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Study Finds Working At Work Improves Productivity

According to a groundbreaking new study by the Department of Labor, working—the physical act of engaging in a productive job-related activity—may greatly increase the amount of work accomplished during the workday, especially when compared with the more common practices of wasting time and not working.

The Onion

Advertising is the price companies pay for being un-original. Things That We Learn
What a fantastic indoor dune set up
Ran Ortner - Things That We Learn

What a fantastic indoor dune set up

Ran Ortner - Things That We Learn

You may have heard about our plan to get the ‘asperatus’ cloud recognized as an official cloud classification. Photographs of this formation have been sent in by members and visitors over the years. We’ve always felt it doesn’t really fit within the existing cloud names, and hence the need for a new variety. Asperatus means ‘roughened’ in Latin, which seemed appropriate since it looks to us like a choppy sea.
The Cloud Appreciation Society » ‘Asperatus’ (June 09)

You may have heard about our plan to get the ‘asperatus’ cloud recognized as an official cloud classification. Photographs of this formation have been sent in by members and visitors over the years. We’ve always felt it doesn’t really fit within the existing cloud names, and hence the need for a new variety. Asperatus means ‘roughened’ in Latin, which seemed appropriate since it looks to us like a choppy sea.

The Cloud Appreciation Society » ‘Asperatus’ (June 09)