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Creating a Powerful Personal Brand
Personal Branding is a hot topic these days, and I have 5 ways you can create a powerful personal brand and leverage it to get into the career you really want…
Step #1. Understand your value.
Having a powerful personal brand means that you consistently deliver what you say you're going to deliver. In other words, it's the skills, experience, and value that you provide to your employer or clients. Whether it's bringing in new streams of revenue, managing highly valued projects, developing creative marketing campaigns, or whatever, your career is fueled by the value that you consistently deliver to employers.
Your value is a unique blend of your strengths, professional accomplishments, and personal characteristics (such as being a good leader, risk taker, problem solver, strategic thinker, etc.). All of these things combined make up your "value package" which makes you truly unique from a crowd of colleagues, business associates, and even job applicants.
Step #2. Get into a career where you can thrive (and not just survive!)
Being in a passionless job is a career killer! If you're walking around dull and listless (like the Clairol Herbal Essence girl before she shampoos her hair), then others are sure to see you that way. It's impossible to have a powerful personal brand if you're just going through the motions at work. You need to be in a career that challenges you, flexes your professional muscles, and excites you!
You want to be working on projects that excite you and teams that energize you! Start gravitating towards those projects and assignments where you can thrive. Or, if you're in between jobs right now, then you want to focus on talking about those kinds of projects and accomplishments that you worked on in your networking and on your resume.
Step #3 Send the "right" messages.
Everything you do and say sends messages to your manager, senior managers, clients, peers, and potential employers. Your words, actions, presentations, reports, work deliverables, all shape the perceptions others have about you and the value you provide.
So you should take every opportunity to send a very clear message that you are a hiqh quality and results-driven contributor. Talk about the successes of your projects and teams, and the benefit they're providing to the company. Talk about the obstacles that your team overcame, and the key lessons that you learned.
This is how employers and potential employers can view you as an asset to their company.
Step #4 Act as if your are on a stage.
Think about how you want others to perceive you. Do you want to be recognized as being smart? Strategic? Having specific expertise? A great leader? Whatever it is, you should be striving to send that message loud and clear.
Every day you have opportunities to shape and manage your personal brand. In every presentation that you give, in every meeting you attend, in all your conversations with other professionals – think of yourself as being on a stage. It's your opportunity to shape and manage the way others are perceiving you.
Step #5 Network strategically.
If you want bigger promotions, better clients, and a richer, more meaningful career you need to work with people who value and appreciate you. So focus on creating a strong support system of what I call, career influencers. These are people who can hire you, promote you, inspire you, teach you, and open doors to new opportunities. Nurture your relationships with these people, and ask about their career path and strategies for blasting through career challenges. Seek out people who can give you the roadmap, guidance, and inspiration to help you advance your career.
Powerful personal brands don't happen overnight. It takes time, focus, and commitment, but the payoff is huuuuuge. Imagine a world where you wake up every morning excited about your career! 🙂
Power Networking! Simple Tips to Change your Career Fast
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If you have you been thinking about making a career change, networking should be in your Career Change Toolbox. But, what's the "right" way to network?
Here are my tips for Power Networking to make a faster career change as a professional or executive.
The next time you find yourself in a room with someone you'd like to meet, look around to see if there's someone else around your know who could introduce the two of you. Then, keep the conversation focused on them. (It's not about you! At least not yet, anyway!) So, ask them about their latest marketing campaign or product launch, or comment on something new or interesting that's going on inside their company.
Next, try to get their business card by simply saying, I'd love to stay in touch – how about if we exchange business cards? Then, follow up by sending a piece of information that you think they may be of interest to your new contact such as an article, or the results of a new study, or a cool website that relates to their business.
The perception you want to create is not, Hey, I'm someone who's looking for a job. But instead, that you're a successful professional who's resourceful, well connected, and who has some similar interests as they do. You want them to see that you as someone that THEY should get to know!
Offer to introduce them to someone in your network who could help them solve a business challenge, or help them save costs on a project, or who is a mover and shaker in the industry. You want them to see you as a resource – someone who could potentially help THEM in THEIR career!
Then, after you've exchanged e-mails, then talk about some projects or teams that you're working on that are successful. One thing that works really well for me is I offer to share tips or lessons learned. I find that by doing this, people who value and appreciate your talents will naturally gravitate towards you.
So after you've established a relationship, go ahead and drop a hint that you're looking for your next career opportunity. And believe me, if they know of any they're going to let you know!
One final thought, I strongly believe that no matter where you are in your career, we're always in a position to help out others. Is there someone else you can support by introducing her to a potential employer, or giving a recommendation, or inviting to a networking event? It's sometimes easy to focus just on ourselves, but remember that when we help out others along the way – the universe gives back to us more than we ever dreamed possible.
The bottom line is that if you want to drive your career up to the next level, you need to make networking a priority. And once you've practiced a couple of the strategies, your career will start moving forward in the direction you want to go!
If you're stuck – get professional help! You never want your career to be sitting on shelf longer than it has to – it means thousands of dollars every month in missed income that you should be making! So if you're not getting results, then invest in some professional advice wherever you need it –
- A Professional resume writer, or
- An interview coach, or
- Or a career coach
These are professionals who can accelerate your career change and help you get into a new job faster!
PARADE Update: You Got The Interview! Now What?
PARADE Update: You Got The Interview! Now What?
One hour after Meghan sent her hot-off-the-press professionally updated resume to a hiring manager, he called to see if she could come in for an interview the next day!
Interviewing is intimidating, nerve wracking, and can make you feel like you're two beats away from a heart attack. But preparing for the interview is much simpler when you realize that there are just five key questions going through your interviewer's mind.
Here are three of them:
Can you do the job? You need to be able to talk about the skills, knowledge, and training you have that will help you perform the job successfully. My recommendation is that you walk into your next interview with 3-4 "personal career stories" that showcase a career success. Your stories should include: what the goal was, what the challenge was, and what the result was.
What "extras" do you bring? For most job openings, about 90% of the work has been defined but not the remaining 10%. This means you have a terrific opportunity to flaunt any bonus talents that may be of value. For example, if you're going for a job as a Pubic Relations manager, you may have some experience in marketing or desktop publishing that is not required for the job, but might be valuable to the company.
Where are you a risk? Every new employee is a risk to a company, whether it's a job requirement that you don't meet or a skill you don't have, or the potential that you're overqualified for the position. I recommend that you beat the interviewer to the punch by stating where you a risk and then reassuring him why it won't be a problem. If you're asked what weaknesses you have, respond by bringing up an area that could improvement but quickly add what you are already doing to strengthen that area.
