Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planetTake a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe the tag says "Made in Bangladesh" or "Made in Sri Lanka." But do you know where they really came from, how many thousands of miles they crossed, or the number of hands who picked, spun, wove, dyed, packaged, shipped, and sold them to get to you? The fashion industry operates with radical opacity, and it's only getting worse to disguise countless environmental and labor abuses. It epitomizes the ravages inherent in the global economy, and all in the name of ensuring that we keep buying more while thinking less about its real cost. In Unraveled, entrepreneur, researcher, and advocate Maxine Bédat follows the life of an American icon--a pair of jeans--to reveal what really happens to give us our clothes. We visit a Texas cotton farm figuring out how to thrive without relying on fertilizers that poison the earth. Inside dyeing and weaving factories in China, where chemicals that are banned in the West slosh on factory floors and drain into waterways used to irrigate local family farms. Sewing floors in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are crammed with women working for illegally low wages to produce garments as efficiently as machines. Back in America, our jeans get stowed, picked, and shipped out by Amazon warehouse workers pressed to be as quick as the robots primed to replace them. Finally, those jeans we had to have get sent to landfills--or, if they've been "donated," shipped back around the world to Africa, where they're sold for pennies in secondhand markets or buried and burned in mountains of garbage. A sprawling, deeply researched, and provocative tour-de-force, Unraveled is not just the story of a pair of pants, but also the story of our global economy and our role in it. Told with piercing insight and unprecedented reporting, Unraveled challenges us to use our relationship with our jeans--and all that we wear--to reclaim our central role as citizens to refashion a society in which all people can thrive and preserve the planet for generations to come.
Funko Pop! Vinüülfiguurid on hiiglaslike peadega, suurte silmadega koopiad sinu lemmiknäitlejatest, tegelastest ja teistest pop kultuuris leiduvatest inimestest. Valikus on tuhandeid erinevaid tegelasi, seega leia oma lemmik!
Dreame robotniiduki garaaž kaitseb nii niidukit kui ka laadimisjaama ilmastikutingimuste eest, pikendades oluliselt nende kasutusiga. Nutikas disain võimaldab katuse hõlpsat avamist, tagades kiire ja mugava ligipääsu juhtpaneelile ja laadimisjaamale. See teeb niiduki hooldamise ja seadistamise eriti lihtsaks. Garaaž on mugavuse huvides täielikult kokku pandud, et säästa Sinu aega ja vaeva. Paiguta see sobivasse kohta ning kinnita komplektis olevate kruvidega – ja see ongi kasutamiseks valmis.
Dínómorfi muutuv, oranž Raptor saab olema iga dinosauruste ja robotite fännide väike poisi lemmik. Väikest eelajaloolist olendit saab paari liigutusega kergesti ümber kujundada, muutes ümbersuunamise meelelahutuslikuks isegi väiksematele lastele. Koguge kokku kõik kuus eri värvi ja tüüpi dínómorfot ning pange kokku hiiglaslik robot! Suure roboti ehitamiseks vajalikud dínómorfid leiate meie veebipoest! Pakendi suurus: 12,5 x 16,5 cm.
Dinomorfer, transformeeritav sinine iguanodon, on iga väikese dinosauruste ja robotite fänni lemmik. Väikest eelajaloolist olendit on lihtne paari liigutusega ümber kujundada, nii et isegi noorematele lastele pakub teisendamine lõbu. Koguge kokku kõik kuus erinevate värvide ja liikidega dinomorfrit ja pange kokku hiiglaslik robot! Suure roboti kokkupanekuks vajalikud dinomorfid leiad meie veebipoest! Pakendi suurus: 12,5 x 16,5 cm.
