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Casual Articles - Lord of War (2005) Deconstructed
Let me tell you this... if you always jump from one program to another just because you haven’t earned adequate money, then you will never succeed in any program. Believe me.Building your own organization of downlines needs patience and persistence. This applies to any business. Most of the time, it takes at least 1 year to finally see the best results in your Network Marketing business.That’s why so many fail to succeed in Network Marketing. They just don’t hang around long enough to see their success coming.Here is what frequently happens. After several months of advertising, prospecting and training the re
Rescue from Without:
The President of Liberia stops by…
You can't resist biology…
Crossing the Return Threshold:
Yuri and Vitaly return to sell arms in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vitaly (Shape Shifter) sees what the arms sale with do – kill the innocents – and turns.
Master of Two Worlds:
Brother dies. Ava and child walk out. Mother and Father disown antihero.
Confronting Valentine.
Yuri knows he won't go to jail; can operate with the blessing of the Western leaders.
Freedom to Live:
Yuri is free to operate.
"The art of survival in never to go to war – especially with yourself."
Learn more…
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What’s wrong with an objective on a resume? The problem with objectives on resumes is that a typical objective is self-centered and self-serving; therefore, it is useless. Instead of an objective, use a power statement.Let me illustrate what I mean by giving examples of both objectives and power statements. Here is a typical objective, one that HR personnel see on top of resumes all the time:“Customer Service Representative position allowing me to fully utilize my skills and attributes and providing professional advancement opportunities.”What did this objective tell me? The above objective communicated to me basic
Lord of War (2005) follows the Hero's Journey template:
FADE IN: context [the arms factory; credits; the journey of a bullet from the factory to the murder].
Introduce the antihero [Yuri Orlov's back story; Ukranian, immigrated with his family when he was young etc]
Introduce the Romantic Challenge [Ava Fontaine].
Antihero's Ordinary World [Little Odessa; the end of the Q line; hero's family; enhance back story and characters; Russian gangsters etc].
Call to Adventure:
Yuri realizes his future is in selling arms (fulfilling a human need)]. Always wanted to do something big with his life. If he's going into the gun trade, he's gonna aim high.
Develop antihero's capabilities and suitability for the journey [expert salesman; a natural instinct for smuggling contraband].
Refusal of the Call:
Yuri's brother [Vitaly Orlov, the Shape Shifter] resists.
Refusal overcome [we're doing nothing with our lives].
Supernatural Aid:
Introduce the Mentor (Simeon Weisz) [mentor's status; background; reputation].
Meeting with the Supernatural Aid [mentor refuses guidance; forces the hero to go it alone].
First Threshold:
Yuri and Vitali in Lebanon and other parts of the World [selling to every army but the Salvation army; selling weapons in 8/10 of the world's top war zones; reference to the romantic challenge].
Antihero's Inner Challenge [cares more for money than the deaths of the children].
Introduce the antagonism [the good guy - Jack Valentine; his character (zealous agent)].
Physical Separation (Belly of the Whale):
Antihero resists the physical change but it is forced onto him [getting shot].
Distance between his Old and New Self increases [trading guns for cocaine].
Celebrating the Physical Separation [with cocaine].
Realises he is on a journey ["doesn't know what he was running away from"].
Warning of the Dangers of the Journey [Vitali tells him that his business "kills from the inside"].
Embarking on the Journey alone ["from that point on this was a one man operation].
Transformation (Road of Trials):
Conquering the Romantic Challenge [meeting, wooing and marrying Ava].
Physical Marker of Change [the marriage].
Transformation into a family man with child.
The Ideal and Seizing the Sword [Meeting with the Goddess]:
The Cold War Ends and Yuri realizes he can be the biggest arms dealer there is.
Yuri's inventory becomes the stockpile of the old Ukraine ["the hottest time in arms dealing"].
Obstacles to Seizing the Sword [Simeon Weisz, the rival arms dealer and could-have-been mentor].
