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		<title>Review: &#8220;Skyfall&#8221; starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2013/02/20/review-skyfall-starring-daniel-craig-and-javier-bardem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See larger image Skyfall (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over List Price: £26.99 GBP New From: £15.99 In Stock Used from: £10.99 In Stock Release date February 18, 2013. I thought that James [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Ex-Catholic&#8217;s Guide to the Papal Succession</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2013/02/19/an-ex-catholics-guide-to-the-papal-succession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was once a Catholic; I went to a Catholic school. I recall receiving my first Holy Communion on a bright Spring morning; all the children taking part were obliged to have a banner made by their families proclaiming their love and support. My Swedish grandmother, though she was Lutheran, made my banner. It read: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four More Years</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2013/01/22/four-more-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not every member of my family supports the President. Some are aghast at the idea of ever watching MSNBC. My mother believes that previous attempts I&#8217;ve made to obtain employment in the United States were de-railed by the economic policies of the man she calls &#8220;The Bamster&#8221;. My father opposes what he refers to as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrogant Whites, Arrogant Rebels</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2013/01/15/arrogant-whites-arrogant-rebels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2013/01/15/arrogant-whites-arrogant-rebels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I saw a film entitled &#8220;White Material&#8221; which featured Isabelle Huppert and Christophe Lambert. The plot focused on the life and fate of a family of white French settlers in an unnamed African country: the country in question is being overrun by rebels. The insurgent army bears a chilling resemblance to the &#8220;Lord&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the Opera</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2012/12/31/at-the-opera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[donizetti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end, there will be a beginning. New Year&#8217;s Eve heralds the premiere of a new production of Donizetti&#8217;s largely forgotten work, &#8220;Maria Stuarda&#8221; at New York&#8217;s Metropolitan Opera. The lead role of Mary, Queen of Scots will be performed by the well known mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato. I can imagine what it will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from a Precipice</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2012/12/30/notes-from-a-precipice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season, as the cliché goes, is a time of family, and this often entails seeing relatives that one doesn&#8217;t encounter regularly. Several days ago, my father invited his brothers and sisters to the family home for a meal; it was an altogether Italian affair, with rice balls, eggplant rollatini and strong red wine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith and Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2012/12/18/faith-and-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bradford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Christmas draws closer, I find everything I do bears an increasing sense of urgency. Upon completing a task, I wonder &#8220;Is this it?&#8221;: is this the last thing I have to do before I can finish for the year? I frequently harbour visions of sitting on a comfortable sofa with a brightly lit tree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Second Country</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2012/12/04/a-second-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news of the Royal Pregnancy was probably greeted with celebrations down at Number 10 Downing Street. It&#8217;s easy to imagine the unholy trinity of Cameron, Osborne and Gove popping open a bottle of vintage champagne in the Cabinet room, filling their glasses and raising a toast to the pending arrival. I imagine such a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Eve of Leveson</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2012/11/29/on-the-eve-of-leveson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self regulation of the press in the United Kingdom has failed. The Press Complaints Commission, far from being a fair minded and independent body which protects the individual from trespass by the media, has proven itself to be rather like a bunch of foxes deciding not to eat chicken for lunch after having decimated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If</title>
		<link>http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2012/11/20/if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The call came in the middle of the night. For each member of the President&#8217;s entourage, the message was the same, delivered with military precision: &#8220;Get up, get dressed, the President is leaving in one hour.&#8221; Hotel rooms throughout Phnom Penh subsequently echoed with a chorus of crisp cotton sheets being whipped back, the sound [...]]]></description>
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