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	<title>Merrilyn Hope&#039;s Blog</title>
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		<title>X Factor Australia &#8211; Reece Mastin versus Three Wishez</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/x-factor-australia-reece-mastin-versus-three-wishez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio vixen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reece mastin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was &#8216;Australia Week&#8217; for the X Factor Australia contestants, 2012..  They all had to sing an Ozzie classic rock number. Well, there are only three contestants left who can REALLY sing.  These are Reece Mastin,  who is my very favourite and an absolute knock-out,  the &#8216;Three Wishez&#8217;, who are also quite wonderful, and Stephen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronan Keating Interviewed on TVNZ 4 February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[X Factor Australia Judge Ronan Keating played a concert last night in New Zealand,  3 February, 2012, and gave an interview to TVNZ&#8217; Channel One on the same day.  This was aired on telly today, Saturday the 4th February. We all love Ronan Keating.  What a fabulous singer, and what a really nice man.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim.com Denied Bail Again Auckland 3 February 2012</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/kim-com-denied-bail-again-auckland-3-february-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[megaupload]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appeal For Bail Turned Down:  Until he is proven guilty, Kim.com is still an innocent man.  Yet Kim.com has to spend the next four weeks behind bars in New Zealand, in Auckland&#8217;s Mount Eden prison.  His second  appeal  for bail in the Auckland District Court this week failed again to see his request  granted. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbalists And Homeopaths Can Develop Sensitivity To Their Own Potions</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/herbalists-and-homeopaths-can-develop-sensitivity-to-their-own-potions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bee keepers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herbal remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeopathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensitivity to herbal medicines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that Bee Keepers often develop allergies to their own bees, to their stings, and to the pollen that they carry?   This can happen after many, many years of  working as a bee-keeper.  Suddenly, one day, an allergic reaction can be experienced from a sting, when it has never happened before.  This usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim.com Blown Up By NZ Govt To Pave Way For Chinese Land Grab</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[crafar farms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MegaUpload.com shut-down and the arrest of Kim.com have caused much controversy here in New Zealand.  The timing couldn&#8217;t have been better for the  New Zealand government,  who used the moment to rush in the sale of  the Crafer farms, the 16 prime dairy farms,  to Chinese investors, despite the majority of the public being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Crafar Dairy Farms Sold To Chinese Investors</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/new-zealand-crafar-dairy-farms-sold-to-chinese-investors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nigeria oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pita sharples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic  Suicide:  John Key is mad. He COULD have stopped the sale of these sixteen farms to overseas investors in this, the last week of January 2012.   As he said in an interview two nights ago, to reassure us, the government has the power to change the law at any time, so if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeopathy Articles In NZ Sunday Star Times Ill-Informed By Ignorant Doctors</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/homeopathy-articles-in-nz-sunday-star-times-ill-informed-by-ignorant-doctors/</link>
		<comments>http://merrilynhope.com/homeopathy-articles-in-nz-sunday-star-times-ill-informed-by-ignorant-doctors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Shaun Holt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Kiwis Big Believers in Homeopathy&#8217; reads the head-line of the Sunday Star Times. January 22nd, 2012. But Homeopathy Has Been Proven.  It is not just a belief.  I will explain further on, how Homeopathy has been subjected to suppressive laws which have meant that research findings are not published in regular medical journals. Many medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim.com Denied Bail In Auckland NZ Today 25th January 2012</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/kim-com-denied-bail-in-auckland-nz-today-25th-january-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://merrilynhope.com/kim-com-denied-bail-in-auckland-nz-today-25th-january-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MegaUpload Update:  Lawyer Paul Davison, Q.C., spoke of his disappointment on tonight&#8217;s news, over the judge denying bail to Kim.com and his colleagues today.  MegaUpload.com bosses appeared in the North Shore Court today to have their plea for bail heard. Mr Paul Davison, Q.C.  made the point after the hearing, that the judge is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reece Mastin Will Win X Factor Australia 2012</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/reece-mastin-will-win-x-factor-australia-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://merrilynhope.com/reece-mastin-will-win-x-factor-australia-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio vixen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mick jagger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reece mastin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mick Jagger look-alike?  Reece Mastin has the look of the young Rolling Stones rocker, Mick Jagger, and can sing just as well.  Perhaps he is a distant relative of Mick?  Or his grandson?  Both  have sensuous, luscious lips,  winning smiles, dynamic performances, and both were born in the United Kingdom, so who knows?  This boy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oppose New Zealand Government&#8217;s New Food Bill 160-2/1301</title>
		<link>http://merrilynhope.com/oppose-new-zealand-governments-new-food-bill-160-21301/</link>
		<comments>http://merrilynhope.com/oppose-new-zealand-governments-new-food-bill-160-21301/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merrilyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armageddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate greed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[megaupload.com]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate Greed Behind New Food Bill.  This bill is being instigated, like the swoop on MegaUpload.com bosses and the closure of their site,  by corporate powers who have great influence on the  American government, and the governments of small nations like our own little New Zealand.  It is the Christmas Holidays January 2012.  The government [...]]]></description>
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