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	<title>Charlene Arsenault &#187; Human Interest Stories</title>
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		<title>The transition to gay conservative: how one gay man explains and defends his position</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As printed in Central Massachusetts Pride Magazine The words conservative and gay don’t often end up in the same sentence. Especially in some areas of the country, being gay and also a conservative are as rare as a lesbian who doesn’t like Melissa Etheridge’s music. Yeah, it may sound like a stereotype, but mention you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Adam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it appeared on the cover of Worcester Magazine, August, 2007 Recently, Adam Davis’s mom, Nancy, took him to a ‘50s concert at a country club in the area. At first, Adam looked agitated, as he can easily become in crowds. Elderly folks and children can especially intimidate him. But he scored a deck of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the chains of ignorance and cruelty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Activism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking the chains of ignorance and cruelty Massachusetts is another place where Dogs Deserve Better As published in Pets! Magazine, January, 2007 (www.petspub.com) In the ‘70s, many of us cried when we read Alex Haley’s “Roots” and saw the mini-series later that decade. Scenes of Africans chained in the dark cubes of that boat are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Worcester State Hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As published in Worcester Magazine on Jan. 20, 2005 During a sticky hot summer in 1989, Richard “Rick” LaFortune thought he was the Messiah. “Jesus” descended on the park in downtown Leominster, where, to begin saving the world, he stripped naked, and folded his clothes neatly in a pile. The local police spotted him, pulled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake Me Up Before You Yo-Yo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Worcester Magazine, March, 2005 If you can manage “The Sleeper,” that will ultimately lead to bigger and better tricks. Beginners master that, along with stuff called the “UFO,” “Rock The Baby,” “The Jamaican Flag” and “Creeper.” If you’ve got those down, it’s time for dazzlers like the “Ripcord,” “Drop in the Bucket” and “Atomic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise a Glass. Make a Toast. Just Make Sure You Don&#8217;t Sound Like an Idiot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Worcester Magazine, September 2004 Public speaking scares the bejeebies out of most people. To a certain degree, the idea of standing in front of a group of people, their eyes piercing what feels like their very soul, is enough to make a stomach do a triple flip. Toastmasters was established to erase that fear. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hometown Heroes/Worcester Magazine 2001</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Activism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disciple for the dogs Sometime last month, some heartless bastard tied a pregnant medium-sized mutt to a pole outside of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church. A kind soul delivered the abandoned girl to the Worcester Animal Rescue League, where immediately Mary Jane Fallon recognized that she was ready to have pups. A shelter is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Snow Chair Story, Worcester Magazine Cover Feature</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/02/the-snow-chair-story-worcester-magazine-cover-feature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Shovel It, You Own It In Worcester, When it Snows, Respect The Chair Take a short drive around Worcester’s neighborhoods in the winter, and you’ll see more chairs and furniture in the street than lighters at a Skynyrd concert. In just a leisurely two hour cruise in town, Worcester Magazine spotted at least 30 [...]]]></description>
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