confidence, which has been hit by an economic slowdown and a deepening crisis in the property sector. earlier, i spoke to charu chanana from investment bank saxo, and she told me investors want to see beijing implement long term structural reforms. it s not something that can offer that long term comfort to chinese investors or those who are actually looking for the stocks to get dirt cheap and kind of, you know, make an entry into that market. these are measures that we have obviously seen in the past as well, in the last few weeks, and all they really do is to try to put a floor but it is not something that investors are excited about, the chinese market. i think investors are really waiting for some kind of a structural reform there. and just the whole message that has been coming out of the politbureau meeting and the lack of details on when we are really going to see that third plan meeting which actually focuses on the structural side of the economy. i mean, those are
food prices. the new border target operating model has three stages with the introduction of health certification on imports of goods seen as medium and high risk which includes meat and dairy products, as well as most plants will now require checks from health inspectors or vets before they can be transported. and there will be bigger changes coming from the end of april when these products will be physically checked at new border posts in the uk. then from the end of october, safety and security declarations for eu imports will come into force. it is a lot of new details that have importers worried. anna holligan went to meet one in the netherlands. this planter doesn t put two of the biggest diy stores, for some the rules are about to change. some the rules are about to chance. , , ., , some the rules are about to chance. , , . , change. this is what they call will be plans. change. this is what they call will be plans. because - change. this is what they call will b
just a few days after the war began. and the red bits you can see show the damage or destroyed buildings in the area. but look at this. this is on the 29th of november. you can see just how much of the north was destroyed. that s where the original israeli offensive was focused. since then, that offensive was expanded to the whole strip. this is the most recent map we have from the 29th of january. you can see the extent of the damage, particularly in the south. and israel had repeatedly told gazans to move south for their safety. this is the city of khan yunis, and it s been severely affected. and if we look at satellite images, that gives us an idea of the scale of destruction on the ground, particularly because no internationaljournalists have been allowed in by israel. this is from the 2nd of december, nearly two months into the war, and you can see just how much of the neighborhood of khan yunis looks undamaged. this tower here, al fatah, it was the tallest building in t
Just a warning, the details of the story are distressing. 52 people were killed yesterday in the attack. Every family in the village has been affected. Take a look at these drew pictures, showing, in the middle the cafe. The gathering was there, apparently because it was a week after a funeral. That is why so many people were in one place. The local prosecutor is saying that this was a deliberate attack by russia. The un human rights Officials Say that there is no military target here. It is the deadliest attack in ukraine in more than a year. Russia, though, insisting again that russia does not target civilians. Lets take a left at exactly where this is happening in east ukraine, in the khaki region. It is not too far from the front line. Heres what explains. As you can see, a memorial has been set up in the middle of the blast zone where this missile hit yesterday. We are in a playground where most of the bodies were recovered. And eerily, the swings and the slide are still standing.
Packaging for the Asciiware Sphere 360 PlayStation controller (photo courtesy of Hock Wah Yeo)
When Hock Wah Yeo was hired by the game publisher Velocity, the head of the company gave him an unusual order: “Scare me.”
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Let’s say you go to the store and buy a video game. What does it look like? Chances are, it comes in a plastic box, roughly the size of a DVD case, and there’s a logo on the top that tells you what platform it’s for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo. It’s easy to understand, and it’s easy to fit on shelves. Retailers like it. The platform owners like it. This is the way it’s been for decades simple, predictable, and safe.