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In 2013, we assessed 60 organisations’ paper efficiency policies and practices for the 2013 Paper Efficiency Scorecard. UK retail chain Marks and Spencer (M&S) came out top of the assessment with an overall score of 91%. What did M&S do to get such a high score and how can we learn from its success?
First, the company set bold targets to significantly reduce paper usage, e.g. a 25% reduction target in printer paper. It also set targets for outsourced supplier printing, something that few organisations do.
reduced the number of printers and ensured they were all duplex, and introduced ‘Green Print’ and ‘Pull Print’ systems.
increased the number of in-store products without any packaging at all.
engaging with customers through the M&S app and tailored customer emails, leading to a decrease in printed catalogues and magazines.
The phone company uses digital technology to cut printing by 80%.
Vodafone secured top place in the utilities sector in our Paper Efficiency Scorecard in 2013, a whole 30 points ahead of the next best-performing telecommunications company. This is because of the dramatic paper savings it has achieved over the last four years. Despite being one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, its printer contractor now classes Vodafone as an SME based on the small amount of paper it uses!
It is not always possible to avoid printing but Vodafone makes sure all its employees keep it to an absolute minimum. Since starting to monitor paper statistics in 2008/9, Vodafone has been able to identify trends and areas for improvement. In three years they reduced usage from 33 million sheets of paper every year to just 6.5 million. Thatâ€™s a reduction equivalent to more than 3000 trees. It also saved the company £3.5 million a year.
So how has Vodafone managed to make such significant progress in a relatively short period of time?
Running ‘A Page a Day’ employee campaign which talked about how much everyone prints and set a target of keeping it to just one page a day.
Bringing in ‘Follow me printing’ which means that nothing is printed unless an access card is swiped. Colour printing is also discouraged and printers automatically print double-sided.
Cutting the number of printers in offices to just one printer for every 125 employees, less than half the UK average.
Moving from desktops to laptops so employees are not tied to their desks. Vodafone’s policy of hot-desking, part of its ‘Better Ways of Working’ culture, means a strict clear desk policy and discourages employees from printing by not allowing any paperwork to be left on desks overnight.
Working with the top 25 biggest paper users to find ways they can change their printing behaviours.
The Post Office has been providing essential services to communities from tiny villages to large cities for almost 400 years. With around 11,700 branches, the Post Office operates the largest retail network in the UK and every week around 18 million customers visit a Post office branch for postal, government, financial and telecoms services.
Even with ever increasing levels of automation, 18 million customers a week still means that an incredible amount of paper application forms, till receipts, labels, envelopes, product leaflets and brochures are used every day; on average about 3000 tonnes of paper each year. Reducing paper, reducing waste and ensuring that what paper is used is sourced responsibly is therefore important to the Post Office.
As a business the Post Office gets through some 20 million till rolls a year. By redesigning the way that customer till receipts print sales details a saving of some 750,000 rolls a year has been achieved which, if put end-to-end, represents over 149,000km of paper – enough to go half way to the moon!
With a product range of several hundred items, the Post Office holds vast numbers of pre-printed forms at main post offices and it is looking at reducing these by introducing print stations in main Post Offices where a customer can just select the form they require from a touchscreen menu and a copy is printed out for them. By holding an electronic copy of the form on a central server, this allows amended forms to be uploaded for instant availability with no reprint costs or waste.
The Royal Society for Protection of Birds is Europe’s biggest environmental charity, with more than a million members. Its Human Resources Directorate (which includes functions such as training, personnel, etc.) identified paper use as a significant aspect of the organisation’s Environmental Action Plan. In team meetings, staff looked at the main uses of paper and worked out where they could eliminate and reduce usage.
The health and safety newspaper, which had been sent out on 4 or 5 pages of paper, is now sent electronically.
Payslips for more than 2000 staff every month are now sent electronically.
Staff are encouraged to use double-sided printing as default and to use print preview to reduce unnecessary printing, to only print key parts of emails to minimise paper use and consider alternatives before printing.
A baseline of paper use was set in 2012/13 and the initial figures for how quickly change is happening are very encouraging: there has been a drop of 4500 sheets – a cut of 22% – in just 3 months.
Other initiatives in the pipeline should reduce paper use even more. They are gradually shifting to an electronic personnel system, which will allow all recruitment paperwork to be done electronically, as well as staff sickness records and leave. They are also looking to replace the organisation’s varied collection of printers with fewer, more flexible printers with a locked printing facility.
Patagonia Discovers Less Packaging Means More Sales.
A major role of packaging is to signal to, attract and inform potential customers. Many food product labels are made of paper: sashes on tins, sticky labels on fruit, and the myriad cardboard packets that are used to conceal the cellophane-wrapped contents within, be they sausages or sweeties. Non-food products are also often wrapped in distinctive packaging, not so much to protect the contents physically, but for brand identification.
Littlewoods, one of the UK’s largest and most well-known catalogue retailers, has saved 1.3 million trees in the past three years by reducing its paper consumption by more than 50,000 tonnes.
The company has made drastic cuts, of up to 66%, in the volume of paper used to create catalogues. As well as making a huge reduction in its forest footprint this has also saved 5 billion litres of water, reduced paper-related carbon emissions by 315,000 tonnes and avoided 60,000 tonnes of other pollution.
The paper reductions have been due to a combination of factors, including a drive to shift purchasing online. Littlewoods’ parent company, Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited, has been rationalising to prepare itself for the 21st century and by merging the customer databases for several brands it now sends out far fewer catalogues by post. It has also cut the number of pages in its catalogues, reducing their weight. Its latest catalogue is smaller still and instead of including full details of goods it is a directory designed to point customers to the internet site. The company aims for 70% of its sales to be online by 2010.
Haymarket, one of the UK’s biggest magazine companies, has already cut office paper use by 33% since 2005, saving more than 26 tonnes of paper, and it is has set itself the target of a further 15% reduction in 2009.
