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Entry Level Pharmacy Technician - On-The-Job Training Provided!
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: October 28, 2017
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Are you passionate about Health and Wellness? Do you enjoy helping people? Do you thrive in a busy environment that requires you to be detailed, organized and good at juggling multiple responsibilities? If this sounds intriguing, then you may be a great candidate for the
Pharmacy Technician
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While the role of the Pharmacy Technician may vary slightly from state to state depending on state specific regulations, Pharmacy Technicians often enter and look up information in the computer system, assist with inventory management, complete paperwork, gather outstanding information needed from patient or doctor to fill a prescription and check the customer out at the register.
On-the-job training is provided by Rite Aid, so applicants do not need to pharmacy experience to be qualified. The Pharmacy Technician Program is a 6 month program comprised of computer based training (CBTs), workbook exercises, hands on learning, classroom sessions and culminates in a Final Competency Exam.
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I stamped my Fall Foliage stamp in Tangy Orange ink and then drew a box around it with my cool gray 0.3 copic multiliner.
I cut out the Thank you Die-namics from Steel Grey cardstock and popped up the card front on a steel grey card stock base.
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Mid-week market update: I wrote last weekend that there was a possibility that the stock market may undergo a melt-up, followed by a crash (see Market melt-up and crash?). That scenario may well be occurring, and I sent out an email to subscribers on Monday stating that my trading account had moved from all-cash to being long stocks.
There are a number of reasons for my tactical position. First, I had set a line in the sand on the weekend. The SPX was overbought, as evidenced by the combination of a weekly close above the upper Bollinger Band, and RSI-14 above 70. In the past, a mean reversion of RSI-14 below 70 was a signal for a correction of 2-5%. That sell signal has not occurred yet.
In fact, RSI-14 has not even mean reverted below 70 on the daily SPX chart.
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Fall 2016 Summer Youth Corps Alumni Event
Join us Halloween weekend for a Summer Youth Corps alumni get-together.
We will provide food, drinks and games! Jonathan & other SYC Staff alumni will be there along with Hollis, our new Youth and Individual Placements Program Director, who will introduce herself and join the festivities!
Bring friends, family, games, stories and be ready to reminisce about SYC!
Saturday, October 29
12-2 p.m.
Newell Park
900 N Fairview
Saint Paul, MN 55104
Please RSVP below!


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My Yearly Letter (or "what has k been up to this year?)
January 9, 2011
Dear friends,
Happy New Year, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and holidays to you! I hope you are in good health, warm company, and fine spirits as this letter reaches you – if so, you've beaten the odds; and if not, I hope this helps.
I am well enough; certainly in good health and in the loving company of my family, though as for spirits, I must confess those dive and soar as the waves of life roll past. I know that I haven't written you in quite some time – I can say this safely because I haven't written anyone in quite some time: it just hasn't been a part of my life lately. Nonetheless, there is a certain tradition to the end of each year; a sense of finality and closure, and I'd like to do my bit to convey some of the fading wonder of my 2010 to you.
This time last year, I was in Nicaragua – a lovely country with wonderful, but far from home and family. I spent my Christmas with a handful of travelers and expatriates on a remote beach on the Pacific shore, throwing rocks into the ocean out of cell phone range, as far from the modern world as I could manage. For New Years I got disgustingly drunk with people I barely knew, making a complete ass of myself in front of a girl I had been trying to impress, and ended up burning a long list of everything I wished to remove from my life in a bonfire – I distinctly remember both "my ties to the country I was born in" and "the baggage of my past" being on that sheet of paper. Judging from my present position, that worked out amazingly well, and I've had no further problems in that area.
After the New Year, I hitched rides down to the capital of Nicaragua, rode buses to Panama City, and spent entirely too much time at border crossings in an attempt to meet up with a good friend and ride the same plane as him down to Colombia. Being as he had all the details on where we were going, it was only fitting I never saw him. Instead, I got into a late-night argument with a fabulous girl from New York, and we ended up traveling together and dating. (Let that be a lesson to everyone – if she opens the conversation with "Oh my God, are you still on your fucking phone?!" she is a keeper.)
Anyway, Natalie and I had a wonderful time, and after I convinced her to blow off her trip to Peru, we did a tour of some of the more beautiful parts of one of the more ridiculously beautiful countries on the planet. Seriously – find someone who has been to Colombia who will dispute the awesomeness of this country, and you've found a complete curmudgeon – congrats. America has Natalie largely to thank for rehabilitating her image in my mind: I guess I figured that if someone as great as her could come out of the country, then it couldn't be all terrible. She and I spent about 3, 3 ½ weeks together, and then out of nowhere she was gone and I was alone again. Following a terribly overwrought airport goodbye scene and a crazy cokehead-driven bus ride north, what else was there for me to do except check into a mountaintop paragliding school for the next month?
I almost died there – not a joke at all – I'm a bad paraglider. I ended up in the bushes a few times, draped a glider over some power lines, and on my very last flight crashed into a tree and fell 40-50 feet to the ground. It's no small miracle that I'm still here to tell this story. Still, it was a legendary experience, and nothing I've ever done before or since can directly compare. At the end of February, I said my goodbyes, packed my bags, and the very next morning took off to the airport. There I undertook one of the weirdest transitions in my life – torrential rain delay, 12 or 15 hours of flights (Colombian Airlines are great by-the-by) and then straight into "Snowpocalypse" – a huge blizzard with sub-zero temperatures. Did I mention I flew to NYC to visit Natalie in lieu of coming home? Yeah, that happened.
So there I am; torn jeans, pack of smelly clothes, t-shirt with volcanoes on it, and I've invited myself to come live with a girl I've known for less time than you've known the guy at your local gas station. Crazy, right? Definitely – crazy is a good descriptive word for the life I was leading. I got a cab to Natalie's apartment, showed up extremely nervous she would just see me and slam the door, and instead was treated to a fabulous time with a lovely lady. She'd even "borrowed" a coat from some guy who had left it at a bar – good thing too, or I would have died of cold for sure! As it was, I invaded her life, she took me in with striking hospitality, and we made the best of the cold and poverty. It was a great time, made better by that strange sense of transience that comes from knowing one of you is going to bail out of town at a moment's notice – As it was, I left just before her birthday. What can I say? I am a classy man.
What ended up happening is that I had placed a posting on Craigslist asking if someone was headed in the general direction of Los Angeles, and would they be so kind as to take a total stranger along with them? It worked better than I could have hoped: five hours after I sent my message, I received one from a man named Matt, who just so happened to be moving to LA. I called him, he sounded exactly like I didn't expect a serial killer to sound, and that was good enough – the only drawback was leaving Natalie earlier than I wanted to. We had this fabulous goodbye; just like a romance novel really, and then she went off to school, and I went back into to the coffee shop to wait for my ride. Here's how good this goodbye was – a little old lady came up to me as Natalie faded into the distance and told me that she only saw people part ways like that in the movies!
