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  • Designer Belts Are The Answer To Fashion's Dilemmas
    By: Lauren Federman | - Drawing attention to oneself in today's fashion conundrum can be difficult. Many people try new colors, bold jewelry, or something so unusual that causes attention to be drawn to them. Most women are not that daring and do not have the budget to update their wardrobe every season.

    The Answer: Designer Belts

    Designer belts make a statement and change the attitude of an entire outfit without breaking your budget. Wearing this accessory can not only change the look of ...
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  • Closet Organizers: Change Of Seasons, Change Of Clothes
    By: org11 | - Tackling your closet can be a huge headache. When you have so many pieces of clothing and so little useable space to store them, it becomes quite a daunting task to organize your wardrobe and make the most out of your closet. Thats why so many of us end up exhausted, sitting in a pile of jumbled outfits after attempting the great closet reorganization. But if you shop around, you can, and will, find the ideal storage units to keep your fall attire tidy.

    Dont believe it? Just c ...
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  • How To Become A Professional Limousine Driver In Las Vegas
    By: Rudy Van Lancker | - The city of sin offers more than flashy lights, big wins and fabulous shows; it is also the city of opportunity to make a living behind the wheel of a long, black and handsome limousine. The demand for professional limo drivers is on the rise. With over 20 hotels on the Las Vegas strip, tired feet could use the rest when hopping from location to location. Visitors of Vegas want to travel in style feeling like a celebrity, and with the cities on going attractions luring millions looking to have a ...
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  • The Guide To Black And White Style
    By: Hendrik Pohl | - If you're a frequent flier on the social circuit, chances are good that you've encountered a number of gatherings in the past that required a black and white outfit, whether by theme or simple whimsy. For most, incorporating the restricted color palette to modern style is a challenge because the final look easily ends up dull. Here are some suggestions for a theme-compliant outfit that doesn't bore all the other guests to sleep.

    Keep It Simple
    While it can be tempting to fi ...
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  • Men's Style Guide: What To Pair With Pants
    By: Hendrik Pohl | - Back in the dark, rule-bound age of men's fashion, pants could only be worn with a suit or a jacket; anything less would have been inappropriate or undone. Now that the rules of dress have loosened considerably, you have countless options of pieces to wear with your pants ranging from dressy to casual, all of them stylish. In fact, a single pair of pants can give you several different looks depending on what you pair with it.

    Going Formal
    For situations that are any degree ...
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  • The Two Best Ways To Save Money When Headed To Russia
    By: Mark M Thomson | - Youll pay $20 for a jar of red caviar. $30 for a bottle of good vodka. $85 for a Russian fur hat

    As with any travel destination, the price of souvenirs in Russia can add up quickly. Sure, you can skimp on the gift-buying, but the best way to save money in Russia or Ukraine is to make the right decisions ahead of time, at home. In fact, hundreds of dollars can be saved just by making two wise choices: Your flight, and your lodging. An $1100 round trip from New York to Kiev migh ...
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  • Details In Formal Men's Fashion
    By: Hendrik Pohl | - Once the suit, shirt and necktie parts are over with, most guys would think that you're ready to go for any formal event. Real formal fashion for men, however, is about much more than just the basics. While it's the basic things like a well-cut suit or a tie-and-shirt that matches which get you through the door, it's the little details of style that get you into the uppermost echelons and the most exclusive rooms.

    Learn Your Leather
    A lot of men, for example, start surveyin ...
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  • Fashion Tips: One Blazer, Three Different Outfits
    By: Hendrik Pohl | - The blazer is a cornerstone in formal men's fashion, a must-have piece at everything from baptisms to funerals. But that doesn't mean you have to keep it to its all-formal mold all the time. Break away from all your preconceived notions of this classic men's style piece and see how to turn one investment fashion item into three completely different looks.

    Look #1: Fashionable Formal
    Here's the least challenging of the lot: the good old formal look. It's pretty much a no-bra ...
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  • Mens Style Advice - Fashion Rules For 30-something Men
    By: Hendrik Pohl | - Once you can't find your age on the calendar anymore, you know you're entering a new stage in your life. After the questioning quarter-life crisis years come your thirties, a time when you're torn between the changing twenties and static forties. For most men, fashion and style tend to change quite a bit during this period, too. Here's how to also change yours for the better.

    Practice Your Colors
    A lot of guys get by with just the combination of a white shirt, a black suit ...
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  • High Quality Belts For All Occasions
    By: Lauren Federman | - Nothing completes a great outfit better than an amazing, high quality belt. Fashion magazines display outfits that cost thousands of dollars. They often give hints and tips as to how we can duplicate the look for less. Our efforts to save money sometimes result in skipping an accessory here or there.

