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Hillcrest Christian College bought a King Long bus with a 422kWh battery from Bus Stop, after one of its internal combustion engine (ICE) buses caught fire ...

“If a petrol pump breaks down we can just go to another one, but if there is an issue with our charger we do not have a back up. We wanted to learn at our own pace, while we still had full access to ICE vehicles to ensure that once we have a fleet of 10+ buses we have most of the issues resolved. “We currently have a fleet of 10 bus/coaches.

The mass-produced furniture that sold furiously during the pandemic could soon be clogging landfills.

“But this must never come at the expense of people and the environment.” “The way to give it a second life is to put very quality product into circulation in the first place, and build a supply chain,” he said. But if Ikea can do it, “and they’re willing to share how they do it with other companies, that’s really encouraging.” “So I went to one of my designers and was like: ‘What can we have in eight weeks?’” “It’s quite a big problem, both spatially and also because of the way a lot of fast furniture is made now, it’s not just wood and metal. “It’s all much more solid pieces of furniture than anything I could have picked up from a store on a shelf,” he said. “That’s why we leave it inside the apartment and instead move people in and out.” The materials don’t biodegrade or break down,” said Ashlee Piper, a sustainability expert and the author of “Give a Sh*t: Do Good. “I relate to fast furniture like I do to fast food,” Ms. Ikea of Sweden said in a statement that “life span estimation may vary” for its furniture, and customers are encouraged to repair, resell or return products they can no longer use. [Amber Dunford](https://www.amberdunforddesigns.com/), style director at [Overstock.com](https://www.overstock.com/), defines it, “furniture where the human hand is missing.” And they don’t keep it long. And a lot of it won’t survive the decade.

“Right now we got a Prime Minister on the run who should be addressing the nation on what is going to occur here,” Mr Thompson said. “The Prime Minister has ...

Think you're just responsible for technology? You're wrong. Here's what IT leaders need to accept and act on to help get business-IT alignment right.

The only way to do it is to understand the business, and as much as you can, get the business to understand IT.” “The hard truth is that, as CIOs, it’s on us to show the value of being part of every conversation — mostly listening, and then coming up with solutions or helping to solve problems.” But if you want to talk about availability, you need to go the extra step to connect that metric to a specific business outcome, Anderson says. “I like to say, it’s like The Wizard of Oz. Is the benefit of that advanced technology worth that cost and that lift? “CIOs need to recognize where the business comfort level is,” Barchi says. It’s to be excited about our organizations, our missions, and the people we serve.” But if the business outcomes are not there, it’s not a success.” And that means business and IT are in disagreement, he says. “The reason shadow IT exists is because necessity trumps efficiency every single time,” he says. “As I’ve grown as a leader, I’ve recognized that my contribution is not my own technical skill and my ability to make decisions. “I don’t believe there’s IT and the business,” says James Anderson, a vice president and analyst at Gartner. “The CIO should push to transform processes so the internal stakeholders can create better customer experiences for the primary customer.”

Darin Fisher has worked on Netscape Navigator, Firefox, Chrome, and others. Now he's joining The Browser Company to build Arc, a much-hyped new web browser.

