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DFN: Calakmul was one of the many cities my wife and I visited in 2005. We traveled over 2,000 kilometres around the Yucatan Peninsula, and did not spend 1 day in Cancun. We drove 65 kilometers south of highway 186, a few miles from the Guatemala border. When we got there, its was a Sunday, [...]
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DFN: Good article about the importance of time management skills. Better time management will help maximize your job search Sunday, January 24, 2010 Last updated: Sunday January 24, 2010, 10:38 AM BY ELI AMDUR If you had eight hours in the U.S. Mint, and could take home all the five-dollar bills you could count, how [...]
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DFN: History of the Sphinx. Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Uncovering-Secrets-of-the-Sphinx.html?c=y&page=1 01/21/2010 When Mark Lehner was a teenager in the late 1960s, his parents introduced him to the writings of the famed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. During one of his trances, Cayce, who died in 1945, saw that refugees from the lost city of Atlantis buried [...]
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DFN: What do personal branding and baseball have in common? Not much, but, this post by Chad Levitt provides insightful lessons regarding life, and thoughts applicable to those in job search, or working. 33 Personal Branding Lessons From Baseball Lore By: Chad Levitt on January 23rd, 2010 at 5:30 am In Brand Yourself As, Personal [...]
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DFN: Though written specifically to Executives, these strategies are good for the ‘masses’. 7 Effective Job Search Strategies for Executive Career Transitions By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Abby Locke http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/12830/20100122/7-effective-job-search-strategies-for-executive.htm Has it been more than 10 years since you launched an executive job search campaign? If you are among the few fortunate executives who have enjoyed a [...]
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DFN: Too many people think of the job search process, as an end to a means, ie, you looking for work, find work, work, stop looking for work. Job search ought to be a continual process. As such, maintaining your relationship with references is important on an ongoing basis, not just when you need them. [...]
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DFN: Adaptive Planning and Host Analytics are to Budgeting & Forecasting platforms, on a SaaS (Software as a Service). They compete with Essbase, Cognos, Outlooksoft, etc. SaaS reside out somewhere in the ‘cloud’. SaaS is a ‘per use’ product, Essbase is you buy it / install it / use it on your own servers. An [...]
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DFN: Looks like Citgroup’s Pandit is going to be facing an additional challenge in 2010. I have to wonder, how serious this latest challenge is? If Pandit is moving Citigroup on the right vector, as long as there is good progress on the ‘plan’ in 2010, I have to believe he’ll be ‘extended’ beyond 2010. [...]
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DFN: Pretty interesting goings on at NBC, wonder if it has anything to do with the Comcast ‘takeover’? This is doubly interesting in that the article make a linkage between what’s happened in print media and what will happen in TV / Radio. Lessons of Leno: Why the Future Failed for NBC By James Poniewozik [...]
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DFN: Good to know, and good info for viewing planning; no wonder DVRs have gained popularity Football Games Air Just 11 Minutes of Action Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:58 PM PST http://www.enlightenedwallstreeter.com/2010/01/football-games-air-just-11-minutes-of.html Football Games Air Just 11 Minutes of Action Planning to watch the Super Bowl on Feb. 7th? Get lots of snacks and prepare [...]
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