For a complete discussion of all five question, see my best-selling eBook, "Interviewing Smart: Insider Secrets to Getting the Job"
PARADE Update: Work your netWORK
PARADE Update: Work your netWORK
I'm so proud of Meghan! Today she had a terrific breakthrough. Through a series of powerful questions in our session together, Meghan was able to sort through all of the research that she's been doing, as well as the wide variety of industries, companies and job roles that she's had over her 10-year work history – and define a crystal clear career vision that excites and motivates her.
One of the biggest mistakes I see career changers make is being too broad in their career search. Applying for jobs in which they are under-qualified, over-qualified, or simply have no passion for. Those professionals who make successful career changes are laser focused on where they want to go and how they can add value to an organization.
Now that Meghan has defined her career vision and completed her personal Career Success Blueprint™, I can now help her align her networking opportunities, resume and interview responses towards that vision. I'm confident that with her strengths, passions and past career successes we'll be able to snoop out job opportunities so that she can successfully transition into her dream career! 🙂
So now it's time to build and leverage her professional network – and to work her network. I provide a step-by-step strategy for this in my book, "Career Smart – 5 Steps to a Powerful Personal Brand" and a few of those strategies include –
- Get connected to people who could hire you, or introduce you to others who could potentially hire you. Re-connected with past employers, customers, and colleagues. Meet new contacts by attending industry conferences, trade shows, business networking events, and association meetings that target the industry (high tech, health care, etc.), or the job role (marketing, finance, management, etc.) you want. Try to attend a couple of events each week.
Meghan made a great connection at a birthday party last week! She met someone who has the type of job role that she's interested in and now Meghan has set up time with her to learn more about her career path, the company where she works, and her job responsibilities.
- Network in person and on-line. Another great way to network is by joining LinkedIn.com to connect with other professionals and executives (i.e. Facebook is a social networking site, whereas LinkedIn.com is a professional networking site.) Make sure you create a profile that showcases your career strengths, results, and successes. Meghan is already making great strides in connecting with past colleagues, customers and business associates.
- Be a resource for your key connections. When you're in a career change you never want to give the impression that you're hungry for a job. Instead, you want to be seen as someone who's resourceful, knowledgeable, and has a wide network. Send out personalized notes and e-mails with links to reports, case studies, press releases, videos, and cool websites that you think may interest individuals in your network. Invite them to business networking events, and introduce them to other movers and shakers. Professionals are drawn to other professionals who are resourceful and well connected.
The goal is to create a pull relationship with your network so that they are drawn towards you (not running away from you!)
When you're searching for a new job, remember to stay focused in what you want, stay positive, and believe in yourself. It takes persistence and patience – but you WILL find those companies who jump at the opportunity to have you join their team! 🙂
3 Tips to Create a Rock Star Resume to get noticed, get hired and even get a higher starting salary
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I want to give you a very simple piece of advice – and that is… if you're sending out your resume and NOT hearing back from companies – then you need a stronger resume. It's just that simple. It's a good problem to have because it's completely FIXABLE! If you're going after jobs that you're qualified for – but not hearing back from hiring managers or HR managers – then your resume stinks!! You need a stronger resume.
Did you know that your resume can do 3 things
- It can get you MORE INTERVIEWS.
- It can get you interviews for those jobs that YOU REALLY WANT. And I'm talking about those jobs that make your heart flutter a little bit.
- It can help you get a HIGHER STARTING SALARY.
I help clients every day by writing their resume and giving them my step-by-step career strategies. The reason my clients are able to successfully reinvent themselves and transition into a new career is because I give them the exact same strategies that I've personally used when I reinvented my own career and successfully transitioned into the radio, TV, professional sports and high tech industries.
So here are my top 3 resume tips to help you get noticed, get hired and even get a higher salary!
- Showcase key words. Key words are those skills in the job postings that are listed as the "job requirements". Key words are different for every job, so you need to look closely at the job description – and what I do is pull out a highlighter and go through the job posting and highlight all of those requirements. And then, I take all of those requirements that I meet – and showcase those KEY WORDS, or those KEY SKILLS right at the top of my resume. Underneath my "Objective" in my resume, I have a section that I call "Key Strengths" and I list in bullet format – those requirements, or key skills, that I have. So that's #1 – showcasing key words.
- Emphasize results. This is the single biggest difference in making your resume stand out from your competition. Don't talk about responsibilities. That's boring. Instead, talk about what you achieved for an organization, or what you've helped the organization achieve.
This is how I transitioned into different industries. This is how I got into the Fortune 100 Companies. Because my resume did NOT focus on responsibilities – instead, I focused on results.
For example, don't just say that you managed a team of 9 people in the sales department. Instead, say that you led a sales team that generated $250,000 a year for the past 3 years! Or say that your marketing campaign helped generate 3-percent of additional annual revenue, or that you helped resolve an average of 6 customer complaints a day for the past two years!
That says that you take your job seriously, and take your career seriously! Quantify each of your career highlights in terms of dollars, numbers or percentages.
- Show leadership and teamwork. Hiring managers look for candidates who are strong contributors and strong leaders (or at least leadership potential.) Talk about projects or teams that you've led – and what the results were. If you haven't led any projects or teams in your professional life, then highlight any leadership experience you've had in professional organizations, sports leagues, church activities or community events.
PARADE Update: One (Penguin) Step at a Time
PARADE Update: One (Penguin) Step at a Time
When a career change overwhelms you – take penguin steps In our session today, Meaghan shared that she was feeling overwhelmed. Trying to juggle a career change with managing a family, home and "life" was taking its toll on her sanity.
This is common among career changers (which is why I think so many professionals stay in jobs that are unfulfilling and unmotivating.) Reinventing your career is a step-by-step process that takes persistence, endurance and a lot of patience. If you're feeling overwhelmed, my advice is to step back, breathe and take penguin steps.
In the movie "March of the Penguins" the penguins took tiny baby steps as they shuffled across the frozen ground of Antarctica. Their steps are tiny but with their focus and commitment they successfully reach their final destination over 100 miles away.
Changing careers is also a journey. Sometimes you can run, sometimes you can walk, and sometimes (like when you're feeling overwhelmed) the only way you move forward is by shuffling along and taking penguin steps.
Meaghan is in a similar situation. She has successfully assessed all of her experience, strengths and successes, and has determined the type of work she wants to be doing in her next career move. Now, she is assessing the job market to determine the industry that most excites her.
However, she shared with me that didn't get very far with last week's assignment of checking company websites, on-line job postings, business periodicals and industry magazines to find those industries and companies she'd most like to work in – because she was feeling overwhelmed.
My recommendation was to break down the assignment into smaller bite-sized chunks (think penguin steps.) So we took out a piece of paper and scribbled out four columns which we titled: industry, company, job role and personal contact.
Through a few coaching questions, Meaghan tackled the 1st column which was "industry." She was able to quickly define two distinct industries that really excited her – education and food sustainability. This was a great start! She was breaking through mental roadblocks and seeing two different industries where she knew she could thrive!
