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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stopping on the road, I venture over the railing, walking down the embankment. The heat at the waters edge overwhelms me. The smell of salt and bitterness is in the air.

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		<title>Home, Sweet Home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the Don is home. Sweet home. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=492">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Infinity and Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are officially expats. The movers showed last Monday and packed what was left of our belongings into neat symmetrical boxes all cataloged and labeled. A snapshot of where our life stopped in Boston ready to be picked up 6 weeks later in Abu Dhabi. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=458">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Cities Planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had known that the 'urban development' squad had severely affected the area, but it did not prepare me for the barren landscape I encountered. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=456">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So long MIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not a good by, but a so long to MIT and Boston. We will be back soon. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=441">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Standing on the shoulders of giants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just then a song came into my head; REM’s ‘King of Birds’ lyrics, standing on the shoulders of giants, it leaves me cold. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=426">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fall is here; faculty job search begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am stepping out from a secure and relatively safe environment of working in someone else’s laboratory and crossing the line to being the leader in my own laboratory. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=421">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spent a great afternoon with @fotochik making our first mozzarella. Not to bad I must say. Thanks # Beautiful morning. Catching up with old friend. So great to see all the families here. (@ Flour Bakery + Cafe) http://4sq.com/a5YNyt # &#8230; <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=419">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<link>http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=415</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is where I feel at home. In the midst of this community; scientists. <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=415">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sittong having a Amber Waves pint. Good to cool down from the heat in DC. (@ Capitol City Brewing Company) http://4sq.com/7wkY3E # On the ground at Washinington. Waiting for an open gate to park it. (@ Reagan international Airport Tarmac) &#8230; <a href="http://hectorh.scripts.mit.edu/blog/?p=414">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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