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	<description>Homesite of Wendy &#038; Eric</description>
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		<title>US Auto Industry Bailout</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read that CEOs from the big three US automakers were in Washington DC this week looking for a bailout. The automakers have mismanaged their companies. Despite warning bells sounding over 30 years ago, decision makers failed to pursue a course of long term responsibility. Instead they chose to push SUVs, mini-vans, pickup trucks, and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycling: The Beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early 80s I bought my first real bike, a Miyata 210. For its time, the 210 was considered a well built touring bike featuring a triple butted chrome-moly frame, 18 speeds, and down tube shifters. At 28 pounds stock plus additional mass from a heavy “U” lock and other accessories it was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Computers are Garbage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Computers, like all other electronic devices, have finite life spans. What begins as a powerful, bleeding edge, technological wonder eventually outlives its usefulness. In just a few years, new applications come along that require more memory, more storage, faster processors, better quality media cards&#8230;. The computer becomes antiquated.
But the machine still works and you just can&#8217;t bear to throw away something that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backun Bells &#038; Whistles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of musical instruments and accessories, someone always is laying claim to a breakthrough that will revolutionize clarinet playing as we know it. Every aspect of the instrument is fair game: mouthpieces, ligatures, barrels, bells, thumbrests, key work, pads, reeds… The list is endless. Years ago as a serious music student, I experimented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Way Symphony Part 3: The Orchestra Disintegrates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is the third in a series of posts about my experience with the Federal Way Symphony. The previous post is: Federal Way Symphony Part 2: From Bad to Worse.]
Several weeks of turbulence preceded the first rehearsal of the Federal Way Symphony’s 2007-08 season. A number of musicians&#8211;including me&#8211;had declined to sign the Symphony’s contract but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Way Symphony Part 2: From Bad to Worse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is the second in a series of posts about my experience with the Federal Way Symphony. The previous post is: Federal Way Symphony Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.]
Over the 25+ year reign of the music director, the Federal Way Symphony became known throughout the Seattle-Tacoma region for mistreating musicians, particularly wind players. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Way Symphony Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I joined the Federal Way Symphony as principal clarinetist at the start of the 2001-02 season. My six year tenure with this small budget, medium sized (50+) professional orchestra has been a mixed bag and has illuminated some of the best and worst aspects of orchestral playing.
The most attractive part of playing with FWS was [...]]]></description>
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