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		<title>Upcoming Travel Schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013 June &#8211; July: France, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, (TBC) 2012 Jan &#8211; June:  Amsterdam, The Netherlands; London, UK; Toronto, Canada; New York, USA 2011 April &#8211; June: San Francisco, New York, Princeton, Washington, Boston, USA &#160; Detailed travel schedule is on Dopplr.]]></description>
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		<title>How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously, I have written about the joys of cycling in Europe, and have commented on what lessons we can learn in Australian, especially from our Dutch cousins. My mate Adrian sent me this article on What The Netherlands can teach us about child safety and mass protests as effective policy-benders. Its all about how the Dutch got their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Global Brain Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this interesting data via the World Bank. &#8220;Which countries have the most foreign scientists, and which ones suffer from the worst brain drain? To answer these questions, researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Massachusetts conducted a Web-based survey of over 17 000 published scientists in 16 countries.&#8221; While &#8220;Japan is the most insular country surveyed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year: 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 I said that I had adopted  &#8220;Mark Your Mark&#8221; as sort of theme for that year. It was also the theme chosen by the City of Sydney for the New Year&#8217;s Eve fireworks. I had not adopted a theme in 2012. The City of Sydney welcomed this year with the theme of Embrace. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Netherlands vs Holland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in October 2010, I wrote about how the world lost one country, but gained two new ones. The Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist, and Curaçao and Sint Maarten become semi-autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The other day I found this video by C.G.P. Grey, which summed up the make up of the Dutch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFL 9s End of Spring Competition Presentation Drinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFL 9s End of Spring Competition Presentation Drinks Tattersalls Club, Sydney 17 December 2012 Distinguished Guests, Tatts Men, Ladies and Gentlemen: Let me formally welcome you to these drinks to celebrate the end of the AFL 9s Spring 2012 Competition. I say competition and not season, because those who love their footy know that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reception in Honour of the Consul-General of France</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reception in Honour of the Consul-General of France Tattersalls Club, Sydney 5 December 2012 Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Tatts Men, Ladies and Gentlemen: Let me welcome you all to this reception at the Tattersalls Club in honour of the new Consul-General of France, Eric Berti, as we formally welcome him to Australia. Tattersalls Club was founded in 1858 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remarks at SUANFC Presentation Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remarks at the Presentation Night of the Sydney University Australian National Football Club 27 October 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to welcome you all here to Tattersalls Club. One of Australia’s oldest private members’ Clubs. Tattersalls Club was founded in 1858 on the principles of Honour and Friendship, that is the Club’s motto: Honor et [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commitment and Responsibility to Club and Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commitment and Responsibility to Club and Community 125th Anniversary of  the Sydney University Australian National Football Club 13 July 2012]]></description>
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		<title>Philanthropy in an Era of Economic Uncertainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philanthropy in an Era of Economic Uncertainty with David Gonski, Tattersalls Club, Sydney 19 April 2012]]></description>
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