text:
Moving a retail business online may seem formidable at first. But with the help of experts and a willingness to adapt, your business can soon be thriving on an online platform. Initial setup costs should be factored into the budget…
Tag: online
Chinese Government and Hollywood Launch Snoop-and-Censor Copyright Filter
The Internet (EFF) – Two weeks ago the Copyright Society of China (also known as the China Copyright Association) launched its new 12426 Copyright Monitoring Center, which is dedicated to scanning the Chinese Internet for evidence of copyright infringement. This frightening panopticon is said to be…
Bahrain Using Canadian Software to Stifle Dissent: Report
Researchers have identified a Canadian company at the center of a small Arab nation's online censorship system – a finding that sits awkwardly with Ottawa officials' public support for digital freedoms.
Specialists from internet watchdog Citizen Lab said in a report published Wednesday that web filtering firm Netsweeper Inc. is helping block news and opposition websites in Bahrain, a Persian Gulf Arab monarchy which has been wracked by unrest since pro-democracy protests were stifled there in 2011.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert said the discovery undermines Canadian leaders' forceful condemnations of online censorship.
Friends, Followers, Police Officers, and Enemies: Social Surveillance in Thailand
This report examines the emergence of social media based surveillance in Thailand, carried out potentially by people's own networks of friends and family. It looks at the severe impact this has on personal privacy and points to potential solutions.
In May 2014, Thailand experienced a military coup – its second in eight years. A military government led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power and overthrew the administration of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The Army declared martial law, which was maintained for the following 10 months, and an interim constitution was adopted in July 2014. The declaration of martial law allowed the Thai authorities to take strict public order measures, including reportedly closely monitoring of 'delinquent' behaviour such as eating sandwiches in the street or reading George Orwell's books.
Online surveillance: we all have something to hide
Why continuing to shrug at mass data collection is lazy, irresponsible, and borderline stupid.
We've all got secrets. We've all done things we're ashamed of. We've all done things we're worried about. We've all done things we're embarrassed of.
Yes, we've all got something to hide.
Despite Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations of a secret US/UK mass electronic surveillance program worldwide, it's almost every other day that I still come across otherwise intelligent minds who insist that they do not fear online privacy invasions because they've either 'done nothing wrong' or have 'nothing to hide'.
The Right to Online Anonymity
Human rights should be considered proportionally in any governmental policy related to the Internet, in a way which will hopefully spur the private sector to follow.
The Internet has become an essential platform for the exercise of free speech, especially in oppressive environments where freedom of expression, freedom of association, and/or freedom of assembly are hindered. The main reason why the Internet is the preferred channel for dissidents is the possibility of maintaining one's anonymity, which is vital for protecting citizens from state power.
It is a remarkable achievement how the Internet has revolutionized traditional communications channels by allowing more virtual space for the activist community in order to exercise its rights.
Arrrrrr! Putin's New Internet Advisor Tied to Online Piracy
If you can't beat them, join them.
Chinese Authorities Use Internet Slang 'Ziganwu' in Their Propaganda Recruitment
Chinese government recruiting internet trolls.
The state of surveillance in Iran's cyberspace
A glimpse at online censorship in Iran: The Cyber Police is a real thing there.


text:
Need For Speed – SHARE EVERY WIN CONTEST
UPDATE: This competition has now ended
Take to the streets on your journey to become the Ultimate Icon. Get behind the wheel and floor it through the sprawling urban playground that is Ventura Bay for a chance to earn awesome rewards from Ghost Games and NVIDIA!
How do I enter? Play Need for Speed on the PC and record your most epic gameplay experience with NVIDIA ShadowPlay – then use the hashtag #ShareEveryWinNFS when you post your video or screenshot to YouTube, Twitter, or Instagram and fill out the official Entry Form linked below!
One Grand Prize winner will win a powerful gaming PC!
Three runner ups will receive a GeForce GTX 970 plus great prizes from Ghost Games.
Remember that submitting your epic gameplay video using the hashtag #ShareEveryWinNFS isn't all you've got to do to be in the draw – you must also submit your masterpiece via the Shadowplay: Share Every Win to be in this one.
Contest ends April 7, 2016 and we'll be checking out all the awesome rides!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Q&A with Kansas City commercial banking president
John Russ, president of UMB commercial banking in Kansas City, was recently featured in Ingram's Magazine as a 40 under 40 award winner for his achievements at UMB and his work in the community. Read on to learn more about John, including a few fun facts most people don't know!
What do you like most about working at UMB?
Without a doubt, it's the people. I've worked at UMB for 16 years and some of my closest friends are here. My career has allowed me to work with a variety of people throughout the bank, which has given me the chance to form some great friendships and work with some truly incredible people.
I also love the brand. UMB has been in Kansas City for more than 100 years and we have a strong reputation among our customers and the communities we serve.
Finally, our clients are wonderful to work with. I love learning more about them and helping them achieve their financial goals.
What advice would you give new UMB associates?
If you work hard and do what's right, there are endless opportunities for you at UMB. If you treat your clients with respect and work to find the right solution for them, success will follow.
What would you do if you weren't in banking?
I would want to be on the golf course! I would also explore being involved in another finance-related company where I add value by working with customers to help them build their business.
What's the achievement you've been most proud of during your time at UMB?
In 2007, I was honored to be presented with the Doug Page award for demonstrating excellence in commercial banking. Over the years, Doug was a mentor to me and others who came up through the UMB ranks, so this is particularly meaningful given that history.
What's something most people don't know about you?
I am from a small town in Northwest Arkansas. It has a population of 1,500 people and I graduated with 80 students in my high school class. I always thought I would end up back in a small town, but I fell in love with Kansas City and could never leave.
Stay informed on industry trends and noteworthy company news by visiting our UMB in the News section on umb.com. Follow UMB on LinkedIn, Facebook‡ and Twitter‡ to see regular updates about our company, people and timely financial perspectives.
When you click links marked with the "‡" symbol, you will leave UMB's website and go to websites that are not controlled by or affiliated with UMB. We have provided these links for your convenience. However, we do not endorse or guarantee any products or services you may view on other sites. Other websites may not follow the same privacy policies and security procedures that UMB does, so please review their policies and procedures carefully.
UMB Financial Corporation


