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	<title>Joe's Cafe</title>
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		<title>One down, two to go</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/vocabulary/one-down-two-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa, soon-to-be former President Sarkozy of France, is the first of the three principle war criminals responsible for launching a massive NATO bombing campaign on Libya in 2011 that maimed and killed thousands of civilians to be kicked out of office by his own electorate - and beyond presidential immunity.
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		<title>The Chapel</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/short-stories/the-chapel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A short story by Josef Essberger
She was walking lazily, for the fierce April sun was directly overhead. Her umbrella blocked its rays but nothing blocked the heat - the sort of raw, wild heat that crushes you with its energy. A few buffalo were tethered under coconuts, browsing the parched verges. Occasionally a car went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The three rings of marriage</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/quotations/the-three-rings-of-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;There are three rings involved with marriage. The engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.&#8221;
Woody Allen (1935-) American actor, comedian and director
Wordchecker
ring (noun): a small, round, metal band that you wear on your finger
involved with: connected to
engagement ring (noun): a ring that a man gives to a woman when they decide to marry
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		<title>The chain of marriage</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/quotations/marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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Marriage is a chain so heavy that it takes two people to carry it - sometimes three.
Variously attributed to Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) French writer and Alexandre Dumas (son) (1824-1879) French writer
Original: Les chaînes du mariage sont si lourdes qu&#8217;il faut être deux pour les porter; quelquefois trois.
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		<title>Better to have loved and lost?</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/better-to-have-loved-and-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/better-to-have-loved-and-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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I hold it true, whate&#8217;er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
 &#8216;Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
(By Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809–1892)
What do YOU think? Is it better to have loved and lost? Or is it better never to have loved at all?
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to hold something true: to consider/believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever seen a ghost?</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/have-you-ever-seen-a-ghost/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/have-you-ever-seen-a-ghost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Where?
What?
When?
Who?
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		<title>If you ruled the world&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/if-you-ruled-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/if-you-ruled-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If YOU
were the
master of the universe
for one week,
what would you do?
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		<title>Who would you like to be today?</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/who-would-you-like-to-be-today/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/who-would-you-like-to-be-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you could change
for one day and
be anybody on earth
(present or historical),
who would it be?
And why?
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		<title>What do you think you were in your last life?</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/what-do-you-think-you-were-in-your-last-life/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/what-do-you-think-you-were-in-your-last-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[?!
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		<title>We are all basically selfish</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/we-are-all-basically-selfish/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/we-are-all-basically-selfish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think about this statement: &#8220;We are all basically selfish&#8220;?
Is it true? At the end of the day, are we all only interested in ourselves? Or are some people genuinely selfless and altruistic?
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		<title>What abbreviations and acronyms do you know?</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/what-abbreviations-and-acronyms-do-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/what-abbreviations-and-acronyms-do-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An abbreviation is something like &#8220;Dr&#8221; or &#8220;Dr.&#8221; for &#8220;Doctor&#8221;, or &#8220;Ltd&#8221; or &#8220;Ltd.&#8221; for &#8220;Limited&#8221;.
An acronym is made from the First Letters of other words, for example &#8220;NASA&#8221; for &#8220;National Aeronautics and Space Administration&#8221;, or &#8220;laser&#8221; for &#8220;Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation&#8221;.
What abbreviations and acronyms do you know?
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		<title>Alcohol should be illegal</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/alcohol-should-be-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/alcohol-should-be-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;ALCOHOL SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.&#8221;
???????????!!!!!!!!!!
What do you think
about THAT?!
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		<title>Mobile Phones Dangerous?</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/mobile-phones-dangerous/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/debate/mobile-phones-dangerous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some scientists now say that
mobile phones are dangerous and
may damage our brains
or cause cancer.
But not all scientists agree.
What do you think?
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		<title>God help us if this is how our think tanks think</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/rants/god-help-us-if-this-is-how-our-think-tanks-think/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/rants/god-help-us-if-this-is-how-our-think-tanks-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The extract below appeared in The Telegraph today. The Telegraph is a daily British newspaper of supposedly high reputation. The inability of its writers and editors to write English, demonstrated below, will cast doubt on that reputation.



The author of the above article is Dr David G Green, who is described as &#8220;director of the think tank Civitas&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Bless America. And Its Bombs</title>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/poetry/god-bless-america-and-its-bombs/</link>
		<comments>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/english/poetry/god-bless-america-and-its-bombs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By William Blum (http://killinghope.org)
&#8211;
When they bombed Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, El Salvador and Nicaragua I said nothing because I wasn&#8217;t a communist.
When they bombed China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Cuba, and the Congo I said nothing because I didn&#8217;t know about it.
When they bombed Lebanon and Grenada I said nothing because I didn&#8217;t understand it.
When they bombed [...]]]></description>
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