The Top 10 Handshake types and what they reveal about you, your clients and your candidates. Wouldn’t it be great to have the inside scoop on the body language emitted from something as simple as a handshake. Watch the above video and read below to learn the hidden meaning behind what you reveal or may learn when shaking hands.

1. Sweaty Palms – When a person is nervous their sympathetic nervous system often becomes overactive, sometimes resulting in sweaty palms. Do what you can to put this individual at ease.

2. Dead Fish - Indifferent handshakes that feel like the person has no bones in their hand often indicate a passive or reserved personality. This handshake ranks as the number two least favored. Individuals with this type of clasp are generally not people-focused. Knowing this, you can tailor your presentation to de-emphasize the people aspect and focus more on the mechanical or thing-focused benefits. Exceptions to this rule might be musicians and surgeons whose livelihood depends on sensitive hands and who are therefore reluctant to open up to a bone crusher.

3. Brush Off – This handshake type is a quick grasp and then a release that feels like your hand being shoved aside. This handshake is a statement of “it’s my turf and my agenda that matters, yours doesn’t.” Listen first to what the person wants before talking about your ideas for them.

4. Controller – You feel your hand being pulled toward the person or strongly guided in a different direction, perhaps towards a chair. People who do this are controllers. This means they want to dominate any inanimate or animate object in the room (and that would include you). If your goals are different than theirs there may be challenges ahead. Do more listening than talking and see if you can find common ground so these individuals can control the situation toward your desired objective.

5. Politician – Your hand is firmly grasped as in a normal handshake. However, their other hand may cover yours or be placed on your forearm or shoulder. Unless the two of you are good friends, this is a form of false sincerity. The person is attempting to communicate that the two of you have a deeper relationship than you actually have. After receiving this kind of handshake, I recommend you check your pockets or purse to see if anything is missing. Similarly, be cautious about relying on this person’s word for anything and be attentive in your dealings with them.

6. Finger Vice – When someone grabs your fingers and not your entire hand it is meant to keep you at a distance. These people are often insecure. If they also crush your fingers they are adding a show of personal power, which is also designed to keep you at a distance or at least create some fear of challenging them. I wouldn’t recommend becoming submissive, however it will serve your purpose to be somewhat deferential to them.

7. Bone Crusher – The message of squeezing your hand until you cringe is clearly designed to intimidate you. Even when the person may not know how strong they are, there is still a message of intimidation and power behind the grip. You don’t have to pretend to be a wimp with them, and, in fact, they may respond positively to you if you present yourself with strength. Just don’t get into a hand-squeezing contest when you shake because then it becomes a competition and even if you win, you’ll lose.

8. Lobster Claw – Like the claw of a lobster, the other person’s thumb and fingers touch the palm of your hand. The person doing this fears connecting at a deep level and may have challenges building relationships. Take your time. Allow them to open up at their own pace. As they become more comfortable with you their handshake may actually change. Once they fully accept you, they can become a client for life.

9. Hand Wrestler – Your hand is taken normally and then twisted under the other person’s. This is usually done aggressively. Be very careful in your own presentation as this person is absolutely committed to being on top, regardless of what they say they want.

10. Teacup – This handshake feels normal except that there is no palm-to-palm contact. The other person’s palm is cupped, like a teacup. This handshake indicates that the person is hiding something from you. It might just be a serious case of shyness or it could be something more substantial. Always check for missing information when working with this individual.

Maybe he just doesn’t know that there are people who disagree with his massive tax and spend agenda. That would explain a lot. Perhaps the network media’s near silence on the “tea party” phenomenon has kept President Obama from realizing that hundreds of tax day protests will happen today?

“The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties and will hold his own event today.”

– ABC’s Dan Harris said on “Good Morning America” on April 15.

RRRight! Suuuuuure…..we believe you. How many times your dog poop today? You know that, but you don’t know about the tea parties??? The tea party in DC has been switched to the park across the street from the White House. All that idiot has to do to be “aware” is look out the window. You know, the window that Obama tried to use as a door.

Looks like Obama just got sliced with a double-edged sword. If the White House statement is true, then Obama is more clueless than anyone thought. If the statement is not true, then Obama is a liar! Just another lie from an unaccomplished two-bit hack. Either Obama is vastly incompetent, or vastly lying, or both.

