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<title><![CDATA[Updating to fire code is costly but saves lives]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Our condominium complex is 40 years old. We have always provided additional storage facilities to our owners and residents as an amenity. Recently, the local fire department cited us in violating its codes because of the storage rooms. It ordered us to empty them and seal the rooms!]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Army man wins grand prize for litter love letter]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Responding to a request to debunk the "crazy cat lady" myth, Army Specialist Nathan Davis wrote a story about Cmdr. Frank Sinatra and Sgt. Snog.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Organizations that arrange volunteer travel programs]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Environment/agriculture Sierra Club (415) 977-5522; www.sierraclub.org/outings/national]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forecast calls for red hot flurries]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the first year I had Brazilian red hots, I watched with curiosity how they changed from spring to summer to fall.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Voluntour' trips have benefits, risks]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Everyone, it seems, is getting into the act. Even cruise ships and hotels now offer guests the opportunity to volunteer. Last summer, Holland America launched Cruise With Purpose: Passengers stopping in Juneau boarded research vessels to collect water samples and record ocean-temperature readings to try to predict the success of Alaska's salmon run season.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's game on for 200-year-old table]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[I inherited some antiques from my mother 10 years ago. Among them is a table, which my wife says is a game table. It is 37 inches wide by 29 inches high. It is in good condition except that a hinge on the folding leaf is broken.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Christmas brings (very) warm memories]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[My wife, Ginny, and I were married June 29, 1956. I still had two years of college to complete. Not having much money, we moved into a small prefabricated house of a type that was mass-produced by the thousands, constructed of plywood and used for temporary housing for returning World War II GIs. By 1956, the housing crunch was past, and these units were rented to anyone.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pass-around box still holds meaning]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A housewarming gift was enclosed in a square, red-and-green box in 1961. I do not remember what was in the box, but I remember the box.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Last-minute garden gifts? Go hands-on]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[If you're still looking for a Christmas gift for your favorite gardener (yourself included), tools are practical, appreciated and priced for every budget.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Snow, sleds made for a beautiful holiday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[When my husband's mother invited us to spend Christmas with her in 1975, we thought it would be a good time to go.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fruitcake Wreath proves better fruit makes better fruitcake]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A key to the success of Rose Levy Beranbaum's Fruitcake Wreath: an abundance of pecans and walnuts, which give a warm flavor to the cake. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:27:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sugar Plum Poetry]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Roger Allen's poem beat out more than 200 poems for the top spot in the Tribune's 2009 Fruitcake Haiku Contest.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For ex-stray Bailey, it's a wonderful life]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[There's a new star in our midst. Lutz pooch Bailey, a 3-year-old malti-poo mix, was featured on ABC's "Wheel of Fortune" recently to celebrate Pet Lovers Week along with PeoplePets.com.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hiring a condo manager likely best route]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Would you please clarify the legality of compensation for the board of directors of a condominium association?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sit down for crazy price on X-chairs]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[I would like to know the history of our chairs. They are similar, but one is larger than the other. After having them in the family since the 1940s painted black, we finally refinished them.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spreading the love: It's just what we do]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/11/111834/tr-spreading-the-love-its-just-what-we-do/life-home-gardening/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[There must be some chromosome, some fleck of DNA, that compels gardeners to plant and plant until every patch of dirt is given over to fruits and flowers, or fruit- and flower-related necessities, like garden swings.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:34:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cooler weather can mean fungus woes for lawns]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/11/111833/tr-cooler-weather-can-mean-fungus-woes-for-lawns/life-home-gardening/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[My St. Augustine lawn looked great until a couple weeks ago. But almost overnight, I started seeing patches of yellowing leaf blades that eventually turned brown. What's going on?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:33:59 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lazy gardener ready to take the poinsettia challenge]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/06/tr-lazy-gardener-ready-to-take-the-poinsettia-chal/life-home-gardening/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I've always had a tendency to lump poinsettias into a category with other popular Christmas gift plants, such as holiday cacti, amaryllis, paperwhites and orchids. Even if they never bloom again, I tell myself, they're worth the investment, because they're so beautiful and last much longer than cut flowers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Skillfully made skull draws on the Aztecs]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[I would like to know the age, origin and value of my hand-carved, life-sized skull with an intertwined snake. It opens to a small space much like a humidor. It might have belonged to Gene Autry.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[December a good time to re-shrub]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[December is a busy month for many of us - but this holiday season may be the perfect time for a landscape makeover.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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