The results of their efficiency gains are substantial money savings. Erica Okpokpor of Haymarket says: “Not only has the spend on paper reduced year on year but some of the reduction strategies implemented have generated secondary benefits, such as a reduction in the number of printers used, reduced maintenance costs on equipment, lower toner costs and the freeing up of valuable floor space.” This has included replacing desk-top printers with a central pool of printers set to print double-sided.
The spirit of efficiency is spreading from their offices to their core business. Although their aim is to sell more magazines, they intend to make substantial savings by making sure that they print no more than they can sell. Working with distributor Frontline, they have set a target to reduce their unsold magazines by 50%.
The Co-operative Group has achieved astonishing paper efficiencies by transforming the way its staff work, encouraging new, flexible work routines that make the most of digital technology and release them from desk-bound paper-heavy information systems. They have encouraged their staff to ‘cleanse’ their work areas of paper, digitally archiving large amounts of material and reducing paper use in the organisation by a staggering 71%.
Bank cashes in on paper saving opportunities, saving $10 million.
Between 2004 and 2013, Standard Chartered has reduced its paper consumption by an impressive two-thirds, avoiding the use of tens of thousands of trees, and saving the company more than 10 million US dollars.
Standard Chartered Bank is a global bank with particular interests in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It has over 1,700 branches, offices and outlets in 70 countries. It has been working on reducing use of office paper across its footprint since 2004 when it set its first reduction targets; these are updated every 3 years. Its current overall target is to reduce its office paper to 10kg per full time employee (fte) per year by 2020.
Part of Standard Chartered’s strategy to reduce paper use has included looking at the type and weight of paper used, aiming to ‘light-weight’ as far as possible. To facilitate paper reduction and ensure that paper is responsibly sourced the bank has devised a grading system for papers: Gold, Silver and Bronze. All three grades must be FSC certified. The Gold standard is FSC recycled paper and the lightest paper (70g). The Bronze standard is the heaviest (80g).
The Bank focussed on reduction of office paper by looking at where paper was printed most and who controlled its use. In 2009 a Group Technology and Operations Sustainability Manager was hired specifically to oversee paper reduction throughout the business. In each of Standard Chartered’s operating countries it has ‘Paper Champions.’ These are staff members who are passionate about the environment and on top of their daily jobs they come up with ideas to save paper. Every quarter the Paper Champions meet virtually together with the Sustainability Manager to discuss ideas and share best practice.
Other practical initiatives the bank has taken to reduce paper use include printing standards, a ‘Say No to Printing’ project and a competition to see which country performed best in terms of paper reduction.
This strategy is certainly working: In 2005 the bank’s paper use was 79kg per full time employee, while its latest figures show that this has reduced to 23kg/fte. Standard Chartered has therefore achieved a 67% reduction in paper use over the last eight years. In 2013, the bank welcomed its 3 millionth digital active customer. Today 54% of its retail customers receive eStatements, saving an estimated 16,000 trees and saving the bank US$10.8 million each year. In our 2013 Paper Efficiency Scorecard survey the bank was one of the highest-flying companies with an overall score of 89%.
In 2008, Bradford University made sustainability a headline issue with its Ecoversity Project, setting a target to cut paper use by 10% each year for 5 years. The project was championed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, which gave it the leadership essential to reach all parts of the organisation. Ben Tongue, Environmental Manager, said, ‘The paper saving aspect of the project was nice because it could include everyone in the University’.
The result was that in the first two years, the project targets were met, with A3 and A4 paper bought by the University reducing from 22.5 million sheets to 17.5 million sheets, saving £28,000 per year, plus the knock-on savings of less photocopying and printing, storage and distribution. Its central printing operation saw a reduction of 30% in the same period.
Much of these reductions were the result of a shift away from giving students handouts on paper, and instead giving them online access to learning materials. If students are printing downloads away from the University, then the absolute reduction in paper use may be less than that recorded, but if online billing is anything to go by, it is unlikely that this displaced impact is more than a fraction of the paper saved. Research into paper use by students (and staff) off campus would be necessary to ascertain this.
Unfortunately, since the sharp rises in student fees, the University’s senior management has refocused its priorities away from the Ecoversity Project and there are no longer any staff with a University-wide remit to pursue the paper saving initiative. As a result in the last couple of years, paper purchases have levelled off and the environmental and financial benefits have slowed.
If the project could be resurrected, there is clearly much more that could be achieved. Ben says, ‘We had materials, like documents about how to print most efficiently, which were never circulated, and ideas about how IT could set systems up to save more paper.’ Let’s hope they get the opportunity to continue what was clearly an excellent project.
FERN is one of the EEPN’s member organisations, and after they signed our common vision they set about tackling paper use in their own offices. As well as encouraging others to reduce their paper footprint, they felt it was important to try to do something about their own. Their first steps were to reduce printing in the office and move to an electronic format Annual Report, reducing the printrun by 95% (from 1000 to just 50 copies).
Then they addressed their monthly news bulletin, Forest Watch, asking all its recipients if they would be willing to receive it electronically, rather than through the post. They pointed out that producing just one copy of each edition uses the same energy as leaving a 40w lightbulb on for 8 hours. Before they did this, they used to send out 800 paper copies of the newsletter. Since appealing for email addresses, they have only sent out 8 paper copies per month and the e-version goes out to 1,200 people.
This saves an estimated 440kg of paper each year. This is a modest amount, but if every organisation, large and small, was taking these simple steps, we would be well on our way to achieving our vision of halving paper use in Europe.
Duchy Originals has produced a sleek new carton for its luxury organic chocolates, demonstrating that shrinking packaging volume by half can bring benefits for branding as well as financial and environmental savings.