Then Matt called to postpone our departure – he'd found another rider who wanted to pay for gas. I went back to Natalie's place, killed some time, and managed to delay leaving just long enough to see her coming home from the subway as I went down to the subway to head into the city. It was… the opposite of a romance novel goodbye. We made out on the cold sidewalk for a bit and then I – stupidly! – headed into Manhattan and let her get away again. As it turned out, Matt was running even later, and I was too broke to do most anything. I hung out with my cousin for a bit, and spent a couple more hours casually hiding inside the Apple store drinking cough syrup to keep from freezing and reflecting on how much better my life would be if I'd just stayed at Natalie's place. Nonetheless, as a legitimate homeless person, I felt that a certain image had to be maintained – I'm sure the real patrons appreciated it.
Sometime after midnight Matt and I finally met up and began driving. The other guy – forget his name – and Matt rode up front, and I passed out almost immediately among the strewn books and bags and detrius of a man's life uprooted. By the time I woke up, we were in Ohio. Illinois? Ohio. With 3 people you can swap drivers from here til next week, and nobody really gets tired of it, so it only took us 16 or 20 hours to get to Nashville, even after detouring to drop off Adam or Steve or Jesus at his family's home and eat their peanut butter sandwiches. I took a few pictures – the best being a "Florence Y'all" water tower in Florence, and a street sign with Church going one way and Gay the other. Also, Matt pointed out the eye of Sauron on a local high rise. Finally, we found the Music City hostel, and made ourselves at home.
Nashville was a treat – country music Mecca, busking musicians everywhere, country dancing, swing bands, and we happened to pull into town right as the biggest college basketball conference tournament I've ever personally seen rolled into the city. Every night it was dance parties, every day strange adventures and surprisingly awesome Mexican food. With the foreign travelers and artists and drifters, I felt right at home. Matt and I enjoyed it all so much that we barely made it out of town with money enough for gas!
Lacking funds, food, and with my randomly-imposed March 17th deadline fast approaching, we booked it across the country. If you consider the 12 or so hours we spent at the home of the always-hospitable Becky and Seth in Durant as "on pause", then it took us just under 48 hours to drive from Nashville to Venice Beach, where Matt and I parted ways forever friends. Speaking of friends, one of my best buddies Rad drove wayyy out of his daily life to come pick me up and buy me dinner that first night, and the gratitude I felt I still feel now. A friend will give you ride, but only a true best friend will come pick you up, tell you that you stink so badly that he's not allowing you to go to a restaurant, and then buy you pizza! I spent the night with Chad and Rad, their respective girlfriends, and the infamous Jake motherfuckin' Wood, who I'm sure you've heard of. If not, you really need to get out there. They took a lovely shot of me passed out about 3-4 hours after my arrival – It was a bit of an adventure!
However, all adventures end, and this one came to a pretty abrupt close just as soon as I made it back home. Little aside here – by this point, I have had a quite respectable epic adventure. I've crossed nations, I've changed continents, I've flown, I've crash-landed, I've met a girl, fallen in love, and moved in with her, I've made a handful of lifetime friends, I've been threatened with arrest and thrown out of very nice establishments. These first 3 months of 2010 have set an incredibly high bar for the rest of the year, no? Well, as it turns out, this is where the whole mood changes, and 2010 becomes the hardest year of my life.
If you didn't already know, my younger brother is Schizophrenic. He's not only schizophrenic – it isn't a definition – but it's certainly something you ought to know about the guy before you meet him, because once you do meet him, you're going to want that sort of an explanation! Otherwise, depending on his mood and medication level, he's going to strike you as anything from "slightly eccentric" to "Holy shit."
When I first saw Ken after nearly 15 months away, I wasn't prepared. At the time, he wasn't diagnosed, wasn't medicated, and while my mother had sent me many emails about his declining condition and her worries about him, there just isn't any way to prepare for something like seeing your brother after his descent into madness. He was a wreck – not at first, when he came to pick me up and drive me home, but 3 hours later, when he began vividly arguing and gesticulating with someone imaginary in the hallway, it became very clear that something was horribly wrong.
The whole time I was gone, I had this snapshot of my family just as I had left them. In in, we're all happy, smiling; I'm trying to shove the dog's head in my mouth – we're a normal, happy, family even if Dad takes blood pressure pills and Kyle had seizures as a kid. All of a sudden, we weren't normal. That snapshot was bullshit. I had just been fooling myself all along. I walked into my family home and it was like a whole other family had inhabited the bodies of my parents and brothers. They were automatons going through the motions and each individually seeking to escape the terrible situation thrust upon them, and to come into that as I did, hopeful, ecstatic, energized to take on the world and beat it – well, it took the life right out of me.
To be fair, I was forewarned – my entire homecoming had been orchestrated in response to a series of emails received from Ken, mom, and a trusted friend while I was still in Panama. Actually, that moment I met Natalie – "Are you still on your fucking phone?!" – I was reading a lengthy email from Ken about how the parents didn't understand him and were conspiring to lock him up in prison. It's not so much I didn't know, but really that I couldn't see the situation accurately from afar – I didn't want to, I wasn't able to, I didn't.
I abandoned pretty much all my plans upon coming home – Becky has warned me as we left her house that family problems tend to suck everyone in, and I'd sworn up and down that I would never, ever, for any reason, let that happen to me – driving across Arizona I'd sworn it to myself a dozen times. Yet within 48 hours of coming home I surrendered to the task at hand and started rebuilding. I put away all my photos – I've never shown traveling pictures to anyone, ever. Most of them never made it out of my camera except to be copied to my hard drives. My pack is still mostly packed, sitting in a corner of my closet, full of memories and trinkets. I swallowed my stories, let the fire in my eyes ember, and went into damage control – and what damage there was.
Mostly, I went into a tailspin. Transitioning from travel to home is difficult in the best circumstances, but going from full-on transience to sedentary life, trading hitchhiking for a desk job, and giving up writing, music, singing, and dancing all at once? That's just a recipe for disaster. I fell apart, got a data-entry job for the Census, and the next few months are a blur of a job I hated, a home life I hated, and brief gems of home – letters from friends out in the world, free rock climbing with an old friend, and occasional escape to my sanctuary with Chad-Rad-Jake at the new "Boy's House."
I don't mean to sound as if I wasn't happy to see my family – I'm sure that comes across, but isn't true – I was perfectly ecstatic to see them again, but to see them like this hurt like a sword through the chest. You never want to see your loved ones doubting their own existence, blaming themselves for genetics, or squirreling themselves away to hide from the failing family dynamic. Nobody who hasn't been through a complete family meltdown can quite grasp how it undermines everything else in your life – we were all spending our days just trying to get up, work, eat, and get back to sleep again, and any day where all that happened without something else breaking was a good day. Looking back from right now, in a slightly brighter but still grim present, I have no clue how everyone pulled through that.
