Eye contact and facial expressions provide key social and emotional information; we continually probe each other's eyes and faces for positive or negative mood signs. The eyes have often been described as the "windows of the soul", and in some contexts, gazing at another's eyes may arouse strong emotions. Eye contact - Love and attraction. Lovers often gaze into each other's eyes for extended periods of time to show and [nonverbal communication] exp ...

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Eye contact, Eye contact - The role of eye contact in facilitating the expression of emotions, Eye contact - Love and attraction, Eye contact - Fear and intimidation, Eye contact - Confidence and trust, Eye contact - Physiological responses, Eye contact - The other roles of eye contact, Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication, Eye contact - Facilitating learning, Eye contact - Mother/child bonding, Eye contact - Instinctive behavior, Eye contact - Cultural differences

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Eye contact, Eye contact - The role of eye contact in facilitating the expression of emotions, Eye contact - Love and attraction, Eye contact - Fear and intimidation, Eye contact - Confidence and trust, Eye contact - Physiological responses, Eye contact - The other roles of eye contact, Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication, Eye contact - Facilitating learning, Eye contact - Mother/child bonding, Eye contact - Instinctive behavior, Eye contact - Cultural differences

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Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication. A person's direction of gaze may indicate to others where his or her attention lies. Eye contact - Facilitating learning. Recent studies suggests that eye contact has a positive impact on the retention and recall of information and may promote more efficient learning [2][3][4].

Eye contact, Eye contact - The role of eye contact in facilitating the expression of emotions, Eye contact - Love and attraction, Eye contact - Fear and intimidation, Eye contact - Confidence and trust, Eye contact - Physiological responses, Eye contact - The other roles of eye contact, Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication, Eye contact - Facilitating learning, Eye contact - Mother/child bonding, Eye contact - Instinctive behavior, Eye contact - Cultural differences

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Confidence is trust or faith in a person or thing. Having confidence in oneself (self-confidence) can grant one more courage, and thus confidence is often viewed as a key to happiness and inner fulfillment. However, although confidence is often encouraged and celebrated, it is not vital to success. People who are cautious and analytical can achieve as much success as bold and impulsive people. Extroverts are not always confident, and introverts are not necessarily lacking in confidence. Yet, confidence, especially self ...

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A confidence trick, confidence game, also known as a con or scam, is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the "mark") usually with the goal of financial or other gain. The confidence trickster, con man, scam artist or con artist often works with one or more accomplices called shills, who try to encourage the mark by pretending to believe the trickster. In a traditional con, the mark is encouraged to believe that they will obtain money dishonestly by c ...

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• Confidence trick - Origin of the term
• Confidence trick - Well-known confidence tricks
• Confidence trick - Extra finesse
• Confidence trick - Famous convicted and alleged con artists
• Confidence trick - Confidence tricks in the movies and television
• Confidence trick - Confidence tricks in literature
• Confidence trick - Quotations

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An eye is an organ that detects light. Different kinds of light-sensitive organs are found in a variety of creatures. The simplest eyes do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark. More complex eyes are used to provide the sense of vision. Many complex organisms including some mammals, birds, reptiles and fish have two eyes which may be placed on the same plane to be interpreted as a single three-dimensional "image" (binocular vision), as in humans; or on different planes producing two separate "images" (monocular ...

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• Eye - Varieties of eyes
• Eye - Evolution of eyes
• Eye - Anatomy
• Eye - Cytology
• Eye - Acuity
• Eye - Dynamic range
• Eye - Adnexa and related parts
• Eye - The orbit
• Eye - Eyebrows
• Eye - Eyelids
• Eye - Eyelashes
• Eye - Eye movement
• Eye - Rapid eye movement
• Eye - Saccades
• Eye - Microsaccades
• Eye - Vestibulo-ocular reflex
• Eye - Smooth pursuit movement
• Eye - Optokinetic reflex
• Eye - Vergence movement
• Eye - Accommodation
• Eye - Diseases disorders and age-related changes

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Trust may refer to: Trust (sociology), the willing acceptance of one person's power to affect another Property law Ownership and management of property by one on behalf of another: Trust (Law) USA Trust (Law) non-USA Escrow, where a thing is held in trust until conditions are fullfilled Finance Trust company, a financial institution offering banking, investment and estate administration services

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A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non confidence, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. On rare occasions, it may also be put on the parliamentary order paper by an erstwhile supporter who has lost confidence in the government. The motion is passed or rejected by means of a parliamentary vote (a vote of no confidence). Governments often respond to a Motion of No Confidence by proposing a Motion of Confidence which, according to parliamentary procedure in the Westminster System, ...

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• Motion of no confidence - Variations
• Motion of no confidence - Prime Ministers defeated by votes of no confidence
• Motion of no confidence - Footnotes

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Contact may mean: the active component of an electric switch In address books, sales organizations, and electronic organizer devices, a contact is the name, address, phone number, and other pertinent information related to a client, vendor, friend, relative, or other associate. See the vCard and hCard standards for sharing and publishing such contact information. In geology, a stratigraphic contact is where strata are divided. Contact (mathematics), a mathematical concept; the idea of cur

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Contact lenses (also known simply as "contacts") are lens placed on the cornea of the eye usually, but not always for corrective purposes. They serve the purpose of conventional glasses, but are very light and conveniant, sitting directly on the eye. Contact lens - History. Leonardo da Vinci first proposed the idea of applying a corrective lens directly to the surface of the eye as early as 1508. Similar concepts surfaced from René Descartes in 1636, but it was not until 1887 that the German physiol ...

