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"I was on hydrochloridizide 12.5mgs for 4yrs.My Dr. took me off 4weeks ago. Can I take it again?"
I was on hydrochloridizide 12.5mgs for 4yrs.My dr took me off 4weeks ago.and lefte on nifedipine 30mgs 1x daily.for 1week my hands and feet are swollen.Will I feel anxious like I did that very 1st day I took it?
I strongly encourage you discuss your concerns with the doctor prescribing these medications. Without knowing your full medical history, it is not possible to comment on why your doctor has made these medical changes. These details are necessary before I can provide an accurate recommendation. Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic that is commonly used to control blood pressure. It works by preventing your kidneys from resorbing certain electrolytes, which then causes you to urinate additional fluid. 12.5mg daily is a very small dose. Patients often discontinue this medication and restart at a later date without issues. Anxiety is not a known side effect of this medication, and it is possible the sensation of anxiety you had years ago was unrelated. Nifedipine is another potent blood pressure medication. Although rare, some people experience leg swelling with this medication, although it would be unlikely for you to experience this now after tolerating it for years. The hand and leg swelling may be because you are no longer on a diuretic. If you have a cardiomyopathy (abnormal heart muscle), the swelling may be a result of congestive heart failure. Again, it is not possible to know this without a thorough history and physical exam, and I encourage you to schedule an appointment with your primary care physician to discuss this further.
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Roopa Rao: On new web-series "The Other Love Story"
The "Other" Love Story, is a new same-sex love story in the form of a webseries. This 12 episodic web series revolves around two young girls and set in the 1990s. Director Roopa Rao tells Pink Pages more about it.
What is the "Other Love Story" all about?
The 'other' love story is a journey of two young girls who fall in love and the force would be such that they act on it without thinking twice…There is a lot of stigma associated with such a relationship, but inside the heart, only love endures. If you are a sucker for sweet romance, if your heart belongs to unadulterated 90s, if you miss the era when internet/cell phones had not hijacked human emotions, then this web-series is for you…
What inspired you to start this project?
Story in itself I must say, it was high time that we shared a story the way it actually happens in India, in its truest essence. Also I wanted to bring to life an era I grew up in- the nineteen nineties- with romance in abundance, thanks to the beautiful Bollywood melodies of that era.
Why did you feel a web series was the best way to tell your story?
Web space gives us (story tellers) freedom to tell stories true in its real essence and reach out to maximum people with minimum budget. Web Video streaming is the new TV for young audiences.
Tell us about the cast?
Shweta Gupta and Spoorthi Gumaste, accepting the roles of Aachal and Aadya, and the way they performed was the key. Their dedication and commitment drove the series to where we are today. They are absolutely fantastic human beings, with a keen eye for detail. For me as a director, Shweta and Spoorthi were a beautiful canvas to bring Aachal and Aadya alive.
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Jason Burke, The 9/11 Wars, Allen Lane, London, 2011, pp xxii + 709, ISBN 978-1-84614-517-9.
The attacks on mainland USA on September 11, 2001, have like no other single event, moulded world politics through this first decade of what is called a millennium. 9/11 is how that event has come to be known in contemporary accounts, and the imagery has been so powerful that every subsequent act of terrorism has sought a rhyming description.
That imitative pattern is expressed in the desperate urge governments have had in signing up for the global cause led by a military superpower that has unleashed its awesome capacity for destruction, and shown little interest in what follows. 9/11 generated a discourse that has dominated virtually every international gathering over the last decade. Global conclaves only managed to shift their attention towards other subjects when slapped in the face by the economic meltdown beginning late-2008. The whole strategic equation has since changed, though few today seem willing to recognise the reality of a world where a single superpower's writ no longer runs. Governments stricken by a fear of freedom are groping for a means of coping, in a world where older certainties seem suddenly to have dissipated.
In the years ahead, two political trajectories – the superpower led war on terrorism and the global upsurge against an iniquitous economic order – will intersect, though in ways that cannot be forecast. Global political and strategic equations have been in a state of flux over the decade since 9/11. Economics could soon become a determinant influence in an already complex process.
Jason Burke's compendious and valuable volume, released at the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, bears witness to events that still remain in flux. A point of closure, if at all one can be found for events quite so complex, is impossible to foretell. "The wars that make up this most recent conflict span the globe geographically", writes Burke in his introduction: "With no obvious starting point and no obvious end, with no sense of what might constitute victory or defeat, their chronological span is impossible to determine".
As this book was released, the U.S. was determining how to end its military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan -- two of the main theatres of the wars that followed 9/11. As 2011 winds to a close, the U.S. will be out of Iraq, by the commitment its government has made. Military compulsion has dictated this decision, compounded by the acute economic distress that an unsustainable debt burden has occasioned. A declaration of victory – and withdrawal - would also play well within the election cycle in the U.S., just as it enters an active phase early in 2012.
As the troops come home from Iraq, they will be joined by a small number – perhaps about 10,000 -- of U.S. servicemen deployed in Afghanistan. That would still leave a massive U.S. military deployment in Afghanistan, of which a third would pull out by the autumn of 2012, prior to a complete exit by the end of 2014.
Nothing is certain in the world bequeathed by 9/11. But this winding down of military action in countries far and distant, is in a longer historical view, an ironic postscript to the rhetoric with which the "global crusade" – in U.S. President George W. Bush's characterisation – was kicked off in 2001. Three days after the trauma of 9/11, Bush invoked a divine right that he believed, was invested in the country he had by a judicial whim and an enormous fluke, been chosen to lead. That investiture from a transcendant source of authority left no room for mundane disputation. "Americans do not yet have the distance of history", he said, but they were clear about their "responsibility to history", which was to destroy "evil". The U.S. had been forced into a conflict "on the timing and terms of others". But once roused to war, the U.S. would ensure that the war would "end in a way and at an hour of (its) choosing".
