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		<title>The Silver Lining in the Next Snowstorm</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/the-silver-lining-in-the-next-snowstorm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgrymes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stormwater]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=2875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Electricity: back on, after 30 hours.
VDOT snow removal budget: exhausted, according to Wall Street Journal.
Car: able to get out of subdivision without multiple pushes, finally.
Muscles: still tired, after shoveling, then shoveling, then shoveling again.
Kitchen wall: still dented where portable radio impacted it, after announcers reported on next snowstorm.
Attitude: was improving, but now shifting towards crabby [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2875&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glued to the window</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/glued-to-the-window/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khosen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nearby Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite being a serious competitor in the last person left without a big flat screen high-definition TV contest, I have an outstanding home entertainment system. Right outside my dining room is a state of the art network of bird feeders that no one seems to be able to pass by without getting stuck at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2867&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birds left out in the cold too</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/birds-left-out-in-the-cold-too/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/birds-left-out-in-the-cold-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khosen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nearby Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a long, cold winter it&#8217;s been. Even with layers of hi-tech clothes to keep me warm, I can’t imagine being outdoors for more than a few hours. How the heck can birds survive?
Birds might seem small and fragile, but some remarkable adaptations help them stay alive through even the harshest conditions. For one, they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2860&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Song Sparrow</media:title>
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		<title>Last minute changes leave citizens out in the cold</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/last-minute-changes-leave-citizens-out-in-the-cold/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/last-minute-changes-leave-citizens-out-in-the-cold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khosen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Use]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the Board of Supervisors approved new Transportation and Land Use Chapters of the Comprehensive Plan. Although the public hearing was closed, some citizens shared their views at Citizens Time. Mid-county SRR communities were well represented, showing strong support for the draft text intended to better protect the Occoquan Reservoir.
However, after Citizens Time was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2816&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">New houses spring up along new and improved roads.</media:title>
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		<title>Blue Line to Potomac Mills?  Wait until October for a decision on a real rail opportunity&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/blue-line-to-potomac-mills-wait-until-october-for-a-decision-on-a-real-rail-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/blue-line-to-potomac-mills-wait-until-october-for-a-decision-on-a-real-rail-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgrymes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the General Assembly, a Prince William delegate has defined a strategy to finance a Blue Line extension to Woodbridge.  HB1313 proposes to create a &#8220;Prince William County Metro Rail Improvement District,&#8221; and identifies how to raise the extra $$$ for new commuter rail service.
First step in the strategy: create a new transportation commission with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2799&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Charlie</media:title>
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		<title>The myth about Comprehensive Plan roads &#8211; and why it creates future congestion</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/the-myth-about-comprehensive-plan-roads-and-why-it-creates-future-congestion/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/the-myth-about-comprehensive-plan-roads-and-why-it-creates-future-congestion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgrymes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=2742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Believe in the tooth fairy?  Believe you&#8217;ll see Sasquatch &#8211; or a balanced Federal budget next fiscal year?
Then you&#8217;re ready to perpetuate the myth that Prince William County must list every possible new road in the draft Transportation Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan, before requiring a transportation proffer from a developer.
Based on this myth, the Comprehensive Plan (specifically, Table 2 - &#8220;Thoroughfare [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2742&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Charlie</media:title>
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		<title>The Bird-Brained Approach to Stormwater</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/the-bird-brained-approach-to-stormwater/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/the-bird-brained-approach-to-stormwater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgrymes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stormwater]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=2788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Down in Richmond, the General Assembly is determining how to prepare for the inevitable requirement to reduce pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.
We know already that Virginia jurisdictions are sending an excess of nitrogen downstream.  There are dead zones in the bay, where oxygen is exhausted and the fish die.  Under the 1972 Clean Water [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2788&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Charlie</media:title>
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		<title>Western Transportation Corridor: It&#8217;s B-a-a-a-a-a-ck!</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/western-transportation-corridor-its-b-a-a-a-a-a-ck/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/western-transportation-corridor-its-b-a-a-a-a-a-ck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgrymes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=2774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some dreams never die, and some nightmares never go away.
The Western Transportation Corridor is a developer&#8217;s dream, a road designed to expand subdivision development further away from the job center in DC/Tysons/Arlington.  It would ignite another surge of sprawl, facilitating plans to convert forests and fields in  Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, and Stafford counties into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2774&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Charlie</media:title>
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		<title>The latest Avendale sleight-of-hand: a set-up to lose an &#8220;adequate public facilities&#8221; case</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/the-latest-avendale-sleight-of-hand-a-set-up-to-lose-an-adequate-public-facilities-case/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/the-latest-avendale-sleight-of-hand-a-set-up-to-lose-an-adequate-public-facilities-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgrymes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Use]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The News and Messenger opined on January 21 that &#8220;no new homes should be built in the Linton Hall area until new schools appear,&#8221; endorsing a policy that one member of the Board of County Supervisors may propose on February 2.
But check out the School Board enrollment projections through 2018-19, and you&#8217;ll see that overcrowded schools are an issue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2733&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Charlie</media:title>
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		<title>Environmental protection v. taypayer subsidies</title>
		<link>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/environmental-protection-v-taypayer-subsidies/</link>
		<comments>http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/environmental-protection-v-taypayer-subsidies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khosen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a diverse landscape that includes both a tidal shoreline and a mountain, Prince William County&#8217;s remarkably rich natural resources create a sense of place that is unique within Northern Virginia. However, instead of capitalizing on these assets, the County is paving them over to create a generic suburban landscape that appears to be modeled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwconserve.wordpress.com&blog=4102399&post=2712&subd=pwconserve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">khosen</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Clearcut behind Potomac Library, Opitz Blvd.</media:title>
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