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		<title>Monsanto Bees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a move that would make Gargamel, Dr. Evil, and Auric Goldfinger proud Monsanto has bought one of the leading bee colony collapse disorder (CCD) research groups, Beeologics, in an apparent effort to cover their sizable tracks and, of course, take over the world. Monsanto’s genetically modified (GMOs) crops have long been a prime suspect in the rapid decline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Volunteer Journal: Episode 72 – The NoH8 Portrait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was about to jump the border.  At the last minute I got the opportunity to work and live in Europe for the summer. It was a chance to work on a children’s book (8-12 year old age group) that I had conceived 5 years ago and had outlined in full and started the previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thorium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I, like many nerds, discovered the possibility of thorium as a nuclear fuel from acomplex documentary starring thorium fanatic, NASA scientist, and brain-trust Kirk Sorensen.  You’d have to have a doctorate in physics to break down all the information Sorensen spews, but here’s what makes thorium exciting as a possible “clean” nuclear energy source: Thorium, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegoodmuse.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/1818</link>
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		<title>TheGoodMuse Explains: How to Sell a Car While it’s on Fire.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(And get over Kelley Blue Book) I’m not a big car person. Just don’t care. Wish I didn’t have to drive one. A car is the last thing I ever want to think about. That being said, I should never be allowed to write anything about a car. However, I did manage to sell one, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Island President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The Island President” is that rare film, which is as effective an enviro-political documentary as tourism video. Wandering into the theatre to see the tale of former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed , and his fight to save his nation from rising sea levels, I left with a burning desire to spend a week on one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MY Volunteer Journal: Episode 71 – FreeRice.com the Best Couch Volunteering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you like video games?  Do you want to volunteer but don’t want to leave the couch? Great! I have an activity for you. Go to www.FreeRice.com FreeRice.com is the Official Winner* of: Volunteering Made Easy Best Way to Stay Seated and Volunteer I Made the World A Better Place While Procrastinating at Work Can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegoodmuse.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/1793</link>
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		<title>The SMURRF: A Big Green Innovation, Not a Tiny Blue Creature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Monica, CA introduces the world’s first runoff recycling facility and then, never ignoring a cross promotional opportunity, names it the SMURRF.  SMURRF = Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility. Its primary function is to eliminate pollution in Santa Monica Bay caused by urban runoff. The state of the art facility catches and cleans an average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TheGoodMuse Explains: Why Do I Have to Submit to a Polygraph to Adopt a Pet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You do not have to submit to a polygraph to adopt a pet. Clearly, I have not been doing a good job as thegoodmuse. My only job is to offer a first person account of volunteering or all thing non-profit so you, my adoring public, might know what to expect when doing goodness.  But I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Volunteer Journal: Episode 70 – Chopped My Hair Off. Again. For Pantene Beautiful Lengths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cut my hair for charity. Again. To be quite honest, this haircut…  It was kind of an emotional decision.  Don’t get me wrong – cutting your hair for charity is always a good idea. Always. However… Unlike the last haircut, which I anticipated for a year, this one came out of…  Well, it happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegoodmuse.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/1769</link>
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		<title>My Volunteer Journal: Episode 69 &#8211; Lucky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It took a long time to write this one, as I’m still a little sad about it: I was driving across country over the holidays and had the… distinct pleasure… of stopping in Hooks, Arkansas.  The town is made up of a few trailers and two gas stations &#8211; one station apparently only takes gold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegoodmuse.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/1761</link>
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		<title>Love and Diamonds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“There was a time when love didn’t equal diamonds,” I explain to a girlfriend whose boyfriend is all but guaranteed to be her fiancée soon. She’s freaking out about whether he’s going to pick the right ring. I’m freaking out because I didn’t think my girlfriends did this. “But everyone asks to see the ring,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Volunteer Journal: Episode 68 – People with Allergies to Cats Shouldn’t Volunteer with Them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t volunteer with cats if you’re allergic. I repeat, differently: If you are allergic to cats do not volunteer with them. En espanol: No voluntario con los gatos si usted alergico a ellos. Obvious?  You’d think so, but I had occasion to test this.  Here’s what happened… I set up a volunteer activity with one [...]]]></description>
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