MetroPCS fires up cutting-edge wireless network

TURN IT UP: MetroPCS on Tuesday became the first U.S. phone company to turn on a network that uses LTE, a new wireless technology that promises faster data speeds.

THE COMPETITION: MetroPCS, the fifth-largest wireless carrier, …

Get A Grip! Overcoming Stress and Thriving in the Workplace

Get A Grip! Overcoming Stress and Thriving in the Workplace by Bob Losyk. 2005. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 215 pages, Softcover, $19.95

Intended Audience: AU

Major Headings from Table of Contents: Get A Grip! Covers 1 1 main areas: Why Are We So Stressed Out; Get a Grip or Burn Out; Shaping Up to Keep Stress Down; The Mind-Body Connection; De-stressing Tools for Mind, Body, and Spirit Fitness What's Food Got to Do with It? Tackling Stress with a Tickle; Staying Sane While Traveling at Warp Speed; Get a Grip on Time; Fifty Ways to Leave Your Stressors; Getting and Keeping Your Grip.

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Stress …

Merkel gets warm welcome at Israeli parliament

Israel's parliament has literally rolled out the red carpet for visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel is being welcomed by an honor guard and Israeli leaders outside the parliament building. Later Tuesday, she is to deliver the first address to the parliament by a visiting head of …

Home truths

B&nes:television's favourite property experts are asking residentsof Bath and north east Somerset for their opinion of the region.

B&NES has been shortlisted for the Channel 4 programme LocationLocation Location: Best and Worst LIVE.

The show, hosted by Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp, aims touncover the most popular places to live in the UK - and the worst.

They will judge on six categories: crime, environment, lifestyle,health, education and employment.

B&NES has been shortlisted …

Artoflosing.ca

Inspired by the Elizabeth Bishop poem "One Art" that reads, "The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss seems no disaster," this website catalogues all manner …

Staff says to reject U2 guitarist's proposal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials for the state agency that oversees coastal development has for a second time recommended denying a controversial development proposal led by U2 guitarist The Edge for a cluster of mansions overlooking Malibu.

California Coastal Commission staff on Friday recommended that the board reject the project's application at its June meeting. In February, officials made the same recommendation before the item was pulled from the agenda at the request of the musician and his partners. At the time, project manager Jim Vanden Berg expressed surprise but said he believed they could work with staff to "clarify misunderstandings."

The proposal involving the …

UMKC holds off Western Illinois 61-57

LaTreze Mushatt and Jay Couisnard scored 14 points each and UMKC held off Western Illinois 61-57 Thursday night to end a three-game losing streak.

Spencer Johnson had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Bakari Lewis also had 10 points for the Kangaroos (9-9, 3-4 Summit). The game was close throughout, with UMKC leading by 10 late in the …