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POPSThe Dangers Of Over-Identifying Oneself With One's Work This clip is from an excellent article by Peter Bregman from the Harvard Business Review. I encourage any of you who are concerned or frustrated with the 24/7 work life many of us lead these days to read the article. It discusses the dramatic rise in workplace suicides in the U.S., and poses the theory that we should strive to diversify our selves and not classify so much of who we are with what we do.
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POPSDesktop Fun: Forest Theme Wallpapersby
merrie Yesterday 12:40 AM 
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Feeling a little bit stressed out lately and need something peaceful to look at to help you relax? Then you can add a bit of tranquility to your desktop with our forest theme wallpapers collection.
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POPSWorld bankers meet in Sydney as recovery fears intensify The meeting was planned last year. Given that the world's top central bankers were in attendance, we can expect their discussions to have a significant global impact. Were they discussing a global currency? How to replace the dollar as the reserve currency? My fantasy is that they reviewed the ancient biblical system of Jubilee. Every 50 years, all debt was forgiven. It seems we could fix things rather quickly by simply zeroing out the books, globally.
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POPSHas the Depression "officially" Begun? Politicians get very creative finding ways to avoid using the term "depression" in reference to the economy. Now the British, in the Telegraph, seem to be boldly suggesting its the appropriate term.
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POPSPoisoned Rain Waterby
dcoda Yesterday 4:24 AM 
Rain water was tested to learn the effects of chemtrails. This video would have been better if the facts were presented PRIOR to the angry rant, I suggest you bear with the introductory claims (or fast forward) to get to the results of the test.We find that high levels of boron, arsenic, aluminum,etc.are in rain water, which should be pure. Effects of exposure to these toxic levels are also provided.I should add that there are ways to cleanse the body of heavy metals.
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POPSCongressional Democrats Point Finger of Blame at Rahm Emanuel Congressional Democrats point finger of blame at Rahm Emanuel on healthcare - TheHill.com Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform. The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel’s lack of Senate experience slowed President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. The share of the blame comes as cracks are beginning to show in Emanuel’s once-impregnable political armor. Last week he had to apologize after a report surfaced that he called liberal groups “retarded” in a private meeting. While Emanuel has quelled that controversy by meeting with advocates for people with disabilities, on Capitol Hill he’s under fire for poor execution of the president’s healthcare agenda in the Senate... more ... http://bit.ly/boJ1Lp
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POPSHAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY A lot of people love to celebrate this day. To those of you who do, I hope this day is filled with all the love you you deserve. And, everyone deserves to be loved.
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POPSFor-Profit Health Insurer raising rates 40% Anthem said its costs have been driven up in part because the weak economy has led many people in good health to forgo coverage, leaving those with greater medical needs in its pool of customers. i.e.... due to the republican recession healthy people are playing russian roulette in the hopes of saving some bucks so they can either pay the house mortgage or ride it out till the find a job.
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POPSTwo-Thirds of Americans disagree with Bush Supreme Court Campaign Finance Decision "The last thing people want to see in this environment is corporations having more influence on politicians." That's especially true among independents, as data from the poll shows. More than 80% of independents said new limits should be placed on campaign spending. Seventy-four percent of independents agreed with the statement that "special interests have too much influence in Washington."
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POPSChristian teacher 'forced out' after complaining Muslim pupils praised 9/11 hijackers 'as heroes' Mr Kafouris, a Greek Cypriot, taught for 12 years at Bigland Green Primary School in Tower Hamlets, East London. According to Ofsted 'almost all' its 465 pupils are from ethnic minorities and a vast proportion do not speak English as a first language. The teacher claims racial discrimination by the school, its headmistress and her assistant head after they failed to take action about the comments made by pupils to him. He said there was a change in attitude of the pupils after the atrocities of September 11, 2001. They told him: 'We hate the Christians' and 'We hate the Jews', despite his attempts to stop them. He said he filled out a Racist Incident Reporting Sheet but claimed headmistress Jill Hankey dismissed his concerns. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
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POPSAl Gore and Snow Can you just imagine how much snow we would be having if we weren't experiencing Global Warming?
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POPSBoehner to Obama: We Need to Start Cutting Spending Nowby
merrie Yesterday 11:23 PM 
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In a letter sent to President Obama last week, Boehner and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) asked the president to invoke his authority under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to submit specific proposals rescinding spending already in place. Boehner and Cantor pledged that if the president grants their request and chooses to use this authority, which has been invoked 1,178 times by previous presidents, they will introduce each proposal as a stand-alone bill in the House of Representatives. "Here in the House of Representatives, there is no shortage of opportunities to vote on bills increasing spending or creating new programs, but very seldom do we consider bills to actually reduce spending or eliminate programs," Boehner and Cantor wrote last week. "Since increasing the debt limit by $290 billion on December 16, the House has not considered one bill to reduce the national debt.