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      <title>A must read for every college kid heading back to campus! </title>
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      <description>&lt;h2&gt;Credit Card Tips for College Students&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now that you're making financial decisions for yourself, be sure to protect yourself from credit
card tricks and traps.&amp;nbsp; Here are some tips to consider before you break out the plastic.&amp;nbsp; Adapted from "&lt;a href="http://www.consumersunion.org/pdf/CollegeCCTips.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Credit Card Tips for College Students&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; &lt;a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3084649&amp;amp;msgid=56877&amp;amp;act=J9QU&amp;amp;c=185756&amp;amp;admin=0&amp;amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.consumersunion.org%2F" target="_blank"&gt;Consumers Union...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:12:35 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1593</link>
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      <title>Otesha is Hiring: High School Programs Director</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Otesha Project is hiring a new High School Programs Director!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See the attached job description, or check http://www.otesha.ca/files/HSProgramsDirector08.pdf for more information.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1591</link>
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      <title>Disabled Villagers Become Savvy Investors in Rural Bangladesh</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;****&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; AdvocacyNet&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; News Bulletin 154&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br /&gt; August 28, 2008&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; *****&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Disabled Villagers Become Savvy Investors in Rural  Bangladesh&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;August 28, 2008, Jagua, Bangladesh: Three years ago, Mohammad
Aslam had a good job as a bus supervisor, family property, and 12 cows.
As an educated man, he also enjoyed considerable respect in his small
village in southern Bangladesh.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Then, at age 23, a stroke took it all away. Mr Aslam lost his job
and his family was for...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:55:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1590</link>
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      <title>Simple Fall 08 Ads </title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:56:39 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1589</link>
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      <title>Simple Fall 08 Ads </title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:56:01 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1588</link>
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      <title>Simple Fall 08 Ads </title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:34 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1587</link>
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      <title>Simple Fall 08 Ads</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:48:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1586</link>
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      <title>War on the middle class</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Credit card companies go after American college students, often with the help of universities. Lisa Sylvester reports.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:40:29 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1585</link>
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      <title>Shoes for a Happy Planet - The Simple Shoes story</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Here is a video about your friends at Simple Shoes' trials, tribulations, lessons, and accomplishments with making our shoes and bags as eco-friendly as possible (so far).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:47:09 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1584</link>
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      <title>What Will Mac &#8217;n&#8217; Mae Cost You and Me?</title>
      <category>article</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;THE inevitability of a taxpayer-funded bailout of &lt;a title="More information about Freddie Mac" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/freddie_mac/index.html?inline=nyt-org"&gt;Freddie Mac&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="More information about Fannie Mae" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/fannie_mae/index.html?inline=nyt-org"&gt;Fannie Mae&lt;/a&gt;,
the hobbled mortgage behemoths, shook investors last week, and shares
in both companies plummeted on fears that existing stockholders would
be wiped out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These government-sponsored entities guarantee or hold $...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:30:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1583</link>
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      <title>AATHREYA</title>
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      <description>Enter Message / description of files attached:</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1546</link>
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      <title>Greed Based Society: A Rebuttal</title>
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      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I consider myself a scientific person, encouraged by
empirical evidence; so, at the surface Friedman&amp;rsquo;s argument for capitalism is
compelling. Several problems arise, however, upon a more mindful take of his
words. His examples are flawed, his history skewed, his definitions conflated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;First, the indigenous tribes of the world may object to his
&amp;ldquo;crystal-clear&amp;rdquo; account of history, stating that only societies that exploit
self-interest have escaped grinding poverty; although that is a fairly minor
point. More surprising is ...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:28:09 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1544</link>
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      <title>AATHREYA - SHIVA</title>
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      <description>Enter Message / description of files attached:</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:10:50 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1538</link>
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      <title>New comment! - ChicoBag founder Andy Keller on landfills, Bikram Yoga and his beef with plastic</title>
      <description>AATHREYA - Dr.Balakrishna Murthy Ramaraju of Guntur
27 Mackay Drive, Marlborough , Massachusetts 01752-1935
USA . Cell : 508 - 265 -1124  ; LL : (508) 229 - 2028
E.Mail : dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com
            krishnamurthyramaraju@hotmail.com
            bramaraju@comcast.net


AATHREYA    -  SANKATA HARA CHATHURTTHI

Monday / Tuesday  , 21 /  22 July 2008

Wishing All The Devotees 
An AUSPICIOUS   SANKATA HARA CHAUTHURTTHI.

Pray To Siddhi - Buddhi - Sametha GaNesha To Remove 
All Obstacles In Your Endeavours . So Be It.

