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Ms Tarret said the classes were about being confident and how to avoid being a victim of crime.
Half the participants were offered active counselling about the consequences of their actions and how to avoid them.
Some of the discussion surrounding the fiscal cliff and how to avoid it centers on raising capital gains taxes.
The atmosphere is convivial -- I didn't eat a single meal alone -- and the talk revolves around gecko sightings and how to avoid leaving.
Severino had built up a mass of knowledge on where to find water, which nuts to eat and where to find them and how to avoid predators, the BBC's Brazil correspondent Tom Gibb reports.
It also suggested that more than a third of adults - 36% - would be interested in attending free classes with police officers and volunteers to learn about combating anti-social behaviour and how to avoid danger when walking home alone.
In Forbes, we wrote about why long-term investors might want to think twice before investing in gold (whether the metal itself or stocks from gold mining companies), how to push for a better retirement plan at work and how to avoid costly mistakes in your Individual Retirement Account.
When an entity shifts focus from how to change and grow to how to avoid loss, at that moment it begins to die.
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Trimmer's other excellent titles: 'How to Avoid a Train' and 'How to Avoid the Empire State Building.
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The Group of 20 will meet for two days to focus on the worldwide financial crisis, and plot how to avoid a repeat in the future.
The climbers at Base Camp are usually well acclimatised and know how to avoid altitude sickness, which is caused by moving to high altitude too quickly.
WalkBoston staff brainstormed how to be helpful during this traumatic episode and decided to create a map to show how easy it is to avoid driving and get around downtown Boston on foot.
His organization created a medical advisory board of neurologists and neurosurgeons to examine how to avoid and detect concussions.
The page does appear to explain to users in concise and easy to understand language how to avoid behavioral tracking if they wanted to.
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Once we get a lot of data onto maps, we can really begin to understand reality in much different ways, like where to build a house to increase the happiness of the people inside it, how to make routes that avoid accidents, and how to design better urban systems.
Even with advances in GPS navigation, real-time traffic alerts and mapping, daily commute times are often unreliable, and relevant updates on how to avoid congestion often reach commuters when they are already stuck in traffic and it is too late to change course.
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His education included learning how to avoid thugs looking for payouts and figuring out how to secure tax-free status for six years while the business got off the ground.
Amanda Albright, who gave birth to triplets in January at York, says nurses and doctors "were very hands on" about instructing her and her husband how to use sleep sacks and avoid putting other items in the crib.
The cases underscore the need for parents to teach children how to avoid being seized, and to learn escape methods if they are, said Bob Stuber of the Texas-based Escape School, which runs educational programs across the United States.
He offers five topics that make most leaders feel uncomfortable (the limitations of their own knowledge, the younger generation, diversity, the future, and their own relevance) - and notes how we tend to ignore or avoid those topics, rather than exploring and becoming comfortable with them.
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It is important for corporations to address potential coverage gaps, exclusions and how to handle these issues with their legal counsel to avoid being denied coverage in the event of a potential claim.
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In partnership with Rainforest Alliance, TIES has also developed an advocacy campaign entitled "Your Travel Choice Makes a Difference, " which is designed to help and empower consumers with helpful information that guides them towards responsible travel choices with detailed recommendations on how to make alternative travel choices, and to avoid leaving negative marks on cultures, economies, and the environment.
"It's a gift that can really last and evolve as the baby grows, " said Ms. Restoin Roitfeld, whose website, Romy and the Bunnies, features interviews with other chic mothers as well as tips on how to avoid stretch marks and tame post-pregnancy hair.
"In most public inquiries, you know what has happened and you are trying to find out why - and how you can avoid it in the future, " the inquiry's secretary, Cecilia French, told the BBC.
This allowed us to create sample scenarios to showcase ingenuity and innovation, including how the mobile app can alert individuals on its location and areas to avoid for a fire, flood or terrorist attack, all by aggregating emergency frequency broadcast and GPS technology.
Figuring out what foods to avoid and how to carefully scan labels for sneaky ingredients came easily.
They teach life-saving subjects, like how to recognize and avoid land mines, or the importance of washing hands.
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