Bush's successor today prepares his retreat from the main theatres of action in the 9/11 Wars without the slightest assurance that the civilisational mission is any closer to fulfilmment. And it is a spectacle on which Burke offers a verdict with an eloquent economy of words: "The West has certainly … avoided defeat". But if the ten years since 9/11 have brought victory, "then America (sic, the U.S.) and the West more generally cannot afford very many more victories like it".
It is in Burke's account, an index of this ambiguous outcome, that the U.S. has managed to sustain its vast levels of military spending despite enormous economic strains. Those who engineered 9/11 may have worked in part with the aim of draining the U.S. economically and crippling its capacity to enforce its will. And yet the U.S., Burke concludes, has "been able (despite the debt issues it currently confronts) to pay for the grotesque strategic error of the war in Iraq … and a ten-year conflict in Afghanistan, all while financing a huge security industry at home in the midst of one of the gravest economic crises for decades".
This assessment would be incomplete without specific note being made of the many perversities of U.S. economic policy through the decade of global warfare. War-time presidents are known to exhort their people towards greater sacrifices. Citizens of nations ostensibly engaged in a struggle over existential values, are known to bear any economic burden to fulfil their mandate. In a reversal of this commonsense, the Bush doctrine has summoned the U.S. to war against "evil", but also to liberation from taxes, so that the bills for the global crusade are met through borrowing furiously from the rest of the world.
Just over a month before the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Treasury formally notified Congress that the government had reached the limits of borrowing allowed under the law and was in danger of default on debt. The U.S. government, then hot and feverish for war, needed to borrow to merely service its national debt. Bush not merely went to war, but two months later decreed a sweeping set of tax concessions that plunged the U.S. deeper into hock.
Burke does not directly address this mystery, nor does he seek to probe too deeply into the "why" of the war against Iraq. He introduces his chapter on the headlong rush to invade a country that had no clear connection to 9/11, with a telling title: "Threats, Falsehoods and Dead Men". But he sidesteps any serious engagement with the reasons why falsehoods were manufactured on a mass scale by the U.S. administration and its eager acolytes in the U.K. – and amplified by an acquiescent media – in the rush to war.
What Burke finally offers is a rather anodyne reading: that in the U.S. and "virtually every Western nation", the
intelligence agencies were uneasily "aware of the importance of avoiding another grotesque failure such as that which had resulted in 9/11". This induced a play-safe attitude and a disinclination to engage in a potentially "damaging row with political masters". Without serious thought of longer term consequences, the intelligence agencies began on this account "to issue much more alarming analyses (than warranted) of the potential threat that (Iraq) posed".
All these stratagems of the political leadership, which were taking the West down the road to disaster, may have been exposed, Burke says, except that the counter-narrative hardly gained a fair hearing. This could have been on account of a tendency to shut out facts that create a "cognitive dissonance" or perhaps, "deliberate mendacity". Burke does not indicate exactly which of these would seem the more plausible on the balance of probabilities. He does provide some evidence to suggest that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, in making his case for war before the U.N. Security Council in February 2003, may not have been absolutely mendacious in suggesting that top functionaries of the global Islamic network had visited Iraq.
A few other circumstances are cited which seem to absolve the U.S. from the accusation of waging war on outright falsehoods. But Burke chooses to overlook the truly persuasive facts which establish that a deep political calculation lay behind the decision to go to war in Iraq. And since this was a political calculation that did not dare to speak its name, "mendacity" is the only accurate description for the stratagem that was in play.
Burke surely errs in suggesting that western intelligence agencies in general proved compliant to the political directive to concoct a rationale for war. The CIA in the U.S. had entered several reservations about departures from established procedure in the run-up to war. Likewise, the head of the British intelligence services had put on record, in what became famously known as the Downing Street Memo of July 2002, his discussions in Washington DC in the weeks preceding, which spoke of "intelligence being fixed" around the Bush administration's determination to remove the Saddam Hussein regime, using the conjunction of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as the rationale. The clumsy confection won few converts to the cause of war and was indeed called out for what it was by U.N. arms inspectors in Iraq. With the evidence building up, the British government's principal legal officer rendered an explicit opinion that there was little chance of obtaining a legal mandate for war. And among major western nations, France and Germany made no secret of the fact that they were at serious odds with the U.S. intent.
History's losers sometimes have a story to tell, often more compelling than the version rendered by the victors. As he worked to avert war, acceding to every one of the escalating demands placed on his country, Tariq Aziz, then Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, had on various occasions allowed his sense of fatalism to prevail. In October 2002 – soon after Bush had issued his famous challenge to the U.N. to either authorise war or face irrelevance -- Aziz went on record with the bleak forecast that nothing that Iraq did would prevent an invasion. The U.S., simply put, was intent on war, "for oil and Israel".
Despite ranging widely over the globe – from south-east Asia to the western hemisphere and continental America – Burke says very little in his voluminous work, about the conflict in Palestine. Israel occurs rather sporadically through his book, almost everywhere as an incidental mention. Indeed, at one point, he describes a failed 2003 attempt to bomb a Tel Aviv nightclub as a rare instance "of the 9/11 Wars suddenly surging into the otherwise largely autonomous conflict in Israel/Palestine".