text:
About the Course
• The European Union's Legislative Process. Directives and Regulations
• The Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP) of the EU
• Solvency II Key Players
• Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pension Supervisors (CEIOPS)
• European Insurance and Pension Committee (EIOPC)
• CEA (Comité Européen des Assurances) - the EuropeanInsurance and ReinsuranceFederation.
• The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
• Solvency ii: An Overview
• A Risk Based Approach
• A Unified Legislative Basis for Prudential Regulation of Insurers and Reinsurers
• Risk-Based Capital Allocation
• Pillar 1: The Financial Resources Needed to be Considered Solvent
• The Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
• The Standard Approach
• The Internal Model
• The Collection of Additional Historical Data
• External Data
• The IT Challenge
• The Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR)
• Pillar 2 and the Supervisory Review Process
• Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)
• ORSA as an internal assessment process
• ORSA as a supervisory tool
• The role of the ORSA - not a third solvency capital requirement
• Pillar 3 and the Disclosure Requirements
• Solvency and Financial Condition Report
• Scope of the Application
• Authorisation
• Discussing some important definitions
• General principles of supervision
• Home vs. Host country
• Information to be provided for supervisory purposes
• Capital Add-on
• System of Governance
• General Governance Requirements
• Risk Management
• Internal Controls
• Internal Audit
• Actuarial Function
• Outsourcing
• Own Risk and Solvency Assessment
• Own Risk and Solvency Assessment and CEIOPS
• Public Disclosure
• Professional Secrecy and Exchanges of Information
• Agreement with Third Countries
• Rules Relating to the Valuation of Assets and Liabilities, Technical Provisions, Own Funds, Solvency Capital Requirement, Minimum Capital Requirement and Investment Rules
• Valuation of Assets and Liabilities
• Calculation of Technical Provisions
• Recoverables from Reinsurance Contracts and Special Purpose Vehicles
• Own Funds
• Determination, Classification, Eligibility of Own Funds
• Solvency Capital Requirement
• Requirement Using the Standard Formula or an Internal Model
• Value-at-Risk
• The SCR and the Value-at-Risk Measure Calibrated to a 99.5% Confidence Level over a 1-year Time Horizon.
• Calculation of the Solvency Capital Requirement
• Structure of the Standard Formula
• Design of the Basic Solvency Capital Requirement
• Capital requirement for operational risk
• Full and Partial Internal Models
• Calculation of the Minimum Capital Requirement
• Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings in Difficulty or in an Irregular Situation
• Calculation methods
• Method 1 (Default method): Accounting Consolidation-Based Method
• Group Internal Model
• Method 2 (Alternative Method): Deduction and Aggregation
• Third countries
• Parent Undertakings Outside the Community - Verification of Equivalence
• Parent Undertakings Outside the Community - Absence of Equivalence
• Parent Undertakings Outside the Community - Levels
• Cooperation with Third Countries Supervisory Authorities
Registration Details
Course Fee:
Single Nomination:
|Avail Special Discounts
|Avail Special Discounts
|Avail Special Discounts
|5% Discount for Early Bird Registrations (15 Days in advance to the program date)
|5% Discount on Task force of 4 to 7
|10% Discount on task Force of 8 and above
NOTE: Only one discount option is applicable at any time
Contact Details:
Mr. Vijay Bhaskar Reddy
Mobile: 0 94400 89341
Phone: 040-6456 8797
Register Online: moc.snoitulosdnimartceps|ofni#moc.snoitulosdnimartceps|ofni
Email: ni.oc.oohay|pmpaqscyajiV#ni.oc.oohay|pmpaqscyajiV
Yahoo chat : Vijaycsqapmp
Google chat/Skype chat/AOL chat/ICQ chat : tiptopten2000
Hotmail/Live chat / Rediff chat : tiptopten


text:
Z-Community YouTube Channel Link
As we get more and more advanced with our handheld devices as you have seen from my recent posts. The latest with Samsung rumored Note 6 with 8GB RAM. There is a definite movement to having Global Communicators. The days of thinking sci-fi and reality would never get entwined is slowly starting to be less of fantasy and more of a possibility. I am not sure of how many of you all know the science fiction shows Star Trek and Earth's Final Conflict, but in the early part of the smart phone industrial revolution the Motorola Razor that flipped up and turned on to almost mimic a walkie talkie and make calls from is what I compared to as the communicator from Star Trek. just imagine seeing Kapt. James Kirk using the Razor to say beam me up Scotty!
Now in the late 1990's and early 2000's was Earth's Final Conflict's communication device. where you opened a rolling screen to video call and conference. At the time of the show it was more of a holographic type of thing. But as you see from the video just below, it appears we are closer to that reality. The handheld device from the show also could be used for processing and internet browsing IE: A google on demand much like today. With the speculation of manufacturers like SAMSUNG ZTE Corporation OnePlus LG USA Mobile HTC just to name the ones really making strives towards this realization, the possibility of having this kind of communication device is truly at hand. Of course this is just my opinion of how things as I see are continuing to evolve. Only time will tell what will be reality.
It's amazing to see companies working hard to bring what we thought it would be impossible to have.


