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<title><![CDATA['The Smarter Preschooler: Unlocking Your Child's Intellectual Potential' Receives The Gold Mom's Choice Award (source: Send2Press) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MESA, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authors Renee and Mike Mosiman have received the Gold Mom's Choice Award for their book 'The Smarter Preschooler: Unlocking Your Child's Intellectual Potential' (ISBN: 978-0-9816426-5-9). The Mom's Choice Awards (MCA) i... (source: Send2Press) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:59:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight (source: New York Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Publishers have managed to take some control - at least temporarily - of how much consumers pay for their content. (source: New York Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:34:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What We're Reading, Feb. 9 - 15, 2010 (source: NPR) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three novels of past and present: Lynn Neary reviews the ''perfect'' novel for our down economy &mdash; written before the banks failed. Steve Inskeep reads a tale of political infighting resonant of today, but that follows events in Cicero's Rome. And Ala... (source: NPR) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Books of The Times: Delivering Bad News and Bearing It (source: New York Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sarah Blake has coaxed forth a book that hits hard and pushes buttons expertly. (source: New York Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Hughes and the Brat Pack, revisited (source: USATODAY) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new book assesses the cultural impact of the teen-themed films the director made in the 1980s. (source: USATODAY) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:13:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A World of Words Reinvented in Pictures (source: New York Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The initial print runs for a graphic-novel adaptation of ''Twilight'' and a new graphic novel by Janet Evanovich are staggering. (source: New York Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Dosa makes 'Rounds' with a death-detecting cat (source: USATODAY) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even for cat lovers, having a tabby named Oscar visit your room at Steere House nursing/rehab center in Providence can be a bit ... (source: USATODAY) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['The Information Officer' by Mark Mills (source: LA Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A murder mystery -- set on Malta during World War II -- is both a sendup to classic thrillers and a thrilling tale all its own.                                                                                            A murder mystery   set on Malta durin... (source: LA Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/C572980BAA91F0CAF6599AD6CF16D9217A5C320D]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctor Works To Get Young Men Out Of 'Wrong Place' (source: NPR) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When young African-American men showed up at Boston City Hospital with knife and gunshot wounds, most were thought to be thugs or drug dealers. But Dr. John Rich took time to interview these victims and found out what was really behind their injuries. (source: NPR) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Well-Written War, Told in the First Person (source: New York Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new group of soldier-writers explore the futility of war - but wars that they for the most part support. (source: New York Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:25:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2/8/10 Monitor Books podcast, including interview with Susan Hand Shetterly, author of ''Settled in the Wild'' (source: Christian Science Monitor) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Essayist Susan Hand Shetterly talks about life in the woods of rural Maine. (source: Christian Science Monitor) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:34:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quiz: Memorable moments from John Hughes' films (source: USATODAY) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What's your favorite John Hughes film? Any favorite quotes? (source: USATODAY) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Are you a ''silver scribbler''? It's never too late to become an author (source: Christian Science Monitor) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new campaign urges the over-60 crowd to explore the writer within. (source: Christian Science Monitor) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Chronicler of the World Now Looks Inward (source: New York Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The historian Tony Judt, who has written nine books and scores of essays, has lost the ability to move nearly every muscle in his body. (source: New York Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two New Novels Based On Homer's Work (source: NPR) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two new novels this month are based on motifs from Homer's great poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Alan Cheuse reviews Ransom by David Malouf and The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachery Mason. (source: NPR) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yesterday's Home Designs may be the Answer for Today's Battered Builders (source: Send2Press) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Has today's economy made you put off your dreams of a new home? The new book, 'Prosperity Plans' (ISBN: 978-1450559645), just published by architect Donald J. Berg, might get you dreaming again. Berg's new bo... (source: Send2Press) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:09:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Books of The Times: Ambitious Banker, Not to the McMansion Born, Ascends the Ladder of Class (source: New York Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[''Union Atlantic'' is a lumpy, disappointing book. (source: New York Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:56:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Henrietta Lacks' 'Immortal' roots (source: LA Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Science journalist Rebecca Skloot looks at the woman behind the first human cell line and her unwitting scientific legacy.                                                                                            Science journalist Rebecca Skloot looks at... (source: LA Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diana, Dina and the new antisemitism (source: Guardian) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[He is the eminent lawyer who handled Princess Diana's divorce, fought off a libel suit from Holocaust denier David Irving and wrote an influential book on TS Eliot's hostility to Jews. Now he has liberal intellectuals in his sights in an explosive new hist... (source: Guardian) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A writing career becomes harder to scale (source: LA Times) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Authors used to expect to struggle as they gained experience. But now it is sell -- or else.                                                                                            Authors used to expect to struggle as they gained experience. But now it... (source: LA Times) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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function purify(t)


