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IBM Establishes Blockchain Platform To Track Jewelry Supply Chain – Worldwide
IBM and a consortium of gold and diamond industry leaders have announced the first cross-industry initiative to use blockchain to trace the provenance of finished pieces of jewelry across the supply chain for increased transparency. Asahi Refining (precious metals refiner), Helzberg Diamonds (U.S. jewelry retailer), LeachGarner (precious metals supplier), The Richline Group (global jewelry manufacturer) and UL (independent, third party verification) are launching the TrustChainTM Initiative, powered by the IBM Blockchain Platform, delivered via the IBM Cloud. TrustChain is initially tracking six styles of diamond and gold engagement rings on the blockchain network. As the program continues to develop, TrustChain jewelry is expected to be accessible to consumers in participating retail stores by the end of 2018. “This initiative is important for our industry as we seek to raise the collective responsibility and provenance practices to new heights,” Mark Hanna, Richline Group’s Chief Marketing Officer said.
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Scientist Clears Her Name after Charges of Espionage – China and The United States
Three and a half years after her wrongful arrest, Sherry Chen, a Chinese-American scientist who is the“victim of gross injustice,” has finally restored her name and received compensation. Chen, a hydrologist whose work predicting floods saved American lives, was fired from her position at the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio after she was arrested at her workplace in 2014, later being prosecuted on federal charges including theft of government property and accessing a U.S. government database illegally. Though the charges against her were dropped in 2015, she was still left unemployed and with exorbitant legal bills. “My life was turned upside down … I’m a dedicated worker. I didn’t do anything wrong and I love my job,” Chen told the CBS television network during an interview in 2016. “Ms. Chen asserts that she is the ‘victim of gross injustice.’ After reviewing the evidence and testimony in this matter I believe Ms. Chen’s assertion is correct,” said Chief Administrative Judge Michele Schroeder, of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), an administrative system that protects public employees.
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Despite Violence, Tourism Is Strong in Resort Areas – Mexico
Travelers continue to book trips to Cancún and the Riviera Maya, where homicides have prompted authorities to increase security. Travel operators bill Cancún and the adjoining Riviera Maya on Mexico’s Caribbean coast as carefree beach escapes with something for everyone from spring break partyers to families. But a wave of violence, linked to rival drug gangs, threatens travel in the region like a storm hovering on the horizon. The local news site Noticaribe reported 14 murders in Cancún over a 36-hour period in early April, continuing a pattern of violence reported last summer. Gun deaths have also occurred in Playa del Carmen, the biggest town on the Riviera Maya, about 40 miles south of Cancún. Travelers have not been targeted in these crimes, but a bomb that detonated in February on a ferry linking Playa del Carmen with the island of Cozumel, a popular cruise port, injured more than two dozen passengers, including tourists. It prompted the Department of State to issue a travel ban on the ferry route for government employees. Reuters later reported the bomb was a homemade device believed to be unrelated to terrorists or organized crime.
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