Shocking news: Romania, 21 April 2007. A 32 year old young woman was found dead in her apartment by her colleague.

Raluca Stroescu was found dead last Saturday by her Ernst & Young manager – who dropped by her home because she neither showed up at work, nor answered her phone. While her company does a very poor job at managing the crisis, and her doctor assess her physical condition as a lot more complex, Stroescu’s colleagues and family tell the world that she died because of exhaustion.

Raluca Stroescu dies after working overtime on successive nights over an extended period. In the last 6 weeks, she lost about 6 kg. Her colleagues said that she only weights only 40 kg in her last days. She was stressed and she didn’t have time for anything else. She asked her boss for a two days hollyday – pause – but she didn’t get it. Just before she collapsed, because she was feeling kind of sick, the company took her to the company clinic when it was almost too late. The doctors threated her and sent her home to take some rest. That happened on Friday, 20 April 2007, and that was the last day anybody sees her alive.

Raluca Stroescu was a young, attractive, smart, career woman, but she worked herself to death, literally. She was a loner, who buried herself in her work, a workaholic if you will. And in search of what? Yes, she wanted to be good, she wanted to get a promotion, she wanted to have a succesfull career. Whatever she was looking for, she paid the price and was way overcharged.

This is what japonese culture may say, a karoshi case , meaning “death from overwork”. This is the first well-known case of “death from overwork” happened in Romania!

May she rest in peace!

I wish I could give you a source in English, but the news didn’t spark the interest of the international media yet. Maybe now, with your help!

Links (Ro) : 1, 2, 3

Updates on 26.04.2007:

Romanian media debates death of E&Y “exhausted” young manager

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Great parody ad. There’s not much more to say. Click to watch. And don’t worry, it’s pretty much safe for work

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This looks like it should be in a 50s sci-fi movie about nuclear mutants, but no. It’s a Giant African Snail, which can grow up to 12 inches long! They are illegal in the US, due to their invasive habits

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This is a great song mash up mainly between Green Day’s ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ and Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’. But if you listen closely you can hear elements from loads of other songs. I picked out some Aerosmith, Eminem and Travis.
Enjoy it!
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Dude, where is my car?

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After posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston Globe he has received more than 5,000 calls and text messages.

This is a video response to his first video, and look what he is saying, a bunch of freaks called him! He is very tired and i think he had enough…

“First of all, I’m not gay….”

Hey Ryan try Skype….no phone bills.

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I think this is Iran or Egypt! I don’t care what country is that, i think this isn’t the way they should treat people!
This movie was posted today on youtube.com

I was curious to see how many videos actually contained activity that people would tag as Police Brutality, and I was surprise by not only the amount of hits, but the geography also.
Take a look and this is only in english!

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SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. — Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands.
So, he decided to offer his ear, to anyone who wants to call:

After posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston Globe he has received more than 5,000 calls and text messages.

Fitzgerald said he wanted to “be there,” for anyone who needed to talk. “I never met you, but I do care,” a spiky-haired Fitzgerald said into the camera on his YouTube posting.

He planned to take and return as many calls he could, but on Monday at 5 a.m., his T-Mobile cell phone payment will begin charging him for his generosity when he is no longer eligible for free weekend minutes.

“I haven’t quite figured out what I’m going to do about it,” he said. “Come Monday, no way I’m going to just hang up on people and say, ‘I don’t have the minutes.’”

Fitzgerald, who said people consider him “easy to talk to,” was inspired by Juan Mann. YouTube video clips of Mann offering “Free Hugs” to strangers became wildly popular on the user-controlled Internet site.

“Some people’s own mothers won’t take the time to sit down and talk with them and have a conversation,” Fitzgerald said. “But some stranger on YouTube will. After six seconds, you’re not a stranger anymore, you’re a new kid I just met.”

JOKESTARTERS:

• I hear the best time to call this dude is 3:45am Eastern Time.
• On a related note, I am inviting everyone over to my house to chillax. My address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. Just jump over the fence and run as fast as you can to the door – it’s always open.

SOURCE:

• News.Yahoo.com

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A very powerful time lapse video. Amazing music. Amazing panoramas.

three things…
1. Some excellent footage there – i loved the airport at night
2. Very good editting, well put together
3. Superb choice of music; nothing too fancy or in yer face.

Fantastic Job.

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Pic of the day

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