Om Thath Sath - Thatthaa Asthu . Om ...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:15:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1460</link>
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      <title>AATHREYA</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Enter M&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AATHREYA - Dr.Balakrishna Murthy Ramaraju of Guntur&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;27 Mackay Drive, Marlborough , Massachusetts 01752-1935&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;USA . Cell : 508 - 265 -1124 ; LL : (508) 229 - 2028&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;E.Mail : dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;krishnamurthyramaraju@hotmail.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;bramaraju@comcast.net&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AATHREYA - SANKATA HARA CHATHURTTHI&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Monday / Tuesday , 21 / 22 July 2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wishing All The Devotees&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An AUSPICIOUS SANKATA HARA CHAUTHURTTHI.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pray To Siddhi - Buddhi - Sametha GaNesha To Rem...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:13:31 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1536</link>
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      <title>Carbon-Free Does NOT Require Nuclear</title>
      <category>article</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Many prominent science magazines argue that solving the environmental crisis requires that we use substantially more nuclear energy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this was true I'd be all for ignoring the many health risks (including intentional and unintentional explosion) and centralization aspect for the sake of the climate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But, I discovered from talking to some folks at the Sustainable Energy Summit at Amherst, that it certainly is not true. And this article explains how we can reach a carbon-free and nuclear-free society in scientific yet understandable terms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;McCain can take his 45 n...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:29:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1529</link>
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      <title>New Post - Li Li Parsons</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:03:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>New posting 

http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1528

My illustration will have to be added soon.  I am posting this from a remote location nowhere near my scanner.  Enjoy!

Li Li
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      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/inbox</link>
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      <title>I Am NOT My Credit Score: I Am So Much More</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;This past month or so I have been busy with a lot of financial investigations.&amp;nbsp; I am looking at beginning to pay off my student loans, perhaps moving to a new apartment, and eventually having to trade in my old automobile.&amp;nbsp; As anyone who has applied for loans or leases has discovered, it matters little who you actually are when the decisions are made about offering you an apartment, an auto loan, an interest rate...&amp;nbsp; What matters most in the eyes of the lending institution (my what a telling word: "institution") is a small three-digit number attached to your Social Securit...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:38:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1528</link>
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      <title>AATHREYA</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Enter Message / description of files attached:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; OM SESHAANJANEYA NAMHA OM&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;AATHREYA - DR. RAMARAJU , BALA KRISHNAMURTHY ( Guntur )&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;27 MACKAY DRIVE , MARLBOROUGH , MASSACHUSETTS 01752-1935,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;US ;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cell : 508 - 265 - 1124 ; LL : 508 - 229 - 2028&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; EM: &lt;a href="mailto:dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com"&gt;dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:34:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1526</link>
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      <title>Our Photo Gallery</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Check out our new photo gallery!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &lt;a class="null" title="HERE" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnfund/" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to see our projects and volunteers in action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;~ The Mountain Fund&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"Small Projects - Big Results"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:33:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1525</link>
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      <title>Volunteer in Nepal</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;If you've travelled to Nepal, and fallen in love with its people, and have a desire to help them, now you can.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="null" title="The Mountain Fund" href="http://www.mountainfund.org" target="_blank"&gt;The Mountain Fund&lt;/a&gt; has a visitor center in Kathmandu that assists people in finding an appropriate place to volunteer, and supports them while they are volunteering. Our staff in Kathmandu can help make any volunteer experience go more smoo...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:27:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1524</link>
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      <title>AATHREYA</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>Enter Message / description of files attached:</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:48:36 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1523</link>
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      <title>Selling the Fire Ball: George Bush and Iran</title>
      <category>article</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Great post from a Great site. It's an exchange between Media Lens participants and NY Times workers showing how the media is once again deceiving the public to allow another invasion.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="postbody"&gt;Also Includes GUEST MEDIA ALERT: DAVID PETERSON RESPONDS TO OLIVER KAMM below
&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; When George Bush arrived in Britain last week as part of his "farewell
tour", the real reasons for the visit were buried well out of sight.
