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		<title>Investing in a Better World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PecosJack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenya Kids Can is efficient and effective at feeding children with a free school lunch and providing computer training in remote, impoverished areas of Kenya. The folks who run this ministry essentially volunteer to do this on the side and have very lean administrative expenses by separately raising their own mission support through ....]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Investments &#8211; Wii Fit vs. Join a Gym</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PecosJack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my hiking buddies stays in shape through the year by working out at a fitness gym plus he takes a yoga class a couple of times per week. Those provide a good variety of work on flexibility, strength, and endurance training. They also have an ongoing cost for participation, beyond the time commitment.

I have taken a different approach. I bought a Wii with the FIT board and program. I am working my way through its yoga, strength, balance, and cardio exercises/games. I paid for it once, and now use it. As I spend more time on it and improve my performance it rewards me by ...]]></description>
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		<title>Any excuse to rally</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PecosJack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stock market liked what it heard today – despite a net loss of 247,000 jobs in July, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 9.5% to 9.4%. Never mind that the declining unemployment rate is due to 422,000 people without work abandoning the job search after months of disappointment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Everything You Need to Know to Invest in the Stock Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PecosJack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can't go broke by taking profits.
Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent -- John Maynard Keynes
If you are going to panic, panic early....]]></description>
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		<title>Riding a Wheelbarrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PecosJack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been mentoring a friend of mine who wanted to take control of his 401k plan and manage his investments rather than choosing from the standard mutual funds that have performed poorly in the past year or so. As I have shown him the mechanics of expanding the choices in his plan and discussed [...]]]></description>
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