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	<description>Get Switched-On With Knowledge</description>
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		<title>Not Back To School Already!</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/not-back-to-school-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer still has a ways to go, and yet the arrival of August is like a Sunday morning during the school year. The realization and the tragedy inherent in the notion of just one more month of freedom is cringe-inducing. Feelings of foolishness abound for ever daring to revel in the joys of summer, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Struggle</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/the-struggle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tatiana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Being part of the LGBTQ community can be a struggle. It has been for many years. People may think things have changed but nothing really has. Today it is really hard for a teenager especially to come out and tell anyone that your are gay. Whomever you tell may be against it or for it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/acceptance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society & Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the surface, District 9 is just a really good movie about aliens. But look a tiny bit deeper, and it’s a hugely political film about discrimination, poverty, bureaucracy, and xenophobia. I think almost everything thought up by humans, whether it’s books, movies, television shows, or this very blog post, inevitably absorbs and releases some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents Can Help</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/parents-can-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tatiana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Interwebs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hiding things from our parents is natural. We don&#8217;t like them prying into our business. Even though our parents are just trying to protect us. There are so many cases where teens hide everything that is going on and end up getting into a lot of trouble. There is cyberbullying that is a huge problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Something Good</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/doing-something-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Deeds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/?p=1153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a Catch-22. It’s hard to truly know how much your volunteering services are needed until you’ve actually started volunteering. And the way you start volunteering is by realizing your services are needed. Well, I’ll hop this hurdle by telling you that yes, you are needed. And it doesn’t matter where or how, because any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Little Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/three-little-letters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tatiana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A powerful three words or letters that can change a person&#8217;s life.  It is shocking to find out that you of  all people have a STD. You thought to yourself that you would always be careful and always get tested. Then one day you go to the doctor because something is suspicious. A couple weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth The Effort?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extracurriculars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you Chicagoans have ventured outside in the past couple weeks, you’ve most likely heard, seen, or been delayed by the filming of the new Transformers movie. The helicopter, with the strange orb structure on its nose, flies endlessly around downtown. There’s rubble and mashed-up cars on the streets, and if you get lucky you’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bulletin Board for When You Need Help</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/1139/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JKJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bulletin boards are really useful sources of information. But cork is pretty ugly, and tacks invariably get lost, stepped on, and cursed. That’s why the National Runaway Switchboard (NRS) set up an online “bulletin board,” where anyone can ask questions and find answers about questions regarding family issues, legal issues, or relationships. Every question is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is Huge</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/this-is-huge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tatiana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society & Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new show called &#8220;Huge&#8221; on ABC Family. It&#8217;s about overweight teens going to a fat camp. There is one girl especially who would rather not be there. She loves how she looks and doesn&#8217;t want to change just because the media shows all those skinny girls. I haven&#8217;t watched the show but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support for LGBTQ Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/support-for-lqbtq-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.1800runawaybb.org/blog/2010/07/support-for-lqbtq-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Runaway Switchboard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Learning from mistakes is one of the biggest lessons we’re taught growing up. It’s acceptable to err, so long as you use the experience to grow and make better decisions. Somehow, this simple, sensible view hasn’t translated to the global scale. Persecution based on arbitrary delineations- color, religion, ethnicity- has continued to occur year after [...]]]></description>
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