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	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My New Favorite Song - I&#8217;m Letting Go by Francesca Battistelli</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Music</category>
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I like this song because it has a unique sound.  The piano in the beginning is sweet.  I like how she sings the lyrics &#8220;feels like I&#8217;m falling and that&#8217;s how it feels to believe&#8221; faster than the other lyrics.
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<p>I like this song because it has a unique sound.  The piano in the beginning is sweet.  I like how she sings the lyrics &#8220;feels like I&#8217;m falling and that&#8217;s how it feels to believe&#8221; faster than the other lyrics.</p>
<p>And the lyrics are accurate on how the true Christian life feels like oftentimes - we&#8217;re falling, risking our lives, plans, and reputations on God and his glory.
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		<title>Inexpensive List of Vegan Foods</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Health</category>
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I&#8217;m a vegan but I don&#8217;t like to spend a lot of money on food.  Here&#8217;s an article I wrote for Associated Content about cheap vegan foods: Vegan Foods that Won&#8217;t Break Your Food Budget.
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<p>I&#8217;m a vegan but I don&#8217;t like to spend a lot of money on food.  Here&#8217;s an article I wrote for Associated Content about cheap vegan foods: <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/750039/vegan_foods_that_wont_break_your_food.html?cat=22">Vegan Foods that Won&#8217;t Break Your Food Budget</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hire Great People Through Recruitment Advertising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Business</category>
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When starting or running a company, your most important assets are your people.  Not your money, equipment, or software.  Your workforce will make or break your company, so it&#8217;s critical to hire quality workers.
A Recruitment Advertising Agency can be a great help to finding excellent workers while also saving you money.  Recruitment [...]]]></description>
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<p>When starting or running a company, your most important assets are your people.  Not your money, equipment, or software.  Your workforce will make or break your company, so it&#8217;s critical to hire quality workers.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.raa.co.uk/">Recruitment Advertising Agency</a> can be a great help to finding excellent workers while also saving you money.  Recruitment advertising agencies are skilled in knowing where to place inexpensive ads that attract good workers.  Also, they have connections with qualified workers as well as marketing resources, so not only will you get great ads, but those ads will improve the branding of your company.</p>
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<p>Hiring workers can be a stressful and complex experience so using a recruitment advertising agency can be a great help - saving you money and headache.
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		<title>Videoconferencing is a Great Tool for Freelancers</title>
		<link>http://blogbydee.com/videoconferencing-is-a-great-tool-for-freelancers_198/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Freelancing</category>
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As an online freelancer (I do personal and business coaching and search marketing), it can be difficult to provide a personal touch.  Working with clients on the internet can come off cold and distant because of the impersonal nature of the internet.  However, I&#8217;ve been looking into videoconferencing to help me be more [...]]]></description>
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<p>As an online freelancer (I do personal and business coaching and search marketing), it can be difficult to provide a personal touch.  Working with clients on the internet can come off cold and distant because of the impersonal nature of the internet.  However, I&#8217;ve been looking into <a href="http://www.ivci.com/videoconferencing_tandberg.html">videoconferencing</a> to help me be more personal in my interactions with my clients.</p>
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<p>Videoconferencing allows me to interact with them face-to-face.  They get to see me as a real human being instead of just a name on an email.  They hear my voice and hopefully, see my passion for my work as I talk.  If you telecommute but want to add personality and a human touch to your business, check out videoconferencing.  With high-speed internet and webcams being inexpensive today, it won&#8217;t take much money to get started.
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		<title>Three Movies I Can&#8217;t Wait to See</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Movies</category>
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If you ask any of my friends, they will tell you that I don&#8217;t watch a lot of movies.  However, here are three movies I&#8217;m planning on watching this year.  These 3 movies show two of my interests, gaming and superheroes.











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<p>If you ask any of my friends, they will tell you that I don&#8217;t watch a lot of movies.  However, here are three movies I&#8217;m planning on watching this year.  These 3 movies show two of my interests, gaming and superheroes.</p>
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		<title>The Cell Phone Has Become a Culture Changing Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Cell Phones</category>
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I&#8217;m 28 years old.  I was just talking to some of my friends that are the same age or a little bit older.  We were reminiscing on our college and high school days when cell phones were rare.  Yes, if you are 24 or younger, you probably can&#8217;t imagine a time when [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;m 28 years old.  I was just talking to some of my friends that are the same age or a little bit older.  We were reminiscing on our college and high school days when cell phones were rare.  Yes, if you are 24 or younger, you probably can&#8217;t imagine a time when <a href="http://www.onestopphoneshop.co.uk/sitemap">Mobile Phones</a> were not common.</p>
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<p>But back in the day, people actually had to use a landline to call someone.  And since I only bought a mobile phone just recently, I&#8217;m still having to get used to the new culture of mobile phones.</p>
<p>Am I the only that thinks it&#8217;s rude to interrupt a conversation by taking a cell phone call?  Can&#8217;t the call wait?  What about people being loud on the bus or subway when talking on their mobile phones?  That&#8217;s annoying.</p>
<p>Anyways, I don&#8217;t hate cell phones.  They&#8217;re convenient and accessible.  Just realize that you don&#8217;t have to answer every call whenever it comes.  Voice mail exists for a reason, right?
