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<title>David Leonhardt - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[David Leonhardt is a website marketing specialist and an SEO consultant.  He also publishes A Daily Dose of Happiness and is author of Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: The 9 Habits of Maximum Happiness.  Prior to his online career, he was one of the best-known consumer advocates in Canada.]]></description>
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<title>Looks Matter in Job Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In most cases, looks won't be the only factor or even the main factor in a job interview. But a hiring manager's gut instinct about a person and how well they will fit in, how diligently they will perform their duties, how honest they will be - this gut instinct counts big time. And this is where looks comes in.]]></description>
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<title>The Top Party Cities in North America</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:03:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Berlin? London? Tokyo? Ha! North America has better, more bopping party cities than any in the world. Who needs a plane ticket across the ocean, when the parties are all happening right here?]]></description>
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<title>Are &quot;Used&quot; Cars A Good Thing?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:52:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Obviously there are advantages to buying a used car, mostly for price. And there are disadvantages, mostly related to repairs and bragging rights. However, "used" is generally not considered a sales pitch.]]></description>
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<title>So Tell Me About Yourself</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:04:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is the hardest question to answer. It would seem easy enough to talk about oneself, but where do you start? Here is a primer on how to answer that most basic of job interview questions.]]></description>
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<title>Why Cover Your Hot Tub?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:53:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are new to hot tubs, you might not realize how important it is to cover it up. Covering your spa protects it from anything falling in. And from anything escaping!]]></description>
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<title>Villas Trump Hotels</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:08:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is nothing quite like a vacation villa. Much more private than a motel. Much more spacious than a hotel. More amenities than a bed and breakfast. Only a private island trumps a vacation villa.]]></description>
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<title>Enjoy Fishing More With Polarized Sunglasses</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:44:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A good pair of polarized sunglasses will make your fishing trip a much more enjoyable experience than if you forget to bring them along. See the fish, not the glare...and from a health perspective, see better with your eyes for years to come. This article explains both why sunglasses are important and why polarization is important.]]></description>
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<title>Fantasy Hot Tub Covers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:26:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What's with hot tub cover manufacturers, anyway? Most of them cover their covers with their own logo. ]]></description>
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<title>Swimming Pool Safety Tips For Children</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:05:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For children, the idea of a swimming pool is pretty obvious: jump in and have loads and loads of fun. Splash. Jump.]]></description>
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<title>Social Media Versus Higher Education</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:23:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The teaching model has remained mostly unchanged since the 19th century. Some teachers are already breaking the fold and beginning to use new tools at their exposure. Welcome to Learning 2.0.]]></description>
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<title>9 Reasons Bounce Rates Count in Rankings</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:36:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of naysayers who believe that bounce rates are not now and probably never will be part of the search engine algorithms.  I am of the opposite view; bounce rates will certainly be part of the search engine algorithms and probably already are.  Here are some of the common naysayer objections and refute all but one of them.]]></description>
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<title>Telemarketing at Dinnertime</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:10:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pity the poor telemarketer who calls our house around dinner.  Let's listen in and find out just who says what.]]></description>
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<title>CD, DVD and 3 Other Types of Backup Media</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:31:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article will explain the different types of backup media that are available on the market today. As you may very well know backing up your important files is not only beneficial, but it may save you some headaches in the future.]]></description>
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<title>Babywearing With Baby Wraps</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:07:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being a single parent is never easy. Even if you have a partner, a newborn cais always be a challenge to adjust to. Either way, you will have to adapt and rely on basic survival skills, requiring you to master the art of multitasking.]]></description>
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<title>Nine Varieties of Omega-3 Supplements</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:54:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When looking for the best Omega-3 supplement you have 9 options. In may surprise you which one of the 9 is not only healthier for you, but offers better results.  Here is an overview of all 9 varieties.]]></description>
