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		<title>The Opposite of Beauty is Indifference</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/11/06/the-opposite-of-beauty-is-indifference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a continuing theme of this blog, I want to share the work of two artists who bring both beauty from and insight about our oceans&#8217; treasures. Richard and Judy Lang have collected plastic debris since 1999 from 1000 yards &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/11/06/the-opposite-of-beauty-is-indifference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Willing to Be Seen?</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/04/04/are-you-willing-to-be-seen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of each semester I accept invitations to visit student clubs and selected writing classes to share about our leadership offerings at MSU. During my leadership course pitch I like to ask, “What do you think of when &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/04/04/are-you-willing-to-be-seen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Humus Perfume</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/10/10/humus-and-attraction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 21, I was given a gift. Calling to make plane reservation for my then-fiancé and me, I gave the ticket agent our names. She began laughing and replied, “That’s so funny. Do you two travel together often?” Punch line &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/10/10/humus-and-attraction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sell local, buy local</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/06/12/sell-local-buy-local/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I became a Combs twenty-five years ago, my mother-in-law was my boss. She hired me to cook at the family guest ranch in Ennis, Montana during two college summers. &#8220;Jinny&#8221; was first &#8220;Mrs. Combs&#8221; to me. Six days a &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/06/12/sell-local-buy-local/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Should I Do? A Multicultural Answer</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/02/10/what-should-i-do-a-multicultural-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently teaching a new course at Montana State University called Leadership Foundations. Thirty students ranging from 18 to over 40 are exploring together what it means to be a leader while learning some core skills.  As part of &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/02/10/what-should-i-do-a-multicultural-answer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Connolly &#8212; Playing Well at the X Games</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/02/01/kevin-connolly-playing-well-at-the-x-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have to let you all know that our friend Kevin Connolly just took 3rd place in mono ski at the X Games! To get a sense of what that means, click here for a short ESPN clip of the final &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/02/01/kevin-connolly-playing-well-at-the-x-games/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Jobs &#8212; Three Tenets of Playing Well</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/01/17/steve-jobs-three-tenets-of-playing-well/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2010/01/17/steve-jobs-three-tenets-of-playing-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge. &#8212; Bertrand Russell When I recently found a YouTube version of Steve Jobs&#8217; 2005 Stanford commencement speech, I was not surprised to see the 1.5 million &#8220;hits&#8221; to date. &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/01/17/steve-jobs-three-tenets-of-playing-well/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going Mother Bear</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/10/27/going-mother-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember twenty years ago when our son Cameron was a newborn and my husband and I ventured bravely from the suburbs to downtown Washington, DC on the Metro. He must have been three weeks old or so, as Cameron &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/10/27/going-mother-bear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping it Real</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/09/22/keeping-it-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I smiled listening to Michael Jordan honor his beloved sister and brothers as some of his valuable opponents when composing last week’s post. I get it; when I wrote The Way of Conflict, I began the introduction by telling the &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/09/22/keeping-it-real/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thanking Your Opponents</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/09/13/thanking-your-opponents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony occurred last Friday. That&#8217;s a point to which I wouldn&#8217;t have paid much attention &#8212; if you ever saw me try to play basketball you&#8217;d understand why &#8212; except that this year &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/09/13/thanking-your-opponents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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