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Walk the Work !!!
Desk jobs are slowly killing us. Perhaps even worse than dying early, our office-potato lives are making us moresusceptible to joint pain, fatigue, and illness. To fight off these modern diseases, Iuse a treadmill desk, which keeps me in motion all day long. Unfortunately, treadmill desks are pretty pricey, going for around $1,400 on Amazon.
Posted by Gregory Ferenstein in techcrunch.com ..7 march 2014
Now, a new study has quantified the impacts of treadmill desks on workplace productivity and the results convincingly show why it’s worth it to a company’s bottom dollar to buy walking stations for the entire office.
The researchers conducted a year-long controlled experiment with employees in a financial firm. On average they found that supervisor ratings of employee productivity increased 10% (on a 1-10 scale) and energy expenditure per day shot up 70 calories. This generally confirms other evidence on walking desks, including one that found that doctors are 10% more accurate at diagnosing patients while on a walking workstation (actually, their diagnosis rate went from 88% to near perfect, 99%, while walking).
“The results suggest that the introduction of treadmill workstations, as hypothesized, has a significantly favorable impact on both physical activity and work performance,” the team concludes. “It seems that companies ought to consider making treadmill workstations available to their sedentary employees.”
With any rudimentary back-of-the napkin calculations, outfitting the entire office with walking stations is a penny saver. As long as the new equipment satisfies this the simpleProductivity Increase + Healthcare Savings > Cost of Treadmill Per Employee equation, it makes perfect sense.
A 10% bumb in satisfaction is huge. If the average employee is worth $50K/year, treadmill desks add an extra $5K worth of productivity. Indeed, if the actual productivity spike is anywhere near what other studies have found, it’s likely worth more than the $1,400 price tag. And, it’s not hard to see why treadmill desks are so beneficial: being tired at work causes a massive drain on resources. Being upright helps curb this — and even a slightly perkier workplace is worth a lot of money.
Then, you have to factor in healthcare. Many workplaces offer hundreds of dollars in savings for employee wellness programs, which can save the business itself in insurance costs, sick days, and worker comp. Sick days alone are worth a few hundred dollars per day per employee.
To be sure, office plans that only incentive gym memberships may be insufficient to optimize their employees health: sitting all day long can offset some of the beneficial effects of occasional exercise, which is probably why desk jobs are associated with cardiovascular disease.
I love my treadmill desk, and I walk around five hours a day (and that’s probably more than most will use it). One unit can easily be split by two or more employees. So, the actual cost of a treadmill desk is a maximum of $700 per employee.
In short, so long as the profitable increase in productivity and healthcare savings is more than $700, it’s worth employers to outfit the entire office with treadmill desks.
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This Dad and Baby Workout is Adorable !!!
This Dad and Baby Workout is So Adorable..
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Joke of the Day…. ” Yes …that is it … ” !!!
Two elderly couples were enjoying a friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, “Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?”
“Outstanding,” Fred replied. “They taught us all the latest psychological techniques: visualization, association, etc. It was great.”
“That’s great! And what was the name of the clinic?”
Fred went blank. He thought and thought, but couldn’t remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked, “What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?”
“You mean a rose?”
“Yes, that’s it!”
He turned to his wife, “Rose, what was the name of that memory clinic?”
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Message for the Day…Swami”s Advice to Students who Write Exams Now ….
At times, you may feel dissatisfied with the answers you wrote, even though you have spent a lot of time reading. Why? Because when you are preparing for examinations, mere reading is not sufficient. You may read at home and feel confident of writing well in the exam hall, but that doesn’t work. You must necessarily practice at home what you do in the examination hall. That is why you should often practice writing the answers. Many things which you do not understand clearly while reading, becomes easier to comprehend when you write. The more you write and practice at home, the better you will do in the examination hall. I will also share another secret for your success: In the examination hall, before receiving the question paper, you should first pray. Receive the question paper after your prayer. Then slowly read the question paper and start answering the easy questions first and the difficult ones towards the end.
Pax Pens Shocking Note To Pilot …
Carey Smith Steacy pictured in a Westjet plane. Picture: Carey Smith Steacy/Facebook Source: Facebook
IT WAS the last thing pilot Carey Smith Steacy expected to find at the end of her flight.
Instead of a message of thanks for a good trip, Steacy was shocked when she was handed an infuriating note left behind by a passenger.
The note, written on a serviette by ‘David’ who was in seat 12E on the Calgary-bound flight on the weekend, complained that the cockpit of a plane “is no place for a woman”.
He asked the airline to alert him the next time “a fair lady is at the helm, so I can book another flight!”
Pilot’s revenge on complaining passenger
Airport worker’s touching note to passenger
The offensive note. Source: Facebook
It shocked the female pilot. Source: Supplied
Steacy, who lives in Surrey, Canada, posted the photos on her Facebook page along this response: “To @David in 12E on my flight #463 from Calgary to Victoria today. It was my pleasure flying you safely to your destination.
“Thank you for the note you discreetly left me on your seat. You made sure to ask the flight attendants before we left if I had enough hours to be the Captain so safety is important to you, too.