text:
I've spent the entirety of March (plus the latter part of February) poorly, which has sucked. I don't think I've ever been sick for so long before, but I think after a whole handful of doctors appointments and a trip to the hospital, that I am (just about) on the mend. I had to miss a lot of work as a result, which was frustrating because there were projects I wanted to put some time into that I haven't been able to do. Before and after the worst of it, however, I did manage to squeeze in some great plans:
Reading in March…
I picked up Stephen King's The Gunslinger in March, figuring it was about time I gave a King novel a go. I think the concepts are strong, but I just have some issues with the way it is written… I am enjoying the story, but there is this but that I don't know how to articulate yet. Luckily, the chapters are short so I can stop and start easily enough without losing too much continuity, which is good as no matter how long it takes, I really want to find out what happens.
Gaming in March…
I have played a lot of board games so far this year. After watching a speed run of Bloodborne in January's Games Done Quick event, I was really excited to play the board game. Unlike its video game counterpart, the board game is fairly easy to play in terms of mechanics. Players work together to bring down monsters and bosses, whilst competing for the most blood points. It is simple but certainly one of my favourite card games now.
In March, Neil and I discovered Key Forge, which I can safely say has become our newest card game obsession. Having dabbled in Yu-Gi-Oh! before, and playing against a friend who had spent a lot of money creating very powerful decks, I was disillusioned with an experience that felt on the verge of rigged. The nature of Key Forge, however, with its pre-built but unique decks of a mixture of three randomised houses, felt refreshing as a result. I love the art style, the level of focus required in playing what feels like three games at once, as you can only control one house at a time. It is fun and so far, playing several decks between a couple of friends, has shown that no one deck seems to be necessarily any stronger than another.
I also bought my first ever deck box to store my Key Forge decks. Embarrassing levels of happiness ensued – I've never had the need for a deck box before, so this feels like a special landmark in my history of tabletop gaming.
I was introduced to Dice Masters today (on a slightly sticky pub table!), and knew I couldn't leave it out of my month's wrap-up. A deck-building game where instead of a hand of cards you have a collection of dice? Yes please. There are a number of different decks – DC, Marvel, D&D – but I have my eye on the Warhammer starter set with the stunning artwork. I may not be able to afford to play Warhammer 40,000, but I can live vicariously through this amazing game of luck and strategy instead.
March was also the month where we started a new PC game, Divinity: Original Sin. This game is exactly the kind of immersive RPG experience that I have been craving. The graphics are stunning, I love the turn-based style of combat, and it is refreshing to have so much control over my character, able to distribute skill points to suit my style of play. I have been told the game is a long one, so I am excited to know I still have months of gameplay left with this one…
I Am Setsuna was on sale this month in the Nintendo Store, so I bought it for my Switch. It had been on my Steam wishlist for so long that I had forgotten what had even intrigued me about it in the first place. Realising it is a fully fledged JRPG – the likes of which I haven't played since Eternal Sonata – has quickly made it my Switch obsession. Little Dragon Cafe and Knights of Pen and Paper have taken a backseat while I enjoy this indulgence.
Life in March…
So, technically the next couple of activities took place at the end of February, but I'm far too buzzed about them to leave them out here. On the last weekend of February, I visited Bristol with my friend to see one of my long-time favourite bands, Mayday Parade. There is no experience quite like being at a gig with your best friend and singing the lyrics to your favourite songs at the top of your lungs. Like usual, the show was incredible, and I was energised for days after seeing them!
Whilst in Bristol, we took the opportunity to visit Bristol Aquarium, and spent two hours checking out some fun sea life, like this sassy starfish here.
By the time I was heading to Birmingham the following week, I was already starting to feel quite ill, but was determined not to miss out on what I knew would be a totally special concert experience (plus, we'd already paid out for tickets and a hotel, so there was no way I wasn't going!). We saw Twenty One Pilots in Genting Arena (now Resort World Arena), which is the biggest capacity venue I have ever attended! We had standing tickets, and I'll admit I was a little apprehensive about getting squashed in the middle of thousands of people, but it was actually one of the chillest gigs I had ever been to.
The band were just as good live as they are recorded, with Tyler hitting all of his crazy notes. It was a good show in terms of fire and confetti, all the usual fun stuff, but I was most impressed with how two men could create a performance that captivated such a large audience. Usually, I see bands in much smaller venues, and there is a certain intimacy in a crowd of one thousand or less which often helps the band to build a rapport with the room. Twenty One Pilots managed to accomplish this with a room of fifteen thousand… amazing!
At the end of March I visited Bristol again for literally one purpose: to eat at Za Za Bazaar. We committed to a morning and evening of driving just for the sheer joy of that all-you-can-eat goodness, featuring Indian, Italian, Chinese, American, British, Mexican, (and more), plus various desserts including a chocolate fountain and the most delicious sticky toffee pudding I have ever eaten. We had a nosy around the city before we went in, saw this amazing busker with his recycled drum kit, went into the biggest Forbidden Planet store I have ever seen (and bought a sneaky Key Forge deck which happened to feature my three favourite houses), and visited Castle Park to take part in the afternoon's Pokemon GO Community Day.
My sister taught me how to wash a hedgehog this month too. That was certainly an experience!
The last six weeks have been full of challenges – I'm definitely looking forward to feeling 100% again soon – but full of some of the most special moments of 2019 so far too. Roll on April!
How was your March?


text:
September 9, 2019
The value of an SEO audit
By Derek Kent
First off, what is SEO? Search engine optimization (SEO) is what you do to increase traffic to your website from organic search results on search engine platforms such as Yahoo, Google, or Bing.
Website traffic is anything that visits your website. These days we say anything instead of anyone as both humans and automated systems known as bots will be visiting your site.
Organic search results appear on the search engine results page (SERP) when a person types their query into a search engine. The SERP will contain both paid and organic results.
Organic search results are matched to your search query by the search engine's algorithm to provide the best results. Paid search results are advertisements where companies have paid to have their ad displayed when someone runs a search query matching the advertiser's conditions.
Improving your website's ranking in organic search results will be the primary focus for the SEO improvement that an audit will help you with. In fact, a study by Search Engine Watch found organic search results are clicked 94% more often than the ads. It makes sense—ranking high due to search relevance can show expertise, whereas anyone can buy an ad. Take a look at your own searches, do you click the ads or the first few organic results?
Now that we have a broad snapshot of what SEO is and why organic search results are important, let's get into the value of an SEO audit.
It is key to first recognize that SEO is a marathon, not a sprint, meaning it is many small improvements that advance your website's chance at ranking high in the organic search results. There is no magic fix that will catapult your website's content to page one of the SERP.
Search engines take five core SEO aspects into account when crawling your website. Technical, on-page, off-page, mobile, and local SEO. Without getting into the specifics of each, an SEO audit uncovers areas of improvement within these five core aspects.
An SEO audit will first present you with an overall score ranging from 0-100%. Additionally, your score will be accompanied by how many pages have been crawled on your website. A brief breakdown of the crawled pages will reflect how your score was calculated by showing how many pages are healthy, broken, have issues, are using re-directs, or have been blocked.
So now you know the score of your website. Where is the value in the audit report? The value lies in the detailed breakdown of your website's issues as errors, warnings, and notices.
Errors are issues of the highest severity to your website's SEO while warnings are of medium severity. Notices are technically not considered issues, however, we recommend you fix them for overall improved SEO. Remember, it's a marathon of small improvements that matter most.
Fixing and improving issue areas will have additional benefits to your website outside of SEO, such as user experience. If the audit finds broken links within your site, not only will this help with SEO, but it will allow users to flow freely through your website without interruption. Broken links can also make your site appear untrustworthy.
Fixing issues will also help bring your site into the growing need for mobile readiness. Today, more searches are done on hand-held devices than ever before; Your website will need to be ready with compressed images and lazy-loading content. Your SEO audit will pick up where issues like these exist.
Finally, an audit will help improve your content by finding duplications, missing metadata, mixed content, poor URL structure and more. There's no need to worry if you do not understand these terms immediately, your SEO audit will not only point out the issues but explain what they are and how to fix them.
The bottom line when it comes to the value of an SEO audit is the ability to make your site as search engine friendly as possible. Search engine's complex algorithms are continuously crawling the internet for new and existing websites and apps, all the while ranking each to ready them for the next search query. An SEO audit points out not only where your website needs improvement, but also how to improve the found issues to make your site fully search engine optimized.
Derek Kent is a Digital Specialist and Content Analyst at AdFarm with family roots in agriculture. He is proud be part of the connection between the world's oldest endeavour and the latest in digital marketing technology and strategy.


