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		<title>Razor Scooter Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Razor kick scooter is the present-day counterpart of the type of scooter that has been about for 50 years or more. In actuality, kids have almost definitely been fixing boards to wheels ever since scrap wheels became obtainable. As with those classic scooters, the Razor kick scooter is driven forward by foot power. That is, you put one foot on the board and push forward, or in other words kick back on the ground with the other.]]></description>
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</script></p><p>The Razor kick scooter is the present-day equivalent of the kind of scooter that has been about for 50 years or more. In actuality, children have almost definitely been attaching boards to wheels ever since scrap wheels became available. As with those classic scooters, the Razor kick scooter is propelled forward by foot power. That is, you put one foot on the board and push forward, or in other words kick back on the ground with the other.</p>
<p>This process of propulsion makes this kick scooter an ideal style of transport, exercise and pleasure for children of all ages. In deed, Razor do not advocate a Razor scooter for the under fives unless overseen by an adult and state in their instruction manual:</p>
<p>&#8220;Children under age eight (8) should ride with adult supervision at all times. All children and preteens should ride with adult guidance at all times&#8221;.</p>
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<p>This seems pretty strict to me and is almost certainly an instance of over-caution because of the litigious culture we live in. Just try suggesting to a twelve-year that you have to use supervision on all of his or her trips!</p>
<p>Having said that the Razor kick scooter comes in roughly seven different guises. There is the Kiddie Kick scooter for the under fives. It is constructed of tough plastic and has a third wheel for added stability.
<p>Then there is the &#8216;A&#8217; series of Razor scooters: the A, A2, A3 and AW. These models are more or less equal to a child&#8217;s increase in size, ability and experience, although the highest suggested weight for all three models of Razor scooter is 65 kilos or 143 lbs.</p><p style="float: right;margin: 4px;"></p></p>
<p>The Razor kick scooter Pro is a leap up in technology and so has more facilities. It can be used for extreme sport and will put up with a rider weighing up to 100 kilos or 220 lbs.</p>
<p>Last, but not least, is the Cruiser Razor scooter. It will carry 79 kilos (175 lbs of weight and has larger wheels as it is intended for laid-back cruising about. The bigger wheels mean that you won&#8217;t be conscious of any rough ground beneath you while you are on this Razor scooter.</p>
<p>All of these Razor scooters have comparable features. All of these models of the Razor kick scooter are of very tough manufacture and all but the Razor Kiddie Kick scooter are made of high-grade aluminium and are constructed to last.</p>
<p>These Razor scooters have extensible steering rods, which means that they can be drawn up to grow with your child or can be used by kids of diverse sizes. They also share a tough braking system which works on the rear wheel, rendering them ultra-safe for use in the vicinity of pedestrians.</p>
<p>A Razor kick scooter begins at about $40 and so is an economical way for you to ensure that your child gets frequent exercise, gets out from behind his computer, gets some fresh air and sunlight and learns about good manners while having fun being mobile. Besides all these advantages, a Razor kick scooter will give your child affectionate memories to look back on for the rest of his or her life.</p>
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		<title>Decorating Your Bathroom and Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marion Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the person who seems to have it all or for the person who is bored with their lifestyle, there are a few things that you can do to jazz-up your life. Perhaps the best way though is to begin redecorating your house. Some of the first places you should look at redecorating are your bathroom and kitchen.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the person who seems to have it all or for the person who is bored with their lifestyle, there are a few things that you can do to jazz-up your life. Perhaps the best way though is to start redecorating your house. Some of the first places you should look at redecorating are your bathroom and kitchen.</p>
<p>These are usually the most overlooked and yet, most often used rooms in the entire house. Just think about it, have you spruced up at least even one of these rooms in the past five years? The answer is almost certainly &#8220;no&#8221;, in which case, try to think back to the last time you even looked closely at your bathroom or kitchen other than to Spring clean them.</p>
<p>Probably, if you noticed anything at all, you put the notion off until a future date when you could devote more time to decorating your bathroom or kitchen. At that time though, the place probably didn&#8217;t look as bad as it does now, after all, the years add up and even though you&#8217;ve been keeping it spotlessly clean you can&#8217;t stop the slow march of time.</p>
