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☆ New Zealand farmers sour on Ardern’s Labour, complicating new PM's path
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Rural voters say reforms by Ardern's Labour Party, meant to improve the environmental impact of farming, are costly and ineffective. Farmers worry that the extra costs and work will make their products more expensive and less competitive in foreign markets. The government has proposed an unpopular plan for farmers to pay for methane emissions from their sheep and cows. New Zealand farmers are some of the most efficient in the world. Andrew Hoggard, national president of Federated Farmers, said many Labour regulations were impractical and made farming difficult.

Parafin, launched in 2020, works with so-called platform partners, or companies that other small businesses sell their products through. All the cofounders knew was that they wanted to build technology that would help small businesses. And they may not get their first contract payment from the government for as long as 120 days," Reed, the startup's CEO, told Insider. Helping small businesses manage their taxesComplYant's founder Shiloh Jackson wants to help people be present in their bookkeeping. HoneyBookWhile countless small businesses have been harmed by the pandemic, self-employment and entrepreneurship have found ways to blossom as Americans started new ventures.

☆ A food fight is raging over what we can and can't call 'meat'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Morten Toft Bech, the founder of a startup that makes plant-based meat alternatives, brought the animals in protest. Meat lobbies argue that plant-based products have stolen the concept of meat without matching its taste and nutrition standards, tarnishing the integrity and cultural importance of meat. It tends to argue that plant-based meat alternatives shouldn't be allowed to use meaty terms at all because, put simply, they aren't meat. Meat bodies want startups to come up with new terms for plant-based food that imitates meat. Both meat organizations and plant-based companies told Insider they encouraged a healthy, balanced diet.

☆ AI-designed face paint inspired by Juggalos could potentially fool the 15,000 facial recognition cameras at the Qatar World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A team at Camoflags wanted to see if face paint designs could outsmart facial recognition cameras. The design, which uses concepts from Juggalo makeup, was designed by an AI program. A team known as Camoflags sought to answer that question with AI-generated, Juggalo-inspired face paint designs that could be used to evade facial recognition cameras. The experiment is uniquely suited to the World Cup, as face paint is a common feature at soccer matches for fans showing support for their teams. Face paint of the Tunisian flag stylized as Juggalo make up Courtesy of CamoflagsThe idea of using face makeup to try to fool facial recognition algorithms is not new.

☆ Is Patagonia the end game for profits in a world of climate change?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Trevor Laurence Jockims | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

As far back as 1985, Patagonia deployed portions of its profits to the environment, via an "Earth tax." "The Patagonia model is a little more sophisticated." It often is very attractive from a corporate tax perspective, too, which has been noted of both the Ikea and Patagonia business models. One hundred percent of Patagonia profits are now committed to its new non-profit Holdfast Collective — which owns all of the company's non-voting stock (98% of the total stock). "What people fail to understand about Patagonia, both the past and the future, is that we are unapologetically a for-profit business, and we are extremely competitive," Ryan Gellert said.

☆ These 15 people are shaping the office of the future, designing meeting pods, hologram calls, and buildings that actually make workers healthier
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

These 15 power players are just a handful of the people designing workplaces to balance productivity, interaction, and employee well-being through indoor-air-quality monitoring systems, building amenities, holographic meeting spaces, and more. AftershipCities like Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Raleigh, North Carolina, began offering business-relocation incentives during the pandemic to boost their workforces and help increase occupancy in office buildings. Room's office suite includes a phone booth, a meeting room, an open meeting room, and a focus room. Room also makes a soundproof meeting room that fits two people, a more open meeting booth, and a focus room designed for quiet concentration. "The future of office work needs to be guided by a new, genuine form of flexibility in which the work, not the workers themselves, become even more malleable," Petersen writes.

☆ Factbox: Winners of 2022 Nobel prizes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nobel Prize for Peace - Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since World War Two. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterNobel Prize for Literature– French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature for "the courage and clinical acuity" in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality. Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds and that offer insight into cell biology. Nobel Prize in Physics - Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day people evolved from extinct ancestors at the dawn of human history.

☆ 3 U.S.-based economists given Nobel Prize for work on banks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

STOCKHOLM — This year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded to the former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, and two U.S.-based economists, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig, “for research on banks and financial crises.”The prize was announced Monday by the Nobel panel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Last year, half of the award went to David Card for his research on how the minimum wage, immigration and education affect the labor market. The Nobel Economics Prize was awarded to a US trio for their contributions on explaining the role of banks in the economy. French author Annie Ernaux won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize went to jailed Belarus human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties on Friday.

