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		<title>Hoping for scholarships</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2010/02/08/hoping-for-scholarships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s hope for a scholarship:  Just got an alumni email from Dartmouth (my graduate school alma mater, at left), and the undergraduate tuition, room/board/fees for next year total  $52,275.00.  
For grins I also checked my my undergrad alma mater (Boston College, below).  BC is now at $50,970.00.  
Mind boggling, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowstorm in Maryland</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2010/02/06/snowstorm-in-maryland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over two feet of snow, and more coming down.  Oh, the joy!  At least we still have power (fingers crossed!) and plenty of food.  This is a record for Maryland; from what I&#8217;ve been told, this is the most snow at one time since ~1950.  Normally we get ~18 inches over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chautauqua Institution</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2009/08/02/chautauqua-institution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, our extended family had a wonderful vacation at the Chautauqua Institution, in Chautauqua, NY (upstate, western NY state).  Highlights of the week were lectures by Professor Donald Johanson (pictured below signing my copy of Lucy&#8217;s Legacy), as well as:

Annie Griffiths Belt, National Geographic photographer
Wade Davis, ethnobotanist, photographer, author, The Serpent and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar grants a dying girl&#8217;s last wish</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2009/06/19/pixar-grants-a-dying-girls-last-wish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to post this with dry eyes, but:  Pixar granted a dying 10-year old girl&#8217;s final wish:  to see the movie &#8220;Up&#8221; (which is currently only in theaters).  
The girl (Colby Curtin) was not able to travel to a theater to see the movie, so Pixar sent an employee to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author roundtable with Catherine Asaro, Greg Bear, etc.</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2009/05/20/author-roundtable-with-catherine-asaro-greg-bear-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I went to a booksigning and a panel of SF authors at Reiter&#8217;s Scientific Bookstore in DC.  Among the authors present were: Dr. Catherine Asaro, Greg Bear, Bud Sparhawk, Tom Purdom, Tom Ligon, Yoji Kondo (Eric Kotani), John Hemry (Jack Campbell), Charles E. Gannon, and Dr. Arlan Andrews.  The roundtable discussion topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simpsons Postage Stamps</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2009/04/10/simpsons-postage-stamps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Postal Service will be releasing a set of &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; postage stamps on May 7, 2009.  Many years ago (as a kid) I used to collect stamps.  None were as cool as these!  The Simpsons has been on TVfor 20 years now; longest running comedy ever&#8230;  
The USPS is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ikea Baby</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2009/03/11/the-ikea-baby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAB, the Ikea Baby.  From a pdf file the artist created for an expecting friend.

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		<title>Alphabet Blocks for your Mad Scientist in Training</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2008/12/07/alphabet-blocks-for-your-mad-scientist-in-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xylocopa has a set of Alphabet blocks engraved with pictures of all the equipment and training a budding mad scientist will need:
A &#8211; Appendages &#124; B &#8211; Bioengineering &#124; C &#8211; Caffeine &#124; D &#8211; Dirigible &#124; E &#8211; Experiment &#124; F &#8211; Freeze ray &#124; G &#8211; Goggles &#124; H &#8211; Henchmen &#124; I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gorgeous studley toolbox</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2008/12/04/gorgeous-studley-toolbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This toolbox (toolchest) was built by a piano repairman (Henry Studley) who worked for the Smith Organ Company and then the Poole Piano Company in the 1800&#8217;s.  This beautiful chest contains 300 tools, and is made of mahogany, rosewood, walnut, ebony and mother of pearl (all of which were probably scraps from Poole Piano).
Though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanobama</title>
		<link>http://www.hoodedhawk.com/blog/2008/11/11/nanobama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While:
&#8230;nanostructures are building blocks for many important technological advances, including high-performance solar cells and batteries, new methods of diagnosing and treating disease, next-generation computer processors and memory, and lightweight composite materials&#8230;  [from Nanobama.com ]
you can also use them to create nifty structures like the Nanobama above, just for fun.  Note that each of [...]]]></description>
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