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<p>The chances are that if you took a closer look now, you&#8217;ll find that the curtains are looking a bit drab and ragged around the edges, as are the bathroom rugs. And let&#8217;s not even talk about the toilet roll holder. It is quite true that they don&#8217;t make them like they used to, and with very good reason too! </p>
<p>Do yourself a favour and throw out all the unnecessary clutter in the room and get yourself some new stuff &#8211; you will be surprised at what you can find these days. Anyway, you&#8217;ve probably been eyeing that lovely bathroom set you saw in the shop for some time now, so at the very least now you will have a good reason to go out and splash out on yourself.</p>
<p>And while you&#8217;re at it, don&#8217;t forget to buy that lovely new spice rack you saw for the kitchen and a few rugs that can be used in either room. Ideally, they should be resistant to such everyday occurrences as water spillage, soap, oil grease and all the other things that somehow seem to become embedded in your carpets. </p>
<p>However, if you&#8217;re looking for some new ideas about decorating your bathroom or your kitchen, there are a number of resources where you can get your inspiration from. The best I&#8217;ve found are the catalogues you can browse through to your heart&#8217;s content. </p>
<p>With all these options, you can even substitute something that is less expensive for the items that you see in the catalogues. This then, is the best way to get your decorating projects started and to keep yourself busy for some time to come and to make your long suffering bathroom and kitchen areas spotlessly new and glitzy.</p>
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		<title>Decorating Ideas for a Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes! Yes, yes, and yes a thousand times more. That was the answer you gave a week ago when your boyfriend took you out to dinner and proposed. There was no second thought in your mind then and there isn't any now either really. The only thing that you're hung up on though is the actual details of the wedding.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes! Yes, yes, and yes a thousand times more. That was the answer you gave a week ago when your boyfriend took you out to dinner and proposed. There was no second thought in your mind then and there isn&#8217;t any now either really. The only thing that you&#8217;re worried about though is the actual details of the wedding. </p>
<p>Your boyfriend, now your fiance of course, is very laid back and casual about it and said that anything you want is OK with him. He was certain that you would do a great job, just tell him if you needed anything. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s all good and fine, and normally you would have jumped at the chance, in fact you did jump at the chance. But now you&#8217;re stuck on what to do for your wedding decorating ideas. The motifs are all blending as one into your brain and you still don&#8217;t know where to have the reception. </p>
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<p>Of course, you could hold the reception in an up-scale hotel with the works, everything catered for and all the niggily little details looked after, but that seemed so impersonal, and you really want your wedding to be one that you will remember for the rest of your life. So what can you do now?</p>
<p>Well, first off, just take a few really deep breaths and relax. Getting yourself worked up into a frenzy won&#8217;t do you any good. Next gather your bridesmaids, and anyone else you trust, together and have a council of war. </p>
<p>This is where you will hammer out the details and get a fresh perspective and new ideas on your planning, and where most of all, you can have some fun with your wedding decorating ideas. You&#8217;ll be just amazed at how many bright ideas a group of people can get if they&#8217;re working together on something like wedding decorating ideas with wedding cards being only a small part of it.</p>
<p>So you begin with an idea, say to have the all of the cards handmade so that they become even more special to you as time goes by. Someone else has the great notion of providing a load of those little disposable cameras so that those who wanted to, would be able to take same photos, and you&#8217;d end up with a great many more unrehearsed pictures than you otherwise would have had.</p>
<p>Yet another person comes up with a great overall design theme. Your wedding decorating ideas are now coming fast and furious as one person after another chimes in giving you all the assistance you need to sort out your wedding plans.</p>
<p>However, it is your mother who comes has the best wedding decorating ideas of all and you&#8217;d think that that was the least of her worries! Maybe|Perhaps you&#8217;d like to get married and then have the reception at their place. </p>
