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		<title>Shout out to Alex at Digisavvy!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been out of touch for a wee bit but, like Jack Nicholson in The Shining &#8230; I&#8217;m Baaaaaaack! Many thanks to Alex Vasquez, of Digisavvy fame, for getting my blog back up and running and looking good after some hiccups during the transfer from GoDaddy to Host Monster. Alex and Chris, a talented and creative California [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/general-interest/hello-world/</link>
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		<title>My Birthday Wish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andean bears are sometimes called spectacled bears because of their markings. The species is suffering heavily and faces extinction from forest fragmentation for human activities and &#8220;nuisance&#8221; killings when these gentle bears wander from fragmented forests into human settlements and crop fields looking for food and mates. Andean bears are found only in isolated pockets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/wildlife/my-birthday-wish/</link>
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		<title>Meet my Friend Diana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This is my delightful friend Diana. Everybody who knows her, loves her. With good reason. She embodies all those good things about a person that just simply bring a joyful smile to your face. Much like her own radiant smile. I snapped this photo of Diana as she finished wheeling home from one of her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/people/meet-my-friend-diana/</link>
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		<title>Tropical Leaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The size of some of the leaves on tropical plants are hard to believe if you don&#8217;t see them up close and personal for yourself. Seeing is believing. I put my hand on the top of this massive leaf to give an idea of scale. I took this photo in Costa Rica, while living at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/landscapes/tropical-leaves/</link>
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		<title>FlickR Photostream of La Chureca</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The photos of La Chureca that I uploaded into my Photostream don&#8217;t appear where they oughta. Instead the whole batch of 91 photos has ended up in an entirely different location. So now I&#8221;m flummoxed and God only knows when the FlickR geeks will respond to my inquiry. Because I spent three hours attaching [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/landscapes/flickr-photostream-of-la-chureca/</link>
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		<title>The Day We All Go Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Everybody across Planet Earth goes green on St. Patty&#8217;s Day. OK, it might be in the form of green beer on March 17, but we&#8217;ve all got to start someplace. First green beer, then the green lifestyle. It&#8217;s a stretch, but miracles are known to happen. I like what my friend NaTasha has posted on her blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/general-interest/the-day-we-all-go-green/</link>
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		<title>Ursa Freedom Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ursa Freedom Project is a global campaign to liberate 9,000 bears from crush cages on bile farms in China. The intent is to move the bears from these torturous prisons to freedom at Animals Asia sanctuary. Together we can do it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/general-interest/ursa-freedom-project/</link>
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		<title>Protected Reserves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By the time I leave Nicaragua I hope to have visited all of the protected natural reserves in the country. There are magnificently beautiful areas here. For a poor country, Nicaragua seems to have adequate staff to patrol the reserves to keep wildlife poachers and tree bandits away. Costa Rica could learn something from their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/people/protected-reserves/</link>
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		<title>Fruit Vendors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three young men peddle fruits and vegetables from their wagon throughout the barrio where I live. The brothers make a twice a week visit to the house so I can buy tropical fruits and whatever vegetables they might have on hand. I like this way of shopping. It&#8217;s informal, neighborly and lets me support a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/general-interest/fruit-vendors/</link>
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		<title>Stray Cats and Dogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stray cats and especially dogs are a routine part of the Nicaraguan landscape, as they are in other Central American countries that I&#8217;ve visited. Most of the animals are in terrible shape. But every now and then you see a stray that someone has taken mercy on and through acts of compassion helped fill out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org/general-interest/stray-cats-and-dogs/</link>
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