Slowly, it did get better. Ken got a diagnosis, new medication, birthdays passed, I got a job waiting tables, Dad graduated the police academy (3rd time through, those fucking bastards) and on the whole, things looked like they might be recovering. Also, some long-time friends got married, and celebration always helps to bring up the spirits. I mean, Ken did cold-cock me in the eye at one of the weddings after going cold turkey off his pills, and I started my new job with a fantastically swollen black eye, but we got through all that, and it's been a gradual upslope ever since.
Yes, except for Dad losing his job, and my hours being cut so that I had to take a job washing dishes at minimum wage, and Ken's recovery hitting a plateau, and Kyle's grades, and Mom's mental health, and the stolen trailer, and the broken pool motor, and the money trouble, and the arguments, and the silent malaise overshadowing every instant of our lives, it's been a steady rise to the present. One might even say we're quite lucky really – most people can't take another crisis, whereas we're so used to them that it's all taken in stride. "Oh look," one of us will yawn, "While we weren't home tonight, the peaceful dottering old dog we all love and cherish fell into the icy pool and drown because she was too blind and weak to get out. How perfectly appropriate." Don't you wish I was making that up.
I think we've been cursed perhaps, or maybe pissed off Apollo or some of those Norse gods – not enough sacrificing, or insufficient lamentation. Perhaps life on the shit end of the stick was just too good for us, so we've been downgraded to the shit itself. I don't really know the answer, but I can tell you that ever since I came home, it has been a struggle simply to wake up each morning and not sob myself back to sleep. What kind of person abandons his family to run off and have fabulous, unbelievable adventures while the people he adores fall apart? Who does that, and then, when it's his turn to suffer along with them, spends every spare moment dreaming of running away again? Pray you don't have to wrestle those demons.
And yet… I can't bring myself to really believe that leaving wasn't the best thing that could have happened to me. When I came back home, I was a strong enough person to deal with all the hardship and misery that this year has thrown my way, and still have inner strength to support my family. The old me, the one who never had to live on coffee for a week, the one who never had to fight parasites or crash paragliders or hitch rides from drunk drivers would never have been able to do what I have. Further, if I hadn't been out of the picture, what's to say I wouldn't have just sunk down into the muck with everything else? As it turned out, my re-entry forced a lot of jolting and adjustment within the family – If I had been around the whole time, that unfamiliarity, that different view, would never have been what small help it was to swing things around for the better. Vagabonding forged me to survive, and it has been a welcome source of strength in these trying times.
Now, as the year and this letter come to a close, let me share a few future hopes and plans with you, so that we can perhaps end upon a much happier note. The holidays have been fabulous for us – we took a family ski trip in lieu of material gifts, and the change of scenery certainly helped to level out our mood swings. Tahoe is a very gorgeous area, we managed to visit between the massive storms, and the snowboarding, sledding, and horseplay were all therapy to us. Afterward we drove down to Grandpa's house, did the family Christmas celebration, and managed to get home before family togetherness got the better of anyone. From there, I headed up to Santa Barbara to visit friends, wear a suit, and ring in the new year like a classy individual. It kind of worked – I spent the entire 31st sick in (someone else's) bed, but managed to rally before midnight, got dressed, and between surprise visitors and good company, it was a great time.
My next step (which I've actually started already, since I've been slacking on writing this letter) is to take a leave from my job, fly to New York City to see Natalie again, then hitchhike to Oklahoma to live with Becky and Seth and write a book of my adventures. I'm looking forward to the coming year – with the family slowly recovering, I feel comfortable enough to leave again, and I'm looking at a job teaching English abroad. Travel and adventure seem to be my calling, so I'll be doing as much of that as I can while I'm still able. I will have to work hard – I don't have much money – but I'm confident that I can find what I'm looking for if I keep searching. For now it is enough to be back on the road, living out of a bag, and unsure of what tomorrow will bring. I hope that you all are living the lives you desire, surrounded by loving people, and happy with your present. If not, it is never too late to change your reality, and I hope that you do not settle for a life that does not fulfill your dreams.
I would love to hear from you, so if you ever have the chance, call me, email me, write me, skype me, facebook me, instant message me, (that's still a thing, right?) send me a carrier pigeon, or send me a smoke signal. We live in the future – it has never been easier to contact each other!
Until next we cross paths, -k


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San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan is an urban hub in the US territory, Puerto Rico. Varying cultures and influences stemming from countries across the globe join together to create a diverse city that caters to everyones wants and needs. From music and cuisine, to art and history, this interesting and unique destination is a place not to be missed.
Cultural attractions line this city, especially in Old San Juan where you'll find the historic city, within ancient walls. Considering that the old city dates back to the 16th century, it is extremely well preserved. Consisting of cobblestone streets lined with brightly colored houses, this city will transport you to a whole new world. Architecture is a big deal in San Juan and as you walk around this city, you'll see how important it was, and still is to this day.
Shopping is definitely a highlight in this port of call; even browsing the window displays along Calle Cristo brings delight to both locals and visitors. With craft shops galore, as well as many stalls selling everything from hand-made scented soaps to beach-glass jewelry, there is something to tickle everyone's fancy.


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When I was first asked to start writing about credit cards five years ago, I wasn't even sure what the point was.
At the time, I believed that credit cards were simple products and that using them is just as easy as paying any bill on time.
After years of researching and writing about nearly every piece of information on the subject that is publicly available, (and some nuggets that weren't), I learned that these little plastic cards are complex, yet powerful financial products.
In fact, I realized that most credit card holders don't use their cards to their full advantage. If you are not following these simple rules, you are not either:
1. Always pay your balance in full and on time. This is a basic tip, but I can't repeat it often enough. Credit cards are unsecured debt that carry a higher interest rate than a home or auto loan. And unlike a home mortgage or a school loan, the interest you pay cannot ever be tax deductible.
2. If you can't pay your balance in full, forget reward cards and look for balance transfer offers. There are few things as cool as earning a free flight from a reward card, but those miles are never really free if you are paying higher interest rates.
Until you are always paying your balance in full, look for a card with the best 0% balance transfer offer. At the moment, the Slate card from Chase is one of the best. Look for offers with interest free financing on both new purchases and balance transfers for several months, as well as, no balance transfer fee.
3. If you do pay your balance in full every month, you must earn rewards. Not carrying credit card debt means that you are handling your finances well and even receiving a free loan from your card issuer. Don't just pat yourself on the back, earn as much rewards as possible from your credit cards.
I've lost track of all the award flights, free hotel stays, and cash back that I have earned since I started getting serious about maximizing my credit card rewards. Yet I still see people leaving valuable rewards unclaimed by using a non-reward card that they pay off each month.
If your rewards can equal 2-5% of your spending, how much are you giving up?
4. Pay your bills electronically on the due date. Remember that free loan you get when you pay your balance in full? Never pay back a free loan early! When I get my credit card bill in the mail, I toss the envelope, and log into my bank's electronic bill payment screen.
