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	<title>Domestic Diversions</title>
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	<description>1.  Good counsel on matters of relationships, families and family law.  2.  The efforts of good people working together to advance the mind, arouse the heart, and amuse the spirit.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Magic words for a happy marriage: We&#8211;a natural outgrowth of partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Daily News reveals research showing that couples who use &#8216;we&#8217; are happier than those who use &#8216;I&#8217;, &#8216;me&#8217; or &#8216;you.&#8217;
Sherryl Connelly writes (excerpt):
“We-ness” is a language that spouses who are better able to resolve conflicts speak, according to new study from the University of California, Berkeley.
The other good words are “our” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger Woods&#8217; treatment for Sex Addiction Awakens a Sleeping Giant</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/tiger-woods-treatment-for-sex-addiction-awakes-a-sleeping-giant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Flood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods’ treatment for Sex Addiction may do for Sex Addiction awareness what OJ Simpson did for awareness of Domestic Violence.  Many men are secretively lost in the cyclone of Sex Addiction.  Sex addiction is insidious and progressive.  It is a toxin to the soul and fabric of individuals, relationships, and our communities.  Although these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing &#8220;Love and Respect&#8221; to the troops</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/bringing-love-and-respect-to-the-troops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WOOD-TV reports that Grand Rapids marriage expert/author Emerson Eggerichs is off to Iraq to visit the troops.  Here&#8217;s why (excerpt):
In November, the military released statistics noting in the 2009 fiscal year alone there were more than 27,000 divorces among service members. The military says those numbers have been rising steadily since 2001.
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		<title>Apple screenshots: Losing privacy with iPhone</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/apple-screenshots-losing-privacy-with-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ABA Journal.com tells us why one law firm switched to BlackBerrys: security issues and iPhone screenshots of your data.
Debra Cassens Weiss writes (excerpt):
Apple says its iPhone 3GS has hardware encryption, but it is still possible to gain access, they write, citing the work of data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski. He found a way to “jailbreak” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How confidential are e-mails sent while at work?</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/how-confidential-are-e-mails-sent-while-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Law: Cases/Statutes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ABAJournal.comreports on the privilege afforded to a federal prosecutor whose private e-mail to his own lawyer was sent from a government computer at work.
Martha Neil writes (excerpt):
Because he is allowed to use his work e-mail account for personal communications, assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel had a reasonable expectation of privacy in those personal communications, explains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologizing to your wife: How an apology might save your marriage</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/apologizing-to-your-wife-how-an-apology-might-save-your-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/apologizing-to-your-wife-how-an-apology-might-save-your-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Psychology Todaytutors men on how to apologize to a woman and maybe save a marriage along the way. [NOTE: This was written before the Tiger Woods scandal!]
Sam Margulies gives men these six elements of a proper apology to a woman(excerpt):
1. Acknowledge the Wrongful Act [&#8221;I was wrong and I am sorry.&#8221;]
2. Acknowledge that You Have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewriting history: Explaining your wedding state of mind after you&#8217;ve decided to divorce</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/rewriting-history-explaining-your-wedding-state-of-mind-after-youve-decided-to-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today shows us how couples with plenty of relationship doubts get married anyway, especially those who have been living together.  The articles differentiates between having cold feet and feeling more serious reservations.  One of the difficulties for researchers is our ability to time-travel and forecast the divorce before the wedding.
Sharon Jayson writes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The kids are alright: How children of same-sex couples are doing</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/the-kids-are-alright-how-children-of-same-sex-couples-are-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/the-kids-are-alright-how-children-of-same-sex-couples-are-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Something Different]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times shows how children of same-sex couples are doing just fine, highlighting research by Abbie E. Goldberg, an assistant professor in the department of psychology at Clark University and author of “Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children.”
Lisa Belkin writes (excerpt):
More enlightening than the similarities, however, are the differences, the most striking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appreciating strengths: Accepting different ways of parenting</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/appreciating-strengths-accepting-different-ways-of-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/appreciating-strengths-accepting-different-ways-of-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce Grand Rapids]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Timesdiscusses a study about involving fathers, as well as the benefits of co-parenting or parallel parenting. 
Laurie Tarkan writes (excerpt):
. . . [T]he critical difference was not greater involvement by the fathers in child-rearing but greater emotional support between couples.
“The study emphasizes the importance of couples’ figuring parenting out together and accepting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bit foreign, scary even: Collaborative divorce</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/a-bit-foreign-scary-even-collaborative-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gentler Divorce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Divorce Grand Rapids]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Collaborative Divorce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mediation/ADR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Single Parent Gossip shares the method for using collaborative law to resolve your divorce out of court.
Talibah Mbonisi writes (excerpt):
. . . In this cooperative framework, both parties also agree to:
- Act in their children’s best interests to minimize any negative impact that the situation could have on them.
- Be respectful to one another, stay [...]]]></description>
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