<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876</id><updated>2011-07-07T18:40:16.906-07:00</updated><category term='welfare'/><category term='government'/><category term='environment'/><category term='global warming'/><category term='independence day'/><title type='text'>Bam's News</title><subtitle type='html'>Describing the World - From the right point of view</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-8562126903430992320</id><published>2009-07-05T22:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T22:19:44.664-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sparing Change for a Changing Climate</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/8562126903430992320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=8562126903430992320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/8562126903430992320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/8562126903430992320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2009/07/sparing-change-for-changing-climate.html' title='Sparing Change for a Changing Climate'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-1999344098182779384</id><published>2008-10-27T20:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T00:05:37.964-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Misundereducated</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaThis article appears in the November 2008 edition of the Lehigh Patriot.www.lehighpatriot.com Education plays a critical role in every nation’s development. Just as leaders today make decisions based upon their past education, the leaders of tomorrow will formulate their actions based on what they learn today. Our future depends on the education of today to produce a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/1999344098182779384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=1999344098182779384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/1999344098182779384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/1999344098182779384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/10/misundereducated.html' title='Misundereducated'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BHW-t4bFFmo/SQaJ-ZMy4hI/AAAAAAAAANs/4gkdsgijPfA/s72-c/figure+one.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-2418830770294907854</id><published>2008-10-27T20:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T20:30:44.464-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An Engineer's Dream</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaThis article appears in the November 2008 Edition of the Lehigh Patriotwww.lehighpatriot.com As a general rule, planning your class load for next semester is stressful. There are requirements to fill, time conflicts to worry about, and logging in at 10:00 pm with 1,000 other people (full disclosure: the author logs in at 9:30). With all of that said, you still have to avoid any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/2418830770294907854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=2418830770294907854' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/2418830770294907854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/2418830770294907854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/10/engineers-dream.html' title='An Engineer&apos;s Dream'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-2989715120784461824</id><published>2008-09-29T23:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T23:09:06.267-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Words of Inaction</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaThis article appears in the October 2008 Edition of the Lehigh Patriot.www.lehighpatriot.com  Election year politics always provide a tremendous amount of political banter on both sides. While following this year’s contest, I have read countless well-thought and articulate articles on the current political climate. By perusing many articles each day, representing both sides of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/2989715120784461824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=2989715120784461824' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/2989715120784461824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/2989715120784461824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/09/words-of-inaction.html' title='Words of Inaction'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-2433638086093131331</id><published>2008-09-29T22:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T23:00:51.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sanity Lost</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaThis article appears in the October 2008 Edition of the Lehigh Patriot.www.lehighpatriot.comSometimes, convincing someone to cast their vote for you is quite challenging. I learned this in those intense middle school elections of simpler days now long past. If it weren’t for Sarah and her seemingly endless supply of Jolly Rancher lollipops things might be different. Those grape </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/2433638086093131331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=2433638086093131331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/2433638086093131331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/2433638086093131331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/09/sanity-lost.html' title='Sanity Lost'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-5145454040428485283</id><published>2008-08-14T19:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T23:13:58.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/5145454040428485283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=5145454040428485283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/5145454040428485283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/5145454040428485283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/seven-questions-for-obama-supporters.html' title=''/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-1689390770081644720</id><published>2008-08-03T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T16:42:23.511-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank You, Barack</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaOriginally Published: August 4th, 2008         I just wanted to say that you have changed my life. No brother, this isn’t sarcasm. This is real. I know I’ve dissed you in the past, but give me a chance. I’ve changed, and it’s all because of the hope that you inspired within me.               There I was, just some kid, working hard in school, setting high goals for myself, trying</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/1689390770081644720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=1689390770081644720' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/1689390770081644720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/1689390770081644720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/thank-you-barack.html' title='Thank You, Barack'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-3631000877010803742</id><published>2008-08-03T21:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T21:49:47.761-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='independence day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='welfare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><title type='text'>In Dependence Day</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaOriginally Published: April 2008http://www.lehighpatriot.com/issues/article.php?id=63     Fireworks, parties, pools, family and friends, a warm summer night, and beer (especially when combined with the fireworks!): all of these combine to represent a holiday that truly expresses America’s greatness. July fourth, Independence Day, is a great holiday. I don’t know too many people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/3631000877010803742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=3631000877010803742' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/3631000877010803742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/3631000877010803742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-dependence-day.html' title='In Dependence Day'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905657481574094876.post-5655820346945376744</id><published>2008-08-03T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T21:50:13.865-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global warming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>A Hot Topic</title><summary type='text'>By Benjamin MummaOriginally Published: May 2008http://www.lehighpatriot.com/issues/article.php?id=77Apocalypses have always been cool. It’s just a fact of life. Would Will Smith be as cool as he is without his many apocalyptic thrillers such as Independence Day, Men In Black, and I Am Legend? I think not. The point is, if you are a group of people desperately in need of some popularity and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/feeds/5655820346945376744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1905657481574094876&amp;postID=5655820346945376744' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/5655820346945376744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1905657481574094876/posts/default/5655820346945376744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bams-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/hot-topic.html' title='A Hot Topic'/><author><name>Benjamin Mumma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14963791329212601734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