After examining the charges, I simply enter my balance as the payment and the due date as my payment date. On the other hand, if you are still mailing a check in you must do it early in order to assure it gets there on time.
Editor's note: Chase let's you automate this "entire balance" payment.
5. Know your statement closing date. Your billing cycle lasts a month, and all charges made within that period must be paid in full by the next due date to avoid interest. When you know your statement cycle's closing date, you can make large purchases the day after in order to receive another 30 days of an interest free loan.
Credit cards are more complicated that most people realize, but they aren't rocket science. By learning these five simple tricks to responsibly managing your credit card accounts, you can maximize the value received from each of your cards.
What are your tips for using credit cards wisely?
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I've watched magician Dynamo on the TV get a ring around the stem of a champagne class, walk on the river Thames, levitate and vanish in the middle of crowded shop. I've seen it, but of course I don't believe it. That's the point of magic; we know that it's not real but our eyes and brain deceive us. Nobody can defy the natural laws of physics, but a magician certainly appears to be able to do that.
Seeing is believing and believing is seeing.
The British doctor Richard Asher noted in one of his essays for doctors:
"If you believe fervently in your treatment, even though controlled tests show that it is quite useless, then your results are much better, your patients are much better, and your income is much better, too. I believe this accounts for the remarkable success of some of the less gifted, but more credulous members of our profession, and also for the violent dislike of statistics and controlled tests which fashionable and successful doctors are accustomed to display.'
Asher R. Talking sense (Lettsomian lecture, 16 Feb, 1959). Transactions of the Medical Society of London, vol LXXV, 1958-59.
The plural of anecdote is not data and if something defies the laws of nature it is simply not valid, regardless of how many times one may have seen it occur. As Dynamo continues to fool people with his magic, the human body will continue to fool manual therapists.
A common way anecdotal evidence becomes unscientific is through fallacious reasoning such as the Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy – the human tendency to assume that if one event happens after another, then the first must be the cause of the second.
Thanks to Lars Avemarie for sharing the graphic


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Barry M brought out the first range of Gelly polishes last year, and I've picked up a few, but most of the polishes were colours I already had, so I didn't feel like I had to have them all, but once I had tried a couple of them, I really regretted waiting so long to buy them. They apply beautifully, most of them are one-two coaters, and they dry really quickly with a beautiful shine. All of these pictures are without top coat.
So four polishes have been added to the range; Lychee (a nude/beige), Papaya (pale orange), Dragon (shimmery pale pink) and Greenberry (bright minty green).
Next up; Papaya. This is a pale orangey polish, I really love this shade; I'm not normally a massive fan of orange polishes but I think this hits the note just right because it's not too bright. Again, opaque in two coats.
This is Dragon. It's a gorgeous shade of pink and has a slight shimmer to it also, this one did take three coats on my nails (but we are covering up some staining here, so I imagine two coats would be enough for those of non-manky-nail).
And finally; Greenberry. Oh my actual gosh! I flipping LOVE this colour! SQUEE! It's such an unusual shade of being a pale green, but also super bright at the same time. This is definitely my favourite of the bunch, which surprised me, as I am usually swayed towards the pinks. Gorgeous!
So what do you think? Greenberry is the outstanding winner for me, but to be honest, they are all pretty freaking gorgeous in my eyes.


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Shroud of the Avatar is still in the pre-alpha stage, so all the information may change.
Checked Kiln on my way to north. There was nothing except cistern, that had been invaded by monsters.
I have not updated the site because I can't play because of the [PELICAN]-error.
Spam filter on Akismet has been too enthusiastic about putting comments to spam folder. I cleaned it up now. Sorry for you all that haven't had your comment posted.
Changed the Shogun Siranto to The living dead and added Path of Love
Added Sanity lost and Love hurts, new quests at Ardoris.


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It started with a couple dead bodies and $68,000 in stolen cash. Chip Taylor's girlfriend Liza had the perfect plan to rip off her rich sugar daddy. But things started going wrong as soon as they were inside the rich man's house, and for Chip it was only the beginning of the longest, most terrifying ride of his life.
- Aug 3, 2017
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Getting a job in industry after your PhD is an honorable alternative to an academic career. Despite its appeal, many PhD students seem terrified to take the jump.
I want to share with you the one thing you have to do if you want to successfully get a job in industry after your PhD.
Warning 1, if you want to stay in academia or aspire to have a scientific career, don't read this post.
Warning 2, this post is a rant, it contains foul language, if you have a thin skin please check some of the more civilized posts we have in Next Scientist.
Do you want to find a job in industry after your PhD? Read this post. Apart from some occasional name calling, there's a lot of useful stuff in here.
I got a job in industry! After 3 months hustling for a job in industry after my PhD, I have several new things to discuss with you.
I have a new job. It's with one of the Big Four consultancy companies. I will do, as I wished, data analysis. So hopefully I will still use some of the hard skills I developed during my PhD.
The summary of interviews and job offers is as follows:
- 2 final job offers.
- Interviews with 6 different companies.
- 4 out of 6 companies I reached the 3rd and final interview. 2 of these gave me an offer, 2 discarded me because they had a better candidate.
- 2 out of 6 companies I got stopped at the second interview.
- Bizarre alert! One company, after 3 interviews (that spanned for more than 2 months) and extremely positive feedback in each of them turned me down. The reason: they didn't like this blog post. They argued that I am an angry person and I would be difficult to manage. They did not ask me directly for a clarification on my meaning. They did not contact my earlier bosses to check if I was indeed unmanageable.
- I applied to around 20 job offers.
- I have also contacted directly employees of companies. This was the case of the company that hired me.
In this process I have learned a lot. Here are some:
- Be flexible and always available for interviews. I went to the first interview with my new employer two days after my daughter was born. I could have canceled, but I wanted the job and I didn't want to take risks. At the end of the meeting, when asked about my tired faced I let them know that I just had my first sleepless night as a father.
- It's important to dress well. As a PhD student you might dress, as I did, in old jeans and sneakers. Buy a decent suit, two good shirts, and a tie. Polish your shoes. A first good impression is important.
- Appear friendly, not too talkative, not to shy. Demonstrate that despite being a nerd, a bookworm or a crazy scientist, you can still interact socially.
- Plan wisely when you want to start your new job. Look for a job in early spring, autumn or winter, never before or during summer. Summer is the slow season, not many projects are running and therefore less pressure to hire people. A couple of companies with which I interviewed said they would gladly hire me, unfortunately they had not enough work at the moment (late spring). I had interviews in late spring with the company that ended hiring me, but the contract would only start after summer.
- Don't write controversial blog posts (or use foul language) while job hunting. Some interviewers liked my posts and they thought that being active online was a plus. Yet other employer clearly didn't like it.
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You should see an academic position (postdoc, associate professor) just as a regular job. Don't get obsessed by following all the steps in the academic ladder.
These were the words of a friend of mine and scientist. He was responding to my bitching on how difficult it was to get a good scientific career.