Next, she quickly identified a couple of companies within each of those industries that she'd like to explore career opportunities. Then, we discussed job roles that she would be qualified for within each of those companies and industries. Also, she thought of a few contacts in her personal network that could potentially provide support.
By breaking up the step into smaller tasks, Meaghan was able to break through the clutter and roadblocks in her mind, and move forward in identifying possibilities to a career that would motivate and inspire her!
Thinking back on my own personal career, I made several job changes and I remember feeling overwhelmed just like Meaghan. Mostly, it was due to fear. Fear of change, fear of failure, fear of the unknown. But what pulled me through was knowing that if other professionals could be happy in their career, then I could do, too!
By looking at a career change as a "process" and then breaking up the process into smaller-sized tasks, it allowed me to take bold steps towards a new career – even if some of them were only penguin steps!
Meaghan's Assignment this Week
In my book, Career Smart – 5 Steps to a Powerful Personal Brand, one of my strategies for transitioning into a meaningful and purposeful career is to define the industry and job role of where you want to be. This becomes part of your career blueprint (i.e. North Star) in helping you transition into an inspiring career.
Meaghan's assignment this week is to research a variety of industries and companies, and then complete her spreadsheet with a list of those that would excite her, as well as the job role for each industry and company listed that defines how she could potentially bring value to the organization.
By assessing the current job market and identifying job roles that are right for her, Meaghan is getting one step closer to identifying a more meaningful and purposeful career.
PARADE Update: Wanting More Than Just a Job
PARADE Update: Wanting More Than Just a Job
Focus your energy on those jobs you really want!
Meaghan had a terrific break-through this week! She was able to identify that even though she met all the requirements in a job posting that her friend had sent to her – it was not a job that she actually wanted. So she made the decision – not to apply. (loud gasp!)
I know what you're thinking… as a Career Coach, aren't I supposed to be encouraging Meaghan to apply for jobs? Well, yes, but my role with Meghan (as defined by her) is to help her reinvent her career into a job that she actually enjoys.
I asked her how it made her feel to not apply for a job that she's highly qualified for, and she said "empowering." Since she completed Step #1 in my 4-step process, she now has the knowledge and understanding of what she needs in her new career to be fulfilled, challenged and inspired. In other words, Meghan now has her own job requirements! (Sing it, Sister!!)
This is a huge milestone when it comes to reinventing your career because so many times throughout the process we're faced with a fork in the road. Turn right and you'll go down the very familiar career path where you're in a cycle of being in qualified yet unfulfilling and uninspiring jobs. Turn left and you're faced with unchartered territory of changing industries, job roles or professional goals – which can be new and exciting, yet make even the most experienced professionals feel anxious and afraid.
The fact that Meghan has chosen to reinvent herself in a new career in unchartered territory and feels EMPOWERED is huge!
I remember one of the times I felt most empowered in my own career was when I turned down the opportunity for a 2nd job interview. At the time, I was in between jobs with no other potential offers in sight. I had just come out of a cycle of jobs working for a string of what I considered to be poor managers.
After my 1st job interview with this particular hiring manager, my stomach was in knots, my throat had a big lump in it and I couldn't sleep. I realized that what was keeping me awake was not the fact that I was out of a job – it was the idea of working for that particular hiring manager. He had the same traits as some of my previous managers and I knew that I'd be frustrated and unhappy working for him. In other words, I didn't want to leave one sinking ship for another sinking ship – even if that was my only potential offer at the time.
I sent the hiring manager a thank-you but no thank-you note, and then focused all my energy on identifying my own job requirements and finding the right job for me. Two months later, I was in my dream job!
I'm not sure if the universe sends us our right job because we're clear on what we want, or if the right jobs have always been there and we missed them because our focus was scattered and we didn't see it. But what I do know for sure is that when me and my clients get a clear focus on defining our job requirements, and then focus all our energy on getting that job – it works!
When you have the commitment and enough money in the bank to be able to explore where your passion is, what your strengths are, what kind of responsibilities excite you, and where all of those intersect with today's job market – that's when you're going to hit gold. Meaghan's Assignment this Week
The next step for Meaghan is to assess today's job market and identify which jobs are right for her. She needs to research company websites, on-line job postings, business periodicals, and industry magazines to find job openings that excite her. Now that she's put a stake in the sand to identify her job requirements, I'm excited to see where that takes her. 🙂
PARADE Update: One Step Closer
PARADE Update: One Step Closer
I'm delighted to see that Meghan has completed her first assignment – creating her personal Career Success Blueprint™. Her goal is to transition into a career that motivates and inspires her … and now she is one step closer. She's created a career vision that excites her!
Many professionals and executives become stuck when they think of career goals. It can be difficult trying to envision a career that would be meaningful, purposeful and inspiring. I mean, seriously, who has that, right?
Well, actually lots of people! Specifically, those who are able to articulate their passions, strengths, successes and the type of organization and management style where they perform their best.
I'm thrilled that Meghan has successfully identified each of these key areas. She knows the type of career that inspires her includes doing meaningful, socially conscious work, flexing her creative muscles, as well as being in a project management-type of position where management respects her ideas and gives her decision making responsibilities.
She also has defined the type of organization, culture and management style that she needs in order to be at her career best.
This is a big accomplishment for Meghan, and I'm proud of her for completing her first assignment! Her background and work experience includes being an executive pastry chef, marketing specialist and entrepreneur, so getting clear on a career vision took dedicated focus and thought.
Establishing a powerful career vision and goals is critical if you want to have a meaningful and purposeful career. One of the biggest mistakes I made in my own career was thinking that if I got a job – then that was where I was meant to be. After a few months, I'd start feeling unfulfilled, unmotivated or unappreciated. Then, one day I realized that I need to be more proactive in my career. I needed to set the bar higher for what I wanted (and needed) in my career. Once I did that, I achieved greater success than I ever dreamed possible inside a Fortune 100 company.
Now that Meghan has a strong sense of direction and purpose for her career, we're moving on to Step #2 which is – assessing the job market. Meghan needs to understand what kind of jobs are available that align to her personal Career Success Blueprint™.
Her assignment this week: review on-line job boards, industry magazines, company websites, and business periodicals to get a clear understanding of what the "hot jobs" are, and what the requirements are for those jobs.
She'll need to come back to me with job postings that she's found that excite her! It doesn't have to be the entire job listing, but can just be something in the listing that excites her such as the job tile, a few of the key responsibilities, or even the description of the organization.
The purpose of the assignment is to see what types of job openings are available that align to Meghan's strengths and spark enthusiasm for Meghan. This will give us the roadmap to create a customized resume to help her land her new career!
