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• Google expected to launch wiki and presentation services this week


• GAO- Iraq short on 15 of 18 benchmarks


• China denies hacking Pentagon computers


• Fed urges lenders to help borrowers


• Regulators Urge Refinancing of Securitized Mortgages (Update3)


• Ford sales drop 14 percent in August


• Earth-Shattering Study- Men Like Good-Looking Women


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• Yahoo to buy ad network BlueLithium for $300 million


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• Code crack opens the iPhone floodgates


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• Fruit flies prefer fizzy pop, study finds


• American Cancer Society's ads to focus on uninsured


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• See the doctor anytime, but it'll cost you


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• Text of President Bush's weekly radio address


• FED FOCUS-Bernanke shows crisis-handling mettle


• California Urges Energy Conservation


• Property tax bills soar as services fall


• Bear Stearns Judge Rejects Ban on Hedge Fund Suits (Update6)


• Fear & Loathing At The Airport


• Reeling In the College-Bound

• Report- UK might hand over Basra security next month


• Von Braun was at Roswell during UFO crash


• Ancient DNA boosts hope for alien life


• Hydrogen fuel goes liquid


• BIG BROTHER: NYPD TO UNLEASH 'PREDATOR' DRONE

• Democrats to Avoid Fla., Mich.


• RUSSIA PLANS MAN ON MOON...


• Russia to deploy more new ballistic missiles...


• Cat gets high on drugs left over from dinner party...


• BUSH PLANS POST-WHITE HOUSE YEARS IN DALLAS...


• Rove- History will be kind to
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• Briton Blames Rumsfeld for Situation in Iraq


• Bush Plans a Limited Intervention on Mortgages


• Municipal Wi-Fi Faces Financial Hurdles


• Set for Life- Winning the Lottery Just Isn't What it Used to Be


• The latest census figures A bit richer, but a bit sicker


• NBC Universal Ditches iTunes


• Windows Vista Update Due, But Don't Expect A Panacea


• Nokia to launch online store for music this year


• IBM Researchers Advancing Computer Processing Ability


• Gee, Mail- Yahoo Upgrades Its Free E-Mail


• Google acquires online word processor


• Russia Announces Plans for Space Program


• Sony Readies Wii-like PS2


• Google News to Host Wire Service Stories


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• Mold and Moods


• Photos- Special delivery- Your house in a box

• US Jobless Claims Rose 9000 to 334000 Last Week 


• Same-sex couples can marry, Iowa court rules


• What does the Earthlink shake-up mean for the future of city Wi-Fi-


• Astronaut boozing- No proof, NASA says


• Transonic's goal- A car engine that gets 100 miles per gallon


• NASA- Warming to Cause More Severe Tornadoes, Storms

• Congress to eye feds' spy satellite scheme


• Artist Defends Bin Laden-Into-Jesus Artwork


• Musharraf Rejecting 'Pressure' to Quit Military Post


• In Little Rock, a small act of defiance endures


• Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in a Year

• Analysis- The GOP’s French Connection


• Report- Wi-Fi to supersede wired Ethernet


• Nokia Launches Multimedia Phones, Mobile Portal


• Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future


• Why Apple Can't Stop iPhone Hackers


• Chavez Says Fidel Castro Will Live Forever


• Venezuela Congress OKs Chavez's reforms


• Chavez offers billions in Latin America


• Nikon tops SLR customer satisfaction survey


• Be in the know on what's hot and popular


• 2 years after Katrina, pace of rebuilding depends on who pays


• Study- Troops could leave with little risk


• Gulf Coast economy rebounding


• Wart virus increases mouth cancers


• Muqtada al-Sadr Suspends Mahdi Army Activities


• Report- Va. Tech Gunman's Paper Foreshadowed Massacre


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• Wages Up in China as Young Workers Grow Scarce


• 47 Million Americans Without Health Insurance, Census Report


• Profit Falls at DaimlerChrysler


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• Bush warns Iran about interference in Iraq


• Census Shows a Modest Rise in US Income


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• MAG- 'Al Qaeda has an active plot to hit the West'...


• BUSH WARNS OF 'HOLOCAUST' IF IRAN GETS NUKES


• U.S. Forces Detain Six Iranian Officials in Baghdad Raid


• A duel in the sky- Airlines vs. private jets...


• 5 Top Contenders for Attorney General


• Democrats insist probes will continue 


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• Treating Diabetes During Pregnancy Could Lead to Thinner Kids


• Boeing Wins Big NASA Contract


• Boeing 737s inspected after fire


• NOAA Study Says Greenhouse Gases Behind Hot Temperatures This Summer

• Speculation builds about the gPhone


• NTSB issues report on Ky. plane crash


• Home prices- Steepest drop in 20 years; no recovery soon


• Housing fears send Dow sliding


• STOCKS TUMBLE AS FED MINUTES DISAPPOINT...


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15 Tips for Powerful Public Speaking

1. Get out from behind the podium whenever possible. You feel protected behind there, but the podium turns you into an immobile talking head, and that’s a sleeping pill for your audience.

2. Tell stories. Real stories with a real point to them (not one-liners) to bring your material alive and show your audience how they can move what you’re saying into their lives.

3. Practice your talk in front of a full-length mirror, with particular attention to your facial expressions and your body language. Stand with both feet apart, knees bent just a little. Stiff legs can interfere with circulation and make you feel faint.

4. Record your practice presentations so you can really hear how you will come across. Yes, I know, you don’t like your own voice. Almost nobody does, but don’t let that stop you.

5. Be aware that we speed up and our voices tend to get thin and shrill when we’re under stress, so make a conscious effort to slow down, breathe, and keep your voice full and low, while maintaining a strong, consistent volume. Enunciate clearly and don’t mumble.

6. Make eye contact with your audience. Don’t just focus on the people directly in front of you. Divide the room into four quadrants, then keep moving your attention around the room as you briefly rest your eyes on a different person in each quadrant while you talk.

7. Finish strongly, with a call to action or a series of statements that tie everything up. End things with a real finish.

Speech-killers you should avoid:

8. Don’t fidget, avoid eye contact, or use sentence extenders like, “er”, or “uh”.

9. And, like, don’t keep using the word “like” in front of everything, and don’t, like, use any other word that will make your audience wish they could, like, kill you and leave. Good grammar and clean sentence structure count.

10. It’s OK to have a folder or some cards in one hand, but don’t ever read lengthy passages from anything; your audience will feel cut off and get restless quickly if you do.

11. Try to avoid reading, word-for-word, what’s right up there on the Power Point that everyone has already read, or can read for themselves. It’s b-o-r-i-n-g.

12. Don’t tell jokes unless you are very comfortable with them and have a great delivery. It’s also easy to offend with jokes. This doesn’t mean you can’t use humor – I recommend it – just don’t tell jokes.

13. Don’t ever go beyond your allotted time. It’s rude and unprofessional, and it will subtract quickly from whatever value your program had.

14. Don’t let your ego get in the way. Unless you’re Bill Cosby or Julie Andrews, those people in your audience are not there to see or ‘buy’ you personally; they want the information you have that can help them. Don’t get in the way of your information.

And here’s the final big thing to know: Don’t take this public speaking thing too seriously. Go out there and have fun! If you’re having fun, your audience probably is, too.

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