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	<title>Good Reason</title>
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		<title>My Sun and Sea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The purest days of contentment were those spent in the bright warmth of the sun and contrasting cool bliss of the water. In this setting I was in perfect harmony; my natural state of being. These magical days were devoid of any strife or conflict, more a discovery of reality than an escape from it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2012/02/14/my-sun-and-sea/</link>
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		<title>Art Gallery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[click here or on the print image to enter the gallery Share on Facebook]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2011/07/15/art-gallery/</link>
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		<title>Baseball with Jim and Bobby (A Dream I had Last Night)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every day, the ice cream truck would come down my street and I would meet it at the corner where it would park. There would always be a few kids there, but I never really took much notice. In my dream, this seemed to be my daily routine. I would climb in the truck to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2011/07/09/baseball-with-jim-and-bobby-a-dream-i-had-last-night/</link>
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		<title>Hyman Rickover: US Naval Post Graduate School Address (1954)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Address delivered to US Naval Post Graduate School (16 March 1954) Some of the ideas I try to get across to the people who work for me are the following: 1. More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2010/06/02/hyman-rickover-us-naval-post-graduate-school-address-1954/</link>
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		<title>Kings Bay (1992)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graceful warning Wings beat the cold air furiously to lift its potential grace Into the night amidst the din Constellations of lighted craft Mirror the night sky In wondrous paradox Watching in envy A trio of dolphin glide silently Awakening desires of freedom within… Author: John Barber Share on Facebook]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2010/05/05/kings-bay-1992/</link>
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		<title>My Girl (Blue Ribbon)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I met my girl when she was just that, a girl. It was love at first sight at an age when every young boy thinks so. In my case it was true and I knew so. My girl was my best friend at a time in life when your best friends were supposed to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2010/04/21/my-girl-blue-ribbon/</link>
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		<title>Seven Words I Despise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven words I despise- &#8220;Well that&#8217;s just the way it is&#8221;. Our society has evolved to a point that when something is simple, easy, or works, it must be made complicated or inefficient to justify certain peoples existence. Lawyers, brokers etc&#8230; I say we get back to basics; make deals with handshakes, stop obsessing about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2009/09/27/seven-words-i-despise/</link>
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		<title>In Memory of Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the waters edge, new life is being spawned this day Each wave a new noise; new crests of individuality arise within the mass below the fresh horizon My own tears— a part of this My own fears— depart from this Distance growing every moment as I write, yet, The laughter of the present memories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2009/09/22/in-memory-of-dad/</link>
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		<title>The 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2009/07/04/the-56-men-who-signed-the-declaration-of-independence/</link>
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		<title>Well Said&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2009/06/18/well-said/</link>
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		<title>You Cannot Gripe About Looming Socialism if you are Receiving Money You Did not Earn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am aggravated with people who protest about the government being the source of their problems when the root of most problems is a result of a severe lack of personal responsibility. It is an unrealistic expectation from most in our society that you deserve a large house, an Escalade, a boat, and that all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2009/06/18/you-cannot-sit-and-bitch-about-looming-socialism-if-you-are-receiving-money-you-did-not-earn/</link>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s to the Crazy Ones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes &#8211; the ones who see things differently. They&#8217;re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2008/12/06/heres-to-the-crazy-ones/</link>
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		<title>Electricity for your TV: You Might Want to Understand Where It Comes From</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            People have remained uneducated about nuclear energy for too long. Americans are limiting their educational resources to movies and television more and more, and less and less to books. Contrary to most movies and television shows, reactors are not nuclear weapons and do not explode. Contrary to what many in the mainstream media say, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2008/11/30/electricity-for-your-xbox-you-might-want-to-understand-where-it-comes-from/</link>
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		<title>The Streetlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The warm nights of August spoke in throbbing tones of locusts and muted train whistles. On those nights, I would watch the night push the remaining red of the day into the horizon. I could see my nemesis glowing too brightly; an intrusion on the placid scene that nature was painting. I watched with my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2008/05/21/the-streetlight/</link>
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		<title>Stop Shark Finning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is taken from http://www.seashepherd.org/longline/longline_shark_finning.html I couldn&#8217;t say it better. Human beings are skilled at justification. Every year humans slaughter over 100 million sharks yet we depict them as vicious and blood-thirsty killers. No more than 12 people a year are killed by sharks worldwide. In fact is more dangerous to play golf than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jabarber.com/2008/05/07/stop-shark-finning/</link>
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