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	<title>Bill Anderson's Blog &#187; Thoughts on life</title>
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		<title>Pursuing Dreams</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2011/10/pursuing-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2011/10/pursuing-dreams/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pursuit of dreams provides meaning to life. Until I married Susan and moved to Costa Rica, dreams were nothing more than dreams. With my ex-wife, only her dreams counted, and I was to finance those dreams. After breaking my leg, I was no longer able to finance the dreams. My ex decides to divorce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare and Living in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2011/10/medicare-and-living-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2011/10/medicare-and-living-in-costa-rica/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare  does not provide coverage in Costa Rica. Except for Mexico, this applies to all countries. Your Medicare Supplement or Advantage plan may cover vacations, but not for actual residence in another country. In Costa Rica, there are plans that handle VA paperwork for those with combat related injuries, disabled, or currently under TriCare. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rape of the Consumer</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/05/rape-of-the-consumer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/05/rape-of-the-consumer/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Credit card]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Subprime mortgage crisis solutions debate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It started with the credit card companies and has spread to mortgage companies, drug companies, and insurance companies. The message is clear &#8211; &#8220;If you regulate us, we will raises our prices.&#8221; It is unmitigated rape of the consumer by large and powerful companies. Credit card companies raised their rates prior to the law going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Complication to My Femur Fracture</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/04/new-complication-to-my-femur-fracture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/04/new-complication-to-my-femur-fracture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/04/new-complication-to-my-femur-fracture/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The technical term for the current status of the two breaks in my femur is nonunion. In translation, it means that bone growth appears to have ceased and the bridging of the fractures with new bone growth is not complete. While not common, nonunion is one of the complications to bone fractures. Significant bone growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Directions</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/03/changing-directions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/03/changing-directions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/03/changing-directions/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drupal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After sending out 114 resumes, and receiving only 4 responses, I had to work on a Plan B. The first step was to throw myself into a intense learning phase for Drupal (an Open Source Content Management System for Web design).  I chose Drupal over Joomla!, because the Drupal team takes Web accessibility seriously. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twists and Turns &#8211; Facing Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/02/twists-and-turns-facing-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/02/twists-and-turns-facing-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/02/twists-and-turns-facing-reality/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the January 21 meeting with Dr. Erpelding, I thought I was on the road to recovery. I was finally to the "testing" stage to see if the breaks were healing. I was having telephone interviews for long term contracts. I was applying submitting applications for full-time or long-term contract work every day. Then, I had the appointment with Dr. Wilson on February 18.]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with Medical Bills</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/dealing-with-medical-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/dealing-with-medical-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/dealing-with-medical-bills/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third post regarding breaking my femur in two places on August 6, 2009. In "The Oh Shit Moment" post, I told the story. In "Holding on by a Thread" post, I showed the latest X-rays, including the one of the broken screw. In this post, I cover the financial consequences of the accident.]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging on by a Thread</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/hanging-on-by-a-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/hanging-on-by-a-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/hanging-on-by-a-thread/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since writing&#8221;The &#8216;Oh Shit&#8217; Moment&#8221; post, I had another appointment with Dr. Erpelding at the VA Clinic in Billings. This time, I was able to get a CD containing the X-rays from the visit. The CD auto-starts the X-ray viewer used by the doctors to view digital images. It is a really cool tool. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Oh Shit&#8221; Moment</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/the-oh-shit-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/the-oh-shit-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2010/01/the-oh-shit-moment/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife, Monica, and I were building our own house. We were the designers and the workers, except for hiring a people to help with pouring concrete. We built and finished the basement first, and are living in it. In 2008, we started building the main floor. Monica injured her back in December of 2007. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Intolerance</title>
		<link>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2009/05/religious-intolerance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bill-anderson.com/2009/05/religious-intolerance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://www.bill-anderson.com/2009/05/religious-intolerance/">Bill A</span></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that &#8220;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof &#8230;  .&#8221; Freedom of religion doesn&#8217;t mean that we need to agree with every religion. It does mean that we need to respect the right [...]]]></description>
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