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		<title>To be Relaxed When Nearing Somebody New on Modify Your Body Terminology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a discuss once with this guy who was really effective with ladies. He informed me about how the body language is a lot of interaction between individuals not the real terms.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get a Young lady To Manipulate You By Modifying Your Body Terminology.</p>
<p>Your mind-set and assurance are immediately attached to the body language.</p>
<p>This sub interaction can be considered through a wide range of non-verbal interaction hints, such as side, go, and leg activity, overall pose, touching, actions, joy and frowns, look, breaks, express develop, express message, eye get in touch with and inhaling styles.</p>
<p>How you have yourself will immediately impact how you experience. Try these workouts below.</p>
<p>Hold your go up higher, have a enormous look that is expanded ear to ear, while you move happily and observe how you experience.</p>
<p>Afterwards try simply to move around with a big scowl on your experience, slump over, have your go down, put both and fingers in your openings and observe how you experience when you do this.</p>
<p>Did you observe an alteration from both of these body postures?</p>
<p>Anybody can discover many details about other individuals by themselves language. You can tell if a women is assured, if she is into you, if she is into somebody else, and especially if somebody is shy or just anxious.</p>
<p>Think about somebody who is really assured and excellent with ladies maybe somebody like Will Jackson in the film Problem.</p>
<p>Now, take a look how he strolls, how he rests, how he talks&#8230; and how he gets VERY relaxed quickly in a scenario that would create most folks very unpleasant. He is relaxed, relaxed, orders interest, looks you in the experience and requires up location.</p>
<p>When I move into a bar. I act as if I own the location. I sit on the seat and take up a ton of location. I&#8217;m propagate out as much as possible My toes are up on the desk.</p>
<p>When I discuss to somebody I get their interest first than I go into a relaxed body location. I&#8217;ve discovered that when I do this everybody is more sensitive and considering what I have to say. I can direct them very quickly. This is because I&#8217;m comfortable and I owe this to myself language</p>
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		<title>Fancy Dress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the party season kicks in, we often get an invite asking us to dress up.</p>
<p><i>Why do people like to dress up for parties?</i></p>
<p>Parties are a time to break the social conventions. We have a break from the rules that tie us down in order to retain a little level of sanity. We have a break from the rules of costume and ettiquette by putting on a ridiculous costume.</p>
<p>It also can represent the person &#8216;inside&#8217; expressing oneself. Clothes are a great way to present yourself. The office apparell of suit and tie is a personally stifleling strait jacket of conformity.<br /><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amy_Winehouse_f5104871.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2010/12/01/amywinehousef5104871_1.jpg" alt="" width="318" height="212" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amy_Winehouse_f5104871.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p>
<p>But then someone is able to dress up as Amy Winehouse or Julius Caesar we see a different side to an otherwise dull character. We can see our co workers and friends in their true colours, or at least their interests.</p>
<p><i>It makes us more sociable.</i></p>
<p>We can chat to each other, but we can be inhibited in public areas. Put someone in a costume, everyone becomes more chatty. The opening of a conversation is far easier when everyone looks really silly. No one can claim a position of authority when there are no markers of rank or position in a novelty costume. If someone has a sheriff&#8217;s uniform, we have a pop-gun instead of a real one.</p>
<p>Overall, fancy dress parties can be a good idea because they give us all a way to escape from the rigours of social living and be a different character. We&#8217;re all equal, equally silly. And isn&#8217;t it fun?</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume</a></p>
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		<title>Working Time Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The basic rights of The Working Time Regulations 1998 are:

    * a limit of an average of 48 hours a week over a 17 week period which a worker can be required to work
    * a limit of an average of eight hours work in 24 hours which night workers can work
    * a right to 11 hours rest a day
    * a right to a day off each week
    * a right to an in-work rest break if the working day is longer than six hours
    * a right to 28 days paid leave for full-time workers per year.]]></description>
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<p>The Working Time Regulations  currently provide employees with basic rights and has been designed to protect the employee from being over worked, however since the last recession many companies have been forced into making redundancies, one of the most notable results  of this down sizing of staff is that the remaining employees have to take on the extra workload, as companies recover the work load increases yet many employers are afraid to increase their staff thus resulting in working long hours with little breaks, some employees are happy to take on the extra work load as the overtime will increase there pay however some will find all the extra work as tiring and will have a negative result on your health,</p>