    Don't skip the belt. Like many other accessories they are a necessary item to finish an otherwise drab look. They can be incorporated into nearly any outfit to dress it up for a night ...
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  • Black Belt Thinking: Rating Yourself On A Scale From 1 To 10
    By: Tom Callos | - Of all the tools I have ever learned about and used in my business, using a rating scale of 1 to 10 has been the most powerful. The 1 represents the worst you could be, your worst possible performance or outcome, and 10 represent the best, bar none.

    Example: You're in a job interview and it's for a job you really want. On the way to the interview you hit a skunk in your car with the windows open. You now smell like a dead skunk. You sit in the interview and the smell makes you na ...
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  • Men's Tuxedo
    By: leandrobox | - What wardrobe essentials does every man should have in his closet? What are the essentials needed to attain a practical and functional wardrobe? When it comes to building a functional wardrobe, the first thing men should do is to assess his lifestyle. Does he in a casual setting at work? If so, then he needs more khakis or jeans than suits or trousers. Is he in need to wear a suit every day? If so, then he will need several suits. No matter what the particular situation though, there are ...
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  • How To Become A Full Time Martial Arts Instructor And Make Enough Money To Live, Thrive, And Survive
    By: Tom Callos | - There are two basic things you have to be able to do to survive as a martial arts professional. First, you must be able to meet lots of people and recruit them as students. Second, you have to be able to keep them coming to classes -and paying tuition.

    I repeat: These two things are the ESSENTIAL things.

    To meet and recruit students, you have to be everywhere you possibly can -and represent yourself in the best possible light. Ask yourself how are you meeting and in ...
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  • The First Key To Success For A Martial Arts School Owner Or Teacher
    By: Tom Callos | - To achieve real success, the school owner or martial arts teacher needs to establish a "practice of training" that gets and keeps them in peak shape.

    But recognize that "peak shape" for the average person is much different than "peak shape" for the martial arts Master-Teacher.

    Our peak shape doesn't rely only on the flat stomach; it requires that we master martial arts skills, to the best of our abilities. Granted, there are coaches and teachers who aren't absolute ...
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  • Three Things Everyone Should Know About Self-defense
    By: Tom Callos | - After nearly four decades of studying self-defense, I have compiled a list of three things you should absolutely know about personal protection. These three things do not represent everything you should know, but they will, guaranteed, keep you from suffering a lot of pain -and maybe even save your life.

    The first thing you should know about self-defense is that crime scene two is always worse than crime scene one. I learned this from Sanford Strong, a retired San Diego police ser ...
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  • Three Vital Tips For The New Martial Arts Teacher Or School Owner
    By: Tom Callos | - Here are three of the best tips you'll ever find for up-and-coming martial arts teachers and school owners:

    1. You will want to buy and/or borrow a "school operations manual" from an established school or consultant. This manual will have most, if not all of the procedural things you'll need to know about how to answer phones, makes sales, handle employees, etc.

    This kind of thing wasn't available when I started teaching, but today they're quite common. By the way, ...
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  • The New Way Of Business: Make Your Living With Passionate Involvement
    By: Tom Callos | - (Author's note: While this article is written for the man or woman who runs a martial arts school, the advice applies to anyone doing business in today's world.)

    The New Way to do business is not mechanical, it is emotional. Read the following 6 sentences as an example:

    I heard that a man in China helped save someone's life.

    I heard recently that a woman in London saved a child's life.

    I heard about a man in Florida who saved his neighb ...
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  • Self-defense Lessons, For The Everyday Man Or Woman, From A Sixth Degree Black Belt
    By: Tom Callos | - I'm 50 years old and took my first martial arts lesson in 1969. I have fought, studied, practiced, twisted, punched, kicked, and grappled through four decades of time; in other words, I am a "martial arts expert."

    To save you a LOT of time and energy, many bruises and sore muscles, I'm going to give you what is the ultimate lesson in self-defense. I'm going to hand you, in the next few paragraphs, the ultra-condensed version of the most important lessons I've learned. After you r ...
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  • Mastery And Business: Hard Core Advice For Martial Arts Teachers
    By: Tom Callos | - Martial artists respect the efficient and effective, so I'm going to deliver my message like a well thrown punch to the nose: The martial arts world ("The Industry") is thinking too small and it's off course.

