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	<title>Charlene Arsenault</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>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
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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>Designed to Sell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade Magazines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Designed to Sell Making the club’s pro shop effective and profitable Appeared in Club and Resort Business Magazine, 2008 A definite trend toward clubhouse facelifts has escalated within the past ten years, lending courses to rethinking the position, shape, style and size of the pro shop. Now, more than ever, clubs and resorts are realizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factory Animals: Some are born there, some never make it out; exploring the puppy mill business</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2008/12/factory-animals-some-are-born-there-some-never-make-it-out-exploring-the-puppy-mill-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Activism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The dog pawing the bars at the pet store is undoubtedly a cutie. As a youngster, it was always fun to browse the store and giggle at the adorable pets for sale, hoping our parents would say, “OK, we can have him.” You didn’t think about where they came from. You didn’t think about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney Sarah Luick, Animal Champion: Because Animals Should Have Their Day in Court, Too</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2008/12/attorney-sarah-luick-animal-champion-because-animals-should-have-their-day-in-court-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Activism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Appeared as monthly column, &#8220;People Making a Difference&#8221; in Pets ! Magazine The world grinds slowly. Social consciousness chugs along so that sometimes we barely sense the advances. This frustrates those passionate for change; Passionate about injustices that, though they seem so blatantly, well, wrong, aren&#8217;t addressed with appropriate speed. It can get discouraging, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Go: The Pain of Saying Goodbye to Your Best Friend</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2008/12/letting-go-the-pain-of-saying-goodbye-to-your-best-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Activism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As published in Pets! Magazine, 2007 Tina Zlody and Louie Despres spent years keeping their dog Olivia’s Cushings Disease at bay with monthly acupuncture sessions. Heart disease, too, would plague her later in life. Her heart finally took her at 14 years old last year. That prior August, Zlody had to put her cat Tawny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Adam</title>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2007/11/raising-adam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Interest Stories]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2007/04/breaking-the-chains-of-ignorance-and-cruelty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></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>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/11/saving-worcester-state-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/10/wake-me-up-before-you-yo-yo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A&E]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/10/raise-a-glass-make-a-toast-just-make-sure-you-dont-sound-like-an-idiot/</link>
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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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