☆ There are now four leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines running from Russia to Europe, as NATO calls the damage 'acts of sabotage'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden said it had found a fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipelines this week. NATO said the damage was due to "deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage". The Swedish coast guard told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper a fourth leak had been discovered on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that connects between Russia and Europe. The initial leak was detected on Monday in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as a drop in pressure was observed in both Nord Stream 1 and 2. Several weeks ago, the CIA told Germany that the Nord Stream pipelines could be attacked, Germany's Der Spiegel newspaper reported.

Russia intends to call a United Nations Security Council meeting over damage to the gas pipelines, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Telegram. In the Baltic Sea, gas was still bubbling from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, the Swedish Coast Guard said in an email. "There are good teams in place to handle pipeline accidents, there are emergency pipe inventories and experts for onshore and offshore," Jens Schumann, managing director of gas pipeline grid company Gasunie Deutschland, said. European gas prices rose following news of the leaks. The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations.

"Any deliberate disruption of European energy infrastructure is utterly unacceptable and will be met with a robust and united response," Borrell said. A statement issued by Russia's embassy in Denmark said that any sabotage on Nord Stream's pipelines was an attack on both Russia's and Europe's energy security. Map of Nord Stream pipelines and locations of reported leaksGAS FLOWSOperator Nord Stream has called the damage "unprecedented", while Gazprom (GAZP.MM), the Russian-controlled company with a monopoly on its gas exports by pipeline, declined to comment. Russia reduced gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 before suspending flows altogether in August, blaming Western sanctions for causing technical difficulties. The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations.

☆ Europe blames sabotage for Russian pipeline explosions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Rhoda Kwan | Rhoda Kwan Is A Taipei-Based Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Sabotage was behind underwater explosions that sent gas spewing from two major pipelines connecting Europe and Russia, Western leaders concurred Wednesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he discussed the “sabotage” of the pipelines at a meeting with Denmark’s defense minister in Brussels. The incident has put the region on edge, months after fears of a Russian military threat to the Baltics dissipated in the wake of its military’s struggles in Ukraine. A new Baltic pipeline allowing gas to be delivered from Norway through Denmark to Poland was inaugurated Tuesday. In recent weeks, Moscow has increasingly framed the war as not just with Ukraine but its Western backers, too.

☆ NATO calls Nord Stream leaks acts of sabotage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BRUSSELS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday attributed the leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines to acts of sabotage and said he had discussed the protection of critical infrastructure in NATO countries with the Danish defence minister. "Discussed the sabotage on the NorthStream pipelines with Defence Minister Morten Bødskov," he said on Twitter. "We addressed the protection of critical infrastructure in NATO countries." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sabine Siebold and Bart MeijerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows disturbance of well over one kilometre diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, September 27, 2022. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he discussed the "sabotage" of the pipelines at a meeting with Danish Defence Minister Morten Bødskov in Brussels. "We addressed the protection of critical infrastructure in NATO countries," the chief of the Western military alliance that also includes most EU countries said on Twitter. The EU, meanwhile, issued a strong warning to anybody attempting to attack the energy backbones of the 27-nation bloc. Borrell announced the bloc would step up the protection of its energy infrastructure following the incidents.

☆ Nord Stream leaks caused by deliberate actions, Denmark's prime minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Danish Minster of Defense Morten Boedskov, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Climate Minister Dan Joergensen and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod speak to the media about the three gas leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, in Copenhagen, Denmark September 27, 2022. Scanpix 2022/Emil Helms via REUTERSCOPENHAGEN, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Leaks detected in the Nord Stream gas pipelines clearly were caused by deliberate actions and could not have been a result of accidents, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday. It was not an accident," Mette Frederiksen said at a press briefing in Copenhagen. The leaks, first reported on Monday, were in international waters but inside Denmark's and Sweden's exclusive economic zone. Danish authorities assess that the damage was caused by blasts, Energy Minister Dan Jorgensen said at the briefing.