The tour was not, as the Guardian suggested, a mere "continental au
revoir". The purpose was to coerce Gordon B...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:26:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1521</link>
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      <title>Common Credit Card Tricks &amp; Traps</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;We all know that credit card contracts are
packed with fine print tricks and traps to increase the likelihood of paying
fees and penalties. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;As part of our
summer focus on credit cards, AFFIL has compiled this list of common tricks and
traps.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You will be hard pressed to find
a credit card without these terms &amp;ndash; at least until our government outlaws them &amp;ndash;
but if you&amp;rsquo;re informed and cautious, you have a better chance of steering clear
of the traps and saving money.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:14 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1520</link>
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      <title>Welcome to the Rainforest Alliance SmartHouse and TreeHouse!</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Garamond;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond;"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re pleased to announce the launch of the Rainforest Alliance SmartHouse and TreeHouse, two new interactive tools designed to introduce Web site visitors to the people, places and processes that stand behind production of sustainable goods.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Garamond;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond;"&gt;Our SmartHouse -- complete with kitchen, living room and backyard -- ...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:34:13 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1515</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1515</guid>
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      <title>AATHREYA</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Enter Messa&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; OM SESHAANJANEYA NAMHA OM&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;AATHREYA - DR. RAMARAJU , BALA KRISHNAMURTHY ( Guntur )&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;27 MACKAY DRIVE , MARLBOROUGH , MASSACHUSETTS 01752-1935,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;US ;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cell : 508 - 265 - 1124 ; LL : 508 - 229 - 2028&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; EM: &lt;a href="mailto:dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com"&gt;dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="mailto:bramar...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:26:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1514</link>
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      <title>As Fire Approaches Big Sur Monastery Monks Prepare to Fight</title>
      <category>article</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;TASSAJARA, CALIF. -- In this remote Zen enclave on Big Sur's forested
backside, wildfires lurk on three sides. As flames edge closer and ash
falls from a crimson sky, the Buddhist monks are readying for a final
stand.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Priests and students alike at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center have
been doffing their traditional black robes, hefting picks and shovels,
and forging 10-foot-wide firebreaks. Atop the roofs of the monastery's
old retreat cabins and meditation hall, they've jury-rigged plastic
pipe sprinkler systems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perhaps more serene than some, they were amon...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:20:23 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1513</link>
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      <title>James Burke Institute: The Knowledge Web</title>
      <category>audio_video</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Until I post my own article for this deadline, I thought that I would upload an important introduction to James Burke's video about The James Burke Institute's Knowledge Web.&amp;nbsp; Please go to the official website to find out more information!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://k-web.org/public_html/home.htm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:01:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1512</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1512</guid>
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      <title>Where does your candidate stand on predatory lending?</title>
      <category>blog</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_cpMain_BulletinRead_ltl_body"&gt;Sick of banks and credit card companies coming up with ways to get your cash?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you want an end to the predatory lending practice that caused the subprime mortgage mess?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out this &lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/426/candidates-subprime.html" target="_blank"&gt;short article from PBS Now&lt;/a&gt; that lays out both Presidential Candidates' take on the issue.&lt;br style="display: none;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then visit our &lt;a href="http://www.affil.org/election" target="_blank"&gt;Campaign Center&lt;/...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:00:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1511</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Enter Message / description of files attached:&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:11:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>EarthNow Expo Highlights</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Enter Message / description of files attached:&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Enter Message / description of files attached:</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:16:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1504</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Ent&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; OM SESHAANJANEYA NAMHA OM&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;AATHREYA - DR. RAMARAJU , BALA KRISHNAMURTHY ( Guntur )&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;27 MACKAY DRIVE , MARLBOROUGH , MASSACHUSETTS 01752-1935,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;US ;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cell : 508 - 265 - 1124 ; LL : 508 - 229 - 2028&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; EM: &lt;a href="mailto:dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com"&gt;dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="mailto:bramaraju@comc...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:31:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a class="null" href="http://sdcnepal.org/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4386ce;"&gt;Social Development Centre Nepal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has been in effect since 2006. It's a small home for orphans, and half-orphans (single parent invalid or not capable of caring for the child), located in the Kathmandu neighborhood of Khusibu near Naya Bazaar. Here, these children receive nourishment, shelter, education and medical attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time of this blog, there are currently 12 children at the centre, and one more will arrive within the ...</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:03:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.humanemyth.org"&gt;HumaneMyth.org&lt;/a&gt;, which was created by award-winning filmmakers &lt;a href="http://www.tribeofheart.org"&gt;James LaVeck and Jenny Stein&lt;/a&gt; and launched this week.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:03:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;TORONTO &amp;ndash; The ecological benefits provided by the Lake Simcoe ecosystem in central Canada, a vital part of the world&amp;rsquo;s largest and most diverse Greenbelt, are estimated at close to $1 billion a year, according to a new study. Lake Simcoe Basin&amp;rsquo;s Natural Capital: The Value of the Watershed&amp;rsquo;s Ecosystem Services, examines the goods and services provided by the watershed&amp;rsquo;s ecosystem. These include carbon storage, water quality, supply and filtration, flood control, waste treatment and clean air &amp;mdash; all of which are top-of-mind concerns for Ontarians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:01:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Reposted...:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I'm pleased to announce that the editors of The Huffington Post are
producing their first book -- "How to Blog." It will have loads of
advice for newbies and veteran bloggers looking to take their blog to
the next level. We want to include lots of advice and stories. If you'd
like to contribute, please consider answering any of these questions
(or any others we forgot) and send your responses to the writer, Laura
Vanderkam (&lt;a href="mailto:lvanderkam@yahoo.com"&gt;lvanderkam@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;).
