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CAF Concludes Technology Is Having a Profound Impact on The Nature of The Skilled Trades

Mar 27, 2013

The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) concludes technology is having a profound impact on the nature of the skilled trades, apprenticeship training and journeyperson skills requirements. Based on a series of interviews with ...

Tags: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Potential Digital Gap, skilled trades

European Commission Has Today Presented a Package of Initiatives

Mar 27, 2013

The European Commission has today presented a package of initiatives to make trademark registration systems all over the European Union cheaper, quicker, more reliable and predictable. The proposed reform would improve conditions for ...

Tags: European Commission, package of initiatives, policy

Designers of Humanoid Robots-Androids Don't Seem to Have Got The Point

Mar 26, 2013

In the late nineteenth century, architect Louis Sullivan penned the now famous dictum: "Form follows function." It has since become a watchword-or watchphrase-informing all types of industrial design, and leading to ever sleeker forms for ...

Tags: Form follows function, Designers, robot

Swedish Language Council Has Removed "Ogooglebar", or "Ungoogleable," From Its Annual List

Mar 26, 2013

The Swedish Language Council has removed "ogooglebar", or "ungoogleable," from its annual list of new words after pressure from Google to respect its trademarks. The term was included on the council's latest list of new words that have ...

Tags: ogooglebar, ungoogleable, new words

EU Remained Critical in The Fourth Quarter of 2012 with Employment Receding Overall

Mar 26, 2013

The employment and social situation in the EU remained critical in the fourth quarter of 2012 with employment receding overall and unemployment rising further, while households' financial situation remained serious according to the European ...

Tags: EU-27, Employment, Social Situation

What Do You Need to Know About T-Mobile Is Ending Contracts and Slashing Prices

Mar 26, 2013

T-Mobile is ending contracts and slashing prices for both service and phones, a refreshing change from the complex plans and high costs that irritate many phone users. That could save a T-Mobile customer several hundred dollars over a ...

Tags: T-Mobile, Consumer Electronics, Samsung

What Is GM Crops Evil?

Mar 26, 2013

Farmscrapers are vertical farming on steroids No science in far left opposition to GMO foods Death, liberty, Cheetos, and the American way China is surging ahead with a research project aimed at identifying millions of genetic variations ...

Tags: GM Crops, GM Children, Agriculture

You Can Get in Touch with a Retailer That Carries The Sofa Bed Brand

Mar 25, 2013

Question: Is it Time to Ditch the Old Sofa Bed?My sofa bed is old now, and I'm told the mechanism is too. I have once replaced the mattress, but still it is not comfortable. It could be the mattress frame is not made like they are today? ...

Tags: Sofa Bed, bed, Furniture

Signs for Drinking and Water Is Shortage

Mar 25, 2013

Author and humorist Mark Twain is given credit for the saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting.” It is unknown if Twain ever spoke those words. A bottle of whiskey makes for sipping. Water makes for a political ...

Tags: Whiskey, Agriculture Water, Food

Leeds Is Consulting Residents on Proposals to Turn off Street Lights at Certain Times

Mar 25, 2013

Leeds City Council is consulting residents on proposals to turn off street lights at certain times of the night to save £1.3 million over 10 years. The local authority has more than 92,000 street lights, consuming £4 million ...

Tags: street lights, Lighting, Leeds

Dolls Today Are Enjoying a Huge Resurgence in The Toy and Gift Sector

Mar 23, 2013

Dolls today are enjoying a huge resurgence in the toy and gift sector and are firmly in the forefront of everyone's minds for 2013. NPD released statistics in September 2012 stating that sales in the girls sector were up from the ...

Tags: dolls, toy

Our Testing Have Shown Dramatic Fuel Economy Improvements in All Types of Cars

Mar 22, 2013

The past few years have shown dramatic fuel economy improvements in all types of cars in our testing. Rather than exotic technology, such as hybrids and vehicle electrification, most of the improvements have come the old-fashioned way: ...

Tags: Turbos, Car Technology, Auto

U.S. Senate Has Overwhelmingly Passed a Nonbinding Proposal to Collect Sales Tax

Mar 22, 2013

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding proposal to allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sellers that have no presence within their borders. The proposal was an amendment to a 2014 budget bill that the Senate ...

Tags: Senate, Internet Sales Tax Proposal

You Have to Hand It to The Foes of The Affordable Care Act

Mar 22, 2013

You have to hand it to the foes of the Affordable Care Act. They've been hugely successful at "educating" the public on all the unpopular parts, including some that don't even exist. Meanwhile, public awareness of the law's popular ...

Tags: Health Reform, Medicine, Affordable Care

Scott Bedbury Will Be The Keynote Speaker at Furniture/Today's Upcoming Bedding Conference

Mar 22, 2013

Scott Bedbury HIGH POINT — Marketing guru Scott Bedbury will be the keynote speaker at Furniture/Today's upcoming Bedding Conference. Bedbury, a former top marketing executive at Nike and Starbucks, was responsible for Nike's ...

Tags: Marketing Expert, Bedding Conference, Furniture

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