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		<title>Victoza (liraglutide)</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/17/victoza-liraglutide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fairly new medication prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes, Victoza (liraglutide) was FDA approved for use in the United States in 2010, a year after it was approved by the European Medicines Agency. Mild side effects include nausea, &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/17/victoza-liraglutide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A fairly new medication prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes, Victoza (liraglutide) was FDA approved for use in the United States in 2010, a year after it was approved by the European Medicines Agency.
Mild side effects include nausea, headache, and weight loss. Taken with certain other medications (like oral diabetes meds) add fatigue, loss of appetite, back pain, dizziness,  urinary tract infection,  upper respiratory infection, hypertension and flu like symptoms to the list of side  <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/17/victoza-liraglutide/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Drought Conditions in the US</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/16/drought-conditions-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climatologists say a dry spell devastating almost all of America is starting to worry the weather community during what is one of the worst droughts in recent years. The federal agency that investigates dry weather, the US Drought Monitor, says &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/16/drought-conditions-in-the-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Climatologists say a dry spell devastating almost all of America is starting to worry the
weather community during what is one of the worst droughts in recent years.
The federal agency that investigates dry weather, the US Drought Monitor, says “that more than half of the continental United States are experiencing “abnormally dry” conditions, which have so far proven to be the worst the country has experienced since 2007.“
“Conditions are starting to worry us now,” Keith Eggleston, a <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/16/drought-conditions-in-the-us/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>More Dangerous Recalls</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/15/more-dangerous-recalls-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firms named below, announced voluntary recalls of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/15/more-dangerous-recalls-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firms named below, announced voluntary recalls of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Recalled April 5, 2012
Release #12-146
Office Depot® Brand Biella Leather Desk Chairs
Units: 307,000 in the U.S. and 12,000 in Canada
Imported by Swinton Avenue Trading <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/15/more-dangerous-recalls-2/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lawmakers Quietly Making Law to Revoke Passport for Back Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/14/lawmakers-quietly-making-law-to-revoke-passport-for-back-taxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Back taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Huffington Post, before you make plans for summer travel here and abroad, if you owe federal taxes, you had better be aware of a new Transportation bill that is in Congress right now, which could allow the &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/14/lawmakers-quietly-making-law-to-revoke-passport-for-back-taxes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to the Huffington Post, before you make plans for summer travel here and abroad, if you owe federal taxes, you had better be aware of a new Transportation bill that is in Congress right now, which could allow the IRS to revoke the passports of those Americans who owe back taxes from leaving the country.  No kidding!
“The provision is part of Senate Bill 1813, also called the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, was introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in November <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/14/lawmakers-quietly-making-law-to-revoke-passport-for-back-taxes/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dangerous Distracted Driving and Unrestrained Dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/13/dangerous-distracted-driving-and-unrestrained-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen an unrestrained dog in the back seat of a car?  Orin the front of the car? Or half out the window? Even worse, do you see small dogs on the lap of someone while driving or &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/13/dangerous-distracted-driving-and-unrestrained-dogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you ever seen an unrestrained dog in the back seat of a car?  Orin the front of the car? Or half out the window? Even worse, do you see small dogs on the lap of someone while driving or at stoplights? It’s obvious those drivers don’t worry about the safety of their pets or about the dangers they are setting up for themselves and other drivers.
According to an online survey from the AAA auto club, only 17 percent of drivers protected their pets with a pet-restraint system. The study als <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/13/dangerous-distracted-driving-and-unrestrained-dogs/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bermuda Triangle: 2 Pyramids rumored to have been found</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/12/bermuda-triangle-2-pyramids-rumored-to-have-been-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Live Science, “The Bermuda Triangle is infamous for making everything from cargo ships to airplanes disappear. The mysterious body of water is clouded with rumors of suspicions — if not supernatural — activity Also sinisterly known as the &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/12/bermuda-triangle-2-pyramids-rumored-to-have-been-found/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to Live Science, “The Bermuda Triangle is infamous for making everything from cargo ships to airplanes disappear. The mysterious body of water is clouded with rumors of suspicions — if not supernatural — activity
Also sinisterly known as the Devil&#8217;s Triangle, the Bermuda Triangle consists of a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is defined by points in Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico. It stretches across less than a thousand miles on any one side.
T <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/12/bermuda-triangle-2-pyramids-rumored-to-have-been-found/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Payroll Tax Hike Jan 1, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/11/payroll-tax-hike-jan-1-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the New York Times, “the tax bill for an average middle class household will go up almost $2,000. This is the result of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and tax measures tucked away in the Obama &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/11/payroll-tax-hike-jan-1-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to the New York Times, “the tax bill for an average middle class household will go up almost $2,000. This is the result of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and tax measures tucked away in the Obama stimulus bill. If allowed to go into effect, this massive tax increase will send the still fragile economy into a death spiral from which it will be difficult to recover.“  It doesn’t matter who wins in November.
According  to the W all Street Journal on 3/19/12, “The U.S. is cr <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/11/payroll-tax-hike-jan-1-2013/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>One Million Dollar Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/08/one-million-dollar-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the law does not care for good luck or desperation. If you are a winner of a lotto ticket, you can still get your winnings even after throwing it away. According to Yahoo News “An Arkansas woman who &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/08/one-million-dollar-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Looks like the law does not care for good luck or desperation. If you are a winner of a lotto ticket, you can still get your winnings even after throwing it away. According to Yahoo News “An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw away the ticket after she bought it, according to a judge&#8217;s ruling Tuesday. The judge decided that Sharon Duncan was entitled to the prize money, not Sharon Jones, who claimed the prize money a <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/08/one-million-dollar-policy/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tuna Scrape and filthy Seafood Imports</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/06/tuna-scrape-and-filthy-seafood-imports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to MSNBC, California fish processor Moon Marine has voluntarily recalled 58,828 pounds of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna used in sushi and sashimi after it was linked to a &#8220;multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly,&#8221; the Food and Drug Administration &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/06/tuna-scrape-and-filthy-seafood-imports/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to MSNBC, California fish processor Moon Marine has voluntarily recalled 58,828 pounds of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna used in sushi and sashimi after it was linked to a &#8220;multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly,&#8221; the Food and Drug Administration announced evening 4/20.
The government said an outbreak of salmonella sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
The Food and Drug Administration reported on 4/20/12 that 116 illnesses have been repor <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/06/tuna-scrape-and-filthy-seafood-imports/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>North Korea is Scary 	Claims to be able to wipe out the US in a “single blow”</title>
		<link>http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/05/north-korea-is-scary-claims-to-be-able-to-wipe-out-the-us-in-a-%e2%80%9csingle-blow%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bubbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the UK News Mail online, “North Korea is armed with ‘powerful modern weapons’ capable of defeating the United States with a ‘single blow’, a military chief warned today. “The Korean People&#8217;s Army is armed with powerful modern weapons &#8230; <a href="http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/05/north-korea-is-scary-claims-to-be-able-to-wipe-out-the-us-in-a-%e2%80%9csingle-blow%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to the UK News Mail online, “North Korea is armed with ‘powerful modern weapons’ capable of defeating the United States with a ‘single blow’, a military chief warned today. “The Korean People&#8217;s Army is armed with powerful modern weapons &#8230; that can defeat the (U.S.) imperialists at a single blow,”   he told party and military officials, using familiar descriptions of the country&#8217;s rivals.
He also emphasized the importance of strengthening the military to  <a href='http://www.shpoonkle.com/blog/2012/05/05/north-korea-is-scary-claims-to-be-able-to-wipe-out-the-us-in-a-%e2%80%9csingle-blow%e2%80%9d/'>...Keep Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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