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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 33 people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide car bombing targeting a national reconciliation conference in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.

Abu Ghraib attack victim in Yarmouk Hospital in Baghdad, Amjad Hameed

The attack -- which occurred outside the municipal building of Abu Ghraib in western Baghdad -- also wounded 46 others, the official said.

The attacker was targeting the latest effort by the government to foster national reconciliation between religious and ethnic groups.

Sunni Arab and Shiite tribal leaders were attending the meeting, backed by the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government.

Another Interior Ministry official told CNN the attack occurred when people gathered outside as the conference in the building ended.

Al-Baghdadiya TV said two of its journalists were killed in the explosion. An Iraqi journalists' group confirmed those deaths and said a number of journalists were also wounded.

Along with meeting attendees and journalists, Iraqi soldiers were among the casualties.

No one has claimed responsibility for the strike, but in the past, such gatherings have been targeted by al Qaeda in Iraq, the anti-American Sunni Arab militant group.

Staffan de Mistura, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general for Iraq, deplored the attack and passed along condolences to grieving families. He said the bombing targeted the tribal leaders after their meeting, and called the strike a "horrible crime that is designed to sabotage reconciliatory efforts by the Iraqi people, who, I am confident, will continue on the road of dialogue."

The blast follows another huge attack on Sunday, when a man wearing an explosives-laden vest drove a motorcycle rigged with bombs into a group of police recruits in eastern Baghdad. That attack killed 30 people and wounded 61 others.

Most of the victims of Sunday's strike were police officers and recruits who had gathered outside a police academy on Palestine Street. The same academy was targeted on December 1 in a double bombing that killed 16 and wounded 46.

The violence came after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday rallied sheikhs of the nation's tribes to participate in Iraq's government.

It was the latest official effort to further reconciliation among Sunnis, Shiites and tribes of different sects and bring some former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party into the political fold.

After the invasion, the U.S.-led coalition decided to purge Iraqi institutions of Baathists, most of whom were Sunni Arabs.

Al-Maliki, who is Shiite, has been criticized in the past by minority groups for not fairly representing Iraqi's ethnic groups.

CNN's Yousif Bassil and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

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(CNN)  -- At least 1 million people marked the passing of another year at the iconic ball drop in New York's Times Square, despite an early morning dusting of snow and late-night freezing rain.

With the help of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and students from 12 city high schools, the dazzling crystal ball began its descent Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET. Revelers counted down the final seconds of the decade.

The New Year got under way with blasting horns and fireworks shot from the Sky Tower as revelers partied Friday morning in Auckland, New Zealand.

Similar celebrations were moving like a wave from east to west as midnight struck across the globe, starting at the International Date Line in the mid-Pacific Ocean.

Throngs danced to pounding rock 'n' roll music and cheered a spectacular 12-minute fireworks display over the picturesque Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia. A giant bell rang before a huge crowd in Seoul, South Korea.

Crowds across Europe braved near-freezing temperatures to ring in 2010. In London, England, people gathered along the banks of the River Thames to hear Big Ben strike midnight and watch a fireworks display at the London Eye. A multicolored light show at The Eiffel Tower dazzled crowds in Paris, France.

In New York, security was tight for Thursday night's iconic ball drop. After the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane over Detroit, Michigan, security forces are on high alert.

"We want people to have a happy experience. But we are also concerned about a terrorist event. We have to do that after 9/11," New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

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New York police estimated a million people had already filled the square by early Thursday evening.

Weighing 11,875 pounds, the sparkling sphere features 2,668 crystals woven into a triangular pattern and is powered by 32,256 LED lights. It is capable of producing a kaleidoscopic array of 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns, according to the event's official Web site.

This New Year's ball is also be greener, consuming 10 to 20 percent less energy than last year's ball and 78 percent less energy than the 2007 ball. It uses the equivalent amount of energy per hour as two traditional home ovens.

The 2010 numerals are also more energy efficient, as Duracell Batteries set up a lab in which visitors ride stationary bikes to provide the power to light the numbers on the ball.

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Times Square has served as one of the most popular sites of New Year's festivities since 1904, though the New Year's Eve ball made its inaugural drop down the flagpole at One Times Square in 1907. That first ball, built with iron and wood, featured a hundred 25-watt light bulbs and was designed by Jacob Starr, a young immigrant metalworker.

