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		<title>Meeting Single Men</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting single men has become a favorite pastime for young single women. Search through the Internet, and one can find hundreds of websites featuring online dating services with profiles of single men. A recently concluded study indicates that online dating and personals form one of the largest segments of paid services on the Internet. Meeting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">Meeting single men has become a favorite pastime for young single women. Search through the Internet, and one can find hundreds of websites featuring online dating services with profiles of single men. A recently concluded study indicates that online dating and personals form one of the largest segments of paid services on the Internet. Meeting single men online is a high tech way to narrow down the dating field. Here, the women can meet men according to their choice of race, color, and nationality.</p>
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<p>Websites offering a chance to meet single men are usually packed with women looking for some fun. Some log in just to chat, while others look for a date or a serious relationship. Women seeking dates usually look for men with a good sense of humor. Those looking for long term relationships prefer men with a mature outlook. The browsing feature allows women to look through photographs on the men?s profiles, enabling the women to base their choice on appearance. Young women may opt for handsome men, while more mature women seek more stable men. The attraction of meeting single men online is the relatively anonymous nature of the contact. Furthermore, they can chat casually and without commitment before proceeding to a real life relationship.</p>
<p>Women eager to meet single men through websites may not find always what they expect. Many men often post false personal information regarding their marital status, age, physical features, and social status. There are even cases in which the service members register the wrong gender. Regardless of these negative factors, online dating is still growing. Many popular dating and personals websites are registering a 100% growth every five months. Some surveys even claim that one in every five singles now seek a partner online. Meeting single men online now seems to be more enjoyable for women than ever.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.e-singlemen.com/" id="link_75" target="_new">Single Men</a> provides detailed information on Meeting Single Men, Single American Men, Single Black Men, Single Christian Men and more. Single Men is affiliated with <a href="http://www.e-meetsingles.com/" id="link_76" target="_new">Meet Singles Online</a>.</p>
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		<title>Screening For Quality Girls</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know what you want.
When people don&#8217;t have options, they get desperate. Now, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with &#8220;taking one for the team&#8221; so to speak, running into some girl who really wants it, and trying your hardest to forget about that mistake the next morning. It happens to the best of us on occasion.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">Know what you want.</p>
<p>When people don&#8217;t have options, they get desperate. Now, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with &#8220;taking one for the team&#8221; so to speak, running into some girl who really wants it, and trying your hardest to forget about that mistake the next morning. It happens to the best of us on occasion.</p>
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<p>But in general, it&#8217;s important to know what you want, otherwise you&#8217;ll end up wandering around aimlessly searching with no goal in mind.</p>
<p>So if you want a quiet, cute girl who cooks you dinner every night, you better look at your style of game and see if you look like the kind of guy she might be attracted to.</p>
<p>If you want a crazy Latina with a big booty who&#8217;s a freak in the bed, then you might want to take a look at yourself and make yourself a challenge to a woman like that.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t waste your time around girls just because they seem into you. Every girl who&#8217;s in your life, you need to look at the amount of effort you&#8217;re putting in, versus the quality of returns you&#8217;re getting out of it.</p>
<p>I used to try to be more of a nice guy, more polite, more willing to waste my time with girls just because I knew they were easy pickings. But today, I move on quickly if I&#8217;m not seeing the types of reactions that I&#8217;m looking for. I&#8217;ll start talking sexual with a girl right there on the dance floor of the club, and if she seems too uptight, *NEXT.*</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t try to make everybody happy. There are billions of people in this world, and you need to be spending time with the people who make YOU happy. Because you&#8217;re going to have a better time with them, and naturally, you&#8217;ll provide them with a better time as well.</p>
<p>Have a good time out there - don&#8217;t be bashful! Call her a bad girl, and slap her booty right there in the bar. Either she&#8217;ll act really weird and lame, or she&#8217;ll snap into a trance and you&#8217;ll know right then that it is ON. Grab her hand and drag her to another part of the bar, or if you think she&#8217;s ready, tell her you&#8217;re going to grab a slice of pizza if she&#8217;d like to come.</p>
<p>You want to find the girls that snap into that trance (you&#8217;ll know it when you see it)&#8230; They&#8217;re the fun ones <img src='http://ob18.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Nathan Tyrock has spent the majority of his adult life studying social dynamics and learning the keys to being successful with women. By the time he was 22, he had already dated more beautiful women than most men will in a lifetime.</p>
<p>For more information, check out Nathan&#8217;s book: <a href="http://www.bethebigmanoncampus.com/" id="link_79" target="_new">Getting Grades and Getting Laid: The X-Rated Guide to College</a></p>
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		<title>Cover Girl Confidential by Beverly Bartlett Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addison seemed to have everything she could possibly want but what went wrong?