<p>They could put up a marquee to take care of all the guests, and the house could be done up to suit the occasion. And you say, &#8216;Yes&#8217;, again because there&#8217;s nothing you want more than to get married at home.</p>
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		<title>Colleges for Interior Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you got an aptitude for interior design? Are you always rearranging your room, or telling your friends and family where to put that piece of pottery they bought yesterday? Then, the best place you could be to develop your skills is one of the many interior design colleges or design schools that are around nowadays.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you got an aptitude for interior design? Are you always redecorating your room, or telling your friends and family where to put that piece of pottery they bought yesterday? Then, the best place you could be to develop your skills is one of the many interior design colleges or design schools that are around these days. </p>
<p>With help and prodding from your friends and family, you could find yourself well on your way to starting up your own interior designing firm. Then you&#8217;d be where everyone wants to be, ie doing a job that they really enjoy doing. So, just what are interior design colleges and what can you expect them to offer you?</p>
<p>Well, to start with, the number of interior design colleges that you will encounter in your search will be large and at times even overwhelming. If you make a search on the Internet or just call up the colleges and ask for a course catalogue you can then make an informed decision about which of the interior design colleges you choose to attend.</p>
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<p>If your life is too busy these days, but you still want to try a course or two, you have the option of going for any of the Internet interior design colleges that are so numerous these days. Or maybe you could even try a night course or correspondence course in your pursuit of knowledge about interior design. </p>
<p>All of these interior design colleges basically teach the same things and will develop your own abilities. You&#8217;ll learn everything from the basics up and will be given an insight as to why certain colours look good next to each other and why certain colours don&#8217;t. </p>
<p>You&#8217;ll learn when to apply the rules that you&#8217;ve been given and when to break them. But above all, you&#8217;ll learn how to mix your natural design abilities with the knowledge that you&#8217;ve garnered at the college and blend it into a mixture that is greatly pleasing to the eye. </p>
<p>Moreover, if interior design colleges are your thing then you can be assured of coming away with a lot more than only knowledge on how to place what colour next to what colour to get a stunning effect. By taking at least one or two courses, or even by doing the whole range of courses offered to you, you&#8217;ll be multiplying your natural interior designing abilities at least a hundred fold. </p>
<p>There&#8217;s nothing quite like having a confidence boost to shore up your own natural skills and to be able to tell someone with absolute confidence that you are a real interior designer.</p>
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		<title>The Birth of Aikido</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The name 'Aikido' is created by the permutation of three characters in the Japanese language. 'Ai', which means 'joining'; 'ki', which means 'spirit' and 'do', which signifies 'way'. These three characters really sum up the essence of Aikido as a kind of martial art: 'the joining of the spirit to find the way'. It was only in the period from 1930's to the 1940's that the name Aikido was formally accepted as the name of this martial art variety.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The name &#8216;Aikido&#8217; is created by the permutation of three characters in the Japanese language. &#8216;Ai&#8217;, which means &#8216;joining&#8217;; &#8216;ki&#8217;, which means &#8217;spirit&#8217; and &#8216;do&#8217;, which signifies &#8216;way&#8217;. These three characters actually sum up the essence of Aikido as a type of martial art: &#8216;the joining of the spirit to find the way&#8217;. It was only in the period from 1930&#8217;s to the 1940&#8217;s that the name Aikido was legally accepted as the name of this martial art variety.</p>
<p>Aikido uses methods that do not seriously injure or kill not like different types of martial art. The movements and skills being taught are just intended to divert attention or immobilize attackers. This is perhaps the explanation why most people prefer Aikido, because of its concentration on peace and tranquility as opposed to violence and conflict. In deed, Aikido teacher, Morihei Ueshiba, believes that to have power over hostility without causing any injury is the art of peace.</p>
<p>Ueshiba, who is also called Osensei, which signifies &#8216;Great Teacher&#8217;, created Aikido from the principles of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. He incorporated the ways of the &#8216;yari&#8217;, the spear; the &#8216;juken&#8217;, the bayonet; and the &#8216;jo&#8217;, which is a short quarterstaff. But what ultimately separates Aikido from other kinds of martial art is the fact that its practitioners can strike while empty-handed. Proponents require no arms for their protection.</p>
