Office desks

A typical office desk is about 3x5 feet, though another size may be more desirable. There should be at least three feet between the desk and the wall for getting in and out of a chair. Typical dimensions for file cabinets are 15x25 inches, but the opened drawers may increase the total depth to as much as 48 inches. Bookcases are usually 9 to 12 inches deep and are available in many widths. 

Drinks mix office desks clutter decks of cards shuffle entropy is the natural tendency toward disorder. Entropy has also been called the tax that nature charges. Entropy has also been called the universal death sentence. But entropy is not just a philosophical construct or a pessimistic outlook. It is a real driver for physical processes and does indeed weigh in as a determinant in the fate of the universe. 

British Standards Institution (1965), Office Desks, Tables and Seating, British Standard 3893, London. 

A small and accessible area is available. The footprint of the canister and piping will be similar to that of a large office desk (or possibly larger). 

Blank, D. M. (1998). Eaniing It Wliat s in the Office Air Workers Smell Trouble. New York Times, Fcbrtiaiy 22, Sunday Section Money and Btisiness/Financial Desk. 

Environmentally Responsive Work-stations (ERWs). Workers in open-office areas have direct, individual control over both the temperature and air-flow. Radiant heaters and vents are built directly into their furniture and are controlled by a panel on their desks, which also provides direct control of task lighting and of white noise levels (to mask out nearby noises). A motion sensor in each ERW turns it off when the worker leaves the space, and brings it back on when he or she returns. 

Other obstructions to full air flow such as badly stacked produce in cold stores, desks and partitions in offices... 

The laboratory workers office space should be as close as possible to work areas and to fi equently used files. There should also be room for a typewTiter, if required. The work may be done on a separate desk or a section of desk-height work bench. 

A supervisor s office may be a separate room, although an area with partitions extending part-way to the ceiling is often just as satisfactory and less expensive. In addition, such partitioning offers the bonus of valuable extra wall space. A large window between office and laboratory is recommended for good supervision of activities. Since books and reference materials are often kept in this office, adequate space for shelves must be provided. In a small laboratory without much interference, the supervisor may simply need a desk in a corner of the room. 

The company had declared surplus two secretary chairs because they did not match the decor of the new offices. They were in excellent condition and very comfortable. One was placed at the analytical balance, the other at the desk in the main room. 

I d sit and sweat in my office or my rooms, trying not to reach for the telephone, striding from desk to bookshelves and back so... 

My secretary came in to announce that the client in the outer office was impatient. Whatever the matter was — a will to prepare, a divorce, a deed — I handled it before going into the adjoining office to face my brother Herb. He looked up from his desk. Behind tortoise-shell glasses he blinked slowly as he always does to hide his incessant curiosity. 

As Belle Mayer talked, for a moment I almost thought I was back at public school in Woodbury, New Jersey, where I grew up. The floor of my new office was dark with oil, my desk was so small I couldn t get both elbows on it. "Two years since the Army took over," I said. "And not even a blotter to hide the scratches."... 

Braus lived in the town of Auschwitz. His office was near the buna plant. After he moved his desk, which had faced the vast Auschwitz plain, to face the wall, he slept a little more at night, though he never got a full night s sleep. Inside the Leuna plant, most of Braus s inmates did light work. They were assistants in laboratories they did bookkeeping and helped in the glass warehouses. Inside, where it was warm. Warm and quiet. 

Staff should not have to walk through one laboratory to get to another nor should an office be located where the only exit is through a laboratory. The provision of separate administrative areas will avoid locating scientist s desks in rooms where toxics are used. Visitors are safer and more easily suffered if they can view the laboratory rooms through windows. 

In terms of the general architecture, the system we have been specifying will be broken into several systems one for each Store plus a head office (HQ) system (see Figure 16.15). In each store, there will be several Application (App) components one for each Desk and one for each of the Manager components specified earlier, which will be driven by the user interfaces. We don t yet know exactly how the HQ system will talk to the Store systems, nor exactly what the communications between the Application and the Managers are. 

As Mr. Gallop came into Nino s office, Nino was taking the Super Pillow out of a large case. "Here, Mr. Gallop, put the pillow on my desk and sit down. Then put your head down on the pillow and tell me what you think. Mr. Gallop sat down and put his head on the Super Pillow. As Nino searched for some test results, he couldn t wait any longer. 

I had hoped for a room, but instead was lucky to have a four-foot section of an L-shaped desk that lined the area just outside of Pribram s office, shared by several other post-doc students who lacked any particular status or seniority. Secretarial assistance was almost E non-existent, limited to having a short official letter typed by Pribram s secretary when she was not otherwise occupied time slots that seemed as rare as eclipses of the sun. 

I gave him the potion and returned to my desk. Ready. The first to Bernardo Michiel. Wait. We don t know what office he may be holding now, so you d better make a draft. ... 

S /erBemardo had returned from his duties in time for dinner and condescended to receive me afterward in his office, which was a small but lavish room containing an oversized desk and very few books. He sat behind the desk. I was left on my feet and so was Jacopo, who stood just behind me so I couldn t watch... 

I don t know how writers like Isaac Asimov were so prolific before the age of the computer. I would have a very difficult time writing books, and doing all the necessary text rearrangements and editing, without a word processor. Asmiov had a U-shaped desk and three typewriters in his office. If he ever became bored or stuck on one project, he simply swiveled his chair and worked on another project. 

You remove a sleeping bag from under your desk. For a moment, you leave open the door to your office, to listen to any sounds in the hallway. An FBI agent is often alone. Maybe you should have married when you had the chance, years ago. But the timing was not right. 

You sit in the darkened office with only the lights from the streets reflecting off your shiny desk surface. You feel as if you are in a dream, sitting in limbo. Is Sally right—is your dream of lifting off into the fourth dimension unrealistic Does it matter What would it prove if you did You know you can go on for months, perhaps years, trying to unravel the fourth dimension without ever fully understanding it. 

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