The Palestinian intifada for freedom had been underway for almost a year when 9/11 occurred. In remarks to the far-right columnist George F. Will immediately afterwards, Binyamin Netanyahu – now the Israeli Prime Minister but then an opposition politician trying hard to regain the perch he was pushed off by a collusive deal between two former generals, Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon – put it with little ambiguity: "The soldiers of militant Islam and Pan-Arabism do not hate the West because of Israel; they hate Israel because of the West". Zionism was a target, because it is "an expression and representation of Western civilization". And, the warriors of the Islamic holy war or jihad hate America because "it is the purest expression of modernity -- individualism, pluralism, freedom, secularism".
Israel found a matchless opportunity in 9/11 to portray the Palestinian struggle as an element within the lethal mix of the global Islamic jihad. It was just the right formula to silence global outrage at the brutal military reoccupation of Palestinian territories granted a limited measure of autonomy under the Oslo agreements. When failure became an undeniable reality of the U.S. project in Iraq, it was almost foretold that attention would turn towards Iran and Syria. As Syria was forced to yield the hegemonic grip it had established over Lebanon as reward for acquiescence in the U.S.'s Iraq project, Israel showed a greater willingness to step out of the shadows and show its hand. The Israeli military assault on Lebanon that followed in 2006, was part of the grand design of rearranging the political geography of the Arab world. And provisionally, the final chapter of Zionist involvement in the 9/11 wars has been the sham withdrawal from the Gaza which converted that territory into the world's largest open-air prison, and the offensive that began there late in 2008 to cripple the civic amenities that had been disingenuously labelled "terrorist infrastructure".
With a sharp eye for detail, Burke identifies the suicide bomb as the "characteristic tactic" of the 9/11 Wars and the "blast walls" erected as a defence against such strikes as their "iconic image". By the end of 2002, "inverted Ts of concrete" placed "in long lines to form instant walls of astonishing ugliness" had become a feature of the landscape in most theatres of the 9/11 Wars. The construction of these "blast walls" had become a significant business opportunity for local enterprises in Afghanistan by the end of 2002.
Burke omits a significant detail here: Israel was a pioneer even in the enterprise of erecting walls to separate "the West and the rest". The Israeli government's decision making on the "apartheid wall" – as it is fairly acurately called -- has always been a closely guarded, highly secretive process. The first phase of the wall which extends for a distance of 150 kilometres, was declared completed on July 31, 2003. Though Israel in a submission before the International Court of Justice – made informally since it chose to boycott the formal hearings on the legality of the wall -- indicated that the "separation fence" is not a permanent structure and can be modified or even dismantled, there is a very real prospect that its contours lay out the final territorial boundaries of the Zionist state.
The future course of the 9/11 Wars will be deeply influenced by the upsurge for democracy that much of the Arab world is currently witnessing. Here again, perceptions of "the West and the rest" have induced deep duplicities: the uprisings in Libya and Syria are cast unequivocally in a positive light, while similar yearnings in Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain are seen as deeply troubling.
Burke's narrative reaches right upto this point though without offering much by way of serious prognoses. His sensitivities as a reporter are evident in the acute and vivid descriptions of the many theatres of the 9/11 Wars. Among the many actors that he provides arresting pictures of, are immigrant Muslim communities in western Europe, not known for their religious piety, but suffering the deep anxieties of a rapidly changing social milieu. And then there are the clan and tribal networks of Pakistan's Pashtun areas, which have seen their identities effaced in the hegemonic narrative of Islamic jihad and are fighting to retrieve these and their eroding territorial autonomy.
Globe-girdling wars invariably tend to have several fronts and multiple actors who engage in combat with diverse motivations. The global conflagrations of the twentieth century, today known as the two "world wars", both involved the clash of big imperial powers, which afforded the larger narrative. But in the interstices left by the consuming avarice of the imperial powers, who have since managed to dictate the tone of history writing, there were epic struggles waged for the liberation of large masses of humanity from the yoke of colonialism. These intersected in various ways with the broader inter-imperialist tensions between 1914 and 1945, since it is reasonable to say that despite the official categorisation of this period of global strife into two distinct conflicts, the fighting never really stopped between 1914 and 1945.
It could credibly be argued that the fighting has not stopped since either. This book is about the wars that have followed 9/11, but it establishes clear continuities with the conflicts that preceded, arising from the latent tensions and iniquities of the global order bequeathed by World War II. Where the events that it narrates will end, cannot of course be foreseen. It can safely be averred, though, the world which emerges out of this phase of global conflict and upheaval will be very different from the one that the post-World War II generations have got accustomed to.


text: Phelps Finally Loses By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted May 16, 2009 10:49 PM CDT 6 comments Comments Michael Phelps, left, shakes hands with Olympic gold medalist Aaron Peirsol after Peirsol won. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) View 2 more images (Newser) – Michael Phelps has proven he can be all too human outside the pool, and now there's proof he can be human inside it as well. The Olympic star lost his first race in a year tonight when Aaron Peirsol of California beat him in the backstroke at the Charlotte Grand Prix, reports Reuters. It's actually not a huge shock: Phelps didn't compete in the backstroke at the Olympics, where Peirsol took the gold. "I don't like to lose and Aaron has the upper hand in our races right now," said Phelps, after his second day of competition since his pot suspension ended. Said Peirsol: "I definitely wanted to win that. (Phelps) is always up for it. He doesn't like to lose so I have to go in there with the same mentality." Phelps can resume his immortal ways Sunday when he competes in the 100-meter freestyle. (Read more Michael Phelps stories.) View 2 more images


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The Fifth Annual Employer of the Year Job Fair will be held Mon., Mar. 6 from 9:30am-12:30pm in the Savannah Center Gymnasium, IU Northwest, Gary, Ind. There is no cost to attend and it is open to the public.