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<title>Six Reasons to Take NLP Training Courses</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:53:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first level of NLP training is called the NLP Practitioner training, which is a basic set of NLP tools. The second, more advanced level, is the NLP Master Practitioner training course. In this article we will be discussing the first level, NLP Practitioner training.]]></description>
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<title>A Headhunter With Many Meanings</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:18:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Headhunters can be savages, recruiters or pitchers, it all just depends on how you want to think about them...and who the headhunter is!  This article will explain the three definitions of the word headhunter and the origins of the word.]]></description>
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<title>5 Accessories For Diesel Performance</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You can choose from a plethora of aftermarket diesel performance accessories available on the market today for your Ford, Chevy or other pickup truck. This article explains 5 of the most popular diesel performance accessories and the benefits of using each of them.]]></description>
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<title>Amanda Beard and Dara Torres Have Something to Say</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To be able to be quoted is such an amazing thing, especially if you are an athlete. Many Olympians move on to bigger and better things after their Olympic career, these two Olympic stars, Amanda Beard and Dara Torres not only are motivational speakers, but they continue to compete in the Olympics.]]></description>
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<title>Six Happiness Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all strive to be happy in our lives, but sometimes we don't allow ourselves the time to do it. I've taken some of my favorite happiness tips and compiled here in this article for you to read.]]></description>
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<title>What Are ICF Insulated Concrete Forms?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:57:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ICF construction is a growing business. With consumers demanding more ecologically safe materials and practices, builders are being forced to comply. If you want to make sure your next building is green then you'll want to know what questions to ask. You can start by learning all about insulated concrete forms in this article.]]></description>
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<title>Comparing Omega 3 From Flax, Seal and Fish Oil</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:36:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids are necessary for   proper human growth and development throughout all stages of   life. Both are found in equal amounts in our bodies when we are   born, however as we age they deplete. Since the human body cannot   make its own Omega-3 and 6, your diet must provide a steady   intake of both.]]></description>
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<title>Restaurant Jobs and Careers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:30:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people seek job opportunities in restaurants.  And there are many jobs to be done.  We offer you the "cook's tout" through the workings of a restaurant, and a first-hand look at the restaurant jobs typically available.]]></description>
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<title>Avoid That Used Vehicle Rip-off</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:23:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone fears buying a lemon, which is why it is important to spot the tell-tale signs of a used vehicle rip-off.  Here are a few easy ways.]]></description>
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<title>Used Car Cloning</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:04:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many people have something to hide?  More to the point, how many cars have something to hide?  It is reported that one in three used cars has something to hide.]]></description>
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<title>Finding Overseas Jobs on the Internet</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:25:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Overseas jobs can now be so easily found on the Internet.  Just look at how the world of work is delivered in an instant.]]></description>
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<title>Charter Jets for Business Sense</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:24:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How can spending extra money on a private business jet charter plane save a company money?  Well, if time is money, it just could be that NOT chartering a business jet can cost the company money.]]></description>
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<title>The Joy of &quot;BabyWearing&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:24:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Babywearing is an ancient form of baby transport.  Simply put, it is the practice of carrying your child in a sling or a cloth baby carrier. Read more about babywearing in this quick overview article.]]></description>
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<title>NLP - A Brief History</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:46:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience.   This is a brief history of NLP techniques.]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways To Ride The Social Bookmarking Wave</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 10:56:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to social bookmarking, one of the fastest-growing trends of the Web 2.0 revolution.  It offers unique openings for you to turn satisfied and motivated visitors into vocal promoters of your website, your products and your services.  In this article, find out how and why.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Social Bookmarking Tips For Webmasters</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 10:09:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Social bookmarking is a hallmark trend of the Web 2.0 revolution, offering website owners an unparalleled opportunity to create vocal promoters out of their online guests.  In this article, find out how to harness this trend for fun and profit.]]></description>