The New Year's Eve ball has beamed every year since with the exceptions of 1942 and 1943, when America was embroiled in World War II and New York City observed a city-wide "dimout" to cut energy costs.

As in previous years, security is tight. Police are searching garages and subway tunnels for bombs, trash cans are being removed, and mailboxes and manhole covers are being sealed. Detectives were asking hotel and restaurant personnel if they had noticed any suspicious people or activity.

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Law enforcement officials have a number of tools at their disposal to help combat potential crime and terrorism, including sniper teams, bomb-sniffing dogs, infrared radar-equipped helicopters, and radiation detectors on New York's waterways, Kelly said.

In the years before terrorism was a concern inside the United States, the Times Square celebration was a rowdy affair, fueled by copious amounts of alcohol, often transported via backpack. Today, alcohol and backpacks are banned from the area on New Year's Eve, and revelers are herded into 2,500-person pens, but the mood is festive nonetheless.

New Yorker Julio Ortiz-Teissonniere, a CNN iReporter, said he's too jaded to take part in the spectacle, but that wasn't always the case.

"When the ball drops, it's like an earthquake," he said. "The amount of people screaming and stomping -- it's amazing."

According to NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne, revelers can expect Times Square to be "the most heavily guarded piece of real estate in the world" Thursday night. Both uniformed and plain-clothes police officers were patrolling the crowds, keeping an eye out for pick pockets and revelers who might have had too much to drink.

Plain-clothes officers would pinpoint any troublemakers, allowing uniformed officers to arrest and remove them from the crowd, Browne said.

Snipers were perched on rooftops, bomb sniffing canine units patrolled the crowds and counter-terrorist intelligence forces were on hand, equipped with radiation detectors. Cars were restricted from driving through the area, and several barriers along with police officers blocked cars in-place throughout the area.

The FAA has put an air restriction in place over New York City for the celebration; however police helicopters as well as helicopters from the news media will be allowed to fly overhead and monitor the crowds.

A security scare at Times Square Wednesday involving a suspicious white van halted traffic and forced the evacuation of several nearby buildings, including the Nasdaq Stock Exchange's MarketSite. Though a false alarm, the scare highlighted the sense of alert in the area at this time of year.

"We know any time in our post-9/11 world when large numbers of people get together, we've got to do certain things -- we have to do extra things that weren't done in the past," Kelly said.

People began securing standing space as early at 6 a.m. Thursday morning in Times Square and snow began to blanket the city shortly after 8 a.m. Weather forecasters expect New York CIty to receive a steady mix of snow and rain throughout Thursday evening and Friday morning.

"Tourists come in and see it as part of the New York experience and indeed it is. It is sort of the total package," he said. "When the ball drops, you get a feeling of relief that you made it through another year."

CNN's Allan Chernoff, Jim Kavanagh, Jesse Solomon, Jamie Guzzardo and Katie Hawkins-Gaar contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- The second-to-last time EJ Levy was at Disney World, she used a scooter to navigate the enormous park. Her legs were weak and she suffered from foot drop caused by multiple sclerosis. That was 4Â½ years ago. On her most recent trip, a few months ago, Levy walked the entire time, thanks in part to a drug approved by the FDA on Friday.

The FDA says the drug, Ampyra (generic name dalfampridine, formerly known as fampridine), is the first MS therapy that is taken orally and the first of its kind to receive FDA approval. It is designed help people with any type of MS improve their walking speed.

The prime of her life

In 2002, Levy was in her 30s and an active hiker and skier with a job on Wall Street and later in San Francisco, California. But her life took a turn when she started stumbling, falling down and dragging her right leg. Her doctor's diagnosis? Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, a less common form of MS and, as the name implies, one that usually plagues people with the disease after its initial course.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society defines MS as a "chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves." Symptoms of MS include extreme fatigue, difficulty walking, problems with memory and heat sensitivity.

The most common form of MS is relapsing-remitting, in which people have acute attacks followed by periods of remission. In secondary progressive, however, the disease worsens steadily and there are no acute flare-ups. People with relapsing-remitting may later develop secondary progressive MS.

Levy says she lived in the same building as her parents at one point because she needed them to help take care of her. She says she mostly stayed at home, and when she did venture out she usually walked only a block or two with a cane. She relied on a wheelchair for longer distances.

She says she realized she would eventually be unable to walk. "I was scared of being in a wheelchair. I was scared of getting worse and worse. I had traveled around the world before I got sick, I was super independent," Levy says.

