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		<title>January 3rd: Driver&#8217;s Permit and Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 20:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>July 8th: Eating Allergy Inducing Foods</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[South Louisiana]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biological Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defiance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[itch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rash]]></category>
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		<title>April 3rd: Cutest Earlobes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birth Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genetic Pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[traits]]></category>

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		<title>April 2nd: Long gestation period</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[approval]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>
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		<title>April 1st: April Fool’s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 29th: They ALL Look Alike</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 28th: Learn from the Mistakes of Others, or Not!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[broken bone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cast]]></category>
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		<title>March 21st: Only Gain but No Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>February 22nd: Fixing Flaws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>February 16: Mommy, Mummy and Mom-mei!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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