SmallWords = " aol takes normal you why would wouldn't told t s doesn de vs begins bengin among fa td  afp (reuters)  gmt drd doesnt isnt wont didnt cant wouldnt shant bln eur do really real want called sadc goes go daily know knew known become becomes allafrica com allafricacom set shall should nd my am pm our is im going done gone dont know make made makes cant per at enter soon sk al its he would us the as of world within tb himself could case action possible special fell theres hes help  yourself need might your remain remaining o good she today yesterday sent likely across area many another under yet while read further item amid away been between both create created half make most being just never maybe perhaps today continue continues center centre year month week day million thousand years months weeks millions billion billions thousands shows show search searching searches searched using well online taking took just time hours times long longer watch watched watching their take give smell story stories full main how before where after find finding link linked linking & top bottom left right article corrected articles information info forward near email emails start use end against news new plan meet apr only ongoing some same way zone general nothing from minute minutes second seconds hour hours ago return through hence therefore agothe monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday allafricacom than sunday super hyper clear end begin latest least  her his pm next previous real said since so first second third fourth has have by are about also ahead ap  •  which reuters if inc the you me him them with last largest large high higher may month months offer real day days had into includes itself other out say says were when who very was what in a an and or but for to it that this those these all on off can will no not we will be more new up down over you they get one two three four five six seven eight nine ten nobody now back after yes no like "


SmallWords = lcase(SmallWords)

t = replace(t,"1","")
t = replace(t,"2","")
t = replace(t,"3","")
t = replace(t,"4","")
t = replace(t,"5","")
t = replace(t,"6","")
t = replace(t,"7","")
t = replace(t,"8","")
t = replace(t,"9","")
t = replace(t,"0","")
t = replace(t,":"," ")
t = replace(t,";"," ")
t = replace(t,","," ")
t = replace(t,"'"," ")
t = replace(t,"."," ")
t = replace(t,"?","")
t = replace(t,"!","")
t = replace(t,"[","")
t = replace(t,"]","")
t = replace(t,"(","")
t = replace(t,")","")
t = replace(t,"+","")
t = replace(t,"-","")
t = replace(t,"&","")
t = lcase(t)

sm = split(SmallWords)

for kk=0 to ubound(sm)

	t = replace(t, " " & sm(kk) & " "," ")

	
next


purify = t

end function

Function RemoveHTML( strText )
    Dim TAGLIST
    TAGLIST = ";!--;!DOCTYPE;A;ACRONYM;ADDRESS;APPLET;AREA;B;BASE;BASEFONT;" &_
              "BGSOUND;BIG;BLOCKQUOTE;BODY;BR;BUTTON;CAPTION;CENTER;CITE;CODE;" &_
              "COL;COLGROUP;COMMENT;DD;DEL;DFN;DIR;DIV;DL;DT;EM;EMBED;FIELDSET;" &_
              "FONT;FORM;FRAME;FRAMESET;HEAD;H1;H2;H3;H4;H5;H6;HR;HTML;I;IFRAME;IMG;" &_
              "INPUT;INS;ISINDEX;KBD;LABEL;LAYER;LAGEND;LI;LINK;LISTING;MAP;MARQUEE;" &_
              "MENU;META;NOBR;NOFRAMES;NOSCRIPT;OBJECT;OL;OPTION;P;PARAM;PLAINTEXT;" &_
              "PRE;Q;S;SAMP;SCRIPT;SELECT;SMALL;SPAN;STRIKE;STRONG;STYLE;SUB;SUP;" &_
              "TABLE;TBODY;TD;TEXTAREA;TFOOT;TH;THEAD;TITLE;TR;TT;U;UL;VAR;WBR;XMP;"

