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Share Tweet Share Share Email In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies are constantly looking for ways to improve operational efficiency, especially in retail and shipping. One area where substantial improvements can be made is in the labeling process, which is essential for product identification, inventory management, and order fulfillment. The technology behind thermal printers has evolved significantly, offering businesses a powerful solution for these tasks. This article explores how thermal label printers can enhance efficiency in retail and shipping by streamlining processes, reducing errors, and saving time. The Role of Labeling in Retail and Shipping In the retail industry, labeling is a vital component of managing inventory, tracking sales, and ensuring that products are easily identifiable to customers. Whether it is price tags, barcodes, or product information, labels serve a critical purpose in making transactions smoother and more accurate. 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This allows businesses to keep up with high-volume demands, particularly during busy seasons like holidays, when the volume of shipments and retail transactions increases significantly. For retailers, faster labeling means quicker product stocking and smoother checkout experiences for customers. In shipping, speed is crucial to meet tight deadlines and ensure timely deliveries. By reducing the time spent on printing and labeling, thermal label printers contribute to overall operational efficiency, allowing businesses to focus on other critical tasks, such as customer service and inventory management. Cost-Effectiveness Over Time Thermal label printers are also more cost-effective in the long run compared to traditional ink-based printers. Because they do not require ink cartridges or toner, businesses can save money on consumables. The only cost involved is the thermal paper itself, which is typically less expensive than ink or toner cartridges. 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For shipping businesses, thermal label printers can be integrated with shipping software to generate shipping labels quickly and accurately. This integration streamlines the order fulfillment process, ensuring that shipments are labeled correctly and dispatched without delay. The ability to integrate thermal label printers with existing systems makes them a versatile tool that enhances operational efficiency across various industries. Versatility for Different Applications Another key benefit of thermal label printers is their versatility. They can be used to print a wide range of labels, including price tags, barcodes, shipping labels, product identification labels, and more. This makes them an ideal solution for businesses that need a single printer for multiple applications. In the retail industry, for example, thermal label printers can be used to print price tags, sale labels, and even promotional labels for special events. 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For businesses that are committed to reducing their environmental footprint, using a thermal label printer is a step in the right direction. Conclusion Thermal label printers have proven to be an invaluable tool in enhancing efficiency in both retail and shipping industries. By offering speed, cost-effectiveness, accuracy, durability, and versatility, these printers enable businesses to streamline their labeling processes and focus on what matters most—providing excellent customer service and growing their operations. Whether you’re a retailer looking to improve inventory management or a shipping company striving for timely deliveries, a thermal label printer is a smart investment that can significantly boost your operational efficiency. Related Items: Retail and Shipping , Thermal Label Printer Share Tweet Share Share Email CommentsShould AI resurrect extinct species like Neanderthals?
Women will for the first time make up a majority of state legislators in Colorado and New Mexico next year, but at least 13 states saw losses in female representation after the November election, according to a count released Thursday by the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics. While women will fill a record number of state legislative seats in 2025, the overall uptick will be slight, filling just over third of legislative seats. Races in some states are still being called. "We certainly would like to see a faster rate of change and more significant increases in each election cycle to get us to a place where parity in state legislatures is less novel and more normal," said Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the CAWP, which is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. As of Wednesday, at least 2,450 women will serve in state legislatures, representing 33.2% of the seats nationwide. The previous record was set in 2024 with 2,431 women, according to the CAWP. The number of Republican women, at least 851, will break the previous record of 815 state lawmakers set in 2024. "But still, Republican women are very underrepresented compared to Democratic women," Debbie Walsh, director of the CAWP, said. From left, House Maj. Whip Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, Rep. D. Wonda Johnson, D-Church Rock and Rep. Cristina Parajon, D-Albuquerque, talk July 18 before the start of a special session, in Santa Fe, N.M. By the most recent count, 19 states will have increased the number of women in their state legislatures, according to the CAWP. The most notable increases were in New Mexico and Colorado, where women will for the first time make up a majority of lawmakers. In New Mexico, voters sent an 11 additional women to the chambers. Colorado previously attained gender parity in 2023 and is set to tip over to a slight female majority in the upcoming year. The states follow Nevada, which was the first in the country to see a female majority in the legislature following elections in 2018. Next year, women will make up almost 62% of state lawmakers in Nevada, far exceeding parity. Women in California's Senate will make up the chamber's majority for the first time in 2025 as well. Women also made notable gains in South Dakota, increasing its number by at least nine. Four of South Carolina's Sister Senators, from left, Sen. Margie Bright Matthews, D-Walterboro, Sen. Mia McLeod, I-Columbia, Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, and Sen. Penry Gustafson, R-Camden, stand in front of the Senate on June 26 with their John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award in Columbia, S.C. At least thirteen states emerged from the election with fewer female lawmakers than before, with the most significant loss occurring in South Carolina. This year, the only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate lost their primaries after they stopped a total abortion ban from passing. Next year, only two women, who are Democrats, will be in the 46-member Senate. No other state in the country will have fewer women in its upper chamber, according to the CAWP. Women make up 55% of the state's registered voters. Half the members in the GOP dominated state were elected in 2012 or before, so it will likely be the 2040s before any Republican woman elected in the future can rise to leadership or a committee chairmanship in the chamber, which doles out leadership positions based on seniority. A net loss of five women in the legislature means they will make up only about 13% of South Carolina's lawmakers, making the state the second lowest in the country for female representation. Only West Virginia has a smaller proportion of women in the legislature. West Virginia stands to lose one more women from its legislative ranks, furthering its representation problem in the legislature where women will make up just 11% of lawmakers. Many women, lawmakers and experts say that women's voices are needed in discussions on policy, especially at a time when state government is at its most powerful in decades. Walsh, director of the CAWP, said the new changes expected from the Trump administration will turn even more policy and regulation to the states. The experiences and perspectives women offer will be increasingly needed, she said, especially on topics related to reproductive rights, healthcare, education and childcare. "The states may have to pick up where the federal government may, in fact, be walking away," Walsh said. "And so who serves in those institutions is more important now than ever." November 7, 2024: Trump Victory We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Let us know what's going on! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.
