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		<title>Big sound, small package</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in my piece in the Charlotte Observer &#8211; Smarter Living.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Here in my piece in the Charlotte Observer &#8211; <a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/www.charlotteobserver.com-big-sounds-come-in-small-packages.pdf">Smarter Living.</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Communities in Schools Helps Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cityscape]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dropout prevention program helps kids help themselves - Here is a community support effort for CIS.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Dropout prevention program helps kids help themselves -<a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/www.charlotteobserver.com-eat-out-june-18-to-help-at-risk.pdf"> Here is a community support effort for CIS.</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Notes of her own making</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Observer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talented young new classical music composer Elizabeth Kowalski isn&#8217;t waiting to have her work discovered &#8211; she is putting it out there on her own terms. read my piece about her here in the Charlotte Observer.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Talented young new classical music composer Elizabeth Kowalski isn&#8217;t waiting to have her work discovered &#8211; she is putting it out there on her own terms. read my piece about her <a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/www.charlotteobserver.com-notes-of-her-own-making.pdf">here in the Charlotte Observer.</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Scaling new culinary heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Observer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet James Hettinger &#8211; tallest chef in North America. Here at the Charlotte Observer.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Meet James Hettinger &#8211; tallest chef in North America. Here at <a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/www.charlotteobserver.com-concord-chef-.pdf">the Charlotte Observer.</a></strong></p>
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		<title>First Person Essay: The Poker Boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am really pleased to have my piece selected by the University of MN alumni publication for spotlight. Here are the Poker Boys.]]></description>
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<p><strong>I am really pleased to have my piece selected by the University of MN alumni publication for spotlight.<a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/POKERBOYS.pdf"> </a></strong><a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/POKERBOYS.pdf"><strong>Here are the Poker Boys</strong>.</a></p>
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		<title>Farmer&#8217;s Daughter Comes with Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 10:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the agrarian kind! Here in my annual tomato piece for the Observer.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Of the agrarian kind! Here in my annual <a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/www.charlotteobserver.com-optimistic-about-this-years-tomatoes.pdf">tomato piece for the Observer. </a></strong></p>
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		<title>Seniors laugh all the way through date</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 17:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballantyne Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t tell these seniors dating is for kids. Here in Date Night at Ballantyne Magazine they laugh all the way home.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Don&#8217;t tell these seniors dating is for kids. Here in<a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/DateNightsr.pdf"> Date Night at Ballantyne Magazin</a>e they laugh all the way home.</strong></p>
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		<title>More taste &#8211; Less waist. Skinny drinks take over.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 15:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballantyne Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in my piece at Ballantyne Magazine.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Here in my <a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/SkinnyDrinks.pdf">piece at Ballantyne </a>Magazine.</strong></p>
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		<title>Mayors&#8217; forum falls short</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte ViewPoint]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very few new ideas or fresh thinking came from the five former Charlotte mayors who gathered to address the city&#8217;s future. IMHO at Charlotte Viewpoint.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Very few new ideas or fresh thinking came from the five former Charlotte mayors who gathered to address the city&#8217;s future. IMHO <a href="http://www.charlotteviewpoint.org/article/3054/Opportunity-Lost">at Charlotte Viewpoint.</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Outdoor art enthusiast documents every work in the city</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Solender</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Copulsky is one busy guy. He is documenting every piece of outdoor art in Charlotte at Charlotteoutdoorart.org. I chat with him here at Southark Magazine.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Steve Copulsky is one busy guy. He is documenting every piece of outdoor art in Charlotte at Charlotteoutdoorart.org. I chat with him <a href="http://michaeljwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/Copulsky2.pdf.pdf">here at Southark Magazine.</a></strong></p>
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