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<p>As a small child, he was much into physical fitness and conditioning. This was because of his vow to avenge his father&#8217;s attackers. In due course, his studies and activities brought him to the discipline of the various martial arts. He studied many of them. He even has certificates for fencing, fighting with spears, etc. He has learned it all. This is possibly the explanation why Aikido is such a diverse and multi-disciplinary kind of martial art.</p>
<p>Yet despite his knowledge, he remained discontented. He felt that there was still something lacking. It was then that he turned to the religions. He studied under a religious guide, Onisaburo Deguchi of the sect named Omoto-kyo in Ayabe. Deguchi trained him to take care of his psychic development. He then pooled his spiritual beliefs and his mastery of the different martial arts and Aikido was formed.</p>
<p>His relationship with this charismatic spiritual leader Deguchi also smoothed the path for his introduction to the elite political and military personnel as a martial artist. Because of this relationship, he was able to found Aikido and even pass on his teachings to students, who have, in turn, created their own methods and movement in Aikido.</p>
<p>Aikido is a blend of the diverse styles of jujitsu as well as some of the methods of sword and spear fighting, of which Ueshiba was an expert. To get an general idea, Aikido combines the joint locks and throws of jujitsu and the movements of the body necessary when fighting with swords and spears.</p>
<p>Oriental in origin, it was brought to the West by Minoru Mochizuki when he visited France in 1951. He introduced the Aikido techniques to students who were learning judo. In 1952, Tadashi Abe came to France as the official Aikikai Honbu representative. Then in 1953, Kenji Tomiki toured throughout the United States while Koichi Tohei stayed in Hawaii for a full year where he set up a dojo. Aikido then widened its influence in the United Kingdom two years after and in 1965, it reached Germany and Australia. At present, Aikido has centres all over the world.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common questions we get asked is "how can i make my tattoo unique?" The answer to this question is by getting it in black and white. The reason for this is because you never really see much of black and white tattoo designs anymore. In my opinion, having a tattoo that is black and white not only looks cooler but it is more original and will cause more heads to turn. You do want heads to turn when they see your tattoo right?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the most common questions we get asked is &#8220;how can i make my tattoo unique?&#8221; The answer to this question is by getting it in black and white. Why? Because you never see them anymore! In my opinion, having a tattoo that is black and white not only looks cooler but it is more original and will cause more heads to turn. You are interested in getting people to turn their heads when your tattoo is shown right?</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the benefits of getting a colorless tattoo.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t fade!</p>
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<p>If you have ever had a color tattoo, you know they fade. If there is going to be a lot of meaning behind your tattoo, you should consider getting it in black and white. If you do, you will never have to pay more money to keep it looking good.</p>
<p>You will save money</p>
<p>Color ink cost way more money than black and white ink. When you get a black and white tattoo you will be saving a lot of money. In my opinion this is really cool, because like I already stated, black and white tattoos look much better than color tattoos. Most people wonder how much they can actually save. Depending on the tattoo, we have seen people save over 500 bucks!</p>
<p>You Can Go Back And Get Color</p>
<p>Black and white tattoo designs offer you a choice. If you think a tattoo would look great black and white then get it. If it doesn&#8217;t look as good as you had hoped, you can always go back later and have the tattoo artist add some color to it. This is obviously not possible when getting a colored tattoo right away.</p>
<p>Less Painful</p>
<p>If you are scared of getting a tattoo because you don&#8217;t want to go through the pain, then black and white tattoos are for you. Because the artist doesn&#8217;t need to add color he will be able to finish much more quickly which means you don&#8217;t get that needle poking you as much!</p>
<p><a href="http://besttattoodesigns.info/black-and-white-tattoo-designs">Black And White Tattoo Designs</a> can be some of the best looking designs if you know how to do them correctly. For more information on how to design one of these designs just <a href="http://besttattoodesigns.info/black-and-white-tattoo-designs">Click Here</a></p>
