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		<title>All Change</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2011/11/12/all-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t written much through the course of 2011 as it has been a year of massive change. As I type out these words, I&#8217;m living in a different home than I was a little over a week ago. On Monday, I&#8217;ll be starting a new career with a new company. And all this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Absence of Why</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2011/01/10/the-absence-of-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The massacre in Tuscon which killed six (including a 9 year old child and a federal judge) and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords is more than a tragedy, it&#8217;s utterly unnerving. It&#8217;s deeply frightening to see lives taken with such a profound lack of discrimination or mercy. America is a nation that craves clear-cut answers: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heathrow Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/12/21/heathrow-madness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My self-imposed vacation from blogging fell at the first hurdle. Admittedly, it has been a rather steep obstacle, indeed one that is impossible to ignore. The British have a penchant for complaining about the weather: seldom has that habit been more justified. I thought I might be in trouble as I watched the snow come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/12/17/farewell-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I intend this to be my last blog post for 2010; shortly, I will be going on an extended holiday, and hopefully I will feel reinvigorated afterwards. If so, I am likely to have a lot more about which I wish to comment. This year concludes with more than a tinge of sadness. On my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kingdom of Paranoia</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/11/21/the-kingdom-of-paranoia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s usually at about this time of year that I become particularly sentimental and my dreams are filled with images of my place of origin. I catch myself awaking with a start in the middle of the night and then feel disappointed that I&#8217;m in my bed in England as opposed to where I rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happened at Millbank Tower</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/11/10/what-happened-at-millbank-tower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/11/10/what-happened-at-millbank-tower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far from being happy about the violence, most of the students at Demolition 2010 were outraged by what happened, such as the throwing of a fire extinguisher off the roof at police, as this video demonstrates clearly:]]></description>
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		<title>After the Demolition</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/11/10/after-the-demolition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this a few hours after arriving home from the Demolition 2010 demonstration in London, which was organised to protest the tripling of student fees. So far as I can tell, the narrative about the event has been decidedly negative: pictures of students attacking the headquarters of the Conservative Party at Millbank Tower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say No</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/10/25/just-say-no/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/10/25/just-say-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our present period reminds me of a line from the French film, &#8220;La Haine&#8221;: the narrator tells us that a man falling from a great height feels during his descent, &#8220;I&#8217;m all right&#8221;, and continues to repeat this mantra until he hits the ground. The cuts have been made, they are yet to be implemented. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Deserving Poor</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/10/09/the-deserving-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whirledpeas.eu/?p=1976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s long been forgotten, but there was a mini-recession between 2000 and early 2003. It occurred largely due to the dot com bust, an event which seems a mere firecracker going off in comparison to the nuclear detonation that is our present crisis. However, I was negatively affected by the downturn: the company for which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Liverpool</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/10/05/in-liverpool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2010/10/05/in-liverpool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post is being written as the sun is setting over the Mersey. Outside my hotel room window, I can see the last hints of orange and pale blue fade out on the horizon: the streetlamps are lit, there is a distinct chill in the air. Another day is over, and the city is [...]]]></description>
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