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Coffee-Breaks may be Counter Productive for Employees

February 15th, 2004 at 10:28 pm » Comments (0)

Taking a coffee break at work may actually sabotage employees’ ability to do their jobs and undermine teamwork instead of boosting it, suggests new research.



India to Become the New Mecca for Medical Procedures

February 15th, 2004 at 10:13 pm » Comments (0)

Many people from the developed world come to India for the rejuvenation promised by yoga and ayurvedic massage, but few consider it a destination for hip replacements or brain surgery.



Jammers Declare War on Cell Phones

February 15th, 2004 at 9:57 pm » Comments (0)

A cafe customer fed up with cell phone chatter sits in a bubble of blissful silence as nearby patrons puzzle over dead handsets.
A man tries to take a secret snapshot with his camera phone, but gets only a blank screen.
A priest imbues his church with a new energy — the electromagnetic kind — to keep […]



Perhaps You Should Consider a Space Burial

February 15th, 2004 at 9:49 pm » Comments (0)

Celestis is a company that is offering space burials for some $11,000. Isn’t this just spiffy, like there is not enough junk in space already… Kinda gives the term floating bodies a whole new twist.

Personally, I would just die to be buried in space…..