I can't wait to see what she finds! 🙂
Career Reinvention: 5-Step Action Plan for Changing Job Roles, Industries or Professional Goals
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There are times in everyone's career that you feel like running away and starting all over again, and I'm here to say that you can do it!
I've successfully reinvented my own career four times including being in radio, television, professional sports, high tech, and now a successful entrepreneur and business owner.
Now one of the things I get asked most often is, "Can I reinvent my career without taking a step down in salary?" Every time I've reinvented my career, I've received between 20 to 45% increase in my salary. So you can move into a NEW career AND INCREASE your salary.
So let me share with you my five step action plan for reinventing your career AND getting a salary increase…
- Find your passion. What gets you excited? What gets you jazzed? The first step in reinventing your career is to identifying where you want to go. In which industry would you like to work? Advertising? Finance? Health Care? When I wanted to stop being a disc jockey, I knew that I wanted to go into television. And after a successful career in television, I then set my sights on getting into Corporate America. I wasn't sure what kind of job role I wanted (or could get!), but the first step was determining the industry where I wanted to work.
If you're not sure where you want to go then start reading trade magazines, industry publications, on-line job sites, even classified ads in your local newspaper. The key is to figure out what lights your fire and inspires you.
- Find your passion. What gets you excited? What gets you jazzed? The first step in reinventing your career is to identifying where you want to go. In which industry would you like to work? Advertising? Finance? Health Care? When I wanted to stop being a disc jockey, I knew that I wanted to go into television. And after a successful career in television, I then set my sights on getting into Corporate America. I wasn't sure what kind of job role I wanted (or could get!), but the first step was determining the industry where I wanted to work.
- Identify your transferable skills. These are skills that transition from industry to industry or from job role to job role. Examples include: managing projects, teams, clients or budgets, as well as negotiating contracts, or proposing and implementing ideas that generate money, save money, or help the company be more competitive.
Other transferable skills include personal characteristics such as demonstrating leadership or risk taking, training or mentoring team members, being goal driven, results oriented, a problem solver, or having the ability to influence senior managers. These are great skills to have, and they transfer from industry to industry. All kinds of industries and companies value employees with these types of skills and characteristics.
- Identify your transferable skills. These are skills that transition from industry to industry or from job role to job role. Examples include: managing projects, teams, clients or budgets, as well as negotiating contracts, or proposing and implementing ideas that generate money, save money, or help the company be more competitive.
- Matching your transferable skills to job roles. Read job descriptions posted on CareerJournal.com, CareerBuilder.com and Monster.com, as well as the classified ads in industry magazines, trade journals, and local newspapers. If you want to work for a specific company then check out their website's on-line job postings. Learn the skills and qualifications required for various job roles.
Match your transferable skills to those jobs you want to go after. If there's a gap between the required skills and the skills that you currently have, then look for ways to gain that experience such as taking on an extended assignment in your current job, freelancing, consulting, or even volunteering.
Also, attend industry conferences, trade shows, business networking events and association meetings. Talk to people who work in the industry to learn about their career path, responsibilities, and advice for how to break into the business.
- Matching your transferable skills to job roles. Read job descriptions posted on CareerJournal.com, CareerBuilder.com and Monster.com, as well as the classified ads in industry magazines, trade journals, and local newspapers. If you want to work for a specific company then check out their website's on-line job postings. Learn the skills and qualifications required for various job roles.
- Blow up your resume. The first thing I always did before I transitioned into a new career was blow up my resume. Trying to piece together a resume that highlighted the skills I used to get my last job with the skills I need to land my next job is like trying to weld together Lexus parts on a BMW. It doesn't work. You need a brand new resume.
Showcase only those jobs, responsibilities and successes that relate to the job you want. The hiring manager doesn't care about every job you've ever had. They just want to know if you can do their job. You may also want to get a professional resume critique to help you customize your resume and identify your transferable skills.
- Blow up your resume. The first thing I always did before I transitioned into a new career was blow up my resume. Trying to piece together a resume that highlighted the skills I used to get my last job with the skills I need to land my next job is like trying to weld together Lexus parts on a BMW. It doesn't work. You need a brand new resume.
- Attitude is the key ingredient! I've found that getting a new job really boils down to two things: confidence and passion. I've never walked into an interview having met all of the job requirements. In fact, for the television interview, I lacked the two biggest requirements which were a minimum of two years experience in television, and a tape to show my TV work.
To compensate, I focused on my transferable skills which were being highly creative and a solid copywriter. That got my foot in the door for the interview. But to get the job offer and beat out the other 4 job candidates, I was passionate about the company and the job! I also told the hiring manager that I absolutely knew that I could do the job!
There's a kind of quiet confidence that we all have down deep inside. A confidence that comes from knowing what we're capable of doing. When you transition into a new job role or a new company, you need to show the hiring manager that you have confidence in yourself and know that you'll be successful in the job. When it comes to reinventing your career, it's not just your talent but your attitude that counts!
PARADE Update: Make Those 20 Seconds Count
PARADE Update: Make Those 20 Seconds Count
Meghan shares the same challenge that many job changers in today's market are facing. That is, her career history includes such a wide variety of industries, job roles and responsibilities, that she's not sure how to market (or position) herself to potential employers.
The biggest mistake I see job seekers making is writing their resume and including every job that they've ever had and every skill that they've ever had. However, most hiring managers don't care about all the different skills you have and tasks you can perform – they simply want to know – can you successfully perform their job?
So to position Meghan in the best possible light to hiring managers, and help her stand out from competition, I'm working with Meghan on the following –
Step #1 – Creating her personal Career Success Blueprint™. This includes her identifying three (3) primary areas of responsibility she wants to have in her next career. She's also identifying her "must have" conditions about the company culture, management style and working conditions. These may include a baseline salary, flexible hours, telecommuting, professional training and development, a clear career path, autonomy, growth company, etc.
Step #2 – Assessing the job market. Meghan needs to understand what kind of jobs are available that also align to her personal Career Success Blueprint™. She'll need to review on-line job boards, industry magazines, company websites, and business periodicals to get a clear understanding of what the "hot jobs" are, and what the requirements are for those jobs.
Step #3 – Customizing a polished and professional looking resume. Hiring managers, on average, only take about 15-20 seconds to review a resume before determining whether or not to interview the job applicant. Therefore, it's critical that Meghan's resume showcases her in the best possible light. I'll teach Meghan how to create a resume that highlights the right key words, and makes her stand out from the competition.
Step #4 – Developing a personalized job search strategy. Now that Meghan will have a keen focus on what she wants in her next career, as well as a top notch professional resume – now she'll be ready to seek out those job openings. I'll help her create an on-line and off-line targeted job search strategy, as well as give her my exclusive networking techniques to help her get more referrals, recommendations and job leads.


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Judge: Ex-'Survivor' producer facing extradition 'not credible'
A federal judge has issued a ruling supporting her decision to extradite a former "Survivor" TV show producer to Mexico for allegedly killing his wife.
