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		<title>(Wild Applause in the Cairns Household)</title>
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Yep, this immigrant has finally been immigrated. After a year and a half of bureaucratic wrangling you are now reading the blog of a bonafide permanent resident of these United States. Lady Liberty has, at least for the moment, allowed her cold suspicion to melt away and now welcomes me to her bosom of freedom with open arms and a glossy brochure.
I also feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomascairns.com/2008/09/06/wild-applause-in-the-cairns-household/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s this crazy thing: they&#8217;re eating dinner while we&#8217;re eating breakfast! It&#8217;s the Olympics in China!</title>
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As the Olympics get set to kick off tomorrow evening/morning (depending on your hemisphere) some of the political tensions surrounding the games have increased in intensity and visibility. President Bush arrived in the country today after comments criticizing China&#8217;s human rights record and restriction of civil freedoms, which provoked a swift response from the Chinese government:
“The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomascairns.com/2008/08/07/its-this-crazy-thing-theyre-eating-dinner-while-were-eating-breakfast/</link>
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		<title>Let them eat dirt?</title>
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With rising food prices it is important to compare your shopping options&#8230;

 
There are plenty of reports like this one on American news programs: advice on how to stretch your food budget, how to manage the 30% increase in the price of eggs or the rising cost of milk. The authors give good tips like eating before going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomascairns.com/2008/07/29/let-them-eat-dirt/</link>
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		<title>SURPRISE!</title>
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Someone dear to you has an upcoming birthday/anniversary/random reason for rejoicing - what should you do to celebrate? Maybe you could throw them a surprise party&#8230;
 

 
(Apologies to my Canadian readership as I have doubts as to whether you will be able to view this video&#8230; and to everyone else for the advertisement. Video is provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomascairns.com/2008/07/26/surprise/</link>
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		<title>Keep calm. Don&#8217;t resist. Believe the government.</title>
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The piece of advice that provides this post&#8217;s title is not a quote from Orwell&#8217;s 1984. It comes from an anti-terrorist attack manual provided by the Chinese government in advance of the Beijing Olympics (from BBC reporter James Reynolds&#8217; excellent China/Olympics blog). The manual also includes sage advice for detecting terrorists like the following (all translations are provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomascairns.com/2008/07/24/keep-calm-dont-resist-believe-the-government/</link>
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		<title>Dark Lords, Muggles and Islam: Harry Potter and Mark Steyn&#8217;s &#8220;The Future Belongs to Islam&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over here they transcend chaos and discuss freedom of speech and Mark Steyn&#8217;s tussles with politically correct Canadian bureacratic machinery. I&#8217;ve weighed in with some hasty and poorly-developed thoughts of my own, and for the most part feel largely ignorant and ill-equipped to provide much of a contribution to the discussion of free speech and the borders of the public square. So, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomascairns.com/2008/07/22/dark-lords-muggles-and-islam-harry-potter-and-mark-steyns-the-future-belongs-to-islam/</link>
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