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		<title>Firecrackers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Remember I told you about my flowers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wait, what?  It&#8217;s June already?  How can that be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>There is life beyond business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever looked closely at pansies? They are amazing. They come in a variety of colors, the petals look like velvet, but the most amazing thing is they have 2 petals on the top that are often different in color than the three petals below.
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		<title>Great Lakes Barista Jam 2009 &#8211; Eventbrite</title>
		<link>http://blog.jpscoffee.com/2009/05/27/great-lakes-barista-jam-2009-eventbrite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Check out information on the 2nd Great Lakes Barista Jam and Latte Art Throwdown. Registration available online.
Great Lakes Barista Jam 2009 &#8211; Eventbrite.
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		<title>JP&#8217;s gets visit from professional crier.</title>
		<link>http://blog.jpscoffee.com/2009/05/08/jps-gets-visit-from-professional-crier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 18:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this video of a professional crier!
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		<title>MAYDAYMAYDAY</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sherry</dc:creator>
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Today is the first day of the fifth month.  Otherwise known as May Day.
May Day has had several permutations over the years:  the communists of the soviet bloc used it as an excuse to parade all their weoponry; medeival England viewed it as a time of &#8220;frolicking&#8221;:  when folks left their inhibitions behind in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.jpscoffee.com&blog=2280784&post=261&subd=jpscoffee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On why the coffee industry is like American Idol.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Hi my name is Jack and I am an American Idol fan.
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		<title>Midwest Barista School shares the success of Holland&#8217;s JP&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.jpscoffee.com/2009/03/20/coffee-consulting-consultants-and-barista-training-midwest-barista-school-holland-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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