By academic career I mean the classical path in universities: PhD, hopefully n x post-doc (in different countries), hopefully tenure, hopefully professorship.
Too many ifs, too many maybes, too many compromises. I don't want to switch countries now, I have already done that. I don't want low-paying high-demanding post-doc positions with the promise that maybe one day I will get tenure as long as I churn papers out like a motherfucker.
I know how the science game is played. Academy is a pyramid with a very big base of PhDs and postdocs doing the heavy work. There are very few spots on the top of the pyramid. These spots, taken by (assistant) professors, have very slow rotation.
Fuck this shit! I don't want to be one more in the army slaves of a professor.
In industry you are also the slave of a corporation. But industry pays better.
What happens if I don't get tenure? Why did I raise my children far from their families in a country where I don't want to be?
Sorry academic career, we are not made for each other. It was nice while my PhD lasted, but now it's time to meet other career paths.
Yes, I know, working in a company is also stressful, your career path is also uncertain and less idealistic than a career in science.
I thought academy was a place where nobel people would collaborate for a greater good. Smart people and good ideas would prevail.
Academia, like any other field of life, it's run by humans. As such, humans are capable of the best, and the worst.
Welcome to the real Academia. Here you also have to suck dicks to progress. It's not enough to be good, you need to be political. Without "friends" you go nowhere. Without a "godfather" you go nowhere. Exactly the same shit you will find in a company.
I look around for academic groups where I can continue working on the same field. What do I find? 5 or 6 groups worldwide, quite a niche market. How's that for overspecialisation?
If you want to survive in Academia you'd better update your skills regularly and jump to the next hyped field.
In industry you also have to adapt to new technologies and procedure, true. But industry pays better.
Fair enough, that's how the world works. But. Yes, in my butt.
If I have to sell myself like a whore, I will sell to the highest bidder. And industry pays better.
Is money the only reason to get a job in industry after your PhD?
You might be thinking that I am only after the money. In part yes. I also have to pay the bills and I like to burn cash to enjoy life.
I am also after the wealth of opportunities you have in industry. There are hundreds of companies countrywide where I can continue my career in case I need to make a switch. There are many alternative careers for PhD students waiting in industry.
Compare that with the 5 academic groups worldwide where I can make a switch. In Academia you spend your years going deeper and deeper in a topic. You end up knowing a lot about a very little thing. While it might be interesting for some people, I prefer variety and change.
So it's decided. Bye academic career. Hello industry.
What do you have to offer to industry?
OK, let's see what you have to offer industry as a PhD. Have you developed any skills during my PhD that are valuable for companies?
In my case, I was busy doing some data modeling. I did two things. I analyzed chemical data to find patterns in the properties of molecules. I built models to classify molecules.
I found out that in industry, there's a need for data modeling or analytical skills. Financial companies want to find patterns in the stock exchange that help them to make better investments. Companies want to classify their customers so they can provide them with targeted products. The list goes on and on.
I thought I can use my data analysis skills to help companies make better decisions. It seems I can still use my brains to solve a problem creatively. Something like what I did in my PhD.
How the heck do you convince a company to hire you?
The odds are against you. Let's see why I would not hire you if I was the HR recruiter:
- You are not a fresh (and young) MSc graduate ready to be groomed by the corporate philosophy.
- You have little relevant industry experience. And because of your age you are a bit expensive.
- With a PhD, you get the label "smart guy" (nothing further from reality). This for some people means "he gets bored easily if not challenged".
- Economy is fucked up. Lots of qualified (more than me) people looking for jobs, plus few job openings, equals companies can be picky.
You could sit in a corner, suck your thumb and cry in silence. You could go back to your former group begging for a temporary job till the economy improves. You could stuck your business ambitions up your ass.
Let me tell you something: when the odds are against you, victory tastes sweeter.
At the beginning of my PhD I presented my plans to a known scientists. He said "you want to do all this, on your own, in 4 years? Good luck sonny boy, you won't manage".
Guess who was wrong? Take that, old fart!
One of my PhD collaborators (a professor) told me "You didn't look like the kind of guy that would be interested in these topics, much less to succeed in them". I take that as a great compliment.
I am no special guy. In fact I am an average dude. I am not smarter than you.
Do you want to know why they were wrong and I was right? Hint, it's the same you need in order to get a job in industry after your PhD.
Hustle To Find a Job In Industry After Your PhD
Hustle is the key to achieve those impossible goals.
You have a clear goal. You have a burning desire to achieve that. You do all what it takes. You fight your ass off for it. You hustle. You succeed.
I have done it before. I can do it again. I know if I hustle I will get a job in industry after my PhD.
Hustling is not about that gangsta stuff you hear in hip-hop songs about drug dealing, being a pimp and burning money on Cristal bottles. You just go out there and annoy everybody in your search for a job.
Use all resources available. Poke your network, former colleagues, friends of friends, everybody.
Keep in mind that having a PhD you are entitled to nothing, nada. It's no guarantee of landing a corporate job.
Competition is fierce. You have limited time, unless you want to burn all your savings. You have to focus your energy. You can't just apply to every single job under the Sun. You can't run around that job fair like a chicken without head.
It's important to analyze the situation. You need to answer several questions.
- What kind of job you want? You need to define a kind of job you would like to have. Think in terms of required skills, responsibilities, type of industry. Have a clear definition of your job. This will help you to find the right job offers, to target your application documents and to grow your excitement (try to build excitement in your mind about the job you want, recruiters will notice).
- What are the keywords? You need to learn the jargon if you want to use Google Search and LinkedIn effectively to find jobs. Figure out under which title or headline the jobs you want are posted in the job boards. In my case this is "data scientist", "data analyst" or "business intelligence".
- What are the friction points that could make you fail? What are the weaknesses of your candidacy? Are you missing some important skills? Maybe the recruiter is skeptical about your background. Sometimes they think people coming from Academia are not good team players or communicators. Think how you can appear more competent in those areas.
- What skills can you leverage? Most of the times, highlighting your strengths instead of covering your weaknesses is the way to go. Did you learn or gain experience in some area that is highly relevant for that dream job? Show them how it can be applied in industry. In my case this was data analysis and building predictive models (useful in this era of Big Data). I was also good at giving presentations (good for visiting customers and presenting results to bosses) and working in a multidisciplinary project (good for projects that involve different departments within a company)
- Can you use people to achieve your goals? This might sound a bit unethical. Think of as using your network of contacts. Do you know people (that know people) in some of the companies you are targeting? Ask them for an introduction. Collect also all the information you can: what skills and type of people they are looking for, expected salary, selection procedure, working environment.
Now you know the kind of job you are looking for. It's time to find job vacancies. Even better, you can convince people to create a job opening for you.
You need to scout both the analog and digital worlds. In the analog world you poke your network. You tell former colleagues, friends and new connections about your ambitions. In the digital world Google and LinkedIn are your friends.
You have decided to hustle, good. There are many things you could do to hustle. Let me share with you some of the things you should do on a daily basis in your hustle to get a job.
