Climate Change Will Make Heat Waves More Common

People all across the U.Sคำพูดจาก เว็บสล็อตใหม่ล่าสุด. have been sweating through heat waves this summer, and new research suggests they should get used to it.

Over the next century, climate change will likely make extreme heat conditions—and their concordant health risks—much more frequent in nearly every part of the U.S., according to a paper published in the journal Environmental Research Communications. By the end of the century, it says, parts of the Gulf Coast states could experience more than 120 days per year that feel like they top 100°F.

The study was conducted by researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)…

Neurologic Symptoms Common Among U.S. COVID-19 Patients

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, so too does the disease’s list of known symptoms. At first, cough, fever and shortness of breath were thought to be its primary symptoms. Nine months in, that list now includes organ damage, skin conditions, gastrointestinal problems and issues of the brain and nervous system.

A paper published Oct. 5 in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology is thought to be the first to examine the prevalence of neurologic symptoms in U.S. COVID-19 patients. Out of 509 people admitted to Chicago hospitals for coronavirus care this spring, 82% had a neurologic symptom at some point, according to the paper.

The most common neurologic symptoms were muscle aches and headaches, which were experienced by about 45% and 38% of patie…

NASA’s Moon Rocket Finally Blasts Off

The countdown for the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket officially began just over 48 hours before the six massive engines on the 32-story rocket at last lit at 1:47 a.m. ET this morning, muscling the 2.6 million kg (5.75 million lb.) machine off of launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and hurling it moon-ward. With the successful liftoff, NASA’s Artemis program—which aims to have Americans back on the moon by as early as late 2025—at last got underway.

In some respects, however, the true countdown for this morning’s launch began on Jan. 15, 2004, when then President George W. Bush announced that the U.S. would be returning astronauts to the moon and called for the construction of a new heavy-lift rocket to make …

Cambodia hikes minimum wage for textiles workers by 11 pct from 2018

The sector generates $7 billion annually for the economy, and garment workers are in the spotlight ahead of a general election in 2018.Prime Minister Hun Sen Hun Sen, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, has met with garment workers almost every day in recent weeks, taking selfies with them and having lunch.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

Garment workers have clashed with police in recent years and some unions representing disgruntled employees have joined opposition supporters protesting Hun Sen’s government.Wages for garment workers have increased over 150 percent over the past five years from $61 per month in 2012 to the current $153.The country has had …

Burberry makes the grade in Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

The UK-based luxury fashion house said the recognition endorses its “continued commitment to fostering equity and inclusion, both within our own organisation and across communities we work with globally”.Inclusion in the GEI acknowledges transparency to gender-related practices and policies at publicly listed companies, increasing the breadth of environmental, social, governance (ESG) data available to investors. คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

It also measures a company’s commitment to gender equality in the categories of female leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, sexual harassment policies and pro-women brand.The latest ass…

Farfetch links with Thrift+ for recycling and charity initiative

It’s partnering with Thrift+ and follows a similar pattern to some of the other recent initiatives from other companies with consumers being incentivised to donate unwanted fashion product to charities.They’ll receive credits to use on the Farfetch site and in that respect, the new plan echoes the Second Life option the e-tailer introduced earlier this year that allows consumers to return pre-owned designer bags to the site, also for store credits.

The new link-up adds an even deeper ethical/social element to the concept and sees it working with the Thrift+ platform that’s one of the participants in Farfetch’s Dream Assembly technology accelerator programme.The company sells secondhand clothing online and donates part of the proceeds to registered UK charities.Under the ne…

EU’s planned digital levy could cover hundreds of firms

In a bid to fire up growth and foster a greener and more digital economy, the 27 European Union countries last year agreed to jointly borrow 750 billion euros ($887 billion) for a post-pandemic recovery fund.The borrowing, by the European Commission on behalf of EU countries, is to be repaid over 30 years from new taxes, among them levies on the digital economy and on CO2 emissions.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

Vestager welcomed the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreement clinched on Thursday on new rules on where companies are taxed and a tax rate of at least 15% but she said the EU would proceed with its digital levy – although she did not say how mu…

Amazon workers in Germany to go on strike over coronavirus infections

Verdi said on Sunday that the strike would last at least 48 hours, under the motto ‘Good and healthy work’, to denounce what it called a lack of transparency by the U.Sคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. retail giant after workers tested positive for Covid-19.”We have information that at least 30 to 40 colleagues were infected,” said Verdi representative Orhan Akman.

Amazon has faced a long-running battle with unions in Germany over better pay and conditions for logistics workers, who have staged frequent strikes since 2013.Verdi said the strikes will hit Amazon sites in Leipzig, Bad Hersfeld, Rheinberg, Werne and Koblenz. It said Amazon was putting profit ahead of the safety of it…

Global fashion e-shoppers now ‘spend more on mobile than desktop’

For the report, mobile means smartphones more than anything else, with tablets counted separately. And given that the study showed that 46% of online sales now go through a ‘mobile’ device, 44% through a traditional computer and the rest through a tablet, that means the combined smartphone/tablet figure adds up to a dominant 56%.Not that PCs and Macs should be counted out just yet as consumers seem to spend almost 30% less time on a retailer’s website when browsing via mobile, so the opportunities that the greater dwell time on traditional computers present could be signifiant.

So can we rely on the figuresคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง? Well, Nosto analysed 1.2 billion v…

Gucci enters into resale partnership with The RealReal

As part of the partnership, The RealReal has now launched a dedicated e-commerce site for secondhand Gucci pieces — including men’s and women’s clothing, bags and shoes –supplied by the brand as well as consignors. According to a press release from the brand, Gucci is one of the most in-demand luxury brands available on The RealReal, having seen a 19% increase in resale demand in the past yearคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. The brand said it has also seen strong resale value for consignors, with clothing resale value 2.3 times stronger than average, compared to all brands sold on The RealReal.คำพูดจาก