Trying things out

After exhausting the usual MS treatments -- and developing intolerable side effects -- Levy also became frustrated that the treatments were primarily designed for people with the more common course of the disease, and not the secondary progressive course.

Levy's neurologist then discussed the possibility of trying 4-aminopyradine -- a version of the same drug the FDA approved Friday that was available only through compounding pharmacies. Just three days after taking the drug, Levy was able to walk unassisted.

"I never thought I could put my cane away for good," she said.

Now she hopes the same drug that helped her will be able to help other people. She addressed an FDA advisory panel late last year and recommended approval of it.

"It's about quality of life," Levy says.

How it works

Two phase III clinical trials of Ampyra showed 35 and 43 percent of patients experienced, on average, a consistent improvement in their walking speed, increasing it by about 25 percent.

According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, even a modest improvement in walking ability could mean that thousands of people could benefit from the drug.

Dr. John Richert, executive vice president of Research & Clinical Programs at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, says the drug can be used by most people with MS. However, the drug is not for people with a history of seizures or people who have moderate to severe kidney disease.

Richert says approval means patients can now skip the compounding pharmacy and get a consistent, exact dosage in a guaranteed time-released formula, which would lower the risk of getting a toxic dose instead of a therapeutic dose.

"It's likely that further study and clinical practice may help to determine the extent to which the drug may impact other functions, and may also provide hints as to which patients are most likely to respond positively to the therapy," Richert said.

He added that the drug would not help nerves that have been destroyed and emphasized that people should try the drug to see if it works for them.

Ampyra may not work for everyone. "Like any medication, people will have different responses, so they should talk to their doctors about whether it's appropriate to start therapy on Ampyra," according to a spokesperson from Acorda, Ampyra's manufacturer.

Moving with MS

Today, Levy is doing well. She established the not-for-profit organization MS Hope for a Cure, and in three years the organization has raised $1.8 million for research and programs to help people living with MS.

She has also completed several five-mile hikes. But she says she is always conscious of where she steps. She says she occasionally has some weakness in her leg, but that she is thankful for every day: "I don't ever take jumping out of bed for granted."

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Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Jennifer Thomas was looking at life with renewed energy: She had just survived a serious operation, and she was at a crossroads in her career.

After 20 years as a producer in the stressful business of TV news, the challenge wasn't there for her anymore. For eight weeks, as she recovered from the removal of a large noncancerous tumor from her uterus, Thomas thought about her next steps.

"I told myself I was going to work to do the things that I enjoy, things that are related to the news," she said. Thomas had recently conducted news production workshops for kids, so she already knew that she "loved people and talking to people about the news. That made me start thinking that if I could do it all the time and get paid for it, I'd really enjoy it."

Within a year, Thomas had left her job at CNN's HLN network to start a Georgia-based media consulting business with clients such as singer/actress Jennifer Holliday, former Bell Biv DeVoe singer Ron DeVoe, actor Boris Kodjoe, actress Nicole Ari Parker and former supermodel Beverly Johnson.

During her journey, Thomas learned that working for yourself often requires scary first steps, generous friends and mentors, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

She's the first to say that her story is not typical in any way, as she seemed to meet good luck at every turn.

After her surgery, Thomas, who also had worked at CNN and NBC, began saving money and planning her business. As if on cue, HLN offered her a buyout to leave the company as part of a downsizing.

"It was my light bulb 'a-ha' moment," Thomas said. "I was excited because in the back of my mind, it was what I had been praying for."

An opportunity to write a blog for a popular local women's magazine got her some local attention. A journalist friend e-mailed Thomas, saying that he had connected with Johnson and suggesting that they meet.

"She called out of the blue," Thomas said. " 'Hi, Jennifer! It's Beverly -- the model!' I was shocked."

Johnson needed no introduction. Thomas was very familiar with the first African-American model to win a cover on American Vogue magazine. In that year, 1974, Thomas said Johnson's beauty and status spoke volumes to her as a role model.

"When she called, I was like, 'shut up!' We were all like, 'no way!' I didn't think anything would come from it, but eventually, she said she would love to be my client."

Thomas made short work of helping Johnson successfully pitch her women's health campaign to CNN, NBC and ABC.

