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  • CSIRO suggests robotics solutions to boost manufacturing competitiveness

    During National Manufacturing Week the CSIRO released a white paper detailing what might be done to lift the manufacturing industry out of its slump. "The concern we started when we started consultation was that we were on a totally different planet to everybody," said Peter Kambouris, one of authors on the paper, published by the organisation’s Future Manufacturing ...

  • Toronto factory sticks to its knitting – for 87 years

    Parkhurst Knitwear sells its hats, coats and sweaters around the world from its factory in Toronto, one of the last domestic knitting mills in ...

  • Fashion types bring flair to prince’s Connecticut polo match

    Many in the invitation-only crowd of about 400 who gathered to watch Prince Harry's team win the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup at the Greenwich Polo Club in Connecticut brought out their summer clothes, including white pants, floral sundresses and even some seersucker. Model Karolina Kurkova even wore optic-white shoes with her white-and-navy Carolina Herrera ...

  • Manufacturing clean technology solutions with Autodesk

    There are more than 1300 clean technology companies in Australia. The sector also directly employs more people than the automotive industry, if the Australian Cleantech Review, published in March, is accurate. The review also identifies "very significant" investment opportunities from north Asian countries and an increasing demand for clean technology solutions in industry, provided ...

  • Japanese manufacturers mood turns positive Poll

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's expansionary policy has generated more confidence in the economy. Increasing optimism among manufacturers was largely driven by exporting sectors, including electric and precision machinery, that have benefited from the weak yen. The mood in the service sector also picked up and was seen rising further as consumers drew confidence, in part, from a surge in share ...


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Summer of Sam [DVD]

Summer of Sam [DVD]

"Summer of Sam" finally lost me about two-thirds of the way through. As everyone probably knows, the "Sam" of the title refers to "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, the serial killer who terrorized New York for more than a year in the late 1970s, stalking people and shooting them with a .44-caliber handgun because, as he claimed at the time, his neighbor's dog told him to. ...

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  • Predictions of an American manufacturing renaissance may be premature

    My father designed radio-controlled equipment that was installed in steel mills. An operator could stand on the floor, send signals to an overhead crane from a device on his belt and maneuver ingots weighing several tons. Very modern for its time, the system greatly reduced the risk of injury among workers.My dad was understandably proud of his contribution to the American manufacturing boom of ...

  • Hema Zeeman dont sign Bangladesh textile industry safety deal

    Dutch high street brands Hema, Zeeman, Prenatal and Coolcat have not signed an agreement to improve safety and working conditions for textile workers in Bangladesh, according to the final list of signatories published online. C&A, V&D, G-Star and WE have signed up to ...

  • 5 American Cities With a Booming Manufacturing Industry

    It's a fairly well-accepted narrative that manufacturing in America is all but dead. Over 3 million manufacturing jobs were lost during the Great Recession, and what's left will eventually be outsourced -- or so the thinking goes. But a closer look at the numbers shows that there are a number of big cities across the United States that are enjoying a healthy revival of manufacturing ...

  • You’ve been framed Sunglasses of the season

    Don't miss a second of any brief appearance the sun might make: Gemma Hayward and Emma Akbareian choose the sunglasses of the season and explain who should wear which and ...

  • Fashion Audit Learned literature Tacky tats and new Choos

    The latest film that has us reaching for the popcorn is the new Liberace biopic, Behind The Candelabra, an adaptation of the memoir of Scott Thorson, the pianist's young lover. Michael Douglas stars as the flamboyant performer with Matt Damon as the object of his ...

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