We'll use your name and your blog name unless told otherwise. Thanks!...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:04:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The sustainable energy summit on Saturday at UMass-Amherst went splendidly! Just about everyone we talked to was enthusiastic about the project, and feel it is about time something like this happened. Everyone is tired of a society that can't get its priorities straight, and are glad to see an organization dedicated to financially empowering communities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We did a presentation to a group of about ten people and got some important feedback on the project, mostly positive and some constructive. It's interesting how sometimes those who seem like your greatest foes can be your biggest...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:30:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Common Food Finance, which was set up to create Common Good Banks, strives to be as transparent, open, and honest as humanly possible. We wholeheartedly believe that an honest society is a fair one, and that without honesty there can be no democracy. So, we are letting you know how the project is going and getting you up to speed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project has been going on some form or another for six years now and we're prepared to work as long as it takes to get the bank off the ground. We recognize that most of the social problems we have today, poverty, education underfunding, war, etc., ...</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:52:10 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Common Good Finance</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:21:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Common Good Banks</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Sign up to help make this a reality!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:06:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New comment! - ChicoBag founder Andy Keller on landfills, Bikram Yoga and his beef with plastic</title>
      <description>it was great to meet Chico Bag at the Go Green Expo... hope to catch you guys next year ;)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:02:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New comment! - ChicoBag founder Andy Keller on landfills, Bikram Yoga and his beef with plastic</title>
      <description>Chris, 
This is great!  I love the article and I am completely thrilled to read about someone who is truly helping make the world a greener place, the economy a conscious one, and inspiring others to make positive changes!!!  You put a big smile on my face!
</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:16:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:21:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Easy Ways You Can Help Conserve Rainforests</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-large; font-family: Cheltenham-Bold;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Formata-Medium;"&gt;Choose foods grown on farms certified by the Rainforest Alliance&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Formata-Medium;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small; color: #231f20; font-family: Cheltenham-Book;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small; color: #231f20; font-family: Cheltenham-Book;"&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;Buy coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, bananas, orange juice, g...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:54:33 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/102</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Balakrishna Murthy Ramaraju</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:05:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New comment - 16 year old high school student discovers how to biodegrade plastic bags</title>
      <description>Fernando says: "I remember the first time that I bought a "reusable" bag at the super market. I am still using it, but the bag will be here when I die and is going to be waste anyway."

I'm not sure what kind of reusable bag you're talking about, but mine are cloth and will biodegrade just fine when I'm done using them.  Plus using my cloth bags is way better for the earth- trucks have to ship those plastic bags, someone somewhere makes them (releasing CO into the air), and even if the bags can be biodegraded, someone somewhere will have to actually do it, they will need to be separated o...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:28:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1388</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - BetterLesson</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 12:13:49 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:26:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>New comment - 16 year old high school student discovers how to biodegrade plastic bags</title>
      <description>I remember the first time that I bought a "reusable" bag at the super market. I am still using it, but the bag will be here when I die and is going to be waste anyway. Moreover, every single store has its own reusable bag now; this is not the way to solve the problem.

This kids made a great discovery, Let's hope that he gets the fundings to keep working on it.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:44:44 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1388</link>
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      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;BetterLesson has summer jobs available in the Research and Field Organizing departments.&amp;nbsp; We are looking for dedicated educators with at least one year&amp;rsquo;s classroom experience to help us dramatically improve the lives of teachers and the quality of the instruction they deliver to students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to cooper@betterlesson.org&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:04:41 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/101</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;We are looking for someone with a keen interest in education technology and policy to head up our product research team.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We are looking for someone who is anxious to immerse him/herself in education technology and policy in order to help craft the long term vision of the website.&amp;nbsp; The right candidate will: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Have 1 or more years of prior research experience&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Have prior experience in the fields of education technology and/or policy.&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Possess strong writing and strategic thinking skills. &amp;nbsp...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:02:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/100</link>
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      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;We have begun an aggressive grassroots effort to reach out to educators across the country.&amp;nbsp; We are looking to hire someone with a minimum of two years&amp;rsquo; classroom experience to lead this effort.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The right candidate will: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Have some prior experience in outreach, recruitment, or sales &lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be exceptionally organized, creative, persuasive, extroverted, and resourceful.&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Possess strong leadership, critical thinking, and writing skills. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be committed to the soc...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/99</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - WorkCabin.ca</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:37:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - David Suzuki Foundation</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:31:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>New comment - Alternative Channel Forum: Social Networking and Responsible Media</title>
      <description>looks fascinating.  keep up the great work guys.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:52:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1230</link>
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      <title>New comment - Alternative Channel Forum: Social Networking and Responsible Media</title>
      <description>The list of speakers and participants is impressive... will be a great first edition event. We should get the word out to support this inititiative!