"It was huge for me," Thomas said. "It showed me that the skills I may have taken for granted were very valuable to others. Here I was doing what just came natural to me -- working with the media -- and I'm helping an iconic figure. It gave me such a feeling of gratification, and it gave me so much more confidence."

But snagging Johnson as her first client wasn't easy. She had to start with smaller steps -- and the first step was a doozy: dealing with the fear.

"For me, it was fear of failure," she said. "Anyone who has worked with me knows I am driven to succeed, and failure is not an option."

"But I'm a woman of faith," said Thomas, a preacher's daughter with strong ties to her church. "Friends told me that 'faith will give you the wings to fly when you jump off that cliff.' "

One way new consultants can boost their confidence is by compiling a list of experience and skills they've gained during the past five years -- including successful projects, implementations and innovations. Experts recommend referring to that list whenever confidence dips.

Thomas said she chose an area of consulting that was based on what she enjoys. "Ask yourself, 'What would I do if I had to work for free?' " she says. Another tip: Find a mentor. "Identify someone who's successful and ask for practical advice," she says. "I found my mentor at my church."

Set aside time and money for a vacation, and guard it like gold, Thomas advises. Also, she says, determine how much income you need to stay afloat each month, and focus on that target like a laser.

To be safe, experts advise aspiring consultants to start small, as a side business, while continuing to work elsewhere full time.

But during a recession, keeping a full-time job and easing into consulting work isn't always possible. Unemployment has prompted many experienced professionals to launch consultant operations simply to survive.

"With the way the market has gone recently, there's no shortage of people who are now saying that they're consultants -- and many of them are not qualified to be consultants," said Les Rubenovitch, president of Toronto-based Winning Edge Consultants Inc. "Working for a company as an employee is very different from working for a company as a consultant. The credibility factor is critical if someone is going to engage you."

Those looking to quickly build credibility or credentials to accompany work experience may consider offering to do speaking engagements at a local college or university.

Thomas showed her initiative by teaching herself to organize and lead an online seminar -- a Webinar -- aimed at showing doctors how to better communicate on TV.

Financial planning is key to the success of a new consultant operation, according to experts. Thomas set aside savings to live on during the initial phase of her business.

It took well into her first year for her business income to fully support her, Thomas says. That's better than most new consultant businesses, experts say. It's not unusual for new consultant businesses to take three years to make a profit.

Thomas says she's still not making as much money as she did in TV news, but she expects to reach that mark this year.

She works about the same number of hours now as she did as a journalist -- about 40 per week, if not more. "The big difference is, the hours aren't straight through -- they vary."

That's not to say that Thomas hasn't made mistakes. "Don't assume that things will come right away," she advises. "Realize that the opportunities that come to you may not be in the form of money -- but they're still valuable."

Also worth keeping in mind: Don't overwork yourself. "I'm still learning this," Thomas said. "I jumped in with both feet in the fire. Don't burn yourself out."

If she were launching her business all over again, she says, she would build more "me" time into her schedule. "I may take a day at the beginning of the week where I don't take clients and do paperwork -- or I just get a massage."

What's the best thing about being your own boss? Thomas laughs sheepishly. "I can sleep in if I want to -- and schedule an appointment for lunch instead of early morning."