Seizing the Sword [Yuri becomes so successful he can afford to become an art dealer].
Foreshadow of the Ultimate Boon [Ava doesn't now he's an arms dealer].
Foreshadow of the Shape Shifter's turning ["why is Vitaly always screwed up?"].
Rebirth through Death:
Valentine almost catches Yuri.
Yuri has a name change [Valentine tells him he does not trade arms, but that he is an arms dealer].
Valentine's African assistant is ready to kill him.
Yuri left in the heat for 24 hours.
Atonement with the Father:
Simeon Weisz is killed. Yuri faced with the fact that he deals with murderers and that his guns kill.
Apotheosis:
Yuri's time in West Africa; "Sir, will my arms grow back." The social consequences of his actions.
Ultimate Boon:
Eva learns that he is an arms dealer. Yuri no longer has to hide the truth.
Refusal:
Ava can't wear the clothes, can't drive the car etc. Disgusted with the Old Self.
Ava attempts to convince Uri to stop.
Magic Flight:
Uri attempts to sell timber, oil etc… anything except sell arms or to return to the Old Self.
Rescue from Without:
The President of Liberia stops by…
You can't resist biology…
Crossing the Return Threshold:
Yuri and Vitaly return to sell arms in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vitaly (Shape Shifter) sees what the arms sale with do – kill the innocents – and turns.
Master of Two Worlds:
Brother dies. Ava and child walk out. Mother and Father disown antihero.
Confronting Valentine.
Yuri knows he won't go to jail; can operate with the blessing of the Western leaders.
Freedom to Live:
Yuri is free to operate.
"The art of survival in never to go to war – especially with yourself."
Learn more…
The Complete 188 stage Hero’s Journey and FREE 17 stage sample and other story structure templates can be found at http://managing-creativity.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email addr
Direct mail success, it’s easier than you think…When you send out mail to clients or potential clients, you can make your mail piece stand out from the junk mail that they receive. Here are a few ways to get their attention and achieve direct mail success.You can start by hand addressing the envelope. Or find a “hand writing” style font to print on to the envelope. The typical preprinted labels basically scream that it’s a mass mailing. Addressing the envelopes by hand will really portray that personal touch and is one of the first keys to direct mail success in my experience.Next, you can use a bright post card or
Refusal overcome [we're doing nothing with our lives].
Supernatural Aid:
Introduce the Mentor (Simeon Weisz) [mentor's status; background; reputation].
Meeting with the Supernatural Aid [mentor refuses guidance; forces the hero to go it alone].
First Threshold:
Yuri and Vitali in Lebanon and other parts of the World [selling to every army but the Salvation army; selling weapons in 8/10 of the world's top war zones; reference to the romantic challenge].
Antihero's Inner Challenge [cares more for money than the deaths of the children].
Introduce the antagonism [the good guy - Jack Valentine; his character (zealous agent)].
Physical Separation (Belly of the Whale):
Antihero resists the physical change but it is forced onto him [getting shot].
Distance between his Old and New Self increases [trading guns for cocaine].
Celebrating the Physical Separation [with cocaine].
Realises he is on a journey ["doesn't know what he was running away from"].
Warning of the Dangers of the Journey [Vitali tells him that his business "kills from the inside"].
Embarking on the Journey alone ["from that point on this was a one man operation].
Transformation (Road of Trials):
Conquering the Romantic Challenge [meeting, wooing and marrying Ava].
Physical Marker of Change [the marriage].
Transformation into a family man with child.
The Ideal and Seizing the Sword [Meeting with the Goddess]:
The Cold War Ends and Yuri realizes he can be the biggest arms dealer there is.
Yuri's inventory becomes the stockpile of the old Ukraine ["the hottest time in arms dealing"].
Obstacles to Seizing the Sword [Simeon Weisz, the rival arms dealer and could-have-been mentor].
Seizing the Sword [Yuri becomes so successful he can afford to become an art dealer].
Foreshadow of the Ultimate Boon [Ava doesn't now he's an arms dealer].