<h3><strong>Know your rights </strong></h3>
<p>If your not happy with long working hours or a heavy workload don&#8217;t be afraid to let your employee know of your concerns.<br /><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2010/10/23/forkliftcroppedsm_2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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		<title>Use Time Efficiently &#8211; Get Extra Hours by Saving Minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By utilizing the time efficiently, we can easily save many minutes, which will grow gradually to hours saved. A person can gain more time to oneself and family by doing some good time utilization things at work.]]></description>
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<li>Have a plan in hand during the beginning of each day. Failing to plan is planning to fail. If possible, end the workday with a things-to-do list for the next day.</li>
<li>Know how to differentiate between urgent and important tasks.  Concentrate on the urgent-and-important tasks first. Then comes the  urgent-but-not-important, followed by not-urgent-not-important tasks. Try to delegate or outsource the not-urgent-not-important tasks.</li>
<li>However good you are at multitasking, you can only do one work at a time. Multitasking is a process where you use time-slices and allot them to different tasks, just like a computer. But remember, computer chip can be replaced, but not your brain!</li>
<li>If you can do it in couple of minutes, do not postpone. Procrastination is the worst thief of time. Never fall prey for this. However, if you are indulged in an activity that demands your undivided attention for long time, do not entertain such tiny activities. They may seem to take only two minutes, but you would have lost 5 minutes already in the ordeal!</li>
<li>It is okay to be not reachable during crucial projects. Switch off the mobiles, close your outlook and chats; and focus on the job at hand. These technologies can wait till you finish the job. Undivided attention can save a lot of minutes.</li>
<li>Avoid distractors! It could be the cabin neighbor or your juniors. Even if it is your boss, tell the boss that you need to focus on the job than to get into conversation with them unless it is of higher priority than the current job. Delegate to your boss the decision of which one comes first! A good leader will always appreciate it.</li>
<li>Plan your breaks well. Only a brain which relaxes can work well. Remember the story in which the woodcutter who sharpens his axe cuts more trees.</li>
<li>Inform people that you are busy and let them know when you can be approached again. It is okay to make the unimportant issues wait than to have the important issue constrict your neck.</li>
<li>Being early or punctual has its benefits too. To know more about the benefits, refer to http://bizcovering.com/business/learn-about-the-benefits-of-being-punctual/</li>
<li>Have fun. It is very important to realize that you can do much more in the given time and be happy that you have got another day to live and prove your survival. Not many creatures get this great opportunity of living for decades together.</li>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed at a work place people are often divided into two groups, those who smoke, and those who do not?]]></description>
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<p>I noticed this through my life in various work places, even to the extent that people who seemed to hate each other often &ldquo;bonded&rdquo; following taking a smoke break together. In a work place this often ostracized the non-smokers who, very often, were working when the smokers took their &ldquo;smoke break&rdquo;. Somehow smokers did not consider the &ldquo;smoke break&rdquo; part of their regular break shared by the rest of the group, and took an additional break afterwards, this would be made worse when business owners, managers, or what have you, also joined in.</p>
<p>In most areas smokers are now forced to smoke outside or in special parts of their building, they huddle together as if in shame, but willingly encourage each other to &ldquo;have another cigarette&rdquo;. They will even try to bring others into their group, offering cigarettes to non-smokers (who are welcome to join them but feel socially awkward when doing so).</p>
<p>Smokers often do not like smoking alone, so invite another smoker out with them, that can be a co-worker, or in some cases upper management, or lower employees (when it is upper management that wants to smoke).</p>
<p>It is interesting to watch particularly when lower employees take their smoke break with upper management. The boundaries seem to break down, and in ways much different than on typical breaks. Brown-nosing (the act of sucking up to ones boss) occurs all too easily, and not even intentionally. Quite simply while on smoke breaks the people get to know each other better, and they fell they have a bond.</p>
<p>Very often, following the smoke break, the lower employee will return to work telling their co-workers how much they hate their boss, but when promotions happen, its often that very person that has the opportunity ahead of other hard working employees.</p>
<p>Co-workers form tighter bonds when they come in from smoke breaks. It is a strange ritual to watch but something everyone needs to be aware of, especially employers.</p>
<p>Employers need to see if smokers are taking their regular break, then adding a &ldquo;smoke break&rdquo; on afterwards. The employer needs to be aware of some professional lines being crossed when upper management (or the employer themselves) also smoke.</p>
