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   <title><![CDATA[About.com Inventors: What's Hot Now]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The United States Patent and Trademark Office -...]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What does the United States Patent and Trademark Office do.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Business Ideas for Home - Bookkeeping Services]]></title>
            <link>http://homebusiness.about.com/lw/Business-Finance/Small-business-and-entrepreneu/Business-Ideas-for-Home-Bookkeeping-Services-.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Business ideas for home: Bookkeeping services, Starting a home business as a bookkeeper can be a lucrative career path for those who are good with accounting basics and numbers, along with some software abilities and good client service skills.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Retail Career Job Profile - Competitive...]]></title>
            <link>http://retailindustry.about.com/od/retailjobscareers/p/ciprofile.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Retailers keep track of the competition in their sales market by employing competitive intelligence analysts who collect the data that creates usable benchmark reports.  What is a competitive intelligence analyst?  Find a description of this key retail job position here.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Company You Keep: Top Trade Associations...]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/continuingeducation/tp/Tourism-Trade-Associations.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The company you keep can make or break your travel business. Here's some key associations to know about and join.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Using Black-Scholes to Put a Value on Stock...]]></title>
            <link>http://beginnersinvest.about.com/lw/Business-Finance/Personal-finance/Using-Black-Scholes-to-Put-a-Value-on-Stock-Options.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the most common methods of valuing stock options including those issued to employees is the Black Scholes stock option valuation method.  The value of an option is affected by the estimated dividend rate, volatility, strike price, and other factors.  In addition to the Black Scholes valuation method there is something known as the latticework model.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Name That Font! Let &quot;What the Font&quot; Help You]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/typographyfonts/fr/what_the_font.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sometimes dentifying fonts can be tough. And sometimes impossible. Let's see if What the Font! can help figure which font you just fell in love with.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why &#039;Fam&#039; Trips are Important for Travel...]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/continuingeducation/a/Travel-Agent-Familiarization-Trips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Familiarization trips, or loosely called &ldquo;fam&rdquo; trips in the travel agency world, can be a great learning tool for travel agents and meeting planners. As airlines tighten their belts and cut costs, they do not offer the travel agent deals of past decades, but there are training trips still available for agents.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where Do Matches Come From?]]></title>
            <link>http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventions/fl/The-History-of-Matches.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Since the appearance of the first matches, humankind finally mastered the ability to control fire. Here is a timeline highlighting the history of matches.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Do you know your DMOs?]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/marketingandpromotion/fl/What-is-a-DMO.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Destination Marketing Organizations are a crucial link in the travel and tourism chain of command.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Homework Help]]></title>
            <link>http://inventors.about.com/od/lessonplanskidinventors/a/Homework-Help.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed mostly outside of class. Get homework help for science, history, technology and invention.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Know your travel terms: What does FIT mean?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What does the term FIT mean in travel and tourism?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thunder Down Under:Get to know these tourism...]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/destinationinformation/tp/Australia-New-Zealand-And-Papua-New-Guinea.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea's tourism boards are an invaluable trip planning resource.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Travel informed: Know your consortia]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/luxury/fl/What-is-a-Consortium-in-the-Travel-Industry.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Travel agents join consortia to increase buying power and amenities they can provide their clients.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Best Travel Destination Information]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/travelagentsandagencies/tp/Top-Web-Sites-For-Travel-Agents-Consultants-And-Trip-Planners.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[About.com offers dozens of Web sites created and maintained by experts in tourist destinations, travel services, foreign customs and cuisines, tourism specialities and other subjects of interest to travel agents, consultants, trip planners, vacationers and other travelers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[North American National Boards of Travel and...]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/destinationinformation/tp/North-American-vacation-boards-of-travel.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Boards of Travel and Tourism in Mexico, Canada and the US assist travel industry professionals in marketing North American vacation destinations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Magnets, Matches and Other Famous Inventions...]]></title>
            <link>http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/Inventions_M.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The history behind many famous inventions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where Do Horseshoes Come From?]]></title>
            <link>http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventions/fl/The-History-of-Horseshoes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A horseshoe is a fabricated product designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear. Learn about the history of the horseshoe, beginning in ancient times.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Utah Famous People]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What famous people come from Utah?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kevlar, Kitty Litter and Other Famous...]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Invention history - all about inventors patents and inventions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Invented the Earmuffs?]]></title>
            <link>http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventions/fl/Chester-Greenwood.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Chester Greenwood, a grammar school dropout, invented earmuffs at the age of 15. He accumulated more than 100 patents in his lifetime.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Invented the Hovercraft?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A hovercraft is a vehicle supported on a cushion of air supplied by a powered fan mounted on the craft. 
The hovercraft was invented by Christopher Cockerell.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Know Your Travel Definitions]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/specialtourism/g/What-Does-The-Term-Mice-Mean-In-The-Context-Of-Travel.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions are big money-makers for travel professionals. Here's what you should know.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Famous Inventors : A to Z]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Famous inventors and their biographies - Sp invntors.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Important Steps to Becoming an Independent...]]></title>
            <link>http://tourism.about.com/od/employment/a/Becoming-An-Independent-Travel-Agent.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Deciding to become an independent travel agent takes a lot of careful consideration. Here are some key considerations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lases, Lunchboxes and Other Famous Inventions...]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Inventions in history - which inventor patented what invention first.]]></description>
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