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		<title>Here&#8217;s to a Wonderful 2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; To everyone reading this, I wish you a wonderful 2024. 2023 saw some monumental accomplishments in the world of ending scientology abuses. It also had its challenges. I for one am looking forward to a 2024 that makes 2023 a distant memory. Scientology loves to hold &#8220;postulate seminars&#8221; at this time of year. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 14:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To all who visit this site, I hope you have a wonderful 2023. Scientology loves to hold &#8220;postulate seminars&#8221; at this time of year. Well, here is my seminar. Do what you know is right. Be kind to others. Cherish your family and friends. This is the best way I know to attain what you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paul Grady (Feb 1956 &#8211; Dec 2021)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Janis Grady]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very sad news from my old and dear friend Janis Grady: I’m deeply saddened to say, at 5:22 am this morning, December 30, 2021 my husband of 41 years, Paul Grady let go of his body and moved on. He put up a good fight, he even managed to come out of being on a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Natalie Webster</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/natalie-webster/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Natalie Webster is an old friend who originally contacted me when her daughter, Shelby, was in training at Flag.  She wrote the below as a response to Cindy and I asked her if I could post it as I felt it deserved more attention than it would get if it was a comment responding to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jim Dincalci</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 23:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Janis Gillham Grady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Dincalci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L. Ron Hubbard]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My dear friend Janis Gillham Grady let me know that our mutual friend, Jim Dincalci, passed away this evening. I am publishing Janis&#8217; eulogy, but also wanted to add a few comments of my own. I became friends with Jim when we were both assigned to a short unit from the Apollo on the island [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>With Deepest Gratitude</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 03:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Michel Viljoen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelley Ashurst]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; When Mike so graciously agreed to share our plight regarding the situation with my son and the tragic accident that happened on the 5th May 2021, [A Mother&#8217;s Urgent Plea for Help] I was absolutely blown away with the number of folks who readily stepped up to help.  There was so much outpouring of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thank You, Thank You, Thank You</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 22:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been in touch with Shelley Ashurst today in the aftermath of the recent events detailed here. I want to let everyone who has sent their hard earned money and sincere messages of support that you are enormously appreciated. Shelley, Jean and the rest of the family are quite overwhelmed with the outpouring. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Mother&#8217;s Urgent Plea for Help</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 14:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I usually don&#8217;t post things like this here, because if I did every time someone asked me, it would be all this blog would contain. But for people I know personally, who have gone out of their way to help me, there can be no hesitation. I know if I asked for help in return [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fernando Gamboa 1955 &#8211; 2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Janis Gillham Grady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terri Gamboa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Terri and Janis (daughters of Peter and Yvonne Gillham) asked me to post this tribute here. They are dear friends of nearly 50 years, and I mourn their loss. I knew Fernando, though not really well. But his smile was unforgettable, and so was his kind and gentle demeanor, something rare in the world of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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