In the 17-page ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian said she doubted the credibility of Bruce Beresford-Redman and said his 6-year-old daughter's recollections do not disprove that a fight may have occurred the day he last saw his wife alive.
Beresford-Redman's attorneys said they will seek to have Chooljian's decision overturned. Beresford-Redman remains in federal lockup.
Chooljian said she found sufficient evidence of probable cause that the onetime "Survivor" producer, who is charged with aggravated homicide in the death of Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman, 41, committed the crime.
In April 2010, his wife's naked body was found head-first in a wastewater tank a short distance from the couple's Cancun hotel room.
The producer said his wife had left for a solo shopping trip three days before her body was found, leaving him with their two children.
The judge also cast doubt on the contention by Bruce Bereford-Redman's attorneys that the daughter's statement shows there was no argument or fighting in the room.
"Although Beresford-Redman's daughter may well have participated in playing noisy games with her family and may have seen her mother leave the Hotel Room in a blue dress at some point during the family's trip," the judge wrote, "the Court does not credit the child's statements to the extent they are offered to corroborate Beresford Redman's version of the events or independently to explain the noise emanating from the Hotel Room on the morning of April 5, 2010, or to exculpate Beresford Redman."
The judge wrote, "The child does not state that the events recounted occurred on the morning in issue."
At a July 12 hearing in federal court in Los Angeles, Assistant U.S. Atty. Justin R. Rhoades said Bruce Beresford-Redman killed his wife for insurance money, custody of the children and to continue his extramarital affair with a coworker.
Rhoades said hotel guests heard a violent argument on the morning the producer claimed his wife went shopping.
But his attorneys Richard Hirsch and Vicki Podberesky, citing statements from the couple's daughter, argued that the Beresford-Redmans were getting along during the trip and that the noise was due to a child's game.
But the prosecutor alleged the producer's scratches and bruises came from his wife as he killed her.
His attorneys argued that the injuries, based on the daughter's statements, occurred during a boat trip the family took days earlier.
On the day his wife disappeared, Beresford-Redman placed a "Do Not Disturb'' sign outside their hotel room and refused to allow a maid in to clean the room, prosecutors said.
Rhoades said that in the hours before he reported his wife missing, Beresford-Redman's electronic room key shows the door was opened and closed four times times around 4 a.m. to "see if the coast is clear before disposing of a dead body."
Bruce Beresford-Redman left Cancun after his wife's death and was arrested last year at his Rancho Palos Verdes home.
Photos of Bryan Stow beating suspects draw disagreement
Man attempts surgery on his hernia with butter knife, police say
California Supreme Court nominee Goodwin Liu sparks criticism
-- Richard Winton
Photo: Bruce Beresford-Redman at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes in May 2010. Credit: Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press

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Gareth Farr: Ahi (Chamber Ensemble)
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Wapscout navigates webcam images in a couple of different ways. This breaks out the simpler of the two methods that can be used to display webcam images.
This method will work on any website that supports WML.
World of Webcams...
Almost everyone has a favorite place in the world and its fun to be able to see "how things are going" via live (or nearly live) images on the Internet.
We'll provide you with the basic building blocks of a text-only menu that will provide give your WAP site webcam images.
If you have already downloaded Wapscout you already have these files. Wapscout-PHP uses a different method to load the webcams.
camlist.wml - is a simple menu that will link to webcam files. If you open up the file, you can see that there are two additional cards that can be populated with links to more webcams. You can add more of those menus simply by giving them a unique name and linking to them from the other menus. We have simply used card id's of camlist, camlist2, camlist3 which works easily.
Also included are an assortment of WML files that call specific cameras from a watering hole in the Kruger Game Park in South Africa to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and many U.S. National Parks.
Impala Herd at the Kruger Webcam Site
Using this system, each webcam needs its own file. You can use "blank_camfile.wml" as a template to create your own additional webcam files to display the images on your cellphone.
You will need to fill in the various details for each one.
blank_id - The "id" of the card. Usually, the one-word title of the filename itself. For example, kruger.wml has a card id="kruger"
It must be enclosed in quotes.
blank_title - This is what will appear as the title of the card if your phone displays that information. The Openwave Phone Simulator always does.
blank_url - Very important. The actual link to the image. This should be a .jpg or .gif file. Do not try to insert an html or htm filename here. You want the actual image that is being updated.
blank_alt - This is what you will see in the space reserved for the image before it is loaded. So you might insert something like "Kruger...Loading..." Again, it must be enclosed in quotes like everything else here except the descriptive text.
blank_line_1 - Insert a line that describes the image
blank_line_2 - Same as above
blank_line_3 - It is sometimes helpful to also include how often the visitor can expect this camera to refresh the image and its hours of operation.
Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole
While you can edit any of these files in Windows own notepad, you have to be sure to select a file "type" of "All Files" instead of the default "Text." By default, Windows wants to name everything saved in that file as "file.txt" and that will not work.
Consider downloading an excellent, free editing tool like Notepad++ from Sourceforge.net
There's a link to it in the Downloads section of the Menu on the top right.
Advanced Webcams...
Using PHP and the free phpThumbs scripts from Sourceforge.net, you can enable your site to display larger images that wouldn't normally load on a cellphone.
That's because by thumbnailing the image, you make it small enough so that the phone will download it.
But be aware, you will need a website that is PHP-enabled. It also helps to have the GD Library installed so that you can apply filters, like "auto-levels" that will improve the appearance of most webcams.
Wapscout-PHP additionally uses more advanced calls to enable loading all the webcams in a single file ("deck") that includes many other cards. camlist.wml is quite a bit different in Wapscout-PHP than it is in the basic version of Wapscout.
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Microsoft had bought the iconic Nokia brand handset business a couple of years ago and now it seems that the ex-Finnish brand will exchange hands once again. This time however, Microsoft has agreed to offload its entry-level feature phone business to Foxconn Mobile and this deal is reckoned at $350 million. As part of the deal, Foxconn will also be getting the controls of Microsoft's manufacturing facility in Vietnam. The deal is inked between Microsoft, Foxconn Technology group and HMD global.
The deal further allows FIH (Foxconn) and HMD global to gain access to the feature phone business, manufacturing units and whatever is left of the Microsoft's feature phone business assets. The deal will also exercise a complete degree of freedom to control sales, marketing and distribution of the Nokia-Brand mobile phones and tablets. Post the agreement, it is very likely that the current employees working at Microsoft's feature phone unit will be given a chance to join FIH and HMD global.
That being said, Microsoft still seems to be optimistic about its smartphone business which is also clinging on to the last straw. With Windows 10, Microsoft hoped to make a comeback in the smartphone market but that didn't happen either. On the other hand, Microsoft has been making a push to market the Windows phones to the enterprise users which is a fair deal considering the increased degree of control the admin gets on the phones.
