augie “bubble” — gets serious one week from today. Bahls and his wife, Jane, head north to the Arctic Circle for a sabbatical to provide the kinds of expansive experiences he hopes students embrace. In an discussion with the Times Editorial Board, Bahls reflected on his nine years at Augustana and forecast more changes in store.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Dr. Darrin Good '87 bids farewell to Augustana</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Augustana community will honor, appreciate and celebrate the contributions of Dr. Darrin Good on Wednesday, May 16, from 1 to 3 p.m., in the Hanson Hall of Science atrium. Raised in Aledo, Ill., Dr. Good is a 1987 Augustana graduate who has served as a faculty member since 1995. He was recently tapped by Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., to assume the role of associate provost and dean of sciences and education.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:45:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Augustana Communication Science and Disorders Department hosted its annual Spring Fling for clients and their siblings Friday night. At the end-of-the-year dance, there were music, games, food and plenty of dancing. Augustana students do three trimesters of one-credit internship. There currently are 30-40 student clinicians.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Viking Pups mingle at local dog show</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:45:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana students Mary Kiolbasa and Allie Roehrenbeck sat on the floor at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island on Saturday, loving on a dog that happily returned their affection with big, wet kisses to the face. They were out with Augie's new group called the Viking Pups, which is a partner of Pups Assisting with Disabilities,  at the Scott County Kennel Club AKC Championship Dog Show.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Student's efforts lead to big opportunity</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Augustana breaks ground on $20M student center</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Musician Konrad '99 has hopes for new CD</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:30:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the studio and on stage, the Rock Island performer Jeffrey Konrad becomes simply Konrad, an electronica musician with oversized eyeglasses who combines a melange of sounds into a power-pop sound. Konrad, a member of the Augustana Class of 1999, will debut his second album “Shadow Boxing” with a CD release party Friday — his 37th birthday — at Rozz-Tox in Rock Island.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Augie trustees get first look at stadium plans</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:45:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Plans for renovated football and athletics facilities at Augustana College respect both the tradition of the program and the expectations of a new generation of student-athletes and fans. The college’s Board of Trustees will get its first look today at plans for a multi-million dollar project that Augustana president Steven Bahls calls unique at the NCAA Division-III level.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Will Obama's announcement affect the Q-C vote?</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:45:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage prompted The Dispatch/The Rock Island Argus to ask a sampling of Quad-Citians in Rock Island, including some Augustana students, how his decision would affect their vote in November, if at all.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 21:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, May 10, at 5:15 p.m., Augustana College will host a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of the $20-million Center for Student Life that will be connected to the Thomas Tredway Library. The groundbreaking will be held on the west side of the library (3435 9½ Ave.).]]></description>
			
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			<title>Bustos: Student loan battle proof of 'do-nothing Congress'</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:45:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Cheri Bustos, the Democratic 17th District Congressional candidate, visited Augustana Wednesday, a day after Republicans blocked U.S. Senate debate on the Democrats' version of a bill to keep interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4 percent for another year, rather than automatically growing to 6.8 percent on July 1.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Business Journal Q &amp; A with Steve Bahls</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 20:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2003, Steven Bahls arrived in the Quad-Cities to become the eighth president of Augustana College. He immediately began reaching out beyond the Rock Island campus to serve the community.  Following is a Q&A with him, starting with why community service and volunteerism an important part of your life?]]></description>
			
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			<title>WVIK receives awards for news coverage</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 16:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Five Questions for: Lynn Jackson</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 21:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Five Questions is a series of profiles of people at Augustana. Lynn Jackson, vice president for advancement, talks about the college's recently completed capital campaign.  Authentically Augustana: A Call to Action  raised more than $152 million dollars, far surpassing its initial goal of $100 million.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Authentically Augustana campaign raises $152 million</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 19:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, Augustana College officials publicly launched the most ambitious campaign for financial support in the college's history — a drive to raise $100 million. Four years later, the Authentically Augustana: A Call to Action campaign has come to a conclusion, with results that exceed the original goal by $52 million.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 19:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Lynn E. Jackson took an unusual path to her position as vice president of advancement at Augustana College. After getting her start at a community college, then spending several years in the banking industry, she became a trailblazing fund-raiser. Most recently, Jackson led Augustana to surpass its campaign fund-raising goal by more than $52 million.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Scholarships provide a Golden opportunity</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 19:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Rock Island's Franz "Bud" Helpenstell didn't receive any scholarship money when he was studying business at Grinnell College back in the '50s. To help Rock Island High School graduates achieve their college dreams, Helpenstell and his late wife Esta established a scholarship at Augustana in 2001 to be awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need, with preference given to Rocky graduates.]]></description>
			