☆ Freight Labor Unrest Is Going Global and Weighing on Supply Chains
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Paul Berger | Liz Young | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

Newsletter Sign-up The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined. The Biden administration narrowly avoided a systemwide freight rail shutdown last week after brokering a last-minute deal between railroads and unions. The Biden administration narrowly avoided a systemwide freight rail shutdown last week after brokering a last-minute deal between railroads and unions. The labor concerns have grown as some of the broader pandemic-driven upheaval in supply chains, including factory closures and vessel backlogs at ports, have eased.

☆ Freight Labor Unrest is Going Global and Weighing on Supply Chains
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Paul Berger | Liz Young | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

☆ Informații oficiale despre starea de sănătate a fotbalistului Christian Eriksen: „Vreau să vă mulțumesc tuturor pentru tot ce ați făcut pentru mine”. Jucătorul danez s-a prăbușit pe teren, la EURO 202
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Federația Daneză de Fotbal anunță că Christian Eriksen, mijlocaşul Danemarcei, a rămas în spital şi se află în stare stabilă. „În această dimineaţă am vorbit cu Christian Eriksen, care a trimis un salut colegilor de echipă. Fotbalistul a vorbit cu italienii de la Gazzetta dello Sport și a transmis mulțumiri, prin reprezentantul său, relatează gsp.ro. Vreau să vă mulțumesc tuturor pentru tot ce ați făcut pentru mine”, a fost mesajul lui Eriksen. Medicul Morten Boesen, care l-a ajutat pe Eriksen pe teren, a povestit despre momentele în care fotbalistul a fost la un pas să-şi piardă viaţa pe teren.

Persons: Christian Eriksen, Reuters, June, Eriksen, resuscitat, Christian, îşi Organizations: Federația Daneză, Fotbal, EURO, Daneză, Inter, Inter Milano Locations: Danemarcei, Danemarca, Finlanda

☆ Danezii au oferit ultimele detalii privind starea de sănătate a lui Eriksen! Comunicatul oficial
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Federația Daneză de Fotbal a emis un comunicat oficial cu privire la starea de sănătate a lui Christian Eriksen, care a suferit ieri, în timpul meciului cu Finlanda, un stop cardio-respirator, scrie digisport.ro. Jucătorii din lotul danez au vorbit în această dimineață cu Eriksen, a cărui stare este stabilă. În această dimineață am vorbit cu Christian Eriksen, care a transmis salutări colegilor săi. Meciul Danemarca - Finlanda 0-1 a fost reluat peste o oră și jumătate, timp în care starea de sănătate a lui Christian Eriksen s-a ameliorat. Mijlocașul danez a fost transportat la ”Rigshospitalet” din Copenhaga, de unde le-a transmis coechipierilor să intre pe teren și să continue partida.

Persons: Christian Eriksen, Christian, Morten, Boesen Organizations: Federația Daneză, Fotbal Locations: Finlanda, danez, Danemarca, Anglia, Copenhaga, Danemarcei

☆ Prima declaraţie a medicului care l-a salvat pe Eriksen: "Nu s-au mai auzit bătăile inimii. Din fericire, Christian s-a agățat de viață"
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Medicul echipei naţionale a Danemarcei, Morten Boesen, cel are l-a ajutat pe Christian Eriksen după ce s-a prăbușit pe teren, a făcut duminică primele declarații despre momentele în care fotbalistul a fost la un pas să-şi piardă viaţa pe teren, scrie digi24.ro. "Am fost chemaţi imediat ce Christian a căzut. Dar la un moment dat nu s-au mai auzit bătăile inimii şi am început masajul cardiac. Din fericire, Christian s-a agăţat de viaţă”, a spus medicul Morten Boesen, potrivit Gazetta dello Sport. Presa internaţională scrie că, cel mai probabil, Christian Eriksen a suferit un stop cardio-respirator.

Persons: Morten, Christian Eriksen, Christian, îşi Organizations: Euro Locations: Danemarcei, selecţionata Danemarcei, Finlandei

☆ Prima declaraţie a medicului care l-a salvat pe Eriksen: „Christian s-a agățat de viață"
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Marina Gorbatovschi | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Medicul echipei naţionale a Danemarcei, Morten Boesen, cel are l-a ajutat pe Christian Erksen după ce s-a prăbușit pe teren, a făcut duminică primele declarații despre momentele în care fotbalistul a fost la un pas să-şi piardă viaţa pe teren. Meciul de sâmbătă, 12 iunie, Danemarca – Finlanda, care se desfășura la Copenhaga, a fost întrerupt la cererea jucătorilor danezi, după ce coechipierul lor Christian Eriksen, considerat cel mai bun jucător al statului scandinav, s-a prăbușit pe teren și nu mai răspundea. „Am fost chemaţi imediat ce Christian a căzut. Din fericire, Christian s-a agăţat de viaţă”, a spus medicul Morten Boesen, potrivit Gazetta dello Sport. Presa internaţională scrie că, cel mai probabil, Christian Eriksen a suferit un stop cardio-respirator.