Employers from many industries across the region will be on hand to meet jobseekers and discuss employment opportunities in their fields. Some of the companies represented include AFLAC, Walgreen's, UPS, Fastenal, Citizens Financial Bank, Applied Systems, Inc., Charter School of the Dunes, Chicago Police Department, Harrah's, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, State Farm Insurance and Target, along with many others.
Sponsored by the IU Northwest Office of Career Services, the annual job fair is an excellent opportunity to explore many possible career options, with different companies, all in one location. Information will be provided by knowledgeable, friendly company representatives who will be on hand to personally answer questions.
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News that the PlayBook would be at least initially available only on Sprint surely elicited some mixed reactions -- hooray for WiMAX but locking your tablet to a single carrier is never any fun. Now Skatter Tech has uncovered a curious page that previously allowed people to join a sort of early-access program for a PlayBook on VZW. The page certainly looks official enough, and the ownership of the site -- a marketing agency that works for both RIM and Verizon -- also makes a compelling case. Of course, it could just be a fantasy dreamed up by this agency of its two clients working together, but we'll go ahead and hold out hope for a provider-agnostic PlayBook -- maybe even one with LTE.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/09/blackberry-playbook-coming-to-verizon-too/


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I'm 18 and female and am hoping to travel to Goa in the summer 2007. I would like to spend 3 weeks there. Is that two long? bearing in mind I love the beach, reading, exploring and watching the sunset.
Is it safe for someone like me. I'm not completely naive as have travelled to Northen India before.
What should I expect and where should I stay and what should I see. I'm also unsure of how much accomodation etc will cost. Is everything cheap as chips like the rest of India???
Would love to hear from people who have been any tips??
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Adidas, second only to Nike in sportswear market sales, is hoping to bounce back from a troubled 2013 with a winning World Cup next year.
"We have ambitious plans for football and we will break the 2 billion euro ($2.7 billion) barrier next year (with football products)," Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the German company, told CNBC. "One of the key items will be the official match ball."
Adidas is making the official soccer ball of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ball has been dubbed the Brazuca.


text: Hi from Australia. I'm planning to try out a Godin A4 this weekend, with a view to possibly ordering a fretted A5 if I like the A4 (the distributer says there are no fretted A5s in Australia at the moment, and indeed I'll probably only be able to try a fretless A4). I can (probably) order the A5 on a refund-if-I-don't-like-it basis, but I don't want to put the shop to the trouble unless I'm fairly confident that I will like it after trying the A4. So, I was hoping someone might have some comments about a couple of things I can't tell about a fretted A5 from playing a fretless A4: 1. How is the B string? 2. How is the balance of the bass? Some have said even the A4 is neck-heavy, but how much worse is the A5 (I'm assuming it is worse)? 3. How is the intonation? (Given that it isn't adjustable like on a normal solid-body instrument.) Any more general comments also appreciated (keep in mind I want the fretted version). Final question (for now): can anyone explain why there is such a big price difference (AUS$350 difference) between the cognac burst and the natural colour options? Is there any tonal difference in the materials used? I quite like both colours (don't like the all black version), so if all else is equal I will definitely opt for the cheaper cognac burst finish. Thanks all, Nathan.


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It was an exciting day for Shoulder to Shoulder Erskine yesterday. Even the pouring rain couldn't dampen our spirits as our new home in Bishopton was unveiled after SP Energy Networks generously stepped in to renovate the exterior of a cottage at Erskine Home for us.
Local newspaper the Paisley Daily Express came along to mark the moment when the cottage was ready for use - much earlier than we expected thanks to the company's support. SP Energy Networks' staff volunteered to paint the outside of the cottage - a great example of employee volunteering supporting a local charity.
Shoulder to Shoulder Erskine is a unique partnership between TimeBank and Scotland's leading veterans' charity Erskine, which supports veterans and their families in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The cottage will provide an important base for the programme. We'll be able to hold a friendly drop-in there for ex-Service men and women, and for their families too, who often face unique challenges in understanding and dealing with the issues their partners, sons and daughters are going through. And we hope local people will come along to find out more about volunteering with us.
Shoulder to Shoulder Erskine mentors provide one to one support, once or twice per month over the course of three to nine months. You can see more about the work we are doing here and if you'd like to volunteer as a mentor please call 0141 814 4510 or email email@example.com We are here to help.


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about IRS Audits and other Tax Relief topics.
The IRS has noticed recently that there are certain industries (areas) which are known for abuse of the tax laws. Therefore, the efforts to scrutinize these tax areas have been increased. These areas are known as high risk (non-compliance) audit trigger areas.
If you file a tax return, and are involved in any of the following categories, be on your guard for a possible audit.
Schedule C (sole proprietors) filers. This is perhaps the largest scrutinized area regarding IRS tax returns. A recent study by the IRS found that Schedule C filers are known for not reporting income. Also, there are many chances to claim incorrect deductions in this category.
Partnerships S-Corporations Abuse tax shelters. This is an illegal activity that has shown recent growth.
Corporations – in general. Corporations are known for tax loopholes. More recently, shareholder fraud has become too popular.
High-income individuals, non-filers. Taxpayers with more money can, naturally, find creative ways to move it around.
