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Compensation experts say that as the government increases its efforts to curtail executive pay, companies will come up with more and more creative ways to keep their employees happy. "Citi may have bent the rules a bit,' says top compensation consultant Alan Johnson. "But if these firms don't come up with some way to pay their people, they are going to be out of business...
...people, is the world’s most potent anti-aphrodisiac. 11. FM: You’re also a hypnotherapist. What led you to pursue that profession?AB: In med school they had a class entitled “Clinical Hypnotherapy,” and being of a scientific bent I thought I’m going to go in there and heckle these cats because this is a whole bunch of nonsense. So I go in there, and just listening to the guy, boom, I’m out in five minutes. So I’m like, okay...
...evolving strengths of different strains of Islam in South Asia provide an important context for Qasab's tale. In 2007 the Rand Corp. suggested that such groups as Pakistan's Sufi-influenced Barelvi sect - which does not have a jihadist bent - be encouraged in order to combat extremism. But since the anti-Soviet war, Wahhabi groups, drawing their influence from Saudi Arabia's austere brand of Islam - together with the Wahhabis' South Asian counterparts, the Deobandis - have gained ground in Pakistan. Soheil decries the Wahhabi focus on jihad. "Here we teach peace and love...
...police vehicle carrying three top officials, including the chief of the state's antiterrorism squad. "One police officer got down from the said vehicle and started firing at us," Qasab says in his statement. "One bullet hit my hand and my AK-47 dropped down. I bent to pick it up when the second bullet hit me on the same hand." But his partner managed to shoot and kill all three of the senior officers. Khan pulled out the bodies and drove away...
...keys, and bass) had talent with a special emphasis on the skills of drummer Nick Pope, and the cute lead singer didn’t hurt their chances, even if the PA made her a little hard to hear. Four songs kept the crowd skanking—that knees bent, head-bobbing, white people dance that looks cool when girls do it but really stupid when guys do it, and even started some crowd surfing which amusingly ended in someone’s mom getting kicked in the head. A crowd chant after their last song made Elephantom early favorites.Next...