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July 21, 2014
LG Display unveils 18” flexible display
By Youkyung Lee
AP Technology Writer
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PROTECTING WILDLIFE. Retired Chinese basketball star Yao
Ming, left, talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about his efforts
against international wildlife trafficking while the two participated in an
event about combatting the trade of animal remains during the U.S.-
China “Strategic and Economic Dialogue” held at the Diaoyutai State
Guesthouse in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)
Rejected! Yao Ming says
no to wildlife trafficking
By Bradley Klapper
The Associated Press
B
EIJING — Yao Ming is putting on a full-court
press against wildlife trafficking.
The former National Basketball Association star,
a Chinese basketball icon, is working with top American
and Chinese officials to stamp out global trade in
endangered species and their parts.
Yao, who retired from basketball in 2011, has focused
much of his efforts against shark fin consumption and
elephant ivory use.
Yao says, “We are not the only creatures on earth.”
Joining him was U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in
Beijing for this year’s “Strategic and Economic Dialogue”
with China. The U.S. and China are top destinations for
wildlife trafficking.
Kerry praised Yao’s work and called ivory “today’s blood
diamond” — a lucrative trade for international criminals
with wide-ranging consequences for nature and local
populations.
EOUL, South Korea
— LG Display Co.
has developed an
18” flexible display that
can be rolled into the shape
of a thin cylinder, a step
toward making a large
display for flexible TVs.
The South Korean dis-
play-panel maker said the
flexible display has a
resolution of 1200 pixels by
810 pixels and maintains
its function when it is
rolled up.
While that resolution
would fall within the range
of high-definition, images
on the display would not
look as sharp as the latest
flat displays that boast
ultra-high definition.
LG touted its technology
as a significant advance,
saying the cylinder’s diam-
eter would be just 2.4
inches. It means LG Dis-
play could produce televi-
sions that are larger than
50 inches diagonally and
can be rolled up.
It is based on OLED
technology, an advanced
display that can show
images in richer colors.
South Korean display
makers are striving to gain
an edge in flexible display
technology as they see it as
a way to set their products
TECHNOLOGY ROLLUP. An employee at the LG Display Co. demonstrates an 18” flexible display in Se-
oul, South Korea. The South Korean display-panel maker says it has developed the 18” flexible display that can
be rolled into the shape of a thin cylinder, a step closer to making a large-size display for flexible televisions.
(AP Photo/LG Display Co.)
In the picture provided
apart from their rivals in said its technology would
China, Taiwan, and Japan. make large TVs portable by LG, it is possible to see
They also hope the novel and it is up to the TV hands through the display.
form gives consumers a makers how they expand A spokesman for LG Dis-
play said it is possible to
reason to buy a new gadget. the use of the technology.
The South Korean com- view images on the trans-
Last year, Samsung
Electronics Co. and LG pany also unveiled a semi- parent display from the
Electronics
Inc.
each opaque display. Though it front and from the back.
By 2017, LG aims to
released a smartphone is not as transparent as
with a curved display to glass, that’s the direction develop a flexible and
show off their technological the company is heading. transparent display that
LG
named
it
the measures more than 60
prowess.
But it is unclear how the transparent display saying inches diagonally, Kang In-
transparency
has byung, head of LG Dis-
nascent technology would its
make
handsets
or improved from existing play’s R&D Center, said in
a statement.
televisions more useful. LG technology.
700 protest South Korean factory closure in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — More than
700 workers protested in front of the South
Korean Embassy in Myanmar to demand
officials help them after a Korean-owned
factory closed without paying their wages.
The workers from the Master Sports
Footwear Factory in Yangon said the
owner closed the plant illegally and
without notice in May and has left the
country. They are demanding that the
Korean ambassador help them. They said
they were having trouble paying their rent
and wanted assistance in finding new jobs.
After an elected government took office
in 2011 in Myanmar, industry has grown
and foreign investment poured in during
the wake of western nations dropping most
of the sanctions they had maintained
against the previous repressive army
regime.
Factory workers’ strikes and protests
have increased markedly. The new
government instituted economic reforms,
including the legalization of labor unions.
The workers said they have contacted
not only the embassy, but also the Labor
and
Social
Security
ministries,
parliament, and the opposition National
WAGES WITHHELD. Myanmar blue-collar workers shout slogans as they march in the suburbs of Yangon,
Myanmar. About 700 workers who lost their jobs when a South Korean owner of a footwear factory abruptly shut
the factory down marched to the South Korean Embassy in Yangon shouting slogans and demanding wages and
compensation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
League for Democracy for assistance but grassroots people or workers. It’s all
because they cannot handle the rule of law
had received no help.
“This is because the government never and there is even more corruption and bias
stands for the grassroots people,” said U on the part of government officials and the
Htay, a lawyer for the workers. “They businessmen. The only victims are the
never stand for the protection of the workers and grassroots people.”
Japan high school baseball looks to save pitchers
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tournament for the summer tournament.
The
17-year-old
Anraku,
who
experienced pain in his right elbow last
year, is no stranger to the type of marathon
pitching performances that are legendary
in Japanese high school baseball.
In 2013, Anraku threw 183 pitches in
one game at the Koshien high school
baseball tournament after a 137-pitch
outing the previous day.
“High School coaches in Japan will
argue if the core mechanics are good, then
a pitcher won’t hurt his arm throwing
every day,” said author Robert Whiting,
who has written several books on
Japanese baseball.
Whiting points out that Tanaka’s former
pitching coach with the Rakuten Eagles
thinks the American obsession with pitch
counts is a bad thing. Starting pitchers in
Major League Baseball generally are
limited to no more than 100 pitches per
outing.
One idea the high school baseball
officials are pondering is a system similar
to that used at the baseball tournament at
the Beijing Olympics in which teams
started with runners on first base and
second base from the 11th inning on.
The high school federation sent out a
questionnaire to its 4,000 member schools
in mid-July seeking feedback on the
proposals.
Many in Japan consider 250-pitch
outings to be character building. Despite
his injuries, Matsuzaka has said he feels
more comfortable the more he throws.
Even in professional baseball in Japan,
pitchers throw on the sidelines in between
innings to stay warm.
International AIDS
conference honors
victims of jet crash
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An
international AIDS conference opened in
Australia over the weekend with a tribute
to several delegates who were killed en
route to the gathering when their plane
was shot down over Ukraine.
Officials at the opening ceremony for the
20th International AIDS Conference in
Melbourne held a moment of silence for the
six AIDS researchers and activists killed
aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. All
298 people on board the plane died when it
was shot down by a surface-to-air missile
last Thursday as it flew over rebel-held
eastern Ukraine.
Among the passengers was prominent
Dutch researcher Joep Lange, former
president of the International AIDS
Society, and World Health Organization
spokesman Glenn Thomas, based in
Geneva.
Around 12,000 scientists and activists
from 200 countries are attending the con-
ference to discuss the latest developments
in HIV and AIDS research.
The president of the International Aids
Society,
Francoise
Barre-Sinoussi,
dedicated the conference to those who were
killed, and a candlelight vigil will be held
Tuesday to commemorate their lives.
Condolence books were also being passed
around for attendees to sign.
“It’s a really important time for what we
think everyone needs, which is a space to
grieve and to respect the six members of
our community that died on MH17,” con-
ference co-chair Sharon Lewin said.
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