    It's time to slow down all the talk of sales and gross income and marketing in our industry. What we need to hear and heal this industry is smart talk from its leaders. Instead of sales chatter, let's hear someone say, "We are being disrespectful to our planet, let's do somet ...
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  • How To Use The Martial Arts In Your Business
    By: Tom Callos | - It doesn't matter what kind of business you're in; it doesn't matter if you own a laundry, do financial planning, charter fishing boats, or sell insurance, you can use the martial arts to gain a tactical advantage in your market. No, you won't be side-kicking anyone in the breadbasket, after all you're not Chuck Norris, but you can use martial arts knowledge and ideas in a way that give you the upper hand (or foot).

    Here are three relatively-easy ways to use black belt skills in ...
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  • On Education: My Advice To The Martial Arts School Owner Seeking Business Success
    By: Tom Callos | - Education is the way to success in your martial arts school, beginning with your education. What do you know, what are you learning, and how are you using it in your life, for your school, and for your community?

    Educational Warning: Through no fault of its own, as everyone involved originally intended to offer help to the industry, the martial arts business world has fallen into a rut of "make it easy." Getting a good education isn't always easy.

    The martial arts ...
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  • Martial Arts For Children: Straight-up Advice On How To Pick An Instructor
    By: Tom Callos | - Parents, the way to choose a great martial arts teacher for your child is by direct observation. By watching classes, you can see exactly what the teacher is doing -or not doing -with your child. Regardless of what a school's advertising says about itself, you'll know whether a school cuts the mustard through using your good-old-fashioned, low-tech powers of observation.

    Look for a clean school. Look for a school where the staff is friendly, communicative, and helpful. Look for a ...
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  • To Mom And Dad: Your Child And The Martial Arts
    By: Tom Callos | - I took my first martial arts lesson at the age of 9 (in 1971), received my first degree black belt at 19, and this year I will celebrate my 30th year of teaching the martial arts. My goal is to give what I have learned as a result of my training, and what I know your child will learn, should you decide to make the martial arts a part of his or her life.

    In some ways, martial arts schools are all the same. Each is contained in some kind of space, like a shopping mall, free-standing ...
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  • Men Should Do As Much As They Can To Improve Their Dating Odds
    By: David DeAngelo | - First, I looked at myself. I asked, If I were the type of woman who I would like to attract (I like super hot, very intelligent women), what would make me want to be with a man?

    So I started reading, listening to tapes, going to seminars you name it. And I started to work on my presentation of myself.

    I now think that its important to get EVERY POSSIBLE thing going for you that you can.

    Heres my take: If you have messed up teeth ...
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  • College Student Loans: What To Watch Out For
    By: Steven Schultz | - Selecting college student loans is always a bit of a stressful time, there are so many options, so many different terms and even some very attractive looking offers. It is very important, however, to understand that lots of the really "to good to be true" types of college student loans are exactly that. Every year hundreds if not thousands of college student loans are issued that look like a good deal on the surface, but without reading the fine print and understanding exactly what you ...
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  • How To Be Safe While Traveling
    By: INDER JIT | - The most dangerous time in your life, when you are most likely to be attacked is when you are unfamiliar area.
    Tourists are the favorite prey of the goblins of the world for the following reasons:
    They are easy to spot. Tourists make the mistake of not blending in, wearing clothes that stand out. Shorts in a climate where everyone else is wearing pants. Brand-new clothes with bright colors. A camera around the neck, and a generally lost look on the face.
    They're not armed. ...
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  • The Black Hills Yields Pink And Green Gold
    By: Mitch Endick | - In more ways than one, Black Hills gold jewelry has the ability to turn gold into green. Black Hills gold has been a very popular choice when buying gold jewelry pieces. Black Hills gold jewelry can be seen as rings, pendants, bracelets, and even belt buckles, almost any type of jewelry design you can imagine. The characteristic pink and green gold is what gives Black Hills gold its distinctive look.

    There has long been misimpression that Black Hills gold jewelry is manufactured ...
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  • Secrets To Getting Great Value When Buying A Home
    By: Paula Stone | - A lot of people who are looking for a home miss a lot of good places. Maybe they don't like the furniture and wallpaper and paint colors. In their disapproval of the dcor they miss the important characteristics of the property completely. They cannot picture themselves living there because the current owner's quirky personality is stamped everywhere, perhaps emphatically. Their photos, paintings and art, furniture, colors, and collections overwhelm the structure and the looker, too. A lot of t ...
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  • The Ultimate Money Making Home Improvement
    By: Paula Stone | - How long has it been since any Americans looking for a house even been willing to look at any house with less than 2 baths?

