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		<title>No Black Cat Adoptions a.k.a. Denying An Animal A Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[animal rescue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[black cat mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black cat syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fears of black cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no black cat adoptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witchcraft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How much is that black kitty in the window? Unfortunately, kitty may be off the market if he is awaiting adoption at one of the many animal shelters that refuses to adopt out any black cats during the month of October or celebration period of Halloween. To read further, Continue @ my main blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=29&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty: Something to Blog About</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal shelters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog action day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eradicate poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help domestic abuse survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[write about poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The folks over at Blog Action Day are encouraging the blogging world to speak out on the issue of poverty. To read further, Continue @ my main blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=27&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get In On The Action: Blog To Eradicate Poverty</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/get-in-on-the-action-blog-to-eradicate-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action against poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog action day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fight poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Animal welfare workers battle poverty every day. Freelance writers have the means to help give a voice to those who are drowning in poverty, as well as to those who are helping to fight it. To read further, Continue @ my main blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=25&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skills Enhancement: PETsMART Charities Webinars</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/skills-enhancement-petsmart-charities-webinars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal rescue skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal shelter information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal shelter newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pet diagnostic test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petsmart Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skills enchancement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animal welfare workers, if you’ve never attended a PETsMART Charities Webinar, I encourage you to attend. The Webinars are free, online, stuffed with valuable information, and interesting. Additionally, you can expand your skills and knowledge in the subject matter covered in the Webinar. If you aren’t sold yet, consider that it is a great opportunity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=23&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Always Something To Celebrate</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/always-something-to-celebrate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal calendar days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calendar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[important dates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[things to write about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing prompts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Freelance writers and animal welfare workers take note: somewhere there is an event that you can write about, correlate to a marketing plan, and of course, celebrate. Yes, there are always the federal holidays to take advantage of, but that handful of celebratory events does not include important dates like National Dog Bite Prevention Week [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=21&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freelancers: How is the economy treating you?</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/freelancers-how-is-the-economy-treating-you/</link>
		<comments>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/freelancers-how-is-the-economy-treating-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy woes for writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelance work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelance writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state of the economy has everyone rattled, and many are searching to for ways to bring in more money. The freelance market has become more crowed as more people throw their hat in the ring and search for freelance writing work. What’s your experience? To read further, Continue @ my main blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=18&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time To Renew Your Marketing Plan Subscription</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/time-to-renew-your-marketing-plan-subscription/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelance Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelance writer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renew your marketing plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I had an encounter that reminded me how important it is that we (as writers, animal welfare workers, business owners, entrepreneurs, etc…) keep our audience in mind when we establish marketing campaigns. Sounds like a simple directive, but can you say you are doing it as well as a part-time newspaper salesperson? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=14&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Groove It Out, Baby</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/groove-it-out-baby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaborate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelance writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software for writers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn’t a sponsored review, Microsoft isn’t paying me to say these nice things, I’m just spreading some the news about a useful tool I think you’ll enjoy. That said, if Microsoft wants to send some money or work my way, I wouldn’t turn it away. To Read Further, Continue @ my main blog. Groove [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=11&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising ESP &#8211; Branded Merchandise</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/advertising-esp-branded-merchandise/</link>
		<comments>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/advertising-esp-branded-merchandise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal shelters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cafepress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchandise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many groups know that they could make money and benefit from the associated advertising when selling merchandise with their organization’s name, logo, or photographs of cute animals; they just don’t know where to begin. This is a great example of what I mean (and you’ll come to know this phrase very well) when I say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=6&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Place To Share&#8230;A Place To Learn</title>
		<link>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/a-place-to-sharea-place-to-learn/</link>
		<comments>http://jmstriegel.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/a-place-to-sharea-place-to-learn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jmstriegel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4296277&amp;post=4&amp;subd=jmstriegel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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