    BLOCKTAGLIST =  ";!--;!DOCTYPE;A;ACRONYM;ADDRESS;APPLET;AREA;B;BASE;BASEFONT;" &_
              "BGSOUND;BIG;BLOCKQUOTE;BODY;BR;BUTTON;CAPTION;CENTER;CITE;CODE;" &_
              "COL;COLGROUP;COMMENT;DD;DEL;DFN;DIR;DIV;DL;DT;EM;EMBED;FIELDSET;" &_
              "FONT;FORM;FRAME;FRAMESET;HEAD;H1;H2;H3;H4;H5;H6;HR;HTML;I;IFRAME;IMG;" &_
              "INPUT;INS;ISINDEX;KBD;LABEL;LAYER;LAGEND;LI;LINK;LISTING;MAP;MARQUEE;" &_
              "MENU;META;NOBR;NOFRAMES;NOSCRIPT;OBJECT;OL;OPTION;P;PARAM;PLAINTEXT;" &_
              "PRE;Q;S;SAMP;SCRIPT;SELECT;SMALL;SPAN;STRIKE;STRONG;STYLE;SUB;SUP;" &_
              "TABLE;TBODY;TD;TEXTAREA;TFOOT;TH;THEAD;TITLE;TR;TT;U;UL;VAR;WBR;XMP;"
    
    Dim nPos1
    Dim nPos2
    Dim nPos3
    Dim strResult
    Dim strTagName
    Dim bRemove
    Dim bSearchForBlock
    
    nPos1 = InStr(strText, "<")
    Do While nPos1 > 0
        nPos2 = InStr(nPos1 + 1, strText, ">")
        If nPos2 > 0 Then
            strTagName = Mid(strText, nPos1 + 1, nPos2 - nPos1 - 1)
	    strTagName = Replace(Replace(strTagName, vbCr, " "), vbLf, " ")

            nPos3 = InStr(strTagName, " ")
            If nPos3 > 0 Then
                strTagName = Left(strTagName, nPos3 - 1)
            End If
            
            If Left(strTagName, 1) = "/" Then
                strTagName = Mid(strTagName, 2)
                bSearchForBlock = False
            Else
                bSearchForBlock = True
            End If
            
            If InStr(1, TAGLIST, ";" & strTagName & ";", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
                bRemove = True
                If bSearchForBlock Then
                    If InStr(1, BLOCKTAGLIST, ";" & strTagName & ";", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
                        nPos2 = Len(strText)
                        nPos3 = InStr(nPos1 + 1, strText, "</" & strTagName, vbTextCompare)
                        If nPos3 > 0 Then
                            nPos3 = InStr(nPos3 + 1, strText, ">")
                        End If
                        
                        If nPos3 > 0 Then
                            nPos2 = nPos3
                        End If
                    End If
                End If
            Else
                bRemove = False
            End If
            
            If bRemove Then
                strResult = strResult & Left(strText, nPos1 - 1)
                strText = Mid(strText, nPos2 + 1)
            Else
                strResult = strResult & Left(strText, nPos1)
                strText = Mid(strText, nPos1 + 1)
            End If
        Else
            strResult = strResult & strText
            strText = ""
        End If
        
        nPos1 = InStr(strText, "<")
    Loop
    strResult = strResult & strText
    strResult = replace(strResult,"<A HREF=""","")
	strResult = replace(strResult,chr(10),"")
    RemoveHTML = strResult
End Function


function f_articles(title)

if len(title)>0 then
fname=title

for i=0 to 31 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=33 to 47 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=58 to 64 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=91 to 96 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=123 to 255 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 

fname = replace(fname," ","_")


fname = replace(fname," / ","_")
fname = replace(fname,"(","_")
fname = replace(fname,")","")
fname = replace(fname,"__","")

fname = left(fname,150)

fname = trim(fname)

fname=  fname & ".asp"

f_articles = replace(fname,"_.asp",".asp")
else
f_articles=""
end if
end function
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