But throughout my trip, I can't help but wonder whether there's a whiff of resignation in this new artsy-craftsy, laid-back Taipei.
If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 9 million miles of fiber strands--four or five times as many as the new networks laid by big rivals like Qwest (nyse: Q - news - people).
Although New Orleans is still a laid-back place that likes a good time, the trauma of the storm and the long slog back to normality seem to have energised it.
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He chucked New York nearly two decades ago for New Mexico's ski slopes and laid-back lifestyle.
Earlier this year Karin--a 2008 graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law who asked that her last name not be published--was laid off by a New York City law firm six months into her job.
That grisly moment, when O'Driscoll was spear-tackled out of the New Zealand tour, was the latest evidence that on Lions tours, the best-laid plans can come undone at a moment's notice.
Low rates of unemployment in the countries which have shifted furthest away from manufacturing suggest that most laid-off workers have found new jobs.
However, when Saracens recycled the kick-off the New Zealander's clearance kick merely laid the groundwork for the opening try.
And because unemployment rates in most developed economies have not increased during the past decade, even though manufacturing jobs have been lost, it would appear that most laid-off factory workers have found new jobs.
If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 9 million miles of fiber strands--four or five times as many as the new networks laid by big rivals like Qwest.
If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 15 million kilometers of fiber strands--four to five times as many as the new networks laid by such big rivals as Qwest.
First, we'll open new doors to higher education and job training programs to recently laid-off workers who are receiving unemployment benefits.
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The work to replace 30m (98ft) of the existing runway with a new strip laid 70cm (2ft) lower, is part of the two-year project.
Moreover, they are in no hurry to agree to a new law, since they think the woes of exporters, and their laid-off workers, can only help them at the polls.
The new mega-rocket, called the Space Launch System, passed a series of reviews that laid out the technical, performance, cost and schedule requirements for the heavy-lift booster.
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Katrina laid bare America's class divide, as better-off residents escaped New Orleans while poor blacks suffered in the city's stinking Superdome.
The blueprints contained in the Dodd-Frank Act may have been agreed, but the new foundations and walls must still be laid brick by brick.
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The five days will see the establishment of new collaborations and discussions relating to how the objectives laid out in the Project roadmap (2012-2016) can be achieved, principally relating to the creation and maintenance of diseases specific genetic variation databases.
It sparked profanity-laced tirades by Steve Jobs over the last year and laid the seeds for the new iCloud service that will be rolled out shortly.
Generous employment benefits encourage laid-off workers to continue seeking jobs in dying industries rather than train for something new.
Indeed, according to a new analysis by the AARP of Department of Labor Statistics, average duration of unemployment for older laid-off job seekers rose to 44.9 weeks in October.
With WiFi, Nordstrom laid a foundation for these new mobile POS devices, which Nordstrom finished initially rolling out in mid-2011 and are primarily being used in B.
The laid-off furniture worker who suddenly has to retrain at the age of 55 for a new career, trying to figure out how to pay for community college -- she needs a champion.
Shaw says that once Kelley set his mind to studying at CalArts, he quickly developed a fierce affection for Los Angeles, a laid-back city that didn't spook him like the art-world capital, New York.
The new fields claim to be softer and more forgiving than AstroTurf, which was a nylon rug laid over a shock-absorbing pad and concrete.
"Highly skilled people who had been laid off from their jobs in the for-profit sector have been volunteering for us in their new-found time, " he said.
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Earlier Wednesday, South Korean government officials laid out new policy plans for the year to support Ms. Park's attempt to improve North-South ties while still standing firm against threats.
In a few short years, Gill, the Yale-educated son of the famed New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, closed the consulting business he started after he was laid off, got divorced and was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
For other people, he hopes to do something with their employer-based coverage so that if you're laid off from your job, then, under the new plan, your COBRA would be extended, but the government would pay 65 percent of the monthly premium that you pay for that.
In one recent study, 61% of consumers reported that they didn't read all the terms of contracts before agreeing to them. (And those are just the ones who will admit to it.) "Laid edge to edge, they're impossible to stay on top of, " says New York-based plaintiffs' attorney James Denlea.
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