Addison is the daughter of Turkish immigrant parents. She was born Ada Sinmic Ghee in a semi-permanent refugee camp in Turkey. While going through an emigration line, a bureaucrat asked her name. He ended up dividing the syllables wrong and used creative spelling [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">Addison seemed to have everything she could possibly want but what went wrong?</p>
<p>Addison is the daughter of Turkish immigrant parents. She was born Ada Sinmic Ghee in a semi-permanent refugee camp in Turkey. While going through an emigration line, a bureaucrat asked her name. He ended up dividing the syllables wrong and used creative spelling to come up with Addison McGhee. In addition to a new name, she also ended up with a ticket to America. From the age of two, she grew up in Nebraska. Addison then heads for L.A. where she lands a job as a co-host with a popular morning show.</p>
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<p>Now everything is starting to go downhill and could not get much worse for Addison. Addison forgot to do one important thing. She never became a citizen. She is now in prison on felony charges and awaiting deportation. Her agent did not seem to mind because this was making her more famous.</p>
<p>How could this have ended up in such a mess? Is it due to the fact that the First Lady has some kind of agenda? After all, a photo was taken of the President with Addison on his lap! Then there is the time she through exercise equipment at her husband on live TV.</p>
<p>Is Addison deported back to a country she does not really know?</p>
<p>The author does an excellent job of creating the atmosphere for this story as the reader is taken from the hard times the parents faced in Turkey to the good times of Addison&#8217;s success. The reader will not have a difficult time trying to visualize Addison in their mind. As I read through this book, it reminded me of some of the escapades that quite a few celebrities are going through today! The reader will enjoy the character of Addison because she seems very real and will make you laugh many times. This is an excellent chicklit book and one that I highly recommend.</p>
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		<title>Men Skin Care - Not Just for Girls</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For lots of men, skin care is for girls. Past the world of shaving their faces, it is rare for a man to devote a couple of minutes to his skin, especially the skin on his face. However, caring for your skin is important for a man’s present and future. Skin is the body&#8217;s first [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">For lots of men, skin care is for girls. Past the world of shaving their faces, it is rare for a man to devote a couple of minutes to his skin, especially the skin on his face. However, caring for your skin is important for a man’s present and future. Skin is the body&#8217;s first line of defense against sickness, germs, and diseases.</p>
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<p>In addition, as we get older, our skin starts to droop. Thus, we get wrinkles and facial lines. So because of these reasons, taking care of our skin is important. These tips will help you keep your skin in shape without and avoid spending your money on foolish products.</p>
<p>For starters, men should see that proper skin care isn&#8217;t going to occupy hours of your busy day. It really just takes a few minutes a day. Check this out. Just wash your face with some mild soap, like ivory. Do not use a deodorant or strong soap on your face. Slap on some cold water and rinse.</p>
<p>Just a couple of times a week, take a cleanser like Noxzema and wash your face with some lukewarm water using a damp washcloth and slowly work in the cleanser in a circular motion. Now your pores are cleaned out and your facial skin will be feeling fresh. Always pat your face dry with a clean towel. In the end, just slap on some moisturizing lotion.</p>
<p>Everyday factors like the wind can dry your skin and can cause damage. To stop this, put on some sunscreen if you know you&#8217;ll be outside for a while. A SPF factor of 15 should do the job. Pick a sunscreen that has aloe and moisturizers in it. Once your inside, put on some facial cream that has vitamin E. You can also apply this any time your face feels dry.</p>
<p>Shaving is always hard on your face, so get it done right. If you use a blade, make sure that your face is coated with a thin stream of hot water before applying shaving cream. Allow the cream a few minutes to settle in. Use a sharp razor that has a double blade attached to it. Take your time. Rinse with cold water, not hot. Using after shave cream works better than applying liquid. If you use an electric razor, put on pre-shave lotion to allow your whiskers to stand up and keeps your shaver gliding easily across your face. It will also lessen the irritation and burn that comes with electric shaving.</p>