text:
Thomas C. WhitePartner
Thomas C. WhitePartner
New York +1-212-558-4000+1-212-558-4000 +1-212-558-3588+1-212-558-3588[email protected]
Thomas C. White is a partner in the Firm's Litigation Group. He represents leading global companies and financial institutions in complex commercial litigation, arbitration, and government investigations in the areas of securities law, contract disputes, ERISA, and bank regulation. He has represented some of the world's leading corporations, financial institutions and industry organizations, including Barclays, Cytec, Giants Stadium, Goldman Sachs, the New York Bankers Association, The Clearing House, Popular, Swiss Re and UBS.
Rankings and Recognitions
AmLaw Litigation Daily – "Litigator of the Week" (May 2019)
New York Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2012-2019)
Rankings and Recognitions
AmLaw Litigation Daily – "Litigator of the Week" (May 2019)
New York Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2012-2019)
- Represented Barclays before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, obtaining summary judgment for Barclays and the other defendants in a 1933 Act Section 11 class action arising out of Barclays April 8, 2008 offering of $2.5 billion of American Depositary Shares, Series 5. The Second Circuit affirmed the decision on appeal in November 2017.
- Acted as trial counsel in obtaining a victory for Micro Systems Engineering, Inc. (MSEI), an affiliate of Biotronik, Inc., against Universal Instruments Corp. in a case alleging copyright, trade secret and contractual claims relating to medical devices. Following a six-day jury trial, the court granted MSEI's motion for judgment as a matter of law. The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in May 2019.
- Representing Fiat Chrysler as one of their lead counsel in various actions, including a securities class action in New York and multidistrict litigations in San Francisco, regarding allegations that certain of FCA's diesel vehicles emitted nitrogen oxides in excess of the limits imposed by U.S. law. Work has included class action litigation, opt-out litigation, securities litigation, and litigation with regulators including the EPA and the Department of Justice.
- Represented UBS and members of its supervisory board and senior management after UBS's market capitalization declined by nearly $115 billion, following disclosures of UBS's subprime and auction rate securities losses and its DOJ and SEC settlements relating to U.S. cross-border tax issues. Previously, the S&C team including Mr. White obtained the dismissal of all claims brought by all UBS shareholders who purchased shares on foreign exchanges, which eliminated more than 85 percent of the theoretical damages. In May 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed these decisions.
- Represented Barclays in litigation brought by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, concerning the purchase of RMBS by Fannie and Freddie from Barclays and other financial institutions.
- Represented UBS and several current and former officers and employees in obtaining the dismissal of a putative ERISA "stock drop" class action. This decision was upheld on appeal.
- Represented Popular, Inc. and officers and directors of Popular in federal court in ERISA, shareholder derivative and securities class actions arising out of Popular's accounting for deferred tax assets.
- Represented Cytec Industries Inc. (now part of the Cytec-Solvay group) in obtaining summary judgment in connection with a dispute arising out of the $1 billion sale of Cytec's coating resins business.
- Represented the New York Bankers Association successfully in persuading the Southern District of New York to strike down the "New York City Responsible Banking Act" under the U.S. and New York State constitutions. The RBA had sought to impose city regulation over banks in contravention of the exclusive regulatory power of the federal and state governments.
- Represented Giants Stadium in its claims in the Lehman bankruptcy concerning swaps used to hedge the risk of financing the new stadium.


text:
Your roof should be viewed as your home's first line of defense when it comes to the elements. That's why maintenance is so important. Many homeowners forget about roof maintenance until it's too late. Go over the following article to learn more about roofing and find out how you can take good care of your roof.
When you're thinking of roofing, you should always be aware of what the climate is like. Clay roofs are great for dry climates and can help to keep the house cool. However, these do not survive well in wet climates and will have a short lifespan. If you are unsure, you can always ask.
Make sure to wear rubber boots if you ever need to get on your roof. This is necessary to ensure that you have good footing, even in dry conditions. When you have to make repairs on your roof you're probably going to be in a few awkward positions that can have you loosing your footing so you need to be safe.
When you hire roofing contractors, you need to check into their references and reputation. Swing by the homes the contractor worked on to check their quality. Also, go and look at the different addresses. Drive by and get a good look before deciding who to hire.
Don't use short-term solutions for your roof repairs. It's cheap, but will lead to expensive problems. You have to make sure to fix the issue completely; that way, you avoid problems down the line.
Confirm that your contractor has the necessary skills to perform the job. Look into who knows them – even ask your family and friends for their opinions. Choosing the right roofer means you will receive quality work that doesn't result in problems in the future.
Insurance coverage is essential when it comes to roofing. If your roofer does not have insurance and your property is damaged, you will have to foot the bill. Have the roofer provide you with proof of current comprehensive insurance.
Make sure your roofer has credentials, and make sure thy are current. Generally, any roofer you hire will need to have a current and valid license. They also need insurance and have other certificates as mandated in your area.
Make sure the roofing materials are inspected before using them. Too short or too long nails or weak shingles can lead to leaks. Make sure all shingles do not have cracks and are strong, and that your nails are long enough to penetrate the shingle completely and secure them to the roof.
Speak with your roofing company and find out what warranties they provide for their work. Sometimes, you may get a great warranty that can save you a lot of money. Also, make sure to get any warranties and estimates in writing, so you will have them in your possession. If you do things this way, you can be sure the terms don't change after the work has been completed.
Taking care of your roof should be one of your priorities as a homeowner. Ensure you utilize the excellent strategies outlined in this article so that you thoroughly protect your home. Putting in effort will pay off.


