Laid-Back Aussies Among World's Hardest Workers (Reuters)

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ISP Actively Seeking Laid Off US Workers

ISP Actively Seeking Laid Off US Workers 02/17/2004 05:57 AM
While everyone is worried about the offshoring trend, one discount ISP is looking to take advantage of the trend here in the US. Knowing that bigger rival Earthlink has been shutting down US call centers, upstart ISP Joi Internet is actively seeking out laid off Earthlink workers to hire in their US call centers. The company has been making a name for itself by offering insanely cheap dialup service with free tech support (all US-based, apparently), and they're finding the labor situation in the US works to their advantage. They can hire ex-Earthlink employees who can get up to speed much faster and don't need quite as much training as others.

A laid-back taste of England in the sun
(FT.com)

A laid-back taste of England in the sun
(FT.com) 01/26/2004 08:39 AM
FT.com - Everybody knows Barbados's reputation as the playground for the rich and famous; less well known is the uniquely well balanced relationship it supports between its locals and the affluent expatriates who have second homes there.

Australian music industry laid back over
piracy

Australian music industry laid back over
piracy 11/17/2003 04:16 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 17 2003 3:57AM ET

Slayings Shatter the Calm of Laid-Back
North Coast (Los Angeles Times)

Slayings Shatter the Calm of Laid-Back
North Coast (Los Angeles Times) 09/01/2004 06:01 AM
Los Angeles Times - Darkness was coming, and with it coils of mist. The only sounds had been of heavy surf and the clacking together of water-smoothed stones, but now came the sharp call from a drifter settling in for the night in the cove, where overnight camping is prohibited.

World Cup winners have got Aussies
licked (Reuters)

World Cup winners have got Aussies
licked (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:40 PM
Reuters - Fans of England's World Cup winning rugby team can now lick the Australians again and again with every letter they send Down Under.

Aussies flock to annual cockroach race
(Reuters)

Aussies flock to annual cockroach race
(Reuters) 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
Reuters - Gambling-mad Australians, teased for willingly betting on two flies crawling up a wall, have expanded their horizons -- now they're placing bets on cockroaches.

Outlaw Laid Low by Short Fuse (Reuters)

Outlaw Laid Low by Short Fuse (Reuters) 04/11/2005 07:53 AM
Reuters - Albania's most wanted man fought off special police and eluded capture for years only to blow himself up while fishing with dynamite, police and newspapers said Friday.

New York's 9/11 'Freedom Tower'
Cornerstone Laid (Reuters)

New York's 9/11 'Freedom Tower'
Cornerstone Laid (Reuters) 07/04/2004 01:56 PM
Reuters - Families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks joined New York City's mayor and two state governors on Sunday to lay the granite cornerstone of the "Freedom Tower" skyscraper at the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.

The world's coolest advent calendar is
back

The world's coolest advent calendar is
back 12/02/2003 04:17 AM
The Perl Advent Calendar is back for yet another year, bringing you the lowdown on one new deliciously tasty perl...

Livewire: Back to School Means Back to
Advergames (Reuters)

Livewire: Back to School Means Back to
Advergames (Reuters) 09/15/2004 03:18 PM
Reuters - Back to school for many kids means "back to Internet access" in classes where the best of filtering software is not foolproof, particularly against seemingly harmless Web sites used for invasive marketing.

Workers keep right to flirt (Reuters)

Workers keep right to flirt (Reuters) 06/17/2005 05:04 PM
Reuters - A German court has upheld the right of Wal-Mart staff in Germany to flirt at work, a spokesman said Thursday, showing that Germany's restrictive labor laws also have their permissive aspects.

Hardest core person so far

Hardest core person so far 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
The hardest core person encountered so far on this trip is Eric Duquenoy (http://eduquenoy.chez.tiscali. fr).  He left France a little more than two years ago in a smallish 4WD diesel Mitsubishi, drove down through French Northwest Africa, shipped his car/home from Togo to Brazil, drove down to Ushuaia, Argentina, then came up the West Coast of South America as far as Ecuador before shipping the car up here to Panama City (there is no road link between Columbia and Panama and it is dangerous to drive through Columbia).  Eric is a 44-year-old former computer programmer who sleeps in a pop-up mattress/tent mounted to his car's roof (similar to what you see at http://www.loftyshelters.com/ ).  Eric and I met in the old city this afternoon and he gave me a lift back to my hotel where I discovered the hardest core element of all in his story:  the Mitsubishi is unairconditioned.