Susan Haddleton, Duchy Original’s Head of Sustainability and Procurement, recently joined the Duchy team. She has an ideal back ground in food policy, sustainable development and food packaging. Shortly after joining she looked at the Duchy products with the notion “if products could talk, what would they say?” She knew immediately that she needed to be using a lot less resources to package the chocolate ‘bezants’ (large luxury organic chocolate coins) and that the paperboard that was used needed to come from sources she could trust. The existing paperboard packaging weighed 68g and it held 200g of product.
She contacted the carton manufacturer and started to look at options that would allow for lighter, more resource efficient, packaging. This included looking at different elements and designs within the trade as well as the manufacturer’s ideas on carton closure options. Susan then worked with a design agency to agree the carton shape and finer detail. She also worked with the chocolate producer, and Duchy’s own technical department to get further input.
The resultant carton is no longer rigid like its predecessor, which means it can be transported flat prior to filling. Previously the rigid container meant that a lot of air was being transported as well as the cartons! The new carton is also Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified under its ‘mixed sources’ label – the wood fibre comes from a mix of FSC certified and other controlled sources. In addition Duchy made a priority of choosing a UK-based carton supplier and a UK-based paper mill, Iggesund in Workington. The chocolate bezant packaging now weighs 26g and holds 160g of product. Weight for weight this is a 48% reduction.
Susan and the team at Duchy are viewing the new carton as a journey. They are learning along the way and see it as just one step on the road to greater sustainability. The carton can be improved further, says Susan, especially with regard to telling the sustainability story of the chocolate and a more premium unique carton profile.
Overall the product redesign meant Duchy not only saved paper but also had an opportunity for improving its branding and product information. The new packaging takes up less space on the shelf, allowing more product into the same space. The new look package helps to present the bezants as both a premium and a sustainable product.
In total, this single redesign has saved 8.9 tonnes of packaging, and we estimate that this means Duchy Originals has saved 231 trees, 890,000 litres of water, 58 tonnes of carbon emissions and 10.7 tonnes of other air, water and solid pollution.
UK finance company Standard Life has committed to reduce its paper use by 50% by 2012, becoming the first company to make a pledge with the Shrink project. It has already made a cut of 23%, saving 320 tonnes of paper.
Standard Life’s consultation with its more than 1.5 million shareholders revealed that only 6% actually want to receive paper mailings.
Their paper reduction commitment is the result of an overarching environmental strategy to consume less, recycle more and dispose sensitively of what remains, and it goes side-by-side with other great environmental paper commitments such as using 100% recycled paper for photocopying and office printing and ensuring any non-recycled content in paper for marketing literature is certified as sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Its paper cuts so far have saved, by our calculations (with all our usual caveats about approximates based on averages for the paper industry etc), the equivalent of more than 8000 trees, 32 million litres of water, 384 tonnes of air, water and solid pollution, and more than 2000 tonnes of climate change emissions.
So how has Standard Life achieved its paper reductions? Through a combination of reduced mailings and office efficiencies. A consultation with its more than 1.5 million shareholders revealed that only 6% actually wanted to receive mailings like AGM notices on paper and the rest wanted to ‘Go paperless’. The company has therefore been able to make big shifts to online communications.
To get office reductions they ran a company pledging scheme, whereby 700 employees pledged to ‘think before printing, if printing to print duplex and two pages to one side’. The initiative is supported by a Green Team whose members have communicated the message, and given practical assistance like helping staff to set up local printing functions to print duplex and supporting the implementation of new technologies. The company has both upgraded and reduced the number of printers, cutting the number by half and ensuring that all have duplex facilities and other environmental benefits like energy saving.
As well as the the environmental benefits, the result is a substantial saving in costs of paper, energy, postage and storage space.
UK magazine publisher IPC Media has saved 9600 tonnes of paper – that’s almost a quarter of a million trees – in an efficiency drive that has slashed the number of unsold magazines.
IPC Media has many popular brands, including NME, wallpaper, Homes and Gardens, Woman and Home, Country Life, Marie Claire, The Field, Woman, What’s on TV, Nuts and Rugby World. More than 60% of women and 45% of men in the UK read an IPC magazine, most of which are supplied on a sale or return basis to retailers. Any unsold magazines are returned for recycling, but this wastes paper and is costly.
IPC set about devising efficiency measures in its supply chain, together with distributor Marketforce. These include computer models that can forecast sales more accurately and new technology for better print order planning. They have introduced sales-based replenishment systems to wholesalers and points of purchase, so the stock of magazines in shops can be topped up as needed, rather than overstocked just in case they might sell well. People are just as big a part of the measures as technology: they have put in place a dedicated team of supply and demand experts and worked on improving communication with their wholesalers and distributors, especially about magazine brands, so that everyone in the supply chain is better informed and able to avoid waste.
The results are impressive: unsold magazines have reduced by 16% since the end of 2006, with 30 million fewer unsold magazines, giving a total saving of 9,600 tonnes of paper. By our calculations (with all our usual caveats about approximates based on averages for the paper industry etc) IPC Media’s paper reduction has saved around 249,600 trees, 960 million litres of water, 11,520 tonnes of air, water and solid pollution and at least 60,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.
Barclays Capital in the UK has saved £200,000 through office paper efficiency measures that have cut in-house paper use by 48.1%.
The cost savings include energy and toner reductions as well as the actual cost of the 20 million sheets of paper they have saved. This 90 tonne reduction is the equivalent of 2340 trees, nearly a million litres of water, 567 tonnes of CO2, and more than 100 tonnes of other pollution.
One of the bright ideas leading to the paper savings was to reformat internal investment presentations known as ‘pitch books’, from single-sided A4 to double-sided A5. In one year, this new format’s use in London saved 7.7 million sheets of paper! A further 3 million sheets were saved by reducing valuations mailed to clients from 14 to 5 pages, and contract note schedules from 20 pages down to 1 page.
Shifting to a managed print service has also brought about both paper and energy efficiencies. One of the technological innovations is the use of ‘PIN to collect’, whereby staff use a swipe card to pick-up printouts from central printers, thus both ensuring confidentiality and reducing waste from forgotten print-jobs.