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Hey Peachy Friends,
If there is one thing that we have a lot of, that's famous people! From celebrated actors & actresses to world-renowned artists, #famousbrits are everywhere getting accolades and awards that would make even a cynic jealous. What do you think about your favourite famous Brits?
Peachy is having a #famousbrits celebration on our Facebook page every Friday. All you have to do is guess the name of the Famous Brit that we have posted about and you will have the chance to win a cool and warm Peachy scarf. Go on, have a guess at who the #famousbrits are!
The winners are being announced every Monday – let's see if you are one!
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Oxymorons are fun. There are the obvious ones – jumbo shrimp, airplane food, military intelligence. And then there are the ones you stumble across. Like "bonus guarantee." After the fallout from the recession and the reaction to ridiculous bonuses, not to mention the "soul crushing" structure such programs can take, I see hopeful signs that reliance on cash bonuses as the primary means of recognition reward is diminishing. One such sign was reported by WorldatWork based on data from Mercer:
"Almost all participants [30 financial services organizations from Europe and North America] noted that they have changed the weighting of components in their pay packages. 70% have increased base salaries while decreasing annual cash bonuses (94%). … "94% of respondents have made or plan to make changes to their annual short-term incentive (STI) plan, commonly known as "the bonus." One-year bonus guarantees are used less than in 2009, with 57% of organizations having limited or eliminated multi-year bonus guarantees."
I'm glad to see that base salaries are rising. That is necessary to counter what the CIPD reported on two years ago:
"Bonuses have become a recruitment and retention tool rather than a reward for good performance. There are so many corporate governance issues around permanent salaries that the only 'wriggle room' has been bonuses. That's why in recent times there have been sums that have been seen as excessive, and the phenomenon of people asking for guaranteed bonuses – degrading the principle of paying for performance."
It's the comment in the second paragraph of the Mercer results I quote above that really gets to me, though – "bonus guarantees." I'm also glad to see these continuing to fall, counteracting (I hope) what Bloomberg also reported on:
"More Wall Street employees received bonuses for 2008 than were expecting to, though many remained unhappy with them. … What this shows is the bonus culture is very deep set in the securities industry. There's an entitlement culture amongst a number of people in the industry, which I think in the current industry is very misplaced."
That's why I argue so passionately against cash-based bonuses. They quickly become an expectation and an entitlement. Pay employees a fair wage. Recognize them with "After/That" appreciation and rewards, which are a surprise for work well done in alignment with your values and never an expectation. But stop playing around with the oxymoron of "bonus guarantees."


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Rewind to 1995
Let's take a journey back 15 years, slap bang into the middle of the 90s, when Britpop ruled the airwaves and people still watched their films on videocassette. Here are some of the highlights, tech and otherwise, of the things that debuted that year.
Gadget: DVD
The digital versatile disc, or DVD, was first shown to the world in 1995. Developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba and Time Warner, this CD-sized optical disc could hold an almost unthinkable 4.7GB of data on a single layer – around six times more information than a compact disc – making it ideal for storing high quality video and audio. Most commercially released DVDs were actually dual layered (and in the early days double-sided), so actually offered 9.4GB of space.
DVD revolutionised how we watched movies at home, driving the nails into the coffin of VHS and making a top notch home cinema experience with crisp pictures and eardrum-pounding surround sound available to the masses.
Album: Radiohead, "The Bends"
While later albums like OK Computer and Kid A would garner more critical acclaim, The Bends remains one of Radiohead's best loved and most accessible albums, and the record with which it became clear that the band were a creative force to be reckoned with. Tracks like Street Spirit, Fake Plastic Trees and High and Dry remain fan favourites fifteen years later.
Film: Seven
Of the many, many serial killer movies that were released in the 90s and noughties, Seven stands apart. Not only does the movie feature a tight screenplay, concerning a killer punishing what he sees as society's "sins" in a unnamed, rain-lashed American metropolis, it also boasts fine performances by Morgan Freeman (no surprise there) and hitherto pretty boy Brad Pitt, showing off his acting chops for perhaps the first time.
Then there's the aesthetic: director David Fincher's trademark desaturated colours and clever camerawork give the movie an unforgettable look that contributes to the overall feeling of bleakness. And the final, gut-wrenching twist is to die for.
Game: WipEout
This Brit-developed futuristic racing title was among the first video games to be considered truly cool. Released for the Sony PlayStation (the first video games console to be considered truly cool), WipEout saw you race sleek floating vehicles against each other, attaining brain-meltingly fast speeds and using power ups to fox your opponents.
The graphics were, for the time, nothing short of mind-blowing, while the soundtrack featured cutting edge dance acts like Leftfield, Orbital and The Chemical Brothers.
Book: Northern Lights
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Since we have observed that Hosius the Spaniard was present [at the council of Sirmium] against his will, it is necessary to give some brief account of him. A short time before he had been sent into exile by the intrigues of the Arians: but at the earnest solicitation of those convened at Sirmium, the emperor summoned him thither, wishing that by persuasion, or by compulsion he should give his sanction to their proceedings; for if this could be effected, they considered it would give great authority to their sentiments. On this ground, therefore, as I have said, he was most unwillingly obliged to be present: and when he refused to concur with them, stripes and tortures were inflicted on the old man. Wherefore he was constrained by p. 59 force to acquiesce in and subscribe to their exposition of the faith. Such was the issue of affairs at that time transacted at Sirmium. But the emperor Constantius after these things still continued to reside at that place, awaiting there the result of the war against Magnentius.