text:
A Course In Oneness Blog
Instructions below *
Intro to Part II
What is the Ego?
Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict here.
To recover the experience of Oneness, we must truly see the separated world that we made up; just the way that it is; un-judged.
The purpose of this blog is to assist you with deepening into A Course In Miracles by clarifying the Course concept of Oneness.
- Read the workbook lesson
(Click the "LESSON" or "Intro" title link).
- Read the post above; a commentary on this lesson
- Follow the instructions in the workbook lesson
Comments welcomed and appreciated!
To select a different lesson while browsing, use the search area above (the magnifying glass). Just enter its number followed by a dash and the year. For example, to search for LESSON 360 or LESSON 3, enter "360-2017" and "3-2018", respectively. When the desired commentary is found, just click it.
If you want these daily annotations delivered automatically to your Kindle,
Kindle delivery is 99 cents per month.


text:
Special Advertising Section
Finding your passion in life leads to success, according to David Lyall.
He was lucky to discover his passion early in life–maybe it was also in his genes–as he grew up in his family's furniture business. For close to 40 years, his parents, and then Lyall, owned and operated Buck Home Furnishings, which recently evolved into David Lyall Home & Design. Along with the transformation came a change in location, from bucolic Buck to trendy downtown Lancaster.
The new name and location better reflect the direction of Lyall's business. "Our client base and their needs were changing," says Lyall. "There is also a developing art scene with a creative vibe in downtown Lancaster. Our new location breeds creativity...It's the fruition of a dream."
Lyall says he and his talented team enjoy developing relationships with their clients throughout Central Pennsylvania and beyond. "Some are just replacing a sofa; others have their sights set on revamping an entire home—creative, functional, beautiful spaces are what we do," he explains.
In a renovated 1800s warehouse amongst 8,000 square feet of inspirational room settings, David Lyall Home & Designs team of five professional interior designers create personalized spaces tailored to clients' needs. "We learn about our clients' goals for their space and find out what reflects their personality. Then we design an interior that's truly customized," says Lyall.
Each of Lyall's design team members, plus Lyall himself, have achieved various levels of membership in either the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) or Interior Design Society (IDS). Lyall refers to Design Coordinator Megan Donnelly and Interior Designer Zack Snavely as his "right and left arms. "While residential projects are the mainstay of the business, Lyall also enjoys working with commercial clients including real estate offices, medical offices, and most recently Lancaster's 26 East complex housing Barberet Bistro and Bakery and Altana Rooftop Lounge.
Lyall is passionate about the new business name. "I want to project the feeling of inclusiveness," he says. Everyone can relate to the words "home and design." "Over and over again we hear from clients who say their new interior has brought their family closer together...They want to spend more time in their home. And that's the most rewarding part...the true mark of success," says Lyall.
David Lyall Home & Design | 241 North Prince Street | Lancaster, PA 17603 davidlyalldesign.com | 717-690-8477 Back to The Faces of the Susquehanna Valley


text:
Hi friends, happy Friday! I'm back today with a couple mini (okay…. medium-sized reviews) of two books I've read lately. Keep on reading to find out if these were hits!
There are no spoilers in these reviews.
The Last Thing You Said, Sara Biren
Read the full synopsis ▼
Lucy always loved summers on Halcyon Lake—sunning on the lake raft, relaxing on the boat, and spending every possible minute with her best friend, Trixie, and Trixie's brother, Ben, Lucy's lifelong crush. Until last summer, when one tragic event turned their idyllic world upside down. Now nothing is the same. This summer, Trixie is gone, and Ben is distant, numbing his pain with parties and a string of interchangeable girlfriends. Lucy does her best to move on and avoid this cold new Ben. She throws herself into babysitting, waitressing, and a sweet new romance with the renter next door. But in their small lake town, forgetting the past—and Ben—proves impossible. He still seems to be everywhere: at work, at the movies . . . and in Lucy's heart. Lucy so wants to move on, but how can she forgive when she can't forget?
The Last Thing You Said is my second Sara Biren book and I think it won't be my last. There's something simple, yet always poignant about the stories and characters she creates and I'm here for this.
The Last Thing You Said wasn't an easy read at times, as it deals with grief a whole lot. We follow both Lucy and Ben's point of view as they deal with the loss of, respectively, their best friend / sister a year after the facts and how their relationship changed because of it. I loved both characters' point of view and appreciated how different they were, too, both their voices and the way they dealt with life and their grief in their own ways.
If this book was mainly focused on the romance and the complex feelings between Lucy and Ben, I appreciated the fact that there was a lovely focus on the friendships, too, especially between Lucy and Hannah. I loved how supportive and wonderful Hannah was during the entire book and how, despite their differences, the two got along. I also appreciated the families and their presence in the story, even if I feel like Clayton, Lucy's brother, could have had an interesting place in the story and unfortunately…. just didn't.
I appreciated both characters' journeys, even if the story ended up being a slow contemporary, I had all of the emotions while reading and I'm here for this. Definitely a good read for contemporary lovers!
Final rating: 4 drops!
A million thanks to Amulet Books for sending me a review copy of this book. This did not, in any way, influence my thoughts and rating.
Trigger warnings: grief, loss of a loved one, alcoholism and drinking, drowning.
Other books by Sara Biren I've reviewed:
Before I Disappear, Danielle Stinson
Read the full synopsis ▼
Rose Montgomery parks her family's trailer in Fort Glory, Oregon with one goal: to carve out a new life for herself and her little brother, Charlie. They need a fresh start for their family, and she thinks she's finally found it in a town where nobody knows them.
But Rose's plans come crashing down when, in an instant, Fort Glory disappears and every person in town vanishes into thin air—including Charlie.
Rose and four other teens become trapped in the Fold, a patch of woods caught halfway between the real world and the lost town. In the Fold, a mysterious force suspends the laws of physics, and everyone's inner darkness has the power to kill.
To survive the Fold, Rose must unravel the clues Charlie sends her from the missing town. And Rose has to find Charlie soon—or he'll be gone forever.
Before I Disappear was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, because… somehow I have a thing for stories about disappearances. After reading, I have mixed feelings on this story overall, which, I feel like, had a lot of potential.
Before I Disappear is a book about survival through the darkness, through elements, through the unexpected and it was an unexpected, unique read for sure. One of my favorite things about Before I Disappear was the strong siblings vibes, as the main character fiercely searches for her brother all along, not giving up ever. We feel the strong bond between her brother right from the very beginning and until the very end, something I loved so, so much.
The characters were also a very strong suit in this story: from the main character to the group of unlikely friends surrounding her, they each had their own personalities, their own issues and past that we slowly discover as the story goes along and I really loved that… and I was surprised more than once by it all, especially the revelations about the main character. Their relationships to each other, from friends to slowly blooming romances, were lovely and certainly not taking the spotlight away from the main quest, which I loved.
What unfortunately made me drop my rating a little bit was the world and, my own non-scientific mind for it all. If I appreciated the characters, the overall adventure and wanted Rosie to save her brother and everyone to be okay, I had a hard time grasping the inner workings of the world, multi-dimensional (literally), which made my reading a little confused, at times.
Overall, Before I Disappear had a lot of potential for me, with great characters, beautiful writing and intriguing world. Unfortunately, my confusion didn't make this a hit for me, but if you're a sci-fi fan and curious, I'd definitely recommend giving this debut a try.
Final rating: 3,5 drops!
A million thanks to MacMillan International for sending me an ARC of this book. This did not, in any way, influence my thoughts and rating.
Trigger warnings: talk of suicide, violence, blood, parental abuse, talk of substance abuse and overdose, loss of parents.
Did you read The Last Thing You Said or/and Before I Disappear? Do you want to?
What are some of the latest books you've read that you would recommend? I'd love to hear from you in comments!
Twitter ☂ Goodreads ☂ Bloglovin '☂ Support the blog


