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	<title>Steve Dow</title>
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		<title>The movements in the Taiji Qigong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Raising the Arms;
2. Opening the Chest;
3. Painting a Rainbow;
4. Separating the Clouds;
5. Rolling the Arms in a Horse-riding Stance;
6. Rowing a Boat in the Middle of a Lake;
7. Carry Ball in Front of the Shoulders;
8. Looking at the Moon;
9. Pushing with the Palms;
10. Cloud Hands in a Horse-riding Stance
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		<title>Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished a book today.  It was &#8216;The White Tiger&#8216; by Aravind Adiga.  It was brilliant.  I finished this book in record time &#8211; about 2 weeks (and I am a slow reader).  It is an amusing and revealing story of an Indian man and how the suffocating caste system dictates his life opportunities.  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevedow.wordpress.com&blog=851080&post=97&subd=stevedow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tennis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Now that the summer is here, I&#8217;ve hung up the badminton racket and picked up the tennis.  I&#8217;ve rejoined rustlings lawn tennis club which is just behind the Nursery Tavern on Ecclesall Road.
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		<title>New house</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently bought a house in Sheffield.  It rocks.  The following are good things about it:

The garden is very cool.
There is a great view from the attic.
The whopping 32&#8243; cable TV.

The following are bad things about it:

The slugs in the garden eating the vegetables.
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		<title>Quote (3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We must use time wisely and forever realise that the time is always ripe to do right.&#8221;
Nelson Mendela
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		<title>The Boss Of It All</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boss Of It All (Dir. Lars von Trier &#124; Denmark &#124; 2006 &#124; 1hr 39mins &#124; Subtitled) ****
I went to see this film with Cat down at the Showroom today.  The director is of &#8216;Dancer in the Dark&#8217;, &#8216;Dogville&#8217; and &#8216;Manderlay&#8217; fame.  However, I&#8217;ve not seen any of these yet.
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		<title>All England Badminton Championships 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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This was my second year at the All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham, UK.  This time, with a fellow Broomgrove player, Rajio, I did not limit myself to just one day of action, but two.
The Championships were fantastic this year in part because of the range of nations which were represented.  Where in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevedow.wordpress.com&blog=851080&post=80&subd=stevedow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Links &#8211; 15/03/08</title>
		<link>http://stevedow.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/links-150308/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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You tube: Damien Rice &#8211; The Blower&#8217;s Daughter
You tube: Jack Johnson and Ben Harper &#8211; Gone
You tube: Phil Collins &#8211; In The Air Tonight (featuring big gorilla)


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		<title>New badminton website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently updated the Broomgrove Badminton Club website  It is now possible to comment on each of the updates.  Doesn&#8217;t get much more exciting than that!
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		<title>Links 29/08/07</title>
		<link>http://stevedow.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/links-290807/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Youtube:  Two Chinese student Back Street Boys impressionists
Youtube:  The Battle at Kruger &#8211; lions, crocodiles and buffalos
Youtube:  Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan &#8211; Volcano



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