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      <title>How To Network</title>
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      <created-at>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:54:20 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>35</rating>
      <username>lodgerfilms</username>
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        <![CDATA[Ever hear that what counts is not what you know, but who you know? Practice networking and before long you'll know just what's what and who's who.]]>
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      <title>How To Make Sushi</title>
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      <views>47805</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:55:30 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>61</rating>
      <username>Koji</username>
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        <![CDATA[You may think sushi is just raw fish, but you’d only be half right.  It’s actually the combination of fish and rice – and how it’s combined is an art form in itself.]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, food, cooking, japanese, sushi, cook, chef, make, prepare, fish, salmon, tuna, yellowtail, nigiri, asian</tags>
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      <id>578</id>
      <title>How To Set a Classic Dinner Table</title>
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      <views>11247</views>
      <created-at>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:14:35 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>45</rating>
      <username>Seaworthy</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Figuring out which fork to use for which course can be confusing enough, but having to actually set those forks—and everything else on the table? A recipe for disaster… or a chance to strut your etiquette stuff.]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, food, cook, cooking, dinner, party, table, set, setting, classic, traditional, silverware, arrange, arranging, arrangement, etiquette, proper, dining, holiday, christmas</tags>
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      <id>1426</id>
      <title>How To Be the Life Of the Party</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>9844</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:48:00 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>33</rating>
      <username>Delany_Furgason</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[You don’t need to swing from a chandelier to be memorable. Be the life of the party without becoming an animal.]]>
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      <tags>be, christmas, DIY, Do It Yourself, enjoy, enjoyable, Essential Skills, friends, hit, holiday, Instructional, Learn to, life, like, make, meet, parties, party, people, popular, social, socialize, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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      <comment-count>6</comment-count>
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      <id>1881</id>
      <title>How To Get Into a Nightclub</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>7491</views>
      <created-at>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:32:47 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>23</rating>
      <username>Delany_Furgason</username>
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        <![CDATA[Tired of feeling like a jackass as others sweep past the velvet ropes and straight into the club? Try these tricks. ]]>
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      <tags>admittance, bouncer, celebration, club, DIY, Do It Yourself, enter, Essential Skills, gain, get, getting, Instructional, into, Learn to, nightclub, party, past, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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      <id>471</id>
      <title>How To Make Friends With a Bartender</title>
      <type>AssignmentGuide</type>
      <views>5752</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:46:09 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>7</rating>
      <username>cinemabeyond</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Turn your favorite bar into a home away from home.]]>
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      <id>1093</id>
      <title>How To Practice Buddhist Breathing Meditation</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>5051</views>
      <created-at>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:10:05 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>39</rating>
      <username>Chris_Davis</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[In Buddhism, meditation serves to calm and control the mind and is essential to break the cycle of suffering and attain Enlightenment. Follow these steps for mindfulness of breathing meditation, one of the two simplest meditations.]]>
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      <tags>breath, breathe, breathing, buddhism, buddhist, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, Instructional, Learn to, meditate, meditation, prayer, religion, religious, spiritual, spirituality, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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      <id>2916</id>
      <title>How To Remember People&#8217;s Names</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>30215</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:52:41 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>84</rating>
      <username>Chris_Davis</username>
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        <![CDATA[The only thing worse than forgetting someone’s name is calling them by the wrong one. Learn how to lock people’s names into your brain with these tricks.]]>
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      <tags>"s,someone", awkward, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, etiquette, Instructional, language, Learn to, memorize, memory, name, names, peoples, reference, remember, remembering, situations, socially, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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      <comment-count>13</comment-count>
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