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...Fluno, 53, of Orlando, Fla., says she, like Maglione, had to train her replacement--a common practice in the domestic outsourcing industry--when her data-processing unit at Germany-based Siemens was outsourced to India's Tata last year. "It's extremely insulting," she says. "The guy's sitting there doing my old job." After 10 months of looking, she is working again, but she had to take...
...related conditions. "For 30 years meditation research has told us that it works beautifully as an antidote to stress," says Daniel Goleman, author of Destructive Emotions, a conversation among the Dalai Lama and a group of neuroscientists. "But what's exciting about the new research is how meditation can train the mind and reshape the brain." Tests using the most sophisticated imaging techniques suggest that it can actually reset the brain, changing the point at which a traffic jam, for instance, sets the blood boiling. Plus, compared with surgery, sitting on a cushion is really cheap...
...Gary Cooper) is ready to retire and leave town to spend the rest of his life with his wife Amy (Grace Kelly). But Kane’s intentions are delayed when he receives news that a deadly outlaw he sent to prison is due to arrive on the noon train. Everyone knows the outlaw has come to seek revenge on the sheriff, but all are too frightened to help him fight. Although John Wayne harshly criticized the film upon its release, it has since garnered acclaim and was remade in 2000. High Noon screens Monday, August...
...situation, two mutineers wandered away from the Glorietta to cover one bomb with a plastic garbage bag when rain began to fall.) As the afternoon wore on, more troops and tanks crowded around the square. But negotiations were also being furiously pursued. The mutineers' mall saw an endless train of negotiators - senators, military brass, even family members. The 5 p.m. deadline was extended, then scrapped. In the end, the rebels were driven out of central Manila on buses, having received nothing from the government but a promise to examine their many grievances...
It’s different, to say the least. Instead of coddling imaginary injuries, I’m trying to prevent myself from getting carpal tunnel syndrome. Instead of the insult-laden, crowded camp bus, I now ride to work on the insult-laden, crowded number 4 train. And instead of arriving at Harvard well-tanned with sun-kissed hair, the office lighting has colored my complexion in the opposite direction—uber-pale. But the office has taught me how to be more disciplined and mature. And I have to admit it feels good to talk to adults...