Digg3.com – More than one-quarter of tested workers at an Ohio manufacturing plant historically exposed to asbestos-containing vermiculite ore exhibited signs of scarring of the chest wall lining, or pleural plaques, which are usually considered markers of previous exposure to asbestos fibers, according to research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Read more.. [...]
Digg3.com – Penn Researchers Find That PET Imaging Sheds More Light On Complex, Microscopic Cancers Managing cancer is challenging for physicians in and of itself, but with certain types of cancer, diagnosis is difficult as well. In cancers based in unusual locations, such as in the lining of the lung (mesothelioma) or in the lymph [...]
The Government, with the help of Age Concern have devised a programme called ‘connect with’ which aims to educate the over 50s and get them up to speed on using the World Wide Web and other technologies. But, it appears that many older people are already savvy when it comes to getting online. Although over [...]
I (Mike) had the pleasure of presenting at yesterday’s Lunch and Learn session presented by the Technology Council of Northwest Pennsylvania. I talked about how to integrate social networking into your business, and the full house had plenty of great questions and comments. I also got to meet a bunch of ErieBlogs readers, which is [...]
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: JKHY), a leading provider of integrated technology solutions and data processing services for financial institutions, today announced that its insurance agency outsourcing solution has been bought by the business line’s management team and a private equity group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More: continued here Tags: Business, [...]
JANO Going Live Posted June 30th, 2008 at 07:13 AM by Mark Shelden in Champaign County County Circuit Clerk County Judiciary County Sheriff County State’s Attorney Today would probably be a good day to not be in the Courthouse. The County’s new courts technology program is launching and it will be remarkable if it goes [...]
I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed and a little puzzled when I read that Norwich Union was suspending their experiment in ‘pay-per-mile’ car insurance in the UK (via BBC): Britain’s biggest insurer has suspended a flagship car insurance scheme less than two years after its roll out. Norwich Union’s “pay as you drive” [...]
Technology allows you to work from anywhere. Most of our clients are not local companies. But we connect to those clients through our Extranet, GoToMeeting and related applications. Here are a few things about where I live in Traverse City Michigan. Last week, I had to slow my car to avoid a family of porcupines [...]
Well, you should be thinking of Work/Life Balance regularly and not just when the summer weather reminds us of a time when school was out and your schedule was open for a few months. The May, 2008 Oklahoma Bar Journal was devoted to a Work/Life Balance theme. My contribution to the issue was Technology & [...]
by Sage Lewis Sage highlights Jennifer Laycock’s article “How Social Media (Didn’t) Change Business,” in which she uses her grandfather as an example of what business is really all about, and that’s PEOPLE. Jennifer’s grandfather was an insurance agent who delayed his retirement for a year to personally take care of all his clients’ claims [...]
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