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          font-size: 12px;" lang="x-western">Hi folks! We're back -
          after my break for this semester's MFA residency (and the
          subsequent "week of being fried from school"). I'll be taking
          a short vacation in a couple of weeks, too, but for now check
          out the latest (double or possibly triple) edition of Open
          Media Boston. Cheers, Jason ... p.s. - this summer slow patch
          is a great time to pitch me your op-ed ideas ...<br>
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          News: Labor Advocates Push for Temp Agency Regulation, Face
          Strong Industry Opposition<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1891">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1891</a><br>
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          News: Civic Counsel Protests Grand Jury Investigation of
          Boston Supporters of WikiLeaks<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1884">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1884</a><br>
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          Editorial: Open Media Boston 2011 Summer Appeal<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1892">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1892</a><br>
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          Editorial: OMB Editor Takes School "Break" ... Staff Continues
          to Look Busy<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1885">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1885</a><br>
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          Opinion: Third Time’s A Charm? Verizon Hopes So.<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1883">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1883</a><br>
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          Arts: Seeing Beyond The Mass "Consensual Hallucination"<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1896">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1896</a><br>
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          Arts: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African
          Photography<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1897">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1897</a><br>
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          Arts: Mike Leigh's "Ecstasy"<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1898">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1898</a><br>
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          Featured Visuals by Jason Pramas <br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1899">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1899</a><br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1886">http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/1886</a><br>
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