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		<title>To Help Troubled Teens, You Might Need To Take Them to a New Environment</title>
		<link>http://blogbydee.com/to-help-troubled-teens-you-might-need-to-take-them-to-a-new-environment_195/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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I had a friend that used to teach at an alternative high school.  This high school was mostly filled with troubled teens.  It was often difficult for him to teach these students.  I think it&#8217;s tough to help these teens if they stay in their current environment.  Their peers and sadly [...]]]></description>
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<p>I had a friend that used to teach at an alternative high school.  This high school was mostly filled with troubled teens.  It was often difficult for him to teach these students.  I think it&#8217;s tough to help these teens if they stay in their current environment.  Their peers and sadly sometimes their parents keep them from becoming respectable adults and citizens.  I think many times unless a miracle happens, the best way to do <a href="http://www.threesprings.com/paintrock/">troubled teen help</a> is to get the teens in a drastically new environment.</p>
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<p>Camps or bootcamps in out-of-town locations can be the stimulus to help these teens realize that there is world and a people that are succeeding in life.  I wasn&#8217;t the worst kid growing up but I had many destructive behaviors.  However, I went to a boarding high school where I stayed in dormitories for my junior and senior year of high school.  During that time, I grew up and became responsible.  The environment and the people I met helped me realize that I need to take life more seriously and grow up.
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		<title>Someone Laughing Without Smiling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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I must be bored, but this video had me rolling lol.




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		<title>Rent Cars All Over The World Including Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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I have friends that are interested in traveling all over the world.  One of the problems with worldwide travel is that it can be hard to go where you want to go, when you want to go.  Sure, most travel hotspots have public transportation.  However, it&#8217;s often a pain trying to figure [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have friends that are interested in traveling all over the world.  One of the problems with worldwide travel is that it can be hard to go where you want to go, when you want to go.  Sure, most travel hotspots have public transportation.  However, it&#8217;s often a pain trying to figure out how the public transportation works.  Not only that, but you may have to deal with the language barrier.</p>
<p>However, did you know that you can rent cars all over the world?  For example, let&#8217;s look at Italy, a nice place to visit.  </p>
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<p>This site, arguscarhire.com, rents cars from all over the world.  This car rental process is sometimes called &#8220;car hire&#8221;.  Argus Car Hire has <a href="http://www.arguscarhire.com/car-hire/italy.html">car hire Italy</a>.  You can rent a car in Italy and explore that beautiful country on your own terms.  <a href="http://www.arguscarhire.com/car-hire/trieste-airport.html">Car hire Trieste</a> is a great option because Trieste has great restaurants and places to see including a medieval castle.  And <a href="http://www.arguscarhire.com/car-hire/brindisi-airport.html">car hire Brindisi</a> is another great option.  Brindisi has ferry services to Greece and excellent seafood from the local fishermen.</p>
<p>So, if you&#8217;re traveling to other countries, check out car hire services sites like arguscarhire.com.  Car hires will help you enjoy your vacation more as you take control of your transportation needs.
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		<title>Great Mortgage and Home Loan Site, LoanNetwork.com</title>
		<link>http://blogbydee.com/great-mortgage-and-home-loan-site-loannetworkcom_192/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Home Loans</category>
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As I&#8217;m getting closer to the big &#8220;three-oh&#8221; aka 30 years old, I&#8217;ve been thinking of buying a house.  It&#8217;s taken awhile but I think my financial and career situation is starting to stabilize.  I&#8217;ve got a good chunk of experience and contacts in the internet marketing and SEO field.  This has [...]]]></description>
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<p>As I&#8217;m getting closer to the big &#8220;three-oh&#8221; aka 30 years old, I&#8217;ve been thinking of buying a house.  It&#8217;s taken awhile but I think my financial and career situation is starting to stabilize.  I&#8217;ve got a good chunk of experience and contacts in the internet marketing and SEO field.  This has helped me increase my freelance rates as well as find work more easily.</p>
<p>Anyways, back to home buying.  If you know me well, you know that I love to randomly surf the internet for good sites.  Well, since I&#8217;ve been thinking about buying a house, I ran across this pretty cool site about <a href="http://www.loannetwork.com/">home loan rates</a>.  You can find it at the URL: LoanNetwork.com.</p>
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<p>There are a couple reasons why I like this site.  First, the website layout or design is clean and uncluttered.  I don&#8217;t like sites that have too many things on their webpage.  LoanNetwork.com has a well-organized website.  For example, they have a <a href="http://www.loannetwork.com/loans.html">loans</a> page with links to different kinds of loans including mortgage loans and auto loans.  As a website builder, I appreciate the good usability of having a topic page that links to subtopics.</p>
<p>What about the content of the site?  Internet marketers know that content is the most important part of a site.  Well, here is a section that has helped one of my friends.  He is looking for a <a href="http://www.loannetwork.com/mortgage-refinance.html">refinance mortgage</a>.    LoanNetwork.com has helped him get free refinance mortgage quotes on his house.  He said it was easy to do and the best thing was he didn&#8217;t have to spend time driving to a bank or credit union.  He did it all online.  Also, to get his free quotes, LoanNetwork.com worked with reputable companies like Wells Fargo and Amerisave.</p>
<p>Well, I would be a new home buyer so I spent much of my time reading the tons of articles on LoanNetwork.com.  They have a great selection of articles and news that will help any new home buyer make the right financial home decisions.  </p>
<p>Wish me luck on my home search and if you&#8217;re looking to finance a home or just want more information on home loans and other types of loans, check out LoanNetwork.com.
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