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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 23 (&#8220;In Defence of Dogs&#8221; &#8211; John Bradshaw)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Quotation is from the book &#8220;In Defence of Dogs&#8221; by John Bradshaw (2011) &#160;]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/wp-content/uploads/SPECK-N-U-20120301.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4925" title="SPECK 'N U;23 (&quot;In Defence of Dogs&quot; John Bradshaw), cartoon by Rebecca Helm-Ropelato, March 1, 2012 " src="http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/wp-content/uploads/SPECK-N-U-20120301.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="230" /></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Defence-Dogs-Why-Need-Understanding/dp/1846142954/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1330602242&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr" target="_blank"><br />
Quotation is from the book &#8220;In Defence of Dogs&#8221; by John Bradshaw (2011)</a></em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 22 (Marcelo Gleiser &#8211; A Tear At The Edge of Creation)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;A Tear At The Edge of Creation&#8221; by Marcelo Gleiser]]></description>
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<p><em>From &#8220;A Tear At The Edge of Creation&#8221; by Marcelo Gleiser</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 21 (Marcelo Gleiser)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;A Tear At The Edge of Creation&#8221; by Marcelo Gleiser]]></description>
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<p><em>From &#8220;A Tear At The Edge of Creation&#8221; by Marcelo Gleiser</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 20 (Carl Safina)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;The View From Lazy Point&#8221; by Carl Safina]]></description>
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<p><em>From &#8220;The View From Lazy Point&#8221; by Carl Safina</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U:19 (Carl Safina)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;The View From Lazy Point&#8221; by Carl Safina &#160;]]></description>
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<p><em>From &#8220;The View From Lazy Point&#8221; by Carl Safina</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 17 (Emily Dickinson)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* From &#8220;Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters&#8221; edited by Thomas H. Johnson]]></description>
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<p>* <em>From &#8220;Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters&#8221; edited by Thomas H. Johnson</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 16 (Emily Dickinson)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson&#8221; (1960), edited by Thomas H. Johnson]]></description>
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<p><em>From &#8220;The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson&#8221; (1960), edited by Thomas H. Johnson</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U:15 (aging)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* beeswax]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/wp-content/uploads/Speck-N-U-20110726.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4128" title="Speck 'N U (aging) by Rebecca Helm-Ropelato, July 26, 2011" src="http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/wp-content/uploads/Speck-N-U-20110726.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="223" /></a></p>
<p>* <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=it%27s%20none%20of%20your%20beeswax" target="_blank">beeswax </a></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U: 13 (Jon Kabat-Zinn)*</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* From the book, &#8220;Wherever You Go, There You Are&#8221; by Jon Kabat-Zinn]]></description>
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<p>* <em>From the book, &#8220;Wherever You Go, There You Are&#8221; by Jon Kabat-Zinn</em></p>
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		<title>SPECK &#8216;N U:12 (Summer vacation)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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