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	<title>A View from Outside the Box</title>
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		<title>Lifes like that &#8211; Is there a difference between smoking and graffiti?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smokers choose to smoke, non-smokers choose not to. Smokers should therefore pursue their habit in a way that shows respect for those who don’t. I am not against a smoker’s right to smoke. I am not against any legal act of freedom or expression of autonomy. Tattoos for example are an expression of ones thoughts as is body piercing...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/06/lifes-like-that-is-there-a-difference-between-smoking-and-graffiti/</link>
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		<title>Life is not a precursor to death – The smoking debate continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The smoking debate has taken another focus, this time centred on a TV commercial designed to portray what a child loses if their parent dies as a result of smoking. The commercial in question centres around a boy who loses his mum at a train station with the reflection focused on losing the boys mum for a few minutes compared to losing her for life. In the commercial the boy is realistically upset at losing his mum in a crowded train station.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/life-is-not-a-precursor-to-death-%e2%80%93-the-smoking-debate-continues/</link>
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		<title>Freedom concepts – Being free to be free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea and concept of freedom has been expressed in many ways by many cultures. The democratic concept of freedom is probably the most talked about. The concept of being free and holding onto our freedom is right and powerful...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/freedom-concepts-%e2%80%93-being-free-to-be-free/</link>
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		<title>Sifting through Education – 3 areas needing change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been said "…Parents have the right to require that their children be taught in an atmosphere that reflects their values…". Unfortunately, in deliverance this is wrong. Ask your school principal to change your child’s Education to reflect your family values and you will be quickly told why your values are wrong.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/sifting-through-education-%e2%80%93-3-areas-needing-change/</link>
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		<title>Change in Government – 5 Positive reasons for change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard a story once about a dog that would sit on the same step of his owner’s porch for years. Day in day out he would sit on the same step. Over the years the step wore out and nails and splinters started showing through the boards. The dog however would continue to sit on the same step, even though on occasion he would moan and yelp as a splinter dug into him or a nail scratched him...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/change-in-government-%e2%80%93-5-positive-reasons-for-change/</link>
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		<title>5 Good Reasons to enrol Special Needs Children in Mainstream School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Special needs children receive the specialised support they require there are several powerful reasons these Special Needs services to be provided in a mainstream setting.
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		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/5-good-reasons-to-enrol-special-needs-children-in-mainstream-school/</link>
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		<title>Tiers in Government &#8211; No Need to Cry About it!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent forum conversation planted a seed and sparked an Internal debate within me about Governments, Change and Politics.
Governments in most parts of the world follow a 3 Tier system. Federal, State and Local Government divisions are generally found around the world...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/tiers-in-government-no-need-to-cry-about-it/</link>
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		<title>Educating Special Needs Children in Mainstream Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of institutionalised care and education is almost a thing of the past. Though some circles still feel special needs kids and adults do not have a place in mainstream society, thankfully these groups are diminishing as the decades roll on.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/05/educating-special-needs-children-in-mainstream-schools/</link>
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		<title>Do as I say, Not as I do &#8211; say the AEU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Individual students in a mainstream school are unfairly branded if they fail to understand a "collective curriculum". Now the AEU fears schools will be unfairly branded as failing - where should the priority be?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2010/04/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do-say-the-aeu/</link>
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		<title>How and Why I became an Organic &amp; Chemical Free Advocate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though I had never used it before, I was recommended a couple of chemicals that would knock out weeds and get rid of flat weed in lawns super fast. Apart from learning about them during my Horticulture course, it was then I was formally introduced to Glyphosate (Roundup) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eric-j-smith.info/2009/11/how-and-why-i-became-an-organic-chemical-free-advocate/</link>
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