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		<title>An aide-mé⋅moire</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/an-unintentional-start-to-my-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first post for 2009 is a little story about how I was forced to welcome in the New Year by renouncing almost all consumerism. I had a break from blogging and writing in 2008 to follow other projects, and although I feel that I make careful choices in my day to day consumption I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=174&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Say NO to Chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bitter Truth About Chocolate : TreeHugger This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Hershey&#8217;s kiss, and yet a celebration is hardly in order. Why? Because with each bite, we are reminded that most chocolate sold in the U.S. comes from cocoa farms where farmers work in unsafe conditions, receive below poverty wages, many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=165&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Work From Home</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/work-from-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Go Green: Work from Home : Planet Green Working from home can be a great alternative to a desk in a cubicle, but, as many people who try it will tell you, it isn&#8217;t as easy as slapping your laptop down on the dining room table. And, while wearing pajamas all day might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=164&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Soumitri Varadarajan</media:title>
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		<title>Kitchen Throw-Outs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kitchen reductions &#8211; Megan McArdle Right before Christmas, I told you what to add to your kitchen. Now Mark Bittman suggests things you can get rid of. My top ten: 1. Jar tomato sauce: takes five minutes of prep, 40 minutes of no-stir simmering, to make your own, which keeps for weeks: cheaper, better, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=163&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frugal Soup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save Money With a Soup Night &#124; beingfrugal.net Now that the weather is cold (and rainy in Oregon), it’s the perfect time to save money with a soup night. I like to schedule a soup night once a week, because it’s a great way to use up leftovers that might otherwise go bad in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=162&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Soumitri Varadarajan</media:title>
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		<title>Bookmarks for Renounce</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/bookmarks-for-renounce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have made a set of bookmarks on the theme of frugal &#8211; aka renounce here: http://delicious.com/faintvoice/renounce And another iceberg photo.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=159&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Soumitri Varadarajan</media:title>
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		<title>Renovating my Garage</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/renovating-my-garage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been painting these past few weeks &#8211; renovating our garage to make it into a studio. And this takes em to places where I see pictures of similar projects &#8211; and get all excited. This is the latest in the line. All &#8211; &#8220;All clean, simple, bright and white.&#8221; Take a look. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=158&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Soumitri Varadarajan</media:title>
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		<title>third-hand smoke</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/third-hand-smoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I smoked a bit &#8211; for about 20 years of my life. Gave up when the children came along. Or gave up just to feel I was doing the right thing. So I am not against smoking but happy to pass on bad news about the effects of smoking. Word Spy &#8211; third-hand smoke n. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=156&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The iceberg in antarctica</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/the-iceberg-in-antarctica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find icebergs are the ultimate symbol of global warming. Or they have been made out to be &#8211; and when they all melt &#8211; then it is over. We will all be under water. Take a look at this image larger and for more Antarctica pictures see http://cathywebster.com/antarctica/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=154&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More &#8220;global warming is a myth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://renounce.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/more-global-warming-is-a-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumitri Varadarajan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this piece in the Telegraph (see below). And I am sympathetic to the argument that questions whether there is global warming &#8211; the Al Gore sense of the term. I also hear that Britain is going through a nasty cold winter. On the other side: 1. Yunus talked about the sea taking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renounce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=914824&amp;post=150&amp;subd=renounce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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