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      <title>How To Choose a Skateboard</title>
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      <created-at>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:04:26 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>28</rating>
      <username>jonz</username>
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        <![CDATA[As early as the 1930s, kids were attaching roller skates to two-by-fours and calling them skateboards, but oh, how times have changed.]]>
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      <tags>activities, activity, choose, choosing, decide, deciding, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, extracurricular, get, getting, high, Instructional, Learn to, out, pick, picking, school, schooler, skate, skateboard, skater, skating, sports, teenager, teen</tags>
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      <comment-count>8</comment-count>
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      <id>2100</id>
      <title>How To Deal With a Smelly Coworker</title>
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      <views>6736</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:22:28 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>16</rating>
      <username>nickmather</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Does a stinky coworker have you fretting that—as Jerry Seinfeld put it—the "O" won't stay with the "B"? Time to handle this delicate dilemma.]]>
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      <tags>bad, body, business, career, co-worker, coworker, deal, DIY, Do It Yourself, employee, Essential Skills, fellow, handle, Instructional, job, Learn to, odor, office, smells, smelly, stinks, stinky, Tips, tutorial, work, working, workplace</tags>
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        <category id="95">Careers &amp; Education</category>
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      <comment-count>8</comment-count>
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      <category-id>371</category-id>
      <id>1373</id>
      <title>How To Fake Being Sober</title>
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      <views>22675</views>
      <created-at>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:36:53 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>36</rating>
      <username>Milkhouse</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[If "sloppy" and "drunk" are often used in the same sentence to describe you, you might want to soak in some of these suggestions.]]>
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      <duration>108</duration>
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      <tags>act, alcohol, appear, DIY, Do It Yourself, drink, drinking, drunk, Essential Skills, fake, Instructional, Learn to, look, pretend, sober, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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        <category id="355">Food &amp; Drink</category>
        <category parent_id="355" id="371">Drinking</category>
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      <comment-count>6</comment-count>
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      <category-id>1642</category-id>
      <id>1101</id>
      <title>How To Pretend You&#8217;re a Real New Yorker</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>12994</views>
      <created-at>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:41:21 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>70</rating>
      <username>vinzfeller</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[There’s nothing wrong with being a tourist in New York City. But if you want to blend in, here’s what you need to know.]]>
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      <tags>act, acting, apple, atlantic, big, city, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, Instructional, Learn to, middle, new, pretend, pretending, real, states, Tips, tour, touring, tourist, travel, traveling, tutorial, united, visit, visiting, york, yorker</tags>
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        <category id="1571">Travel</category>
        <category parent_id="1571" id="1640">Travel To the Middle Atlantic States</category>
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      <comment-count>24</comment-count>
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    <video>
      <category-id>1064</category-id>
      <id>1097</id>
      <title>How To Dance Without Embarrassing Yourself</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>80161</views>
      <created-at>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:31:57 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>66</rating>
      <username>Chris_Davis</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[It's easier than you might think to shake your moneymaker. Even if you happen to be a maniac on the floor.]]>
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      <duration>158</duration>
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      <tags>arts, dance, dancing, DIY, Do It Yourself, embarrassing, Essential Skills, good, Instructional, Learn to, performing, Tips, tutorial, well, yourself</tags>
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        <category id="1048">Performing Arts</category>
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      <comment-count>8</comment-count>
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      <category-id>1573</category-id>
      <id>755</id>
      <title>How To Learn a Foreign Language</title>
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      <views>4138</views>
      <created-at>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:11:36 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>42</rating>
      <username>gigafide</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[This is a collection of website to help aid you if you want to try taking on a different language. ]]>
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      <duration>341</duration>
      <filename>http://media.howcast.com/system/videos/6/55/07/755.flv</filename>
      <tags>language, travel, learn, german, french, spanish, russian, speak, tutorial, education, tinkernut, how, to</tags>
      <category-hierarchy>
        <category id="1571">Travel</category>
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        <category parent_id="1572" id="1573">Travel General</category>
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      <comment-count>11</comment-count>
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    <video>
      <category-id>22</category-id>
      <id>577</id>
      <title>How To Look Great in Photographs</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>60541</views>
      <created-at>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:33:06 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>198</rating>
      <username>Seaworthy</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Sure, a beautiful photograph takes some skill behind the lens, but it takes a little skill in front of it, too.]]>
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      <duration>156</duration>
      <filename>http://media.howcast.com/system/videos/3/77/05/577.flv</filename>
      <tags>appear, arts, be, become, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, good, great, Instructional, Learn to, look, looking, photo, photogenic, photographs, photography, photos, picture, pictures, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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        <category id="1">Arts &amp; Media</category>
        <category parent_id="1" id="21">Photography Techniques</category>
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      <comment-count>27</comment-count>
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      <category-id>921</category-id>
      <id>476</id>
      <title>How To Wake Up Early When You Absolutely Have To</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>11894</views>
      <created-at>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:16:57 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>66</rating>
      <username>bender</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Today’s the big day!  

You’ve got that big important job interview at 8 a.m. sharp! So up and at ‘em soldier, time to seize the day!]]>
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      <duration>169</duration>
      <filename>http://media.howcast.com/system/videos/0/76/04/476.flv</filename>
      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, mind, body, wake, up, awake, early, morning, important, day, meeting, plane, catch, absolutely, have, to, must, oversleep, sleep</tags>
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      <comment-count>13</comment-count>
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      <category-id>179</category-id>
      <id>467</id>
      <title>How To Pack For College</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>4953</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:00:52 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>14</rating>
      <username>bender</username>
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        <![CDATA[People talk about packing for college as though it were a major life event, like getting married. It’s not. Here are some tips on how to put objects in boxes.]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, student, university, college, move, moving, dorm, pack, packing, bring, teen, teenager, start, begin, out, home</tags>
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      <comment-count>1</comment-count>
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      <category-id>72</category-id>
      <id>363</id>
      <title>How To Negotiate an Apartment Lease</title>
      <type>HowcastGuide</type>
      <views>3373</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:32:58 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>19</rating>
      <username>Chris_Davis</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Remember, a lease is an agreement, not an unconditional surrender.  Don’t sign on that dotted line until you’re satisfied with what you’re getting.]]>
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      <duration>172</duration>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, business, contract, negotiate, apartment, lease, rent, rental, agreement, sign, tenant, college, university, renting</tags>
      <category-hierarchy>
        <category id="30">Business &amp; Finance</category>
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      <comment-count>1</comment-count>
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      <id>94</id>
      <title>How To Make a Cuba Libre</title>
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      <views>4916</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:20:32 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>4</rating>
      <username>Tamara</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Created during the 1898 Spanish-American War to liberate Cuba, the Cuba Libre was originally mixed at a bar by an off-duty U.S. soldier. It has since become the liberating libation of choice for freedom-loving drinkers around the world.]]>
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      <duration>83</duration>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, alcohol, liquor, mixed, drink, cocktail, make, mix, cuba, libre, rum, coke, cola</tags>
      <category-hierarchy>
        <category id="355">Food &amp; Drink</category>
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      <comment-count>0</comment-count>
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      <id>54</id>
      <title>How To Play Five Card Draw</title>
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      <views>1285</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:56:33 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>4</rating>
      <username>Poker_Johnny</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Texas Hold 'Em became all the rage in the U.S. in the 1970s, but before that, Five Card Draw—first made popular during the Civil War—reigned supreme for more than a century.]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, games, play, five, card, draw, 5, poker, recreation, playing, 5-card</tags>
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        <category id="440">Games</category>
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      <comment-count>1</comment-count>
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