In modern office life, our efforts rarely generate an immediate reward. When we answer an e-mail or attend a meeting, we’re typically advancing, in fits and starts, long-term projects that may be weeks or months away from completion. The modern knowledge worker also tends to juggle many different objectives at the same time, moving rapidly back and forth between them throughout the day.
~ Cal Newport via The New Yorker
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Thomas Baptist Morello – the American guitarist and political activist best known for his work with tenure with both Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine – was born on this day May 30, 1964 – in New York City.
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John F. Kennedy – the 35th president of the United States – was born on this day — May 29 — in 1917.
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Question: Which 5 countries were the largest economies in the world by nominal GDP in the year 2000?
Via the IMF by way of Wikipedia
In the half decade between 1995 and 2000, the list of the world’s four largest economies as measured by nominal GDP in $US remained unchanged in either composition or sequence. The identity of the world’s forth and fifth largest economies, switched such that the United Kingdom became ranked as number four and France ranked as number five as estimated by the International Monetary Fund.
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Is This Thing On? Featuring Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett
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