Paul 
</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:10:13 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New comment - Alternative Channel Forum: Social Networking and Responsible Media</title>
      <description>Unique for sustainable and NGO's. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:04:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1230</link>
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      <title>New comment - Alternative Channel Forum: Social Networking and Responsible Media</title>
      <description>Thanks! If you can&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t join us in Barcelona
please join us online for a Live Blog of the event
starting at 11am CET, 5am EST and lasting all day

http://www.alternativechannel.tv/blog/en/

</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:30:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:50:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>It is a very interesting action, is a great event!
Our world right now needs visual information 
just in time!</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:27:51 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1230</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Jennifer Capo</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:53:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nanda</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:44:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Franky</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:50:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Alternative Channel TV</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:16:38 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Funding available for mentoring of children with incarcerated parent(s) through Caregiver's Choice </title>
      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you run a mentoring program and work with       children of incarcerated, your program might qualify for funding to serve more children.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:53:21 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/91</link>
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      <title>Become a mentor - help a child/youth in need!</title>
      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Help MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership close the current mentoring gap - 15 million kids in U.S. alone - need/want&amp;nbsp;a caring adult mentor in thier lives. You can find a&amp;nbsp;volunteer mentoring opportunity by using MENTOR's&amp;nbsp;Opportunity Finder. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:27:51 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/90</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/90</guid>
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      <title>DEMONSTRATION AT THE MONTREAL SPCA</title>
      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Although CTV news did a week-long story on the mis-management of the
SPCA nothing will be done unless the public reacts. PLEASE help by
showing your support through your presence at the demonstration. We
need to keep up the pressure for change and investigation of the
practices at the SPCA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are all there with one voice&amp;mdash;for the sake of the animals, remembering their past and wanting to better their future!!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your
presence and that of others you know who care is vital, every one of
you counts! Together, with persistence and optimism we CAN make a
diff...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:38:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/88</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nour </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:05:36 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nathaniel Devine</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:59:28 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:29:01 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Climate Counts</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:09:07 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Lauren</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:46:43 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Youth Rising Los Angeles Summit</title>
      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Evening event as well!&amp;nbsp; A fundraiser for the youth projects created during the day...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Register if you're 15-24 at www.youthnoise.com/summit&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:03:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/86</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Paul Shore</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:53:37 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Focus the Nation hiring Organizers for FTN 2009</title>
      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="highlightfontlargetitle01margin"&gt;National
Organizer, Focus the Nation 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In January 2008, Focus the Nation events reached close to
one million people in a day of education and civic engagement on global warming
solutions taking place at 1,900 locations in all 50 states. 64 members of
Congress and 15 Governors&amp;rsquo; offices participated in the events along with
hundre...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:33:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/85</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/85</guid>
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      <title>Clif Mojo Project Slingshot: 3 $10k grants for Global Warming Solutions</title>
      <category>Opportunity</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="file://www.rethos.com/C:/DOCUME~1/FOCUSN~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you an &lt;strong&gt;outdoor fanatic&lt;/strong&gt;?&amp;nbsp; An &lt;strong&gt;artist&lt;/strong&gt;?&amp;nbsp; An &lt;strong&gt;innovator&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How will you &lt;strong&gt;protect&lt;/strong&gt; the places you love and play, &lt;strong&gt;inspire&lt;/strong&gt; your community, or &lt;strong&gt;challenge&lt;/strong&gt; our expectations?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="p003333-12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://clifbar.summitprojects.com/eat/eat.cfm?location=mojo" target="_blank"&gt; Clif Mojo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="p003333-12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.focusthenation.o...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/84</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/opportunities/view/84</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - YES Montreal</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:20:02 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Wooloo.org</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:57:41 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - STAND Canada</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:18:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Rebuilding Together Altanta</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:17:57 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Hope 4 Kids International</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Earth Pledge</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:16:10 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Doing Something About Climate Change</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:15:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Consumer Action</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:15:17 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Aid to Artisans</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:33:25 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Sarah Kafka</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:13:23 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Mary Martin</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:33:30 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>New comment! - Facebook Underutilized as a Tool Kit for Activism</title>
      <description>I'm 30 years old, and I just founded a nonprofit housing organization in rural Moab, Utah.  So, I actually felt a little old  and awkward when I joined Facebook (just to be able to view a friend's photos).  But, like they say in the 'online chat world' - OMG!  (I would insert an emoticon if I could.)