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<title>Choosing a Great Speaker</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 16:58:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a speaker motivates, informs and inspires, your conference soars and your audience is driven to action. Choosing the right speakers for your event is not always as easy as it looks. There are many factors to consider, both about the speaker and about your event. Here is my list of eight critical questions to ask.]]></description>
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<title>Buying Cyprus Property</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:52:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Cyprus.  The jewel in the Mediterranean Sea is being increasingly considered as an investment, as more and more people scramble to buy property in Cyprus.  Learn why Cyprus has become so popular, and what you need to know to make your investment a smooth and profitable experience.]]></description>
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<title>My Book Contains &quot;No Artificial Growth Hormones&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:00:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I don't usually get too excited about what I read in the news.  After all, what can I do about it?  But one item I recently saw made me jump up out of my chair. I rushed over to my clever lawyer's of...]]></description>
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<title>Yes, Virginia, There Is a Secret for Happiness</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:57:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It isn't health and it isn't wealth.  It isn't power and it isn't influence.  But there is a secret to happiness that is so simple it will floor you.  This excerpt is from 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life reveals that secret.]]></description>
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<title>How a Custom Wall Map Can Help Your Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You gotta know the territory!  That's what all the salesmen sang as the train headed for River City in the hit musical The Music Man.  A wall map or map mural helps your sales force, delivery staff and customers see the territory and know the territory.]]></description>
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<title>Top Fitness Equipment and Activity Tips For Kids</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:25:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Parents want to know what they can do to promote physical fitness to their children.  What equipment?  What activities?  What tactics?  How do they get the youth of their household moving.  Here are a few tips, including circuit training, family fitness centers, dance class and more.]]></description>
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<title>I Saw An Angel At Work</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 21:48:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to see something to believe it.  Like angels. Unfortunately, angels are adept at not being seen, yet many people believe in them.  I saw an angel at work last year.  No, I did not ...]]></description>
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<title>How Demographic Data Influences Real Estate Investment Decisions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:41:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article looks at the implications that demographic data can play in wisely investing in various types of real estate: residential, commercial and vacation rental real.]]></description>
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<title>Recruiters: The Challenges of Executive Head Hunters</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:56:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Modern head hunters face recruiting challenges that people never dreamed of just a decade ago.  At the same time, executive recruiters have new online tools that give them new power that there forefathers could not have imagined.]]></description>
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<title>Metal Pipe and Tube Bending</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:28:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bending metal tubes, beams and pipes is not as hard as it looks...with the right equipment.  Here are four ways the construction sector bends the metal beams and pipes that support our buildings.]]></description>
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<title>Top 10 Reasons to Use an Email to Phone Service</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:17:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Email to phone services can be most helpful for anyone without a computer of Internet access...and that can be anybody at one time or another.]]></description>
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<title>Case Study: How Website Monitoring Saved an Online Auto Parts Retailer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:45:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a case study. When an online retailer can't find the problems that are causing website outages and slow shopping-cart performance, external monitoring gathers the data to take corrective action.]]></description>
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<title>Stopping Bad Breath Bart</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:33:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There might be several ways to stop bad breath.  Some of them might even be funny.  But don't take my word for it, read on...]]></description>
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<title>Three Stress Relief Techniques</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:34:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are three helpful stress relief techniques: meditation, exercise and laughter.  See how they work together to reduce stress.]]></description>
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<title>Weather and Latitude are Not Allies</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:45:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The north is cold, the south is warm, right?  Wrong.  It's not that simple...even in the northern hemisphere.]]></description>
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<title>Recruiting Excellent Job Candidates</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:34:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are six useful tips for recruiters and human resources staff to find the most qualified job candidates.]]></description>
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<title>Hunting the Executive Head Hunter</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:51:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Executive Head Hunters should be treated like animals.  Er, that is to say, they should be hunted with strategy and planning.  Here are five useful tips...