“I have heard many comments from people throughout my 17-year career as a pilot. Most of them positive. Your note is, without a doubt, the funniest. It was a joke, right? RIGHT?? I thought, not. You were more than welcome to deplane when you heard I was a ‘fair lady’.
“You have that right. Funny, we all, us humans, have the same rights in this great free country of ours. Now, back to my most important role, being a mother.”
The response earned her a lot of praise on Twitter.
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Joke of the Day….
A man is driving down a country road, when he spots a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at nothing. The man gets out of the car, walks all the way out to the farmer and asks him, “Ah excuse me mister, but what are you doing? “The farmer replies, “I’m trying to win a Nobel Prize. “How?” asks the man, puzzled. “Well, I heard they give the Nobel Prize . . . to people who are out standing in their field.”
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The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of an enormous forest fire. Smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he frantically called his home office to hire a plane.
“It will be waiting for you at the airport!” he was assured by his editor.
As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway. He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, “Let’s go! Let’s go!” The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air.
“Fly over the north side of the fire,” said the photographer, “and make three or four low level passes.”
“Why?” asked the pilot.
“Because I’m going to take pictures! I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures!” said the photographer with great exasperation and impatience.
After a long pause the pilot said, “You mean you’re not the instructor?”
“It will be waiting for you at the airport!” he was assured by his editor.
As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway. He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, “Let’s go! Let’s go!” The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air.
“Fly over the north side of the fire,” said the photographer, “and make three or four low level passes.”
“Why?” asked the pilot.
“Because I’m going to take pictures! I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures!” said the photographer with great exasperation and impatience.
After a long pause the pilot said, “You mean you’re not the instructor?”
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Message for the Day…” You Must always Talk to others in a Pleasing Manner…”
In a story, Birbal tells Akbar, “Sweet talk is the sweetest thing in the world; nothing else, not milk, honey or jaggery comes close to it. A sweet word is the most valuable thing; through it one we can win a person over, give great joy and even attain a higher status. When crows caw at us, we throw stones at them. Whereas, when cuckoos sing, we respect them. Neither is the cuckoo going to give us a crown, nor will the crow punish us. When one’s speech is good, one earns a good name. Hence, a sweet word is indeed the sweetest thing in the world.” You must always talk to others in a manner which would give them contentment and joy. This is the essence of all scriptures. It is not enough to listen to, learn or chant Vedas, scriptures and Puranas (ancient spiritual texts), you must give joy and satisfaction to others.
Jokes for the Day…
Selling at an auction was halted when the auctioneer announced, “Someone in the room has lost his wallet containing $2,000. He is offering a reward of $500.00 for its immediate return.” After a moment of silence, there was a call from the back of the room, “$550.00”
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Michael was selling a fine horse, and his friend Liam came over with the intention of buying it. “How much is it?” asked Liam, and Pat told him “500 dollars.” Liam was startled, and said, “But sure, I could give only 25 dollars for even such a fine horse.” “Done!” said Michael. Liam was surprised again. “How is it you came down so fast?” Michael smiled and said, “25 dollars is what he’s worth, all right, but you’re my friend, and I thought you’d like owning a 500 dollar horse.”
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Hey did you hear?
U.P.S and Fed-EX are merging. There going to call it Fed-Up
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Here’s a humorous story about a wealthy businessman as told by one of his grandchildren. Back in 1927 the businessman was bringing his wife, new baby and a nurse home from the hospital in a brand new Lincoln. As luck would have it, the car stalled on the tracks and they could hear a whistle blowing in the distance. Now, the man would rather risk his life than admit he couldn’t handle any problem.
He looked at his watch and said calmly, ”The 4:05 is right on time.” ”My baby!” screamed his wife. ”Let’s get out!” ”What! And leave a $6,000 Lincoln on the tracks!” He snapped. ”If you will just settle down, I’ll get it started.”
But nobody settled down, and the train came into view. Everyone left the car except the businessman. He leaned out the window and yelled to his wife, ”Hey Ruth. In case I get killed, the key to the vault is behind the Shakespeare book in my study.”
The conductor, slowing down for a stop anyway, managed to halt the train ten feet from the car.
”Darn!” cursed the businessman. ”Now I’ve got to find a new hiding place for the vault key!”
He looked at his watch and said calmly, ”The 4:05 is right on time.” ”My baby!” screamed his wife. ”Let’s get out!” ”What! And leave a $6,000 Lincoln on the tracks!” He snapped. ”If you will just settle down, I’ll get it started.”
But nobody settled down, and the train came into view. Everyone left the car except the businessman. He leaned out the window and yelled to his wife, ”Hey Ruth. In case I get killed, the key to the vault is behind the Shakespeare book in my study.”
The conductor, slowing down for a stop anyway, managed to halt the train ten feet from the car.
”Darn!” cursed the businessman. ”Now I’ve got to find a new hiding place for the vault key!”
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“பாவ மூட்டையை எப்படி எறக்கப் போறே ? ….”
பல வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பு நடந்தது இந்த நிகழ்ச்சி.
