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		<title>CHANGE Birmingham &#8211; Vote for Mayor on Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/change-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Birmingham electing a new Mayor on Tuesday, I&#8217;d like to repost three commercials we developed at TechBirmingham a couple of years ago.  This was far in advance of President Obama&#8217;s Change and Hope campaigns.  Regardless of who the next Mayor ends up being, I hope that he will consider that change comes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=321&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham Region: 6 unemployed per 1 job posting, ranking #36 nationally</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a job?  You&#8217;re not alone&#8230; according to Employment data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and compiled by INDEED.COM, the Birmingham region ranks #36 out of the 50 largest metro areas.  The data is a bit &#8216;dated&#8217; in that the most recent data is from September 2009, but there is only one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=317&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If Anthony Bordain came to Birmingham&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/anthony-bordain-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll gladly admit that one of my recent guilty pleasures has been catching up with seasons upon seasons of Anthony Bordain: No Reservations on the travel channel.  Thank goodness for a DVR, because these episodes are often during the day (I&#8217;ve seen one on the TV while eating lunch at Pappa&#8217;s in Vestavia Hills) or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=308&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Fizzing End to Summer &#8211; Guinness World Record attempt on August 8th</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/a-fizzing-end-to-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vestavia Hills High School Band has high ambitions.  This coming New Years, they will be marching the Mayor&#8217;s parade in London, England.  To pay for the trip, they have come up with a stunt that could also land them on the list of Guinness World Records. Recipe: One 2-liter Diet Coke per person Seven [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=302&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Car Bomb in Birmingham (yes, Ala. &#8211; not UK)</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/car-bomb-in-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in, as reported by FOX6: BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) &#8211; A Walker County man was sitting in his vehicle on Wednesday, when a bomb exploded. The victim is now in serious condition at UAB Hospital. Agents with the ATF and FBI have been called in to assist police to find out who planted the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=300&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Green Building Focus&#8221; Expo in July + Ed Begley, Jr. comes to town</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/green-building-focus-expo-in-july-ed-begley-jr-comes-to-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from Catalyst, the &#8220;hip to be civic&#8221; crowd: The Green Building Focus Expo is July 28, 29 and 30 at the BJCC starting at 7:30 each morning. It is a forum that has been done in South Africa and worldwide and seeks to create Birmingham as a &#8220;green hub&#8221; for sustainable building [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=297&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good news for Alabama&#8230; a silver shovel for our effort</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/good-news-for-alabama-a-silver-shovel-for-our-effort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy DeButts at the Birmingham Business Journal just announced that the State of Alabama is one of 11 states to earn a &#8220;Silver Shovel&#8221; award for its economic development capabilities. The award was given after [Area Development] magazine reviewed data from each state’s top 10 job creation and investment projects in 2008. Only those projects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=281&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing Michael Warren well on his move to LA</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/wishing-michael-warren-well-wishes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just knew this day was coming. My favorite local musical artist, Michael Warren, has made his decision.  I introduced my teenage daughter to him a couple of years ago and it&#8217;s a father-daughter tradition to see him perform here in Birmingham at WorkPlay (our favorite), City Stages, etc.  Much to our dismay, he is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=266&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Res ipsa loquitur, Mayor Langford</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/mayor-langford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a saying that Birmingham&#8217;s former Mayor, Bernard Kincaid, used to say&#8230; Res ipsa loquitur So, Kyle Whitmire, of the Birmingham Weekly decided to check the facts for themselves.  He reports in the current issue that Birmingham&#8217;s current Mayor, Larry Langford, actually lives in Fairfield, Alabama instead of within the City of Birmingham.  He was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=262&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Picture: &#8220;HOPE&#8221; decays in downtown Birmingham</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/hope-decays-picture-in-downtown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine came over for the IndyCars test session and wore a version of this poster on his shirt, but with Reagan and RIGHT.  He said it is not well received in Atlanta but he got lots of positive comments about it while here in Birmingham.  He didn&#8217;t head downtown, where I predict [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=259&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham receives 2 Billionth Netflix shipment&#8230; no Foolin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/2-billionth-netflix-shipment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[* * * * * Of all the mailboxes in all the towns in all the world, Netflix sent their 2 Billionth shipment into mine. * * * * * I&#8217;m only guessing that this was what Clay Shannon of Birmingham was thinking yesterday on April Fools Day, of all days.  