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                <title><![CDATA[Sleek and chic can be bleak: customer disservice in Malta ]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3615-sleek-and-chic-can-be-bleak-customer-disservice-in-malta</link>                
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Mona Farrugia asks for a delivery date and ends up in the court of staff rights: sometimes sleek and chic can be rather bleak and a man in a vest...                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3615</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-09-09</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Wondrous. How sensitive have we become that a customer asking for a delivery date is construed as ‘arrogance’?]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Sleek and chic can be bleak: customer disservice in Malta and a happy ending.]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3614-trainspotting-the-mula-edition</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Trainspotting: The Mula Edition]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3614-trainspotting-the-mula-edition</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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Following its second anniversary, Rupert Camenzuli pays tribute to (arguably) the greatest Maltese song ever written.
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3614</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-09-01</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[What do Ewan McGregor and Charlene Victoria Mula have in common? If you're finding this question hard to answer, you're probably a normal person. Matter of fact, you're definitely much saner than me for even thinking of this video.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Trainspotting: The Mula Edition]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3606-the-complete-tourist-summer-guide-for-malta</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[The Complete Tourist Summer Guide for Malta ]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3606-the-complete-tourist-summer-guide-for-malta</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                    <img src="http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/tn/tn_3606_list_tiredfatrunner_1313075394.png"  align="right"  />                                
Rupert Camenzuli takes it upon himself to provide tourists visiting the island with 10 vital tips for survival.
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3606</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-08-11</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[By the time the bus arrives, your vacation period will already be over. ]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[The Complete Tourist Summer Guide for Malta (Part 3)]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[No Excuses: The Playstation Revolutionaries]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3603-no-excuses-the-playstation-revolutionaries</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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The last thing Marlene Vella expected to find upon her return from her annual Malta holiday were riots in her adopted hometown. Project Manager, Maltese but living in London, she...                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3603</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-08-09</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Of trainers and post riot cleanups]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[No Excuses, the playstation revolutionaries]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3597-reasons-why-some-men-have-such-a-small-penis-and-newspapers-publish-tripe</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Why some men have such a small penis (and newspapers publish tripe)]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3597-reasons-why-some-men-have-such-a-small-penis-and-newspapers-publish-tripe</link>                
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Mona Farrugia struggles to undo the huge padlock The Writer has left her locked in to write to Mister George Zammit tat tajms
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3597</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-08-02</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[So, between preparing a fresh batch of cupcakes for my esteemed husband (using just one hand - the other one is padlocked to the oven) and scrubbing the floor with my free four toes, here are my apologies.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Reasons why some men have such a small penis (and newspapers publish tripe)]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[What is Pornography? Can you keep a zejza at home? And other salient questions]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3595-what-is-pornography-can-you-keep-a-zejza-at-home-and-other-salient-questions</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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In the wake of Cyrus Engerer being, erm, investigated, for, erm, 'holding' pornography, or woqeva, here it is: the information you've been waiting for.
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3595</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-07-26</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[or acquires, keeps, puts in circulation or exports, any pornographic

or obscene print, painting, photograph, film, book, card or writing,

or any other pornographic or obscene article whatsoever, whether]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[zejza]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3592-media-business-and-a-sickeningly-true-story</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Media, business and a sickeningly true story]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3592-media-business-and-a-sickeningly-true-story</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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Have you been following the phone-hacking News of the World story? If you have not, maybe you should.
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3592</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-07-09</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[The bitter truth is that no major figure in British public life was prepared to take on and expose the Murdoch newspaper empire. Rival proprietors were silent. Senior public figures did not dare to speak out for fear of exposure and attack in the Murdoch newspapers. ]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Media, business and a sickeningly true story]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Arriva: here's a friendly word of warning from a happy bus user]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3591-arriva-heres-a-friendly-word-of-warning-from-a-happy-bus-user</link>                
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Mona Farrugia finally gets on that bus...or buses. After a trip around the south of the island she has a few words of warning for Arriva.
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3591</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-07-08</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[This is not Wales. We tend to be a little hot-headed and if this massive promise of a good transport system fails we will take it, like we take everything, very seriously.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Arriva: here's a friendly word of warning from a happy bus user]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Arriva non Arriva]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3590-arriva-non-arriva</link>                
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Mona Farrugia is waiting on the bus stop. And waiting. And waiting some more...
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3590</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-07-05</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Mona Farrugia tries to get on a bus. And tries again. And again. And fails...miserably.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Arriva non Arriva]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Click Click Kill!]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3584-click-click-kill</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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Mona Farrugia thinks that the ridiculous quantity of public outpouring of 'love' towards a dog nobody knew is just a manifestation of a detached nation that doesn't have the guts...                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3584</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-06-22</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Then again, I am also worried about my friends, who seem happy scoffing a t-bone and a burger but would never kill a cow, or slay a goat yet consume inordinate quantities of industrially-reared chicken breast ‘because it is healthy’.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Click Click Kill!]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Dear Government MPs: Where's the 'honour' in 'honoraria'?]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3581-dear-government-mps</link>                
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                                    <img src="http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/tn/tn_3581_list_19311331_1308216382.jpg"  align="right"  />                                
Some MPs attend 99% of parliamentary sittings and still have time left over to take chummy pics with Brangelina. Most do not, however, and yet they have awarded themselves a...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3581</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-06-16</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[I have never worked harder nor been poorer. But wait, I have a €1.16 cost of living increase too! I can now afford to buy an extra sausage roll. A week. Oh, deck the halls with bunting and rejoice! 

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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Dear Government MPs]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Public Execution...or Simply Eradicating Omerta'?]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3580-public-execution-or-simply-eradicating-omerta</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                    <img src="http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/tn/tn_3580_list_dogsdeadoffmaltaramonafrendo_1308121616.png"  align="right"  />                                
"This is not about torturing the monster who killed these dogs, nor is it about executing him, or locking him up in jail for life. This should be about finding...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3580</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-06-15</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[This is not about torturing the monster who killed these dogs, nor is it about executing him, or locking him up in jail for life. This should be about finding him and punishing him.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Public Execution...of Simply Eradicating Omerta'?]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3577-twinkle-twinkle-little-star</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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TCM, so moved by the current outpouring of maudlin sentimentality, writes a lullaby to Star, The Dog Who Lived. And Then Died. Star, this one's for you...
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3577</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-06-10</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Wag your tail with all your might,
Tinkle on parked cars all night]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Thinking of investing? Don't bother.]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3576-thinking-of-investing-dont-bother</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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Mona Farrugia has done her tour of Malta's capital, Valletta and all she sees are empty shops and the same bunch of politicos lunching on our money.
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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3576</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-06-10</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[With Valletta it seems as if even new and exciting things are being done badly. In Merchants street you now find tables in the middle. They seem to have been placed there by the central government. The idea is good but the tables look horrendous. Do we not involve designers when doing this stuff or is everything just led by our infamous ‘tendering process’?]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Thinking of investing? Don't bother]]></c:value>
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                <title><![CDATA[Dear Baby Jesus Fanciers of the World]]></title>
                <link>http://www.planetmona.com/opinions-on-planetmona/52-social/3574-dear-baby-jesus-fanciers-of-the-world</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
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Someone owns up to stealing Jesus.  This Charming Man loses all hope.

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                <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
                <g:id>3574</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2011-06-08</g:publish_date>
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                    <c:shout>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Sometimes I just wonder if the Times just makes this stuff up to pad its ever thinner editions or to bait the online loon community into posting rants. I used to think them too droll to troll, but you can never tell. ]]></c:value>
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                    <c:title>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Dear Baby Jesus Fanciers of the World.]]></c:value>
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