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text: with

text: renewed

text: energy

text: She

text: had

text: just

text: survived

text: a

text: serious

text: operation

text: and

text: she

text: was

text: at

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text: I

text: could

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text: all

text: the

text: time

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text: get

text: paid

text: for

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text: I

text: 'd

text: really

text: enjoy

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text: a

text: year

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text: HLN

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text: actress

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text: Bell

text: Biv

text: DeVoe

text: singer

text: Ron

text: DeVoe

text: actor

text: Boris

text: Kodjoe

text: actress

text: Nicole

text: Ari

text: Parker

text: and

text: former

text: supermodel

text: Beverly

text: Johnson

text: During

text: her

text: journey

text: Thomas

text: learned

text: that

text: working

text: for

text: yourself

text: often

text: requires

text: scary

text: first

text: steps

text: generous

text: friends

text: and

text: mentors

text: and

text: maintaining

text: a

text: healthy

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text: life

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text: 's

text: the

text: first

text: to

text: say

text: that

text: her

text: story

text: is

text: not

text: typical

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text: any

text: way

text: as

text: she

text: seemed

text: to

text: meet

text: good

text: luck

text: at

text: every

text: turn

text: After

text: her

text: surgery

text: Thomas

text: who

text: also

text: had

text: worked

text: at

text: CNN

text: and

text: NBC

text: began

text: saving

text: money

text: and

text: planning

text: her

text: business

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text: cue

text: HLN

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text: her

text: a

text: buyout

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: company

text: as

text: part

text: of

text: a

text: downsizing

text: It

text: was

text: my

text: light

text: bulb

text: a

text: ha

text: moment

text: Thomas

text: said

text: I

text: was

text: excited

text: because

text: in

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: my

text: mind

text: it

text: was

text: what

text: I

text: had

text: been

text: praying

text: for

text: An

text: opportunity

text: to

text: write

text: a

text: blog

text: for

text: a

text: popular

text: local

text: women

text: 's

text: magazine

text: got

text: her

text: some

text: local

text: attention

text: A

text: journalist

text: friend

text: e

text: mailed

text: Thomas

text: saying

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: connected

text: with

text: Johnson

text: and

text: suggesting

text: that

text: they

text: meet

text: She

text: called

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: blue

text: Thomas

text: said

text: Hi

text: Jennifer

text: It

text: 's

text: Beverly

text: the

text: model

text: I

text: was

text: shocked

text: Johnson

text: needed

text: no

text: introduction

text: Thomas

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text: very

text: familiar

text: with

text: the

text: first

text: African

text: American

text: model

text: to

text: win

text: a

text: cover

text: on

text: American

text: Vogue

text: magazine

text: In

text: that

text: year

text: Thomas

text: said

text: Johnson

text: 's

text: beauty

text: and

text: status

text: spoke

text: volumes

text: to

text: her

text: as

text: a

text: role

text: model

text: When

text: she

text: called

text: I

text: was

text: like

text: shut

text: up

text: We

text: were

text: all

text: like

text: no

text: way

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: think

text: anything

text: would

text: come

text: from

text: it

text: but

text: eventually

text: she

text: said

text: she

text: would

text: love

text: to

text: be

text: my

text: client

text: Thomas

text: made

text: short

text: work

text: of

text: helping

text: Johnson

text: successfully

text: pitch

text: her

text: women

text: 's

text: health

text: campaign

text: to

text: CNN

text: NBC

text: and

text: ABC

text: It

text: was

text: huge

text: for

text: me

text: Thomas