<p>Eating healthy and getting active are without a doubt great contributors. Take in up on the fruits and vegetables, which often contain multiple anti-oxidants that can retard skin damage. Take a multi-vitamin that is rich in anti-oxidants and vitamin E. Do your best to steer clear of greasy, fried food. Substitute olive oil in place of butter when you cook. It&#8217;s healthier and, as some claim, will allow your skin to retain its elasticity longer.</p>
<p>Exercise will do more than simply get your heart rate going. It will clear your pores, increase your metabolism, and mainly make you feel better about yourself. Sweating allows your inner body to cleanse itself.</p>
<p>Probably the easiest and best way to benefit your skin is to drink lots of water every day. The majority of your body&#8217;s cells are made up of water, so it&#8217;s logical to keep yourself hydrated. Drink at least 64 ounces of water per day. Drink even more water if you like to drink other beverages such as coffee, soda or alcohol. This is important because those drinks dehydrate you. If you like to drink alcohol, try to limit yourself. If you don&#8217;t you&#8217;re most likely to start getting some bad looking skin and less attention from the girls.</p>
<p>Using the advice above isn&#8217;t going to give you baby like skin overnight. But, your skin will look healthier and younger, which makes a man feel good about him self, and get more ladies looking at you.</p>
<p>Joqtan A. is an expert writer for <a href="http://www.menskincaretips.com/" id="link_79" target="_new">Man Skin Care</a>. A site concentrating on men skin care tips, advice and product reviews for men of all skin colors.</p>
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		<title>How To Deal With Premature Ejaculation - A Guide For Men</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many men experience premature ejaculation. Unfortunately, many men do not know how to deal with premature ejaculation either. Not knowing what to do can cause great amounts of stress; this can in turn make the situation worse. Stress has been linked as a cause of premature ejaculation in men. Clearly, avoiding stressing over it would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">Many men experience premature ejaculation. Unfortunately, many men do not know how to deal with premature ejaculation either. Not knowing what to do can cause great amounts of stress; this can in turn make the situation worse. Stress has been linked as a cause of premature ejaculation in men. Clearly, avoiding stressing over it would be a good idea. Adapt a positive frame of mind, and learn how to deal with it. There is no help in being negative. This will only make the situation worse.</p>
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<p>One good option in lessening the level of stress over this is to get a hold of the situation; take control of it. A great way to do this is to learn more about it, and learn how to control it. There are many sites with more information and products to help overcome this. Learn about the products and read reviews. From the number of products with positive reviews, it is clear that men can get help with this. Learn about methods that are used to help in this situation, and see if they can be used in your situation. The bottom line here is to get information to improve your knowledge to control the level of stress you experience over premature ejaculation.</p>
<p>The products involved range from those aimed directly at lowering your sensitivity to improve your lasting power, to products aimed at improving your performance overall while helping you control it. They range in form from pills, creams, gels, and more. Even the average everyday condom can reduce sensitivity to help reduce premature ejaculation.</p>
<p>The bottom line here is to reduce the amount of stress by learning how to deal with premature ejaculation. Arm yourself with information, and adapt a positive frame of mind that will allow you to overcome it. Leave the negativity behind.</p>