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There seem to be two dominant schools of thought regarding counterinsurgency. One is population focused. One is enemy focused. I just came from a lecture with the author of a recent book who thinks a third approach is more leadership focused. So which is most correct? I wonder if the answer is none of the above. Instead I wonder if there is an alternative option that is issue focused. What I mean is that each insurgent situation is unique. Granted there are similarities between all insurgencies and the counterinsurgent efforts against those insurgencies. But, they are all still different. Therefore, I wonder if in reality they each require a unique approach. If so, then the alternative, an issue centric approach, might make sense. Thoughts?
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Sadly, Cabela's 2009 is a mess overall. Tracking in Hunter Sense is way too difficult because trails are tricky to find; the mission structure is disjointed; and the graphics are rougher than a bear's bum. Best leave this one out in the wilderness.
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Jules Verne is truly a visionary. He lived in 1828-1905 way before "modern travel and transportation" was available, and yet he told stories way ahead of his time. In "20,000 Leagues under the Sea", he narrated the exploits of Captain Ahab in his submarine and diving equipment to explore the ocean depths... but these were yet to be invented! His other works include Around the World in Eighty Days, and the latest movie adaptation, Journey to the Center of the Earth. Indeed, he pioneered the science-fiction genre.
I have not yet read the book actually (though I'm inclined to buy one because I enjoyed 20,000 Leagues), but I read in other reviews of this movie that it is a loose adaptation of the book. It is an adventure created by following the clues in Jules Verne's book on how to go to the Center of the Earth.
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Professor Trevor Anderson taught Earth Sciences in a university and headed the Center of Volcanic Activity. Prior to Trevor's leadership of the center (of which he only had one assistant, his older brother Max took charge and placed monitoring systems in strategic places in the world ten years before. At the lowest point of Trevor's career, the Center was on the verge of getting closed down and only three of the many monitors were functional. But one day, while Max's son Sean was on vacation with uncle Trevor, they noticed a fourth monitoring device spring to life. The instances of that time were the same as the circumstances ten years back when Max disappeared. Determined to know what happened to Max, Trevor and Sean embarks on a journey to Iceland and hires mountain guide Hannah (Anita Briem) to check on the monitor.
A thunderstorm forces them into a cavern and subsequently gets trapped. Their adventure to the center of the earth begins.
Brendan Fraser is one actor whose movie career I was able to follow principally because he starred in adventure / fun films. Think Encino/California Man, George of the Jungle, a movie where they live underground (forgot the title), The Mummy, etc. Fun movies all. He disappeared from the big screen for quite a while and is now making a big comeback through this film and a third installment of The Mummy.
As the professor character Trevor, Fraser did his part well although his acting and humor is what you would expect from watching too many of his films. I don't know about Anita Briem, though. As the love interest of Brendan, I did not see any spark, and did not click with the audience overall (unlike the chemistry with Rachel Weisz in the Mummy series) but she did fine as an outdoorsy lass who knows the ropes of trekking. (Speaking of which, we sorely missed doing our own trekking and spelunking adventures while watching this movie). As a kid who has never read the book and now finds himself in it, I find that Josh Hutcherson as Sean did not truly bring to the screen a sense of wonderment and surprise at being in such an otherwordly environment.
Other than these, the plot was simple enough. But it's the adventure that made the grade. From the start the trio gets trapped in the cave up to the last part, it was an awesome trip!
I noticed that the manner by which it was filmed was suggestive that it was done for a 3D movie, with things flying about and action scenes in the first person perspective. My hunch was justified when I learned that there is indeed a 3D version of this movie. It would have even been more wonderful to watch it on 3D! Too bad The Block and iMax is too far from us.
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Players carry out foreplay actions based on symbols on the game board, while moving markers around the board. When a player lands on the "Lights Out?" space, he or she decides whether or not to play a round in the dark. If lights out is selected, then each player takes a turn with the lights out and the foreplay actions change to be based on the colors of the spaces. The spinner, game markers, game board and the game box top glow in the dark.
Kheper Games also will launch Glow-in-the-Dark Sex! at next week's ANME, along with eight other new items. Other new romance games launching include: Whip, Bind and Scratch Tickets, as an extension to their line of "Red Room" games and Creative Kisses, a romantic card game of unique kisses. Party games launching include: The Spirits Want You to Drink Them (a Ouija board spoof), Who's the Biggest Freak? (a drinking game of confessions), and a Boobs and Boners card game. Rounding out the mix of games are two holiday games: The 12 Sex Games of Christmas and The 12 Adult Party Games of Christmas. Kheper will also debut its new Sperm Confetti.
"We strive to be innovative in all that we do," Khper Games CEO Brian Pellham said. "Particularly with our Glow-in-the-Dark Sex! board game, our design team and vendor partner worked very hard to come up with an amazing concept. We invite everyone at ANME to check out our draped viewing display where we demonstrate how the game will look in the dark. The reds are vivid and deep, and the blues and greens shine bright. It really is a fun concept that we are thrilled to share with our customers, along with many other exciting new games and novelties."
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First in a series of occasional articles on the new Democratic-controlled Congress.
On June 15, beneath the crystal chandeliers and Corinthian pilasters of the Cannon Caucus Room, House Democrats had to decide how they really felt about the "culture of corruption." After months of expressing outrage over Republican scandals, what would they do about the $90,000 the FBI had found in the freezer of one of their own?
