Why Bosses Should Allow Web-surfing at Office

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I knew a strict public Internet shop owner who doesn’t allow his operators to websurf or play games while on duty even at idle times. And a public Internet shop operator has lots of idle times. He/she only really ‘work’ when timing in or out a customer or when he have other extra tasks. As of last count, the owner had acquired three resignations. And I know that those employees were good ones. Maybe they were ‘bored to death’ without web-surfing at idle times.

‘Surfing the Web at work is not only harmless but it can even boost productivity, according to a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore. Web surfing offers workers “immediate gratification” and helps them “restore resources that are drained as a result of work,” the researchers reported at last week’s meeting of the Academy of Management in San Antonio, Texas…’
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239054/why_employees_should_surf_the_web_at_work.html#tk.nl_bpx_h_cbstories

 

Unreleased iPhone Lost by Employee In a Bar, Again!?

If you’re a sleuth, you’re interested now aren’t you? It doesn’t look like a coincidence now that’s why. So is this an Apple publicity stunt? If so, what do they gain from this if any?

‘In a bizarre repeat of a high-profile incident last year, an Apple employee once again appears to have lost an unreleased iPhone in a bar, CNET has learned.
‘The errant iPhone, which went missing in San Francisco’s Mission district in late July, sparked a scramble by Apple security to recover the device over the next few days, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

‘Last year, an iPhone 4 prototype was bought by a gadget blog that paid $5,000 in cash. This year’s lost phone seems to have taken a more mundane path: it was taken from a Mexican restaurant and bar and may have been sold on Craigslist for $200. Still unclear are details about the device, what version of the iOS operating system it was running, and what it looks like…’
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20099899-37/apple-loses-another-unreleased-iphone-exclusive/

 

Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination

‘Why should we be concerned? Measles is the most transmissible human disease known. Even with modern medical care, approximately 1 of every 3000 infected persons die, and many more are hospitalized or otherwise harmed as a result. Population coverage (herd immunity) needs to be in excess of 96% to prevent outbreaks. In addition, measles is a disease for which eradication is both possible and planned, a goal that obviously cannot be met given current vaccine coverage levels…’
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/86/9/869

Should we fear vaccination?
‘A recent review of 1,000 studies on vaccines show minimal if any danger in causing autism [Vaccines can cause inflammation of the brain, fainting, and seizures. But autism? Apparently not]. Any side effects that were identified tend to be short-lived.’

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