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<title>A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 15:55:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Working on the Internet means sharing your office space with millions of others.  Here are a few tips for success in the global cyber-office.]]></description>
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<title>Alternatives for Business Travelers</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["I'm coming home.  I've been away too long.  Been away so long.  I'm coming home" - Ian Thomas, in Coming Home I still recall my road warrior days.  It seemed like every other week, I was hopping on ...]]></description>
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<title>Top Ten Reasons To Pick A Vacation Rental</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:27:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are planning a family trip for just a few days.  That is my family, my brother's family, and my other brother's family.  Our mother will be joining us, too.  That makes four households, seven adul...]]></description>
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<title>Ditch The Hotel For A Villa Or Vacation Home</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:21:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two visits to Budapest.  Two apartments, walking distance from downtown.  I did not even set foot in the Hilton.  My mother and I saw Budapest like only someone who stays away from the Americanized h...]]></description>
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<title>Vacation In Comfort With Kids</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:16:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It takes a special person to travel with kids - a parent.  Children have their own needs.  Their idea of a vacation is more "adventurous" than a parent's.  They need constant stimulation and they can...]]></description>
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<title>Dear Bill Gates, You Clever Fox</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Bill Gates. You did it.  You casually left a live grenade at the Grand Charity Gala and walked out of the room to see if anybody, especially Google, will notice. Once again, you have created an ...]]></description>
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<title>Very Precise Fortune Cookies</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I cracked open the fortune cookie and read the little slip of paper on the inside.  Immediately I realized that it had been written by a weather forecaster. "You will be approached in the late aftern...]]></description>
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<title>How Not to Compromise With Your Partner</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:20:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever disagree with your spouse?  Or your boyfriend or girlfriend?  Of course not - she/he/it is perfect, right? You can imagine my shock when my friend confided in me that he and his wife ofte...]]></description>
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<title>Hotel Rooms Are Nightmares</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:15:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ever since I began working for that Florida vacation rentals website, I have been plagued by recurring nightmares.  I am haunted at night by the spirits of hotel rooms past. There was a time when I t...]]></description>
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<title>Sorry, No Customer Service After 4:00 P.M.</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:16:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I wrote about ingenious styles of customer service that every business should know about, mostly because their employees were inflicting them on their customers. For instance, I war...]]></description>
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<title>You Have To Love The Location, Say These Owners Of Orlando Florida Villas</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:12:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It has been said that in real estate there are three things that count the most: location, location and location.  I recently discovered how powerful this concept can be. Not long ago, I wrote an art...]]></description>
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<title>How To Tell If You Are A Literary Snob</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:10:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["I don't know if I should put 'writer' on my business card," I murmured. "Then don't," my wife said in her infinite wisdom.  "Put 'author' on it." "But if I put 'author' on, none of those big...]]></description>
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<title>English Has Come A Long, Long Way...</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:35:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I often wonder what would happen if Shakespeare were to be transported in a time machine to our world today.  What would he think?  How would he react? Yes, Willie would probably tell me "thou hast t...]]></description>
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<title>I Am Biodegradable - My Writing Is Not</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:28:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My dad was wrong.  I just discovered that I am good for nuthin' after all.  In fact I've been good for nuthin' all along. I am 100% biodegradable and that means I can be recycled into nuthin'.  It al...]]></description>
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<title>Hungry For Overkill</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:31:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I don't have much time to watch television.  Being the lazy person that I am, I usually let other people in the family do my watching for me.  But some events are just so important that I have to wat...]]></description>
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<title>The Fatal Attraction of Online Marketers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:40:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Suppose you were offered 263 links coming into your website from 263 other websites all in one fell swoop.  Everybody knows that the more inbound links you have, the higher you will rise in the searc...]]></description>
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<title>Google's Next Big Move</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:37:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[November 2003 might go down in history as the month that Google shook a lot of smug webmasters and search engine optimization (SEO) specialists from the apple tree.  But more than likely, it was just...]]></description>
