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	<title>TheDuaneStorey</title>
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		<title>BC&#8217;s Archaic Liquor Laws Claim Another Casualty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading about the Rio Theatre and their liquor license issues over at http://www.miss604.com. To summarize, the Rio theatre applied, and was granted, a liquor license for their movie theatre. Their intention was to have limited showings of movies where alcohol could be served to adults. The BC Liquor Control Board has now placed a restriction on the license which essentially means they can&#8217;t use it to that effect anymore (not without cancelling regular &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2012/bcs-archaic-liquor-laws-claim-another-casualty/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2012/bcs-archaic-liquor-laws-claim-another-casualty/</link>
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		<title>Forced To Watch Trailers On New Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the summer Future Shop had a sale on the extended BlueRay versions of the Lord Of the Rings. Given that they were basically 50% off and that I know I eventually wanted to buy a BlueRay player, I decided to buy a set. Now that I&#8217;m back in Canada, I went out and finally bought a BlueRay player. I sat down over the Christmas break to watch a few of them, and I &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2012/forced-to-watch-trailers-on-new-movies/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2012/forced-to-watch-trailers-on-new-movies/</link>
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		<title>My Genetic Profile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year my friend Dave got his genetic profile done up by 23andMe. Basically they can take a saliva sample, extract your DNA from it, and then compare it against all the current research in the field of genetics. When they originally launched they were asking over $400 for each profile. I&#8217;ve been patiently waiting for a sale to get mine done, and eventually managed to find a coupon to bring the cost down to &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/my-genetic-profile/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/my-genetic-profile/</link>
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		<title>Migratory, Once Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent last night packing up everything I took out of storage at the end of April. In a few hours my brother-in-law will show up and help me load everything up into his truck, and we&#8217;ll head back to Chilliwack together. Once my items are in storage, probably around noon sometime, I&#8217;ll officially be homeless and in migratory mode again. And at that point, I&#8217;ll finally get a chance to relax a bit after &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/migratory-once-again/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/migratory-once-again/</link>
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		<title>When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to see what&#8217;s wrong with the world of online journalism these days, simply read a few of the recent articles describing how Gerard Depardieu urinated on an CityJet flight to Dublin. Of course, most articles depict Depardieu getting up and purposefully pissing in the aisle of the plane, forcing it to go back to the gate. Passengers, especially men who urinate multiple times per day, were obviously traumatized having to watch such &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/when-you-gotta-go-you-gotta-go/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/when-you-gotta-go-you-gotta-go/</link>
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		<title>How To Reprogram Keys And Fobs On A Mazda 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not that long ago I lost my only accessible set of keys to my Mazda 3 Sport. I have a spare set somewhere, but thought at the time that they were probably buried in the back of my storage locker in Chilliwack. Going out to Chilliwack to get them may have been an option if, you know, the key to the storage locker wasn&#8217;t also on the same keychain that was lost. Ultimately I had &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/how-to-reprogram-keys-and-fobs-on-a-mazda-3/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/how-to-reprogram-keys-and-fobs-on-a-mazda-3/</link>
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		<title>Historic Downgrade of US Debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I gotta hand it to the S&#038;P ratings agency &#8211; I didn&#8217;t think they had it in them. After the other two ratings agencies reaffirmed AAA rating a few days ago, I thought S&#038;P would simply cave to political pressure and keep the rating in tact as well. In fact, I read a few news articles that basically seem to allude that the government was frantically trying to get S&#038;P to keep the rating in &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/historic-downgrade-of-us-debt/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/historic-downgrade-of-us-debt/</link>
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		<title>US Debt Crisis Just Beginning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The senate passed the deal to raise the debt ceiling today, which means the United States can pay their bills and not default. But truthfully, that&#8217;s probably the worse thing that could have happened, since the US has delayed dealing with some very hard problems. First, let me comment on the ratings agencies. Right after a deal was announced, two of the three major rating agencies reaffirmed the United State&#8217;s AAA credit rating. These are &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/us-debt-crisis-just-beginning/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/us-debt-crisis-just-beginning/</link>
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		<title>Two Days With The New Macbook Air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a pretty loyal user of Apple&#8217;s Macbook Pro line for the last few years. I purchased my first one after Northern Voice in 2007, mostly because the laptop that I recently had Vista installed on failed to work for me during a presentation. Since then I&#8217;ve probably been through three or four of them, often upgrading every year or so to keep up with technology. The first few were the 15&#8243; model, and &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/two-days-with-the-new-macbook-air/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/two-days-with-the-new-macbook-air/</link>
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		<title>Quest For Noiselessness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been striving hard to reduce the amount of online &#8220;noise&#8221; in my life lately. Without setting any quantitative goals, I&#8217;ve been working relentlessly on removing distractions and trying to minimize interruptions. Normally when I wake up I have around 50 messages waiting for me in my inbox. Many of them are automated &#8211; comment notifications from WordPress, Google+ messages, Facebook, etc, but they are still things I need to deal with, even if it&#8217;s &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/quest-for-noiselessness/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/quest-for-noiselessness/</link>
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		<title>US Could Default On Debt Payments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m scheduling this post for when I&#8217;m out tomorrow for a while, so it&#8217;s possible the US may find some common ground on the current US debt negotiations. I don&#8217;t it though. Right now things aren&#8217;t looking very good for the United States, and the time is almost out where a solution can be reached and implemented before the debt ceiling expires. Negotiations continue to stall, and both sides seem unwilling to deal with some &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/us-could-default-on-debt-payments/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/us-could-default-on-debt-payments/</link>
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		<title>Our Pale Blue Dot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With recent world events, I found myself reminded of an image and a few words. In 1977 the Voyager spacecraft was turned around and a photograph was taken of earth from far away. The end result is this image, showing earth as a small, pale blue dot. At a presentation talking about this image, Carl Sagan, one of the world&#8217;s most respected astronomers at the time, said the following: &#8220;We succeeded in taking that picture &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/our-pale-blue-dot/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/our-pale-blue-dot/</link>
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		<title>Financial Armageddon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in interesting times. The United States is only a few weeks away from what potentially could be one of the largest defaults in world history. Given how the Republicans do not want to increase taxes and that the Democrats do not want to decrease spending, the only machinery that can prevent this default is currently seized up. Obama was so upset the other day during negotiations that he just up and left. Moodys &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/financial-armageddon/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/financial-armageddon/</link>
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		<title>Swagman XTC 2-Bike Hitch-Mount Rack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the weather in Vancouver hasn&#8217;t exactly been stellar lately, I&#8217;ve still managed to get out for a bike ride from time to time. Given that I envisioned myself wanting to take my bike to Stanley Park from time to time or out to Chilliwack, I decided a while ago that I would need some type of bike rack. The easiest option for my Mazda 3 was a roof rack. The Mazda 3 already has &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/swagman-xtc-2-bike-hitch-mount-rack/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/swagman-xtc-2-bike-hitch-mount-rack/</link>
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		<title>Kids, Don&#8217;t Lose Your Only Set Of Keys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was downtown a few weeks ago and parked my car in a parking garage. Somehow over the course of the day though I accidentally misplaced my key chain, which has of course my car keys, my house keys, and several other keys. While I&#8217;ve misplaced my keys for a few hours before, I&#8217;ve never outright lost a set in my life. Prior to going traveling I always had a spare set around, usually over &#187; <a href="http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/kids-dont-lose-your-only-set-of-keys/">read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duanestorey.com/2011/kids-dont-lose-your-only-set-of-keys/</link>
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