A fantasy nightclub

Photos: A fantasy nightclub | CNET News.com: "Start-up company Doppelganger has launched a virtual nightclub called The Lounge. Designed with teens in mind, club-goers choose computer generated characters as online alter egos. They pick hair color, clothes and even posture. In this picture, avatar characters representing members of the British all-girl band the Pussycat Dolls hang out in the nightclub's VIP room."

'A good death' - The Boston Globe

'A good death' - The Boston Globe: "'A good death'
After a 40-year virtual ban on research involving psychedelic drugs, scientists look anew at their potential in treating pain and anxiety
Diane's mother photographed her daughter during one of their walks not long before Diane died of cancer. Diane took ecstasy before her death, under a therapist's supervision.
Diane's mother photographed her daughter during one of their walks not long before Diane died of cancer. Diane took ecstasy before her death, under a therapist's supervision.

By Scott Allen, Globe Staff | May 15, 2006

Diane never smoked marijuana, and she disapproved of her mother's past drug experiments. But cancer made the 33-year-old teacher ready to try anything that might help: she hoped she would find a cure in herbs from a Tibetan doctor or in the hands of a faith healer deep in the Brazilian rain forest."

Top 10 Most Stressful Professions

33 News - Straight to the Point - HEALTH - Top 10 Most Stressful Professions: "Top 10 Most Stressful Professions
Work Stresses and Colleague Irritations, Defined
IT experts are more likely to suffer from stress than any other professional, according to the survey.

A staggering 97 percent of people working in IT claim to find their life at work stressful on a daily basis.

Four out of five IT consultants feel stressed before they even enter the workplace, in anticipation of another day juggling complaints, pressure from managers and daily targets.

And a quarter of IT experts are under such enormous pressure to perform at work they have taken time off suffering with stress.

The poll also revealed that a third of IT professionals say it is difficult to get the work done when managers are constantly on their backs.

One IT respondent said: “I spend most of my day fielding calls from people who don’t even have a basic knowledge of computers and printers.

“It is amazing the amount of time I spend teaching people where the on-off button is.

“And when I do actually find a technical problem to solve, I have my manager breathing down my neck wondering why I have a backlog of complaints.”

Kevin Young, managing director of SkillSoft says: “Our research was sparked by a recent Gartner report which claims that the untrain"