<p>Click the following link for more information on <a href="http://www.learn-how-to-last-longer-in-bed.com/" id="link_75" target="_new">how to last longer in bed</a> including first hand information on products such as <a href="http://www.learn-how-to-last-longer-in-bed.com/climinax-review/" id="link_76" target="_new">Climinax</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Lazy Man&#8217;s Guide To Easily Getting Women! - Be The Alpha Male</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready to learn the lazy man&#8217;s way to having luck with the women? What is your situation with the girls like right now? Do you wish it was better? Are you sick and tired of sitting at home on the weekends doing the same old thing when you could be on a date [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">Are you ready to learn the lazy man&#8217;s way to having luck with the women? What is your situation with the girls like right now? Do you wish it was better? Are you sick and tired of sitting at home on the weekends doing the same old thing when you could be on a date with a great girl? Then you&#8217;ve come to the right place as I want to share with you the number one secret to getting the girls.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been where you are at right now. Plenty of times when I was growing up I would strike out with women. I didn&#8217;t stumble upon the secret until later in life, and now I spend a good deal of my time trying to help my buddies out so that they too can find a great girl.</p>
<p>Girls don&#8217;t want what you think that they would want. Girls want an alpha male. They want a man who knows what he wants and goes for it. It is built into them by nature. It is part of their genetic make-up. And you can&#8217;t fight it.</p>
<p>The good news is this. Girls aren&#8217;t nearly as interested in your looks, your hair line, your wallet, or what kind of car you own. They want something else. They want a man that has charm. And just what is charm?</p>
<p>Confidence.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right&#8230;that is all women really want. Confidence. If you have that then everything else is just an extra. If you can take pride in who you are, if you can make a girl laugh, then you are well on your way to getting the girl of your dreams.</p>
<p>But you are reading this right now because you are unsure how to obtain it. Let me tell you from personal experience that you have to solve your confidence issue right now. Confidence is a learnable skill so start right this moment to become the confident man that women desire.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.become-an-alpha-male.com/" id="link_75" target="_new">Learn The Lazy Man&#8217;s Secret To Meeting Women</a>!</p>
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		<title>Etiquette in China - A Quick Guide for Western Men Interested in Chinese Women</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is intended only as a primer on the very basics of etiquette in China, and it&#8217;s decidedly slanted to a Western Male&#8217;s point of view. With a little luck, when you arrive in China this will help you avoid severely embarrassing yourself, but trust me - you&#8217;ll make many faux pas, and most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">This is intended only as a primer on the very basics of etiquette in China, and it&#8217;s decidedly slanted to a Western Male&#8217;s point of view. With a little luck, when you arrive in China this will help you avoid severely embarrassing yourself, but trust me - you&#8217;ll make many faux pas, and most of the time you&#8217;ll be completely unaware that you&#8217;ve done so because it is not like the Chinese to point out to you any errors you&#8217;ve made. To do so would cause you to lose face, and the Chinese are very concerned neither to lose face themselves, nor to cause loss of face to others. Chinese Women will be particularly forgiving of your rude Western ways.</p>
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<p>Before moving on to specific areas of etiquette, here are some generalizations:</p>
<p>1. There are many different &#8220;cultures&#8221; in China (55 or 56 depending on what book you read) and many variations on specific areas of etiquette, but if your behaviour on any matter is acceptable to most of the Chinese cultures the others will forgive you if it varies from theirs. The other side of that coin is that you shouldn&#8217;t expect a Chinese woman who is a farm girl from Hunan to practice the same etiquette as a debutante from Shanghai.</p>
<p>2. Chinese Ladies know you&#8217;re from a different culture and don&#8217;t expect you to behave exactly as a Chinese man would. In fact they&#8217;re frequently fascinated by the differences between you and themselves and want to know more. In order to actually offend most Chinese girls you&#8217;ll have to commit an error in etiquette that is either grossly ignorant or obviously intentional.</p>
<p>3. Chinese women and Chinese people in general greatly appreciate it when you&#8217;re obviously attempting to understand and follow their cultural norms, and especially when you clearly respect and even enjoy their way of doing things. Just a little evidence that you are &#8220;trying&#8221; will go a long, long way.</p>
