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	<description>Spark your Vision. Ignite your Success. Explode your Significance.</description>
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		<title>To Spark is Universal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heady Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sparking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain stem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dancing dendrites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Spark is universal. In the developed world, it can be a blue-green glittering from a motherboard sending complex signals to high-tech machinery. In my ears it is a set of headphones, where every melody is generated by a spark. The coffee grinder in the background runs because the ignition switch was grazed by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian School Brainstorm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the initial sketch of the leadership and literacy school that we came up with.]]></description>
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		<title>Two-Faced, The Jekyll and Hyde Integration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dr. jekyll]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[grotesquely]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[integration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[state of the spark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tendencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yearnings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jekyll attempted to overcome his personal challenge in life by disintegrating. This is not unique. Most people try to separate from the parts of their lives.]]></description>
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		<title>A Glimpse of Poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Interaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blessed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broken relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryant myers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[four a.m. friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foxhole friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refrigerator rights friends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself in a very uncomfortable situation this week. When a friend had to fire an employee recently, I was present. Losing work in this economy is not funny, and the situation struck me deeply. Listening to the employee&#8217;s reaction, it struck me how close we all are to poverty. I was reminded that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of Your Sparked Mission</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[storge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In post-earthquake Haiti, sitting across from tent cities, fresh from my current favorite village in the rolling hills of this beautiful country, looking around the table at the small band of usually-disconnected travelers, I was pondering friendships. I knew that these people were friends, but I did not know &#8216;about&#8217; them. I did not know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Complex Path to Simplicity</title>
		<link>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/the-comple-path-to-simplicity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appointment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaving a legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life a life of simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life of service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life of simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuit of simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[significance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simpler life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was this the life of simplicity I was pursuing? Running around, running, running, running, to be the person I wanted to be, to strive to be the friend and leader I needed to be.

Is the path to simplicity a complex weaving mazes of commitments to self and others? Is a path to simplicity compatible with the path of sparking (that of success AND significance?)]]></description>
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		<title>The Rehumanization of Humanitarianism</title>
		<link>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/the-rehumanization-of-humanitarianism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanitarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geert-hofsted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanitarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[re-humanization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Re-humanization of Humanitarianism Humanitarianism is a loaded word. If you were unfortunate to be an academic is this arena, your mind would swirl with Geert-Hofstede models and initiatives for community development and charrettes for nationals live-birth rates and solutions for preventable illnesses. If your studies of humanitarianism have not been that academic, you would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Haiti Whole</title>
		<link>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/making-haiti-whole/</link>
		<comments>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/making-haiti-whole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was a fantastic editorial summary of the direction for Haiti. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28sun1.html?scp=1&#38;sq=making%20haiti%20whole&#38;st=cse It is really good to know that there are some people who hold optimism for the future of Haiti.]]></description>
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		<title>Be The Change You Want To See</title>
		<link>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/be-the-change-you-want-to-see/</link>
		<comments>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/be-the-change-you-want-to-see/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prediction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sparking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be the change you want to see in the world]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ghandi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyper-micro-niches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyperniche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideal client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge age]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can sustain any material coming out of your life. That doesn't mean I want your tweets from the last time you went to the bathroom. I am not talking about a vanity brand presence. I am talking about the thing within you, the thing you were created to leave the world. I am talking about Legacy.]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Sea Take the Rest</title>
		<link>http://grantnieddu.com/thespark/let-the-sea-take-the-rest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grantonio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lakeland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let the Sea Take the Rest &#8220;How do I do it all, Bud? What can I do to save move lives in Haiti?! How can I help more people spark their lives and wake up?!&#8221; I was having my tantrum moment with a powerful local coffee friend. His name is Bud. He is not what [...]]]></description>
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