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		<title>Why don’t we trust our leaders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our trust in leadership has decreased as the speed and availability of information has increased. The flow of Information has fundamentally changed over the years and while leaders were once looked to to provide the answers to our questions (they were, after all, the ‘ones’ in the know), now they seem out of touch, and somehow removed from what happens on a day-to-day basis.]]></description>
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		<title>Changing times!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laying the ground work for career change during slow periods can greatly enhance your job search when things improve. The option of going back to school can also prove to be a very productive way to ride out a slow economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Ready? Set? Mingle with Conversation Skills to Create Communication Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helena Kaufman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips for mingling and conversation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many people find it a challenge to enter a conversation. Some even quake in their well shined shoes before they enter a room. Take your shy, new, singleton or fearful about your language skills self and step into the room. It may hold opportunity! Enter smiling and be natural.]]></description>
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		<title>Conversation Skills Create Communication Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helena Kaufman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, our conversations today take other forms than what most of us grew up with. The basics, however, still apply and together, we’ll start with verbal conversations and once we’re comfortable, we’ll swing back and apply them to written conversations. OK?]]></description>
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		<title>How to Improve Your Math Study Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Afro News</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hello Math]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[General learning study methods can help you pass most of your courses, but to get better grades in math, you will need to adopt a different approach and develop math study skills. Mathematics is not like other courses. ]]></description>
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		<title>Family Maters</title>
		<link>http://www.theafronews.ca/2011/11/13/8229/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Afro News</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Failure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The truth about failure is that everyone experiences it at sometime. Whether great or small, we will all have to face it to some degree. Failure in and of its self is not scary. ]]></description>
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		<title>Explore and Discover your Future at the Vancouver Education &amp; Career Fair!</title>
		<link>http://www.theafronews.ca/2011/11/01/8142/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Afro News</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[International News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are overwhelmed by the variety of education and training options available to them. Which one is right for you and how do you choose? There are a lot of possibilities, and may even include a combination of several options. The key is figuring out which is right for you. Ask yourself the big questions]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Job Search</title>
		<link>http://www.theafronews.ca/2011/10/19/7727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Afro News</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phone book]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people don’t realize that only 15% of jobs are found using the internet as the primary job search tool. No wonder it is so frustrating for people.]]></description>
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		<title>“Lets Be a Bit More Realistic”</title>
		<link>http://www.theafronews.ca/2011/10/06/7921/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Afro News</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What are the dreams that you have given up on? Can you remember them? If not, then start dreaming again and get back to work at fulfilling your dreams.


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		<title>Hey, Connect!</title>
		<link>http://www.theafronews.ca/2011/10/05/7699/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theafronews.ca/2011/10/05/7699/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Toronto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it hard to connect? We each wear a mask to present ourselves to others as we want to be perceived. People connect only when the masks come off. ]]></description>
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