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	<title>my name is bala</title>
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	<description>daniel bala peterson ...what had happened was...</description>
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		<title>my understanding of EVM &#8211; a work in progress.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being in control of a project budget involves an ongoing comparison of the actual cost of work versus the allocated amount in the budget, and adjusting the project plan to respond to the variances. It is important to monitor, analyze, and report on the variances, or differences, between the actual amounts and budgeted amounts. Earned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/my-understanding-of-evm-a-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>AfroApparel.com is coming&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot tell you how excited I was when I received the final revisions for the AfroApparel icon! I promise I will post more about this soon, in the meantime, hang tight! Follow progress on AfroApparel.com]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/afroapparel-com-is-coming/</link>
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		<title>what i believe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, lets make it clear, this is what I believe &#8211; what being a Christian means to me. I believe there was a man named Jesus, his mother was Mary, and he said he was God. He also said that he made all that we know and see. Based on history, study, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-i-believe/</link>
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		<title>when we build</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video rocked my world, and reminded me why I build [applications]. Please take the time to watch. Wilson Miner &#8211; When We Build from Build on Vimeo. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/when-we-build/</link>
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		<title>we will rock you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;nuff said!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/we-will-rock-you/</link>
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		<title>gotta respect that&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I asked for permission to use someone else&#8217;s image, and they said no&#8230; I learned 2 things: 1.) It felt good to ask, although I was disappointed by the answer. If I had _wrongfully_ used their work (even for no personal gain), and they had stumbled upon it somehow, it would have caused some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/gotta-respect-that/</link>
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		<title>10,000-Hour Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having a debate with some friends about how &#8220;becoming an expert at something requires focus and single-mindedness on the subject matter&#8220;. My position in the debate was that I want my sons (now 1 and 2.5 in age) to be &#8220;supremely excellent&#8221; at something (music, sports, academics&#8230; whatever). I drew some contention when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/10000-hour-rule/</link>
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		<title>about me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[when I began working at CIM, my manager asked us to read and take the Strengths Finder book and subsequent evaluation. That was a year ago, and I recently just stumbled on my results, and all I could say is &#8220;hmmm&#8230;&#8221; When I took this evaluation, I answered the questions in the mindset of &#8220;NOT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/about-me/</link>
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		<title>oh why won&#8217;t you update?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[*this is a technical post, so you might not care. After many many many moons of frustration, I&#8217;ve been FINALLY able to get my Adobe AIR 2.5 application to trigger installed clients, causing them to auto update. I am writing this post, so that it is crawled by web bots, and hopefully it helps someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/oh-why-wont-you-update/</link>
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		<title>what happened to the plan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Beginning was The Plan
And then came The Assumptions]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-happened-to-the-plan/</link>
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		<title>A visual representation for Easter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite authors Donald Miller posted this video, and I thought it was a really profound &#8211; I love watching the photoshop artwork process. It is titled a Portrait of Christ. A Portrait of Christ from Jeremy Cowart on Vimeo. Happy Easter everyone! Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/a-visual-representation-for-easter/</link>
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		<title>speak with authority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is not enough these days to question authority, you gotta speak with it too!&#8221; &#8211; Taylor Mali at TaylorMali.com Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/speak-with-authority/</link>
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		<title>closed mouth&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in a scary place professionally&#8230; I am starting to get this unshakeable sense of discontentment. There was a huge re-org at work, and new processes and people that didn&#8217;t &#8220;seem&#8221; to be working, a new manager that I&#8217;m reporting to, crappy weather which was making my commute sucky&#8230; all around jaded! But then [at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/closed-mouth/</link>
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		<title>BLOGGEREVOLUTION!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week at bu.edu, we discussed online marketing and the effects/benefits of blogs. I was appalled by the the number of people who had some sort of apprehension to blogging. For an online class, the response, to the topic of using blogs as a marketing tool, was very very backwards and old school &#8211; there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/bloggerevolution/</link>
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		<title>what is the deal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is up with MadMonkey? A lot of people have been asking what the deal is with MadMonkeyInc.com (MDMNKY). Often I have to ask myself what the deal is as well. With the New Year, reflection is important, and I&#8217;ve pondered awhile on MDMNKY, and this is what I&#8217;ve got. SO it began as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-is-the-deal/</link>
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		<title>award winning?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am one of those guys who is into Facebook. I also like to &#8220;share&#8221; a lot. My wife thinks I am a &#8220;Like&#8221; addict, she thinks I need Facebook help&#8230; yeah, it&#8217;s that serious! I am that dude that always wants to be liked &#8211; it is a fundamental personality flaw. I have borderline [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/award-winning/</link>
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		<title>adobe air: detect mounted storage volume</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m building an adobe air app using html/javascript&#8230; this is what it does: 1. reads a config file 2. gets a lists of filenames to search for (some of the names have a wildcard) from the config 3. searches all mounted (usb) drives for the file names specified in the config 4. if it matches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/adobe-air-detect-mounted-storage-volume/</link>
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		<title>Protected: the next big thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/the-next-big-thing/</link>
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		<title>what really matters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife safely delivered our second son on July 21st. We named him Boaz Oluwamitobi Peterson. We will be calling him Tobi. So now we have Tolu and Tobi. I am really really happy, and I&#8217;ve been bombarded with so many other emotions like fear and anxiety and joy etc&#8230; My biggest prayer is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/what-really-matters/</link>
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		<title>IamRhym.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my senior year at Kutztown University I met a Math Professor from the country of Mali. He had REALLY dark skin, and I thought to myself, &#8220;hah, i&#8217;m not the darkest guy at kutztown university!&#8221;. He had grey hair &#8211; the type that is common among older african men &#8211; the kind that looks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/iamrhym-com/</link>