6 Ways To Hustle For A Job In Industry After Your PhD
See it as planting a lot of seeds. See it as creating a lot of dots, that once connected will lead to your new job. In any case, many actions will lead nowhere, but you maximize the chances of finding a job in industry after your PhD or a job finding you.
Let's see what you have to do to find a job:
- Let everybody know you are job hunting. Let all your friends, colleagues, acquaintances and family know that you are looking for a job. Not only this, make sure they understand the type of job you want. Like this you will have a lot of more eyes looking for your opportunities. As soon as they come across a job offer, they will recognize it as relevant for you. The more people know your quest, the more (good) things that can happen.
- Use LinkedIn to contact people with the same kind of job you want. Don't just rely on the people you know, also contact people outside your network. These people have a wide network in the field where you want to start. That can make a big difference. Since they have the job you want they can give you advice on how to get one, or even look around in their company for job offers. What you are doing is simply an open solicitation, so don't forget to attach your CV. Contacting via LinkedIn has the advantage that people can immediately see your profile and your face (recommended, add a profile photo and try to have a 100% completed profile, check my LinkedIn profile for inspiration).
- Contact both recruiters and employees. You will come across job offers (in job boards and LinkedIn Jobs) that mention a contact recruiter. Send a LinkedIn contact request to this recruiter. This will allow her to keep you informed of future vacancies as well as to show your eagerness. Once you find a sexy job offer, you should also contact some of your "future colleagues". They can give you more inside information on the vacancy. Contacting employees also increases your chances of being invited for an interview.
- Send reminders and follow-up emails. Sometimes people say "send me your CV and I will distribute it around my company". Other times you submitted your CV via the company website and didn't hear anything after a few weeks. A good hustler will send some follow up emails asking for the status of the selection process. The delay can be due to a key decision maker is on holidays or that the CVs will only be reviewed after a certain date. Knowing what to expect when will keep your motivation up. Remember, when sending a reminder/follow-up email be polite. Don't go saying "you promise me to send it around and you didn't". Show empathy, appreciation and acknowledge that they are spending part of their precious time trying to help you.
- Keep the hustle even if you get invited for interviews. Once you get invited for interviews, apart from yelling FUCK YEAH!! and drinking some beers, it can be tempting to stop hustling in the hope that this time you'll get the job. Wrong!! Keep sending emails, CVs and contact requests like a motherfucker. Don't get lazy now. You might not get the job (let's hope you do). If you keep hustling, you might get invited for an interview for an even better job that you are interviewing now. So keep the hustle till you sign the contract.
- When they turn you down, hustle more. What do you do when the captain of the cheerleaders turns you down and goes with the quarterback to prom? You cry at home? No. You make a move on her sister! (Remember, nerds will prevail) When a company says "sorry we had better candidates" or "we have made a selection of candidates for interviewing and you are not selected", keep morale up. You are allowed to have a grumpy afternoon, of course. But tomorrow you keep hustling, sending CVs and poking your network. You need to stay positive and excited. Don't show up in your next interview all angry because the previous company turned you down.
This is part one of hustling. You know how to make the world aware of your hunt for a job in industry after your PhD. Now let's move on to part two of hustling, marketing yourself.
Steps To Seduce A Company Into Hiring A PhD
You can see getting a job as a seduction game. You have to push your courtship skills to seduce a company.
I am not talking about dancing bird-of-paradise style. Forget about naughty construction worker quotes. Focus on how you can be an irresistible future employee.
Here are some things you can do to be more attractive job-wise and maximize the chance of getting a job in industry after your PhD:
- Get a picture of who they are looking for. You need to understand what kind of professional, both in terms of skills and experience, they are looking for. Could you (more or less) fit the profile? If one of the mandatory requisites is to have 10+ years business experience, well, sorry my friend, but this is not your league. On the other hand, if they ask for 2-3 years, you could argue that you spent 2 or 3 years during your PhD using one of the required skills for the job. This might be good enough and count as experience. If you have previously worked in a company (as it was my case) mention that as general business experience. While not a wow-factor, this shows you understand the pace of a company, how things work there, the bureaucracy and the politics.
- Decide if their work is interesting for you. At the interview you will have to show how excited you are in the job. You should apply if you are really interested or you believe you can fake the interest. Trust me, recruiters can easily figure out if your motivation is just money or you find the job exciting.
- Customize your CV and motivation letter. Nothing turns a recruiter off faster than generic CVs and motivation letters. You have to mention the precise job offer or vacancy to which you are applying. You should also address your email and motivation letter to the recruiter (if any) that posted the vacancy.
- Target your speech. Focus on how you bring value to the must-haves of the candidate they are looking for. You need to mention the aptitudes and attitudes they are looking for and how you are capable of fulfilling their desires.
- Reduce their fear to scientists. A company might be skeptical with a guy that comes with a fresh PhD. They might also judge based on stereotypes of scientist. For this reason, show them you are social person, a team worker and that you can communicate well. It's not bad to mention that you are capable of making a long project (4 years) work. That you can handle a complex task, split in smaller parts and finish all of them. Let them know that you can work independently and that you can be held accountable.
- Dress slightly better than they do. This is the best dressing advice for interviews. You need to figure out how people dress in that company and dress a bit better. If you apply to a modern and informal company, where everybody wears shorts and flip-flops, then sneakers, jeans, and a polo shirt will do. They wear suits and no tie? Then you wear it with a tie.
Other Things You Need To Know When Job Hunting
Here you have a few other things that you need to keep in mind. Some will reduce the disappointments in the interview process. Others they will maximize your attractiveness as a candidate.
- What you did in your PhD doesn't matter much. Only matter those things that you did that will allow you to do a better job, to be a better colleague, to be a great investment. Your fantastic cell culture protocol? Jackshit. Your spreadsheet with the inventory of lab supplies? Crap.
- People don't care about your publications. While you might beat your chest proudly when talking about your publication record, recruiters might not be so interested in that. In fact, companies usually don't give a damn about your publications. They just want to know if you can do the job. So forget to mention your 5 publications in PLoS One because you strongly support Open Access publications.
- Show enthusiasm, eagerness. Most of the times, it's more beneficial to hire a highly motivated and enthusiastic person that lacks some experience, than a highly experienced yet uninvolved professional.
Recommended Books (They Helped Me To Search A Job In Industry)
Career switching and job hunting can be quite scary. You need to figure out first if you really want to switch. Then you will find (hopefully) many job offers. How can you decide which one is a good career choice? How do you discover what your strong and weak points are?
You have decided to hustle for a job in industry, but like me, you like to read some books to prepare yourself for the battle.
Luckily there are tons of books out there that can guide you through. Let me mention some books that I have read recently and that I think they can help you to find a job in industry after your PhD.
The Start-Up Of You
This book was written by one of the founders of LinkedIn. So expect sound advice on how to push your career. This book will teach you how to take control of your career by focusing on three ideas: your assets, your aspirations and values, and market realities.