text:
Short Four Panel Fox Fur Coat
Super stylish and perfect for Fall / Winter is what our luxurious Short Four Panel Fox Fur Coat. The panels are crafted from the softest fox fur. Features edge to edge visible front gold zipper closure. Lined in full for a smooth fit and comfort. Dyed fur. Comes in 4 ( four ) colors; Nude Pink, Green, Black and Yellow. Gentle Dry Clean Only.
Made from Natural Fox Fur.
Size Guide (2.54cm=1inch) Approximate measurements.
XS: Bust 88cm, Shoulder 37cm, Sleeve 59cm, Length 45cm.
S: Bust 92cm, Shoulder 38cm, Sleeve 60cm, Length 46cm.
M: Bust 96cm, Shoulder 39cm, Sleeve 61cm, Length 47cm.
L: Bust 100cm, Shoulder 40cm, Sleeve 62cm, Length 48cm.
Shop more Fur Coats here.
Color may vary due to lighting on images.


text:
Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'custom'.
Found 6 results
Quest/script Help
techrandy posted a topic in Developer ToolsHas anyone gotten the following items working if not can we get devs to help us out here.. 1. Airdrops, I have the GameEventAirDrop on my map named airdrophere I even have a few more of them tied together location 1 - 5 in my quest i have ,actiondirector_event_start _ -event_name=airdrophere Nothing happens. No air drop nothing happenes. any clue? 2. random encounters, I have placed Class: Encounter::SpawnPoint with name of encounter1 and in the quest script i have ,actiondirector_encounter _ -scenario_name=encounter1 nothing happens. 3. electric traps. pursuit. I even took apart the pursuit_breaker_car_a was trying to get it to work with a switch PhysicalSwitchDI but no luck. surprised the devs didn't include more traps already built like the car one. If i can get these 3 things working that would be awesome. Devs if you guys read these sure could use some help. Or really anyone who might know this stuff.
Normal Maps For Imported Meshes
LyndsW posted a topic in Developer ToolsAnyone know what's going on here? My imported normal maps are only showing information along the arrow, but not perpendicular to it. The green channel is read properly. Swapping the red and blue channels doesn't seem to fix this.
Custom Audio Sfx
KNG posted a topic in Developer ToolsHello, I've got some questions. After doing some research (Steam Dev Forums) I found out that you can indeed use custom audio in your map. So I added my custom audio to \data\custom\sfx\myaudio.ogg In the Editor I clicked -> Refresh Filesystem, then clicked Validate and Build -> Build Audiobank. Custom Audio SFX .ogg was detected and successfully imported. Now I find out that these "custom" audio files can not be played using the SoundEmitter Classes etc. But rather using the Trigger in a objects (asset) _FIELDS_ properties. How do you set this _FIELDS_ trigger property up properly? I added the custom_sfx.ogg into the execute field: Question do you have to specify filetype like do you add: a) custom_sfx.ogg or just custom_sfx into the field? How does the trigger property work anyway? What does autoexecuteRange (default 2.5) do? What is Trigger Distance? Here is what I did. I added a cb_radio_a.msh and put the custom sounds in the trigger, which wouldnt work. The only way of making this cb_radio_a.msh "interactable" for me was to add the PhysicalSwitchDl Class, link that on to a Sound Emitter, then use the Sound Emitter to play aSoundName (which apperantly can only play the default sound SFXs etc.) TLDR; How does the Trigger property exactly work? How do you exactly play a custom SFX .ogg when i.E. interacting with some object (like pressing a button on a radio).
Is Importing Custom Art Possible
Prost posted a topic in Developer ToolsHello there. I'm a 3d artist, and I'm looking to run through the pipeline of importing a new 3d environment asset into Dying Light. Are there any guides on importing a mesh and textures? Is this possible with the current toolkit? Where are the .msh files located? The in-editor 'Show In Explorer' seems to not be functional, as are neither of the Perforce options. The attributes window only gives the location as "meshes/[mesh name]" Where are the textures and material stored? Is there an asset editor/browser, where I could do things like change materials? Or is this all handled by scripts? I appreciate any helpful, constructive responses. This toolkit is really exciting! I only really have art skills to contribute to mods, though, and I'm anxious the toolkit does not (yet) allow it. Edit: Did a bit of digging, and while I couldn't locate the editor options button, you can access it via an error prompt from Source button on the animation tab. Within the options, there are flags for Material Editor settings. Yet, no material editor. The mystery deepens.
Custom Audio In Quest
WereWolfSteam posted a topic in Developer ToolsI want to have a NPC say something to the main character. I have It now to go to him, but could not figure out how to play a custom audio file.
Custom Items
bsnooch posted a topic in Developer ToolsWell I got custom weapons working last night finally. I boot it up today to test and they are no longer working Anybody having any similar issues?