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A World Cup across three continents: Climate concerns over Fifa’s 2030 planSANTA CLARA — As the 49ers’ season comes to a close amid an avalanche of missed games, Dominick Puni remembers the one that got away. The one snap, that is. It happened with 9:28 to play in the first quarter of an eventual 30-13 win over the New England Patriots in Week 4. Puni took a blow to the stomach on a 1-yard run by Jordan Mason. “I had one snap where I got the wind knocked out of me and they told me to stay down so I missed one snap this year,” Puni said Saturday as the 49ers (6-9) concluded preparations to host the Detroit Lions (13-2) Puni, a rookie third-round draft pick out of Kansas, will be in his usual spot as the starting right guard Monday night as the 49ers close out their home schedule. Jake Brendel will be the center. The rest of the offensive line will be determined at some point before kickoff. Spencer Burford, the third 49ers’ left tackle, was declared out with a calf injury, along with left guard Aaron Banks (knee), linebacker Dre Greenlaw (calf) and defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (ankle). Right tackle Colton McKivitz is listed as questionable but didn’t practice all week with a knee injury. Also questionable were safety Ji’Ayir Brown (ankle), linebacker Tatum Bethune (knee) and cornerback Charvarius Ward (personal matter). Banks is expected to be the 14th player to go on injured reserve, although Bethune is eligible to be activated from I.R. If McKivitz doesn’t play, the 49ers starting line could consist, from left to right, of newcomer Charlie Heck at left tackle, Nick Zakelj at left guard, Brendel at center, Puni at right guard and Austen Pleasants, a recent practice squad promotion who signed on Dec. 17, at right tackle. Coach Kyle Shanahan characterized the challenge of playing mix-and-match this way: “You try to keep it simple for them, try to categorize stuff in groups, and the guys next to them just, they try to communicate as much as possible and you try to help him out,” Shanahan said. Puni, who has established himself as a foundation piece going forward, finds himself possibly being in the unusual position of dispensing advice and wisdom at age 24. “With these tackles, whoever is going to play next to you, you’ve got to tell them some things,” Puni said. “If you just get here you’re not going to know all the tricks of the offense. Other than that, I’m just going try and control my one-eleventh and do my job. It is exciting though.” Puni’s 938 snaps are the most on the team — two more than McKivitz and three more than Brendel. Remarkable when you consider Puni had to nearly avert his eyes during some recent film study of his own practices and game tape when he first arrived as the 86th overall pick of the draft. “I went back to rookie minicamp, the fall camp, the first three training camp practices, just to see how bad I was when I first got here compared to now,” Puni said. “It’s like a night and day difference. When you get here, you don’t know the offense, you don’t know the technique. Yet by the third training camp practice, Puni (6-foot-5, 315 pounds) was the starter. He’s never relinquished the position and health permitting isn’t likely to be out of the lineup for years. “I got a lot of reps with the (first team) and that’s the only reason I was able to do so well early in the year,” Puni said. Puni credits linemates such as McKivitz, Brendel, Banks, Burford and Trent Williams as well as line coach Chris Foerster for helping to bring him along, but it’s clear he’s been a quick learner who wears durability as a badge of honor. While the outside world fixates on who should and shouldn’t play regardless of injury on teams out of the playoffs, Puni’s outlook is appealingly old school. “You don’t ever want to miss a snap,” Puni said. “If you can be out there, you’ve got to play. The last thing I want to do is bring a backup guy in who has been sitting on the sidelines and now he’s got to go in and I don’t think that’s fair. If I can play, I’m going to play.” GUERENDO GOOD TO GO Running back Isaac Guerendo (foot, hamstring) was a full participant in practice and wasn’t given a status after missing the Miami game, meaning the 49ers should get another look at their fourth-round draft pick as a lead back. “It was good to have him back,” Shanahan said. “We had a full speed practice (Friday) and he looked good. So no holdbacks. He’s good to go.” Also good to go is fullback Kyle Juszczyk, who missed the two previous days with an illness. Ward, who lost his 23-month old daughter in October, is awaiting the birth of his son and currently away from the team. KITTLE ON CAMPBELL It’s not difficult to look at 49ers tight end George Kittle and hard-nosed Detroit coach Dan Campbell as kindred spirits. Kittle likes what he’s seen of Campbell from afar. “When you have a head coach who played, and the way he played was gritty and kind of nasty but beloved by all his teammates, it’s easy to play for a guy like that,” Kittle said. “He seems like a really easy guy to play for, makes them grind and earn every second, but you want people like that who hold you to a standard. It’s awesome to see the Lions have gotten to that. but it’s our job to take them down a little bit.” WATTERS, BOLDIN MISS HOF CUT Former 49ers running back Ricky Watters (1991-94) and wide receiver Anquan Boldin (2013-15) did not make the cut to the round of 15 to be considered for induction for the Class of 2025 in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Shanahan spent a lot of time around the 49ers when his father was offensive coordinator and Watters turned into a game-changer in both the pass game and run game. “I was only in middle school, so I can’t act like I really knew strategically what was going on,” Shanahan said. “But he was a really cool player. I loved talking to him and hanging out with him up in Rocklin at training camp.” Mike Holmgren, a San Francisco native who was a 49ers assistant from 1986 to 1991 as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, is a coach finalist. — Staff writer Cam Inman contributed to this report
