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		<title>Cool Cats in LA &#8211; Fitz and the Tantrums</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Michael Nichols in the Redwoods; Extreme Exposure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post has a terrific post by famed photographer, Michael Nichols, about his relationship with a 1,500-year-old tree. Michael Nichols, a native of Alabama, is an award-winning photographer and editor-at-large for National Geographic magazine whose work has taken him to the most remote corners of the world. Nichols has devoted himself to producing photography that affects environmental change. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1319&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kimpton, American Airlines and the Southwest Most Favored by GLBT Travelers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Community Marketing&#8217;s (www.communitymarketinginc.com) 15th Annual LGBT Tourism Survey from October 2010, the Southwest continues to be a favored destination for gay travelers, with destinations in California, Nevada and Arizona taking 8 of the top 20 slots! The list is reflective of the 4,296 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender respondents who are residents of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1312&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take More Than Heavy Coat When Visiting Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, with so few women in Alaska, they&#8217;ve long said that the odds are good, but the goods are odd; referring to the men. Now it seems, the odds of catching more than just a man are also in your favor, but that&#8217;s not the kind of odds that&#8217;ll get you excited. According to Anchorage Daily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1307&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Money Saving Tips from Airfarewatchdog.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Zipline Canopy Tour Coming to Smugglers&#8217; Notch Vermont</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In partnership with ArborTrek Canopy Adventures, Smugglers&#8217; Notch will open a year-round zipline canopy tour on December 20. The tour will feature 8 to 10 ziplines (depending on the season), two suspension bridges, and one rappel. The longest zipline will provide a ride of about 1000 feet, and the experience will be thrilling and memorable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flower Power coming to Philadelphia this Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show will transport visitors to the beautiful City of Light – the capital of art, fashion, food and love &#8212; from March 6-13 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. A blooming “Springtime in Paris” will greet guests with a bucolic park scene along the Seine. Flowering trees, lilacs, roses and borders of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1291&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Museum&#8217; Without Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Philadelphia, the month-old &#8220;Museum Without Walls&#8221; audio program was created to be used like a customizable museum that&#8217;s free and never closes. Its self-guided audio tours are available 24-7 in several different formats: You can call phone numbers listed with each sculpture, use a free smart phone app, download the audio at http:// museumwithoutwallsaudio.org [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1287&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BLACK SHEEP THANKSGIVING WEEKEND 2010 &#8211; PALM SPRINGS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outcasts, rejects, sinners and orphans, don&#8217;t stress when it comes to the holidays. There&#8217;s a place where you belong&#8230; in the sun, surrounded by other freaks, tramps and dandies. Grab your speedo and come frolic with your family who loves you and appreciates you, just as you are. Or, maybe 10 pounds thinner. VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1259&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cruisin&#8217; the Castro Tours ranks #19 out of 481 San Francisco tours!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cruisin’ the Castro (Tel: 415-255-1821. www.cruisinthecastro.com), which offers historical walking tours of San Francisco&#8217;s queer history and rich gay heritage, has reason to celebrate. Says Kathy Amendola, owner and guide, &#8220;Wow, many thanks to dear supporters for sharing their Cruisin&#8217; the Castro Tour comments on TripAdvisors.com!  Because of you, we&#8217;ve been voted one of the TOP tours in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1277&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ace Hotel Celebrates Gay Pride Palm Springs &#8211; &#8220;WEST COAST LOVE TRAIN&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;WEST COAST LOVE TRAIN&#8221; is Gay Pride Weekend in Palm Springs at the Ace Hotel, November 4-7, featuring DJ Victor Rodriguez. Live Music &#8211; Drag Shows &#8211; Pool Parties! Ace Hotel and Swim Club, (www.acehotel.com/palmsprings) Tel: (760) 325-9900. 701 East Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA. &#8220;West Coast Love Train&#8221; is in its 2nd year and featuring some of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1261&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Springs is for Animal Lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The much-needed new Palm Springs Animal Shelter won’t open until next year, but there’s already reason to celebrate. A new mini-dog park that just opened this month gives shelter dogs a safe place to play and sniff around. The park was built with the generous support of local businesses and volunteers from the Friends of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1251&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Money Saving Asses and Green Studs Take Back Europe&#8217;s Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the guardian.co.uk -  Long before recycling became a household word, a Paris prefect called Eugene Poubelle, introduced three separate containers for household waste – glass and pottery, oyster and mussel shells, and the rest &#8211; and had horse-drawn carts empty them. Six years later, his surname entered the Academy dictionary as the word for &#8220;dustbin&#8221;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1247&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good News for &#8216;Dungeons and Dragons&#8217; Holdouts</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/good-news-for-dungeons-and-dragons-holdouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient pagan tradition of Druidry has been formally recognized as a religion in Britain — a decision its followers hailed Saturday as as a long-overdue status for the worship of spirits and the natural world. The Druid Network, a group of about 350 Druids which seeks to inform, inspire and facilitate Druidry as a religion, will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1243&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comic-Con to San Diego, &#8220;I&#8217;m not leaving you&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/comic-con-to-san-diego-im-not-leaving-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comic-Con International, the largest comics convention of its kind in the world, today announced it will be staying in San Diego for the foreseeable future. Comic-Con reached a self-imposed attendance limit at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) in 2007 and has had to cap attendance at approximately 125,000 people each year since. In looking at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Southwest Make Other Carries Repent?</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/can-southwest-make-other-carries-repent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AP reports that Southwest&#8217;s bid for AirTran will do more than bolster route map. Monday&#8217;s acquisition of AirTran shows how much Southwest is counting on business travelers to propel its growth in the future. The deal will let Southwest enter Atlanta and expand quickly in New York and Boston, all markets that are important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1230&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mini Unveils New Trendy Electric Scooter</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/mini-woos-trendy-urban-hipsters-with-e-scooter-autopia-wired-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wired.com doesn&#8217;t seem too thrilled about Mini rolling into the Paris Motor Show with an electric scooter that Mini says “meets the needs of the young urban generation,” because “it’s spontaneous, flexible and CO2-free.” Wired goes on to report that Mini didn’t offer any specs beyond saying the E-Scooter is powered by an electric motor and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1224&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia Now Largest US City with Casino</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/philadelphia-now-largest-us-city-with-casino/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia became the largest US city with a casino Thursday when Pennsylvania&#8217;s 10th gambling hall opened despite years of community protests and delays. The SugarHouse Casino is the first casino located in the City of Philadelphia. Situated on the Delaware River&#8217;s waterfront on North Delaware Avenue, the casino boasts 45,000 square feet of gaming with all the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1219&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens in Vegas Does NOT Always Stay in Vegas</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/what-happens-in-vegas-does-not-always-stay-in-vegas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Las Vegas, After nearly 200 shows, this gal needs a rest. Those Mackie gowns are heavy. And frankly, this desert climate isn&#8217;t helping my skin at all. You can&#8217;t say it wasn&#8217;t fun, and profitable for us both. I&#8217;ll be around for a while longer, but not much. - Cher Filed under: southwest, world music<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1215&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;&#8230;this would be comfortable seating&#8230;&#8221; NOT!</title>
		<link>http://vonschmitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/this-would-be-comfortable-seating-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN.com reports that Italian firm Aviointeriors has a really twisted sense of comfort. And btw, if anyone out there knows any real cowboys, ask them to tell dear Dominique what eight hours in a saddle feels like. &#8220;For flights anywhere from one to possibly even up to three hours &#8230; this would be comfortable seating,&#8221; Dominique [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vonschmitt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061065&amp;post=1212&amp;subd=vonschmitt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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