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			<title>A donor's gift continues well beyond Augustana</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 19:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Diane Gustafson Hill '66 has made a gift to name Augustana's audiology lab in the Center for Speech, Language, and Hearing. Hill's gift has a direct impact on the experience of Augustana students in the center, especially the important hands-on training that prepares them for their careers as speech pathologists and audiologists.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Editorial: Augustana innovator</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 14:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As Steve Bahls enters his second decade at the helm of Augustana College, he could be excused for pausing to smell the flowers. There is plenty to celebrate in his first 10 years.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 17:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana will host the Quad-City Playwrights' Festival at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12, in the Black Box Theatre, inside Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts (3701 7th Ave.). A reception will follow, and admission is free.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Modern Woodmen honors Bahls for service</title>
            
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			<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 16:15:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As his career has criss-crossed the country, Augustana College President Steven Bahls has had the chance to be in community service in many communities, but he says the Quad-Cities has the best volunteers he’s ever met. That is why he was honored and surprised to be chosen as the recipient of Modern Woodmen of America’s 2012 Community Service Award.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 16:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Rock Island organization that provides transitional housing for women and children got a helping hand Saturday from dozens of Augustana College students and Royal Neighbors of America. St. Joseph the Worker House got a good spring cleaning, thanks to 13 Royal Neighbors chapters on Augustana campus. Nearly 40 students put their muscles and energy into landscaping, cleaning out a garage, washing windows, painting and planting this year’s community garden.]]></description>
			
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			<description><![CDATA[Ann Schneider '82, Illinois secretary of transportation, was in Moline Monday to talk about funding for local projects, such as a new Interstate 74 bridge over the Mississippi and widening of John Deere Road. Schneider received a bachelor's in public administration from Augustana and a master's in public administration from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 1989.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:45:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 10 Augustana College students with the Redwood Movement gathered Sunday to paint a chalkboard, tweak a sketch for a future mural and drop off several musical instruments at The Place2B in downtown Rock Island, which works to counsel, tutor and motivate at-risk area youths.]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:30:00 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana alumnus Cindy Parchert  of Orion, Ill., took over as Rock Island's finance director in January. It is actually the beginning of her second stint with the city of Rock Island. She worked there as an accountant for 11 years but left in 2000 to work as a controller for the CPA firm McGladrey and Pullen.]]></description>
			
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			<description><![CDATA[Richard Busch '87 got a degree in history from Augustana and now is making history as a lawyer in the entertainment industry. His cases "could turn the recording industry's economic model upside down and have serious ramifications for the ability of labels to profit from digital sales of catalog titles."]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:29:41 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:35:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:05:48 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:34:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:24:59 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:25:11 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:03:16 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:16:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:40:21 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:19:04 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:07:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:30:16 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:29:47 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:52:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:34:33 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:27:24 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:38:04 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 20:48:27 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:02:27 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:15:19 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:18:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:52:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:31:28 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:27:41 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:17:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:34:02 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:23:52 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:42:19 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:07:31 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:22:50 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:42:11 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:37:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:44:39 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:38:14 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:21:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:06:31 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:15:26 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:04:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:39 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:40:16 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:43:59 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:57:18 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:35:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:02:37 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:29:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:19:02 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:13:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:40:32 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:13:31 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:10:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:32:14 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:47:20 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:17:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:03:16 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:27:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:56:50 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:48:20 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:41:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:38:11 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:09:32 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:09:43 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:14:51 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:56:28 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:52:44 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:03:32 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:24:45 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:02:56 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:42:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:17:09 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:56:55 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:44:59 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:42:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:10:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:41:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:37:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:06:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:33:40 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Oct 2011 18:11:57 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:12:09 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:55:22 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:30:44 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:31:04 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:55:01 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:54:39 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:31:11 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:17:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:19:56 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:06:33 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:31:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:00:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:40:19 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:42:50 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:15:43 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:36:53 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:28:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:21:23 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:51:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 20:02:07 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 19:46:56 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:27:19 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 20:59:20 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 20:34:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:16:41 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:59:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 21:51:57 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 05:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:41:08 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2011 22:25:47 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2011 21:25:59 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2011 14:12:46 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 19:48:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:38:44 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:21:18 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:47:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:20:17 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:05:03 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:50:42 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:31:56 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:43:14 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:14:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:51:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:09:30 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:17:49 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:49:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 18:41:47 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 18:40:17 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:12:53 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:24:18 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:22:02 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:11:18 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:28:20 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:38:16 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:39:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:49:57 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:18:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:04:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 22:19:52 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:07:59 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:08:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:32:26 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:45:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Feb 2011 15:53:18 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Feb 2011 02:09:52 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:07:23 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:43:38 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:01:48 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:34:13 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:07:53 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:01:44 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:01:48 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:56:02 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:30:51 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:52:34 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:49:55 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2010 20:12:34 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:43:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:05:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:25:28 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:10:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:51:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:25:27 CST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:54:57 CST</pubDate>
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