More robots and more humans isn't an experience unique to Ultra Shine. Workplace figures from Statistics Canada show that between one and five years after robots are adopted in a workplace, firms that bring on the machines see about 20 per cent more employees than they had before adding the robots.
"On average, firms that have adopted robots have in fact expanded their workforce in aggregate," said Jay Dixon, a researcher with the federal statistics agency. Dixon's analysis looked at data collected from 1996 to 2017, tracking what happened to workers when companies in Canada invested in robots.
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4/26/21
2/20/21
Bird Flu: Russia reports world's 1st case of H5N8 bird flu virus in humans
Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8) being passed to humans from birds and has reported the matter to the World Health Organization (WHO), Anna Popova, head of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said on Saturday.
Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East and North Africa in recent months, but so far only in poultry. Other strains — H5N1, H7N9 and H9N2 — have been known to spread to humans.
Read more at: Russia reports world's 1st case of H5N8 bird flu virus in humans | CBC News
Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East and North Africa in recent months, but so far only in poultry. Other strains — H5N1, H7N9 and H9N2 — have been known to spread to humans.
Read more at: Russia reports world's 1st case of H5N8 bird flu virus in humans | CBC News
1/20/20
Corona virus -Just the basics: The new coronavirus outbreak
With the confirmation that a new coronavirus in China has been transmitted between humans, here's a quick look at what you need to know.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-wuhan-canada-1.5433625
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-wuhan-canada-1.5433625
2/9/18
EU - Daylight saving time: European Parliament votes for review of daylight saving time
European Parliament members voted 384 to 153 in a non-binding
resolution on Thursday to urge the European Commission to carry out a
"thorough assessment" of the daylight saving time (DST) arrangements for
summer time and, if necessary "come up with a proposal for its
revision."
"Numerous studies have failed to reach a conclusive outcome, but indicate negative effects on human health," the members of European Parliament wrote in their proposal.
For decades, Europeans have gone through a twice-yearly ritual of changing their clocks to make the most of natural daylight. Current EU law came into force in 2001 and set a bloc-wide date and time for the start and end of summer.
In late March each year clocks go forward by 60 minutes and in late October they are put back again.
Ireland's MEP Sean Kelly has been working to stop moving the time at the committee level in the European Parliament.
"We think that there's no need to change the clocks," he said. "It came in during World War One, it was supposed to be for energy savings — the indications are that there are very few energy savings, if any — and there are an awful lot of disadvantages to both human beings and animals that make it outdated at this point. We're working to try and end it."
Read more: European Parliament votes for review of daylight saving time | News | DW | 08.02.2018
"Numerous studies have failed to reach a conclusive outcome, but indicate negative effects on human health," the members of European Parliament wrote in their proposal.
For decades, Europeans have gone through a twice-yearly ritual of changing their clocks to make the most of natural daylight. Current EU law came into force in 2001 and set a bloc-wide date and time for the start and end of summer.
In late March each year clocks go forward by 60 minutes and in late October they are put back again.
Ireland's MEP Sean Kelly has been working to stop moving the time at the committee level in the European Parliament.
"We think that there's no need to change the clocks," he said. "It came in during World War One, it was supposed to be for energy savings — the indications are that there are very few energy savings, if any — and there are an awful lot of disadvantages to both human beings and animals that make it outdated at this point. We're working to try and end it."
Read more: European Parliament votes for review of daylight saving time | News | DW | 08.02.2018
9/3/17
Christianity: Broad Coalition of US Evangelicals Release 'Nashville Statement' on Human Sexuality, Identity
A broad coalition of US Christian leaders, including J. I. Packer and
Francis Chan, have released a statement articulating God's design for
human identity as male and female. Such a statement is needed, they say,
in order to resist the spirit of the age and for the church to maintain
its counter-cultural witness in a world that seems "bent on ruin."
The Nashville Statement, which was sponsored by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was published Tuesday. The document contains a preamble and 14 articles responding to the current realities in the Western world regarding the many messages swirling in society and even in some churches about sexuality, particularly homosexuality and transgenderism, which have come to the fore in both politics and church life in recent years.
Note EU-Digest: in relation to the potential impact of the Nashville Statement also read: "Take a deep breath: The Nashville statement won't change anything." by Jonathan Merrit.
Read more: Broad Coalition of Evangelicals Releases 'Nashville Statement' on Human Sexuality, Identity
The Nashville Statement, which was sponsored by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was published Tuesday. The document contains a preamble and 14 articles responding to the current realities in the Western world regarding the many messages swirling in society and even in some churches about sexuality, particularly homosexuality and transgenderism, which have come to the fore in both politics and church life in recent years.
Note EU-Digest: in relation to the potential impact of the Nashville Statement also read: "Take a deep breath: The Nashville statement won't change anything." by Jonathan Merrit.
Read more: Broad Coalition of Evangelicals Releases 'Nashville Statement' on Human Sexuality, Identity
1/18/16
Life resuscitation: Animal brought back to life from 30-year deep freeze
More than one human -- deceased baseball star Ted Williams, for example -- has wondered whether freezing your body when you die might allow you to be revived in the future.
Perhaps Japanese scientists are beginning to find an answer.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, researchers at Japan's National Institute of Polar Research have resuscitated two tardigrades -- sometimes known as waterbears or moss piglets -- from a 30.5-year deep freeze.
It seems odd that animal-namers can't decide whether these tiny eight-legged creatures look more like pigs or bears. I'm going with waterbears.
The researchers first collected two waterbears in 1983 from an Antarctican moss sample. They then stored them at minus-20 degrees C (roughly minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit). They defrosted them in 2014.
After defrosting, it took one of the waterbears 29 days to return to what the researchers described as a normal condition. The other died after 20 days.
Perhaps when they do, we will learn something about the prospects for reviving humans. Or perhaps waterbears are simply special beings. And we're not.
Read more: Animal brought back to life from 30-year deep freeze
Perhaps Japanese scientists are beginning to find an answer.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, researchers at Japan's National Institute of Polar Research have resuscitated two tardigrades -- sometimes known as waterbears or moss piglets -- from a 30.5-year deep freeze.
It seems odd that animal-namers can't decide whether these tiny eight-legged creatures look more like pigs or bears. I'm going with waterbears.
The researchers first collected two waterbears in 1983 from an Antarctican moss sample. They then stored them at minus-20 degrees C (roughly minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit). They defrosted them in 2014.
After defrosting, it took one of the waterbears 29 days to return to what the researchers described as a normal condition. The other died after 20 days.
Perhaps when they do, we will learn something about the prospects for reviving humans. Or perhaps waterbears are simply special beings. And we're not.
Read more: Animal brought back to life from 30-year deep freeze
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