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		<title>5 Tips for Successful Public Speaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public speaking is difficult for most people. Whether it&#8217;s a group of 4 or 5 in a class or several hundred at an event, it can make you pretty nervous.  These are five basic tips to help you speak in front of any size group.

Do not stare above the audience.  Many people will suggest the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/02/28/5-tips-for-successful-public-speaking/</link>
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		<title>Kids and Allowances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Millions of kids each week get allowances.  These range from petty change to large bills.  Allowances are often given free of charge without any responsibilities at all.  This creates kids who don&#8217;t understand the value of money and who often take things for granted.  While an allowance can teach kids how to manage money, most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/02/21/kids-and-allowances/</link>
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		<title>The Secrets of TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I had the fun experience of being filmed for two different fall TV series. Due to confidentiality until they air, I can&#8217;t say the names but both feature kid-related stories.
I have been interviewed for TV several times.  One of the things they remind people of is not to wear black, white, bold patterns, or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/02/08/the-secrets-of-tv/</link>
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		<title>The B.I.G. Expo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Girl Scouts isn&#8217;t just for girls.  Well, at least their B.I.G. Expo wasn&#8217;t.  We heard about the expo the first week in January and immediately checked into being an exhibitor.  With a little more than three weeks to go until the event, we (my parents and I) got busy making more Pencil Bugs and getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/02/04/the-b-i-g-expo/</link>
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		<title>Take Pride in Your Pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I read the book &#8220;Gathering Blue&#8221; by Lois Lowry.  It is part of a trilogy which I really got into.  &#8221;Take pride in your pain because you will be stronger than those who don&#8217;t&#8221; was one quote from the book that really stuck with me.
Pain is usually thought of as a bad thing;  an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/02/03/take-pride-in-your-pain/</link>
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		<title>10 Basic Tips for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These tips are good for personal as well as business. Aside from the photos which are pretty funny, the advice is basic common sense. Share this post with friends, family, and business contacts. More common sense once in awhile doesn&#8217;t hurt anyone. Here&#8217;s to a great 2010!
1. Stay out of trouble.



2. Aim for greater heights.



3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/01/22/10-basic-tips-for-2010/</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now, I bet many people have already broken their New Year&#8217;s resolutions, especially the ones you hear the most like losing weight, quiting smoking, or exercising more.
Kids usually don&#8217;t make resolutions.  My guess is that most don&#8217;t think that far ahead or some probably think they don&#8217;t need to change anything. But when you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/01/11/new-years-resolutions/</link>
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		<title>12 Days of Christmas Trivia &#8211; Day 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My 12 Days of Christmas Trivia has come to an end.  I&#8217;ve had a lot of fun finding little-known facts and trivia about Christmas.  I hope you had fun reading them too.
This last bit of Christmas trivia is good to remember all year long since it is health-related.  It is estimated that 400,000 people become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/01/05/12-days-of-christmas-trivia-day-12/</link>
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		<title>12 Days of Christmas Trivia &#8211; Day 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My aunt sent us this joke before Christmas.
The big question:  Are Santa&#8217;s reindeer male or female?  As the joke goes, apparently all of his reindeer must be female because only women would be able to drag a fat man in a red suit all around the world in just one night and not get lost. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/01/04/12-days-of-christmas-trivia-day-11/</link>
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		<title>12 Days of Christmas Trivia &#8211; Day 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever thought about eating a Christmas tree?  Well, don&#8217;t.  The needles from certain types of pine trees are actually poisonous although I don&#8217;t know why someone would want to try eating one anyway.  But you can make a pine needle tea from the Eastern White Pine tree and it&#8217;s actually healthy for you because it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pencilbugs.com/blog/2010/01/03/12-days-of-christmas-trivia-day-10/</link>
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