There are a lot of new ideas in the app, many of which are bad and some of which might change everything. The Browser Company is already working on a lot of the things Fisher is interested in. There are plenty of big, thinky ideas in Fisher’s head about how to make browsers better and change the internet in the process, but there’s also a lot of low-hanging fruit. Fisher uses the phrase “don’t boil the ocean” a bunch of times during our conversation while explaining a lot of low-touch ways to make the internet more usable: personalizing things so your browser feels more like it’s yours; improving sync so you can access all your stuff everywhere; making things easier to find and move between; adding more tools so you can take notes or save things without needing a whole separate app. Fisher has been an advisor to The Browser Company for a while, but Monday is his first official day at the company as a software engineer. Fisher says he’s interested in improving the way files move around the internet, for instance, finding a better way than the constant downloading and uploading we all do all day. As Apple, in particular, continues to lock down the OS and try to extract even more revenue from developers and users, the web is an increasingly useful solution. “I remember when tabbed browsing was novel,” Fisher says, “and helped people feel less cluttered because you don’t have as many windows.” But now, “even when I use Chrome,” Fisher says, “I get a bunch of clutter. It has a sidebar instead of a row of tabs, offers a lot of personalization options, and is meant for people who live their computing life in a browser (which is increasingly most people). CEO Josh Miller often talks about building “the internet computer,” too, and using the browser as a way to make the internet more useful. Last year, he left Google for [Neeva](https://neeva.com/), where he worked on ways to build a browser around the startup’s search engine. And now, he’s [leaving Neeva to join The Browser Company](https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/6ea1508a-d93e-425b-b129-fbb2800ec697) and work on [Arc](https://arc.net/), one of the hottest new browsers on the market.

Australian Olympic pentathlete Alex Watson criticises governing body's lack of consultation about its Ninja Warrior-style obstacle course plan. There are claims ...

"The IOC [has] never demanded the removal of riding. that that just isn't happening and that we would like the IOC to monitor the situation. "I've spoken to many of the national federation executives' presidents. They haven't been told the truth by the international federation and, as it turns out, the fit with obstacle racing is not something that was brought up after Tokyo," Watson said. And we've made representations to the IOC … It is not included on the program for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. [It has] asked the UIPM to resolve the problem and come forward with a proposal that is going to meet the IOC criteria for inclusion into the Games." "The IOC has told the UIPM that [it is] waiting for their proposals on the replacement of riding but the UIPM had put out originally that the IOC had 'insisted' on the removal of riding and wouldn't consider any future for the sport with riding, but that is not correct. "He is very senior, and he is a very important figure and member of the executive board," Watson said. "They want better management of the sport, and they want the sport better promoted and better governed," he said. "The whole consultation process was really just a sham, and this is why the athletes have lost all faith and trust in the leadership of the sport. "The reason we know is that we have obtained a copy of a draft contract dated April 2016, which was going to be signed by the International Obstacle Racing and the UIPM."

It seems counterintuitive. That in a country as rich as ours, and with a world-class health system, 50 per cent of Australians now live with chronic disease ...

This ensures families on the poverty line don't have to choose between putting a roof over their heads and putting fresh food on the table. We have a system that's difficult to understand, and optional to the manufacturer. The built environment around us shapes our health in many ways. There are things we can each do at home to rebalance the deck of cards for us and our communities. This marketing from an early age shapes our norms and preferences. So, talk to your family, your neighbours and leaders in your community about the changes you'd like to see. Perhaps cost is the most significant and growing barrier for many of us when we look to put healthier food on our plates. While it would be easy to think that we can simply build more hospitals and medicalise ourselves out of this situation, it requires a deeper commitment to reshaping the factors that sit outside health care. The height and length of the aisles, the lighting used, and even the music, are all designed to keep you in the store longer and buying more. Now, I'm a doctor with a PhD in public health and even I find it difficult to navigate the tiny text and long lists on the back of foods. The good news is there are things we can each do to rebalance the deck of cards for us and our communities. We know that the habits we form in childhood tend to stick with us for life.

Earlier today I set you these laugh-out-loud puzzles by the incomparable king of quizzers Frank Paul, winner of Only Connect, part time TV presenter and ...

[The Twelve Quizzes of Christmas](https://amzn.to/3yNVBaP), which is out on Thursday. e) “How should the light that refused to believe in refraction be _______________? If your school is interested please I set a puzzle here every two weeks on a Monday. I’m always on the look-out for great puzzles. Thanks to Paul for these puzzles. The sentences are all coherent, if occasionally surreal! Each blank space contains the same sequence of letters, in the same order, although they may be punctuated differently or include a space. (7) Rephrase each of the following sentences using three words which are anagrams of each other. Rephrase the following sentences using a pair of spoonerisms (6)