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	<description>Grow Your Life-Grow Your Business!  Connecting women to amazing resources and locally owned business in the East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, Peninsula and San Francisco!</description>
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		<title>Interior Design: SF Bay Area Resources We Love&#8230;ArtHaus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beryn Hammil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where Art feels at home!    In the art world not everything is always as it seems, and one plus one doesn’t always equal two. Case in point: ArtHaus.   by Beryn Hammil SF Bay Area Interior Designer   Annette Schultz and James Bacchi are the two that equal much more than this mathematical equation suggests. They&#8217;ve created ArtHaus, [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Where Art feels at home!   </p>
In the art world not everything is always as it seems, and one plus one doesn’t always equal two. Case in point: ArtHaus.  

by Beryn Hammil
SF Bay Area Interior Designer  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Create a Business You Love:  The ArtHaus Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A passion for art, the good fortune of a wonderful business partnership and a great location in San Francisco’s SOMA district have helped Annette Schutz, and her partner James Bacchi create the renowned San Francisco art gallery, ArtHaus!  ]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Silicon Ceiling: Janine Popick’s Tech Company, VerticalResponse Soars to Success!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janine Popick didn’t get the memo.  The one that says women don’t start up successful tech companies.  Not that it would have mattered! by Deborah Burstyn SF BAWJ Feature Writer (This article is available in the SF BAWJ magazine.) P]]></description>
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Janine Popick didn’t get the memo.  The one that says women don’t start up successful tech companies.  Not that it would have mattered!

by Deborah Burstyn
SF BAWJ Feature Writer
(This article is available in the SF BAWJ magazine.)

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		<title>Living in Earthquake Country – Are You Ready?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 01:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah-Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having lived through the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as a homeowner in San Francisco,  I often find it helpful to review with my family not only the steps to take to make sure our homes are safe, but what to do in case there is a quake. by De]]></description>
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Having lived through the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as a homeowner in San Francisco,  I often find it helpful to review with my family not only the steps to take to make sure our homes are safe, but what to do in case there is a quake.

by De]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tomoko Maruyama: SF BAWJ Featured Artist!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every edition of the San Francisco Bay Area Women’s Journal we feature the artwork of a local artist on our cover.  Art enriches and deepens our life experience.  And here in the Bay Area, rich with creativity, we are pleased to bring you]]></description>
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In every edition of the San Francisco Bay Area Women’s Journal we feature the artwork of a local artist on our cover.  Art enriches and deepens our life experience.  And here in the Bay Area, rich with creativity, we are pleased to bring you ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Improving Women&#8217;s Healthcare with a Smile&#8230;Dr. Sondra Altman Delivers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She’s known around Contra Costa County as the Menopause Maven.  Now Dr. Sondra Altman, who for years has focused her gynecology practice on the health issues of older women, has a new title. by Deborah Burstyn-Staff Writer, SF Bay Area Wome]]></description>
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She’s known around Contra Costa County as the Menopause Maven.  Now Dr. Sondra Altman, who for years has focused her gynecology practice on the health issues of older women, has a new title.

by Deborah Burstyn-Staff Writer, SF Bay Area Wome]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It’s Time to Celebrate the Lunar/Chinese New Year in San Francisco!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, February 14, 2010, marked the start of  Chinese Lunar New Year 4708...Year of the Tiger.   This year the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade will be on Saturday, February 27.  by Syndi Seid, Business Protocol and Etiquette Expert]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sunday, February 14, 2010, marked the start of  Chinese Lunar New Year 4708...Year of the Tiger.   This year the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade will be on Saturday, February 27. 

by Syndi Seid, 
Business Protocol and Etiquette Expert]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>5 San Francisco Jewelry Designers that&#8230;We Love!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day (or any time for that matter) than with a little bling!  And living in the San Francisco Bay Area…there are many jewelry designers who create pieces that offer you the perfect expression of your uniqu]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day (or any time for that matter) than with a little bling!  And living in the San Francisco Bay Area…there are many jewelry designers who create pieces that offer you the perfect expression of your uniqu]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Paul Ash: Ending Hunger in San Francisco!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Ash, Executive Director of the San Francisco Food Bank, describes the Potrero Hill facility as looking like Costco. Except for the solar panels. And the fact that the food here isn’t for sale. It’s free... by Deborah Burstyn Staff Writer]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul Ash, Executive Director of the San Francisco Food Bank, describes the Potrero Hill facility as looking like Costco. Except for the solar panels. And the fact that the food here isn’t for sale. It’s free...

by Deborah Burstyn
Staff Writer]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Alison Levine: Reaching Through the Glass Ceiling to Touch the Sky!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Alison Levine... the first woman to serve as Team Captain of the first American Women's Everest Expedition!  She is a demure dynamo powered by sheer determination who has reached the summit of both the business world and t]]></description>
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