One important message I derived from the book is how to decide if a job offer is interesting: you have to focus on the learning potential of the job. In other words, choose jobs that (while badly paid) allow you to learn a lot and have more responsibilities. You must read this one if you want to understand how the job market is evolving due to technological disruptions.
You can buy The Start-Up Of You here.
Business Model You
This book provides you a framework to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses on how you approach your career. It also provide valuable examples of different career paths and how people achieved success in those careers. The key learning is that your career is like a business, and as such, it can benefit from a business, aka career, plan.
You can buy Business Model You here.
Strengths Finder 2.0
One school of thought about self-improvement is to focus on your strengths. Forget improving or being better at your weaknesses, that takes a lot of time and yields poor results. Instead, you should spend all your time improving and maximizing your strengths.
Don't you know what your strengths are? Very few of us do. Luckily, this book will help you to discover them. It also allows you to do an online questionnaire to uncover all your talents.
You can buy Strengths Finder 2.0 here.
How To Win Friends & Influence People
You have read how important it is to network to find a job in industry. Unfortunately, we are not born knowing how to get people to help us. How can we convince known and unknown people to spend time on us?
Dale Carnegie wrote many decades ago the ultimate networking book. This book has been the networking bible for several generations of businessmen. At the time were technology could not help you much to network, Mr. Carnegie focused on human interactions. The advice he distils in this book is as valid today as it was in 1936. A must have.
You can buy How To Win Friends & Influence People here.
I have a collection of recommended books for PhDs, and alternative careers here.
Job-Hunting Homework For You
If you have read this far (sorry for the loooong post) you might be seriously considering a job in industry after your PhD. You have balls and hopefully some burning need inside you to find a new job.
This is why I would like you to take action today. I want you to do the following things:
Define your dream job. Find the titles under which your job is usually posted online. Learn the keywords and important skills that are demanded in most of the jobs.
List 10 companies where you'd like to work. Find those companies that might have your dream job. Think also if consultancy companies or recruiting agencies could also provide you with those jobs.
Find people in those companies. You have to find one recruiter and one or two employees (working in similar positions as the one you aspire to). Add them on LinkedIn. Ask them about vacancies in your area of interest. Propose to send them your CV (and a motivation letter if needed). What you are doing now is an open solicitation.
Create 2 CVs. A short CV where you list your education and experience. A long CV where you list and give some detail of your projects, accomplishments and all your publications. You can use the long CV if you still decide to apply to more "scientific" jobs and the short CV for regular companies or to hand out at job fairs. Include a headshot photo of you on a white/light background. Export your CV to a pdf (this is the format you will use).
Pimp your LinkedIn profile. Make your LinkedIn profile as complete as possible. Try also to add in the text fields (interests and descriptions of educations and work experience) as many keywords as possible. This will make you appear in more often in search results. Try also to use the same profile photo as the one you included in your CV. If you need help, you can hire me to improve your LinkedIn profile and your online presence in general.
Create an Alert in Google. Go to Google Alerts and create multiple search queries using the keywords you identified before (add also "job offer" or "vacancy" or "we're hiring"). You will receive a weekly summary of what's new on the web concerning those words. This will allow you to detect new job offers.
Search daily in Google and LinkedIn jobs. Use your keywords and the name of the companies you are targeting to search for new vacancies. After a few days, order them for recency, so you only check the new ones.
Hustle. Hustle. Hustle. And when you are tired hustle some more. Hustle when you are sick of it. Hustle when you want to quit. Hustle while you wait.
Now Back To You
How did you manage to get a job in industry after your PhD? What was the key factor that got you hired?
Do you have some extra advice for those that just finished a PhD and are looking for a job in industry?
Leave us a comment below.


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Mr. Germinal Garcia has joined Salalah Marriott Resort as General Manager. He has held several positions since Joining Marriott in 1999 as Director of Sales & Marketing, Resident Manager and General Manager in Central & South America and Mexico including positions at the San Salvador Marriott, Guatemala City Marriott Hotel, JW Marriott Caracas Hotel as well as at the JW Marriott Cancun and Marriott Casa Magna Hotel. In 2007, he won the Global & Regional General Manager Sales Leadership Award for the Guatemala City Marriott Hotel. With nearly 25 years of rich experience in the hospitality industry, Mr. Germinal feels 'very honoured opening the first Marriott property in Oman'.
Mr. Ahmed El Meligui has joined Salalah Marriott Resort as Sales & Marketing Director. Mr. Ahmed joined the hospitality industry in 1992 and has worked in different international hotel chains in Egypt (Accor, Sheraton, Radisson SAS, Hyatt & Marriott) in key Sales & Marketing positions. He joined Marriott in 2006 and was awarded Sales Leadership 2008 for UKMEA.
Mr. Hesham Dawoud has joined Salalah Marriott Resort as Director of Operations. Mr. Hesham has been with Marriott for more than 27 years of which 20 years have been in the USA. His work experience has encompassed major operational roles such as Hotel Manager, Director of Operations and Director of Food and Beverage. He has also worked with Ritz Carlton, Convention Hotels, Conference Centre, and Resorts. Mr. Hesham is a graduate from Cairo University with a major in Microbiology and a Master's Degree in Tissue Analysis, but chose a career in the hospitality industry due to his deep passion for the hotel business.
Mr. M. Asif has joined Salalah Marriott Resort as Director of Finance. Holding a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from University of Karachi in Pakistan and currently working on his ACCA, Mr. Asif started his career with Marriott at the Karachi Marriott Hotel, Pakistan in 1989 and then moved to JW Marriott Dubai in 2002 as Payable Supervisor, later becoming Assistant Controller. In August 2005, he moved to Kuwait as Financial Controller and later became Director of Finance for Shared Services JW Kuwait, CY and Arraya Convention Centre.
The Salalah Marriott Resort is set on the idyllic shores of the Arabian Sea on the white sandy beaches of Mirbat Cove and at the foot of Jebel Samhan, 80 kilometres from Salalah International Airport.
The Salalah Marriott Resort offers the finest accommodation, banqueting, leisure and recreation facilities to suit the needs of discerning travellers seeking a memorable holiday or an incentive meeting.
The hotel features 237 well-appointed rooms with guests having a choice of scenic beach or mountain views and a choice of staying in the resort's main building or in surrounding chalets offering studios and one- and two-bedroom configurations.
Executive guest rooms and all types of suites will feature flat screen, high definition television along with high speed Internet access as well as Marriott's renowned bed and bath linen, amenities, in-room mini bar and safe.
Dining and entertainment options include a casual all-day restaurant, a seafood restaurant, an Arabic Café, Dhofar Piano Lounge, Cigar Lounge and an English Pub.
The resort's welcoming open-space lobby will offer a lounge and a bar. Recreational amenities include an outdoor swimming pool with separate children's and adult areas, Frankincense SPA by Chivana and an Extra Divers Centre.
