Overall, global activity is growing at 4.4 per cent, about 0.6 per cent above trend, and a full percentage point higher than a couple of months ago.
That is from Gavyn Davies at the FT
Vegetables via Gavyn:
and jewelry, rightly displayed,
have an equal amount of fascination.
and jewelry, rightly displayed,
have an equal amount of fascination.
Carrots, for instance,
piled–
ferntops, bodies, and hair roots
so bound together in bunches
bunches laid in rows
of oblong heaps with magnitude,
are sufficient to arrest any seeing eye.
piled–
ferntops, bodies, and hair roots
so bound together in bunches
bunches laid in rows
of oblong heaps with magnitude,
are sufficient to arrest any seeing eye.
Cabbages with a purplish tinge,
when of grandeur, with widespread petals,
as they rest in heaps
catching the dawn’s first filtering of sunlight,
compare satisfyingly with roses enmassed,
with orchids, sunflowers, tulips,
or variegated flowers
extravagantly scattered.
when of grandeur, with widespread petals,
as they rest in heaps
catching the dawn’s first filtering of sunlight,
compare satisfyingly with roses enmassed,
with orchids, sunflowers, tulips,
or variegated flowers
extravagantly scattered.
While as to onions,
little can excel their decorative effect
when green tubes, white bulbs, and grey hair roots
rest in well arranged, paralleled piles
about which buxom women congregate,
laughing and chattering in wholesome vulgarity.
little can excel their decorative effect
when green tubes, white bulbs, and grey hair roots
rest in well arranged, paralleled piles
about which buxom women congregate,
laughing and chattering in wholesome vulgarity.
Crispness,
a cool indifference to the gash of knives,
to the crush of kind,
or to any destiny whatsoever,
has granted the vegetables an arrogance of identity
one would be foolhardy to strive after
with heated impressionable imagination.
a cool indifference to the gash of knives,
to the crush of kind,
or to any destiny whatsoever,
has granted the vegetables an arrogance of identity
one would be foolhardy to strive after
with heated impressionable imagination.
Vegetables,
given their color,
scent and freshness,
too easily attain a cool supremacy of being
for our fumbling competition.
given their color,
scent and freshness,
too easily attain a cool supremacy of being
for our fumbling competition.
Everything changes, everything passes away ...
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Amazon's facial recognition technology is being used to identify celebrities. Could it soon spot MEdia Dragon?
The
most perfect union: Unlocking the next wave of growth by unifying creativity
and analytics
Companies that harness creativity and data in tandem have growth rates twice as high as companies that don’t. Here’s how they do it.
Companies that harness creativity and data in tandem have growth rates twice as high as companies that don’t. Here’s how they do it.
CIOs
are 'out of touch' with end users' needs
ITPro, 7 June 2018. Less than half of employees think their CIOs are aware of the day-to-day technology issues they grapple with. Non-IT workers were overall more likely than IT workers to express dissatisfaction with the tech they use at work. Only 41% of non-IT workers felt very or completely satisfied with their work devices, compared to 59% of IT workers.
ITPro, 7 June 2018. Less than half of employees think their CIOs are aware of the day-to-day technology issues they grapple with. Non-IT workers were overall more likely than IT workers to express dissatisfaction with the tech they use at work. Only 41% of non-IT workers felt very or completely satisfied with their work devices, compared to 59% of IT workers.
The
Alternative Office
Raconteur, June 2018. Good business is still done face-to-face, but with remote working on the rise, many firms find themselves turning to laid-back co-working spaces and noisy coffee shops for their meetings. The Alternative Office digital report examines how The Clubhouse, London’s leading business lounge, has addressed this gap in the market.
Raconteur, June 2018. Good business is still done face-to-face, but with remote working on the rise, many firms find themselves turning to laid-back co-working spaces and noisy coffee shops for their meetings. The Alternative Office digital report examines how The Clubhouse, London’s leading business lounge, has addressed this gap in the market.
6
Reasons Why IoT Security Is Terrible
The Internet of Things bears little resemblance to traditional IT systems—and that makes it harder to protect. There are six reasons why security for the Internet of Things (IoT) is different from—and more difficult to tackle than—traditional IT security
Victims of corporate crime will gain a streamlined method of compensation that will bypass the need for litigation under plans that will be unveiled today by Attorney-General Christian Porter. The scheme will put the onus on companies to identify and compensate victims of their misconduct — as well as naming individual wrongdoers — to qualify for deferred prosecution deals with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. *Public consultation paper, Attorney-General’s Depertment, Improving enforcement options for serious corporate crime: a proposed model for a deferred prosecution agreement in Australia
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The Internet of Things bears little resemblance to traditional IT systems—and that makes it harder to protect. There are six reasons why security for the Internet of Things (IoT) is different from—and more difficult to tackle than—traditional IT security
Victims of corporate crime will gain a streamlined method of compensation that will bypass the need for litigation under plans that will be unveiled today by Attorney-General Christian Porter. The scheme will put the onus on companies to identify and compensate victims of their misconduct — as well as naming individual wrongdoers — to qualify for deferred prosecution deals with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. *Public consultation paper, Attorney-General’s Depertment, Improving enforcement options for serious corporate crime: a proposed model for a deferred prosecution agreement in Australia
Here’s
how we can make innovation more inclusive
WEF, 4 June 2018. Many countries have put "digitization" at the top of their agendas for education, employment, and social and economic development. All parties involved in the current debate on the future of production and work should take a step back and question the premise that technology can’t be influenced. We need to ask what motivates technological innovation, and then discuss how to steer it towards creating greater economic prosperity and decent work for all.
WEF, 4 June 2018. Many countries have put "digitization" at the top of their agendas for education, employment, and social and economic development. All parties involved in the current debate on the future of production and work should take a step back and question the premise that technology can’t be influenced. We need to ask what motivates technological innovation, and then discuss how to steer it towards creating greater economic prosperity and decent work for all.
McKinsey,
June 2018. Governments need to transform if they are going to provide the
services needed by their citizens. It is suggested that future government
transformations will have a greater capacity to succeed by by better
understanding the citizen experience and building in design thinking and agile
practices.
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