Russia’s survival is impossible without sovereignty and everything must be done to protect it, Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the Russian parliament’s lower chamber, has said. Volodin stressed the importance of Moscow maintaining the ability to make independent decisions about its future during an interview with Russia 24 on Saturday. "For our country, being a sovereign state is not just crucial - it is existential. The loss of sovereignty equates to the loss of the nation,” he stressed. According to the State Duma Speaker, many European countries and the EU as a whole have no agency anymore and are being guided by decisions made by others, notably the US. "Europe has largely lost its sovereignty. We see this in decisions made by the US, which are often unfriendly towards European nations,” he stressed. Due to those steps by Washington, some EU states have started to “experience significant economic decline, with businesses shutting down and people losing their jobs,” he explained, adding that “NATO bases are being built on their soil,” Volodin explained. Russia cannot allow itself to follow a similar path because “it is a huge country, and for us sovereignty is a life-or-death issue,” he said. "If we want to plan our future ourselves, we need to protect it [sovereignty], take care of the security of the state, improve the quality of life of people, develop the economy, and think about technological and digital sovereignty,” the speaker explained. Earlier this month, Russia’s Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) named “sovereignty” as the state word of the year in the country. The choice was based on the analysis of speeches by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the government’s strategic planning documents, it said. During his end-of-the-year press conference last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia “has grown stronger and become a truly sovereign state, and we will make decisions without looking at other people’s opinions, only with our national interests in mind.” According to Putin, those developments mean that the country has now “largely achieved the state we wanted to achieve.”
A fugitive gains fame in New Orleans eluding dart guns and netsGeorgia quarterback Carson Beck announces plan to enter NFL draft after season-ending elbow injury Georgia quarterback Carson Beck on Saturday announced his plans to enter the NFL draft, five days after having season-ending elbow surgery . Beck, a fifth-year senior, made his NFL plans official on social media. Charles Odum, The Associated Press Dec 28, 2024 10:31 AM Dec 28, 2024 10:35 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Georgia quarterback Carson Beck (15) runs out of the pocket against Texas during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Georgia quarterback Carson Beck on Saturday announced his plans to enter the NFL draft, five days after having season-ending elbow surgery . Beck, a fifth-year senior, made his NFL plans official on social media. Beck suffered a right elbow injury in the first half of the Bulldogs’ 22-19 overtime win over Texas in the Southeastern Conference championship game on Dec. 7 in Atlanta. Beck had surgery on Monday to repair his ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow. The procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles. Beck is expected to begin throwing next spring. He could have returned for a sixth season but instead will enter the NFL draft. Beck posted on Instagram: “The past five years at the University of Georgia have been nothing short of a dream come true and I will forever cherish the memories that have been made.” Gunner Stockton, who took over for Beck in the second half against Texas, will start for Georgia on Wednesday in the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Beck has started every game of the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He was 24-3 as a starter. Beck passed for 3,941 yards with 24 touchdowns and only six interceptions in 2023 but had more difficulties with turnovers this season as he passed for 28 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. He completed 7 of 13 passes for 56 yards before his injury in the SEC championship game. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Charles Odum, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? This has been shared 0 times 0 Shares Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Get your daily Victoria news briefing Email Sign Up More Football (NFL) NFL Inactive Report Dec 28, 2024 8:54 AM ESPN reports that Panthers to put Canadian Hubbard on season-ending IR Dec 28, 2024 8:26 AM Panthers place 1,000-yard rusher Chuba Hubbard on IR for final 2 games with strained calf Dec 28, 2024 8:22 AMF1 expands grid, adds Cadillac brand and new American team for '26
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