To House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the answer was obvious: Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) had to give up his coveted spot on the Ways and Means Committee. But at the closed-door caucus meeting, several black Democrats complained that Pelosi was not their emperor or queen, while Jefferson implored his colleagues to keep him on Ways and Means for the sake of Hurricane Katrina's victims. No one spoke up for Pelosi -- except Pelosi.
She began by praising Jefferson's wife and five daughters: Jamila, Jalila, Jelani, Nailah and Akilah. But she quickly made it clear that Jefferson's legal problems had become her political problem: "I am not an emperor or a queen. But neither am I a fool."
Pelosi explained that Democrats should be the party of ethics, that appearances count, that dealing forcefully with Jefferson's scandal would help everyone else in the room. "You didn't elect me emperor or queen," she said. "You elected me leader."
The Democrats overwhelmingly voted Jefferson off the committee. And in November, Americans voted Democrats into the majority, citing corruption as one of the issues that soured them on the GOP.
Today, after becoming the first Democratic speaker in 12 years and the first female speaker in the history of the House, Pelosi will offer a comprehensive package of ethics reforms, a down payment on her pledge to run "the most ethical Congress ever."
But it is not yet clear whether Jefferson's ouster heralded a new era of honesty and accountability, or just a one-off political calculation inspired by the 2006 campaign. After the midterm elections, Pelosi ignored the ethical cloud around Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) to support his bid to be majority leader, and she nearly chose Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.) to chair the intelligence committee even though the House once impeached him when he was a federal judge. And, in December, when Jefferson faced a fight for his political life in a runoff against state Rep. Karen R. Carter, a black Democrat with none of his ethical baggage, Pelosi refused to get involved.
Today, Jefferson will take his seat in Pelosi's House. His inconvenient presence will be a constant reminder of the fine line the new speaker will have to walk between rhetoric and reality, between the cross-cutting demands of her caucus and the demands of the public.
"Pelosi wouldn't even take my calls," Carter said. "None of the Democrats in Washington would take my calls. They all said they wanted to get rid of corruption, but I guess it wasn't their top priority."
Pelosi and Jefferson declined to comment for this story. But Brendan Daly, Pelosi's spokesman, said his boss will be as outspoken about ethics while in power as she was while in the minority.


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One of the most reliable signs of the season starts popping up in grocery stores right around now: bags of fresh cranberries (and cans of the somewhat frighteningly jiggly, solid stuff) are everywhere. But cranberries shouldn't be just a one-day accompaniment to the big event: cranberries are among the most powerful and antioxidant-packed foods. Here are five reasons this pretty little berry deserves a spot on your table year-round:
- They fight bad bugs: We all know the old wives' tale about drinking cranberry juice to ward off persistent urinary tract infections. That's actually rooted in truth; they appear to have compounds that act as Teflon for our cells against harmful bacteria like staph or E. coli.
- They have anti-aging powers: Cranberries are rich in antioxidants called polyphenols, plant-based compounds that reverse damage done to our cells by everyday life.
- They stop swelling: Chronic low levels of inflammation are believed to play a role in everything from heart disease to cancer, and acute flare-ups cause pain in various ways all over the body. Anthocyanins, a pigment that lends cranberries their rich red color, can actually get into cells and reduce inflammation.
- They build strong teeth: One study has found they are better than other fruits at fighting bacteria that cause tooth decay.
- They protect your tummy: Contrary to what some people believe, stomach ulcers are caused by a bacteria called H. Pylori, not by eating acidic foods or by stress. Cranberries have been shown to keep bacteria from sticking to stomach mucus and causing the damage.
While they are seasonal in the fall, it's easy to find juice and dried cranberries year-round. Just steer clear of those with a lot of added sugar or artificial flavorings.
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I tutor some kids who live along the San Vicente corridor in Brentwood. I have a bit of a break between two appointments, pretty regularly in fact, and I'm planning to start killing that time in the best way possible: by bellying up to a sushi bar, solo, and eating. Figure about once a week, an hour each time.
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Anyone have some thoughts or happy to influence me here? I've never been to any of these spots. I'm not looking for 'cheap' sushi (ugh) but I don't feel the need to pay for decor, either - I wanna sit, eat sushi for an hour, and banter with the big man, if possible.
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I don't get it. I mean, I get it, but I don't get why so many do not. I read about the Hobby Lobby case and how the decision came down the way it did and I do not get why people do not understand all the reasons this is bad. I do not get how they do not get what Justice Ginsberg so eloquently stated in her dissent that this is going to open up all sorts of ugliness allowing employers to deny coverage for anything they disagree with. As a trans woman it means employers will be able to deny me coverage for my transition, something insurance companies have only just started to do, and you can bet they will do just that. That, however is not what is the most difficult to wrap my head around.
What I truly do not understand is why people cannot comprehend that the whole point of democracy in general is to protect the powerless from the powerful. The latter is what Hobby Lobby is, and the former the women who work for them. There should be, of course, a certain amount of protection for the powerful from the "tyranny of the mob"as it has been called, but by and large the default should be "what protects the weak the most?"
This goes way beyond this last round of ugliness. This court has unshackled the rabid beast that is Smithian Capitalism like no other body in the history of our nation (though to be fair, the post Civil War court helped to lay down the ground work.) It boggles my mind that so many of our fellow Americans cannot see the simple truth that if the state does not reign in the powerful, then the powerful become the state. If your boss is not regulated, especially in regards to how he treats you, he is your government. Is that what you want?
