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		<title>How to beat depression – without drugs (from the Guardian)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr Steve Ilardi is slim and enthusiastic, with intense eyes. The clinical psychologist is 4,400 miles away, in Kansas, and we are chatting about his new book via Skype, the online videophone service. &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time pondering Skype,&#8221; he says. &#8220;On the one hand it provides a degree of social connectedness. On [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/07/how-to-beat-depression-%e2%80%93-without-drugs-from-the-guardian/</link>
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		<title>Do the maths &#8211; for $5m (from the Times)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: what’s a million times five? No, it’s not a trick. The answer is the amount of dollars you could win if you solved all five mathematical conundrums in The Num8er My5teries, a new book by the iconic popular mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. The book is based on a competition set up in 2000 by an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/07/do-the-maths-for-5m-from-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s most famous rapper (from the JC)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sha&#8217;anan Streett, the frontman of Hadag Nahash &#8211; the biggest hip-hop band in Israel &#8211; is hung over. And the waitress in the Jerusalem cafe clearly knows it. &#8220;Black coffee followed by a big green salad?&#8221; she suggests. He gives her a wry smile. &#8220;You know me too well,&#8221; he replies. Then he turns to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/07/israels-most-famous-rapper-from-the-jc/</link>
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		<title>Hug a hoodie? Yes, of course you should (from the Times)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Jake, how are you?” “OK.” “How was your day at school?” “OK.” “Have you got much homework?” “Yup.” “What is it?” “Oh, stuff.” “Darling, is everything OK? You’re very quiet.” “Yup.” “Can you at least look at me when I’m talking to you? I’m asking if you’re OK.” “I just told you, I’m fine. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/07/hug-a-hoodie-yes-of-course-you-should-from-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Our big, cheap, green wedding (from the Times)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were sitting on the sofa, surrounded by glossy wedding bumph, when my fiancée Isobel had a moment of clarity. “These people are thieves,” she said, tossing aside a brochure for Blenheim Palace advertising two wedding packages – a no-frills option for £16,400 and a standard for £23,900. “We don’t have that kind of money. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/06/our-big-cheap-green-wedding-from-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Oliver James: it&#8217;s all about you (from the Independent on Sunday)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On my way out of the bathroom of a café in South Kensington, I collide with an unusual-looking man. There is something of the artist about him. He is wearing a flamboyant silk scarf and a capacious greatcoat, and peers through his spectacles like a character from a wartime spy novel. We make our apologies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/05/oliver-james-its-all-about-you-from-the-independent-on-sunday/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;On the same side&#8221; (from BBC Radio 4&#8242;s From Our Own Correspondent)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the audio (5 min 54 sec) Transcript Just ten minutes’ walk from bustling downtown Jerusalem is the district of Meah She’arim, home to the most inaccessible ultra Orthodox Jewish community in the world. It is a labyrinth of narrow, winding alleyways, and the apartment blocks are rickety, cramped and overcrowded. This is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/05/the-jews-who-hate-israel-transcript-from-bbc-radio-4s-from-our-own-correspondent/</link>
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		<title>Trash Culture: bin men and me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Never is the householder so vulnerable as when he has forgotten to take out his bins in the morning. Out he rushes, bleary-eyed, dressing gown flapping indecently, dragging a wheelie-bin like a modern-day Sisyphus. At such times he is at the mercy of the bin men. And he knows it. &#8220;Excuse me,&#8221; he says, ashamedly. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/05/trash-culture-some-thoughts-on-bins/</link>
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		<title>Bus Boy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Subscribe to the comments for this post? Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Bookmarks Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/05/bus-boy-a-comic-for-election-day-click-to-enlarge/</link>
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		<title>A rant about bullies on the eve of a general election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I know it&#8217;s the election tomorrow. The most important election for a generation and all that. But it gets right up my nose when my neighbours put political signs up in their windows. Several of my neighbours here have done that this week. All Liberal, as it happens. You know, those infuriating little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jakewallissimons.com/2010/05/a-rant-about-bullies-on-the-eve-of-a-general-election/</link>
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