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		<title>CompTIA A Plus Training Described</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Kendall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CompTIA A+ training program covers four areas of training; you're qualified as competent at A+ when you've passed the test for just two specialist areas. This is the reason that most training providers only have two of the courses on their syllabus. In fact you will need the information on each subject as a lot of employment will require an understanding of the entire course. Don't feel pressured to pass exams in all of them, although it would seem prudent that you learn about all four.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The CompTIA A+ training program covers four areas of training; you&#8217;re qualified as competent at A+ when you&#8217;ve passed the test for just two specialist areas. This is the reason that most training providers only have two of the courses on their syllabus. In fact you will need the information on each subject as a lot of employment will require an understanding of the entire course. Don&#8217;t feel pressured to pass exams in all of them, although it would seem prudent that you learn about all four.</p>
<p>Once you start your A+ training course you&#8217;ll become familiar with how to build computers and fix them, and work in antistatic conditions. Diagnostic techniques and fault finding are also on the syllabus, as is remote access.</p>
<p>In addition, you could look to think about doing Network+ as it will give you the knowledge to work with networks, which means greater employment benefits.</p>
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<p>Commercially accredited qualifications are now, most definitely, taking over from the more academic tracks into the IT industry &#8211; so why is this the case?</p>
<p>Industry is of the opinion that to learn the appropriate commercial skills, the right accreditation from the likes of Microsoft, CISCO, Adobe and CompTIA is closer to the mark commercially &#8211; and a fraction of the cost and time.</p>
<p>Obviously, an appropriate amount of closely linked information must be learned, but core specifics in the exact job role gives a vendor educated student a huge edge.</p>
<p>The crux of the matter is this: Accredited IT qualifications provide exactly what an employer needs &#8211; everything they need to know is in the title: i.e. I am a &#8216;Microsoft Certified Professional&#8217; in &#8216;Designing Security for a Windows 2003 Network&#8217;. Therefore companies can look at the particular needs they have and what certifications are required to fulfil that.</p>
<p>Often, folks don&#8217;t catch on to what IT is doing for all of us. It&#8217;s thrilling, changing, and puts you at the fore-front of developments in technology that will affect us all over the next generation.</p>
<p>There are people who believe that the increase in technology we&#8217;ve had over recent years is lowering its pace. This couldn&#8217;t be more wrong. Terrific advances are ahead of us, and most especially the internet will be the biggest thing to affect the way we live.</p>
<p>A typical IT worker in Great Britain is likely to receive a lot more money than his or her counterpart in another industry. Standard IT salaries are around the top of national league tables.</p>
<p>Experts agree that there&#8217;s a great country-wide demand for trained and qualified IT technicians. In addition, with the marketplace continuing to expand, it is likely this will be the case for the significant future.</p>
<p>Far too many companies only look at the plaque to hang on your wall, and completely miss why you&#8217;re doing this &#8211; which is a commercial career or job. You should always begin with where you want to get to &#8211; don&#8217;t make the vehicle more important than the destination.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not unheard of, in many cases, to get a great deal of enjoyment from a year of study and then spend 20 miserable years in a job you hate, entirely because you stumbled into it without some quality research when it was needed &#8211; at the start.</p>
<p>You also need to know your feelings on career progression and earning potential, and if you&#8217;re ambitious or not. It&#8217;s vital to know what the role will demand of you, what particular accreditations they want you to have and how to develop your experience.</p>
<p>All students are advised to chat with an experienced industry advisor before they embark on a learning path. This is required to ensure it contains the relevant skills for the career that is sought.</p>
<p>Have a conversation with a skilled consultant and we&#8217;d be amazed if they couldn&#8217;t provide you with many awful tales of students who&#8217;ve been conned by dodgy salespeople. Only deal with an experienced industry professional who digs deep to uncover the best thing for you &#8211; not for their paycheque! It&#8217;s very important to locate the very best place to start for you.</p>
<p>Where you have a strong background, or maybe some work-based experience (maybe some existing accreditation?) then it&#8217;s likely your starting level will vary from someone with no background whatsoever.</p>