அன்று மஹானின் தரிசனம் எல்லோருக்கும் கிடைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தது. மெளன அஞ்சலிக்குப் பிறகு பிரசாதத்தைப் பெற்று போனவர்களும் தங்களின் குறைகளை ஓரிரு வார்த்தைகளால் சொல்லி ஆறுதல் பெற்றவர்களும் இருந்தார்கள்.
தொடரின் நடுவே ஒருவர் வந்து நின்றார். அவரை மஹான் ஏறிட்டுப் பார்த்தார். பிறகு மெதுவான குரலில்,
“உன் பிள்ளைகளுக்கும் குடும்பத்தாருக்கும் ந்ல்லது செய்யறதாக நினைச்சுண்டு மேலே மேலே பாவ மூட்டையை அவா பேர்லே ஏத்திண்டு இருக்கே” என்றார்.
எதிரில் இருந்தவர் திடுக்கிட்டார். மனதறிந்து தாம் எந்தப் பாவமும் செய்யவில்லையே என்கிற எண்ணம் அவருக்கு….மஹானை ஏறிட்டுப் பார்த்தார்.
“பிராமணனா பிறந்தவர்கள் அன்னத்தை விலைக்கு விற்கப் படாதுன்னு சாஸ்திரத்திலே சொல்லியிருக்கே, அதை நீ படிச்சதில்லையா?”
அந்தப் பக்தர் ஓட்டல் நடத்துபவர். பிழைப்பிற்காக இதை பல வருடங்களாக நடத்தி வந்திருக்கிறார். பக்தர் அதற்கும் பதில் சொல்லவில்லை.
“சரி, அது உன் பிழைப்புக்காகன்னு வெச்சிண்டா கூட, அதுக்கு மேலேயும் வேறொரு பெரிய பாவத்தையும் பண்ணிண்டு இருக்கே…”
பக்தருக்கு உண்மையில் அது என்னவென்றே தெரியவில்லை. மஹானே தொடர்ந்தார்: “சேத்து வச்சிருக்க பணம் போதாதுன்னு, அதை வட்டிக்கு விட்டு அநியாயமா பணத்தை வசூல் செய்யறே. இது நீ அடுத்த தலைமுறைக்கு சேத்து வைக்கிற பாவம்” என்றார்.
தான் பணத்தை வட்டிக்கு விடுவது மஹானுக்கு எப்படித் தெரியும் என்கிற பிரமிப்பு நீங்கும் முன்னர் மஹான் சொன்னார்:
“நீ கேட்கிற அநியாய வட்டியைத் திருப்பிக் கொடுக்கும் போது வயிறெரிந்து உன்னையும் உன் குடும்பத்தாரையும் சபிக்க மாட்டார்களா?” அப்படி பல சம்பவங்கள் நடந்தது பக்தருக்குத் தெரியும்.
”இந்தப் பாவமூட்டை உன் சந்ததியின் தலைமேல் ஏறி உட்கார்ந்து கொள்ளுமே. அதை எப்படி இறக்கப்போறே? இதுவரைக்கும் நீ சேத்து வச்ச பணம் போறாதா? எதுக்கு மேலே மேலே ஆசைப்பட்டு உன் சந்ததிக்கு பாவமூட்டையை சேர்த்து வைக்கறே?” மஹான் இப்படிக் கேட்டதுதான் தாமதம். அந்த பக்தர் நெடுஞ்சாண்கிடையாக மஹானின் காலில் விழுந்தார்; கதறித் துடித்தார்.
“இனி நான் என்ன செய்யணும் சொல்லுங்கோ மஹாபிரபு!”
எழுந்தவரை ஆசீர்வதித்த பின்னர்,
“நீ இதுவரை சேர்த்த பணம் உன் தலைமுறைக்கும் போதும். முதல்லே நீ நடத்தற ஓட்டலை மூடி.. அன்னமுன்னு கேட்டு வர்றவாளுக்கு உன் ஆத்திலே சாப்பாடு போடு. வட்டிக்குப் பணம் கொடுத்து வாங்கறதையும் நிறுத்திடு”.
“அப்படியே ஆகட்டும்” என்று கை கூப்பினார் பக்தர்.
“இன்னும் ஒரு விஷயம் பாக்கி இருக்கே!”
“மஹா பெரியவா சொன்னா கேட்டுக்கிறேன்”.
“இதுவரை நீ வாங்கின வட்டியை எல்லாம் கணக்குப் போடு. எவ்வளவு பணம் சேந்திருக்குன்னு பார். அதை மொத்தம் எடுத்துண்டு போய் திருப்பதி ஏழுமலையான் உண்டியிலே போட்டுட்டு அவரை சேவிச்சு வா”.
பக்தர் விடை பெற்றுக் கொண்டார்.
மஹாபெரியவா பக்தர்கள் பாவ மூட்டையை சுமக்கக் கூடாதென்பதில் எவ்வளவு கண்ணும் கருத்துமாக இருந்தார் என்பது இதிலிருந்து தெரிகிறது அல்லவா?
ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர! ஹர ஹர சங்கர!!
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