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	<title>life hereafter</title>
	<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com</link>
	<description>random musings from a wannabe economist</description>
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		<title>air quality action day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What the hell am I supposed to do about this?
I&#8217;m on weather.com earlier today and I see this &#8220;Air Quality&#8221; warning, so I click it. The warning reads;
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS DECLARED AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE REGION&#8230; IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT FRIDAY.
AN AIR QUALITY [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/06/04/air-quality-action-day/</link>
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		<title>on airlines &amp; baggage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who has ever flown in, once seen, or thought about an airplane, I feel as though it is my patriotic duty to add my inflation adjusted $0.02 into the mix.
In-case you have been hiding under a rock for the past week, Spirit Airlines announced that they will charge up to $45 for passengers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/04/18/on-airlines-baggage/</link>
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		<title>sway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The authors main premise is that we as humans are fundamentally flawed in our abilities to make rational decisions due to various factors in our upbringing and values systems.
Take for example the story about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/04/18/sway/</link>
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		<title>a lesson in changes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I just spent the past ten hours diagnosing a problem with my mac mini&#8217;s ability to connect to my wireless network.
Earlier today, out of nowhere (or so I thought) my mac was no longer able to connect to my home wireless network. I received the dreaded &#8220;Unable to Connect&#8221; no matter what I tried. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/04/03/a-lesson-in-changes/</link>
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		<title>life, death and taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, the government is really fast at pulling money right out of your bank account when you owe them. I guess times are tough&#8230;
Speaking of taxes, I just finished completing the paper forms for my seventh and final state. Whew. If I was deciding where to live based solely on Tax forms I&#8217;m pretty sure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/31/life-death-and-taxes/</link>
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		<title>census recommendations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear President Omaba;
I know you and the Congress are currently struggling with small ways we can reduce the national debt that won&#8217;t greatly impact everyone. As I was reviewing my mail this evening I saw a letter from the US Department of Commerce with the words 2010 Census on the envelope. Thinking that this was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/08/census-recommendations/</link>
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		<title>price discrimination in action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across something during my Sunday shopping routine that really bothered me today. Recently I have been drinking those V8 Splash, vegetable juice hidden in fruit juice, things. I noticed they make a &#8220;light&#8221; version which has half the calories and sugar content as the regular version. Upon closer inspection I determined that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/02/21/price-discrimination-in-action/</link>
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		<title>under the dome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Under the Dome by Stephen King
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Ok. At just shy of 1100 pages, this was one monster of a book.
This was my first Stephen King novel and as such was not very familiar with his writing. I have seen a lot of his movies and thoroughly enjoyed them and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/02/07/under-the-dome/</link>
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		<title>clear philadelphia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months back Clear, the WiMax 4G Joint-Venture between Sprint, Comcast and a host of other companies launched in the Philadelphia area claiming broadband speeds up to 4X faster than the cell phone companies. Given that neither Comcast High-speed, nor Verizon FiOS was available in my Center City condo, I decided to give it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/01/13/clear-philadelphia/</link>
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		<title>well-intentioned government-created waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a tremendous example of well-meaning government creating inefficients and waste. Take a look at the article from across the pond:
Twelve million low-energy light bulbs were posted to households over Christmas  by an energy company as part of its legal obligation to cut carbon  emissions, despite government advice that many would never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/01/02/well-intentioned-government-created-waste/</link>
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