<p>Working through a basic PC skills course first may be the ideal way to commence your IT training, depending on your skill level at the moment.</p>
<p>(C) Jason Kendall. Pop to LearningLolly.com for in-depth career tips. <a href="http://www.learninglolly.com/CompTIA_A_Certification.html">www.learninglolly.com</a> or <a href="http://www.comptiacertification.co.uk">Comptia Certification</a>.</p>
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		<title>Analysing The Victor Vs Victim Syndrome In Terms Of Learning And Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Kendall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some people who seem to breeze through life, rejoicing from one triumph to the next. By contrast, there are others who never quite make it, and always have a reason why life has dealt them a hard blow. Society is made up of victors and victims, and the difference can very often be boiled down to one key factor - attitude.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are some people who seem to breeze through life, rejoicing from one triumph to the next. By contrast, there are others who never quite make it, and always have a reason why life has dealt them a hard blow. Society is made up of victors and victims, and the difference can very often be boiled down to one key factor &#8211; attitude.</p>
<p>When you move in a new career direction, it&#8217;s vital to learn the habits of victors to gain a successful outcome. The victims pursue their actions in a timid manner, hoping for great things, but never really believing they&#8217;re worthy of them. Victors commit mentally to a successful result, and use emotion to back their actions.</p>
<p>Take two tennis players about to play for a championship. One says &#8220;It&#8217;s my last chance &#8211; I&#8217;ll give it my best shot,&#8221; but the other says &#8220;Winning is my destiny.&#8221; No prizes for guessing who&#8217;ll win the tournament. They may both put in the same hours, but the victor spends more time on his mental training to win.</p>
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<p>The victim is defined by the word BED &#8211; one who stays in bed and gives up. The victor is defined by the word OAR &#8211; a figure paddling towards success. BED = Blame, Excuses and Denial. OAR = Ownership, Accountability and Responsibility.</p>
<p>The victor takes responsibility for his or her tasks, and doesn&#8217;t hope for someone else to lead the way. He&#8217;s accountable for his actions, so takes them seriously, and sees things through by tackling problems not creating them. He doesn&#8217;t take excuses from himself and is responsible for the outcome of his actions.</p>
<p>The victim always has a reason for not achieving, and it&#8217;s rarely to do with him or herself. Everything is always someone else&#8217;s fault &#8211; he feels out of control so lays the blame at someone else&#8217;s door. He makes excuses for his under-performance, not realising the only person he&#8217;s convincing is himself. After repeating this pattern of blame and excuses for long enough, the victim lives a life of denial, convinced that there&#8217;s absolutely nothing he can do about his situation.</p>
<p>Students approaching a life-changing training program need to give themselves a mental work-out, to stack the odds in their favour. Anyone who&#8217;s a fully paid up member of the victim society will have to address their issues before they start, to truly embrace the potential in front of them.</p>
<p>The two sets of attitudes are both just habits. With constant repetition over time, habits can be changed. Listen to the little voice in your head &#8211; if it&#8217;s obviously a victim, then consciously stop it and verbalise why you can achieve. Nobody else is any better than you are &#8211; some have just conquered their demons and emerged victorious.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is no such thing as a hero, only those who rise to the occasion&#8221;. Those were the words of Winston Churchill, and they&#8217;re just as valid today. We need to have the attitude of a winner in order to become a winner, both in learning and in life.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us are short of time, and usually should we have cause to advance our future prospects, training at the same time as holding down a job is our best way forward. Microsoft certified training can fill that gap.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All of us are short of time, and usually should we have cause to advance our future prospects, training at the same time as holding down a job is our best way forward. Microsoft certified training can fill that gap.</p>
<p>You may wish to discuss all the different permutations with someone who understands the IT industry, and can help you choose the most fruitful career to match your character.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;ve chosen your career path, you&#8217;ll need a relevant course tailored to your needs. The standard of teaching should leave no room for complaints.</p>