MixMashers Transformers'i tegevusfiguurid võimaldavad lastel oma lemmikkangelasi ja pahasid vastavalt oma kujutlusvõimele ümber kujundada ja kombineerida. 12 cm (5 tolli) kõrgused robotfiguurid on varustatud 16 liitmepunktiga, mis universaalsete ühenduste abil on kogu sarjas ühilduvad ja vastupidavad. Iga figuur sisaldab lisatarvikuid ja võimendavaid elemente, millega lapsed saavad luua ainulaadseid supervõimetega tegelaskujusid. Sari toob esile ikoonilisi tegelasi nagu Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Optimus Primal, Starscream ja Megatron. Mänguasjad on soovitatavad alates 4 aasta vanusest ning teevad suurepäraseid kingitusi sünnipäevadeks või pühadeks. Pakendi suurus: 20,3 x 17,8 x 3,8 cm
From the bestselling author of Wonderscape and The Uncommoners, comes this fast-paced gaming adventure through the universe's greatest legends. PLAY THE GAME. BRAVE THE LEGEND.Friends Arthur, Ren and Cecily are transported to the year 2493, where the secretive villain Deadlock has uncovered powerful time-travelling technology. To stop Deadlock, the friends must enter Legendarium's dangerous Irontide Tournament, where one wrong move could cost not just their lives, but the fate of the entire universe. PRAISE FOR LEGENDARIUM"A wonder of an adventure - Jennifer's storytelling has everything I want; excitement, power and heart." Jasbinder Bilan"Sharp, fast-paced and full of heart ...Arthur, Ren and Cecily are adventuring once more in this warm and witty pageturner of a sequel. I love it!" Ellie McNicoll"Legendarium does not disappoint. In fact, it grabs you from page one.With a furious pace and mind-boggling concepts, it's the very definition of a BLOCKBUSTER." Phil Earle"Legendarium is clever, fast-paced, action-packed, and lots of fun - grab your time-key and jump right in!" Sinead O'Hart"A fantastic, futuristic adventure! With courageous characters and historical legends galore, it's more immersive than any video game!" Ellie Irving"A thrilling, exciting, jam-packed adventure, full of friendship, danger and heart-stopping moments. I am in awe of Jennifer Bell's writing." Mel Taylor-Bessent"A fantastically imaginative and exciting adventure, starring three young heroes who deserve to become legends and the best robot dog ever." Stephanie BurgisPRAISE FOR WONDERSCAPE"An expertly crafted, breakneck speed adventure." BookTrust"A whirlwind of fun and mystery across space and time." Thomas Taylor, author of Malamander"Eight-plus readers with a taste for adventure and science will immerse themselves in the Uncommoners author Jennifer Bell's exciting new Wonderscape" - "Books of the Month", Guardian"A breakneck sci-fi romp that's perfect for gamers, puzzle fiends and fact-fans." Ross Montgomery, author of The Midnight Guardians"Bell puts a clever and highly inventive spin on the middle-grade fantasy adventure." The Bookseller"A fun-filled, character-driven, fast-paced, vibrant story ... together with its thought-provoking, science-embracing and hero-referencing narrative, it will almost certainly win both hearts and minds." 'Children's Book of the Week', Press Association"A wonderful mash up of video game and history." Angels & UrchinsFeatured in The Week Junior's '5 books for fans of gaming'
Une édition collector de l'album Mini-Loup super-héros avec une couverture inédite !Aujourd'hui, Doudou a fait une drôle de découverte : il y a un engin bizarre posé devant les ruines du vieux château... C'est un vaisseau spatial ! Des robots en sortent bientôt et ils n'ont pas l'air gentils du tout ! Au secours ! Doudou est attaqué. Immédiatement, Super-Loup, Super-Louna, Super-Pic et Super-Cochon courent à sa rescousse. La bataille va être féroce. Mais les vilains robots ont plus d'un tour dans leur sac. Nos super-amis ne sont pas du tout au bout de leurs surprises...
