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		<title>Start With Perspective</title>
		<link>http://creativeoptions.com/Blog/2010/05/28/start-with-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times are tough all over&#8230;according to some. Driving the four blocks from my home to a local restaurant to meet a friend, I noted three store fronts had sprouted new &#34;Out of Business&#34; signs. They seemed so out of place surrounded by what appeared to be thriving businesses and heavy foot and vehicular traffic. Along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Go, Purina!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 10:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J-M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely do I feel compelled to endorse other people or companies. And I&#39;ve become very selective about who I am willing to network with. These are topics for another day. But today, I made a discovery that compels me to stand up and do one of those victory dances you see on TV football or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m still here!</title>
		<link>http://creativeoptions.com/Blog/2010/05/23/whats-in-a-nam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 09:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s my birthday! I&#39;m still alive and kicking&#8230; Not likely go to anywhere soon. That&#39;s right,. I&#39;m celebrating on May 22.&#160; &#34;Another day older &#8211; and deeper in debt&#8230;&#34; as the song goes. From time to time I google my name trying to get a sense of where I stand in this virtual&#160; world. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth&#8217;s Health is Wholistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is going to be a particularly difficult year for our southern neighbors. The floods in Arkansas,&#160;Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee coupled with the oil spill in the Gulf are almost more than anyone who loves nature can bear. And this isn&#39;t the end, all too soon, the annual spate of hurricanes that invariably hit the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyer Beware</title>
		<link>http://creativeoptions.com/Blog/2010/04/24/buyer-beware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J-M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#39;s a scam for every occasion. You don&#39;t need to be shopping for pie in the sky. You don&#39;t need to be looking for a get rich scheme to find yourself face-to-face up against a con artist. Yes, it is OK to take risks as long as you know what the ground rules are and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Condominium&#8217;s Garden Adventure</title>
		<link>http://creativeoptions.com/Blog/2010/04/11/a-condominiums-garden-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J-M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who believe they can do something are probably right &#8212; and so are those who believe they can&#39;t. - Unknown I was talking to a neighbor the other day, and was temporarily caught up short. We live in a condominium&#160; The condominium is one of those rare ones that are lucky enough to sit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Idea Whose Time Has Come</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alvin Toffler heralded a culture shift that was already beginning in the 1950s &#8211; a move to what he called the 3rd Wave. He told of a way of life that would no longer be predicated on the&#160; industrialization.&#160; He spoke of a world where mass marketing, mass control, standardization, centralization, concentration, and synchronization would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping &#8211; The Game That Keeps On Changing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like games. I always have. Give me a rousing game of Pinocle, Monopoly,&#160; Mahjong, FreeCell, Connect The Dots and I can play for hours. Although honestly there haven&#39;t been many hours in recent years that could be devoted to such frivolous activities.&#160; But don&#39;t pity me. I play high stake games every day &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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