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• n  an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
• n  an excessive burden
• v  become overloaded
  The aerator overloaded
• v  fill to excess so that function is impaired
• v  place too much a load on
  don't overload the car

• He counsels swamped chief executives on coping with information overload.
• With 20,000 add-on apps and countless spam invitations, Facebook users are starting to rebel against the overload.
• Though mercury overload could damage the still-developing nervous system of a baby, the scientific consensus was that for the average Joe taking in the average amount of fish .

• overburden
• clog
• surcharge
• overcharge

News & Articles

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• Why Office eMail Drives Employees Up a Wall
  Email: Can't live with it. Can't live without it. At least, that's the impression created by a recent survey from CPP and Sendmail. Professionals are fed up sending business-related emails that never get a response, as well as receiving a surplus of "reply to all" emails that overload their inbox.
  June 18, 2013 - Baseline
• Can Activity Streams Save Us From Information Overload?
  Email is only the beginning. Between Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more, we are constantly bombarded with new information. Here's one possible way out of the data deluge. Email is the main cause of information overload at work today. It prevents us from being able to make good decisions and tackle important tasks according to priority. I used to believe this. In fact, I have written about it ...
  June 17, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine
• Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Share a Picture of Baby Everly!
  Get ready for somer serious cutness overload: Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan just shared the first picture of their little bundle of joy, daughter Everly. As expected, the 2-week-old is as adorable as can be. Channing Tatum via Facebook "First Father’s Day with my girls," Tatum wrote with the picture. Dewan also posted the picture on her social networking page, calling Everly "our lil angel ...
  June 16, 2013 - Zimbio

Quotes

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• George Miller in San Francisco Chronicle
  There's definitely an overload, and I think everyone recognizes that,said George Miller, director of the latest animated adventure, the Warner Bros. penguin romp "Happy Feet," which opens Friday.
• Buck McKeon in Washington Post
  Changes to current rules shouldn't "overload workers with information," McKeon said.
• Fyodor Yurchikhin in Washington Post
  The overload was really powerful, but nobody fainted or lost eyesight,Yurchikhin said. "I remember the overload going to 8.5 or 8.6 G."