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	<title>Preserving Your History &#187; The past is now</title>
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		<title>More Aha Moments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trish</dc:creator>
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Has the Mutual of Omaha Aha Tour come to your hometown yet?  Check out their tour schedule to see if the van is going to be near you.  They are going around the country recording people&#8217;s aha moments.  Do you have one you&#8217;d like to share?
Here&#8217;s their definition of an aha moment: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Verbal Skeletons in Our History &#8211; The &#8220;N&#8221; Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My great-grandfather, Ed Rinne, was born in 1880 in Illinois.  As  a young man, he spent a short time farming with his father in Alabama.  I am lucky to have an audio interview with him done sometime in the late 70&#8217;s when he would have been 90+ years old.  But I was shocked when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Ella to read when she gets older</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ella,
You probably don&#8217;t remember much about your trip to Disneyland in April of 2009.  13 grueling hours of lines and concrete and brief, wild rides.  The highlight of the day was your visit to the princesses.  Your Aunt Pam waited in line for almost 90 minutes for you.  Just as you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Cosgrove]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom sent me 12 audio cassettes recently. She had no idea what was on them. After transferring them to a digital format, I discovered hours of my family&#8217;s personal history. There was an interview with my great-grandfather with more than you&#8217;d ever want to know about hay baling. But the most exciting aspects of [...]]]></description>
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