Persons: Morten, Christian Erksen, Christian Eriksen, Medicii, Christian, îşi Organizations: Euro Locations: Danemarcei, Danemarca, Finlanda, Copenhaga, selecţionata Danemarcei, Finlandei

„Am fost chemaţi imediat ce Christian a căzut. Dar la un moment dat nu s-au mai auzit bătăile inimii şi am început masajul cardiac. Ajutorul a venit foarte, foarte repede de la personalul medical şi, cu ajutorul lor, am reuşit să facem ceea ce trebuia să facem. Din fericire, Christian s-a agăţat de viaţă”, a spus medicul Morten Boesen, potrivit Gazetta dello Sport. Presa internaţională scrie că, cel mai probabil, Christian Eriksen a suferit un stop cardio-respirator.

Persons: Christian, îşi, Christian Eriksen Organizations: Euro Locations: selecţionata Danemarcei, Finlandei

☆ Festival de muzică electronică la București. Pe scenă vor urca Tiësto, Don Diablo, Alan Walker și Salvatore Ganacci
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Festival de muzică electronică la București. Pe scenă vor urca Tiësto, Don Diablo, Alan Walker și Salvatore GanacciLa București se va desfășura SAGA Music Festival, primul festival de muzică electronică din capitala României. Pe scenă vor urca dj renumiți precum Tiësto, Don Diablo, Alan Walker și Salvatore Ganacci. Pe scena principală SAGA Festival vor urca Alan Walker, Clean Bandit (DJ Set), Don Diablo, John Newman, Mike Williams, Morten, Nervo, Regard, Salvatore Ganacci, Sigala, Tiësto, Timmy Trumpet, Topic, Vini Vici, W&W, iar alți artiști urmează să fie anunțați în curând. Abonamentele pentru SAGA Festival pot fi achiziționate de pe site-ul sagafestival.com.

Persons: Tiësto, Don Diablo, Alan Walker, Salvatore Ganacci, John Newman, Mike Williams, Timmy Organizations: Music Festival, SAGA Locations: București, României, România, Morten, Nervo, Regard, Abonamentele

☆ Curtea tronului lui Irod Antipa, locul în care Ioan Botezătorul a fost decapitat, descoperită de arheologi
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

descriu modul în care regele Irod Antipa, fiul regelui Irod cel Mare, l-a executat pe Ioan Botezătorul. irodIrod Antipa se temea de influenţa în creştere exercitată de Ioan Botezătorul în rândul populaţiei israelite, motiv pentru care l-a executat, conform lui Flavius Iosefus. Biblia menţionează că Irod Antipa urma să se căsătorească cu o femeie pe nume Irodia, însă amândoi erau divorţaţi, iar Ioan Botezătorul a obiectat cu privire la această uniune. Regele Irod a şovăit să-i îndeplinească dorinţa, însă în cele din urmă a acceptat, iar Ioan Botezătorul a fost decapitat şi capul lui i-a fost oferit fiicei Irodiei pe o tavă. Ei şi-au exprimat îndoiala că această nişă ar reprezenta rămăşiţele tronului lui Irod Antipa.

Persons: Flavius Iosefus, Irod Antipa, Irod cel Mare, Ioan Botezătorul . Cronicarul Flavius Iosefus, execuţia, irod Irod Antipa, Ioan Botezătorul, Irod, Ioan, Salomeea, Ioan Botezătorul . Regele Irod, Alliata, Irod Antipa . irod, Arheologii, Vörös, ştiinţă, Horning Jensen, Jodi Magness, Irod Antipa . Ea, Eric Meyers Organizations: Teologie, University, Chapel, Duke University Locations: Machaerus, israelian, Iordaniei, Galileea, părţi, Iordania, North Carolina, Ierihon, Upper Herodium

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