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	<description>by Mark F. Weber</description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/03/03/oscar-predictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I published these Oscar Predictions a month ago.  Still stand by them.  What are your picks?
The Sure Thing
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Jeff Bridges will prevail.   Colin Firth was likely the best actor in ‘A Single Man’ and George Clooney’s role in ‘Up in the Air’ is a personal best. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowfall Derby &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/25/snowfall-derby-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/25/snowfall-derby-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A storm is coming.    Our snow comes from the North and the West, but this storm is coming from the opposite directions.   It is a ‘Nor’easter,’ like the one that sank George Clooney in ‘The Perfect Storm.’   Local weather persons are giddy.   Rather than the ½” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cajun Potions</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/15/cajun-potions/</link>
		<comments>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/15/cajun-potions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bourbon Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cajun spices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Tuesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mardi Gras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rohypnol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roofies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual predator]]></category>

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The old man knelt on the stage by his case and then carefully removed a banjo covered with decades of Mardi Gras scars.  Placing the instrument close to his ear, he alternately strummed and adjusted its strings.  Satisfied, he eyed the crowd. In the shadows by the juke box a familiar face waved her floppy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowfall Derby &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/11/snowfall-derby-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/11/snowfall-derby-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Snow Storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government shut down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rochester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowmageddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syracuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington DC]]></category>

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Rochester finally surpassed Buffalo by almost an inch of snow.   A Canadian storm missed them and nicked us.   Unfortunately, it piled a half foot on Syracuse enabling our eastern neighbor to lead the snowfall derby by a foot.  Current score: Syracuse 75.9”; Rochester 63.8”; and Buffalo 63.1”.  The home team is improving with at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Prix of Recalls</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/09/grand-prix-of-recalls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auto recalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM Pick-Up Trucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oldsmobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pontiac Grand Prix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stones and glass houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota Camry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

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I once owned a sporty red Pontiac Grand Prix coupe.   Enjoyed it, but too often Pontiac asked me to come in for a recall.  One time it was the windshield wiper wiring.  Another time it was a fuel pressure regulator.  Finally, Pontiac needed to replace the steering pinion bearings.   Between 1965 and 2007 the Pontiac [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brass Dreams</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/07/brass-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family & Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Civil War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antique brass bed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tarnish]]></category>

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I am cleaning my antique brass bed.    The last time I attempted this, over thirty years ago, was embarrassing.   After a weekend of scrubbing brass, some stains remained on my hands as I entered the office.  A concerned colleague inquired.   I explained it was tarnish from my brass bed.   He grinned, “You may be holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sugar Drop Candy Shop</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/04/the-sugar-drop-candy-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/04/the-sugar-drop-candy-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Candy Shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sibling rivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentines Day]]></category>

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The J-Train rumbled below, vibrating the floors and rattling a chorus line of peanut clusters until they danced on the white-papered shelves.  Hilda Schmidt&#8217;s bulky frame bulged through her apron as she spit a wad of chocolate into the sink.  “You idiot!  There’s too much liquor in these rum balls.”
A balding candy maker with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Oscar Predictions</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/02/early-oscar-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://markfweber.com/2010/02/02/early-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[82nd Academy Awards Nominations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christoph Walz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Plummer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Firth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Mirren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Reitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Bigelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mo'Nique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blind Side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up in the Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga]]></category>

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The nominations are in for the 82nd Academy Awards Nominations.    For those who can’t wait until the ceremonies on March 7th, here are my predictions for the major 2010 Oscars.
The Sure Thing
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Jeff Bridges will prevail.   Colin Firth was likely the best actor in ‘A Single Man’ and George Clooney’s role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Death In A Family</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/01/31/a-death-in-a-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4 marines killed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hornell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military escort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roadside bomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steuben County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zachary Smith]]></category>

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Each day the Christopher Smith family placed a marble in a jar, counting the days their son was deployed in Afghanistan.    Less than twenty lined the bottom of the jar when two military officers arrived at their doorstep.  Marine Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, 19, and three comrades were killed by a roadside bomb in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Mark Twain Saved Heidelberg</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/01/26/how-mark-twain-saved-heidelberg/</link>
		<comments>http://markfweber.com/2010/01/26/how-mark-twain-saved-heidelberg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allied Air Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alstadt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General George S. Patton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heidelberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huckleberry Finn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain Village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neckar River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel L. Clemens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tramps Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Heidelberg]]></category>

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In 1945 Allied and Russian troops crushed Germany from the west and east.  Berlin, Hamburg, and all the major cities were destroyed by bombers and artillery.   General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army roared through the Rhine Valley pummeling Frankfurt and Manheim without mercy.   The army raced south and lined its tanks and artillery along the [...]]]></description>
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