In the past I have been cynical and nasty and assumed that is what you want. I have likened the American middle class to Stockholm Syndrome sufferers, or people with Battered Wife Syndrome. They take it and take it from their employers but insist that they are loved by their tormentors. I do not believe that anymore, but I do believe they are scared. They do not want to rock the boat, and more than a few, unfortunately, cannot see past their immediate beliefs and desires. To them people who live a life different from them do not need protecting. It is not that people automatically hate those whose religious mores are not their own, but they are too exhausted from the rat race to empathize.
Well we need to take a deep breath and re-energize, all of us, and yes this means you on the Christian Right too. The court did you no favors with this ruling. It reaffirmed its stance that your boss is your better and can make deeply personal decisions for you. It reinforces that the haves and have-nots are two distinct groups and one is more deserving of consideration than the other. Take that deep breath, look at your neighbors, and dive in and start fighting back, not just for your religious freedoms, but of all the freedoms of your countrymen. Do that or tomorrow, or the day after that, you will not be pledging allegiance to one nation (under God or not) but to a management that has replaced your elected representatives.


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Millennial Women Are Having Better Sex, "Orange Is the New Black" Actress Lea DeLaria Announces Wedding Date and Model Mark Reay Talks about Documentary "Homme Less" on "The View"By Marisa Dabney | Aug 7th, 2015
Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Nicolle Wallace, Raven-Symoné, and guest co-hosts Michelle Collins and Sara Haines talk to "Orange Is the New Black" Actress Lea DeLaria about her upcoming wedding.
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There was good news and bad news for Millennials today on "The View." The good news is they are having better sex than previous generations. The bad news is they are having less of it. Raven-Symone thinks less sex is a good thing and states, "I don't need it all the time." Michelle Collins feels good sex is hard to come by so you should take it when you can get it.
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The co-hosts question why men who experiment sexually with men are labeled Gay. Especially, when women who fool around briefly with other women are said to be just experimenting. The co-hosts agree there is a double standard. While trying to get down to the bottom of this and explain various sexual orientations Raven-Symone creates a new word: necessexually.
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This well furnished, comfortable holiday house is located in the surfside suburb of Woorim. The surf beach is only a 5 minute walk away. The pet friendly beach is also nearby. Within walking distance are all of the local shops, clubs and cafes.
This house is has comfortable living areas with cool tiles for those warm summer months. There is a flat screen TV and DVD Player in the lounge room as well as lounges 1 converts to a sofa bed a ceiling fan and also the dining room. There are 3 good size bedrooms in total. The master has a queen bed with air conditioner and wardrobes. The second bedroom also has a queen bed, ceiling fan and wardrobes. The third bedroom has two single beds, a ceiling fan and wardrobe. There is one bathroom which features a separate shower, bath and toilet. There is an undercover area with a table and chairs complete with a BBQ. There is a double lock up garage for secure parking.
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Linen Hire: $22.50 x Queen Set and $15 x Single Set. On request, beds can be made up prior to your arrival.
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Stenhouse Jr. aiming for three in a row at Iowa
Philadelphia, PA – Not only is Ricky Stenhouse Jr. enjoying a 23-point lead in the standings, but the defending Nationwide Series champion is very much looking forward to this weekend's race at Iowa Speedway as well.
Stenhouse will attempt to win his third consecutive Nationwide race at Iowa. His first two victories in the series came there last year. The series added a second date for this 0.875-mile track on its 2011 schedule.
"It would be awesome to win three races in a row at a single track," Stenhouse said. Roush Fenway has strong short and intermediate track programs, and Iowa Speedway has similar qualities of both types of tracks."
The series will run at Iowa again on August 4.
Stenhouse has recorded two wins and eight top-10 finishes in the first nine Nationwide races this season. His victories came at Las Vegas in Texas.
Sunday's 250-lap race at Iowa will mark Darrell Wallace Jr.'s debut in Nationwide. Wallace will drive the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.
In 2010, Wallace became the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race. He took the checkered flag at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC at the age of 16 years, five months and 19 days.
Wallace has won six times in 25 K&N Pro Series East races so far. He is scheduled to compete in Saturday's KNPSE event at Iowa.
"We tested in the off-season back in December and early January," Wallace said. "I definitely have got some seat time in the Nationwide car, and it's definitely a lot different than what I'm used to - different tire, different motor. It's all about logging laps. That's what we did. I had a great time and learned a lot about the cars. Just kind of really fit in with the team."
Kurt Busch is the only Sprint Cup Series regular entered in this race. Busch will be competing in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway before heading to Iowa. This will be his first time racing there.
"I had the opportunity in 2007 to participate in a COT [Car of Tomorrow] test session at Iowa Speedway, which was a lot of fun," Busch said. "I know the side-by-side racing action will be competitive for the drivers and entertaining for the fans.
"The all-star schedule back in Charlotte won't allow for me to qualify the No. 54 Monster Energy car, but we have Drew Herring as a teammate this weekend, and he's going to take real good care of the car for me."
Three weeks ago at Richmond, Busch gave Kyle Busch Motorsports its first victory in Nationwide. He has driven his younger brother's car in three races so far.
Forty-three teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Hi-Bred 250.
Jeff Green will continue to drive the No. 14 car in place of the injured Eric McClure, who has yet to be medically cleared by NASCAR following his accident earlier this month at Talladega.
Series: NASCAR Nationwide. Date: Sunday, May 20. Race: Pioneer Hi-Bred 250. Site: Iowa Speedway. Track: 0.875-mile oval. Start time: 2 p.m. (et). Laps: 250. Miles: 218.75. 2011 Winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Television: ESPN. Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Satellite.