text: said

text: It

text: showed

text: me

text: that

text: the

text: skills

text: I

text: may

text: have

text: taken

text: for

text: granted

text: were

text: very

text: valuable

text: to

text: others

text: Here

text: I

text: was

text: doing

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text: came

text: natural

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text: I

text: 'm

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text: gave

text: me

text: so

text: much

text: more

text: confidence

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text: Johnson

text: as

text: her

text: first

text: client

text: was

text: n't

text: easy

text: She

text: had

text: to

text: start

text: with

text: smaller

text: steps

text: and

text: the

text: first

text: step

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text: doozy

text: dealing

text: with

text: the

text: fear

text: For

text: me

text: it

text: was

text: fear

text: of

text: failure

text: she

text: said

text: Anyone

text: who

text: has

text: worked

text: with

text: me

text: knows

text: I

text: am

text: driven

text: to

text: succeed

text: and

text: failure

text: is

text: not

text: an

text: option

text: But

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: woman

text: of

text: faith

text: said

text: Thomas

text: a

text: preacher

text: 's

text: daughter

text: with

text: strong

text: ties

text: to

text: her

text: church

text: Friends

text: told

text: me

text: that

text: faith

text: will

text: give

text: you

text: the

text: wings

text: to

text: fly

text: when

text: you

text: jump

text: off

text: that

text: cliff

text: One

text: way

text: new

text: consultants

text: can

text: boost

text: their

text: confidence

text: is

text: by

text: compiling

text: a

text: list

text: of

text: experience

text: and

text: skills

text: they

text: 've

text: gained

text: during

text: the

text: past

text: five

text: years

text: including

text: successful

text: projects

text: implementations

text: and

text: innovations

text: Experts

text: recommend

text: referring

text: to

text: that

text: list

text: whenever

text: confidence

text: dips

text: Thomas

text: said

text: she

text: chose

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: consulting

text: that

text: was

text: based

text: on

text: what

text: she

text: enjoys

text: Ask

text: yourself

text: What

text: would

text: I

text: do

text: if

text: I

text: had

text: to

text: work

text: for

text: free

text: she

text: says

text: Another

text: tip

text: Find

text: a

text: mentor

text: Identify

text: someone

text: who

text: 's

text: successful

text: and

text: ask

text: for

text: practical

text: advice

text: she

text: says

text: I

text: found

text: my

text: mentor

text: at

text: my

text: church

text: Set

text: aside

text: time

text: and

text: money

text: for

text: a

text: vacation

text: and

text: guard

text: it

text: like

text: gold

text: Thomas

text: advises

text: Also

text: she

text: says

text: determine

text: how

text: much

text: income

text: you

text: need

text: to

text: stay

text: afloat

text: each

text: month

text: and

text: focus

text: on

text: that

text: target

text: like

text: a

text: laser

text: To

text: be

text: safe

text: experts

text: advise

text: aspiring

text: consultants

text: to

text: start

text: small

text: as

text: a

text: side

text: business

text: while

text: continuing

text: to

text: work

text: elsewhere

text: full

text: time

text: But

text: during

text: a

text: recession

text: keeping

text: a

text: full

text: time

text: job

text: and

text: easing

text: into

text: consulting

text: work

text: is

text: n't

text: always

text: possible

text: Unemployment

text: has

text: prompted

text: many

text: experienced

text: professionals

text: to

text: launch

text: consultant

text: operations

text: simply

text: to

text: survive

text: With

text: the

text: way

text: the

text: market

text: has

text: gone

text: recently

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: shortage

text: of

text: people

text: who

text: are

text: now

text: saying

text: that

text: they

text: 're

text: consultants

text: and

text: many

text: of

text: them

text: are

text: not

text: qualified

text: to

text: be

text: consultants

text: said

text: Les

text: Rubenovitch

text: president

text: of

text: Toronto

text: based

text: Winning

text: Edge

text: Consultants

text: Inc.

