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				<title>Epidemic etiquette</title>				
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	From hardcopy headlines to top stories on internet news sites, we are inundated with swine flu warnings. H1N1 has infiltrated almost every aspect of our lives. Even with the vaccine hitting our healthcare providers&amp;#39; offices, the guidelines of ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:52:52 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Bossy neighbor ruins trick-or-treat for others</title>				
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		Q: Around my neighborhood, we usually go trick-or-treating in groups. It is a very casual, &amp;quot;hey-what-time&amp;quot; kind of thing. A family moved in about a year ago, and we invited them to join us. The mom is high-strung and made the trick-o...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:39:16 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Cousin elbows her way into concert with college roommate</title>				
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				Q: Every year there is a big concert in town. I live in the suburbs and drive in to meet my college roommate. She and I have kept in touch for the past 27 years. This is our one time to get together and catch up.We purchase the expensive seats as our...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:18:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Mother-in-law no longer welcome at vacation home</title>				
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				Q: My mother-in-law, her husband and their dog stayed in our vacation home for a week. When we arrived after their stay, I found a pet stain on the carpet. I called her to let her know what I found and to find out if they tried to clean it, or didn&apos;t...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:05:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Movie Manners</title>				
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				Escape! All I could think of was trying to escape this insane heat!Here in New England we are enduring another round of record-breaking summer heat. I often speculate that since my ancestors hail from colder environs, my body just does not know how t...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:07:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Keeping up with friends &#45; without the boyfriend</title>				
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				Q: I am home for the summer from college and in between my summer jobs have been hanging with my friends from high school. One of these friends, Amelia, has a boyfriend, Zach. Zach is a lovely guy. The rest of my friends and I think they make a great...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:04:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Better beach behavior!</title>				
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				Summer is here, which for many means trips to the beach. Yet, sometimes a trip to the beach is anything but relaxing. Here are the Mannersmith Top Ten Tips for enjoying your time in the sand.Err Towards Modesty ~ Do leave a little something to the im...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:16:41 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nice gesture to offer the plumber a drink</title>				
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				Q: Over the course of the past month, I have had furniture movers, a piano tuner and a plumber in my house. Should I be offering them something to drink? I usually tip the movers. Should I also tip the plumber or the piano tuner? When people come to ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Gracious good-byes - careers in transition</title>				
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				It is rare nowadays to hear about anyone retiring after working a whole career for just one company. Whether you are leaving because you found a better job, are stepping back from the workforce, opening your own company or were laid off from your cur...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:32:08 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>OK to tell secretary reason for calling is private</title>				
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				Q: For both my personal life and my professional life, I spend an inordinate amount of time on the telephone. Within the past few months, I have noticed more and more that calls are being answered by live individuals instead of voice mail. Aside from...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:29:03 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ex-boyfriend under no obligation to help with intervention</title>				
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				Q: As it turns out, my ex-girlfriend is a crackhead and a cheat. I found out about her when suddenly collection agencies started sending me threatening letters at work. She had found all the passwords to my accounts at my apartment and changed the ac...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:56:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The art of the informational interview</title>				
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				Last week I gave a seminar on networking.&amp;nbsp; In this down economy I have been working with industry groups, chambers of commerce and alumni organizations to offer members resources for their job searches.&amp;nbsp; After we had discussed resumes, prof...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:48:59 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The gracious guest</title>				
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				My neighbor just left, she had called a half hour ago seeking sanctuary from her own home. She had houseguests who had taken over her house and her life. You know the type. Somehow she had been transformed from host to cook, maid and tour guide. Thei...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:20:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Consider attending your old friend&apos;s wedding</title>				
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				Q: Someone I knew from long ago invited me to her wedding. We were very close for a number of years and then I moved away. We tried to keep in touch, but regular phone calls turned into once-a-year holiday greetings. Then, out of the blue, I receive ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:17:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Improving our first impressions</title>				
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				Long before I am near enough to talk to you on the street, in a meeting, or at a party, you announce your sex, age and class to me through what you are wearing - and very possibly give me important information (or misinformation) as to your occupatio...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:43:38 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Mom upset children still waiting for promised prize</title>				
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				Q: My children won a contest at school for bringing in the most box tops. The prize was a gift certificate to a local toy store. Now it is not as if we really &amp;quot;need&amp;quot; the toys, but my kids worked really hard to collect the box tops. They ask...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:40:08 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Mannersmith Column: Choosing between grandchildren, Tacky tea behavior, Graduation</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;Q: My son&apos;s third birthday happens to fall on a Sunday this year. We are having his party on his actual birthday. Of course, my mother knows when her grandson&apos;s birthday is, and we did send out the invitations in advance. Well, I just received ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:51:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Have we met? A guide to on-line introductions</title>				
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				The commercials for the on-line dating sites have been in high rotation on both television and radio stations. We know in our modern, fast-paced society, on-line dating works. In addition to their own success rates which are loudly touted on their si...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:19:47 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Civility in times of economic turmoil</title>				
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				The economic news lately has not been good. And if you are like most Americans, the effects of the economy have been hitting closer and closer to home. Within the past week, a handful of people I know well have been laid off from their jobs. We have ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:06:35 -0700</pubDate>
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