<p>4. Chinese culture dates back 5,000 years or more, and the Chinese are justifiably proud of that, so don&#8217;t get involved in little contests over whose cultural practices are &#8220;correct&#8221;. You are a guest in their country so their moors of etiquette are correct by default. If you want to appreciate and enjoy your Chinese Lady&#8217;s companionship, always try to view her through her cultural norms, not your own. On the other hand, there is nothing wrong at all in pointing out that &#8220;in America (or Britain, Australia, etc.) we don&#8217;t do it that way&#8221; if you&#8217;re clearly doing so to explain or excuse your error, not as criticism of their standards. In fact this will generally be a great conversation starter.</p>
<p>5. China is rapidly changing these days, and something that was universally acceptable just 5 years ago may now be generally frowned upon; for example spitting in public used to be the norm, but is now being discouraged everywhere due to the accompanying health threats that have been recently recognized. However, just as in any other country the new etiquette code on this matter is being picked up far faster in the larger, more economically advanced cities than in rural China.</p>
<p>6. Whatever is stated below will prove to be entirely wrong somewhere in China with some Chinese people.</p>
<p>Now, on to some specifics (in no particular order):</p>
<p><strong>Dress</strong></p>
<p>Chinese men, especially in the larger cities and when they can afford it, tend to dress more formally than we do. When you walk down a city street in China almost every male will be wearing at least dress pants and a good shirt with both collar and cuffs. Blue jeans, baggy shorts and wrinkled cotton shirts are almost exclusively the domain of the Western males. You will be forgiven but not often emulated.</p>
<p>Chinese women also dress to a higher standard, and usually take great care of their appearance. Of course there is a poor class that simply can&#8217;t afford good clothes, but any Chinese woman with any resources at all will be wearing fashionable clothing and looking her best.</p>
<p><strong>Staring</strong></p>
<p>Get used to being stared at in China. You are different and unusual. There are 1.3 billion Chinese living in China, and only about 100,000 foreigners (according to the People&#8217;s Daily newspaper in 2005), and likely well over 50% of those foreigners are of Asian descent. So for each obviously foreign person living in China there are 26,000 Chinese (1,300,000,000 Chinese / 50,000 non-Asian foreigners). You are very different.</p>
<p>Seen another way, in many of the rural areas of China they&#8217;ve never seen a white person, and even in the major cities, on any given busy city street, there will be more people visiting from those rural areas than there are white people. So, during much of the time during your stay in China, you&#8217;ll be within sight of someone who has never seen a white person before. If you&#8217;re of African heritage, you may have to hide in your own bathroom to avoid being in the presence of someone who has never seen anyone like you before. Like I said, get used to being stared at.</p>
<p>More importantly, especially for those same rural Chinese, staring is not considered rude. Once you realize that they are not being aggressive, just curious, you will get more comfortable with endlessly being looked at. For confirmation that they&#8217;re not being aggressive, try staring back directly at their eyes. You&#8217;ll soon notice that it takes them a long time to realize you&#8217;re looking at them because they are not looking at your eyes, which they would be doing if their intentions were aggressive. Once they see you looking at them they&#8217;ll quickly look away (wondering why some foreigner is so aggressively staring at them).</p>
<p>One caveat on the above point about a Chinese person staring at you not being aggressive is when you are in the obviously romantic presence of a Chinese lady, in which case the stares from surrounding Chinese men may well be angry and aggressive. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China the male population is 51.53% of the whole and the female is 48.47%. Add to that the fact that the rich Chinese guys may have as many as 10 girlfriends and you have a fairly serious shortage of ladies to go around in China. No surprise then that some Chinese men aren&#8217;t so happy to see you taking one more attractive prospect out of the running.</p>
<p><strong>Queues (Lineups)</strong></p>
<p>Forget it. There is no way for a Westerner to understand the Chinese reaction to a queue, which seems to be that it represents an opportunity to get ahead of other people by leaping to the head of the queue (sometimes without even knowing or caring what they will find when they get there).</p>