Incidentally, this deal has been announced just when Nokia is springing back with Android. Nokia has signed a deal with a new company called HMD Global Oy based out of Finland. HMD will be licensed to use Nokia's brand name globally and produced smartphones and tablets based on Android. HMD intends to invest over USD 500 million over the next three years to support the global marketing of Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets, funded via its investors and profits from the acquired feature phone business.
The first thing that struck me like a lightning is the very fact that Microsoft is still in the Feature phone business. As a matter of fact, it is surprising to know that out of the 2.07 billion mobile phones sold in 2015, 0.59 billion were feature phones. This establishes the point that feature phones are still in demand, at least for now. But the real challenge is to do justice to Nokia branded smartphones at a day and age where every smartphone looks similar.


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Welcome to Alchemy Craft 2!
Boring Intro (if you really care):
Basics and Getting Started:
Your first step is to make an essence well using the following recipe:
The Spirit Fragment has an ~30% drop rate from mobs. The Tiny Flame is made by smelting a stick
Right clicking on the Well with a Spirit Fragment, Empty Bottle, Fish, Dirt, or Tiny Flame will consume the item and create an essence of AEther, Air, Water, Earth, or Fire respectively.
Now all you have to do is combine the powders in the following ways to get the more complex elements:
Air + Fire = Energy
Air + AEther = Light
Earth + AEther = Darkness
AEther + Aether = Magic
Energy + AEther = Life
Fire + Darkness = Evil
Water + Light = Good
Light + Darkness = Void
Latin Translations
AEther = AEther
Air = Aura
Water = Liquida
Earth = Mundus
Fire = Incendium
Energy = Impes
Light = Lumen
Darkness = Nox
Magic = Magicis
Life = Vita
Evil = Lues
Good = Bonum
Void = Vacuum
Item/Block Creation from Elements:
1 dirt = 1 mundus
4 cobble = 2 mundus
8 oak logs = 1 mundus, 1 liquida, 1 vita
2 sand = 2 mundus, 1 incendium
4 slimeballs = 1 liquida, 1 vita, 1 lues
2 ice = 2 liquida, 1 lumen
2 soul sand = 1 mundus, 1 lues
2 clay blocks = 2 liquida, 2 mundus
1 redstone dust = 1 impes
3 nether quartz = 1 mundus, 1 nox
1 end portal frame = 4 vacuum, 4 magicis
1 zombie head = 1 lues
1 lava bucket = 1 bucket, 4 incendium
1 water bucket = 1 bucket, 1 liquida
3 sugar cane = 1 liquida, 1 vita, 1 impes
2 tall grass = 1 vita, 1 impes
4 raw porkchops = 1 vita, 1 bonum, 1 mundus
4 raw beef = 1 vita, 1 bonum, 1 incendium
1 raw fish = 1 liquida
4 raw chicken = 1 vita, 1 bonum, 1 aura
8 rotten flesh = 1 lues, 1 vita
2 spider eyes = 1 vita, 1 lues, 1 aura
2 ghast tears = 1 vita, 1 lues, 2 liquida
1 coal = 1 mundus, 1 incendium
3 feathers = 1 bonum, 1 aura
4 gunpowder = 1 vita, 1 lues, 1 incendium
3 seeds = 1 vita
3 leather = 1 bonum, 1 incendium
3 eggs = 1 bonum, 1 mundus
2 nether wart = 1 vita, 1 lues, 1 nox
8 saplings = 2 vita, 2 impes
4 blaze powder = 1 lues, 1 magicis, 1 incendium
4 string = 1 lues, 1 aura
1 spawn egg = 9 vita
4 prismarine shards = 3 liquida, 1 mundus
2 prismarine crystals = 2 liquida, 1 mundus, 1 lumen
1 glowstone dust = 1 impes, 1 lumen
1 sponge = 2 liquida, 1 aura
1 lapis = 2 mundus, 2 magicis
1 bone = 1 lues, 1 incendium, 1 mundus
Dragon Egg:
Elemental Items:
Bag of Winds(Aura): Right click to launch the player opposite of the direction they are looking; 500 uses; does not prevent fall damage.
Storm Pearl(Aqua): Right click to fill the pearl with a rain storm which can be released later; infinite uses.
Terrestrial Pickaxe(Terra): diamond level pickaxe with fortune III, and efficiency IV; 500 uses; repairable in an anvil with diamonds.
Fire Hammer(Ignis): right click to create an explosion wherever you are looking; consumes TNT from player's inventory; 500 uses; repairable in an anvil with iron.
Zeus' Lightning Bolt(Impes): right click to summon a bolt of lightning; 500 uses; entities do not produce drops.
Orb of the Sun(Lumen): right click to change night to day; 500 uses.
Orb of the Moon(Nox): right click to change day to night; 500 uses;
Alchemical Stone(Magicis): used for transmutation recipes; any enchanted book should work in the recipe; infinite uses;
Root of Fertility(Vita): right click on a block to create a 9x9 area of tilled dirt with water source in the middle; 10 uses; Will change any block in its range, be careful!
Cursed Curio(Lues): Having this in your inventory will cause melee attacks to apply wither to the target for 3 seconds; infinite uses;
Cleansing Curio(Bonum): Having this in your inventory will cleanse any wither, poison, or nausea applied to you; 250 uses;
Void Staff(Vacuum): right click to shoot an ender pearl; 500 uses.
AEtherium Gear: Diamond level pre-enchanted gear; Each piece is diamond level and comes with protection V and unbreaking IV. The boots also come with feather falling III; The sword has sharpness III and smite III;
Other Items:
The blank record is crafted shapelessly from 1 nox, 1 magicis, and 1 impes, and is used in transmutation to create the other records.
The full storm pearl is a storm pearl with a storm in it. It can be used to release the storm. It can be crafted by combining an empty storm pearl with 1 liquida. It can also be smelted in any furnace to get an empty storm pearl.
The shiny block is decorative. It cycles through a pastel rainbow. It is crafted with a piece of smooth stone and one each of the five basic elements.
The ball of herbs and mortar and pestle are used in alchemycraft2's alternate mechanic for brewing potions
Potion making:
First you need a mortar and pestle which is crafted with a 2x2 of smooth stone with an 5th piece in the opposite upper corner.
Next gather some oak, birch, spruce, jungle leaves. Craft them together with the mortar and pestle to make a ball of herbs.
