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The company’s stock, which is listed on the New York Stock]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@lwmayrand/bitcoin-ethereum-bitcoin-cash-ripple-iota-litecoin-nem-cardano-price-analysis-jan-04</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@lwmayrand/bitcoin-ethereum-bitcoin-cash-ripple-iota-litecoin-nem-cardano-price-analysis-jan-04</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lwmayrand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:44:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYg2999uKtQ8ZZHFrCM1qV8nBCs6eXx8NudMZVmMjcn16nf7gLub1TQtnXwgrX8U7kMQp46Cm5g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Larsen, a co-founder of the Ripple virtual currency, at Ripple’s headquarters in San Francisco. 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WOW!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA["Harald “bluetooth” actually filed his front teeth and stained them with blue berries to give an appearance of being a crazed maniac when battling. 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US railway operator Amtrak is running on a reduced schedule, and interstate buses]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lwmayrand/ny-declares-state-of-emergency-jfk-la-guardia-close-due-to-huge-winter-storm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lwmayrand/ny-declares-state-of-emergency-jfk-la-guardia-close-due-to-huge-winter-storm</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lwmayrand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYDE5hLFBWyNNifWCyNdfZcWQoGrcefeWRemwApWsPp54crjPpVDkVHbg6cbFmyLFDYeVxmPQAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEWBIE TO STEEMIT]]></title><description><![CDATA[HELLO, IMA TRUTHER ON FB, some call us conspiracy theorists, or nuts, depends on the person, anarchists, truthers, etc., I also am a self taught herbalist, naturalpath, and only take medicinal herbs, never]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@lwmayrand/newbie-to-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@lwmayrand/newbie-to-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lwmayrand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 02:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyySp7JjXYWDGCwGzgoJRh7gvRhr63ALyXPF7NNTeutKL7YzgkTwoPbhssE5gUXquHRyPcqMhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ITS SO COLD IN FLA, HOW COLD IS IT? THE  IGUANAS R FROZEN!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[When temperatures dip into the 30s and 40s, people from West Palm Beach to Miami know to be on the lookout for reptiles stunned — but not necessarily killed — by the cold. 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