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I took a series of photographs of the Boston skyline last summer from the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. I had stitched them together and posted the original on my photography site. The recent events at the Boston Marathon got me thinking that I ought to revisit that image and make something from it. I created a "mixed media" type of image in Photoshop and Illustrator. The image was too wide to fit on a standard picture size, so I split it up into three images for the poster sizes. The images are available either on my photography site, where you'll get a higher quality print, or on my Zazzle store where you will find a more economical version. I also made versions for T-shirts and bumper stickers, which are available on Zazzle.


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Nearly half of young Aussie drivers who get behind the wheel the morning after a big night out believe they are probably still drunk. That was one of the findings of a recent study conducted by one of the country's leading car insurance companies, AAMI, and it indicates the depth of a problem that is not confined to Australia. Young drivers all over the world, including the United States, are disproportionately more likely to be involved in a fatal accident than older drivers -- and that should send chills down the backbones of parents the world over.
Data from the 10th annual AAMI Young Drivers Index showed 46 percent of young drivers believed they may still have been over the legal limit when driving the morning after a night of heavy drinking, despite the fact they were risking heavy fines, criminal convictions and most important, the safety of road users. The fact that they suspected they were impaired and still drove is the crux of the issue.
"It's a damning statistic," says AAMI spokesman Mike Sopinski. "Many young drivers need to have a long, hard think about alcohol and start making better personal choices before they jump behind the wheel."
The index analyzed the driving attitudes of people between the ages of 18 and 24 in relation to alcohol, drugs, speed, fatigue and technology usage, and the results were, well, sobering. For instance, though Australia has embarked on a strong campaign against drunken driving by young people, its effect has been limited. In the most recent study, 12 percent of young drivers say it's OK to drink and drive if they feel capable, down just three percentage points from the 15 percent who felt the same way in 2001.
But at least attitudes on drinking and driving indicated a move in the right direction. That was not the case with three other dangerous behaviors: mobile phone use, aggressive driving and driving while fatigued. In a recent survey, mobile phone usage behind the wheel has rocketed upward from 30 percent in 2001 to 50 percent. And young people are now three times more likely to tailgate (i.e., drive too closely to the vehicle in front of them) out of anger or frustration than they were 10 years ago. In 2001, only 12 percent said they were likely to tailgate, versus 36 percent in the most recent survey. The number of young people who said they would pull over if they were tired has plummeted from 64 percent in 2001 to just 38 percent in the most recent survey.
Professor Russell Gruen, director of The Alfred hospital's National Trauma Research Institute, says that while some things have changed over the past decade, one thing has not: Young drivers are still overrepresented in fatality statistics. Injured drivers are most commonly male and under 24 years of age. Of the 2,471 admissions to Gruen's hospital for road-related trauma between 2002 and 2009, 1,767 were young men between the ages of 18 and 24.
"Every injured young driver brings a painful reminder of the fragility of the human body, even when it's young, strong and seemingly immortal," says Gruen. "In a split second, a young person with a promising future can become a road toll statistic."


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Fall of Admiral von Tirpitz; he is succeeded by Admiral von Capelle. Dutch liner Tubantia, Amsterdam to Buenos Aires, sunk by a German submarine 30 miles off the Dutch coast. Fresh German assault on Mort Homme repulsed. General Gallieni, French Minister of War, resigns, and is succeeded by General Roques.


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U.K.'s Channel 4 axes 'Big Brother'
Gives the network an opportunity to re-evaluate its outputLONDON -- Channel 4 will launch "the most fundamental creative overhaul of its history" after opting to axe its long-running summer reality show "Big Brother" after the series 11 that will air next summer, Channel 4 head Julian Bellamy said Wednesday.
"Big Brother," which has proved both controversial and commercially successful for the U.K. broadcaster, is one of Channel 4's signature shows and is still a commercial hit for Channel 4 despite falling ratings in recent series,
Bellamy, who said he was "ever-so-slightly terrified" of a future without the Endemol-produced "Big Brother" said that the decision would nonetheless give the network an "exciting" opportunity to re-evaluate its output of quirky programs, one-off dramas and returning series, as well as an increased programming budget to invest in new programming brands.
"Big Brother has been our most influential and popular program over the last decade," said Bellamy.
"It has been hugely innovative in its own right, has provoked a really astonishing level of public debate and has been an underappreciated showcase for social diversity and youth culture," he added.
In a statement, Endemol said: "We are enormously proud of our partnership with Channel 4 in the U.K. where, as stated by the channel today, Big Brother continues to be commercially successful a decade on. Internationally the format is a worldwide hit that is airing across 67 countries in 2009 including the U.S. where Big Brother 11 is having one of its most successful ever seasons after nine years on CBS."


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AN overweight Scot - who took up fitness and exercise after a life-threatening health scare - has taken part in a charity 10k run.
After being diagnosed with a lung disease, which left her breathless and with a chronic cough, Dr Jackie Wiggins decided to lose some weight and took up running.
The best part is I have no disease progression and hopefully my life will have a few more years tacked on.Dr Jackie Wiggins
The consultant psychiatrist became hooked on her new hobby and was able to take part in the Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running this autumn.
The 40-year-old mum-of-two, from Broomhill in Glasgow, had a few bouts of pneumonia and was diagnosed with bronchiectasis. She said the condition could have severely damaged her health if she hadn't taken action.
"I got quite miserable and stressed, and my health worried me so I decided to lose some weight and try exercise," Dr Wiggins said.
"Since I have become a regular runner my cough has gone and I have had no infections.
"I'm still tired and the antibiotics bring their own issues, but there's no doubt that outside running has rescued by chest and, fingers crossed, extended what could have been a foreshortened lifespan.
"Having never run or spent any time exercising before it has been a struggle at times to motivate myself but with a bit of support from friends and the local running club I'm still at it.
"The best part is I have no disease progression and hopefully my life will have a few more years tacked on. I do wonder how many humble people like me have benefited from running."
The timing of the race, and the chance to finally visit Loch Ness, really appealed to Jackie, who hails from the North-east of England but has lived in Scotland for 16 years.
"I really fancied the idea of an end of the season race to aim for, and also some lovely scenery to look at. It's a scandal that I've never been to Loch Ness, so running will broaden my horizons.
"It is ridiculous that I've been all over the world and seen many things but treading the tarmac now makes me look at what's closer to home. I see the trees, smell the blossom, jump the puddles and listen. You see and hear so many things when you're out running; it's a different world."
Juggling the pressures of work and the demands of a family, the mum of two young children experienced few hiccups along the way.
In one 10K, she ended up attending to a fellow runner who collapsed at the 6K stage; in another she got such bad cramp in the cold and sleet weather that she was forced to slow down - and developed mild hypothermia as a result.
The Baxters Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running comprises the marathon, River Ness 10K, 10k Corporate Challenge and River Ness 5K as well the Wee Nessie fun run for pre-school children.
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