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<title>Five Tips to Improve Your Chances With Google Et Al</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:33:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I can't promise you gazillions, but there are a few things you should do to make it easy for search engines to find you. I assume you have already decided to submit your site to the major search engines and directories. I assume that you will develop some sort of linking strategy (hopefully a better strategy than most websites use today). I also assume you will have picked key search terms for all the pages on your website.]]></description>
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<title>How Search Engines Connect Sellers and Buyers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:22:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Maggie knows how to find what she wants.  She lets her fingers do the walking - not in the Yellow Pages, but at Google.com.  She wants to learn about bread baking, and you have just written Bread Bak...]]></description>
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<title>You're How Old?!?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:26:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Well, Happy Birthday!  How old are you anyway?" "Oh, I'm just 29 ... again." It's a harmless game, denying our age, right?  We play sensitive about our age as we get older, as we get further away from...]]></description>
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<title>Tiger and the Three Pigs</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:17:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After years of terrorizing the countryside, hunting deer, poaching livestock, killing game, Tiger grew long in the tooth. Finally, he knew it was time to retire. So he packed his bag and ambled into ...]]></description>
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<title>Cleaned Up or Cleaned Out?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:16:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I need your help. I did a good deed recently, but I was gripped by second thoughts. I want to know if you think I should have done this. Here is what happened: In preparing our condo for sale, we had...]]></description>
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<title>Importance of Thanksgiving</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:35:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year. Oh, sure, Christmas is grand, and I know it has many, many fans.  I'm not knocking Christmas, but Thanksgiving is more important.  And Easter h...]]></description>
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<title>Silver Linings Are Everywhere</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:02:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Viagra.  That one word packs a lot of punch.  Let's face it; there is little that has been derided more than Viagra. On the talk shows, it has been the butt of more jokes than Michael Jackson and Sad...]]></description>
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<title>True Friends Are Not Dream-Slashers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:26:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A friendship poem:  Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paint is who you are and who you ain't. 	Friendship is life's great support, when friends are of the right sort.  For all your dreams do...]]></description>
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<title>Happiest Person In America: What's Sex Got To Do With It?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:16:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who is the happiest person in America?  USA Today featured Happiest Person in a cover story in its USA Weekend magazine.  Bad news: it's not you.  Nor is it me.   Just how did they find Happiest Pers...]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips To Keep Happy... Even In Wartime</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:14:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The world is going downhill faster than an Olympic skier.  Terrorists lurk around every corner.  Climate change will soon melt the tundra and turn Iowa into a desert.  Frankenstein foods are flooding...]]></description>
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<title>Eight Simple Anger Management Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:00:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["The other night I ate at a real family restaurant. Every table had an argument going."  One of the biggest obstacles to personal and career success is anger.  When we fail to control our anger, we s...]]></description>
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<title>Does Size Matter?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:43:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bigger is better.  Isn't that the American dream?   Why buy a road-hogging, critter-squishing, bumper-defying, wall-of-metal SUV when you have the delicious option of buying a BIGGER road-hogging, cr...]]></description>
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<title>Four Steps to Attracting More Good Luck</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:22:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Luck Factor rips apart the notion that luck is something that just happens.  Dr. Wiseman reports on over three years of scientific inquiry into what is often considered the most unscientific topi...]]></description>
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<title>What?!?  No Bananas?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:05:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Where are your bananas?"  It seemed like a logical question to ask.  For all of my forty trips around the sun, bananas were a key item to place in the grocery cart.  For the first time I could recal...]]></description>
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<title>A Bad Hairdresser Day</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:54:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Hey everybody!" Hairdresser Lady called out.  "It's The Happy Guy." "Don't try buttering me up, Hairdresser Lady," I warned.  "It's not going to work." "What's not going to work?" she demanded. "You...]]></description>
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<title>Give a Hug for Happiness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:46:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hugs have a long and honorable tradition, going back to the day the caveman first squeezed his wife and discovered that no ketchup squeezed out.  Since then, he found that his wife makes an awesome t...]]></description>
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<title>Three Inspirations for Happiness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:30:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness. 1. FORGIVING FOR HAPPINESS We like to think we are better th...]]></description>
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<title>No Happiness Without Patience</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:28:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I'm searching for modern happiness.  The old-fashioned kind takes just too long.  That happiness requires patience and I don't want to wait.  I want upgraded happiness.  I want release 4.02, the "new...]]></description>
