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		<title>Jesus Was Crazy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call me insane for my choice of title, but Jesus Christ was indeed crazy. Going against norms and breaking laws of his days, he healed the sick on Sabbath, dined with sinners, whipped traders out of the temple, and most crazy of all, he submitted himself intentionally to die for the people who killed him. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 Things a Guy Must Have Achieved by Age 30</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/lists/30-things-a-guy-must-have-achieved-by-age-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Achieve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Start something – anything – a company, a trend, a movement or a war. Learn a new language, how to swim, how to cook or all of the above and more. This will keep your mind in a very good shape to tackle challenges more effectively. Travel out of your country. Visit as many other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Note to my Daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Love & Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dear daughter, I have been thinking about you a lot lately, and this evening, there is nothing else I would rather do than talk to you in the old tree house. But since you are not here right now however, I’ve decided to drop you this note, lest I forget the things I wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blacks Don&#8217;t Read!</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/personal-development/blacks-dont-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[read]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gideonbanks.com/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this in my email box sometimes ago. It broke my heart. I hated it, but I had to agree with it because it is absolutely true. Take a look and tell me what you think after reading this&#8230; if you will read. THEY ARE OUR SLAVES We can continue to reap profits from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s OK to be Imperfect</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/personal-development/its-ok-to-be-imperfect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man is finite and prone to imperfections. He disappoints others as much as himself because of his weaknesses and inconsistencies. No matter how hard we try, being humans make us eternally vulnerable to errors. I don’t know who you are and what you do, but no matter how good you are, you are not the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria’s Last Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/national-issues/nigerias-last-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria at 51]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow Nigerian, Nigeria is 51! It’s been a year already since my last speech, 50 Reasons Nigerians should mourn at 50, and the piece enjoyed a lot of criticism. Sadly, though, my prediction that, “Nigerians who gets to read this will typically shake their heads, say “na wa o” and forget about it all.” turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parable of the Pencil</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/motivation/parable-of-the-pencil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pencil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. &#8220;There are 5 things you need to know,&#8221; he told the pencil, &#8220;Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.&#8221; &#8220;One: You will be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do That Thing!</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/motivation/do-that-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gideonbanks.com/motivation/do-that-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We were created to grow and evolve. Growth however is uncomfortable. It requires learning, stretching, adapting and a lot of risks. Because of the uncertainty involved in taking risks however, so many people have become paranoid and allowed themselves to degenerate into mere onlookers in life. They just sit back and watch others live their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Defense Begins With Common Sense</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/national-issues/self-defense-begins-with-common-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gideonbanks.com/national-issues/self-defense-begins-with-common-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gideonbanks.com/?p=896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Monday morning at about 11am, two ungentle men in mufti walked into our Ilorin office ordering my staff out for no clear reason. They couldn’t even express themselves well enough to tell us they were from Kwara State Bureau of Lands. I insisted that they identify themselves, and they said, “We are from the Government”. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Goes Around Comes Around</title>
		<link>http://www.gideonbanks.com/stories/what-goes-around-comes-around/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gideonbanks.com/stories/what-goes-around-comes-around/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gideon Banks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gideonbanks.com/?p=887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on [...]]]></description>
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