Then combine the ball of herbs with a bottle of water and one of the following elements for the desired effects:
Liquida: Water Breathing
Mundus: Strength
Incendia: Fire Resistance
Impes: Speed
Lumen: Night Vision
Nox: Invisibility
Magicis: Bottle O' Enchanting
Vita: Instant Heath
Lues: Poison
Bonum: Regeneration
When you are crafting you can upgrade your potion by adding
Aura: Makes potion a splash potion
AEther: Increases level of effect to 2
Vacuum: Increases duration
**Note** You may add both Aura and AEther or Vacuum to one potion but not both AEther and Vacuum.
Spawn Eggs:
Spawn eggs are created by combining the blank spawn egg--created using the vita recipe above-- with a focus item of the creature you want:
Pig: Raw Porkchop
Sheep: White Wool
Cow: Leather
Chicken: Feather
Squid: Ink Sac
Wolf: Bone
Mooshroom: Mushroom Stew
Ocelot: Fish
Horse: Wheat
Rabbit: Carrot
Villager: Emerald
Creeper: Gunpowder
Skeleton: Arrow
Spider: Spider Eye
Zombie: Rotten Flesh
Slime: Slimeball
Ghast: Ghast Tear
Zombie Pigman: Netherrack
Enderman: Ender Pearl
Cave Spider: Fermented Spider Eye
Silverfish: Trapped Chest
Blaze: Blaze Rod
Magma Cube: Magma Cream
Bat: Stone
Witch: Awkward Potion
Endermite: End Stone
Guardian: Prismarine Brick
Records: Blank->11->13->blocks->cat->chirp->far->mall->mellohi->stal->strad->wait->ward->11
Crops: wheat seeds->melon seeds->pumpkin seeds->cocoa beans->potato->carrot->apple->wheat seeds
Plants: tall grass->dead bush->lily pad->vines->cactus->tall grass
Dandelion->Poppy->Blue Orchid->Allium->Azure Bluet->Red Tulip->Orange Tulip->White Tulip->Pink Tulip->Oxeye Daisy->Dandelion
Saplings: oak->spruce->birch->jungle->acacia->dark oak->oak
Mushrooms: brown mushrooms<-->red mushrooms
red/brown mushroom->32 mycelium
Dirt & Other: dirt->grass->mycelium->podzol->dirt
Ice<-->4 snowballs
Raw Fish->Raw Salmon->Clownfish->PufferFish->Raw Fish
2 blaze powder->blaze rod
ender pearl->diamond<-->emerald
Stone: cobblestone->smooth stone->netherrack->mossy cobblestone->end stone->cobblestone
Skulls: player->creeper->skeleton->zombie->player
*Metals: copper<-->iron<-->lead<-->silver<-->gold
Old Info
Obtaining the elements:
The first thing to do is punch some grass. You will eventually find 5 new kinds of seeds, AEther, Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. Grow these just like wheat to get your elemental powders.
there are 13 elemental items added by alchemycraft2. They are all crafted by surrounding a diamond with their corresponding elements.
p]Pocket Nether Portal(Lues): right click to teleport to the nether; 500 uses; creates a nether portal upon entrance.
Pocket Overworld Portal(Bonum): right click to teleport to the overworld; 500 uses; creates a nether portal upon entrance.
Transmutations*Crystals: glass->glowstone dust->ender pearl->diamond<-->emerald
*Stone: cobblestone->smooth stone->netherrack->mossy cobblestone->obsidian->end stone
*Metals: iron<-->lead<-->copper<-->silver<-->gold
Feedback is always appreciated!
v1.3.2-- Fixed missing AEtherium Nuggets causing crashes with Reliquary and Blood Magic.
v1.3.1-- lots of recipe changes -- removed: obsidian, bedrock, dye transmutation, nether star, wither skull, element transmutation; changed: cocoa beans, lapis, redstone, wood, lava, coal, fish, spawn eggs; added: bone, water
v1.3.0--updated to Minecraft 1.8.9. Changed element system to essence well. Changed recipes for elemental item. Consolidated and renamed Elementium Armor and AEtheric Sword. Added item creation and transmutation for 1.8 items. Replaced Pocket Portals with Curios.
Due to a faux pas in capitalization, you might encounter missing textures on the AEtherium Armor. This has been fixed as of 10:15 EST Jan. 22, 2016 and the link below changed. If you experience this, it can be fixed by opening the jar as a zip, going into assets/ac2/model/item and making sure the "E" in "AEtherium" is capitalized.
v184.108.40.206--fixed enchanted items crafting bug
v188.8.131.52--fixed dupe bug with other mods allowing for infinite enchanted books, added beginnings of reference books
v1.1.3--fixed spawn egg metadata problem, re-added elemental armor, added solution for excess seeds, fixed mortar and pestle crafting recipe
v1.1.2--fixed recipes so that slimeballs and ghast tears are not the same
v1.1.1--changed ores to plants, removed Elemental mob and armor, added potion system
v1.0.0-- Initial release
Current Version:
Alchemy Craft 2 v1.3.2 for Minecraft 1.8.9
Older Versions
Alchemy Craft 2 v1.3.1 for Minecraft 1.8.9
Alchemycraft2 v1.3.0 for Minecraft 1.8.9
Alchemycraft2 v184.108.40.206 for Minecraft 1.7.10
Alchemycraft2 v126.96.36.199 for Minecraft version 1.7.X
Alchemycraft2 v1.1.3 for Minecraft version 1.7.X
Alchemycraft2 v1.1.2 for Minecraft version 1.7.X http://www.mediafire.com/download/fkgtae5tah7ta8d/alchemycraft2_v1.1.2.jar
Alchemycraft 2 v1.0.0 for Minecraft version 1.7.X: http://www.mediafire.com/download/51znne4fzc5f765/alchemycraft_v1.0.0.jar


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mon 04.10.06
have you ever wondered how media stories get made? no?
oh right, it's probably because you assumed they're conceived, researched, formulated, and then written/presented by journalists, yes?
ha ha ahah gawd you're naive.
sometimes, stories just get stolen.
what's that? not a big deal, you say? well, there may have been a time i was so apathetic i might have completely agreed with you— after all, i aint no journalist, 'the fuck i care? but then i started seeing all sorts of reports in the media about the media written by the media, and you would be amazed how these very same journalists clutch their pearls and wring their hands and bunch their panties over such a thing. seriously, google it. try using search terms like "media" and "attribution" and "aggregation" and "the future of journalism" for example.
… so, i just thought we'd add this little transgression here to Gawker's long list of shadiness and fuckfacedness toward PX This and yours truly. ya know, just for the record.
