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How Companies Are Using Technology to Make Workers 'Happy' in Their Crappy Jobs

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How Companies Are Using Technology to Make Workers 'Happy' in Their Crappy Jobs Instead of handing out gift cards and hanging employee-of-the-month plaques on the wall, a new breed of companies wants to make workers more productive (and ideally happier) by managing their social interactions with each other.

How Companies Are Using Technology to Make Workers 'Happy' in Their Crappy Jobs

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How Companies Are Using Technology to Make Workers 'Happy' in Their Crappy Jobs

Trevor Noah Takes On Trump's Feeble Attempts To Woo Black Votes

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Trevor Noah Takes On Trump's Feeble Attempts To Woo Black Votes Noah plays back the highlight reel of Trump's recent stint at a black church in Detroit and confesses his love for the adorably goofy Dr. Ben Carson. September 7, 2016 at 01:37PM

Trevor Noah Takes On Trump's Feeble Attempts To Woo Black Votes

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Trevor Noah Takes On Trump's Feeble Attempts To Woo Black Votes

Picture of the day for September 8, 2016

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Picture of the day on September 8, 2016: Andean flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus) in the Cañapa lake, Bolivia. The Cañapa Lake is an endorheic salt lake of a surface of 1.42 square kilometres (0.55 sq mi) located in the Potosí Department, southwestern Bolivia.

folio: Word of the day for September 8, 2016

folio , n : A leaf of a book or manuscript. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. (law, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. Today is designated by UNESCO as International Literacy Day to highlight the importance of literacy.

Article of the day for September 8, 2016

The Article of the day for September 8, 2016 is The Man Trap . "The Man Trap" was the first episode to be broadcast in the American science fiction television series Star Trek, but the sixth to be filmed. It aired on NBC on September 8, 1966. The story was assigned to George Clayton Johnson; his first draft was entitled "Damsel With a Dulcimer", incorporating elements from his Twilight Zone episode "The Four of Us Are Dying". Series creator Gene Roddenberry, producer Robert H. Justman and story editor John D. F. Black all tweaked elements of the episode. The story, part of Roddenberry's original Star Trek pitch to the studio, was chosen for the first broadcast episode because the studio liked its horror-based plot. "The Man Trap" placed first in the timeslot with a Nielsen rating of 25.2 percent for the first half-hour and 24.2 for the remainder. After broadcast, reviewers criticized the violent scenes but praised the acting. More recent app...

Article of the day for September 8, 2016

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Article of the day is The Man Trap. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

folio: Word of the day for September 8, 2016

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Word of the day is folio : A leaf of a book or manuscript. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. (law, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. Today is designated by UNESCO as International Literacy Day to highlight the importance of literacy.

Picture of the day for September 8, 2016

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Andean flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus) in the Cañapa lake, Bolivia. The Cañapa Lake is an endorheic salt lake of a surface of 1.42 square kilometres (0.55 sq mi) located in the Potosí Department, southwestern Bolivia..

When Will New York City Sink? Sooner Than You Think.

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When Will New York City Sink? Sooner Than You Think. Even locals who believe climate change is real have a hard time grasping that their city will almost certainly be flooded beyond recognition.

When Will New York City Sink? Sooner Than You Think.

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When Will New York City Sink? Sooner Than You Think.

tic tac toe

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tic tac toe We're not sure why the levels go from "Medium" to "Impossible," but we do know that we just wasted a good five minutes of office time on the game.

tic tac toe

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tic tac toe

Googling our medical symptoms is making us sicker

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Googling our medical symptoms is making us sicker After reading or hearing about illnesses and their symptoms, humans can often imagine they are sick when they are not.

Googling our medical symptoms is making us sicker

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Googling our medical symptoms is making us sicker