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"Imagination is more
important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world."
-Albert
Einstein (1879-1955)
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 Your Office Chair Is Killing
YouMeet
public enemy No. 1 in today's workplace
If you're reading this article sitting
down-the position we all hold more than any other, for
an average of 8.9 hours a day-stop and take stock of how
your body feels. Is there an ache in your lower back? A
light numbness in your rear and lower thigh? Are you
feeling a little down? These symptoms are all normal,
and they're not good. They may well be caused by doing
precisely what you're doing-sitting. New research in the
diverse fields of epidemiology, molecular biology,
biomechanics, and physiology is converging toward a
startling conclusion: Sitting is a public-health risk.
And exercising doesn't offset it. "People need to
understand that the qualitative mechanisms of sitting
are completely different from walking or exercising,"
says University of Missouri microbiologist Marc
Hamilton. "Sitting too much is not the same as
exercising too little. They do completely different
things to the body."
In a 2005
article in Science magazine, James A. Levine, an obesity
specialist at the Mayo Clinic, pinpointed why, despite
similar diets, some people are fat and others aren't.
"We found that people with obesity have a natural
predisposition to be attracted to the chair, and that's
true even after obese people lose weight," he says.
"What fascinates me is that humans evolved over 1.5
million years entirely on the ability to walk and move.
And literally 150 years ago, 90% of human endeavor was
still agricultural. In a tiny speck of time we've become
chair-sentenced," Levine says.
Hamilton, like many sitting
researchers, doesn't own an office chair. "If you're
standing around and puttering, you recruit specialized
muscles designed for postural support that never tire,"
he says. "They're unique in that the nervous system
recruits them for low-intensity activity and they're
very rich in enzymes." One enzyme, lipoprotein lipase,
grabs fat and cholesterol from the blood, burning the
fat into energy while shifting the cholesterol from LDL
(the bad kind) to HDL (the healthy kind). When you sit,
the muscles are relaxed, and enzyme activity drops by
90% to 95%, leaving fat to camp out in the bloodstream.
Within a couple hours of sitting, healthy cholesterol
plummets by 20%.
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New at Contract Specialties
In May, Contract Specialties. Inc. became the
Florida and Caribbean sales representative for Charles Alan,
Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas.
We are
very excited to represent Charles Alan. In just a few
short years Charles Alan has emerged as one of the leading
small specialty furniture manufacturers in the nation. Charles
Alan takes pride in their family of employees and acknowledges
that their success is because of them.
 Margaret Sevadjian founded
Charles Alan Incorporated in 1998. With a handful of skilled
craftsmen and a passion for excellence, Margaret set out to
produce one of the most unique furniture companies in the
industry.
From austere beginnings, Charles Alan has
blossomed into an incredibly diverse company that now offers
over 300 designs. Along the way, Charles Alan has developed a
strong reputation for unsurpassed quality and craftsmanship.
They develop their product designs with a clear understanding
of the past coupled with  a unique vision of the future. The
cornerstone of their success has been their commitment to
working with product designers that possess a distinct design
vision. With over 40,000 square feet of manufacturing space,
Charles Alan boasts one of the most skilled groups of
employees in the contract furniture market. The company
continues to upgrade their production facility to better
compete in the growing global market. They strive every day to
improve their productivity and continue to improve on the
quality of their
products. Click here
for more info - Rawlins
Series
As an emerging leader in the contract
furniture manufacturing industry, Charles Alan is committed to
the ongoing improvement of what is currently a product of
exceptional value. The company's goal is to continually
improve customer satisfaction, increase productivity and
enhance the working environment for their people. Charles Alan
stands behind their commitment to quality and value and they
honor the commitment of their people.
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Carolina Collection Chair Beds from Patrician
A wallsaver
chair bed series allows for tremendous design versatility by
offering four optional arm designs
Features &
Benefits
- A chair bed series that incorporates the
versatility of four optional arm designs with the ultimate
function story.
- The "wallsaver" design addresses minimal space
requirements.
- Versatile mechanism allows for use of the
chair in four positions-the mechanism extends partially to
an ottoman/chaise position or fully to a chair bed position.
- The sleep deck accommodates a wide range of
patient heights.
- Generous scale easily accommodates larger
patients.
- Numerous components are field replaceable-
including the seat cushion, extended sleep deck cushion and
the back cushion/pillow rest.
Overall Dimensions
42" W | 35-3/4" D
| 35" H
State of Florida and Federal
GSA
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Worst Words To Say At
Work
These nine words and phrases will make
you sound noncommittal, undependable and untrustworthy.
 Let's look
at some specific words and phrases that are used by some
people to buy time, avoid giving answers and escape
commitment. If you use these words and phrases yourself, take
a scalpel and cut them out of your thinking, speaking and
writing. Words like these only weaken you and make you sound
noncommittal, undependable and untrustworthy.
"Try"
Try is a weasel word. "Well, I'll try," some
people say. It's a cop-out. They're just giving you lip
service when they probably have no real intention of doing
what you ask. Remember what Yoda says to Luke Skywalker in
Star Wars: "Do or do not--there is no try." Take Yoda's
advice. Give it your all when you attempt something. And if it
doesn't work, start over.
Put passion into your work and give it your
best effort, so you can know that you did all you could to
make it happen. So if the outcome you were expecting didn't
come to fruition, it's not because you didn't do everything
you could to make it happen. It just wasn't the right time for
it or it wasn't meant to be.
Whatever" This word is a trusted favorite of
people who want to dismiss you, diminish what you say or get
rid of you quickly. "Whatever," they will say as an
all-purpose response to your earnest request. It's an insult
and a verbal slap in the face. It's a way to respond to a
person without actually responding. When you say whatever
after another person has said his or her piece, you have
essentially put up a wall between the two of you and halted
any progress in communicating. It's a word to
avoid.
"Maybe" and "I don't know"
People will
sometimes avoid making a decision and hide behind words and
phrases like "maybe" and "I don't know." There's a difference
between legitimately not knowing something and using words
like these as excuses. Sometimes during a confrontation people
will claim not to know something or offer the noncommittal
response "maybe," just to avoid being put on the spot. If that
seems to be the case, ask, "When do you think you will know?"
or "How can you find out?" Don't let the person off the hook
so easily.
"I'll get back to you" When people need to buy time or avoid
revealing a project's status, they will say, "I'll get back to
you," and they usually never do. If people say they will get
back to you, always clarify. Ask them when they will get back
to you, and make sure they specify the day and time. If they
don't, then pin them down to a day and time and hold them to
it. If they won't give you a day or time, tell them you'll
call in a day or week and follow up. Make sure you call and
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Bill Meyer
Contract
Specialties, Inc. (CSI)
phone: 904-220-0221 or
800-808-8274
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