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	<title>Found In Ceylon &#187; Sri Lanka</title>
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	<description>A deaf American volunteer goes to Sri Lanka to work at a school for deaf children in Matara.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Essential Rice, Escalating Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/04/15/essential-rice-escalating-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have often written about food in Sri Lanka. It was a delightful part of my experience there, and continues to be a part of my life even today. I sip Dilmah Tea (actually, I used to until we ran out last month), and I still can&#8217;t stop eating with my fingers every now and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Class of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/12/10/the-class-of-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember my two blogs about graduation last December? (1. Run-Up To Graduation. 2. The Class of 2006.)
Well, a few weeks ago, I awoke with a start, realizing that graduation was once again just around the corner. And this time, I was 10,000 miles away. Despite all the hard work I put into the ceremony last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Sri Lankan Sign Language: The Dictionary</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/12/05/introducing-sri-lankan-sign-language-the-dictionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really proud to finally announce this project. I&#8217;ve kept it somewhat under wraps waiting until the actual product was finished, and now it is!
It is: Introducing Sri Lankan Sign Language! This is Sri Lanka&#8217;s first-ever conversational sign language dictionary, with more than 350 illustrated signs categorized by topic area and compiled in a sturdy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updates From Ceylon</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/10/03/updates-from-ceylon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in Sri Lanka does go on, and things do keep improving, with or without the help of foreign volunteers.
One of the most challenging parts of working in a foreign country is creating sustainable solutions. In other words, you might be working super hard on a project. Anticipating your departure, you&#8217;ll train a few locals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ILY Sign</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Leah and I were standing in one of Miami&#8217;s Metrorail cars, waiting impatiently behind the closed doors as the train pulled into Government Center Station. Moments before the doors opened, I felt a hand brush against my back. It existed in that nether land between an accidental swing of the wrist and an intentional tap, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karuna&#8217;s Culinary Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/07/passing-on-karunas-culinary-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/07/passing-on-karunas-culinary-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During our April break, Ginette and I took a brief holiday in Unawatuna, the touristy town set on a lovely beach just a few kilometers from Galle. Right across from the access road to our hotel was a sign advertising &#8220;Karuna&#8217;s Cooking Class.&#8221; Thanks to the New Year festivities, we had eaten our fill of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Queen Of Fruit</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/07/25/the-queen-of-fruit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When ripe the [mangosteen] fruit is as delicate and agreeably sweet as the finest lansehs and may even be mistaken for ripe grapes. It is at the same time so juicy, that many people can never eat enough of it, so delicious is its fragrance and agreeable its sweetness; and it is believed that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inaugurating the Benedictine Calendar</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/07/18/inaugurating-the-benedictine-calendar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/07/18/inaugurating-the-benedictine-calendar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been back in the United States for 10 days and out of Sri Lanka for 23 days. 
I remember talking with Sophie and asking her how she felt when she left after three months in Matara. 
&#8220;I&#8217;d drive myself crazy. I&#8217;d keep thinking, &#8216;At this time, if I was back in Sri Lanka, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now and Then, Here and There</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/07/05/now-and-then-here-and-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the strangest thing: to be there one day and gone the next. 
And I often think back to those final days, each one of them stretched out as if they had been swollen with tears. Those faces&#8211;not just the school children but half of Matara, it felt like. 
When I picked up my last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That F.O.B. Feeling</title>
		<link>http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/06/22/that-fob-feeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago, I was invited via text messaging to Manjula&#8217;s son&#8217;s first birthday. Manjula is someone who&#8217;s tried to be friends with me since last September, but I kept avoiding him, mainly because everyone else told me he was bad news. But as the months went by, I slowly came to see that [...]]]></description>
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