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	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Grocery Buying Clubs to save on Food Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/08/13/grocery-buying-clubs-to-save-on-food-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning America featured a story today on grocery buying clubs. Great concept over the big box stores. Families combine together to purchase in bulk, have it delivered (save on gas) and then distribute among themselves for greatest cost savings. This idea works great for long term staples, but they don&#8217;t provide fresh produce or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Test - Off the Urban Grid for a weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/08/09/the-test-off-the-urban-grid-for-a-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is how you know what you need for a hurricane or storm and the few days after when things get uncomfortable.
Pick a weekend, it can even be at random. If you need, tell your family ahead of time, but just shut off the power. Try it for 12 hours, a day&#8230; shoot, even a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheat Berries - pushing back the food chain</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/08/05/wheat-berries-pushing-back-the-food-chain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been really focusing on food and back to simple basics. I figured if processed food is bad, then let&#8217;s keep working our way backward. Yesterday, we tried Wheatberries. They were freakin&#8217; Awesome! Okay, maybe not that awesome, but definitely worth mention.
Wheatberries are the things we actually get from wheat, before it is hulled, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Season - prep is key</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/08/03/hurricane-season-prep-is-key/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Edouard is up and slowly moving West towards Texas while gaining strength. This storm seems to have caught most people with their pants down. It has formed and made the news within a matter of hours, not days. It is a perfect example of why planning early is necessary. I bet the stores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mosquito hatch annoying and even deadly</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/07/07/mosquito-hatch-annoying-and-even-deadly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water and mosquito eggs are the only two ingredients for a world of frustration, pain and even worse. Now, with the pesky little Culex mosquito carrying stronger and more virile strains of the West Nile Virus, bites can lead to serious illness.
A recent trip to the Houston Hurricane Preparedness Workshop and meeting the Houston Mosquite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPOT - satellite tracking and Messenger</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/06/01/spot-satellite-tracking-and-messenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people get a little spooked when they think about being tracked by satellite. Too many Martini&#8217;s and bad spy movies in your spare time? But, for those who shun the black helicopters, here is a non-implant way of letting your friends and family know you are safe when traveling or making your way through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Anyone Have Jumper Cables?</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/05/15/does-anyone-have-jumper-cables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My car keeps failing me L
It should start, Triple A came to the rescue during lunch…but just in case I have to give it another jump after work, does anyone have any cables?
This was the email around my office yesterday. We all snickered, gave our colleague a hard time, but also realized how dependent we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Preparedness Workshop - Houston</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/05/13/hurricane-preparedness-workshop-houston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Workshop - This is a free event scheduled in Houston on Saturday, June 7th, 2008. It&#8217;s good to see several local organizations working together to promote this workshop on preparing for the Gulf Coast natural disasters. Looks like they even have a nice blog started at 2008 Hurricane Workshop
From the blog:
Focused on providing families [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on taming Rising Grocery Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/05/11/tips-on-taming-rising-grocery-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/05/11/tips-on-taming-rising-grocery-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 13:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tips below are from an article published on Reuters by Linda Stern. Read the full article for additional discussion of the topic.
Rising food prices are making it more difficult for families to maintain the same level of living on salaries that are not rising as quickly as the combination of food, energy, home heating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food rationing - sign of times or random departure from norm?</title>
		<link>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/04/22/food-rationing-sign-of-times-or-random-departure-from-norm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readyqueen.com/blog/2008/04/22/food-rationing-sign-of-times-or-random-departure-from-norm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world
I really don&#8217;t like posting things like this. It seems to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.  Even if it is not true, media attention can make people believe there is a food shortage and cause  panic buying.  Self-fulfilling.
I will admit my first reaction was to rush to Costco&#8217;s and see prices and availability [...]]]></description>
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