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Digital transformation in healthcare: The often forgotten human factor

While technology is key for digital transformation in healthcare, the human element is equally, if not more, important



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Khabib hails Usman Nurmagomedov as one of the 'best in the world' after Bellator win

"I was [one of the best lightweights in the world] before, now it’s our brother Islam, and Usman is next."




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Paralympics wrap up with vibrant celebration in Paris, marking a 'historic summer'

More than 4,400 athletes from 168 Paralympic delegations partied despite persistent rain




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AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K

US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.



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K-P up in arms against custodial torture

Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness




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Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector

Computerised weighing scales have been installed




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Analog Equivalent Rights (12/21): Our parents bought things untracked, their footsteps in store weren’t recorded

Privacy: In the last article, we focused on how people are tracked today when using credit cards instead of cash. But few pay attention to the fact that we’re tracked when using cash today, too.

Few people pay attention to the little sign on the revolving door on Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It says that wi-fi and bluetooth tracking of every single individual is taking place in the airport.

What sets Schiphol Airport apart isn’t that they track individual people’s movements to the sub-footstep level in a commercial area. (It’s for commercial purposes, not security purposes.) No, what sets Schiphol apart is that they bother to tell people about it. (The Netherlands tend to take privacy seriously, as does Germany, and for the same reason.)

Locator beacons are practically a standard in bigger commercial areas now. They ping your phone using wi-fi and bluetooth, and using signal strength triangulation, a grid of locator beacons is able to show how every single individual is moving in realtime at the sub-footstep level. This is used to “optimize marketing” — in other words, find ways to trick people’s brains to spend resources they otherwise wouldn’t have. Our own loss of privacy is being turned against us, as it always is.

Where do people stop for a while, what catches their attention, what doesn’t catch their attention, what’s a roadblock for more sales?

These are legitimate questions. However, taking away people’s privacy in order to answer those questions is not a legitimate method to answer them.

This kind of mass individual tracking has even been deployed at city levels, which happened in complete silence until the Privacy Oversight Board of a remote government sounded the alarms. The city of Västerås got the green light to continue tracking once some formal criteria were met.

Yes, this kind of people tracking is documented to have been already rolled out citywide in at least one small city in a remote part of the world (Västerås, Sweden). With the government’s Privacy Oversight Board having shrugged and said “fine, whatever”, don’t expect this to stay in the small town of Västerås. Correction, wrong tense: don’t expect it to have stayed in just Västerås, where it was greenlit three years ago.

Our analog parents had the ability to walk around untracked in the city and street of their choice, without it being used or held against them. It’s not unreasonable that our digital children should have the same ability.

There’s one other way to buy things with cash which avoids this kind of tracking, and that’s paying cash-on-delivery when ordering something online or over the phone to your door — in which case your purchase is also logged and recorded, just in another type of system.

This isn’t only used against the ordinary citizen for marketing purposes, of course. It’s used against the ordinary citizen for every conceivable purpose. But we’ll be returning to that in a later article in the series.

Privacy remains your own responsibility.




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Custom BMX Configurator v2 - Save your configurations



You want to create a new Custom BMX, but you have no plan, what color should it be? Are you unsure whether the new handlebar and the fork in green color match your current BMX bike? Then try it out with our new Custom BMX Configurator!

We have already added a share button, so you can show your dream BMX to your friends. As of now, you can also save your configured Custom BMX via short link. Simply click on "SAVE", then on "COPY LINK" to save the short link on your device. You are then able to view your configured BMX from any device, make changes to it and save a new configuration again.

Please note: products can not currently be selected. However, we are working to provide this functionality as soon as possible. Then you can configure your dream BMX online, order it and get it sent home preassembled.




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Felix Prangenberg - eclat Storm BMX Fork





The latest addition to the Storm Fork family is the 15mm offset model. A super steep street fork, tested in the lab and proven in the streets by eclat PRO Felix Prangenberg.

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[UK] New store opening in Bristol tomorrow

The UK's latest brand store, at Cribbs Causeway shopping centre near Bristol, opens at 10am tomorrow.