text:
Hydraulische Antriebssysteme
Hydraulic and Pneumatic Cylinders
Customer- and application-specific solutions are the focus of our range of products. We design and produce single-acting and double-acting cylinders, synchronizing cylinders, telescopic cylinders and master-slave cylinder combinations with a piston diameter up to 125mm and stroke up to 1.200mm.
On customer request these cylinders are equipped with different features as position measuring system, fixed or adjustable end-cushioning, locking systems (releasable by mechanical, hydraulic or electrical activation), with integrated valves or sensors.
Pneumatic cylinders of different type and configuration complete our range of products.


text:
"I believe this is, without question, the tea party downgrade" said Democrat Senator John Kerry, issuing the Democrat talking point that is to be echoed by all. David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Obama, quickly conformed by also calling it the "tea party downgrade". You can bet Chris Matthews, not a very original thinker, will be calling it that, too, along with other liberal media parrots.
Barney Frank, senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, decided to spread the blame around a little and put it in the military's lap, saying that defense spending is responsible. His complaint about the U.S. being "the military policemen of the world" certainly rings true, but left unsaid is the fact that almost all "free" countries have diverted military funding to social programs and can no longer defend themselves properly. This is the road the Democrats seem to want the U.S. to take.
Military spending, the Tea Party, Bush tax cuts, Sarah Palin, Corporate jets, fat-cat CEO's – all are responsible for the downgrade in the Democrats' eyes, but entitlement discretionary spending, one of the S&P's reasons for the downgrade, is not. Political bickering and posturing are also reasons, but the politics of re-election are still ruling the roost.
Until the finger quits pointing and blame is no longer the main attraction, there will be no progress. In the meantime, those still lucky enough to have a job will watch their 401K dwindle because of asinine bickering and ideological political nonsense. The world will continue to sneer at the imbecilic manner in which our "leaders" are dealing with this crisis and watch our way-of-life vanish.
Taking responsibility is the first thing that needs to be done. So far, the Democrats have made it known that their main thrust is to blame Republicans and the Tea Party. Republicans are concentrating on defending themselves against those accusations. One can only hope that voters will show more responsibility in upcoming elections.
David J. Hentosh


text:
Experience the ultimate holiday combination with this once-in-a-lifetime Florida, South America and Caribbean cruise and stay holiday during Easter 2021!
For just £1,299 per person, you could be seeing the best that the sunshine state of Florida, the vibrant and exciting Latin spirit of South America, and the laid-back islands of the Caribbean, Florida have to offer.
Included within the price is return flights from the UK for 7 night's stay at the Rosen Inn International on International Drive giving you ample opportunity to visit Mickey, Minnie and friends.
After Orlando, you'll collect your included car for your drive down to Miami to board the MSC Divina for an 11 night Full Board experiencing the joys of South America and the Caribbean including Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, the Bahamas, and Jamaica.
If this amazing cruise and stay trip sounds like a little bit of you then give the Pillinger team a call to book today!
26th March 2021
£1,299 per person– based on 2 Adults & 2 Children for 18 Nights


text:
Karl W. Ashman
Executive Vice President, Administration and Payments
Karl W. Ashman joined the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as vice president and manager of the Little Rock Branch in April of 1990. He transferred to the St. Louis office in September of 1995, where he was promoted to senior vice president of Administration and Payments. He was promoted to executive vice president in January of 2017. In this position, Mr. Ashman has District responsibility for the Cash Operations, Diversity and Inclusion/Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, Facility Management, Financial Management, Human Resources, Information Technology Services and Support Services Departments.
Prior to joining the Federal Reserve System, Mr. Ashman was vice president and cashier of operations at Mercantile Bank of St. Louis, N.A. Mr. Ashman's experience with Mercantile included system conversions and bank consolidations, as well as day-to-day responsibility for back office operations.
Mr. Ashman received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind., in 1976, and his master's degree in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis in 1988.


text:
Requirements September 1985 until September 1993
1. Visit an agency that works with the physically, sensory, or mentally handicapped. Collect their publications about their activities on behalf of their members. Learn what is being done through training, employment, and education of their members.
2. For a 1-hour period, under each of the following handicapping conditions, go about your normal routines-studying, listening to TV, doing your chores around your home. Keep a record of your limitations as well as how you adjusted to the problems that were created. Tell your responses and reaction after doing this.
(a) Hearing impairment-muffle your ears with bandages.
(b) Sight impairment-blindfold you eyes.
(c) Manual impairment-immobilize your writing arm so it can't be used normally.
(d) Mobility impairment-immobilize one leg so it can't be used normally.
3. Spend 15 hours within a 3-month period with either (a) a sheltered workshop for adults with a handicapping condition, or (b) a special Cub Scout pack or Boy Scout troop. Learn about their activities, assist the leaders, and work with the members of the group.
4. Locate and study literature about the accessibility or non-accessibility to the handicapped in the following:
(a) Five places with good accessibility,
(b) Five places with poor accessibility,
(c) Your school or church, and
(d) Your Scout camping site.
5. Display in a public place the material you have collected so others can be made more aware of handicapped citizens.
6. Make a commitment to your merit badge counselor as to what you will do in the future for those people with handicapping conditions."
(a) Five places with good accessibility.
(b) Five places with poor accessibility.
(c) Your school, church, synagogue, or mosque.
(d) Your Scout camping site.
5. Display in a public place the material you have collected for the other requirements of this merit badge so that others canbe made more aware of citizens with disabilities.
6. Make a commitment to your merit badge counselor as to what you will do in the future for people with disabling conditions, Discuss how your awareness has changed as a result of what you learned.


