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		<title>In the News: Venezuela, Blackouts, and Hugo Chávez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week of November 16, 2009

News Item: As a major petroleum producer,  Venezuela has one of the world&#8217;s largest reserves of crude oil, and President Hugo Chávez has been applauded for using his country&#8217;s oil wealth to establish social welfare programs that target the poorest populations. Yet, periodic electrical blackouts have frustrated many Venezuelan citizens [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=2016</link>
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		<title>In the News: Claude Lévi Strauss (1908-2009)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week of November 9, 2009


News Item: French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the fathers of &#8220;structuralism,&#8221; died on October 30. Educated in law and philosophy at the Sorbonne, some of Lévi-Strauss&#8217; major works include Tristes Tropiques, The Savage Mind, and Myth and Meaning. Through the years, structuralism has influenced studies in philosophy, film, and literature.










Anthropology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1998</link>
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		<title>Digital Collection of the Month: Department of Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Digital Library celebrates November with a brand new digital collection from the Department of Music.  All of the Department&#8217;s 2008 performances, concerts and recitals are available online for your listening pleasure.


November is a notable music month with the births of legendary composers Aaron Copland, Scott Joplin, and Manuel de Falla.
To access the collection, please [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1984</link>
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		<title>In the News: Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week of November 2, 2009

News Item: On Monday, November 2, Afghan officials declared President Hamid Karzai the winner of the presidential runoff elections after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the race a day earlier. Dr. Abdullah believed a transparent election was not possible if changes were not made in the Independent Election Commission. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1979</link>
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		<title>Dance in Video - November Database of the Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dance in Video features more than 200 videos on 20th century dance productions and documentaries, and covers genres such as ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance. Users can browse video selections by character role, choreographer, ensemble name, and venue, or utilize the &#8220;Quick&#8221; or &#8220;Advanced&#8221; search options. They can also create playlists that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1807</link>
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		<title>In the News: Reality TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week of October 26, 2009

News Item: Fort Collins, Colorado - A six-year-old boy, his parents, and their homemade balloon recently made headlines after it was reported that the balloon floated away with the boy trapped inside its chamber. Not surprisingly, &#8220;Balloon Boy&#8221; received widespread media attention. Local law enforcement officials eventually declared the incident a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1959</link>
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		<title>Impact of the Visual: Discover Graphic Novels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;&#8221;The thing about a visual form like a graphic novel is that so much of what you need to describe is done through art. It&#8217;s the impact of the visual that conveys the story to the reader.&#8221; Terry Brooks, &#8220;A very Graphic Interview,&#8221; Publishers Weekly, 07/07/08.
Those of us who did not grow up with comic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1755</link>
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		<title>In the News - Cooking and Food Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the News&#8221; is 2 Years Old! - Past Topics

Week of October 19, 2009

News Item: Food lovers across the country were shocked with the announcement that Gourmet, the 69-year-old &#8220;magazine of good living,&#8221; will cease publication after its November issue. Publisher Condé Nast cited the current state of the economy and losses in ad pages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1875</link>
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		<title>Finding Government Information Just Got Easier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Government Printing Office (GPO) has developed a new platform called FDsys -Federal Digital Systems- which facilitates the discovery of some important information resources. Users can locate the Congressional Record, Congressional Hearings, Compilation of Presidential Documents (includes Daily &#38; Weekly), Federal Register, and much more. Search options in this new discovery tool allow for easier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1809</link>
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		<title>In the News - The Nobel Prizes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the News&#8221; is 2 Years Old! - Past Topics

Week of October 12, 2009

News Item: The Nobel Committee announced that President Barack Obama would receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on December 10. Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Literature, and the Prize in Economics will be awarded in Stockholm, Sweden later [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://libweb.fau.edu/blog/?p=1822</link>
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