<p>After inevitably standing in line in one or more of a thousand places (my own favourite is the lineup to get your vegetables weighed and priced at the food market where even the tiniest Chinese female will be particularly adept at bypassing everyone in front of her as if they don&#8217;t exist) and watching every Chinese person who comes along jump in front of you, you&#8217;ll eventually become a practised queue jumper yourself. And, since you&#8217;re likely bigger than almost all of your Chinese opponents in this contest, you&#8217;ll have a decided advantage. Of course, you&#8217;ll also be seen as an ugly and aggressive foreigner, but this is the one instance when you are to be forgiven for that (at least by this Writer, if not by the Chinese).</p>
<p><strong>Public Displays of Affection (Male with Female)</strong></p>
<p>Traditionally the Chinese have been very loathe to accept men and women demonstrating love or affection in public through kissing, hugging or holding hands. Lately, especially among younger people, you will occasionally see the holding of hands or light and very brief kisses. Anything beyond that will still lead to the conclusion by the viewing public that the woman is a prostitute and the man is a drunken lowlife (especially if the man is a foreigner).</p>
<p><strong>Public Displays of Affection (Male with Male)</strong></p>
<p>Unfortunately, from a Western male&#8217;s point of view at least, public display of affection between two men is entirely acceptable in China. In nightclubs it&#8217;s common for 2 or more men to dance together, on the street they often will walk arm in arm or hand in hand, and on the subway I&#8217;ve watched one man rubbing his buddy&#8217;s knee for the duration of a 30 minute ride, and none of that is an indication in anyway of anything beyond mere friendship. For us homophobic North Americans (and I&#8217;m guessing Brits, Aussies and KiWis as well) it&#8217;s an uncomfortable experience, but for the Chinese it is perfectly normal and acceptable.</p>
<p><strong>Public Displays of Affection (Female with Female)</strong></p>
<p>The good news, from a Western male&#8217;s point of view at least, is that public displays of affection between women is not merely acceptable but is commonplace in China. Chinese women are constantly walking arm in arm, holding hands, walking while tightly hugging, dancing together as if they are Latin lovers, falling asleep in each other&#8217;s arms, and even kissing each other. Give them a couple of drinks and suddenly they might even feel a need to touch each other&#8217;s breasts (purely out of curiosity, not lust). While the Chinese girls engaging in this activity are being completely innocent (or are they?), to the Western male it&#8217;s an ongoing trigger of one of our most enduring fantasies.</p>
<p><strong>Basic Greetings</strong></p>
<p>In formal or semi-formal settings, such as business meetings, Chinese when meeting you for the first time will likely greet you with a slight bow or nod, but handshakes are becoming more acceptable and common, and in most cases, after returning the nod a follow up handshake is likely also in order. However, traditionally, touching someone you are not familiar with is not acceptable, so you may want to avoid pushing the handshake with an elderly or less urban or cosmopolitan Chinese person. Don&#8217;t touch anyone&#8217;s head!!!!</p>
<p>Generally, unless there is an obvious power structure in a particular group it is appropriate to greet the elder person first, working your way down the age ladder.</p>
<p>Coming soon: &#8220;Dining Etiquette in China&#8221; and &#8220;Driving Etiquette (or Lack Thereof) in China&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>How to Get the Girl You Want: The Attraction Killer to Avoid and Some Strategies for Success</title>
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No matter how much of a player some guys are, we&#8217;ve all had that one girl we want. It could be that hot babe in your office who you&#8217;ve had a crush on. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">It&#8217;s one of the supreme tragedies in life. When there&#8217;s just one girl you want, it  becomes much tougher to get her.</p>
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<p>No matter how much of a player some guys are, we&#8217;ve all had that one girl we want. It could be that hot babe in your office who you&#8217;ve had a crush on. Or it could be that beautiful woman in your college class who you dream of having as the perfect girlfriend.</p>
<p>You see, a lot of times guys mess themselves up by focusing on just one girl. That&#8217;s because having that narrow focus kills whatever attraction she might have for you. This attraction killer is&#8230; FEELING NEEDY AND DESPERATE.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re needy and desperate, and you start thinking that any girl is one of a kind, then you become like the cartoon lover skunk Pepe Le Pieux chasing the cat. And your odds of success are about the same as his.</p>