The Hardest-Working Woman in the TV Biz

The Hardest-Working Woman in the TV Biz 09/19/2004 11:35 AM
Does Heather Locklear ever age? Or get less-than-stellar ratings? Can the old formula still work in "LAX," her new NBC series?

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

The Waiting is the Hardest Part 01/22/2004 02:41 AM
[This is part of a series of posts on the home buying process I'm going thru. To see the full set, visit the house category archives.] I put an offer on a townhouse today. I've supposed to hear back by 9pm, but my realtor just e-mailed me to say she hasn't heard anything yet. Grr. I'll say know more when I know more. Needless to say, it's been a completely insane day. The housing market in the Bay Area is...

U.S. workers flock to Web to say "I love
you!" (Reuters)

U.S. workers flock to Web to say "I love
you!" (Reuters) 02/13/2004 04:06 PM
Reuters - U.S. workers this year are rushing to the Internet in droves, looking for the perfect Valentine gift to say "I love you," an online tracking firm has said.

Workers Flock to Web to Say 'I Love
You!' (Reuters)

Workers Flock to Web to Say 'I Love
You!' (Reuters) 02/13/2004 04:00 PM
Reuters - U.S. workers this year are rushing to the Internet in droves, looking for the perfect Valentine gift to say "I love you," an online tracking firm said on Friday.

Could this be the world's oldest woman?
(Reuters)

Could this be the world's oldest woman?
(Reuters) 01/18/2004 12:33 PM
Reuters - A Chechen great-great-grandmother born in 1881 could be the oldest woman in the world, Russian state television reports, saying she pipped the current record holder by eight years.

Sweden tires of tired workers (Reuters)

Sweden tires of tired workers (Reuters) 09/17/2004 04:37 AM
Reuters - Swedish welfare authorities plan to launch a campaign to educate Swedes about when they can take sick leave, after a study showed 40 percent believe it is enough to feel tired to stay home and draw benefits.

These iPod Accessories Pass The Hardest
Test

These iPod Accessories Pass The Hardest
Test 01/02/2004 04:48 AM
Here are other iPod accessories I found to be a cut above the rest. By Bob LeVitus (Houston Chronicle via MyAppleMenu)

World's 'Longest Snake' Comes Up Short
(Reuters)

World's 'Longest Snake' Comes Up Short
(Reuters) 01/07/2004 03:04 PM
Reuters - It's still a big snake, just not a record-breaker.

World's longest snake goes on show
(Reuters)

World's longest snake goes on show
(Reuters) 12/30/2003 08:32 AM
Reuters - A recreation park in Indonesia is displaying a 15-metre (49 feet) python -- making it the longest ever captured -- that was revered as a tribal ruler and has a huge appetite for dogs.

Home of the World's Top Sperm Donors
(Reuters)

Home of the World's Top Sperm Donors
(Reuters) 12/30/2003 09:46 AM
Reuters - Danes are spreading their genes around the world faster than ever aided by exports from local firm Cryos International, the world's biggest sperm bank.

World's Oldest Man Dies at 114 in Spain
(Reuters)

World's Oldest Man Dies at 114 in Spain
(Reuters) 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
Reuters - A retired Spanish shoemaker who was officially the world's oldest man has died at his home at the age of 114, his family said on Saturday.

World's Top Rescue Dogs Face-Off
(Reuters)

World's Top Rescue Dogs Face-Off
(Reuters) 07/02/2004 02:38 PM
Reuters - Search and rescue dogs from around the world were unleashed on Friday for the 2004 world championships in this eastern German town, which will test their skills and improve international rescue coordination.

World's longest snake comes up short
(Reuters)

World's longest snake comes up short
(Reuters) 01/07/2004 03:05 PM
Reuters - It's still a big snake, just not a record-breaker.

Lebanese Woman Could Be World's Oldest
-- at 126 (Reuters)

Lebanese Woman Could Be World's Oldest
-- at 126 (Reuters) 06/15/2004 07:04 AM
Reuters - A Lebanese woman who has documents saying she was born in 1877 -- making her at least 126 years old -- could be the oldest person in the world.

