Thursday, June 29, 2006

SHAKE THIS

To get ahead, use your handshake, experts say

Want to succeed in business? Get a grip.That is, practice your handshake.It may sound silly, but experts and studies agree that a handshake may say more about a person than he or she realizes — and could stand in the way of a key sale or a desired job.

A person’s handshake “is a silent message that screams volumes about who you think you are,” said Pamela Holland, a workplace expert, author, and chief operating officer of Brody Communications Ltd., of Jenkintown, Pa.

after this snip, an instructional fillip

The key to a good handshake, Ms. Holland said, is going in web to web, locking thumb joint to thumb joint.

You need about two to three pumps, but don’t be a hanger-on and don’t go in so quickly and then out that makes you seem like a germophobe,” she said. It’s important not to have an overly hard grip or a too soft one, she added.

pump that

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

SO TRUE. IT TURNS OUT THE SHROUD OF TRENTON IS WORTHLESS

Experts say appraising is difficult, don't try it yourself

People who watch "Antiques Roadshow" on TV may be inspired to clean closets and hunt through attics for family heirlooms that, just maybe, could be worth thousands of dollars.

David Carroll, director of collections and curatorial affairs at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, looks over a 19th century Nothern Plains peace pipe. But before running off to the closest antiques dealer with an armful of Amish quilts and century-old Teddy bears, be warned: your treasures may not be as valuable as you think they are.

One of the drawbacks of "Antiques Roadshow" is, after watching it, people may think they've learned enough to appraise their own valuables. But, more often than not, antiques experts don't recommend self-appraising, unless it's to get an idea of what the object is. Finding out how much the object is worth should be left to the experts, they say.

caveats galore

WHY DO THE EXPERTS HATE AMERICA?


EXPERTS SAY WAR ON TERROR NOT GOING WELL

A survey conducted by Foreign Policy Magazine and the Center for American Progress has found that experts in foreign policy and terrorism believe that the current war on terror is going much worse than Americans think, according to Reuters.

Out of the 117 experts in the survey, 87 percent believe that the war in Iraq has only provoked terrorism and made it even more likely that the U.S. is attacked again. Only 44 percent of Americans agree with that statement. Although 56 percent of Americans believes that the U.S. is winning the war on terror, only 13 percent of the experts would agree.

While the experts believe that there is a risk of a chemical, biological, or nuclear attack on the nation, 67 percent of them said that the next attack will most likely be carried out by suicide bombers.

The experts are predicting that the U.S. will be hit again soon and hard. Eighty-four percent of them expect an attack to be carried out in the U.S. within the next five years at a scale comparable to the London bombings or Madrid bombings. Seventy-nine percent said that the next attack would be at the scale of the attacks on 9/11.

The experts blame the dire situation on poor management of foreign policy, and poor homeland security policies by the government. When asked to grade the Bush Administration’s foreign public policy, they gave the performance of the job an F-minus.

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Friday, June 16, 2006

PERSONALLY, I PREFER TO MUTILATE CATTLE, BUT THAT'S JUST ME

Self-mutilation is on the rise, experts say

big expose here