The story broke this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=247&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is GOD Great?  Find out at Samford on 3 March</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/is-god-great/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a Facebook ad (yes, they seem more relevant when you use the thumbs up/down feature) I came across the following event&#8230; Is God Great? A Debate Leading atheist and acclaimed journalist, Christopher Hitchens, goes head to head with Christian apologist and Oxford Professor, John Lennox. 3 March 2009 Samford University Wright Center I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=240&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Got pix of Michael Jordan in Birmingham?</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/michael-jordan-in-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Birmingham Barons are seeking your help.  In a press release, issued today, they have asked for any pictures and/or video that fans may have of Michael Jordan&#8217;s time in a Baron&#8217;s uniform: Ron Shelton, director of such baseball films as the classic &#8220;Bull Durham&#8221; and &#8220;Cobb,&#8221; is coming to Birmingham in late March to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=244&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong&#8217;s &#8220;Ride to Live&#8221; Returns</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/armstrongs-ride-to-live-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong&#8217;s &#8220;Ride to Live&#8221; race returns to Birmingham&#8217;s Barber Motorsports Park this April 11th.  Yes, the road race course that is &#8220;mecca&#8221; for motorcyclists, loved by automobile race drivers as well, and even hosted a fun run on the track will play host again to the peddle-powered cycles.  This is not the &#8220;century&#8221; we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=237&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham snags one from Atlanta &amp; Salt Lake City</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/barber-track-snags-schwantz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a month old news, but it needs to be shouted from the rooftops&#8230; Roadracing World Publishing reported in January that &#8220;Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School is moving from Road Atlanta to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.&#8221; Schwantz was the 1993 500cc GP World Champion.  So, Barber will now host both an exclusive Porsche [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=235&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All new Smart Cafe to open March 14th at McWane Science Center</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/all-new-smart-cafe-to-open-march-14th-at-mcwane-science-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[McWane Science Center’s Café will be closed for the next several weeks because it is undergoing renovations. The space will be transformed into the new SMART CAFE that will offer visitors healthier food options and educate visitors about making smarter choices about their lifestyle. The SMART CAFÉ will re-open on March 14th.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=232&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indy Cars to return to Birmingham &#8211; ONLY pre-season road course test</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/indy-cars-to-return-to-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s open wheel racing league, the Indy Racing League (IRL) returns to Birmingham&#8216;s Barber Motorsports Park this March.  They ran some test sessions last year on the track and it made for a great time for those of us that went out to view these beautiful cars roll around our favorite road course.  It&#8217;s a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=229&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watch the Space Station fly by from Birmingham</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/watch-the-space-station-fly-by-from-birmingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a Biology professor at Samford, I was reminded by email that we have an opportunity to watch the International Space Station fly by in the sky tonight and tomorrow: Wednesday, Dec. 10 from about 4:43 PM until 4:48 PM you should see the International Space Station rising in the NW sky, going across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=224&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate Repeal Day on 12/5 at Speakeasy</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/celebrate-repeal-day-on-125-at-speakeasy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Andre notes, this 5th of December will be the 75th anniversary of the Constitutional Amendment that repealed prohibition.  How cool to celebrate with Birmingham&#8217;s Terminal and its readership than to attend their &#8220;Terminally Happy Hour&#8221; at Birmingham&#8217;s very own Speakeasy 1920. Check HERE for all of the details (location map). Don&#8217;t forget to RSVP on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=217&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One, Two, Punch&#8230; Plea, Langford out on bond</title>
		<link>http://curtispalmer.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/one-two-punch-plea-langford-out-on-bond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Katopodis, now the Mayor of Birmingham. Not to say that we didn&#8217;t see it coming &#8212; Mayor Langford was arrested by Federal authorities today.  He entered a not-guilty plea and was released on bond within hours of his arrest.  More details at Wade on Birmingham.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=curtispalmer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=151166&amp;post=220&amp;subd=curtispalmer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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