The conference ritual
There's this ritual that I have: Every year I log onto whichever of the gaming news sites are showing webcasts of the E3 conferences, and in another window I click open British gaming forum rllmukforum.com, wherein live commentary is provided. It's a real treat for two reasons: 1. The conferences are usually dreadful, full of flash graphics and music around some of the worst presentation giving you have ever seen. They are legendarily awful unless there's some totally awesome hardware launch. 2. The commentary on the forum, on the other hand, is fantastic. They literally tear it apart in a super-lively babble of reality up until the point that the forum keels over for having too many users. Things we've shared over the years:
Fist-pumps to no applause
Timid voices trying to sound exciting
Everybody using the words "opportunity, "experience", "innovation", "compelling", "exciting" blah
Fake thanks on stage
People clearing throats
Bored bored bored journalists
The "one more thing" thing which is so tired even Steve Jobs doesn't do it any more
It's great fun, but not really what the interested parties are trying to do, surely? It strikes me that if you're going to do the conference thing then surely the thing to learn is some stagecraft? Don't put the timid exec on stage if he's not good in front of a crowd, for instance. Find someone to do it for you with confidence, even a celebrity if you have to. Don't talk about how exciting things are: show how exciting they are. Don't trot out lists of features as a replacement for content. In the end of the day, there are better ways to present this stuff but ultimately what it comes down to is charisma, and most of these people doing the conferences are no doubt very talented at their jobs but they comes across as nerds talking about their science project at the head of a bored class on a hot summer's day. "Exciting!"
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A question of value
If I were to ask you what you think the value your game's content was, what would your answer be? I think most developers would answer somewhere between 10 and 25 pounds (or 20 and 50 dollars US). It's what they would likely consider a fair price for their services rendered, and that's perfectly understandable.
The problem is that they don't set the value of their output, the public do. And the public have always placed the value of content at one number:
When paying for entertainment, the public are always paying for one of three things: Tickets, memorabilia or convenience. Tickets as in entry to an event. Memorabilia as in merchandise. Convenience as in the ability to use their content as and when they choose. So, for example:
A ticket to go see Led Zeppelin
T-shirts for the event
An album of greatest hits that they can pop on and listen to whenever they choose
It's not the actual thing that they'll pay for so much as the toll to get to the thing, in otherwords. This is largely born out by the radio and television industries' realisations back way whenever that people wouldn't actually pay to listen to radio shows or watch TV shows. Instead they developed the first business models that gave content away at the value which the public perceived (i.e. for free) and instead made the toll a business-to-business transaction in the form of advertising. And I think we can all agree that that model has been nothing short of a roaring success for those companies that could scale that model appropriately. Add in the extra ticket incentive of cable television and there you have it.
So, to games.
Currently most games sell themselves on the convenience model. The discs that the people buy to put in their Xboxes represent the equivalent of the album. Except not all discs will fit all boxes, a situation that fragments the market in a bad way and keeps games effectively on the sidelines culturally. While the industry wrestles over which format to support (and these are especially uncertain times in that regard), it effectively produces a natural cap for the consumer that does not want to be confused and suspicious.
The convenience model for games therefore has its limits, because the prices for new games are quite high compared to other forms of entertainment, and the selections are small. Thus the only predictable course for the industry overall is to continue building self-enclosed toy empires that extract value as much as possible from each step of the chain. The Nintendo model, basically, of which the only step that's still missing is for Nintendo to bite the bullet and open a set of retail stores. As things stand I can't see why they wouldn't.
Another fairly popular model is the ticket approach. In this model, the game is kept away from the player until he pays a toll to access. World of Warcraft is an example of this model in action, as is arcade gaming or interactive TV "pay to play" services (small disclosure: I currently work in that end of the industry). Ticket models have a significant advantage over that of the convenience model in that they can encourage repeat or continuous purchasing form the players. For their £8.99 a month, players play as much as they want, and Blizzard eventually make out extremely handsomely as the players eventually end up paying far more than they would have had they been individually purchasing the game plus updates.
Aside from the fairly small trade in gaming merchandise such as plastic figurines and cross-media applications like Halo novels and the odd movie tie-in, the main kind of memorabilia sale in the games industry is through the exclusive edition, in-game property (i.e. micro-transactions) and that sort of thing. People like a sense of ownership, particularly of something tangible.
The key thing to understand from all this nugget-wisdom above is that regardless of your feelings (as a developer or would-be developer) about piracy, your sense of self-worth, your feeling that things should have a value and so on, the public essentially doesn't care. A game is essentially the same thing to them as an album or a movie. It lacks a tangible quality and, being ephemeral, doesn't feel like it has any intrinsic worth.
Don't be depressed, because this is something that you can use to your advantage. It's just about realising that just because they think it has zero value does not mean that it is worthless. Here are some ideas:
Build a game based on ticket sales
Build a game based on sponsorship and promotion
Build a game in which the basic PC version is free, but you charge for the convenience of an iPhone version
Build a game in which tangibles mean something
Build a game which you distribute freely, but charge extra for support, etc
Sell a premium version of your game in a box with quality tat for 50 pounds a box
And so forth.


