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	<title>Elm Street Economy</title>
	
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		<title>Working From Home and Being Your Own Boss and Your Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[being your own boss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling more relaxed, eat a healthier diet, have more time off, exercise more, and have a better sex life are the top five positive effects of working from home were, according to a survey of 4,100 people.
In contrast, nearly half of American workers worry about their jobs and feel pressure. ]]></description>
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		<title>Green Burial Services as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green burial services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual advisor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green burial is done without embalming so bodies can naturally recycle. Plain caskets instead of metal caskets, concrete burial liners or vaults are used in a cemetery without tombstones. Historically over the millennia cultures and communities have buried their dead in many ]]></description>
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		<title>Restoration Services as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/restoration-services-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/restoration-services-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antiquities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[porcelain restoration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/?p=1655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While restoration businesses are nothing new, the combination of pressure on our standard of living leading to restoring possessions we own instead of throwing them away, together with changes in attitude about having possessions like listening to music on cell phones instead of CDs, more people are getting rid of things that restoration businesses can repurpose the discards.]]></description>
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		<title>Astrology and Psychic Services as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/astrology-and-psychic-services-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/astrology-and-psychic-services-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Astrology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychic Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable livelihood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/?p=1639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the economy stresses people, the more they turn to psychics, astrologers, palm readers, Tarot card shufflers, numerologists and other paranormal specialists.  So it’s not surprising that one out of our people from all walks of life believes in astrology and consults astrologers to get advice on their personal, marital, financial, and business issues. This includes Wall Street traders.]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Support while Working From Home as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
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		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/customer-support-while-working-from-home-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customers service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-based]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-based customer service agent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working from home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/?p=1614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the rise of the web and social media, superb customer service is a necessity for companies.  Seven out of ten consumers are willing to spend more with brands that provide great customers service, according to a 2011 American Express survey. While most customer support and customer service are jobs within companies, the growth of home-based customer service agents is increasing at a compound annual growth rate]]></description>
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		<title>Paralegal and Legal Assistance as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/paralegal-and-legal-assistance-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/paralegal-and-legal-assistance-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[community-based paralegals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paralegal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual paralegal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/?p=1607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paralegals have assumed more of the work lawyers do, such as research, drafting contracts and pleadings, and preparing for trials. At the same time, paralegals make basic legal services affordable by people who cannot pay the high costs of hiring a lawyer. Today more]]></description>
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		<title>Remodeling for Seniors as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/remodeling-for-seniors-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/remodeling-for-seniors-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging in place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother in-law suites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling for Seniors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable livelihood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/?p=1595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t heard or seen the phrase “aging in place,” you’re likely to have heard an older person say, “I want to live in my own home as long as I can.” Increasingly aging Americans are staying in their homes as long as possible.  People want to live on their own terms, under their own rules. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) reports that 89% of people want to stay in their own homes as they age. with 42 percent of seniors choosing it as one of their top three considerations. Even when seniors begin to need day-to-day assistance or ongoing health care during retirement, most (82 percent) would prefer 
]]></description>
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		<title>Student Debt is Crippling the Emergence of a Sustainable Future</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/student-debt-is-crippling-the-emergence-of-a-sustainable-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/student-debt-is-crippling-the-emergence-of-a-sustainable-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatcha Gonna Do to Stay Afloat Personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/?p=1580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With almost one out of five (19%) of the nation’s households owing student debt in 2010, averaging $45,000 and total student debt passing $1 trillion dollars – an amount greater than what Americans owe on either auto loans or credit cards – student debt is like a yoke keeping many people from owning a home, buying a vehicle, getting married, having children, starting a business activities vital to the economy and the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Disease Management as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/disease-management-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/disease-management-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease Management as a Sustainable Livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease management programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons that Americans live longer than in earlier times is said to be the significant improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. However, the effectiveness of treatment is limited when patients do not follow the medi¬cation regimens they are prescribed. As many as 20 percent of patients in treat¬ment for hypertension are considered noncompliant, meaning ]]></description>
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		<title>Hauling Services as a Sustainable Livelihood</title>
		<link>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/hauling-services-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elmstreeteconomy.com/hauling-services-as-a-sustainable-livelihood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Sarah Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Home Businesses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since most homeowners and even renters don't have the time or the resources (meaning a truck) for transporting things from home and bringing new things in, there’s work for light to medium hauling services. Using for-hire hauling services makes sense as the cost of fuel and operating vehicles climbs and local communities need hauling services.
Likely customers for a hauling service include the elderly, busy professionals, single women, men without trucks and strong (willing) friends to do heavy lifting]]></description>
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