text: Working

text: for

text: a

text: company

text: as

text: an

text: employee

text: is

text: very

text: different

text: from

text: working

text: for

text: a

text: company

text: as

text: a

text: consultant

text: The

text: credibility

text: factor

text: is

text: critical

text: if

text: someone

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: engage

text: you

text: Those

text: looking

text: to

text: quickly

text: build

text: credibility

text: or

text: credentials

text: to

text: accompany

text: work

text: experience

text: may

text: consider

text: offering

text: to

text: do

text: speaking

text: engagements

text: at

text: a

text: local

text: college

text: or

text: university

text: Thomas

text: showed

text: her

text: initiative

text: by

text: teaching

text: herself

text: to

text: organize

text: and

text: lead

text: an

text: online

text: seminar

text: a

text: Webinar

text: aimed

text: at

text: showing

text: doctors

text: how

text: to

text: better

text: communicate

text: on

text: TV

text: Financial

text: planning

text: is

text: key

text: to

text: the

text: success

text: of

text: a

text: new

text: consultant

text: operation

text: according

text: to

text: experts

text: Thomas

text: set

text: aside

text: savings

text: to

text: live

text: on

text: during

text: the

text: initial

text: phase

text: of

text: her

text: business

text: It

text: took

text: well

text: into

text: her

text: first

text: year

text: for

text: her

text: business

text: income

text: to

text: fully

text: support

text: her

text: Thomas

text: says

text: That

text: 's

text: better

text: than

text: most

text: new

text: consultant

text: businesses

text: experts

text: say

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: unusual

text: for

text: new

text: consultant

text: businesses

text: to

text: take

text: three

text: years

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: profit

text: Thomas

text: says

text: she

text: 's

text: still

text: not

text: making

text: as

text: much

text: money

text: as

text: she

text: did

text: in

text: TV

text: news

text: but

text: she

text: expects

text: to

text: reach

text: that

text: mark

text: this

text: year

text: She

text: works

text: about

text: the

text: same

text: number

text: of

text: hours

text: now

text: as

text: she

text: did

text: as

text: a

text: journalist

text: about

text: per

text: week

text: if

text: not

text: more

text: The

text: big

text: difference

text: is

text: the

text: hours

text: are

text: n't

text: straight

text: through

text: they

text: vary

text: That

text: 's

text: not

text: to

text: say

text: that

text: Thomas

text: has

text: n't

text: made

text: mistakes

text: Do

text: n't

text: assume

text: that

text: things

text: will

text: come

text: right

text: away

text: she

text: advises

text: Realize

text: that

text: the

text: opportunities

text: that

text: come

text: to

text: you

text: may

text: not

text: be

text: in

text: the

text: form

text: of

text: money

text: but

text: they

text: 're

text: still

text: valuable

text: Also

text: worth

text: keeping

text: in

text: mind

text: Do

text: n't

text: overwork

text: yourself

text: I

text: 'm

text: still

text: learning

text: this

text: Thomas

text: said

text: I

text: jumped

text: in

text: with

text: both

text: feet

text: in

text: the

text: fire

text: Do

text: n't

text: burn

text: yourself

text: out

text: If

text: she

text: were

text: launching

text: her

text: business

text: all

text: over

text: again

text: she

text: says

text: she

text: would

text: build

text: more

text: me

text: time

text: into

text: her

text: schedule

text: I

text: may

text: take

text: a

text: day

text: at

text: the

text: beginning

text: of

text: the

text: week

text: where

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: take

text: clients

text: and

text: do

text: paperwork

text: or

text: I

text: just

text: get

text: a

text: massage

text: What

text: 's

text: the

text: best

text: thing

text: about

text: being

text: your

text: own

text: boss

text: Thomas

text: laughs

text: sheepishly

text: I

text: can

text: sleep

text: in

text: if

text: I

text: want

text: to

text: and

text: schedule

text: an

text: appointment

text: for

text: lunch

text: instead

text: of

text: early

text: morning

question: Any other clients?

answer: Boris Kodjoe,

text: Boris Kodjoe,

question: What is the name of the journalist launching a consulting business?

answer: Jennifer Thomas

text: Jennifer Thomas

question: Who does her client list include?

answer: singer/actress Jennifer Holliday, former Bell Biv DeVoe singer Ron DeVoe,

text: singer/actress Jennifer Holliday, former Bell Biv DeVoe singer Ron DeVoe,


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Mexico City (CNN) -- On the eve of a meeting of MexicoÂ´s top prosecutors and judicial officials in Veracruz state, authorities Wednesday were still trying to determine who left 35 bodies in a busy thoroughfare there -- and why.

Investigators said a video may hold clues to how unidentified men managed to drive two open-back trucks filled with corpses through rush-hour traffic and then abandon them, blocking traffic as stunned onlookers watched.

Police in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz found the abandoned trucks and the bodies near a shopping mall in the municipality of Boca del Rio on Tuesday. MexicoÂ´s state prosecutors and court presidents are scheduled to meet there Thursday.

Photos of the scene showed the two trucks with their back gates open, the bodies falling out onto the street. People on a nearby overpass looked down on shirtless bodies piled on top of each other.

Â¨This is a way of making yourself known, and saying, Â´We have the power, we can do this with impunity,Â´Â¨ said Jose Reveles, a security analyst. "'We do it at five in the evening, in a heavily traveled avenue. We drive two trucks loaded with cadavers, and nobody stops us.'"

Drug-related violence has been on the rise in Veracruz as cartel members battle over territory.

But the large toll gripped headlines across Mexico and drew attention from peace activists gathering in a conference in the nationÂ´s capital Wednesday.

"They were left like trash in the street," said Edgardo Buscaglia, president of the Institute of Citizen Action for Justice and Democracy.

Buscaglia, an expert on organized crime, told audience members that the bodies found in Veracruz are a reminder that Mexicans must not become desensitized to violence, even if authorities say the victims had criminal histories.

"The value of a human life does not decrease because it has a criminal background or not," he said.

The dead included 12 women and 23 men.

The video may show that the two trucks were guarded by other cars that could have doubled as getaway vehicles, Veracruz Attorney General Reynaldo Escobar Perez said Wednesday in a radio interview. He did not say where the video came from.

Investigators also are looking into whether police colluded with the people who discarded the bodies, he told W Radio.

As of Wednesday, morning, 95% of the bodies had been identified through databases, Escobar Perez said.

Most of them had criminal records, he said. One of them was identified as a local policeman who disappeared about 15 days ago, he said.

In another interview, the attorney general said that the victims died of suffocation. Only one had a bullet wound, he said. The state of the bodies led investigators to deduce they died shortly before being abandoned, Escobar Perez said.

The attorney general on Tuesday described the grisly discovery as "unprecedented."

"It hasn't happened before in the state of Veracruz," he said.

