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		<title>SPORTS MAD?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tennis&#8230;cricket&#8230;football&#8230;.soccer&#8230;whatever. If you are sports crazy this is your chance to excel.
You might like to write a tv/radio commentary for a game that sticks in your mind, or just describe one amazing move by your favourite player.
You could comment on Federer&#8217;s reaction to losing the Australian Open Final &#8211; did it surprise you and why?
What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reviews competition</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2009/02/05/reviews-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What did you read during the holidays? Do you realise it could earn you SCRUMPTIOUS REWARDS? We&#8217;re looking for intriguing, scintillating or otherwise impressive reviews that will inspire your fellow students to read the books you have enjoyed&#8230;or did you read something that is to be avoided? Do your friends a favour and warn them!
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andy wins our Haiku reviews competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Andy for encapsulating the story of Mao&#8217;s Last Dancer  in these three lines&#8230;
Little peasant boy
Chosen for China’s Ballet
Made his dream come true
Andy, you are the winner of our Haiku reviews competition &#8211; come to the library and collect a prize!
Mrs Sweeney
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		<title>First line stunners (Oh goodie, another competition)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, you may not have a novel in you, but can you come up with an absolutley stunning first line&#8230;one that will have readers leaping from tall buildings, running across quicksand, or at least falling off their chairs to get to the next line?
To inspire you, here are some great first lines&#8230;
&#8216;He woke, and remembered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alexander- collect your prize!</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/08/01/alexander-collect-your-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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Congratulations Alexander! Your humourous and informative review of Alive just happened to be the 100th post published on The Portal, so you have earnt a prize! Please come to the library to collect it!
Mrs Sweeney
Image : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chocolate.jpg/770px-Chocolate.jpg 1/8/08
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		<title>Man Booker Long List</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/31/man-booker-long-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[      
The long list from which this year&#8217;s Man Booker Prize winner will be chosen, has been announced.
It is&#8230;
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger
Gaynor Arnold &#8211; Girl in a Blue Dress
Sebastian Barry &#8211; The Secret Scripture
John Berger &#8211; From A to X
Michelle de Kretser - The Lost Dog
Amitav Ghosh - Sea of Poppies
Linda Grant - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiku reviews competition</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/haiku-reviews-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/haiku-reviews-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[                                 
You&#8217;ve all written book reviews. Have you written Haiku &#8211; the traditional form of Japanese poetry written in 3 lines; the first line with 5 syllables, the second line with 7 syllables, and the third line with 5 syllables?
Here&#8217;s your chance to combine your skills. Try writing a book review in Haiku form.
eg. Mutiny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nearing 100 posts&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/22/nearing-100-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/22/nearing-100-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t say just how close we are, but it won&#8217;t be too long before the 100th post is published on The Portal.
If you happen to be the author of that post you might find yourself on the other end of something scrumptious! The more you post, the better your chances&#8230;
Mrs Sweeney
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		<title>Announcing the winner&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/18/announcing-the-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/07/18/announcing-the-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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Image : http://www.tonyfugere.com/funny/ 18/7/08 Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

Exciting news! The time has come to announce the winner of the &#8216;Most Commented on Post&#8217; competition for term 2, 2008. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New competition!</title>
		<link>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/new-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://theportal.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/new-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 05:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a reader&#8217;s suggestion, we are launching a new competition. The person who writes the post which is most commented upon will receive a traditionally yummy prize! The competition deadline is the first Friday of next term, so you have plenty of time to think of a controversial book/writing/reading related topic, compose a scintillating post and publish [...]]]></description>
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