    Forever maybe. Buyers want at least 2 bathrooms, more if possible. A house with less than 2 bathrooms won't attract many lookers unless it has a stellar location. So houses with this disadvantage may linger on the market forever. But guess what? That negative may be a moneymaking opportunity. It can also be a good way to get a good home for less money.
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  • Selling A Home Quickly In A Buyer's Market
    By: Paula Stone | - Selling a home can be incredibly stressful and difficult, especially if you need to do it quickly. It's possible that some houses in some markets in this country could linger on Multi-lists for years!

    So, what should you do?

    The first thing you should do is clean out the house. Have a garage sale, rent a storage space, and throw out most of your stuff. Just get the stuff out of the building. How far should you go? There should not be anything on the floor of any cl ...
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  • Defend Yourself With Your Walking Stick
    By: John Roberts-James | - Why? I don't need to answer that. You already know to Survive!

    But why a walking stick? If you're a big tough guy, 4th Dan Black Belt in karate or other martial art, you don't (really) need a walking stick to defend yourself. Unless your big interest is in fact stick fighting, sutekki-shin-jutsu. When you would always carry one, as I do, for the fun (and the Hell!) of it. I'm never without my Stick and my Dog. (What about my wife?)

    But what if you are a young athle ...
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  • Self Defence 9: Footwork
    By: John Roberts-James | - Vital for some but a Liability for You!

    Important for YOUR success but leading to YOUR defeat!

    Slide your feet and demolish him slide your feet and get kicked in the belly!

    Move to your Left, WHACK! him Move to your Right, be whacked yourself!

    Move about be crushed! Stand still crush him!

    To be skilled in Footwork ten long intense years of study; but to be skilled in Winning five minutes of study - Stand Still!
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  • Self Defence 4 Which Martial Art?
    By: John Roberts-James | - You are elderly and unfit. And very concerned at the risk you face when walking our streets and parks.

    Worried about mugging. Frightened about rape. Scared of yobs. You want to learn how to give yourself a better than even chance of survival.

    You have decided to join a self defence class. But which one?

    Karate? Aikido? Judo? Ju-jutsu? Kung-fu? Hapkido? The list is truly endless.

    My advice? Don't join any! If you do, you will have NO cha ...
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  • Learn How To Kick: Kicking Effectively In A Self-defense Or Combat Situation Part 2 Of 10
    By: Shawn Kovacich | - This ten article series will deal with the various components that need to be addressed when considering the utilization of a particular kick in a combat or self-defense situation. These ten components can also be used by the tournament competitor although certain segments would have to be modified slightly for the tournament aspects of kicking, rather than the more intensive nature of using a kick or kicks in combat. Although all of these individual components are important, they are most effec ...
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  • Learn How To Kick: Kicking Effectively In A Self-defense Or Combat Situation Part 1 Of 10
    By: Shawn Kovacich | - This ten article series will deal with the various components that need to be addressed when considering the utilization of a particular kick in a combat or self-defense situation. These ten components can also be used by the tournament competitor although certain segments would have to be modified slightly for the tournament aspects of kicking, rather than the more intensive nature of using a kick or kicks in combat. Although all of these individual components are important, they are most effec ...
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  • Dressing To Impress At Your First Interview
    By: Rupal Patel | - The mixture of excitement and anxiety that come with a graduate's first job interview typically gives way to concerns about how well they will do in the interview. Graduates submit their applications and CV to employers outlining their career goals, employment history, and education. However, human resources personnel and hiring managers are only looking partially at the application materials in the interview. Professional interviews are about demeanor, professionalism, and industry appropriate ...
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  • How To Become An Expert At Something You Know Nothing About
    By: Sharon Sarmiento | - There is something so inspiring about seeing someone learn a new skill, become competent, then take it to the next level and become an expert. I remember a few years back my sister Stacey started getting interested in mountain biking. We all thought, "Oh, that's cool, it's nice to try new things."

    I don't think any of us imagined it would become the main passion of her life (she was never a super-athletic person before), but she found a mentor, learned the basics, biked every day, ...
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  • 10 Dating Safety Tips For Online And Off
    By: Michelle Annese | - Still looking for a special someone? Just be sure to keep yourself safe. Here are ten ways to find love for your heart but keep your personal protection on your mind.

    1. Watch out for someone who seems too good to be true. Begin by communicating solely by email, then look for odd behavior or inconsistencies. The person at the other end may not be who or what he says he is. Trust your instincts. If anything makes you uncomfortable, walk away for your safety and protection.
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