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The Productivity Obsession

The Productivity Obsession In a hotel room on a recent business trip, nestled next to the telephone on the work desk, a little cardboard sign beckoned: “Help us make your stay more productive.” Not “restful” or “comfortable” but “productive.” In the hotel room as in the office … Read more on GovExec.com America's Gun Problem Is So Bad Even Australians Are Scared Rampant drug epidemics (meth). Gang activity. But sure, guns are the root of Anerica's problems. For those that don't get sarcasm, what I'm saying is that gun violence is a symptom of all these other things we're not even concerned with fixing. If you … Read more on Huffington Post Read more... ...

Paralyzed Madison Combat Vet Goes 'RoboCop'

...  Madison combat vet goes 'RoboCop' The motorized, computer-assisted mechanism looks like something out of science fiction, but it's a product of a growing medical robotics industry that offers new hope to some of the tens of thousands of people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries, strokes … Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat Health and Social Care Committee – Meeting Transcript – 03 April 2014 However, among professions allied to medicine—physiotherapists, occupational therapists and radiographers—it is way over 50% already. Among doctors, we are ….. [64] ...