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Even as more companies and governments are increasingly critically exposed to cyber risks, there has been little thinking on systemic cyber risks. In some ways, this is strikingly similar to how the financial sector handled risks preceding the 2008 crisis. Prior to then, financial risks were assessed one organization at a time, not recognizing how a shock to one sector, US sub-prime mortgages, might cascade to take down everyone else, even those who didn’t own at-risk mortgages. Similarly, cybersecurity professionals follow the same method today, looking at cyber vulnerabilities one organization or one nation at a time, without looking at the systemic risks to the overall system. Strong security may not shield even the best-protected companies from cascading cyber shocks.
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Genetics: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy will include all types of cancer.
Nic Dakin

Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of cancer was a key part of the 100,000 Genomes Project and from 2019 the National Health Service will begin to offer WGS as part of clinical care for people with specific types of cancer, for which there is likely to be the greatest patient benefit from using WGS: sarcoma, and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), and children with cancer.

The Government is committed to making the United Kingdom home of genomic healthcare and the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy, which we plan to launch in autumn 2019, will set out how the genomics community can work together to make the UK the global leader. The strategy will look at how genomic analysis at system-wide level can continue to be optimised for the benefit of UK patients with a range of conditions, including cancer, but it will not seek to focus in each type of cancer individually.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what cancer types will be offered whole genome sequencing through the Genomic Medicine Service as part of routine care in the next five years.
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Eleanor Smith

