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SERIOUSLY STRESSFUL |
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By Angelo Cantera, Reporter
Nowadays, it’s a staple in the workforce jargon; a light-hearted
label for office anxieties and work-related woes. But no matter how
frequently you hear it, how easily it rolls on the tongue, or how
openly you can discuss it as supposed to more sensitive health
issues, one thing remains certain: stress is a serious matter.
“[It] is primarily caused by [the] ‘fight or
flight’ response in our biological system,” Stress-management
Instructor David Montecillo told The Manila Times. “When
there is an external stimulus that poses as a threat, our bodies go
into a physiological response to get ready to ‘fight’ the danger
or to take ‘flight’—run away.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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SKEPTIC
TANK
By Tim Tayag
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Nation of savants
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Maybe I’m too late to get on the hate band wagon against Chip Tsao,
the Hong Kong overlord/writer who hid behind a sorry excuse for
nationalism and satire for his disrespectful comment about
Filipinos, which is so similar to the...
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STUFF THAT WORKS AT WORK
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Penlight battery-powered lifesaver
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In the wireless age you can’t hide from work. Bosses expect you to
be on call all the time—even in the midst of your summer vacation.
Be it a diving resort in Coron or hiker’s hut in Batad, you need
to stay in touch if you still want to have a job waiting for you
back in the metro.
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Promotion is bad for you: British research
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LONDON: Job promotion can harm your health and leave you with
substantially less time to visit the doctor, British researchers
claim in a study published Friday.
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Success secrets from the guru
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Regarded as America’s top success coach, Jack Canfield is famous
for co-creating the best-selling series of books Chicken Soup for
the Soul that sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.
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Bad mood, better recall, researchers find
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SYDNEY: People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter
have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day,
Australian researchers have found.
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Red Cross social networks to inspire humanitarian acts
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GENEVA: The International Red Cross is campaigning through social
networking sites on the Internet for the first time to share and
encourage personal acts of humanitarian compassion worldwide.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Easter Monday
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There was a deafening silence in the tomb. They had hastily laid the
body of Jesus inside the small stone vault. The agony and the
defeat! It was all over. What a difference five days would make:
first Palm Sunday, then the cruelty of Good Friday.
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