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We forget exactly when we became the slaves of computers. Until a few years ago we got information from the Internet by usingstationary computers. They sat on a table while everything around them, humans included, moved with relative flexibility.But as smartphones and tablets — computers developed for their mobility become more common in our lives, they’re changing not just the way we communicate with other people, but the way our bodies relate to our surroundings.Steelcase, a US office furniture manufacturer has caught on to
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They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day: increasingly, the business world agrees with this axiom. I like breakfast time because it is the start of the day, when anything is still possible. A positive meeting first thing provides an optimistic opening from which to capitalise. One is still full of energy, unlike at dinner, which after 10 hours of work can seem a tiring prospect.Even if you miss breakfast with your family, that is surely preferable to missing supper and reading bedtime stories to your children because of a work commitment.
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The Central Economic Work Conference, held on Dec 15 and 16, set the tone for economic policies in 2013. According to a conference statement, urbanization is high on the government’s agenda.According to Xinhua, China’s urbanization will release the full potential of domestic demand. The trend is expected to boost the job prospects of young people in the country. “Urbanization is a process that is occurring in nearly every developing city in the country. It will lead to a better quality of life for many people, and provide individuals with
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While an economic crisis results in untold misery for countries and their people, a new study of health in Cuba has suggested there could be a silver lining during lean times.Researchers appear to have implied that people can lose weight during a recession due to reduction in eating and increasing physical activity.Their dramatic findings, published online in the British Medical Journal, were based on a study in Cuba, where the population suffered food and fuel shortages following the economic crisis of the early 1990s triggered by the collapse