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<title>The Great Career Switch</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:16:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Hello.  Is the doctor in?" "I'll be with you as soon as I finish filling in these forms." "But I really need to see a doctor." "There, now what can I do fo - EEEEEK! You...you....you're a grizzly be...]]></description>
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<title>My Career As A Hermit</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:32:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Work from home.  Make big bucks in your pajamas." - typical work-from-home ad. Quick.  What do writers, stay-at-home parents and online marketing geeks have in common?  I mean, besides insanity?  Th...]]></description>
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<title>The Happy Jar</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:37:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I just delivered a free speech.  I am a great believer in free speech, but an even greater believer in paid speech.  However, there are good reasons why someone like me would deliver free speeches.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Can Media Coverage Build An Online Business? You Bet It Can!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:18:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As someone with expertise in media relations, I've been asked if media coverage and publicity can build an online business.  The real question is whether what happens offline really matters online...]]></description>
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<title>Time Your News Release For Maximum Publicity</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:45:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Cindy, where's that story?  I need it yesterday!" "Coming right up, boss.  I'll have it to you soon," Cindy shouted back. "Yesterday isn't soon enough!" Cindy clicked on her screen.  "You have mail....]]></description>
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<title>Grassophobia</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:41:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Each day my daughter, pushing one year old now, amazes me with the lessons she teaches me.  Yes, here I go again learning lessons from someone too young to speak.  (Hmm ... maybe that's a lesson, too.)...]]></description>
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<title>Investing As A Sport?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 13:23:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I said last week that money doesn't generally buy happiness, but the lack of it can buy absolute misery.  This, by the way, is not just my personal observation.  It is the conclusion of some of the m...]]></description>
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<title>Staying Sane While Wall Street Crashes</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:00:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody is riding the Wall Street Roller coaster.  Even if you are not invested, the headlines scream out one word: PANIC! It's hard not to join in the panicking.  The Panic Crowd seems to be havin...]]></description>
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<title>Painful Lessons from the Maternity Ward</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:34:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whoever dubbed New York, New York "the city that never sleeps" should visit The Maternity Ward.  My recent visit included a drop-in on several screenings of "A Star Is Born" at the late-show theatre,...]]></description>
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<title>Dressing A Toddler, Whomever She Is Today</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:46:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some things we take for granted.  Like getting dressed.  Unless we are paraplegic, an absolute klutz or have just smoked far too much cabbage, getting dressed is a cinch. Sure, if you happen to be th...]]></description>
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<title>Am I Really A Stroller-Monger?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:41:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was reading "A Modern Infant Armada", a humor column in Maclean's Magazine written by a fellow humor columnist.  Writing about it now is a bit like a painter painting another painter or a singer si...]]></description>
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<title>So You Want to Start a Home Daycare</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:34:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I hang out with the other mommies.  No, I am not a "Mister Mom" or a "Househusband".  I do have one enviable situation, though.  I work from home and I have the flexibility to say, "This morning I am...]]></description>
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<title>By Now, I'm an Expert at Memory Loss</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:36:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but I just could not remember what I wanted to write about.  This seems to be an increasingly more common affliction, ever since I turned 40.  For instance...]]></description>
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<title>Are You A Bill Clinton Webmaster?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:40:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most frequent questions I get asked about my ebook, Don't Get Banned BY The Search Engines, is whether I amended it to include post-Florida Google.  "Florida" is the code name that search ...]]></description>
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<title>Web Site Monitoring Is A Global Necessity</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:21:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Huang sits down at his computer. As he connects to the Internet, he glances out at the sun poking its nose above the Hong Kong skyline. It will be another busy day, and he has to order those sli...]]></description>
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<title>Choosing a Web Host Based On Price? Don't!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:07:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's tempting.  There are so many companies offering cut-rate hosting - loaded with astounding post-futuristic techno-gizmo features ! - that it just makes sense to save a few dollars, right? Think a...]]></description>
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<title>Could You Be A Workaholic?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you need to put on boots and grab a lap-top computer to relieve yourself at night, you might be a redneck workaholic. It never crossed my mind that there could be such a thing as a redneck workaho...]]></description>
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