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		<title>Martial Arts Testing and Getting Rank: An Aikido Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many ways, Aikido is a lifelong journey. There’s always something to learn around the corner,always something just out of reach. This is what makes practicing Aikido so rewarding. You are always on the path, and the path never ends. I have practiced with Aikido practitioners who have been on the path for many years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet this Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summertime offers more free time and our kids are going to want to do things online more than ever.  So what are some guidelines that we can set and how do we keep them safe.  This article that just came out covers this material very well.  It is at the Common Sense Media website. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Skills: Trustworthiness &#8211; As Adults the Stakes Are Very High</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first word we here in trustworthiness is ‘trust’.  Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote,” I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”  There are many ways of losing that trust and it is not just with words.  As we get older, teens and adults, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new Bully Prevention Partners Public site is now available</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcement: Balanced Life Skills introduces the first in a series of public websites that will address issues that our children, parents and teachers will be interested in following.  The first of this series is Bully Prevention Partners.  This public site will have information for all on it, but will also invite everyone to become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Skills: Trustworthiness &#8211; Why Do Children Lie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a question that every parent has asked themselves, just not understanding how “their child” could possibly do this to them.  Children lie for the same reason that their parents do, they are attempting to solve a problem. Problem: I want to go outside to play  and I have homework - Solution: Tell mom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Skills: Is Trustworthiness Our Legacy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the differences between one who reaches their goals and has a successful career and life and those that do not is in this quality of trustworthiness.  Those who consistently tell the truth, keep promises, keep secrets, do not cheat, follow the rules, do the right thing because it is the right thing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bully Prevention Workshop for Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<title>Illusions of Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 06:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Hopp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the subject of internal arts and the effects of emotions, I&#8217;d like to talk about anger a bit. It is the emotion that I am most aware of struggling with in my own training, and I see it every day in others. I think the allure of anger is that anger feels powerful. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Skills: Trustworthiness &#8211; The Definition</title>
		<link>http://balancedlifeskills.com/home/2012/05/02/life-skills-trustworthiness-the-definition.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Each month we define and discuss a word of character development and life skill with all of our students. This month the word is Trustworthiness and will be defined this way. Young students: Trustworthiness means, “You can count on me, to do the right thing.” Older students: Trustworthiness means:  Worthy of trust by being Reliable, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Skills: Legacy &#8211; How We Behave is How We Will  Be Remembered</title>
		<link>http://balancedlifeskills.com/home/2012/04/25/life-skills-legacy-how-we-behave-is-how-we-will-be-remembered.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Van Deuren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our legacy or how we are remembered is a day by day, place by place, person by person event.  If we are the guests of someone in their home and are disrespectful or leave a mess &#8211; that person will remember us for that event.  If we are in school and we are good listeners [...]]]></description>
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