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		<description>The original writings of author John Pollock</description>
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			<title>How Automatic Faucets Work</title>
			<description>Automatic Faucets are made by combining four importantcomponents: Solenoid valve, sensor and control electronics and power supply,and faucet.&amp;nbsp;Even though there are variations to this subject, these are crucialtools each with a distinct function which, when combined, constitute aautomati..</description>
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			<title>How to Properly Clean an Acrylic Bathtub</title>
			<description>Cleaning anacrylic bathtub is easy as long as you employ the right Products. Acrylicscratches easy, so it is maybe not just a fantastic idea to work with ascouring pad or hard brush. Chemical cleaners with solvents can damage theacrylic, finally causing it to crack. To safely clean it, follo..</description>
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			<title>What Is This Life?</title>
			<description>More musings. I might do this more often.</description>
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			<title>So There's This Girl</title>
			<description>Stream of consciousness musings. Hopefully this will bring me enough courage to actually ask this girl out instead of just writing about it.</description>
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			<title>The Hallmark Salute</title>
			<description>A story of high school crushes, semi-formal dances, and the fine line between friendship and something more.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CellarDoor96/1487123/</link>
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			<title>Traffic Lights</title>
			<description>The saga of a lonely, nearly drunk teenager on his way to pick up his brother from work, the girl he can't stop thinking about, and the weird way fate plays a hand.</description>
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			<title>Armor</title>
			<description>You stand there in your armor,It's silver gleam protecting you,Your dreams, your thoughts, your flawsFrom the people who seek to cast it off.I lie there on the ground,Rusted pieces of metal sprawled at your feet.My doubts and fears all exposed to you,My heart cracked and broken.And as you gaze down ..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter Seven</title>
			<description>Chapter 7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Amy&amp;rsquo;s phone rang, the feeling ofAberdeen&amp;rsquo;s soft hand melting away with the noise of her ringtone. She glancedat her screen, gave me an apologetic look and walked inside, leaving me alonewith my still half-eaten bagel. Her coffee sat acr..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter Six</title>
			<description>Chapter 6Amy let me stay in her apartment that night when she found out I had nowhere else to go. I told her I could just stay in a hotel, but she wouldn&amp;rsquo;t hear of it. &amp;ldquo;If you&amp;rsquo;re going to spend an extra hundred bucks while you&amp;rsquo;re here, you should take me out to dinner.&amp;rdquo;..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter Five</title>
			<description>Chapter 5I held mybreath when I saw the sign; Oneonta: Next Exit. The memories kept flooding back,and I started to feel dizzy again. I took the exit onto Main Street and sloweddown. I rolled down the windows so I could clear my head, and the cool autumnwind blew gently in, harmonizing wi..</description>
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			<title>Awkward</title>
			<description>A heartbroken teen recalls the month-long relationship he had with the girl of his dreams and struggles to come to terms with their break-up. Will he learn to let go, or will he be awkward forever?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CellarDoor96/1370213/</link>
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			<title>The Originals</title>
			<description>So deep, I can't even see myself.</description>
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			<title>Notice</title>
			<description>Close your eyes.Think of your surroundings,The hallways filled with your peers, The walls covered with pictures drawn in Art class,The looks everyone&amp;rsquo;s given you.Feel their stares burn into you and embrace it.&amp;nbsp;Open your eyes.They&amp;rsquo;re still staring, but..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter Four</title>
			<description>Chapter4I stayed with the Fosters forabout two weeks. By then, people had heard about what happened between me andHugh, and they stared at me even more. Even in class, I&amp;rsquo;d be writing downnotes, and I could feel the burn of their eyes staring right into the back ofmy head. Sometim..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter Three</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Chapter3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The plane landed around 8 o&amp;rsquo;clock in Albany. As Igot off, butterflies started forming in my stomach. I was back in New York, andI was about to go back to a place I never wante..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter Two</title>
			<description>Chapter 2&amp;ldquo;Attention,this is your captain speaking&amp;rdquo; the speakers blared from the front of theplane. &amp;ldquo;Our flight to Albany is goingperfectly, and there seems to be little turbulence in the skies today. Unlessthere&amp;rsquo;s any problem between here and our destination, we w..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Chapter One</title>
			<description>Chapter 1On the plane, I sat back and tried to relax. I&amp;rsquo;venever liked planes. It always made me nervous to think that I wasthirty-thousand feet in the air with a hundred other people in a flying sardinecan. &amp;nbsp;I had no idea what I was thinkingwhen I bought that ticket to Albany,..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering - Prologue</title>
			<description>Prologue&amp;nbsp;It&amp;rsquo;s amazing how quickly time moves. One day, youwake up to the sound of an alarm clock, telling you to get up and go to school.The next day, you&amp;rsquo;re in the house you finally paid off, your wife oftwenty-five years sleeping on the other side of your bed. So it ..</description>
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			<title>If You Were Wondering (title pending)</title>
			<description>Michael Larson left his home, and his life, behind when he was seventeen. Five years later, Michael comes back, having been on the road for most of his new life, and finds that things have changed.</description>
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