Seriously...I have connected with old high school friends, I have added the Greenbook application (which portends to offset my carbon emissions while I Facebook), and I am beginning to explore the social networking power by connecting with others interested in sustainable housing.

I guess...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:01:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1076</link>
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      <title>New comment! - Facebook Underutilized as a Tool Kit for Activism</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;If anyone knows of any other socially or environmentally focused applications, please feel free to mention and/or review them in the form of a comment.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:08:17 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1076</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1076</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Salinda Hess</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:05:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Austin Hill</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:47:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - na</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:03:52 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>New comment! - Doing Philanthropy the Google Way</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Good posting. I think it is important to remember that business can be a very good thing if done properly and in many ways Google continues to set a good example. If only, say, the other 95 % of business was done with more ethical concerns in mind for people and the planet, we would be in much better shape. Let&amp;#8217;s hope we get there.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:27:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1015</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/1015</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Randyn Seibold</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:04:34 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Conscious Lifestyle</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:21:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Bas</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:13:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>New comment - Steps to save Energy</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Great tips&amp;#8230; Thanks&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:43:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/881</link>
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      <title>New comment - Businesses, Corporations and Companies in the Rethos Community</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Chris, quite honestly, your response demonstrates, to me, a general misunderstanding of the meaning of community and community-based economics.  I&amp;#8217;m not creating new content for Rethos.com at this time as I&amp;#8217;m going to wait for social networking sites and technology that have community-based decision-making built into them (click &lt;a href="http://dev.riseup.net/crabgrass/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for an example).  None of the other owners responded, that I know of, so I take that to mean your words represent them.  Your reliance on the logic that &amp;#8220;this is what other social networking si...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:03:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/760</link>
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      <title>New comment - Steps to save Energy</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Those are great ideas to save money (and reduce air pollution, it isn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t quite clear which). Here a few ideas he didn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t mention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Walk or ride a bike or carpool or take a bus.&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;- Eat less meat (cows consume mostly corn, which can be used more efficiently for food or ethanol.)&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;- Buy used stuff. Each used thing you buy saves all the energy that would have gone into making a new thing. Used clothes, books, furniture, appliances all save energy.&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;- Buy less stuff.&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;- Use a manual lawn mower, with the eggbeater blades, rather than a gas...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:53:34 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/881</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Chet Safian</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:18:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Simple Shoes</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:01:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Gene Bean</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:32:54 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - pata macedo</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:26:29 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:12:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Peace Plus One</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:30:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - P-S Gendreau</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:35:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - The Water Project</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:19:28 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Akeeba</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:50:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Akeeba</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:50:24 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Dimple</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:59:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Zachary </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:19:24 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Right To Play</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:18:34 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>New comment - Is Rethos, Inc. a Socially Responsible Corporation?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, it&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s been a full month since your last post on that thread&#226;&#8364;&#166;any new news that&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s not been publicly posted?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;None that I know of.  All I want are answers to my questions.  Surely, the folks at Rethos, Inc. could spare a few minutes to answer some easy questions.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t think leaving the company I work for is the answer.  Those of you who feel this is only happening in my workplace might not realize that it happens in many other workplaces as well.  Because I have a close connection to the management where I work, I am able to provide an &amp;#...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:41:43 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/915</link>
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      <title>New comment - Is Rethos, Inc. a Socially Responsible Corporation?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Well, it&amp;#8217;s been a full month since your last post on that thread&amp;#8230;any new news that&amp;#8217;s not been publicly posted?  I quit my MySpace profile for precisely the same reasons you cite in your last post there, by the way.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;One other member mentioned that they were deliberately limiting the personal information they distributed on the Rethos website, while the co-founder Chris mentioned that they ask for a much more limited palette of information (when compared to certain other social networking sites).  Combine this with the fact that Internet usage and web hosting is...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:25:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/915</link>
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      <title>New comment - Is Rethos, Inc. a Socially Responsible Corporation?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Akeeba, after reading your story, I think that the company you work for will not be around for very much longer. If they exploit their employees, they surely will not be able to retain any talent. I also think that the company you work for does not deserve you. The best thing you can do is leave and bring all your associates with you.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I also agree with you; hireachy sucks. Not only does it create the problems in which you describe, it stifles any type of passion and creativity that could be had in a business. Do you wake up excited to go to work? Of course not! How could you in...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:59:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/915</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Lisa Horvat</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:20:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Frank Horvat</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:19:50 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - WWF-Canada</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:26:06 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Tatiana Josephy</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:39:57 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Meghan Thomas</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:23:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Roots</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Echoing Green</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:37:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Andrea Rossouw</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:34:43 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Journalists for Human Rights</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:33 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - M&#195;&#169;decins Sans Fronti&#195;&#168;res</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:34:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Adeel A. Khan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:05:46 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - Nia</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:00:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Brooke Bryant</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:18:01 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Calvert Social Investment Foundation</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:03:36 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Meredith Gossland</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:01:57 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Melanie</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:46:42 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Bhembe</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:16:24 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Adam</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:16:16 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>New comment - Businesses, Corporations and Companies in the Rethos Community</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I appreciate the responses and the pledge to be more open from Chris.  Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;1) Can you explain why the following is in the privacy policy:&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We use the information that you provide for the following general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain services offered through the Site, to contact you, and to provide our corporate and non-profit partners with access to your our community&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s opinions and preferences to forward the rethos mission.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We also may use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contai...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:40:25 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/news/view/760</link>
