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		<title>&#8220;The Help&#8221; is Close to Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My maternal grandmother worked for a family in Mountain Brook, AL. Without knowing it, I had become very close friends with one of the daughters and grandson of the family. I was talking to the grandson one day while I was at my Grandmother&#8217;s house. She asked if he was related to the family.  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=2206&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hair Obsession</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[natural hair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I had long, straight hair, guys used to stop and ask if they could touch my hair and told me how pretty it was. When I went natural, the Black Power, Nationalists types were the first to tell me they loved my hair. When I found my style, younger guys mostly on the spoken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=2212&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to the Root of Natural Hair</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/getting-to-the-root-of-natural-hair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 12:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African American Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birmingham natural beauties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curly hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nappy hair]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[natural hair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, I participated in a gathering focused upon women with natural hair. For those of you who aren&#8217;t familiar with the concept, it is referring to African American women who have rejected the use of chemical hair relaxers. For me, it means discontinuing the use of straighteners including hot combs and flat irons. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=2149&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Etiquette for your new gym membership</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/etiquette-for-your-new-gym-membership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health and Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gym membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes dread going to the gym in January. The recruiters have done a good job in selling memberships, but they fail to share etiquette tips for the new members.  Some things seem like common sense, but as an interculturalist, I realize one person&#8217;s sensibility does not necessarily transfer to the next person. O.K. maybe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=2119&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>C-3P0 Must Be a Liberal Arts Major</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/c3p0-must-be-a-liberal-arts-major/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent College Grads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntsville]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sci-Fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My son has taken an interest in Star Wars since our visit to an exhibit at the Space &#38; Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. The remastered version of the first Star Wars movie was on television. My brother and I saw it 14 times in the 70&#8242;s. I am not sure how many times I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=2117&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did Artur Really Lose the Black Vote?</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/did-artur-really-lose-the-black-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artur Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roland Martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few journalists and political analysts wrote interesting notes on Facebook about Artur Davis.   They believe that the black community taught him a lesson or lost its love for him.  Roland Martin even made sure Artur was aware that he was no Barack Obama.  Though Davis lost the gubernatorial primary, he still managed to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1935&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neuvo Birmingham Leadership</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/neuvo-birmingham-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 22:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intergenerational Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been observing Gen Xer and Yer Birminghamians for sometime now.  There are several leaders in the community who are worth mentioning.   Some are locally born and bred.  Some are transplants.  Some are male and some are female. I may end up including Boomers who are just all that or their politics transcends their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1936&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Gigonomics for You?</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/is-gigonomics-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gigonomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tory Johnson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tory Johnson&#8217;s most recent segment on GMA was informative as usual.  She described the concept of Gigonomics.  Gigonomics is when one has a number of &#8220;gigs&#8221; or &#8220;jobs.&#8221;  The individuals she featured had multiple streams of income from different jobs or projects.  I immediately thought about moms and students that use this technique to make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1911&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adult Internships</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/adult-internships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult development theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone in a career transition will find this story interesting. Tory Johnson encourages adults seeking career changes or new skills to intern for a few months. Check out this story on Good Morning America. Please share interesting stories that you have about finding a career that suited your new life as a mother. Filed under: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1887&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Image of a 40 Something</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/image-of-a-40-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I keep meeting 20 and 30 somethings who can&#8217;t believe I am 40+.  Of course I take it as a compliment, however,I wonder what their image is of someone in their 40&#8242;s. I am trying to think about my image of people in their 40&#8242;s before I got to this point.   My cousins and their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1882&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biological Clock</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/biological-clock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advance maternal age moms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very interesting.  I got a message via Facebook from a friend and then saw a piece on Good Morning America regarding fertility.  There is hope for having a baby after 30.  I was 38 or 39 .   Six friends also had their babies at 39 and 40.  One had hers at 42.   Try not to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1878&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support Haiti for My Birthday</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/support-haiti-for-my-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wyclef jean]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends know I ALWAYS party on my birthday. Would you help me celebrate this year by supporting rapper, producer, humanitarian and Haitian American Wyclef Jean&#8217;s charity, Yele? A young woman I met this week and I were discussing the fact that the name of the group he shared with Lauryn Hill, the Fugees, came [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1869&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding My Inner DJ</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/finding-my-inner-dj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1980's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[80's]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hip Hop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[salt-n-pepa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watching episodes of Salt-n-Pepa&#8217;s reality show has brought back memories of my roommate&#8217;s daily morning ritual of  playing  Everybody Get Up.   Of course the Go Go&#8217;s and George Michael made their way to our cassette decks, but Salt-n-Pepa got the most play.  We found our inner hip hop DJ&#8217;s before we made the trek [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1858&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You know you are old school when&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/you-know-you-are-old-school-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intergenerational Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced maternal age]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We bought a new interactive video game for my son for Christmas.  He can dance and learn at the same time.  I was so excited.  I put everything together.  All I had to do was plug it into the TV.  It turns out that none of the TV&#8217;s in our house are equipped for it.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1851&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/new-years-resolutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health and Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workout]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I raced to the gym last week thinking that I probably would not get a bike.&#160; The weather was cold and wet so the runners tend to spin instead of running.&#160; I had also stopped attending that particular class since my son was born.&#160; To my delight, there were several bikes to choose from.&#160; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1774&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Memories</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/christmas-memories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intergenerational Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watership down]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t take it any longer.  Christmas Eve was never going to end.  When could I open my presents?  Thank goodness, Col. Chambliss is going to drive us to the movies.  Mandy and I decided that watching Watership Down was the only way to take our minds off of the fact that there were several [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1838&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of Lumpia</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/lumpia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[filipino food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was hanging out with some friends recently and found out that one of them went to high school in the Philippines.  Although I have never lived in the Philippines, a women by the name of Rosie worked with my dad at Ft. Baker in Sausalito, CA.  Each year, she invited us to what I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1824&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hoos Helping Hoos Career Transition Webinar</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/hoos-helping-hoos-career-transition-webinar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alumni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career transition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I conducted a webinar for UVA&#8217;s Alumni Career Services.   Despite a few technical difficulties, I have gotten positive feedback and so has the Director of ACS.  I may be taking the show on the road (virtual road) for a national network.  Stay tuned&#8230; Click here for slides and to listen to the webinar. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1822&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m not unorganized, just organizationally challenged</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/im-not-unorganized-just-organizationally-challenged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Moms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting here thinking about those super organized moms who write about organizational techniques for others.   NONE of their suggestions ever work for my child.    For example, some moms suggest planning outfits for a week and putting them in containers organized by days of the week .  I can plan his outfits for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1817&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future of Tiger&#8217;s Endorsements</title>
		<link>https://80salumna.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/future-of-tigers-endorsements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bettina Byrd-Giles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[espn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been involved with a conversation this morning on a social media site about the future of Tiger&#8217;s endorsements.  One of the participants shared a link to an ESPN site.  The focus is on the interdependent relationship of Tiger and the PGA.  Do you think the Tiger brand will survive? Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=80salumna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6319563&amp;post=1813&amp;subd=80salumna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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