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Weekend Reading 10.13.24

Good news for us, our Florida home was not damaged in Hurricane Milton which surprised us since the storm passed directly over Sarasota. We were prepared for the worst but relieved that our home was okay. I watched the news all week nervous about the impacts to the place we’ve come to love so much,…




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Weekend Reading 10.20.24

It was the loveliest week, I cut my hair shorter, wore fall boots and sweaters, and enjoyed many moments in the soft sunshine. The trees all around are in full transition, showing off their red, orange, and yellow leaves so I spend as much time outdoors as possible. Yesterday we went to a birthday party…




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Weekend Reading 11.3.24

November greetings friends. Daylight savings is upon us. I have mixed feelings about it every year, while I like the light streaming through the windows a little earlier in the day, the five o’clock darkness is gloomy. However I’ve decided to shift my mindset about it, after all, it’s not something I can change. Therefore…




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Seasons of Change

There was that time when I was 25 year old, I was planning my wedding, and I had just passed the bar exam. I was hired as a deputy district attorney fresh out of law school where I began a career as a prosecutor working 50 hours a week, carrying a heavy caseload, and appearing…




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Weekend Reading 11.10.24

Thank you so much for your comments on the most recent life change I wrote about, I am grateful to all of you for your encouragement. How nice it is to know I have so many friends out there that have been visiting for so long. I’ve assembled table linens and dinnerware so I’m ready…




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Vital Signs: E-Cigarette Advertising and Youth

The latest vital signs featuring the affects of exposure to electronic cigarette advertisements on middle and high school students in the United States during 2014.




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MMWR: Vital signs: Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Advertisements among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2014

The latest vital signs report detailing the affects of exposure to electronic cigarette advertisements on middle and high school students in the United States during 2014.




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Press Release: Impact of first federally funded anti-smoking ad campaign remains strong after three years

More than 1.8 million smokers attempted to quit smoking and an estimated 104,000 Americans quit smoking for good because of the nine-week-long 2014 Tips From Former Smokers ( Tips ) campaign.




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MMWR: Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2011-2015

Report on the latest statistical data regarding middle and high school students and tobacco use.




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Infographic: Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2011-2015

Infographic showing data regarding middle and high school students and tobacco use.

 

 




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MMWR: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Working Adults—United States, 2014

Report on the latest statistical data regarding adults and e-cigarette use.




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MMWR: Tobacco Product Use Among Adults—United States, 2013–2014

The latest statistical data regarding adult tobacco use in the U.S. during 2013-2014.




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MMWR: Disparities in Adult Cigarette Smoking — United States,2002–2005 and 2010–2013

The latest data on the disparities of the adult population of tobacco use in the U.S.




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MMWR: Tobacco Advertising and Promotional Expenditures in Sports and Sporting Events—United States, 1992–2013

The latest data regarding how advertising expenditures have been spent on sporting events in the United States during 1992-2013.




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MMWR: Current Cigarette Smoking, Access, and Purchases from Retail Outlets Among Students Aged 13–15 Years — Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 45 Countries, 2013 and 2014

Data regarding smoking, quantity and access to cigarettes by youth in 45 countries during 2013 and 2014.




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MMWR: State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults Aged ≥18 years – United States, 2014

Data regarding the use of smoking and tobacco use among adults in 2014.




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MMWR: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults—United States, 2005–2015

Data regarding the current use of cigarette smoking among adults from 2005-2015.




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MMWR: Characteristics of Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2015

Characteristics of e-cigarette use among middle and high school students in the United States during 2015.




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'High expectations can lead to disappointment': A top strategist at T. Rowe Price outlines the 3 risks he's watching as markets celebrate Trump's win

US stocks have been on a roll since Donald Trump's victory. A bullish investment chief shared three concerns that investors should keep their eyes on.




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I tried Google's latest AI experiment, an interactive tool designed to make learning a new topic more engaging

Google's new Learn About tool offers an interactive approach to learning about topics, including heady questions like whether money buys happiness.




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I tried to hit my daily protein target while avoiding ultra-processed foods like protein powder and bars. I learned 4 lessons.

Protein powders, yogurts, and bars make hitting our protein targets easy, but can contain UPFs. Here's what happened when health reporter Rachel Hosie quit them for a week.









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Greg Brockman, a key Sam Altman ally, returns to OpenAI following an exodus of top executives

Greg Brockman announced in a memo on Tuesday that he would return to OpenAI and work in a new role.




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Savings, CD and Checking Account Interest Rates Today: Earn up to 5% APY

Open a new bank account today and earn a top interest rate. Our experts have researched the best rates on checking, savings, and CD accounts to help you maximize your earnings.




