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		<title>Word on the Street: in Bangalore</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How has the tsunami disaster affected your faith in God?]]></description>
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		<title>The Outsourcing Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing 101 Why do companies outsource? It&#8217;s a valid question, given the controversy. A simple answer is cost-effectiveness. Companies ask themselves, &#8220;If someone does it cheaper at almost the same quality, why pay more?&#8221; In Rethinking The Future, Philip Kotler (a professor at Northwestern University) sums it up, &#8220;All companies that want to be globally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Are What You Don&#8217;t Eat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[fasting and cleansing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Thurman&#8217;s , in Columbus (Ohio), the meat in the burger is so succulent it almost melts in your mouth. It&#8217;s the best (and the biggest) burger I&#8217;ve ever eaten. It&#8217;s been four years since I tasted it, and yet my mouth still waters when I think about it. Ever noticed that when you give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Begging the Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[almsgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earnings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[traffic signals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Give, and you will receive. You will be given much&#8230; The way that you give to others is the way that God will give to you. -Luke 6:38 I remember walking on High Street (in Columbus, Ohio) and seeing a dirty, scraggly-haired man, holding a paper cup in his hand. &#8220;Spare change, man,&#8221; is all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Single Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean slate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matchmakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panacea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ready for marriage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sea shells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love, me, and the cosmos in FebruaryEvery year when Valentine&#8217;s Day rolls around, I become philosophical. Who am I? Why have I been placed on this earth? Why am I always without a date on Valentine&#8217;s Day? Yes, I&#8217;ve never had a date or a relationship during Valentine&#8217;s Day. Ever. It somehow happens that my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starry, Starry Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2003 15:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas carols]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my family, we have a tradition of eating my Mom&#8217;s excellent fruitcake after Midnight Mass. It&#8217;s a sweet end to the wonderful experience of the evening. I&#8217;m sure Masses in other places around the world are equally spectacular. But, for me, nothing beats Midnight Mass at St. Mary&#8217;s Church. If you&#8217;re ever in Hyderabad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[children and adolescents depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[feeling good the new mood therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sylvia plath]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During September and October of 2003 three different NYU students committed suicide, all by jumping from upper floors. Here in Bangalore in November, a fifteen year-old girl killed herself. Most of us probably know someone who&#8217;s taken his or her own life. And we&#8217;ve all heard of high-profile artists and performers committing suicide, people like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrine-Resistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never tried it, but I don&#8217;t think I can pray at a rock concert or in a crowded bar. Maybe it&#8217;s possible if you have good powers of concentration. For me, it&#8217;s tough because there are too many distractions. In a church or chapel though, the atmosphere and silence is calming and makes me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God on the Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bathrooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bliss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[first job]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My neighbor owns two tanker trucks and supplies water to houses that don&#8217;t get a regular supply. He&#8217;s constantly working on the tankers with his helpers, opening up the tanker&#8217;s parts, and usually getting his hands dirty. It&#8217;s hard, physical labor and it&#8217;s blue-collar work. But you can see that he loves what he does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflicts on the Clock</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stephen covey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Smita (name changed) refuses to write brochures and marketing material for companies because she feels uncomfortable &#8220;bending the truth.&#8221; It&#8217;s common knowledge that brochures sometimes misrepresent product features, but she won&#8217;t write brochures at all, even though it pays well. She&#8217;d rather struggle and earn much less writing freelance articles, than go against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana Accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred P M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sex & Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air bag]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[job interview]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than once the kindness and generosity of strangers has touched and surprised me. But sometimes friends also show the depth of their generosity and affection. I experienced both of these when my trip to a job interview near Elkhart, Indiana, went seriously awry. KaboomThe drive from my dorm in Columbus, Ohio to the hotel [...]]]></description>
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