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• Contact lens - History
• Contact lens - Usage
• Contact lens - Types of contact lenses
• Contact lens - Corrective vs. cosmetic contact lenses
• Contact lens - Rigid vs. soft contact lenses
• Contact lens - Daily vs. extended wear contact lenses
• Contact lens - Spherical vs. toric contact lenses
• Contact lens - Cleaning and disinfection products
• Contact lens - Parameters
• Contact lens - Products

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An income trust is an investment trust that holds income-producing assets. The term also designates a legal entity, capital structure and ownership vehicle for certain assets or businesses. Its shares or "trust units" are traded on securities exchanges just like stocks. The income is passed on to the investors, called "unitholders", through monthly or quarterly distributions. Distributions are typically higher than stock dividends, offering yields ...

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• Income trust - Tax advantages
• Income trust - Types of income trusts
• Income trust - Real estate investment trusts
• Income trust - Royalty/energy trusts
• Income trust - Business trusts
• Income trust - Investor risks
• Income trust - Income trust booms
• Income trust - Australia
• Income trust - United States
• Income trust - Canada

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The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore or superstition: a belief that some people, often women seen as witches, can bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. The effects on victims vary; some have them afflicted with bad luck of various sorts. Others believe the evil eye has even more baleful powers, that it can cause disease, wasting away, and even death. Some cultures hold that the evil eye is an involuntary jinx that is cast unintentionally by people unlucky to be cursed with th ...

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• Evil eye - Distribution of the belief
• Evil eye - Talismans offering protection
• Evil eye - Modern usage

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Body contact is a style of closed position in partner dancing. Body contact dance - Body contact as dance technique. In some partner dances, the connection between the lead and follow is made by direct body contact, instead of a more open frame made with the arms. Body contact may be achieved with the thighs, hips, chest, cheek and/or forehead, depending on the style of dance, the connection needed for a particular move, or to fit the mood of the music. Body contact is often employed in ballr ...

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• Body contact dance - Body contact as dance technique

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The phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" expresses a form of retributive justice also known as lex talionis (Latin, 'law of retaliation'). It may have originated in ancient near-Eastern and Middle Eastern law, such as Babylonian law. In societies not bound by the rule of law, if a person was hurt, then the injured person (or their relative) would take vengeful retribution on the person who caused the ...

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• An eye for an eye - Lex talionis in Judaism
• An eye for an eye - Criticisms
• An eye for an eye - External references

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Contact is a 1997 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Contact by Carl Sagan. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, its main stars are Jodie Foster as Eleanor Ann "Ellie" Arroway, Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin, and Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss. Contact film - Plot summary. The plot in the movie is loosely based on the novel. Ellie Arroway — a brilliant scientist who had lost both parents in her youth (her mother at birth, her father when she was nine years old) — is a le ...

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The Bankers Trust is a historic US banking organisation that was merged with Deutsche Bank in 1998, but continues to operate under that name. It was originally set up when banks could not perform trust company services. A consortium of banks all invested in a new trust company, which was called Bankers Trust, so that they could refer clients to that company knowing that Bankers Trust would not try and poach their customer. Under the management of Charlie Sanford, Bankers Trust became a leader in the nascent derivatives b ...

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In cryptography, a web of trust is a concept used in PGP, GnuPG, and other OpenPGP-compatible systems to establish the authenticity of the binding between a public key and a user. It is, in some respects, an alternative to centralized public key infrastructure (PKI) reliance exclusively on a certificate authority (or a hierarchy of such). As with computer networks, there are many independent webs of trust, and any user (through their identity certificate) can be a part of – and a link between – multiple webs. Web of ...

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• Web of trust - Operation of a web of trust
• Web of trust - Contrast with typical PKI
• Web of trust - Web of trust problems

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Adamastor Trust is the name under which the Western Cape Tertiary Institutions Trust trades and prefers to be known. The Trust was registered (as the Western Cape Tertiary Institutions Trust ) in August 1993. Its members are the four major tertiary educational institutions located within 80 km of each other in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The primary purpose of the Trust is to facilitate co-operation between the participating institutions. The Board of Trustees consists of one Vice-Rector or Deputy Vice-Chancellor nominated by each institution. The Trust receives and admini ...

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• Adamastor Trust - Members

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A charitable trust (or charity) is a trust organized to serve private or public charitable purposes. Charitable trust - Legal distinctions. A legal definition of a charitable purpose includes the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion, or other purposes considered beneficial to the community. Because of the benefits provided by charitable trusts, they are subject to certain benefits under the law. For example, transfers of property to a charitable trust ar ...

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• Charitable trust - Legal distinctions
• Charitable trust - Oversight
• Charitable trust - Charities in different countries
• Charitable trust - Australia
• Charitable trust - Canada
• Charitable trust - United Kingdom
• Charitable trust - United States
• Charitable trust - List of charities

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The "Brains Trust" (often Brain Trust) was the name given to a group of diverse academics who served as advisers to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the early period of his tenure. The group never met together but acted as informal advisors; having an academic team was first suggested in March 1932 by Roosevelt's legal counsel Samuel Rosenman. In 1918 President Woodrow Wilson had assembled The Inquiry, a group of academic advisors he brought to the Versailles Conference. The Brain Trust in 1932 to 1933 included Raymo ...

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