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      <title>New comment - Businesses, Corporations and Companies in the Rethos Community</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I agree that privacy and handling of personal information is a major issue that has been raised on this thread. Just today, there was an Associated Press story about Facebook&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Beacon,&amp;#8221; and the controversy surrounding this application&amp;#8217;s disclosure of user information.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;When I signed up as a rethos member I didn&amp;#8217;t give the site any personal information, other than what is on my profile, which is also public and available for anyone to see. I&amp;#8217;m not worried about my personal information because I haven&amp;#8217;t disclosed any. A web site can&amp;#8217...</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:00:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;My problem with Rethos is not that they&amp;#8217;re making money.  It&amp;#8217;s the lack of transparency.  I believe it&amp;#8217;s perfectly ok to make money, but not by deceiving people.  There were lots of questions asked in these threads, only a few of which were answered.  One of the most straightforward questions is still unanswered: what exactly is being done with our information?  The privacy policy is vague.  It&amp;#8217;s a fair question that deserves more than a little teasing about possible attendance at a Rainbow Gathering or accusations of distrust.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:09:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Enrique Garcia</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:45:20 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Paul</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:26:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Margaret Anne McHugh</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:04:49 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Hannah</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:09:29 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Hard Rock Philanthropy</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:15:19 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>New comment - Businesses, Corporations and Companies in the Rethos Community</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you Pablo, Alex and Chris.  I truly believe this site to have the right idea and from what I can tell, the right people behind it.  People who believe a site like this could exist without financial backing live in a dream world. Continue doing what you have to do and I whole-heartedly believe that the people who genuinely want to make a difference in this world will follow.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:15:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I can speak briefly here. My name is Jason Boyer and I helped Alex with some PR when the site was still relatively new and have occasionally participated in discussions regarding Rethos.com potential outcomes. One thing that come out of our initial discussions is the phrase under Rethos; &amp;#8220;A &lt;span class="caps"&gt;PLATFORM&lt;/span&gt; for change&amp;#8221;. Firstly indicated here is that this is only a platform (i know a play on words). Secondly is that change is needed. 
Alex is a graduate from Princeton University with a focus on economics. I&amp;#8217;d hoped that he would be more clear with ever...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:58:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Christine Renaud</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:50:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Alliance of Students Against Poverty</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:50:19 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Steve King</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>New comment - Businesses, Corporations and Companies in the Rethos Community</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you, Pablo, Alex, and Chris for posting this explanation.  Your play on words (company, corporation, business) reminds me of a few discussions regarding Thanksgiving and White Supremacy I had lately.  Also, I&amp;#8217;m disappointed that you all didn&amp;#8217;t address more details regarding what Rethos.com is doing with the information gained from the site and whether or not it&amp;#8217;s being sold.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Companies that are community members, like organizations (or rich individuals), can in addition sponsor content and or functionality that contribute to the user experience of ...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:57:53 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Matthew Geigen-Miller</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:11:33 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nicole Mery</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:32:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Jamie Bougher</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:54:36 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - kiadso</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - What will you have stood for?</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:10:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - VPFynn</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:36:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Veronica Fynn</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:37:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Ally Request - David Blair</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:04:24 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Thomas Defler</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:22:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
      <guid>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</guid>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Jennifer</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:25:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Allyce</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:25:30 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nick Brown</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:11:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Li Li Parsons</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:54:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Figura Media</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Stan Katz</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:55:33 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Pamela Hu</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:23:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Jason Ellis</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:21:02 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Borderless Educations</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:48:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Ashlinn Parsons</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:09:56 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Dylan</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:45:46 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Quazi M. Ahmed</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:44:38 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nelly Bassily</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:43:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Tamsin Smith</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:02:26 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Greening Princeton</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:31:01 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Community Table</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:23:40 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - alex budman</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Nathan Rothstein</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:17:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Donna Graham</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:19:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - The Mountain Fund</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:24:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Student Movement for Real Change</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:46:24 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Ally Request - Sterling Planet</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:46:07 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Ryan Garrett</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:57:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Richard Treadwell</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:51:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Ray Levesque</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:31:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Patrick Scott</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:59:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - NOLA YURP Initiative</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:29:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - New Sudan Education Initiative </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:44:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Mike Pritchard</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:04:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Michiel Wijgmans</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:02:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Matthew Souther</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:22:55 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Krista White</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:02:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Joseph Pela</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:43:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Jonathan Levin High School for Media &amp; Communications</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:21:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - John Powers</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:12:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Joe Truck</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:42:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Hassan Alshar</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:00:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Denise Day</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:16:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Dee Dee Cocheta</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:41:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Austin Community School</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:16:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Charles Seely</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:39:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New comment! - Can Well-Being Be Measured?