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		<title>it&#8217;s alive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[after much hard work, we have a clear vision of where we want to take mad monkey. check out the website: http://madmonkeyinc.com. PLEASE send your feedback, it is sooo vital.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/its-alive/</link>
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		<title>fight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So i am madly in love with my wife, she is awesome. We work on our marriage daily, and often, when we have a chance, we will go to a marriage seminar or workshop. For us, there is a deliberate effort. What I dislike about these seminars, is that the man is usually always the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/fight/</link>
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		<title>cimply amazing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[sorry for the &#8220;long time no blog&#8221; &#8230;life has been hectic since we last spoke. I got an offer to join comcast interactive media (cim), it is truly an exhilarating experience! this is CIM videos speak better: this greets me every morning:]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/cimple/</link>
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		<title>lesson learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...another semester at Boston University is about to come to an end, ]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/lesson-learned/</link>
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		<title>i love me some pomodoro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to share things that I find valuable and helpful, and The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo absolutely falls into this category.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/i-love-me-some-pomodoro/</link>
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		<title>i keep six honest serving men</title>
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		<link>http://dbala.com/i-keep-six-honest-serving-men/</link>
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		<title>famous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mom: looook Bala you are famous&#8230;. me: hahahahahaha&#8230;. that&#8217;s right!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/famous/</link>
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		<title>mondo mondo mondo&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I received my business cards, just in time for my trip to India... I love the texture, the look, the attitude... totally wicked!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/mondo-mondo-mondo/</link>
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		<title>lipstick on a pig</title>
		<description><![CDATA[go bold or go home]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/lipstick-on-a-pig/</link>
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		<title>God loves Haiti.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[you see clips of what Pat Robertson said about Haiti all over the internet I totally appreciate Donald Miller&#8217;s response on his blog, at the end he notes that: * I understand that many of you will want to comment on the theological truths you’ve found that support Robertson’s comments, and also on the good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/god-loves-haiti/</link>
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		<title>finding my place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They say that the best solutions fill a void or meet a need. Read this and then come back: ARE WEB AGENCIES DESIGN-HEAVY? From my experience, I think web agencies are design heavy and they should be &#8211; because sexy aesthetics sell. I&#8217;ve visited several &#8220;studios&#8221; and web design environments, and they are all pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/finding-my-place/</link>
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		<title>appengine and python&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I once read that &#8220;&#8230;simplicity is king&#8221; . This cannot be more true when applied to programming. There are a LOT of different categories of programming languages out there and I find myself attracted to programming languages that offer a higher level of abstraction. Not because I am lazy, but because it is simpler to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/appengine-and-python/</link>
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		<title>it&#8217;s all about relation-slips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/its-all-about-relation-slips/</link>
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		<title>crouching tiger&#8230; hidden danger!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who wants to be perceived as sophisticated tries to play Golf. You&#8217;ve heard the tales of business deals being worked out over a &#8220;round of golf&#8221;, or an epiphany that is encountered while in the midst of a pristine and well crafted golf course. Culturally, -most- Nigerians do not levitate towards golf, probably because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/crouching-tiger-hidden-danger/</link>
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		<title>8 questions and a why</title>
		<description><![CDATA[seth godin got me thinking...]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/8-questions-and-a-why/</link>
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		<title>Corinthians Style Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I&#8217;m just another decorator. If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals, and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/corinthians-style-christmas/</link>
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		<title>so happy it hurts&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah... so I was burnt out!!! That is the truth. I can finally admit it to myself.

this is how I got to "burnt out."]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/so-happy-it-hurts/</link>
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		<title>teddy&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[sheep in wolves clothing&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/teddy/</link>
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		<title>gorilla robot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this would be me&#8230; illustrated]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/gorilla-robot/</link>
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		<title>pink robot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mad monkey consists of obi, gbenro and i&#8230; how about robots as our avatars? hmmm&#8230; this is obi]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/pink-robot/</link>
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		<title>astroNOT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[why do you piss your opportunities away? you have all the tools you need to suceed&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/astronot/</link>
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		<title>starbot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a place holder&#8230; I will write a story, I just need to gather my thoughts]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/starbot/</link>
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		<title>horses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America has the bald eagle, Nigeria has the horses&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/horses/</link>
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		<title>so it begins&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our manifesto (inspired by:  http://b.lesseverything.com/) I&#8217;m the co-founder of an unknown software company. I don&#8217;t have aspirations of being some widely known madman genius that develops massively popular products. I don&#8217;t dream of Ferrari, jets and hookers. I want to know my users, I want them to know me and feel like they can email [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/so-it-begins/</link>
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		<title>fela</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the father of Afrobeat music&#8230; i need a story, I will write one, this is just a placeholder to get me thinking]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/fela/</link>
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		<title>pay me&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I could fill you in, but i won&#8217;t&#8230; this shirt will not be printed &#8211; it&#8217;s not something we would wear to church &#8211; knowwhaimsayin!]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/pay-me/</link>
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		<title>too many cooks&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[spoil the broth&#8230; need i say more?]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/too-many-cooks/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to dbala. This is my first post on this new wordpress system. I used to blog here: http://danielbalapeterson.blogspot.com/ but I will move forward on here.]]></description>
		<link>http://dbala.com/hello-world/</link>
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