text:
Our global pagesClose
- Global home
- About us
- Global services/practices
- Industries/sectors
- Our people
- Events/webinars
- News and articles
- Eversheds Sutherland (International) Press Hub
- Eversheds Sutherland (US) Press Hub
- News and articles: choose a location
- Careers
- Careers with Eversheds Sutherland
- Careers: choose a location
Business immigration update - UK visa sponsorship and licence management
Who should attend
This Business immigration update - UK visa sponsorship and licence management training course is aimed at HR professionals, recruiters and employers looking to apply for a sponsor licence in the near future.
Post freedom of movement, it is even more important for UK-based employers, who cannot meet their staff needs from the local workforce, to obtain and maintain a sponsor licence to support non-EEA recruitment. This is an essential course for HR and recruitment professionals with Tier 2 or Tier 5 responsibilities. Knowledge of the points-based system is assumed.
09.00 registration and coffee, 09.30 start
- Tier 2 sponsor licence: obtaining/renewing your licence and key personnel requirements
- Tier 2 intra-company transfers: your subcategories and applicable thresholds
- Tier 2 general: relevant criteria and conducting a resident labour market test
- Tier 4: employing students and recent graduates
- Tier 5: internships, government authorised exchange and an outline of sector-specific routes
- sponsor compliance: obligations, difficulties and risks
- Home Office audits: what to expect and how to respond
- recent and forthcoming changes to legislation and policy including Brexit implications
- GDPR implications of right to work checks
13.00 close, followed by lunch
This course does not cover illegal working and right to work checks or immigration categories which sit outside of the point-based system.
Download the full Business immigration update training programme.
Cost: £249All prices are exclusive of VAT
Group discount:10% discount for delegate 2 and subsequent delegates.
Online payment discount: 5%
Select a date
Forthcoming events and seminars


text:
EHR adoption is up, but other MU requirements lag — FDA's first chief health information officer champions open data — Docs want more 'practice specific' guidance on EHRs — Rochester HIE cut hospital
With help from David Pittman (@David_Pittman)
RESEARCH FINDS MAJOR PROGRESS WITH EHRs: Health records in the United States are far from being fully wired, but major progress has been made, according to two Health Affairs studies published Thursday and a separate report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More than half of U.S. hospitals have a basic electronic health record system, although meaningful use Stage 2 criteria remains challenging for most, according to one study. Using information from the 2013 American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, its authors found that 58.9 percent of facilities had adopted a basic EHR and at least 90 percent were able to meet most Stage 2 criteria. Only about one in 20 could meet all criteria, however. Another finding disputed the "digital divide" anticipated between safety-net hospitals serving poor patients and better resourced hospitals. Rather, the study identified a geographic divide: Small, rural hospitals are least likely to have an EHR system. And EHR adoption does lag in critical-access hospitals, the data showed.
"The policy goal is for everybody to come along and for us to not leave anybody behind, and that includes those served by rural and critical-access hospitals," ONC National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo told POLITICO. "I really want to find a way to continue our Regional Extension Center programs … and think of ways to reduce the financial burden on rural hospitals. There's many ways we're still trying to support them." Full story: http://politico.pro/1lFXTds
eHealth tweet of the day: #HITBriefing @JHalamka "EHRs are bi-planes, not yet jet aircraft" ... on the road (or in the sky), patient access still lags :(
Welcome to Friday morning eHealth! I arrived in my hometown of Pittsburgh late last night and am looking forward to biking around the city today and attempting to explain my beat to family members. Ping us with your feedback at [email protected] and connect with us on Twitter @POLITICOPro; @Morning_eHealth.
FDA'S FIRST CHIO TALKS BIG DATA, OPENFDA AND MORE: The health IT community knows FDA constantly straddles the line of promoting patient safety and spurring innovation. Now, a well-respected physician, statistician and informaticist is helping the agency push ahead on both sides of that line. "We don't want stand in the way of innovation. At the same time, we don't want to get ahead of patients and take that data without their knowledge whatsoever," explains Taha Kass-Hout, who is the agency's first-ever chief health informatics officer. Kass-Hout, who launched HHS's first cloud-hosted program and played major roles in the CDC's information management and scaling during the SARS epidemic of 2003 and the H1N1 epidemic of 2009-10, says he's a champion of open data, open government and innovative technology. POLITICO spoke to him from his new perch at FDA, where he touted the openFDA data-sharing initiative and efforts to connect disparate data streams to identify trends. Full interview here: http://politico.pro/1ogTxPz
DOCS WANT MORE 'PRACTICE-SPECIFIC' GUIDANCE ON EHRS: Primary care practices want a little more hand holding when it comes to how they can better use health IT, according to an analysis of 51 such practices in Colorado. As part of the research, each practice was given up to $10,000 from 2011 to 2012 to transform how it utilized health IT in its operation and patient care. Each provided monthly feedback and progress reports. Results found that the practices wanted help translating meaningful use objectives into practice-specific terms as well as connecting with peers to collaborate and technical advisors to troubleshoot. They also wanted specific advice on how to better use technology and data. "We consistently observed specific and thoughtful insights about the value of specific community-level support related to meaningful using HIT data," note the University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers. The work was published in Academy Health's Electronic Data Methods Forum.
ROCHESTER HIE CUT HOSPITAL READMISSIONS: The use of a health information exchange helped cut 30-day hospital readmissions by more than half, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Researchers from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York studied the impact of a community-wide electronic HIE in Rochester during 2009 and 2010. They followed claims from the region's two largest health plans and zeroed in on patients in the six months after they consented to be included in the HIE. Results showed that accessing patient information in the HIE in the 30 days after a hospital discharge was associated with 57 percent lower odds of being readmitted. The HIE saved an estimated $605,000, according to researchers.
DOXIMITY DATA SHOWS SOCIAL NETWORKING TRENDS FOR DOCS— Doximity, sometimes known as the "LinkedIn" for doctors, will reveal in a report next week that when a medical specialty is dominated by one gender, the smaller gender percentage will use social networking to gain an advantage. For example: Thoracic surgery is 96 percent male, but on Doximity, female thoracic surgeons have a 7 point lead in number of profiles, the company says. The trend is also emerging for male physicians in traditionally female-led specialities. Doximity looked at the split of male and female social networking users in over 50 different medical specialties and will publish a detailed report.
On ThreatPost: Connected medical devices both promote and decrease safety: http://bit.ly/X5K1DG
How one health information organization improved access to health records for long-term and post-acute care facilities: http://bit.ly/X5K7v7
Investing essentials for HIT, in the Motley Fool: http://bit.ly/X5Kt4T
In GovHealthIT: Is health care really ready for consumerization? http://bit.ly/X5Kvdc
Patient monitoring, big data and the future of health care, in WIRED: http://wrd.cm/X5KDJF