He adds that a recent survey of CIOs found that printing ranks low on their list of priorities.

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Items on the 'banned' list include obscene or offensive printing on clothing, confectionary in the shape of body parts, inflatables of an immoral or lewd nature, sex toys, knives, replica guns, swords and drugs.

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The transition team has about 7, 000 positions to fill, according to the U.S. Government Printing Office's Plum Book, the quadrennial list of positions subject to presidential appointment.

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The disclosures also reveal how the police worked their way through certain websites on which Climategate had been discussed, printing off and filing away, for example, a list of staff at the Taxpayers' Alliance.

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It is high time to get rid of oddities such as a small printing firm and a maker of fireplaces, and for Envergure to list on the stockmarket to facilitate quicker expansion.

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The list includes the use of a Kinect camera and PC for physical rehabilitation, the 3D printing of embedded electrical technologies, a Lego set that helps bridge the gap between crustacean and robot and a device that employs an Arduino board and video games to help stroke victims recover motor skills.

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