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<title>Aspects Of Basque Genetics</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:36:07 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Basque genetic pool consists of an ancient European component, that was subsequently supplemented by the genes of newcomers.]]></description>
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<title>Creative Workshops</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:49:22 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are Creative Workshops?

Creative workshops are a great way to help young people acquire new skills and are a way to empower, motivate and inject a positive attitude in the youth of our society....]]></description>
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<title>Worried About A Driving Ban.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:12:39 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Road safety is vitally important. Thankfully, the numbers of accidents that occur each year on British roads is falling.]]></description>
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<title>TermWiki: Site To Watch</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:02:17 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TermWiki.com, a multilingual dictionary platform, recently surpassed 500,000 terms in over 150 industries, making it one of the fastest-growing sites on the Internet (based on Alexa traffic rankings).]]></description>
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<title>Calendar - Which Calendar Do You Mean?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:46:25 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the West, we tend to think that there is only one calendar, but there are dozens of them around the world. And what is more, there were almost certainly hundreds of them previously. All defunct now...]]></description>
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<title>Calendars - Why They Can Be Slightly Out</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:46:59 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of years ago, ancient Greek astronomers calculated that the track of the Earth's axis is constantly, even if in a very slow way, shifting in a uniform pattern. The change is very similar to the...]]></description>
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<title>Search Engines Are Useful In Retrieving Tons Of Documents</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:01:16 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Search engines are the key to finding specific information on the vast expanse of the World Wide Web. Without sophisticated search engines, it would be virtually impossible to locate anything on the Web...]]></description>
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<title>The Importance Of Your Credit Reference And How To Get It</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:22:08 CST</pubDate>
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How do lenders decide make their decisions No one has a given
the right to credit. Before giving credit lenders check whether
to them you are an acceptable risk and they all have different
ideas of what is...]]></description>
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<title>VERBUMSOFT LAUNCHES An AUTOMATED ONLINE TRANSLATION SERVICE</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:06:45 CST</pubDate>
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Verbumsoft, privately owned company has launched a new online
translation service (www.translatorsbase.com) where users can
instantly obtain a quote and a delivery date for document
translation services....]]></description>
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<title>Tips, Tools And Techniques For Honing Your Public Speaking Skills</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:06:14 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's a stubborn myth that public speakers are born, not made.While we assume climbing the corporate ladder or being in the public eye takes hard work, we cling to the notion that communication abilities...]]></description>
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<title>All You Need To Know About Agents</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:02:28 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The agent issue is such an emotional one for writers. Having one is a huge validation. I was fortunate to sign with an agent while still writing my first novel and it was wonderful being able to work and know]]></description>
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<title>Digital Library Initiative And The Future</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:13:38 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Currently we are very busy digitizing humankind's written knowledge from books to the digital so it can be made available to the world. This is a very wise move as books can decay over years and out of...]]></description>
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<title>Self-publish Your Book And Keep All The Profits!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:22:37 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How does a person bridge the enormous gap between a manuscript and a book? There are three options: trade (commercial) publishing, subsidy (vanity) publishing, or self-publishing.Commercial publishers are...]]></description>
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<title>Public Speaking: Getting The Room Set-up Right</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:32:17 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know why it is, but no matter how carefully I brief a hotel on the room set-up I want for my seminars, workshops and training meetings, more often than not when I arrive, they have provided a...]]></description>
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<title>Rules For Getting The Story Down</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:28:41 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[1. Write it fast, fix it later.2. Commit to writing 16 ½ minutes per day or 3 hours per week. If it is easier foryou, commit to writing 3 pages a day.3. Quality is more important than quantity. If you...]]></description>
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<title>Speech Tips - Ten Things To Remember When Accepting An Award</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:47:18 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people are recognised for their work, industry, sporting or community achievements.The giving of awards by associations, businesses and groups helps recognise achievers and excellence.In many cases...]]></description>
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<title>7 Important Elements Of Any Article - Miss Just 1 Element And Your Article Is Doomed</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:37:38 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[These 7 Important Elements are your Blueprint to Article Writing Success. By Applying these 7 Key Elements anyone will be able to craft Articles for Re-Distribution on The Internet.1 - The TitleThe Title...]]></description>
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<title>Simple Tricks To Maximize The Reach Of Your Marketing Message</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:35:31 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jim was working hard to grow his business. Long hours networking his rolodex, producing high quality products, and delivering exceptional service to his customers, but he was always just a little short at...]]></description>
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<title>7 Reference Books For Your Desk</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:42:43 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I hate to admit this, but I rarely get an original idea. That's bad for a writer.However, I've got lots of paperback friends who help me sound smarter. They're the seven reference texts I keep on top of my...]]></description>
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<title>Through The Eyes Of An Artist</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:12:40 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As writers, we initially tend to be either more cerebral or emotional than perceptive. Its occurs to me that writers are driven to express what they actually haven't figured out how to say verbally, but...]]></description>
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<title>Six Tips For Creating More Lifelike Story Characters</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:13:44 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Working on my first humorous novel, I started with a single character. I followed suggestions in writers' reference books for developing story characters. Then, still dissatisfied with my results, I began...]]></description>
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<title>Put A Spin On Your Idea!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:19:48 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eight or nine times out of ten, picking up and leafing through a magazine's or book's table of contents, you will find at least  one or more articles or chapters that will catch your attention immediately....]]></description>
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<title>Idea-Mining For Writers, 102</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:34:23 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As many authors are fond of stating, "Ideas are all around!" when asked to be more specific. Well, in a way, that's true. Ideas ARE all around. You just have to know how and where to look for them. If...]]></description>
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<title>How To Present Your Proposal At An Executive Meeting</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:03:53 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What's the worst reaction you've ever gotten when you made an important presentation? Probably, it would come in second to the one I just heard about. A woman-ironically she was interviewing me for an...]]></description>
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<title>8 Reasons Why A Freelance Writer Should Use The Internet</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:01:24 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What a wonderful resource the Internet is!Students find information to help them with their studies; business people keep in touch with important clients and stay up to date with important business...]]></description>
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<title>How To Finish Your Self-Published Book Fast</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:42:55 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Started a book and then got bogged down? Like many of my bookcoaching clients do you say, "I have so many other demands, I just can't get to the book."This isn't procrastination or fear. Most writers get stuck]]></description>
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<title>Story Building With Imagination</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:08:54 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the words of Aristotle, "happiness is self contentedness helping to make children deeply and quietly glad that they are who they are, and gives them a priceless legacy: the strength to meet life's...]]></description>
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<title>Shortcuts To Eloquence</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 16:37:33 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have probably had the experience of listening to a speaker who, even if you did not agree with that person's message, caused you to think, "this is an outstanding speaker." That speaker was probably...]]></description>
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<title>A Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 17:08:49 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All writers should use a plan whether written or reflected. This includes the initial idea, the content or main points, and the conclusion whether it is an article, a short story, a chapter, or a complete...]]></description>
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<title>Making Sure You Get A Good Reference</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 18:47:09 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've had 3 interviews with a potential employer and they've asked you for references from your prior job.  The problem is that you didn't leave on the best of terms and now you're a bit worried about the...]]></description>
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<title>Journaling</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:18:52 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many of you take the time to really write down your thoughts?Do you know that journaling not only lets you "work" out problems but releases tension and gets the problem off your mind.I started...]]></description>
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<title>Choose Your References Wisely!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:46:32 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So, you need to submit employment references. A simple task, right? Sure, you could contact three of your closest friends and ask them to be your references. They may be able to testify to your character...]]></description>
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