Yahoo! awards world's best cybercafes
(Reuters)

Yahoo! awards world's best cybercafes
(Reuters) 08/31/2004 08:37 PM
Reuters - A San Francisco laundromat may be the one of the world's most unusual places to surf the Internet but a sleek club on Moscow's Red Square is definitely the sleekest, according to a Yahoo! survey of the globe's best cybercafes.

World's First Mobile Virus Is Not
Lethal, Yet (Reuters)

World's First Mobile Virus Is Not
Lethal, Yet (Reuters) 06/16/2004 05:23 AM
Reuters - A group of underground virus writers has showed off what is believed to be the world's first worm that can spread on advanced mobile phones, but security software companies say the virus had no malicious code attached. The worm, named Cabir, was sent to security software firms Kapersky Lab of Russia and U.S.-based Symantec by a member of 29a, a group of virus writers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia who pride themselves in creating "proof of concept malicious viruses," Kapersky Labs spokesman Denis Zenkin said.

U.S. office workers surf for porn --
poll (Reuters)

U.S. office workers surf for porn --
poll (Reuters) 02/10/2004 06:38 PM
Reuters - America's office-cubicle dwellers may be burning up the keyboards, but it's not necessarily a paycheque they're chasing.

Bush Acknowledges 'Time of Change' for
Workers (Reuters)

Bush Acknowledges 'Time of Change' for
Workers (Reuters) 08/28/2004 01:40 PM
Reuters - President Bush on Saturday acknowledged U.S. manufacturing workers have seen a "time of change" in the economy but said his private sector-based policies were the way to boost growth.

Ryanair sacks workers who travelled in
toilets (Reuters)

Ryanair sacks workers who travelled in
toilets (Reuters) 07/23/2004 07:50 AM
Reuters - Irish airline Ryanair has sacked two of its workers who sat in an overcrowded plane's toilets for a flight from Spain because there were no other seats.

Bush Says Kerry Tax Plan a Threat to
Workers (Reuters)

Bush Says Kerry Tax Plan a Threat to
Workers (Reuters) 09/05/2004 06:34 PM
Reuters - President Bush, under election-year pressure on the economy, said on Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy would hinder the creation of jobs.

Two American Oil Workers Killed in
Nigerian Ambush (Reuters)

Two American Oil Workers Killed in
Nigerian Ambush (Reuters) 04/24/2004 10:28 AM
Reuters - Heavily armed Nigerian militants killed two U.S. oil workers in a botched robbery attempt in Nigeria's southern delta, authorities said on Saturday.

Microsoft Workers Grumble on Benefit
Cuts (Reuters)

Microsoft Workers Grumble on Benefit
Cuts (Reuters) 05/29/2004 08:04 AM
Reuters - Nearly three-quarters of some 3,000 Microsoft Corp. employees told the world's largest software maker that they were "very dissatisfied" with recently announced cuts to their generous benefits plan, according to an informal poll on an internal company Web site.

A Young Doctor's Hardest Lesson: Keep
Your Mouth Shut

A Young Doctor's Hardest Lesson: Keep
Your Mouth Shut 12/28/2004 03:40 AM
The biggest shock along the road to becoming a doctor is the revelation that you can ask and the patient will tell anything.

Scottish man crowned world's fastest
texter (Reuters)

Scottish man crowned world's fastest
texter (Reuters) 03/22/2005 04:51 PM
Reuters - A Scottish factory worker has been crowned the world's fastest texter after punching out a complicated message in record time.

World's smallest dog died a natural
death (Reuters)

World's smallest dog died a natural
death (Reuters) 04/07/2005 12:59 PM
Reuters - Named the world's smallest dog in 1999, a chihuahua just 15 cm (six inches) tall, died of natural causes and not medical malpractice as its owner claimed, a Czech court has ruled.

World's beer fans meet for Oktoberfest
(Reuters)

World's beer fans meet for Oktoberfest
(Reuters) 09/18/2004 01:23 PM
Reuters - International squads of beer drinkers, leather-clad Bavarians and devotees of excess young and old have converged in Munich for the start of the planet's biggest beer festival, the Oktoberfest.

Spiderman to Scale World's Tallest
Building (Reuters)

Spiderman to Scale World's Tallest
Building (Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - French "Spiderman" Alain Robert, a dare-devil climbing ace, plans to scale the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, in the Taiwan capital on Christmas Day, the building's management said Friday.
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