<p>So with that in mind, in this article you&#8217;ll learn strategies for how exactly to stop killing the natural attraction that special girl has for you. Then you&#8217;ll learn how to maximize your chances to <strong>get the girl you want</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Strategy #1: Realize That Other Girls Are Just As Special As She Is</strong></p>
<p>Do not sweat it about that one girl. I promise you that although she may be awesome, there are tons of other girls out there who are just as great as she is.</p>
<p>No matter what good quality she has (silky hair? good in the kitchen? a sense of humor?), there are millions of other hot women with that exact same good quality.</p>
<p>This comes from massive experience&#8230; not only from my own two and a half decades dating hundreds and hundreds of women, but from comparing notes with other guys who are good with girls.</p>
<p>Believe me when I tell you, there is literally NOTHIN that any woman has that is unique ONLY to her.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t worry about how special she is. Of course she&#8217;s special &#8212; lots of girls are!</p>
<p>The last thing you ever want to have going through your mind when you&#8217;re around a girl is, &#8220;God, I MUST have this girl! She&#8217;s irreplaceable!&#8221;</p>
<p>So, you&#8217;re free to think she&#8217;s amazing. Just remember that lots of other girls are amazing too. That way you won&#8217;t become too needy.</p>
<p><strong>Strategy #2: Date Other Women to Get That One Girl</strong></p>
<p>Now, I know it&#8217;s tough to not worry about a woman if she&#8217;s the only dating prospect in your life right now. So the solution is to make yourself hang out with other girls. This will also pay benefits to you in other ways, using a basic principal of psychology to increase your &#8220;value.&#8221; I&#8217;ll explain.</p>
<p>You see, whenever a woman sees that other chicks are attracted to a guy, she too feels attraction. Psychologically, this is known as the &#8220;social proof&#8221; phenomenon&#8230; and it&#8217;s much more powerful in women than men.</p>
<p>To women, the most attractive guy is the one who&#8217;s surrounded by other women. So, ironically, the best way to get this special girl attracted to you is for her to discover that she&#8217;d have to compete with other women.</p>
<p>That way you become a challenge. She&#8217;s the one who has to win your affections, not the other way around.</p>
<p><strong>Strategy #3: Change Your Mindset About Women to Get That Girl</strong></p>
<p>A simple change in your attitude will cure your feelings of neediness and desperation for any particular woman. Warning: it&#8217;s politically incorrect. However, it&#8217;s effective and, ironically, will maximize your chances of getting her.</p>
<p>That change is this&#8230; start viewing chicks as &#8220;one woman with many faces.&#8221; That way you won&#8217;t get too wrapped in any ONE chick.</p>
<p>If you get to know players &#8212; you know, those guys who&#8217;ve slept with dozens of women and can get any chick they want &#8212; you&#8217;ll find that&#8217;s the exact attitude that every one of them has.</p>
<p>So forget coming from a frame of neediness. A better frame to come from is the mindset that you have high value, and any attention you give her has been EARNED by her. That way, even though she is the one girl you want, you&#8217;ll avoid the attraction killer and have the best odds of success.</p>
<p>John Alexander is author of <a href="http://www.alphamalesystem.com/ebook.html" id="link_79" target="_new">How to Become an Alpha Male</a>, a dating and seduction success system that will maximize your chances of getting that dream woman you&#8217;ve got your eye on. Find out more by visiting <a href="http://www.alphamalesystem.com/ebook.html" id="link_80" target="_new">http://www.alphamalesystem.com/ebook.html</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">If you are a single woman you know how difficult it is to meet someone you&#8217;re interested in dating. You probably have a very busy life: friends, family, work, all the day-to-day activities that keep you on the run. How can you meet that wonderful new &#8217;someone&#8217; and still cope with your busy schedule? Try these five tips:</p>
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<p>1)         <strong>Get Out of the House!</strong> It doesn&#8217;t matter what you do or where you go - you just have to get out of the house. I&#8217;ve never heard a story about a woman who met the man of her dreams while sitting in her living room watching Desperate Housewives.</p>
