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		<title>New company website up and humming&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/07/26/new-company-website-up-and-humming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris and I just completed the website for our technology consulting company, Rikuni.  The website development served many purposes: I learned more about PHP, JavaScript, and JQuery, while Chris and I worked on our Agile Development techniques.  A good experience for both of us.  See if you can figure out why we named the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singh Is King (of the kitchen)</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/07/10/singh-is-king-of-the-kitchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently spent a memorable 3 hours learning how to cook chicken curry, seasoned rice, daal, and rice pudding from our good friend Jung Singh.  I have published the cookbook with pictures as a pdf, enjoy!  (Download here)
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		<title>Dietary supplements &#8211; less regulated than dog food</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/06/15/dietary-supplements-less-regulated-than-dog-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t already guess from the title, one thing that really  gets me going is when people or companies claim that a dietary  supplement or alternative therapy is &#8217;safe&#8217; because it&#8217;s &#8216;natural.&#8217;  Not  only can dietary supplements be ineffective, but they could actually be  harmful.  The problem is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stick with plain old soap</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/06/14/229/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release about triclosan  &#8211; an ubiquitous antibiotic found in tons of personal care products, including deodorant, toothpaste, hand and facial cleansers, mouthwash, and other household cleaners.  I have long tried to avoid purchasing products like this that were spiked with antibiotics &#8211; just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tasty new molecular sandwich</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/06/11/a-tasty-new-molecular-sandwich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are vaguely familiar with the basic concepts concerning DNA: it is the genetic material in every one of our cells that make us who we are.  We inherit our DNA from our parents, who in turn inherited it from their parents, etc etc.  Most people also understand the basic structure of DNA: it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism follow-up: first steps toward a genetic map</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/06/10/autism-follow-up-first-steps-toward-a-genetic-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some real science about the cause of autism you can sink your teeth into (as opposed to the rumors and fear-mongering created by the misguided tin-foil hatters who promote the link between vaccines and autism&#8230;too harsh?).  The Autism-Genome Project just published its second paper about the potential genetics behind autism.  Funded by internation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The vaccine-autism link: bad information for scared parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles published in the New York Times caught my interest this month (3 Rulings Find No Link to Vaccines
and Autism and Court Says Vaccine Not to Blame for Autism).  The articles described the dismissal of court cases where parents were suing vaccine manufacturers for giving their children autism.  Some parents claimed that a preservative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sticky question &#8211; explained</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/06/08/a-sticky-question-explained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As &#8216;A Sticky Question&#8217; was my first blog post as a science blogger.  I  emailed the post to family and friends and asked for their honest  assessments.  I think the biggest thing people were looking for  (especially from my non science-y contacts) was a more concise summary  of my findings.  While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sticky question</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/05/29/a-sticky-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 21:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sticky Question:
There has been a lot of talk recently in  the news and online about high fructose corn syrup, so to settle my own  curiosity I did a little digging.  First some essential background and  terminology:

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are organic  compounds (organic meaning made with carbon) that are made from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The list post</title>
		<link>http://www.kristinbrinner.com/2010/01/12/the-list-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re home.  One of the toughest things people often ask us about our trip is &#8216;What was your favorite country?&#8217;  It is nearly impossible to answer this question &#8211; we enjoyed every country we visited (except for Honduras, but that doesn&#8217;t really count).  Lately I have been thinking back on some great [...]]]></description>
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