Maybe it should be reported as “communities organizing.” Then MAYBE he might be able to relate to what is going on. But then the next step will be a retroactive law that that requires everyone to register with the DHS as a community organizer. Of course Obama knows what’s going on. And he’s scared. His fancy words haven’t worked on normal people and he doesn’t know what to do about it. He’s nothing but a sick, twisted liberal coward that doesn’t know how to do anything but talk at people. With a teleprompter! [Thought: here's a way to get rid of Obama: destroy his teleprompter]

Also, if Obama is really so unaware of the tea parties, why is there a need to “hold his own event today”? Obama is really good about pissing up people’s legs and convincing them that it’s raining. He’s a compulsive liar!

Several Republican lawmakers are expected at 750 Boston Tea Party-styled protests to mark the day federal taxes are due.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is attending a party in Bakersfield, Calif., while House Budget Committee ranking member Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will join protestors in Madison, Wis.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich is said to be attending an event in New York, and other lawmakers could attend parties from coast to coast, though organizers said they couldn’t say how many lawmakers would show up.

Join in a local Tax Day Tea Party in your area, or CHOOSE A STATE TO ATTEND:

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware

Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky

Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi

Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico

New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania

Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont

Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming · Washington D.C.

Here is a map of Tea Party Protest locations across the country:

• November 1992: Clinton elected President, Dow = 3240

• November 1994: Republicans retake control of the House and Senate, Dow = 3807

• June 2001: Jim Jeffords leaves Republican party, giving control of the Senate to the Democrats, Dow = 10,990

• November 2002: Republicans retake Senate, Dow = 8537

• November 2006: Democrats retake control of House & Senate, Dow = 12,342

• November 2008: Obama elected President, Dow = 8943

• March 2009, with less than 2 months since Obama has taken office, Dow = 6547

During the first couple years of Clinton, the Democrats had control of the House and Senate, and the Dow increased only slightly. In 1994, the Republicans re-took control of the House and Senate. The Dow increased at an annual rate of nearly 18% per year for the next 6-1/2 years (all while Republicans remained in control).

In June 2001, Jim Jeffords helped the Democrats regain control of the Senate by leaving the Republican party. With the Democrats in control, the Dow plunged at an annual rate of nearly -16% until the elections in 2002, when the Republicans took control of the Senate.

For the next 4 years the Dow increased at an annual rate of over 20% per year under the control of the Republicans.

However, in November 2006, the Democrats took back control of both the House and the Senate. And since then, the Dow has plunged nearly 50%.

Although there are typically upticks during recessions and depressions, it still has an overall downward trend. Anyone else notice a pattern?

• Republican Control = Bull Market and Prosperity

• Democrat Control = Bear Market and Depression

It isn’t necessarily the President of the United States that affects the stock market, but rather Congress (who makes the laws) that affect it. It is even worse when the Democrats control all three: the House, the Senate, and President.

On Yahoo, there was posted The 10 Shows That Deserve to Return Next Fall (But Might Not). Television shows have gotten much worse over the past couple decades, but there are some that are exciting to watch. Unfortunately, the networks cancel many shows before they can get a second season, thus only pissing off their viewers. Then they wonder why no one wants to watch their shows anymore.

I enjoyed the show, Eli Stone, when it was on the air. However, ABC abruptly canceled it in mid-season without warning to viewers, and not leaving any closure of plot. This is yet another reason I refuse to watch television, especially ABC. I do occasionally watch FOX, but now that might change as well. For instance, Fox will not air the last episode of Dollhouse (created by Joss Whedon). However, producer Tim Minear says that the last episode will definitely be on DVD.

Last year I canceled my Satellite Television subscription in lieu for local channels via a digital converter box and antenna. This is saving me nearly a $1,000 per year! Not only that, but it helps to stop wasting valuable time. Instead there are many other useful things I can do with my time.

However, viewership of the 10 shows that “might not return” is not that low. These shows have several million viewers! They might not have as many viewers as the Super Bowl or American Idol, but when a network cancels a show with several million viewers intently waiting for the next episode, the viewers get pissed off. This leads to a spiraling economic downturn for the networks. Not something they really want during a global economic crisis.