Why the future of work requires the deconstruction of jobs and the reconstruction of work.Work is traditionally understood as a job, and workers as jobholders. Jobs are structured by titles, hierarchies, and qualifications. In Work without Jobs, Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau propose a radically new way of looking at work. They describe a new work operating system that deconstructs jobs into their component parts and reconstructs these components into more optimal combinations that reflect the skills and abilities of individual workers. In a new normal of rapidly accelerating automation, demands for organizational agility, efforts to increase diversity, and the emergence of alternative work arrangements, the old system based on jobs and jobholders is cumbersome and ungainly. Jesuthasan and Boudreau s new system lays out a roadmap for the future of work. Work without Jobs presents real-world cases that show how leading organizations are embracing work deconstruction and reinvention. For example, when a robot, chatbot, or artificial intelligence takes over parts of a job while a human worker continues to do other parts, what is the job ? DHL found some answers when it deployed social robotics at its distribution centers. Meanwhile, the biotechnology company Genentech deconstructed jobs to increase flexibility, worker engagement, and retention. Other organizations achieved agility with internal talent marketplaces, worker exchanges, freelancers, crowdsourcing, and partnerships. It s time for organizations to reboot their work operating system, and Work without Jobs offers an essential guide for doing so.
Le cap du 54e album sera-t-il celui qui verra Léonard devenir un génie du mal ? Après tout, il voyage dans le temps, manie les armes à feu et possède une cohorte de robots... Que nenni ! Notre potentiel savant fou a décidé de se reprendre en main, et de se concentrer sur des inventions tout ce qu'il y a de plus tranquille, comme le futon ou le football féminin. Et le monde de respirer : une nouvelle fois, la seule victime de Léonard sera Basile, car le service de la science est à ce prix !
This fascinating book is a detailed history of unmanned missions that have explored our solar system. The subject is treated wherever possible from an engineering and scientific standpoint and includes technical descriptions of the spacecraft, their mission designs and their instrumentations.§
An out-of-this-world friendship adventure by Captain Underpants creator Dav Pilkey, with full-color art and mini comics by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat.Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot are in for a sticky, slimy surprise Ricky and h
From Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, and acclaimed artist Dan Santat, a thrilling friendship adventure with all-new full-color illustrations and mini-comics throughout Having a big best friend isn't always big fun... Ricky Ri
OO chcú dostať PB3! Dokážu deti zachrániť PB3 spolu Petrou, jeho robotom? PB3 a Petra robia domácu úlohu o Zemi. Zrazu však prídu zlí OO a vezmú im vesmírnu loď! Deti pomôžu PB3 a Petre skryť sa – najprv pred OO, ale potom tiež pred novinármi! Dokáže sa mimozemšťan so svojím robotom vrátiť späť na planétu P3? CEFR Level: A1
A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics Can computers understand morality? Can they respect privacy? And what can we do to make AI safe and fair? The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our armies, robot surgeons in our hospitals - and AI's presence in our lives will only increase. Some see this as the dawn of a new era in innovation and ease; others are alarmed by its destructive potential. But one thing is clear: this is a technology like no other, one that raises profound questions about the very definitions of human intelligence and morality. In Moral AI, world-renowned researchers in moral psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence - Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Vincent Conitzer - tackle these thorny issues head-on. Writing lucidly and calmly, they lay out the recent advances in this still nascent field, peeling away the exaggeration and misleading arguments. Instead, they offer clear examinations of the moral concerns at the heart of AI programs, from racial equity to personal privacy, fake news to autonomous weaponry. Ultimately, they argue that artificial intelligence can be built and used safely and ethically, but that its potential cannot be achieved without careful reflection on the values we wish to imbue it with. This is an essential primer for any thinking person.