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I believe hardship brings people together because it is a common experience. It builds empathy. I think wealth can breed envy, jealosy, and mistrust. Parties on the street result from not having access to other forms of entertainment, as stated, like clubs. But then, why go to a club when you can dance on the street? People who have wealth have something to lose, and if they are attached to their wealth, this could play out in many different ways, resulting in greed, self-interest, and blatant disregard for others (not in all cases, in some cases). Poverty, at its worst, can breed violen...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:23:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:21:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:43:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - deb</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:28:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Rikki</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:16:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Dan Herman</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:08:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Vita F</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:07:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - natasha</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:01:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:59 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Very thoughtful essay which does exactly what good writing should do..ask important questions not necessarily providing answers. Your comments are very provocative in that one argument you propose could be utilized as a refuge for scoundrels who might seek to justify unequitable treatment of inner city minority populations. That being said you are courageous in not backing down from presenting it. In so doing you take a lot of the wind from the sails of the ethnocentric who claim to know what a man&amp;#8217;s existence is like from observation without relative experience. Nice Job!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:23:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - The Nature Conservancy</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:37:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:43:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Charlie Kohl</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:47:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Pascal</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:00:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Frank Miller</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:30:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Kyle Reid</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:07:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - War Child Canada</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:36:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - bernie</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:08:06 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - zeke</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:54:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - JS Cournoyer</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:22:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:46:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Chris Dodd</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:47:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Michael Johnson-Chase</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:18:09 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - West Glen Communications</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:14:10 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.rethos.com/citizens/Advansun/allies</link>
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      <title>New comment! - Can Well-Being Be Measured?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I liked your post. I&amp;#8217;ve often thought about these things too. A sense of community was apparent when I was living in Halifax&amp;#8230; only when we got hit with a hurricane. Everyone was helping each other clean up their properties, cut fallen trees, kids were playing in the fallen trees &amp;#8211; nature had given them a mystical gift. People with some resources had signs on their lawns offering free showers, tea, etc.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I think there are many downfalls to our so called &amp;#8220;affluent communities&amp;#8221;. People get caught up in individualist, competitive, and &amp;#8220;not in my b...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:55:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - shannon</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:05:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Mike Lee</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:46:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - ambleside</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:33:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Q</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:15:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Scott Allen</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:21:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Corey Pomkoski</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:44:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Joel Fenner</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - preston wiles</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:02:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Jon Rondeau</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:48:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Kirsten Cameron</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:11:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Colin Hoogerwerf</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:37:38 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Ali Tocher</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:36:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Joe Brady</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:16:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - IndyAct</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:43:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Samuel Rose</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:42:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Adam Apollo</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:56:59 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:59:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - What Moves You?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:03:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Theresa</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:38:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - YouthNoise</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:39:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - YouthAIDS</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:46:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - StartingBloc</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:59:38 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Andrew Peek</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:19:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:44:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:47:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Clifton D. Corbin</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:34:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Jesse Smale</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:27:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Alec Henderson</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:36:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Josh Cohen</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:14:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - JAM</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:55:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:29:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - The Source</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:29:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Media Bistro</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:21:55 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Zoe Salzman</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:53:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - steph</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:01:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Benjamin Silver</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:04:39 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Anthony Bryant</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:25:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Alex M Ingersoll</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:44:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Association to Benefit Children</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:44:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:11:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Lila Films Inc</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:48:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ally Request - Aaron Proujansky</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:26:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Cameron Ferrara</title>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:04:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:37:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:41:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:58:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Kabir</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:20:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Sanhita Sen</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:48:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Pablo Salzman</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:52:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:48:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the link! This may be just what I was looking for. I want to donate to injured kids from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. I will research the site a little more when I get home!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:51:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Ian Wooden</title>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - DanRose</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:51:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Philip M. Darivoff</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:51:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Fernando</title>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Alex</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:45:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:07:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Christine</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:53:39 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Bryan Mahoney</title>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Racial Profiling - is it ethical?</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:21:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Alliance Accepted! - Evan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:20:26 -0400</pubDate>
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