<p>2)         <strong>Look your best no matter what you&#8217;re doing. </strong>You never know when you&#8217;ll meet that great guy. It might be at the grocery store, or while you are walking your dog, or any one of the dozens of places you go every day. Take advantage of every opportunity by looking your best. If Mr. Right comes along you are sure to catch his eye.</p>
<p>3)         <strong>Give online dating a try.  </strong>Online dating sites provide an opportunity to meet other singles you might not meet any other way. Have someone take a few digital photos of you, create an honest profile about you and what you&#8217;re looking for, set your matching preferences and look through the results. Chances are you&#8217;ll find several matches looking for the same things you are. Then send an email to let them know you&#8217;re interested in learning more!</p>
<p>4)         <strong>Get involved in your community.</strong> Most communities have dozens of opportunities for you to get involved. Find one that suits your interests and volunteer some of your valuable time. Volunteer Match - volunteermatch.org - is an excellent way to find information about organizations looking for volunteers.</p>
<p>5)         <strong>Get involved in sports.</strong> If you live near a municipal golf course consider taking group golf lessons. If golf isn&#8217;t your thing, check into sports leagues in your city. Most cities have a Department of Parks and Recreation that runs programs for a variety of sports. Pick one that interests you and get involved.</p>
<p>Whatever you choose to do remember to have fun!  That&#8217;s <u>the</u> best way to meet fun and interesting people.  Good luck and happy dating!</p>
<p>© Danette Collins 2006</p>
<p>Danette Collins is President of ZaZaVu.com, <a href="http://www.zazavu.com/" id="link_79" target="_new">http://www.zazavu.com</a>, an online dating site for people who are serious about dating! Danette is a CPA with a diverse background in consulting and management for Technology and Internet-related businesses.</p>
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		<title>3 Very Stupid Mistakes Men Make In The Bed - Fix The Mistakes Before Its Too Late!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to maintain a healthy relationship with your partner you need to fulfill her demands and must be fair in all matters. But many relationships deteriorate because of some hidden bickering. Among them some devastates because of the disturbance in their sex life. Mostly it happens because of the lack of vitality in men.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="body">In order to maintain a healthy relationship with your partner you need to fulfill her demands and must be fair in all matters. But many relationships deteriorate because of some hidden bickering. Among them some devastates because of the disturbance in their sex life. Mostly it happens because of the lack of vitality in men.</p>
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<p>So be a real man in bed with her. You may understand this by her reaction in bed after the sexual intercourse. Her reaction will show you the entire story whether she has enjoyed the sex or not.</p>
<p>When a girl feels happy about the intercourse she tells you that she has liked it. And then she induces you to have another one and there is a great likelihood that she will take the first step.</p>
<p>But there are certain stupid mistakes men make during the intercourse which irritates women. Read out the whole article to find out what you have to do and what you do not, when you are with her in bed.</p>
<p><strong>1</strong> Most of the men make a fatal mistake by calling their girls with dirty names. It is a real panic for a girl. Every girl is different; some of the girls like to be called with dirty names while the others do not. So guys show some respect to her if you want to be respected by her. Also, this thing seems to be abusive and have the potential to destruct your relationship.</p>
<p><strong>2</strong> Do not concentrate on your pleasure instead ask her if she has reached her climax or not. Never ask your girl for the orgasm during the intercourse, it will screw up all the pleasure and passion of the encounter.</p>
<p><strong>3</strong> When you ask your girl if she has enjoyed the bed time or not, you have made a gigantic stupid mistake ever. It is a real stupid question to ask her. You know such question show your doubt-ness over your own manhood. By asking a question like this you are trying to find out her opinion about the sex act because you are not sure about yourself. Try to find it by yourself you could judge this by her ensuing attitude and reaction.</p>
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