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<p>Remember: the actual training program or a qualification is not what you&#8217;re looking for; the career that you want to end up in is. Too many training companies over-emphasise the actual accreditation.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a sad fact, but thousands of new students begin programs that seem magnificent in the syllabus guide, but which delivers a career that doesn&#8217;t fulfil at all. Try talking to typical college students for a real eye-opener.</p>
<p>Spend some time thinking about how much you want to earn and how ambitious you are. Usually, this will point the way to what precise qualifications will be required and what industry will expect from you in return.</p>
<p>Sense dictates that you always seek guidance and advice from an experienced advisor before making your final decision on some particular study program, so you&#8217;re sure from the outset that the specific package will give the appropriate skill-set.</p>
<p>A sneaky way that training providers make more money is through up-front charges for exams and presenting it as a guarantee for your exams. This looks like a great idea for the student, until you think it through:</p>
<p>You&#8217;re paying for it by some means. You can be assured it&#8217;s not a freebie &#8211; it&#8217;s simply been shoe-horned into the price as a whole.</p>
<p>Qualifying on the first &#8216;go&#8217; is what everyone wants to do. Going for exams in order and paying as you go has a marked effect on pass-rates &#8211; you take it seriously and think carefully about the costs.</p>
<p>Doesn&#8217;t it make more sense to not pay up-front, but at the appropriate time, instead of paying a premium to the training college, and to do it in a local testing office &#8211; instead of miles away at the college&#8217;s beck and call?</p>
<p>Paying in advance for exam fees (and interest charges if you&#8217;re borrowing money) is insane. It&#8217;s not your job to boost the training company&#8217;s account with your hard-earned cash just to give them a good cash-flow! Many will hope you won&#8217;t get to do them all &#8211; so they don&#8217;t need to pay for them.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget, in the majority of cases of &#8216;exam guarantees&#8217; &#8211; they control when and how often you are allowed to have another go. You&#8217;ll have to prove conclusively that you can pass before they&#8217;ll pay for another exam.</p>
<p>Exams taken at local centres are in the region of 112 pounds in the UK. Why spend so much more on &#8216;Exam Guarantee&#8217; costs (often hidden in the cost) &#8211; when the best course materials, the right level of support and exam preparation systems and a dose of commitment and effort are what&#8217;s required.</p>
<p>The market provides a myriad of work available in the IT industry. Arriving at the correct choice in this uncertainty often proves challenging.</p>
<p>Flicking through a list of IT job-titles is next to useless. Surely, most of us have no idea what our own family members do for a living &#8211; so we&#8217;re in the dark as to the subtleties of a particular IT career.</p>
<p>Achieving an informed conclusion really only appears from a systematic analysis covering many altering criteria:</p>
<p>* Your personal interests and hobbies &#8211; these can reveal the possibilities will satisfy you.</p>
<p>* Is your focus to obtain training due to a certain motive &#8211; for instance, are you pushing to work based from home (being your own boss?)?</p>
<p>* Is your income higher on your priority-scale than other factors.</p>
<p>* Considering all that the IT industry covers, you really need to be able to absorb what&#8217;s different.</p>
<p>* Our advice is to think deeply about the level of commitment you&#8217;re going to invest in gaining your certifications.</p>
<p>In all honesty, it&#8217;s obvious that the only real way to seek advice on these matters is through a chat with a professional who understands IT (and specifically the commercial needs and requirements.)</p>
<p>Student support is absolutely essential &#8211; find a program that provides 24&#215;7 direct access, as anything less will frustrate you and could hamper your progress.</p>
<p>Never purchase certification programs which can only support trainees via a message system after office-staff have gone home. Colleges will give you every excuse in the book why you don&#8217;t need this. The simple fact of the matter is &#8211; you want to be supported when you need the help &#8211; not when it&#8217;s convenient for them.</p>
<p>We recommend that you search for study programmes that utilise many support facilities from around the world. These should be integrated to provide a single interface and round-the-clock access, when it suits you, with no hassle.</p>
<p>If you opt for less than direct-access 24&#215;7 support, you&#8217;ll quickly find yourself regretting it. It may be that you don&#8217;t use it during late nights, but you may need weekends, late evenings or early mornings.</p>
<p>(C) Jason Kendall. Pop to LearningLolly.com for smart ideas on <a href="http://www.DatabaseTrainingUK.co.uk">MCDBA Course</a> and <a href="http://www.SQLTrainingInfo.co.uk">SQL Server Courses</a>.</p>
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