As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service has committed to sequencing 500,000 whole genomes by 2023/24.

During 2019, whole genome sequencing will be available as part of routine NHS clinical care for some patients with rare disease and cancer, where there is evidence that it is clinically effective. The conditions are outlined in the National Genomic Test Directory which specifies which genomic tests are commissioned by the NHS in England, the technology by which they are available, and the patients who will be eligible to access to a test. This is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/national-genomic-test-directories/

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to consult with charities and patient organisations on whole genome sequencing.

Genomics England has consulted charities, patient groups and participants from the 100,000 Genomes Project during the development of consent materials for the use of data from whole genome sequencing in research. Genomics England has also engaged with and sought input from charities and participants as it explores how best to realise the ambition to sequence five million genomes.

The NHS Genomic Medicine Centres established by NHS England to support the delivery of the 100,000 Genomes project have engaged with patients, the public and the independent sector. In addition, as part of the development of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, NHS England is working with charities and patient organisation to help develop patient facing materials and information that will be used to support the introduction of whole genome sequencing in the National Health Service.

The Government is committed to making the United Kingdom home of genomic healthcare and the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy, which we plan to launch in autumn 2019, will set out how the genomics community can work together to make the UK the global leader. The Government is consulting widely - including with charities and patient organisations - in the development of the National Genomics Healthcare Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which diagnostic tests will whole genome sequencing replace, particularly for blood cancers.

During 2019, the National Health Service will begin to offer whole genome sequencing (WGS) as part of clinical care for:

- Seriously ill children likely to have a rare genetic disorder;

- People with one of 21 rare conditions where current evidence supports early adoption of WGS as a diagnostic test; and

- People with specific types of cancer for which there is likely to be the greatest patient benefit from using WGS – children with cancer, sarcoma and acute myeloid leukaemia.

WGS will only replace existing diagnostic tests once the testing is demonstrated to be clinically safe to replace existing diagnostic testing. Initially, existing diagnostic testing will continue to be performed alongside WGS testing where clinically appropriate. This will continue until WGS is able to fully support clinical decision making within clinically appropriate timescales.

Current testing for blood cancers includes a number of diagnostic tests, the current expectation is that WGS will not be used to replace tests that require very fast turnaround times (under 24 hours) or high sensitivity.

WGS and non-WGS testing that will be available as part of clinical care is outlined in the National Genomic Test Directory at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/national-genomic-test-directories/

The UK Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN) published the NHS Directory of Genetic Disorders/Genes for Diagnostic Testing, which evaluated and recommended genetic tests for rare and inherited disorders for the National Health Service across the UK. However, there was not an equivalent for cancer genomic testing. The National Genomic Test Directory specifies which genomic tests are commissioned by the NHS in England, the technology by which they are available, and the patients who will be eligible to access to a test.

The National Genomic Test Directory will be updated on an annual basis and NHS England will implement a clear and transparent process, supported by a Clinical and Scientific Expert Panel, to determine which tests are available within the NHS. This will include reviewing any tests that may be retired or replaced by more modern technology, such as WGS. As the price of WGS falls and the clinical evidence improves, we envisage that it will be extended to more conditions and therefore more patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Genomic Test Directory directly replaces the NHS Directory of Genetic Disorders/Genes for Diagnostic Testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will new tests be added to the National Genomic Test Directory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide training for NHS staff on whole genome sequencing.

As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service has committed to sequencing 500,000 whole genomes by 2023/24.

To deliver this, NHS England is working closely with the NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs to monitor the workforce plans that are being put in place to support the delivery of the whole genome sequencing (WGS) service. This will continue after the service has launched as part of ongoing monitoring.

Health Education England established the Genomics Education Programme to support NHS staff to build the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver a WGS service. This programme is being embedded into organisations to enable long term sustainability of the multi-disciplinary, clinical workforce.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional NHS staff will be required to provide the Genomic Medicine Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will hold responsibility for adding new tests to the National Genomic Test Directory.