Foreshadow of the Shape Shifter's turning ["why is Vitaly always screwed up?"].
Rebirth through Death:
Valentine almost catches Yuri.
Yuri has a name change [Valentine tells him he does not trade arms, but that he is an arms dealer].
Valentine's African assistant is ready to kill him.
Yuri left in the heat for 24 hours.
Atonement with the Father:
Simeon Weisz is killed. Yuri faced with the fact that he deals with murderers and that his guns kill.
Apotheosis:
Yuri's time in West Africa; "Sir, will my arms grow back." The social consequences of his actions.
Ultimate Boon:
Eva learns that he is an arms dealer. Yuri no longer has to hide the truth.
Refusal:
Ava can't wear the clothes, can't drive the car etc. Disgusted with the Old Self.
Ava attempts to convince Uri to stop.
Magic Flight:
Uri attempts to sell timber, oil etc… anything except sell arms or to return to the Old Self.
Rescue from Without:
The President of Liberia stops by…
You can't resist biology…
Crossing the Return Threshold:
Yuri and Vitaly return to sell arms in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vitaly (Shape Shifter) sees what the arms sale with do – kill the innocents – and turns.
Master of Two Worlds:
Brother dies. Ava and child walk out. Mother and Father disown antihero.
Confronting Valentine.
Yuri knows he won't go to jail; can operate with the blessing of the Western leaders.
Freedom to Live:
Yuri is free to operate.
"The art of survival in never to go to war – especially with yourself."
Learn more…
The Complete 188 stage Hero’s Journey and FREE 17 stage sample and other story structure templates can be found at http://managing-creativity.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email add
Banks and other predatory lenders rely on taking advantage of homeowners that haven’t done their homework for the majority of their profits. Banks rely on loopholes in the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to overcharge their customers and other predatory lenders have clever ways of disguising excessive fees. Here are several tips to help you avoid overpaying for your new mortgage loan.I. Mortgage Refinance Information: Never Trust a Bank With Your MortgageThe first thing you need to know when refinancing your mortgage is never trust your bank when it comes to a home loan. Banks are exempt from laws that protect hom
Warning of the Dangers of the Journey [Vitali tells him that his business "kills from the inside"].
Embarking on the Journey alone ["from that point on this was a one man operation].
Transformation (Road of Trials):
Conquering the Romantic Challenge [meeting, wooing and marrying Ava].
Physical Marker of Change [the marriage].
Transformation into a family man with child.
The Ideal and Seizing the Sword [Meeting with the Goddess]:
The Cold War Ends and Yuri realizes he can be the biggest arms dealer there is.
Yuri's inventory becomes the stockpile of the old Ukraine ["the hottest time in arms dealing"].
Obstacles to Seizing the Sword [Simeon Weisz, the rival arms dealer and could-have-been mentor].
Seizing the Sword [Yuri becomes so successful he can afford to become an art dealer].
Foreshadow of the Ultimate Boon [Ava doesn't now he's an arms dealer].
Foreshadow of the Shape Shifter's turning ["why is Vitaly always screwed up?"].
Rebirth through Death:
Valentine almost catches Yuri.
Yuri has a name change [Valentine tells him he does not trade arms, but that he is an arms dealer].
Valentine's African assistant is ready to kill him.
Yuri left in the heat for 24 hours.
Atonement with the Father:
Simeon Weisz is killed. Yuri faced with the fact that he deals with murderers and that his guns kill.
Apotheosis:
Yuri's time in West Africa; "Sir, will my arms grow back." The social consequences of his actions.
Ultimate Boon:
Eva learns that he is an arms dealer. Yuri no longer has to hide the truth.
Refusal:
Ava can't wear the clothes, can't drive the car etc. Disgusted with the Old Self.
Ava attempts to convince Uri to stop.
Magic Flight:
Uri attempts to sell timber, oil etc… anything except sell arms or to return to the Old Self.
