‘THE RELATIONSHIPS that people have with social media sites is pretty ludicrous: they’re all owned by billionaires and designed by expensively attuned algorithms we stand no chance of besting, yet we persuade ourselves that they are public spaces that are democratically designed and that we’re entitled to’. – Virginia Trioli ABC Aust.
“MOST OF what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get on with their work” – Peter Drucker
A TOTAL OF 1.26 million people arrived in New Zealand in the 12 months to August. Half were returning New Zealanders and half overseas visitors. This is the first time annual arrivals have exceed one million since Dec 2020.
THE AVERAGE national cost of a takeaway coffee rose from $3.13 in 2008 to $4.35 this year. The value NZ butter exports for the year ended September amounted to $ 2.2 billion. NZ exported 40,160 kg of oats last year – about the weight of 11 hippos.
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“ I PERSONALLY think that we developed language because of our deep need to complain. – Lily Tomlin
WOLFGANG AMADEUS Mozart was buried on 4th December 1791 having died at the age of 35 of kidney failure. While he had written mor than 600 works they were too complex for audiences and he was subsequently dogged by money problems to the end when he was given a pauper’s burial in a poor Viennese suburb.THE WORLD’S largest iPhone factory in central China, the massive Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou employs 200,000 workers to make Apple smartphones, including the latest iPhone 14 Pro. The plant is a critical part of Apple’s supply chain, manufacturing half of the world’s iPhones and up to 85 per cent of iPhone 14 Pros. It is believed to be one of the few facilities equipped to make the high-end models. ‘WE’RE LIVING in a time when … a really good technique to get ahead in life is just to lie and to keep lying and sort of live within your own reality,” says Farrier. “It works really well. You can become president of the United States if you just lie and stick with it.’- Mister Organ
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