The National Genomic Test Directory outlines which genomic tests are commissioned by the National Health Service in England, the technology by which they are available, and the patients who will be eligible to access to a test. The Directory will be updated on an annual basis and NHS England will implement a clear and transparent process, supported by a Clinical and Scientific Expert Panel, to determine which tests are available within the NHS. This will include reviewing any tests that may be retired or replaced by more modern technology, such as whole genome sequencing. As the price of whole genome sequencing falls and the clinical evidence improves, we envisage that it will be extended to more conditions and therefore more patients. More information on the Directory is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/national-genomic-test-directories/

There is considerable variation in the reported costs of genomic analysis. For Genomics England, during the 100,000 Genomes project, these were in order of £2,500 per cancer patient. This included sequencing both the patient’s normal genome and their tumour, as well as the running costs of undertaking both the sequencing and bioinformatics for analysis and interpretation.

Health Education England established the Genomics Education Programme to support NHS staff to build the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver a whole genome sequencing service. This programme is being embedded into organisations to enable long-term sustainability of the multi-disciplinary clinical workforce.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of a single whole genome sequencing test for (a) blood cancers and (b) other cancer types.
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Summary: With the development of textile, Non-woven fabric is more and more popular in textile indurstries. It is a new processing, different from traditional knitted or woven fabric. Here is a brief introduction of non-woven fabric.
With the development of textile, Non-woven fabric is more and more popular in textile indurstries. It is a new processing, different from traditional knitted or woven fabric. Here is a brief introduction of non-woven fabric.
Non-woven fabric: the loose fibers made by bonding or stitching.
At present, two methods using adhesive and puncture. In this processing method can greatly simplify the process, reduce costs and improve labor productivity, has a bright future.
1. They are not made by weaving or knitting and do not require converting the fibers to yarn.
2. Typically, a certain percentage of recycled fabrics and oil-based materials are used in nonwoven fabrics.
3. The percentage of recycled fabrics vary based upon the strength of material needed for the specific use.
In addition, some nonwoven fabrics can be recycled after use, given the proper treatment and facilities. For this reason, some consider nonwovens a more ecological fabric for certain applications, especially in fields and industries where disposable or single use products are important.
Nonwoven fabrics are engineered fabrics that may have a limited life, single-use fabric or a very durable fabric.
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You’ll Be Shocked To Learn Why Typography Is So Important! Here’s 35 Examples.

Typography is one if the most overlooked aspects of graphic design and writing, but one of the most important. There are many reasons why attention needs to be paid to typography, but I’ve broken them down to what I think is the top 5:

Different fonts evoke different emotions from the reader.

You can attract attention and engagement to your main points by varying fonts.

Keep these points in mind while scrolling through the 35 Typography samples below, and even more-so, while working on your next project. Enjoy!

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Conclusion

Could I of made this collection more engaging by changing fonts? Probably. Don’t underestimate the potentially positive influence that typography has in making your articles, logos, slogans, or descriptions more exciting.

I hope that you enjoyed this Typography collection! Thanks for stopping by!