• from the sun 04.09.06 blahg entry on pxthis.com:
… a lot has been speculated about the whole Jared Paul Stern and Ron Burkle 'Paid Six' scandal this weekend, everybody everywheres is talking about it and there have been all sorts of articles written about it like in USA Today and in The New York Times and whatnot.
well! here is a amusing take on it you perhaps hadn't considered. i love it because it's from the perspective of the little people, just another one of those oh so unassuming attendants like me who take your coat and arrange your table and serve your dinner and clear your dishes and change your ashtray and smile sweetly while fawning and catering to your every capricious desire—
all the while watching and listening and quietly observing every stupid mundane petty trifling oblivious move you make:
From: "F" <FMC@___.com> | Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 11:35:41 | To: "Abbe Diaz" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Page 6
… Ok, [Jared Paul Stern] is a fool, [Ron] Burkle is a street hustler/savvy guy. He was offended at the inattention he got from his letters and calls. He wanted to teach them a lesson. JPS is a popcorn from Philly. Burkle smelled it, set up the sting, tipped off the [New York Daily News] etc… JPS never saw it coming because he is not street smart, Burkle played him like a fiddle …
• the following day, from the comment section of Gawker's "Payola Six: Stern on the Art of Editing Video" [note: PX This gave this particular Stern/Burkle scandal the much-cooler-and-more-concise moniker, "Paid Six." haah at least Gawker didn't steal that. but you can tell they totally wanted to, yes?]
by Bartender at 01:31 PM on 04/10/06
Well, I guess this is why a certain nightclub owner, whose hot place just happens to be mentioned in Page Six pretty often, sent an email to a blogger (pxthis.com), calling Jared Paul Stern a "fool" and a "popcorn from Philly".
why thank you, Bartender! my, that was awfully gracious and informative of…
oh but look, what have we here?
• From Gawker editor Jessica Coen, on 04/10/06 at 4:14PM
"Payola Six: Let's Talk About Burkle, Shall We?"
there's "the lack of evidence against Stern casts a harsh light on Burkle" and "suggests that Burkle, who's going through a nasty divorce, has something to hide" and "certainly makes one rethink Stern — who has admitted to some sort of wrongdoing, though to what extent remains unclear — and his role in the larger situation. Deep, right?" amongst a whole mess of other words delineating some newly-googlied particulars on Ron Burkle—
but of course, there isn't a single mention of the comment by "Bartender" referring to the inside information obtained from my website less than three hours earlier.
mmhmmp. so yeah.
sometimes that's how media stories get made.
i'm just sayin.
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This is an abbreviated version of Abbe Diaz's diary/blog entry on April 10, 2006, for web archival purposes only. A far more detailed, thorough, and incisive account may be included in Diaz's upcoming second book, PX Me – The Sequel to PX This (Coming Soon in the Spring of 2012)
* "…The intellectual community, as usual, showed itself to be timid and divided, and even the most unexpected graphologists engaged in controversies regarding their inconsistent analyses of my handwriting. It was they who divided opinions, overheated the polemic, and made nostalgia popular…. Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future." – Gabriel García Márquez
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There are no technical problems other than all the rules regarding file opens/updates etc still apply.
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Also, you have to be careful with file opens when using SHARE(*YES) since all the files are sharing the same open data path you can not perform an UPDATE on say ABCD2 if you opened ABCD1 first and you specified ABCD1 as input only.
So, generally you would always use SHARE(*NO) in your OVRDBFs and then each file would be treated as fully independent of the other. This is a good technique if you wish to say read through a file sequentially and for each record CHAIN to other records in the same file without losing your sequential read position.
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Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will distribute Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher in North America, currently in post-production. The film is produced by Megan Ellison under her company Annapurna Pictures, as well as, Miller and Anthony Bregman and will be released on December 20.
Miller's prestigious cast and crew include Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carell, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Michael Hall, Screenplay by E. Max Frye (Something Wild, Amos & Andrew) and Dan Futterman (Capote), Cinematographer Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty), Production Designer Jess Gonchor (No Country for Old Men, Moneyball, True Grit, Capote) and Editor Stuart Levy (Savages, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) and Conor O'Neill.
Foxcatcher tells the gripping, true story of Olympic Wrestling Champion brothers Mark Schultz (Tatum) and Dave Schultz (Ruffalo) and their relationship with the eccentric John du Pont (Carell), heir to the du Pont Chemical fortune that led to murder.
Miller's previous films, Capote (Sony Pictures Classics) and Moneyball (Columbia Pictures) were both Academy Award nominees for Best Picture. Here's what the director had to say in a statement.
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By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - London imam Abu Hamza
al-Masri took the stand on Wednesday in his U.S. terror trial, denying
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"Did you ever give material support for terrorism?" his defense
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"Never," the preacher replied in a deep baritone.
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Back from my day at the races. But not back to earth. Not yet. And not for a while, if I can help it.
Here's the story of what I got done last week:
Done for the Week: Aug. 15-21, 2011
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- Worked out and meditated several times with my training partner
- Attended second Open Water Swim class
- Swam across the lake--sort of
- Rented new, larger, more life-sustaining wetsuit (unlike the one I own, this one permits breathing, which I've come to appreciate--the hard way!)
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- Shared pre-race dinner with my husband and training partner
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- Attended triathlon camp reunion, post-race
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- Continued work on current clients' projects
- Attended Issues Night
- Attended Jobs Prayer Vigil
- Paid the monthly bills
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In the broadest scope of the illustration mentioned at Proverbs 6:27, 28, this is talking about desires and choices we make that can be harmful to our moral and spiritual nature. This is especially so in reference to subjecting our minds and hearts to sexual enticements.
What is the fire we rake in when we start thinking sexual thoughts? Paul answers that by stating it is the fire of being "inflamed with passion." The "burning of the garment" is the damaged relationship with our Creator, now having damaged our "adornment" as a clean person. (Now before I continue, I want to be frank in acknowledging that many people feel morals and self-control are old and out-dated notions. If you are one of those, there is no need to read further. This was written for those that recognize the value of morals.) So how does a person become "inflamed with passion"?
Most young men work this out by resorting to masturbation. Many young men even resort to fornication. For those who aspire to higher standards and want to please God, how does a person quelch these flames of passion? To have a flame, you need oxygen, fuel and heat. In symbolic terms, the oxygen and fuel are closely related. They both constitute whatever it is that feeds our passion. But for the sake of splitting it out, lets say the fuel is like material. So the fuel is what we subject and expose our senses to--the media, either in printed or digital form. The air that hits that material is our imagination. Finally, the heat is the arousal of passion in us. Put all those together and you have a person that is "raking fire to his chest."
So how does one break the cycle? Just as in the fire triangle, one or more of the elements must be removed--before the flame ignites. For those that want to heed the Bible's counsel to "deaden" immoral sexual desires, we first need to gain wisdom that only God can give us. This will help us appreciate that anytime we see anything that can fuel our passion, we turn our eyes and ears away from it. Next, we don't allow our imagination "to go there." We learn to control our minds and hearts. Reducing those first two elements will greatly help to reduce the natural heat that is inborn in all of us. Not to be forgotten is the power of prayer.


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In comments, I frequently see people doing an inline, twitter'ific
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