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NFSA brings restored classic Proof back to the big screen at MIFF

NFSA brings restored classic Proof back to the big screen at MIFF




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Vietnam War classic The Odd Angry Shot digitally restored for Canberra premiere

Vietnam War classic The Odd Angry Shot digitally restored for Canberra premiere




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Spring at the NFSA: 80s synths, diverse festivals and a runaway car!

Spring at the NFSA: 80s synths, diverse festivals and a runaway car!




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Will chatbots replace search engines?

It has been estimated that by 2024, consumer retail spend via chatbots worldwide will reach $142 billion?up from $2.8 billion in 2019




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Why reducing review time can revolutionize enterprise content search

Leveraging this finding of the brain's superior ability to recognize patterns, a next-generation viewer uses three progressive panels to display search results and document pages as visual thumbnails




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Knowledge and training: Peanut butter and jelly for the customer contact center toast

Modern knowledge management and training are perfect complements to each other?the peanut butter and jelly for your breakfast toast.




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Creating and maintaining a unified corporate culture in a work-from-home environment

Organizational culture is the degree of agreement and commitment to a set of values and expected behaviors. When such agreements and commitments are widely and deeply held, the culture is considered "strong".




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Accounts payable is at the heart of company success? but is yours skipping a beat?

With a solid strategy for AP automation, businesses can expedite invoice processing rates by as much as 90%, which equates to a 400% increase in employee productivity. But how do you get there?




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Hoarding information is stunting growth: Six ways to create a culture of knowledge champions

Creating a culture of knowledge sharing requires a shift in culture. This may sound like a daunting task, but it's doable if you approach it with incremental changes across the key areas of your business.




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Avoiding the wrath of illegal data

To mitigate the risks associated with illegal data, organizations need to implement data governance policies and procedures to ensure that all data is properly documented, stored, and maintained.




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Decoding the data deluge; use ECM to navigate the unstructured content labyrinth

Obtaining contextual knowledge about how users create and interact with unstructured data is an essential business practice to plan for data storms effectively. Enterprises need to understand that it's not enough to know these user activities but also must take remediation action when necessary.




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KMWorld 2023 sees a sea change

Most of the papers presented at the 2023 conference did not report on what had changed. Instead, they assumed and predicted that there would be substantial change.




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Democratizing software development with no code/low code

By enabling greater productivity and accelerated software development timelines, no code/low code is on the rise.




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Navigating the risks and challenges of AI (quickly): Create an AI governance program

A strong AI governance program is essential to ensuring compliance and reducing risk. An equally important benefit is that by developing the governance program at the same time the AI application is being developed, issues can be identified early, thus avoiding system redesign or rework on the tail end.




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Integration impasse: Why organizations can?t wait for data integration before deploying AI

The need for comprehensive data management will always be important, and there are many other benefits of digital transformation, but CIOs don't need to delay GenAI projects until the completion of a giant data centralization effort. By adopting a more flexible approach that incorporates GenAI and next-generation BI tools, businesses can navigate the complexities of modern data ecosystems while driving innovation and maintaining a competitive edge in an AI-driven world.




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Zingly.ai and Ascend Technologies collaborate to drive revenue growth through CX transformation for Salesforce

Partnership to drive growth in financial services, insurance, and healthcare through AI-enhanced solutions




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$37M in funding empowers Tennr to bolster healthcare efficiency with document-reading ML models

Tennr, the company automating the messy, manual work holding healthcare organizations back, is announcing the completion of a Series B funding round?led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from existing investors a16z and Foundation Capital?having raised $37 million. Bringing Tennr's total capital raised to over $61 million, the latest funding will continue to support the company's technological breakthroughs in document automation for the healthcare industry.




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New AI capabilities from AuditBoard automate time-consuming workflows

Each of these capabilities?Automated Vendor Assessments, Intelligent Staffing, and Automated Framework Updates?automate crucial yet time-consuming workflows, ensuring enterprises can effectively address today's threat landscape




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Conga launches open revenue lifecycle management platform

The Conga Advantage Platform runs in any infrastructure, delivering revenue advantage to every global enterprise at scale




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PSPDFKit rebrands as Nutrient, reflecting its successful acquisitions of document processing and workplace automation technologies

AI-powered document SDKs, low-code solutions, and a workflow automation platform deliver the building blocks to accelerate digital transformation in modern businesses




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Coveo joins the AWS ISV Accelerate Program, supercharging its AI product reach

Coveo, a leading enterprise AI platform that brings AI search and generative AI (GenAI) to every point-of-experience, is joining the AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program, bringing AWS co-sell support to Coveo's range of AI search, recommendations, and generative experiences. AWS ISV Accelerate Program is a co-sell program designed to help AWS partners expand their proprietary reach by connecting ISVs with the AWS Sales organization.




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The Zone Data Platform powers back-office operations with seamless reporting and insights

As a platform designed for back-office operations, the Zone Data Platform surfaces meaningful insights specific to the user's industry for better, more informed decision-making