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		<title>Stir it once, stir it twice</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/11/06/stir-it-once-stir-it-twice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley B</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carole King]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Really Rosie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about the last thing I want to do in the summer is fire up the oven, but in cooler weather soup sounds better to me than salad.  There&#8217;s always my thrifty Surprise Soup &#8211; want the recipe?  Look in the refrigerator, see what&#8217;s left over, add chicken broth and if it&#8217;s good, surprise! Occasionally I want [...]


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		<title>Get ready for the 2009 election</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/10/09/get-ready-for-the-2009-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Odd-numbered years bring us off-year elections for mayors, city councils and school boards. These local races address issues closer to a citizen&#8217;s daily life than a presidential election (no matter how historic), yet it can be harder to find information about the people running for office. Below is a list of candidates in contested DeKalb [...]


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		<title>Remembering the Past</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/10/05/remembering-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda L</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appalachia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foxfire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]></category>
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I have always been intrigued by the way people lived back in the &#8220;olden&#8221; days since I read the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In fact, when I go away for vacation, often it is to an area in the Southeast that offers a look into the &#8220;pioneer days&#8221;.
If you were around in the [...]


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		<title>Blue. No, Yellow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Melvil Dewey, author of the Dewey Decimal Classification System, tried to popularize several other unusual organizational schemes (he was an advocate of simplified spelling and spelled his last name &#8216;Dui&#8217; for a time),  but I don&#8217;t think he would have approved of shelving books by color. Of course, Mr. Dewey is not the boss [...]


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		<title>We are the Earth</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/09/21/we-are-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda L</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adult Learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agnes Scott College]]></category>
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The DeKalb County Public Library system is participating in the Metro Atlanta Solar System (MASS) project. Chris Dupree, a professor of astronomy and director of the Bradley Observatory at Agnes Scott College, created this project.
The MASS project is a scale model of the solar system. The sun is located at the Bradley Observatory plaza at [...]


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		<title>Celebrate someone special at the library!</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/08/28/celebrate-someone-special-at-the-library-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know a child who loves to read? Give them a library book for their birthday by donating to the DeKalb Library Foundation. You can mark a special occasion by having a book plate with their name on it placed in a book purchased for their favorite library. The book plates can also celebrate anniversaries, retirements, [...]


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		<title>Atlanta author E. Lynn Harris dies at age 54</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/08/09/atlanta-author-e-lynn-harris-dies-at-age-54/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The literary world lost a great talent on Thursday July 23rd when E. Lynn Harris suddenly passed away on a train to Los Angeles.  Details of his death are not yet known. The part-time Atlanta resident and best selling author had been on a West coast tour in support of his new novel Basketball Jones.  [...]


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		<title>National Black Arts Festival!</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/07/29/national-black-arts-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jnai W</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just a smidgeon of summer remaining, there is still plenty of fun to be had.  One event on the horizon is the 20th Annual National Black Arts Festival that begins today, July 29 through August 2. Among the notable performers, speakers and guests on the roster are actor/filmmaker/producer Robert Townsend (check out his independent [...]


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		<title>The Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild featured at the National Black Arts Festival</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/07/17/the-ebony-stitchers-quilt-guild-featured-at-the-national-black-arts-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison W</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in February the Library hosted a quilt exhibition by members of the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild. The exhibition was such a hit that we wanted to let you know about another exhibition by the Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild, a group related to Brown Sugar Stitchers.  The Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild has partnered with [...]


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		<title>Water conservation in a post-drought Georgia</title>
		<link>http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/07/09/water-conservation-in-a-post-drought-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the drought in Georgia is officially over, residents may have a few questions concerning post-drought water usage. Is there still a schedule for specific days during which we can water our lawns? What about washing our cars outside? Can our kids break out their slip n&#8217; slides yet? Well, do not fret &#8211; [...]


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