Rescue from Without:
The President of Liberia stops by…
You can't resist biology…
Crossing the Return Threshold:
Yuri and Vitaly return to sell arms in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vitaly (Shape Shifter) sees what the arms sale with do – kill the innocents – and turns.
Master of Two Worlds:
Brother dies. Ava and child walk out. Mother and Father disown antihero.
Confronting Valentine.
Yuri knows he won't go to jail; can operate with the blessing of the Western leaders.
Freedom to Live:
Yuri is free to operate.
"The art of survival in never to go to war – especially with yourself."
Learn more…
The Complete 188 stage Hero’s Journey and FREE 17 stage sample and other story structure templates can be found at http://managing-creativity.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email add
The scope and nature of “Intellectual Property” has expanded. It is an umbrella term for most various legal entitlements. The product of “intellect” or mind is termed as the intellectual property. It inspired the extension of laws to new types of subject matter such as databases. Also it regulates new categories of activity in respect of subject matter already protected. It helps the increase of terms of protection, in the removal of restrictions and limitations on exclusive rights, and in an expansion of the definition of "author" to include corporations as the legitimate creators and owners of works. The holder of this legal entitleme
Foreshadow of the Shape Shifter's turning ["why is Vitaly always screwed up?"].
Rebirth through Death:
Valentine almost catches Yuri.
Yuri has a name change [Valentine tells him he does not trade arms, but that he is an arms dealer].
Valentine's African assistant is ready to kill him.
Yuri left in the heat for 24 hours.
Atonement with the Father:
Simeon Weisz is killed. Yuri faced with the fact that he deals with murderers and that his guns kill.
Apotheosis:
Yuri's time in West Africa; "Sir, will my arms grow back." The social consequences of his actions.
Ultimate Boon:
Eva learns that he is an arms dealer. Yuri no longer has to hide the truth.
Refusal:
Ava can't wear the clothes, can't drive the car etc. Disgusted with the Old Self.
Ava attempts to convince Uri to stop.
Magic Flight:
Uri attempts to sell timber, oil etc… anything except sell arms or to return to the Old Self.
Rescue from Without:
The President of Liberia stops by…
You can't resist biology…
Crossing the Return Threshold:
Yuri and Vitaly return to sell arms in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vitaly (Shape Shifter) sees what the arms sale with do – kill the innocents – and turns.
Master of Two Worlds:
Brother dies. Ava and child walk out. Mother and Father disown antihero.
Confronting Valentine.
Yuri knows he won't go to jail; can operate with the blessing of the Western leaders.
Freedom to Live:
Yuri is free to operate.
"The art of survival in never to go to war – especially with yourself."
Learn more…
The Complete 188 stage Hero’s Journey and FREE 17 stage sample and other story structure templates can be found at http://managing-creativity.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email add
There are many ways to achieve higher page ranking. I have been perplexed for a long time on which ones actually work. Finally I figured out, they all do. If I incorporated all the ideas into a web site, I will be better off in the long run. I have never used any so called "Black Hat" techniques, nor will I ever. Here are some helpful hints on achieving better search results. Good Content - Good content in human readable format let's search engine crawl your site for relevant data. Do not try to fool search engines into looking at your material. They rather the content be for the end user and NOT for the search engine
Rescue from Without:
The President of Liberia stops by…
You can't resist biology…
Crossing the Return Threshold:
Yuri and Vitaly return to sell arms in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vitaly (Shape Shifter) sees what the arms sale with do – kill the innocents – and turns.
Master of Two Worlds:
Brother dies. Ava and child walk out. Mother and Father disown antihero.
Confronting Valentine.
Yuri knows he won't go to jail; can operate with the blessing of the Western leaders.
Freedom to Live:
Yuri is free to operate.
"The art of survival in never to go to war – especially with yourself."
Learn more…
The Complete 188 stage Hero’s Journey and FREE 17 stage sample and other story structure templates can be found at http://managing-creativity.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email address at this site.
Kal Bishop, MBA
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