It's a bit of a mystery why the location was chosen for a new store when it's so close to the branch in the centre of the city, particularly as there are other parts of the country crying out for one, but at least it's much easier to get to by car, being just off the M5, junction 17.

Those visiting the store on or before the 10th of November will receive 40528 LEGO Brand Retail Store on purchases over £120.

The shop, which is near Boots on the upper floor of the centre, hosted a press/AFOL event this evening at which our Bristol-based correspondent Emily took the photos of the inside that you'll find after the break.

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Film Tells Story of Michelle Duppong, FOCUS Missionary Who ‘Evangelized Through Friendship’

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US Bishops Will Speak Out ‘Loudly’ if Trump’s Mass Deportation Rhetoric Becomes Reality

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Key facilitator in Police Lines deadly blast turns out to be policeman: IG

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Akhtar Hayat Gandapur addressing a press conference in Peshawar on November 12, 2024. —Screengrab/ Geo News

PESHAWAR: Police have arrested a constable identified as the key facilitator of the suicide attack that killed at least 86 police...




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Nawaz hopeful of 'good' Pakistan-US ties after Trump's victory

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif and United States President-elect Donald Trump. — X/@NAofPakistan/Reuters/FileNawaz hopes Pak-US ties would improve further after Trump’s win.Says Indian cricket team should visit Pakistan for CT 2025. "PTI started culture of...




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Felicitations for Pakistan cricket team pour in after historic victory over Australia

Pakistan players celebrate with Naseem Shah after he got the wicket of Australia's Josh Inglis during the third one-day international cricket match between Australia and Pakistan at the Perth Stadium in Perth on November 10, 2024. — AFP

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Stubbs steers South Africa to narrow victory over India in 2nd T20

South Africa's Tristan Stubbs celebrates after scoring the winning run. — Reuters/file

An unbeaten 47 from Tristan Stubbs, and a 42-run partnership with Gerald Coetzee, saw South Africa haul themselves over the line for a three-wicket win over India in their Twenty20...




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TomTom appoints new Head of Investor Relations

TomTom appoints new Head of Investor Relations




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Movie Review: 'Gladiator II,' with Denzel Washington, goes back into the arena

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator II." Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. The once high-minded ideals of the Roman Empire have deteriorated across a venal land now ruled by a pale-faced emperor.




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Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso.




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The Life and History of Jesus Christ

The Life and History of Jesus Christ is a series of 39 Bible lessons (sermons) taken from the four Gospels. They cover the life of Christ in order from His birth through His ascension, taking on the supposed contradictions as they arise.




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Book Of Acts Online Church History Bible Study

These Church History inductive style Bible studies from the book of Acts have questions perfect for small group or personal study to help you understand and apply Acts to your life.




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Thieves damage historic Warhol prints in botched Netherlands robbery

Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol and left two more badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist, the gallery owner said Friday.




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Boeing factory strike ends as workers vote to accept contract

Factory workers at Boeing voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for the aerospace giant to resume production of its bestselling airliner and generate much-needed cash.




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Tropical Storm Rafael spins toward the Cayman Islands as Cuba prepares for hurricane hit

Tropical Storm Rafael chugged toward the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane en route to Cuba.




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Noncitizen voting: 'The only question is how many,' editorial states

"Noncitizens will vote in November. The only question is how many," according to the editorial board of Issues & Insights, a news and opinion site.




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Trump victory gives press scores of new headline fodder

Though the presidential election has come and gone, press coverage of the momentous event continues. The news media can't get enough. They continue to offer a spectrum of reactions to Donald Trump's victory in the national election on Tuesday -- a story that continues to evolve.




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Higher Ground newsletter: Pro-lifers win major victories in election

Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times.




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Galatasaray confirms forward Mauro Icardi tore his ACL

Galatasaray forward Mauro Icardi tore his right ACL in the Europa League match against Tottenham and could miss the rest of the season, the team said Friday.




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Wolves off bottom of Premier League with first victory as Fulham and Brentford also win

Wolverhampton secured its first English Premier League win after 11 games and climbed off the bottom of the standings by beating Southampton 2-0 on Saturday to ease the pressure on manager Gary O'Neil.




