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		<description><![CDATA[In this age where Socialists, in Congress and the White House, attempt to manage our complex economy as if we were a United Socialist Front as is Europe, as was Soviet Russia, it is important that we take a grown up perspective at what is real, and how it must one day be again.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[4 Ways Technology Can Positively Impact Government Agency Projects]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/65992.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">We live in times when technology is becoming increasingly important and significantly transforming how people work. Of course, when you're bringing your work into the online realm, you need to be aware of the dangers it can bring to your data.<br><i>( Published Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 4:12 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:12:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's So Great About Diversity, Anyway?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/61242.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">There is an answer, if progressives can bring themselves to give it.<br><i>( Published Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 5:25 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:25:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Biden Administration Is Gaslighting Americans on Economy, IRS]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/57869.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Press Secretary says there is 0% inflation, while Treasure Secretary denies auditing will increase with new IRS funding<br><i>( Published Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 10:23 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:23:31 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beaufort County NOW has Evolved to Transition into Eastern NC NOW]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/56654.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">It has begun, and it will be a process, but know this NOW: Beaufort County Now (BCN), created by Symbiotic Networks (SNI), has evolved to a point that this online publication's most natural progression is to transition into Eastern NC NOW (ENC NOW).<br><i>( Published Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 9:57 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:57:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Carolina in the running for major federal biomedical facility]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/56722.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">N.C.'s congressional delegation urge the Biden Administration to locate the $1 billion Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health facility in the state.<br><i>( Published Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 6:51 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:51:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['Frozen in amber:'  UNC-dependent Chapel Hill suffers after COVID locks town down]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/48001.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">It's a neighborhood landmark, since 1996 the ideal place to watch the incessant flow of people and cars that grudgingly meet at Franklin and Columbia streets.<br><i>( Published Friday, September 3rd, 2021 @ 11:05 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 3 Sep 2021 23:05:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Black Friday is a State of Mind]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/22987.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">I do get it. Some folks, within today's America, seem to need a tribal gathering point, and for the consumer intellect, scoring well while shopping is a tempting scorecard to behold, it tends to register in the pathos of the chronic consumer long beyond 'the shopping experience'.<br><i>( Published Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 10:09 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:09:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Let's keep America's economic winning streak going]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/29099.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Tax Cuts are leading to a strong economy for years to come<br><i>( Published Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:19 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:19:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Remarks by CEA Chairman Kevin Hassett to New York Federal Reserve Bank]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/28303.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">The econometric issue in question was a focus of mine in graduate school and as a faculty member at Columbia. It is the issue of how to generate causal estimates of the effect of policy changes.<br><i>( Published Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 6:43 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:43:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Governor McCrory Announces Manager for Venture Capital Multiplier Fund]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/22732.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">In a huge step forward for Governor Pat McCrory's Innovation to Jobs (I2J) initiative, the state has selected Hatteras Venture Partners to manage the state's $60 million Venture Capital Multiplier Fund.<br><i>( Published Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 10:48 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 8 Nov 2016 10:48:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Carolina Tax Climate Most Improved Since 2013]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/22045.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">As a result of historic tax reform signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina's tax climate has improved to 11th, up from 44th in 2013, according to this year's State Business Tax Climate Index by the Tax Foundation.<br><i>( Published Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 11:07 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State Adds New Tools to Protect Workers and Businesses Against Employee Misclassification]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/21621.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Governor Pat McCrory announced a new agreement signed today between the North Carolina Industrial Commission and the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) that focuses on protecting the rights of workers and lawful businesses<br><i>( Published Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 2:01 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 3 Sep 2016 02:01:40 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Carolina's Unemployment Rate Drops Below National Average]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/21456.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased below the national average to 4.7 percent in July<br><i>( Published Friday, August 19th, 2016 @ 9:26 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:26:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Automation has improved the living standard of more people than government.]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/17253.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Today success requires possessing a skill set that is in demand.<br><i>( Published Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 2:55 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:55:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economy Expands at .2 Percent for the First Quarter]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/15817.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">The United States economy expanded at .2% for the first quarter, 2015, which is better than zero expansion in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), which is better than negative expansion, but not an economy that anyone should be proud of; certainly not the Obama Administration.<br><i>( Published Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 1:35 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 8 May 2015 01:35:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wind Mill Farms Pro and Con]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/14230.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">A meeting was held in Edenton on Nov 22 in order that local citizens will understand the benefits, or detriments, to the community regarding wind farms.<br><i>( Published Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:38:19 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Carolina Recovers Jobs Lost During Great Recession]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/14075.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent. That represents a 1.2 point drop from October 2013 and is 2.5 points lower than January 2013 when the governor entered office.<br><i>( Published Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 10:33 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:33:23 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Has Facebook become Stupidbook?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/13053.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">I'll be the first to admit that I use Facebook to promote BCN's posts. That is one of the duties that online publishers do. I also meta-tag, often and well in many nooks and crannies to push BCN's post higher in Search.  It is the least I can do for my contributors.<br><i>( Published Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 2:58 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:58:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Which Carolina Is Ahead?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/12244.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Within hours of the announcement last week that two Charlotte-based companies, LPL Financial and The Lash Group, would relocate thousands of jobs across the border to South Carolina, political and civic leaders in Charlotte and Raleigh began pushing the panic button on business incentives...<br><i>( Published Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 1:00 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[PCS Lays Off 85 Workers]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[$24 Billion Lost to the Economy? Yeah not so much.]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[FOX News All Shook Up]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[US Airways-American Merger No Slam Dunk]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Civitas Responds to Critics of Tax Reform Study]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Famed Economist: NC Can Get Ahead of the Curve]]></title>
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