The two trucks were abandoned in the middle of the highway, witnesses said. Their gates were open and bodies had fallen out.

Hours later, bloodstains remained on the road as troops stood guard.

Boca del Rio is in Veracruz state's most populated area. It has become a frequent site of clashes between armed groups as drug-related violence grows.

Earlier Tuesday, 32 inmates escaped from three prisons in Veracruz, authorities said. At least 14 of them have been apprehended.

Escobar Perez said none of the bodies that had been identified by Tuesday night appeared connected with the prison breaks.

Government figures indicate that more than 34,600 people have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on cartels in December 2006. Other reports estimate that more than 40,000 have died. The latest government figures were released in January.

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, Calderon decried the violence caused by drug trafficking and called on fellow leaders to put a stop to the burgeoning weapons trade and rampant drug consumption fueling it.

Â¨Today we must be aware that organized crime today is killing more people and more youth than all the dictatorial regimes combined at this time,Â¨ he said.

CNNÂ´s Rey Rodriguez, Mario Gonzalez and Catherine E. Shoichet and CNNMexico.com contributed to this report.

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JERUSALEM (CNN)  -- Pope Benedict XVI completed his eight-day tour of the Holy Land on Friday with an exhortation to both Israelis and Palestinians to work through their decades-old conflict.

Pope Benedict XVI prays in Jerusalem on Friday at what's believed to be the burial site of Jesus.

"No more bloodshed! No more fighting! No more terrorism! No more war! Instead let us break the vicious circle of violence. Let there be lasting peace based on justice, let there be genuine reconciliation and healing," the pontiff said.

Benedict made the comments at a farewell ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv before Israeli President Shimon Peres and other religious and secular leaders.

In his concluding remarks, Benedict called his visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem and his conversations with survivors a "deeply moving encounter." He seemed to address some criticism he received within the country for not speaking in stronger terms about anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Referring to the Holocaust, Benedict spoke of the victims who "were brutally exterminated under a godless regime that propagated an ideology of anti-Semitism and hatred."

After Benedict's Monday speech at Yad Vashem, the memorial's chairman, Holocaust survivor Rabbi Yisrael Lau, criticized the pope, saying the pontiff did not "participate in the pain of the Jewish people" and "used the term 'killed' when talking about Holocaust victims and not the word 'murdered' as his predecessor did."

Benedict drew the ire of Jews and German Catholics earlier this year by rehabilitating an excommunicated bishop who had disputed the number of Jews killed in concentration camps during World War II. The bishop's excommunication was unrelated to his Holocaust denial.

Friday, Benedict repeated his call for Palestinians to enjoy a "sovereign independent homeland" and "to live in dignity and to travel freely."

He remarked that "one of the saddest sights for me during my visit to these lands was the wall" -- a reference to the 20-foot concrete barrier he saw in Bethlehem during his visit to a Palestinian refugee camp. Israel says the structure, which it calls a security fence, was built to prevent terrorist attacks; Palestinians consider it an illegal land grab.

Benedict began the day with a busy morning in Jerusalem's Old City, including meeting the patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches.

Between sessions with the patriarchs, Benedict toured and prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, believed to be located on the site where Jesus was crucified and buried.

On his Middle East visit, the pope has navigated the region's treacherous political landscape, which often pits Jew against Muslim and Muslim against Christian.

Benedict has repeatedly called for reconciliation between the peoples of the region during his visit, urging Israelis and Palestinian to put aside their grievances and divisions.

"Just and peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the Middle East can only be achieved through a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect, in which the rights and dignity of all are acknowledged and upheld," the pope said. Celebrating Mass on Thursday, Benedict covered similar territory in his message to over 30,000 parishioners gathered at the Mount of the Transfiguration, outside Nazareth.  Watch the reaction of one visitor who attended Mass Â»

"Christians readily join Jews, Muslims, Druze and people of other religions in wishing to safeguard children from fanaticism and violence, while preparing them to be builders of a better world," he said.

Benedict's trip marks the first papal visit to some of Christianity's most holy places since Pope John Paul II made the pilgrimage in 2000.

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question: what does trip mark

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question: Where did the Pope revisit?

answer: the Holy Land

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question: Who went there in 2000?

answer: Pope John Paul II

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question: What is the peace to be based on?

answer: justice,

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question: who winds up mideast trip

answer: Pope Benedict XVI

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