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OST2024 Columbia, Director, 1 pmt of $792 USD

OST2024 Columbia, Director, 1 pmt of $792 USD

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Kentucky factory explosion kills two employees and damages the surrounding neighborhood

Two employees have died following an explosion at a Louisville, Kentucky, factory that caused a partial collapse of the building and blew out windows in nearby homes and businesses, the company said Wednesday.




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Eugene Vindman grabs victory for Democrats in Virginia House race

Democratic House candidate Eugene Vindman was victorious Wednesday over his Republican opponent for Virginia's 7th District.




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Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.




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Halloween History And Christian Life

Christian Halloween History explains what Halloween is, where the customs came from, why it involves the dead, and whether Christians should participate. Be ready to be startled by some of the answers.




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Barbershop Stories

Tales of camaraderie, mentorship, second chances, prosperity, and style, from barbershops in Baltimore and beyond.  Have a seat, grab a newspaper, and make yourself comfortable… the next available barber will take you shortly.




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Charleston, WV, West Side, part 1: History Laid Down Like Shellac

We take the show to Charleston West Virginia’s West Side neighborhood to visit a family barbecue joint, a country music jamboree, a faith-based after-school program, a women’s drug recovery house, and a bustling Goodwill headquarters. Plus, conversations with an activist preacher, a vacant-home rehabber, an open-eared neighborhood planner, and a retired theater technician who’s projected more than 50 years of movie history.

Special thanks this episode to Maryland State Folklorist Emily Hilliard, The West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.




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Roger Penske closes nearly perfect motorsports season with 3rd consecutive NASCAR championship

There is no such a thing as a perfect season. At least that is what Roger Penske told The Associated Press hours after winning his third consecutive NASCAR championship.




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F1 race director Wittich to be replaced in a surprise move with 3 races to go

Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich will be replaced in a surprise move with three races to go and the title yet to be decided.




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Trump's contenders to be attorney general include ally of Justice Clarence Thomas

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to fill hundreds of top positions in his incoming administration during the next two months -- but one of the most coveted, flash point slots is that of attorney general.




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Trump picks Tom Homan, former acting ICE director, as 'border czar' for incoming administration

President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as "border czar" in his incoming administration.




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Trump transition attorney to 'resistance' DOJ prosecutors: Get out now

The incoming Trump administration has a message for left-leaning Justice Department employees hoping to block or interfere with the new president's agenda: Get out.




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Doctor accused of criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison

A doctor accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted Tuesday of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison, part of an unrelenting Kremlin crackdown on dissent.




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Amsterdam police warn of fresh calls for unrest a day after rioters torch a tram

A senior police officer warned Tuesday of calls for more rioting in Amsterdam, after dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers set a tram on fire Monday night as the city faces tensions following violence last week targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club.




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Ghana's Supreme Court restores ruling party's parliamentary majority ahead of Dec. 7 election

Ghana's Supreme Court restored the ruling party's majority in the parliament on Tuesday ahead of the Dec. 7 election, with an order that the speaker's declaration of four seats as vacant was unconstitutional.




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Missing kayaker faked his own death and fled to Europe, investigators believe

A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe, investigators say.




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South Korean actor Song Jae-lim found dead at 39

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas "Moon Embracing the Sun" and "Queen Woo," was found dead at his home in capital Seoul. He was 39.




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Trump has a plan to restore American exceptionalism

Inspirational leaders know how to make the impossible, possible.




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Hands off the Electoral College

With Donald Trump's crushing victory this past Tuesday, schemes to get rid of the Electoral College are off the table -- for the next several years, at least.




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Letter to the editor: Lies about Trump get desperate

When I first saw the headlines screaming that former President Donald Trump -- who has laughingly been labeled a fascist by Kamala Harris -- was threatening to have Liz Cheney executed by firing squad, I reflexively chuckled and said to myself, let's wait 24 hours to see how this fake story shakes out ("Trump emphasizes war context of remarks about Liz Cheney facing guns," web, Nov. 1).