<p>Cliques will form in a work place, its inevitable, but when they form as the result of a habit such as this, it can cause ripple effects within the work place, particularly when it appears that management is involved and supportive.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Fun at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a target="_blank" href="http://www.triond.com/users/Raj+the+Tora">Raj the Tora</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few key things to have fun at work, without affecting the productivity.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Human adults are expected to catch up deep sleep for at least 8 hours. We spend one-third of our lives in rejuvenating and repairing the body while asleep. Out of the other 16 hours, an average person spends about 8 to 12 hours at office. Moreover, the preparation to office, commuting up and down take up another 2 to 4 hours, which leaves with only 0 to 3 hours for ourselves. If we are spending about one-third to one-half of our lives in office at work, should we not be having fun there? While you mull that thought, read on to know the few little things that you can do to have fun in your second home &#8211; office.</p>
<ul>
<li>Every work has a huge purpose. Find it.&nbsp;There is no better motivator than to learn about the big picture. </li>
<li>Take pride in the work you do. Know and keep reminding yourself of the end result. A sanitation worker works towards cleansing the city. If you are a mason, think of the palace that you are constructing for a layperson. Remind yourself that the home is every man&#8217;s fortress, even if it is just a hut with a thatched roof.</li>
<li>Find ways to have fun and use them.</li>
<li>Nobody is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. In fact, we must err to prove that we are natural living beings. If you do not make mistakes, how else would you learn. The knowledge from books and others&#8217; experiences can take you only some distance.</li>
<li>Laugh at your own mistakes and learn from them. Carry the learnings and not the guilt.</li>
<li>Success elevates one&#8217;s mind. An elevated mind never learns. Failures teach well. So, look for the lessons in the failures.</li>
<li>Make friends in your work environment. Even if somebody thinks you as a rival embrace them.</li>
<li>Office is such a tiny space to fight with anybody. Life is just too short to be spent carrying grudges against anyone.</li>
<li>Forgive everyone for everything. The first name in the list of everyone should be yours.</li>
<li>There is no such thing called as my job or other&#8217;s job. If there is something to be fixed, be the one.</li>
<li>Take breaks whenever required. These breaks encourages your performance in the long run.</li>
<li>Drink lots of water. When you drink or eat, make sure to concentrate on that activity only. </li>
<li>Give your best shot in everything you do. You will enjoy the work regardless of the results.</li>
<li>Remember that success is a journey and victories are just milestones that earmark the path of success.</li>
<li>Make sure to have work-life balance. Work is to enhance life, so live well to work better. This is a great cycle which fuels each other if used properly.</li>
</ul>
<p>Make the best of the time you are in office as this is where your present and future lies.</p>
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		<title>Going on Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a target="_blank" href="http://www.triond.com/users/Henry+James">Henry James</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How going away can really mess up your routine. It's messed up mine.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is nice to have a break from the hurley burley of work. To unplug from the internet and all its machinations.</p>
<p>However, it is very annoying because you break out of a routine.</p>
<p>I remember from youth sports training, we were told that every day we missed, we had to train for two days to return to our previous level of fitness. I wonder if the same can be said of writing?</p>
<p>I will be the first to point out this article is a warmup piece and below average standard. Written stretching perhaps.</p>
<p>However, I think we should try and produce articles, even when it is hard. The professional writer is an scribe for hire, not merely and &#8216;artiste&#8217; who lounges around for many days, then writes down a few lines of choice couplets.</p>
<p>We also are prone to writers block. There will be a time when writing down anything is difficult. The brain does need a break. This is why breaks are so important. Without a some kind of holiday, your words and thoughts will become stale and without meaning. I think I&#8217;m going to come back from this break with a better attitude and more articles to write. I&#8217;m back!</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday</a></p>
