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		<title>Save money by hiring better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Holstee Manifesto. Words to live by.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Pinball Wizard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Passion @ work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories from the front line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classic pinball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No idea what ever inspired this, but pinball fans everywhere &#8212; you gotta love it! I still love to play classic pinball, and would enjoy getting a chance to take a spin on this set-up&#8230; enjoy. Filed under: Passion @ &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/pinball-wizard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1304&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto, Durban, COP17, and me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Detox Project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greenhouse gas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Lynas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nope. I did not go to Durban. No, I have not been to any of the global climate change confabs that have been held regularly since the earlier 1990&#8242;s, seemingly to little actual tangible successes. With Canada now officially withdrawn &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/kyoto-durban-cop17-and-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogger&#8217;s Remorse? Get inspired by great copy</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/inspired-by-great-copy-tackling-bloggers-remorse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion @ work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been busied out getting up to speed on several new business projects lately, and it has been many months since my last post.  Truth be told, I&#8217;ve been struggling with what I suspect is a wide ranging problem &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/inspired-by-great-copy-tackling-bloggers-remorse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1260&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone needs heroes. Ray Anderson is one of mine.</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/everyone-needs-a-hero-ray-anderson-is-mine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Detox Project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Corporation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I first came across Ray Anderson in the 2003 documentary &#8220;The Corporation&#8221;. After having spent 25 years in business and just recently &#8220;hung out my shingle&#8221; as a free agent, sitting through &#8220;The Corporation&#8221; in early 2004 delivered my epiphany. &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/everyone-needs-a-hero-ray-anderson-is-mine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1227&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing higher education</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/fixing-higher-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business models]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colleges and Universities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read with interest a recent editorial in The Economist, titled &#8220;How to make college cheaper&#8221;. It is an interesting read, and talks about a researcher&#8217;s thought experiment around how to offer an education currently priced at $26,000 annually for &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/fixing-higher-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1190&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things to never say on the job</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/things-to-never-say-on-the-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heros and Zeros]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this list of &#8220;10 things you should never say on the job&#8221; and I remembered my own painful little lesson about something you should never say. Figuring that the statute of limitations on saying stupid things is &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/things-to-never-say-on-the-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1108&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More intelligent food labeling</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/more-intelligent-food-labeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written some previous blog posts about how confusing (and generally useless to the lay person) food labeling is. My musings on the topic are found here and here&#8230; now, I&#8217;ve just stumbled across a very interesting design competition where &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/more-intelligent-food-labeling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1071&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another supply chain contamination incident&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/another-supply-chain-contamination-incident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Traceability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Monbiot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days ago, I blogged about the tainting of soft drinks through supply chain malfeasance here. I just came across this blog entry by Guardian writer George Monbiot which outlines the facts behind a very interesting &#8212; and &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/another-supply-chain-contamination-incident/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19458612&amp;post=1013&amp;subd=timragan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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