WILB makes productive employees!

Employees who are engaged in "Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing" (WILB) or surfing the net at work for pleasure - within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total office hours - are more productive by about 9% than those who do not.

According to a study conducted in the University of Melbourne in Australia WILB increases our concentration levels. The study author Dr. Brent Coker said that "people need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration. Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the internet, enables the mind to rest itslef, leading to a higher total net concentration for a day's work, and as a result, increased productivity."

The study which was conducted for 300 workers also found out that 70% of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB. Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products, reading online news sites, playing online games, and watching movies on YouTube.

One Dream Realized

The caption is taken from one of the articles run by Time magazine on the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, the U.S. of A's 44th President. The inauguration took place (January 20, 2009) a day after the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, the foremost champion of black human rights.

Obama, 47, placed his left hand on the vintage 1861 Bible of Abraham Lincoln to take the oath of office traditionally administered by the US Supreme Court chief on the steps of the US Capitol.

America is no longer color blind. Bloomberg run this story: "American democracy has always promoted a central conceit: Any child can grow up to be president. For 220 years, the reality has been different, a line of 42 white men. On Tuesday, that string was broken by a most unlikely individual, a black man born of an African father, with a slight political résumé who has described himself as a “skinny guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name.”

What's in a name? It may be a strange coincidence or just wishful thinking. The name Obama rhymes with America's "Enemy No. 1", Osama bin Laden. Not only that: Obama's middle name is Hussein, the family name of Iraq's executed leader Adam Hussein, the primary object of the US invasion of Iraq.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year! May the "Year of the Ox" bring us the luckiest '09. According to this web site, in the "Year of the Ox" we will feel the yoke of responsibility coming down on us. No success can be achieved without conscientious efforts. The trials and tribulations the Ox year brings will be mainly on the home front. It is a good time to settle domestic affairs and put your house in order.