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	<title>Charlene Arsenault</title>
	<link>http://charlenearsenault.com</link>
	<description>Freelance Writer</description>
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		<title>Designed to Sell</title>
		<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 the potential with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2009/06/designed-to-sell/</link>
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		<title>Factory Animals: Some are born there, some never make it out; exploring the puppy mill business</title>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>Attorney Sarah Luick, Animal Champion: Because Animals Should Have Their Day in Court, Too</title>
		<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 matter [...]]]></description>
		<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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		<title>Letting Go: The Pain of Saying Goodbye to Your Best Friend</title>
		<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 Kittaen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2008/12/letting-go-the-pain-of-saying-goodbye-to-your-best-friend/</link>
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		<title>Raising Adam</title>
		<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 cards, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2007/11/raising-adam/</link>
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		<title>Breaking the chains of ignorance and cruelty</title>
		<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 haunting. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2007/04/breaking-the-chains-of-ignorance-and-cruelty/</link>
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		<title>Saving Worcester State Hospital</title>
		<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 a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/11/saving-worcester-state-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Wake Me Up Before You Yo-Yo</title>
		<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 Bomb.” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/10/wake-me-up-before-you-yo-yo/</link>
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		<title>Raise a Glass. Make a Toast. Just Make Sure You Don&#8217;t Sound Like an Idiot</title>
		<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. A national [...]]]></description>
		<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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		<title>The Fun&#8217;s Where the Food Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published in the &#8220;Luxury Living&#8221; section of Boston Globe Magazine, September, 2006
Today’s kitchen is yesterday&#8217;s living room
Food&#8217;s a strong magnet. The smell of bread baking. A crock-pot of chili. Kabobs grilling on an open flame. Try as you might to keep them out, but the kitchen&#8217;s the hopping room of any party. Likewise, the kitchen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlenearsenault.com/2006/10/the-funs-where-the-food-is/</link>
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