È un fatto: tutti hanno le giornate no. E l'unica via di sfogo è piangerci sopra. Lo fanno i neonati per farsi rispettare? Le mamme stanche? i poliziotti che si pentono? I robot che si inceppano? Gli insetti prima di essere pestati? I marinai senza spinaci? I fiori se è ora di appassire? C'è poco da ridere, hanno il diritto di piangere tutti quelli che sentono dentro il desiderio di farlo e che nessuno si azzardi più a pensare che il pianto sia una cosa da 'femminucce'! Attraverso l'immaginazione e l'ironia senza confini di Spider finalmente un libro in cui si legittima il diritto alla lacrima: uomini, donne, bambini, piante e animali e molto altro ancora, per difendere il proprio diritto al pianto. Un libro da ridere fino alle lacrime! Età di lettura: da 3 anni.
Unser blauer Planet - ein faszinierendes SystemKindgerechte Wissenstexte vermitteln alles was es über unseren blauen Planeten zu wissen gibt: Wie ist unsere Erde aufgebaut? Warum sind die Dinosaurier ausgestorben? Welche Vulkane gibt es? Woher kommt der Regen? Und was ist eine Klimazone? Detailreiche Illustrationen, beeindruckende Geräusche und fünf liebevolle Figuren animieren die Kinder sich auf diese aufregende Reise zu begeben und die großen Kreisläufe der Natur kennenzulernen. In diesem Buch lernen Kinder ab 6 Jahren die Vielseitigkeit unserer Erde kennen. Gemeinsam mit Georg, Lara, Yin, Kiano und Roboter Kimi begeben sie sich auf eine spannende Reise um die ganze Welt: Von feuerspeienden Vulkanen und tropischen Regenwäldern, über Höhlen und Wüsten, bis hin zu geheimnisvollen Orten tief im Meer. Kindgerechte Wissenstexte und detailreiche Illustrationen vermitteln die großen Kreisläufe und Zusammenhänge der Erde und veranschaulichen Grundlegendes zur Erdgeschichte und dem Aufbau unseres Planeten. Zahlreiche Geräusche und Dialoge animieren dazu, spielerisch in die Welt einzutauchen und sich das Wissen selbstständig anzueignen. In den abwechslungsreichen Spielen testen und verinnerlichen die Kinder ihr Wissen.tiptoi-Stift nicht enthalten. Muss separat erworben werden.
This superbly illustrated volume explores the technology of recent space probes including their data processing systems and scientific instrumentation. It includes material on NASA s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and looks ahead to future developments.
Auf einem Passagierdampfer, der von New York nach Buenos Aires unterwegs ist, fordert ein Millionär gegen Honorar den mit einer Art mechanischer Präzision spielenden Schachweltmeister Mirko Czentovic zu einer Partie heraus. Der mitreisende Dr. B., ein österreichischer Emigrant, greift beratend ein und erreicht so ein Remis für den Herausforderer. Er hat sich, von der Gestapo, die ihn verhaftete, in ein Hotelzimmer gesperrt und von der Außenwelt hermetisch abgeschlossen, monatelang mit dem blinden Spiel von 150 Partien beschäftigt, um sich so seine intellektuelle Widerstandskraft zu erhalten. Durch diese einseitige geistige Anstrengung ergriff ihn ein Nervenfieber, dessentwegen man ihn entließ. Jetzt spielt Dr. B. zum ersten Mal wieder gegen einen tatsächlichen, freilich roboterhaft reagierenden Gegner. Es geht ihm bei dieser Partie lediglich darum, festzustellen, ob sein Tun damals während seiner Haft noch Spiel oder bereits Wahnsinn gewesen ist. Er schlägt den Weltmeister in der ersten Partie souverän, läßt sich aber, eigentlich gegen seinen Willen, auf eine Revanche ein. Während dieser zweiten Partie ergreift ihn wieder das Nervenfieber: er bricht die Partie ab und wird nie wieder ein Schachbrett berühren.
In factories In the sky In your cars and phones In your own home Robots are everywhere And they have been for a lot longer than you might realize.From tea-serving robots in feudal Japan to modern rovers exploring Mars, robots have been human