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		<title>Making Children Concentrate on Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children often cannot concentrate on studies for a long stretch. Here are ways to make studies egaging for them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;Children often find it difficult to concentrate on studies at a stretch for a long time. In such cases their attention gets diverted and often they tend to shy away from studies and homework.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>But there are ways to keep your child&rsquo;s attention intact. First, it is necessary to plan a proper timetable where not only study hours but also breaks are included. Tiny breaks in between long study hours are necessary to give a child respite from a monotonous study schedule.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>It is also important to make study sessions more engaging and interesting so that children do not lose their interest. Try to make chapters in the form of tiny little quizzes. A little toffee at every answer is not a bad idea to keep your little one&rsquo;s enthusiasm on. Also, try to incorporate little jokes and anecdotes in between lessons so that children do not feel bored.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If a child is not feeling like finishing a chapter or a lesson after long hours of study, then he/she should not be forced to study on. Study overload should not be enforced on a child when they are not able to pay attention.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About the haunting of Turkeyfoot Pool in Sewickley Heights, PA.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the mid 1900&#8217;s, there existed a community pool in the small town of Turkeyfoot.  It was accessible to many people from the area.  Towards the end of October one year, the pool was drained early.  Not knowing this, a teenager living in the area went for a midnight swim.  He dove in and broke his neck.  He lay paralyzed all night until he was found the next morning by the pool&#8217;s owner.  By this time, he was dead.  The pool was closed for the following year and reopened the next.  The pool business ran smoothly until mid October.  A tree sprouted from the very spot where the boy had died two years before, simply overnight.  The owner called a specialist and had the tree cut down and the hole in the pool repaired.  He had the pool ready to open the next day.  However, when he went to open it again, the tree had grown up through the same exact spot.  Frightened beyond belief, the owner packed up and moved out of Turkeyfoot.  The small community followed the owner and overnight the town of Turkeyfoot became a ghost town.</p>
<p>Anytime one ventures to the corner of Turkeyfoot Road and Sevin Road in Sewickley Heights, PA, the young man replays his tragic story.  He is forced to relive his accident for all eternity, and in the right moonlight, at the right time of year (mid October), anyone brave enough to visit the small town of Turkeyfoot may witness the death of a teenager over, and over, and over.  And sometimes, on rare occasion, may grab hold of those brave souls and pull them down into the now nonexistent pool with him forever.</p>
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		<title>Seven Ways to Improve a Bad Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<li><strong>Take breathing breaks</strong> &#8211; If you take a few moments here or there during the day to breath in and out slowly, you&#8217;ll be able to calm yourself down and gain perspective.&nbsp; If you have some privacy, I would also recommend closing your eyes and visualizing a peaceful place.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Give yourself a treat </strong>- This can be a cookie, a lunch out, a nice walk in a nearby park or even something as simple as using your lunch hour to read.&nbsp; Whatever helps you relax and feel more positive.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Talk to someone</strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s difficult to overestimate how helpful talking can be.&nbsp; Letting the tension out will help center you and allow you to blow off steam.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t take this one to an extreme though.&nbsp; Friends don&#8217;t mind a chat session, but no one likes complaining on a daily basis.</li>
<li><strong>Exercise </strong>- This can be a&nbsp;short run, a hard-core work out, or even a quick walk.&nbsp; Let your body work off some of the stress and tension from a hard day.&nbsp; This may also give you time to focus on more positive thoughts, like vacations or weekends.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Make a list of all the good things that have happened in your day</strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s all too easy to focus on the negative. &nbsp;A list of pleasant moments reminds you there are good things that occur everyday.&nbsp; This little trick has gotten me through more bad days than I care to remember.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Write another list</strong> &#8211; In this list, write down the things/people/events that are destroying your day.&nbsp; Then write down any and all ways you may be able to change those things/relationships/or events.&nbsp; Maybe you can change a few, all, or maybe none.&nbsp; It&#8217;s better to know than not know in any situation.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Quit</strong> &#8211; Here&#8217;s the one no one ever speaks about.&nbsp; The horrible &#8220;Q&#8221; word.&nbsp; No one wants to be&nbsp;a quitter, but let&#8217;s look at what quitting really means.&nbsp; Being able to quit something, being in a position to stop doing it completely, that means you&#8217;re free.&nbsp; That&#8217;s all.&nbsp; It doesn&#8217;t make you a bad person, doesn&#8217;t mean you are a loser. &nbsp;If your job is absolutely horrible, find another.&nbsp; If your relationship is abusive or just plain bad, leave him or her. &nbsp;Life is all about choices. &nbsp; You make choices everyday, and you can choose to change almost anything about your life.</li>
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<p>These are suggestions and techniques I&#8217;ve used time and again to get through a bad day, a bad week, and even a bad month. &nbsp;</p>
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