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What is a myxedema coma?
Myxedema is the medical term for severe hypothyroidism. It also refers to the skin changes that can happen with this condition.
Hypothyroidism occurs when the body does not make enough of the thyroid hormones. It is estimated that 4.6 percent of the United States (U.S.) population, aged 12 years and above, has hypothyroidism.
Most cases of hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, are mild. However, hypothyroidism left untreated can result in myxedema.
The most life-threatening complication associated with myxedema is a myxedema coma.
When the body experiences an ongoing deficiency of thyroid hormones, there is a heightened risk of a myxedema coma.
A myxedema coma is also known as a myxedema crisis. This serious medical condition occurs when the body can no longer cope with long-term, severely low levels of thyroid hormones.
Although it is rare, a myxedema coma is a medical emergency that requires immediate attention. In some cases, it can result in death.
Despite the name, a myxedema coma does not require the presence of either myxedema (skin changes) or a coma for it to be diagnosed.
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, the primary sign of myxedema coma is a deterioration of mental state. For example, a person may experience confusion, hallucinations, or disorientation.
Potential causes of myxedema include inflammation or removal of the thyroid gland, certain medicines, and pregnancy.
Myxedema is the result of severe hypothyroidism that is undiagnosed or not treated. It is most commonly seen in those with a history of thyroid surgery or radiotherapy.
Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune condition and the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the U.S.
Thyroiditis, or inflammation of the thyroid gland.
Congenital hypothyroidism, a condition present from birth that is usually screened for in newborns.
Surgical removal of the thyroid due to thyroid cancer or other conditions.
Pituitary gland abnormalities caused by surgery, tumors, or medical conditions, such as Sheehan's syndrome.
Pregnancy, with some research estimating that hypothyroidism occurs in 1 out of every 1,600 to 2,000 deliveries.
In rare cases, myxedema may occur in people with normal thyroids but whose pituitary gland or hypothalamus, both of which are part of the brain, fail to send messages correctly to the thyroid gland.
Thyroid hormones regulate metabolism, or the way the body uses energy. If thyroxine levels are low, many of the body's functions slow down. Learn more about hypothyroidism.
The biggest risk factor for myxedema coma is to have hypothyroidism that is untreated.
A doctor, usually an endocrinologist, will probably be able to diagnose severe hypothyroidism or myxedema based on a person's symptoms. A diagnosis will be confirmed using blood tests.
T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine). Low levels of hormones produced by the thyroid can indicate hypothyroidism.
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Produced by the pituitary gland, a high level of TSH suggests hypothyroidism. This is because the pituitary is signaling to the thyroid that more levels of T3 and T4 are needed in the body.
Heart activity may be checked using an ECG (electrocardiogram) and the brain may be looked at with a CT scan. Lung function might also be tested.
As myxedema coma is a medical emergency and life threatening, so it requires immediate treatment, usually in an intensive care unit (ICU).
Treatment options may include thyroid hormone replacement therapy, which will be administered through an IV line.
Doctors will continually monitor the level of consciousness and vital signs of those with myxedema coma.
Thyroid hormone replacement therapy is administered through a vein, using an intravenous (IV) line.
It may take weeks for a person's thyroid hormones to return to normal levels. Once levels are restored, their symptoms will improve. However, some form of thyroid medication will be necessary for the rest of the person's life.
If doctors do not diagnose myxedema coma swiftly and treat it urgently, it can be fatal. Even with prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment, studies have suggested that between 30 and 60 percent of people die.
However, once myxedema is under control and the symptoms of myxedema coma have passed, the outlook is good, provided people follow their treatment regimen for the rest of their lives.
Article last reviewed by Fri 4 August 2017.
Leonard, Jayne. "Myxedema coma: Causes, risk factors, and outlook." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 4 Aug. 2017. Web.


Phone number forwarding has always been a tool that businesses have used to their advantage. Phone number forwarding was used to increase business, connect to an answering service or call center, and even used to handle calls from branch locations. As business changes, phone number forwarding is changing as well. Companies use toll free numbers as a tool to be able to do business more easily across the country. Toll free numbers are usually set up via call forwarding and the affordability of these numbers has exploded.
For years, phone companies offer features such as Remote Call Forwarding (RCF) to clients. RCF would give the illusion that a company was local to a certain area. While many businesses initially frowned at this process, it became a common practice. Remote call forwarding allows a business in the city, to have a suburban presence making them more desirable and expanding their marketplace. In addition, many companies use the RCF feature so that the phones are always forwarded to their cellular phone or hand held devise.
Connecting to an Answering Service or call center is another reason for phone number forwarding. Companies typically utilize this feature to connect to the contact center. Call forwarding is a feature that has changed the way that answering services do business. In the past answering services are very limited. In addition, the end user incurred tremendous costs in having to "tie" their telephones to the call center. Today, nearly ninety percent of businesses utilize phone number forwarding to connect to their answering services.
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YTO Express Group Co. Ltd. is set to spend 12.2 billion yuan ($1.79 billion) to build an aviation logistics hub in East China’s Zhejiang province, as the courier gears up to compete with rivals, including SF Express, amid a booming e-commerce trade.
The facilities will encompass an area of over 1 million square meters (247 acres) within Jiaxing Airport, the Shanghai-based courier said in a statement (link in Chinese) on Monday.
An initial investment of 7.3 billion yuan will be spent on building the hub, on which construction is set to begin this year and for which plans call for completion by 2021. The remainder of the 12.2 billion yuan will go to expand other businesses, including cargo jets.
The hub will act as a cargo center for YTO both nationally and globally. Part of the capital will be used to expand the company’s cargo-plane fleet to 50 by 2030, up from the current 10. By 2030, the facilities are expected to have an annual freight capacity of 1.1 million tons, and to more than double to 2.4 million tons by 2050.
Flights from Jiaxing Airport, on China’s city cluster on the Yangtze River Delta, can reach all of China’s main urban centers — including the Pearl River Delta in the southern Guangdong province — within three hours, YTO Vice President Su Xiufeng said.
The move comes as the country’s couriers race to expand their logistics networks to meet surging demand on the back of thriving e-commerce activities. YTO Express currently rents cargo capacity from airline companies to provide courier services for more than 1,000 routes.
The company is playing catch-up to larger rival SF Express Co. Ltd., which operated a fleet of 40 cargo jets as at the end of last year.
SF Express is building a $5.9 billion logistics hub in Central China’s Hubei province. The aviation center will be in the city of Ezhou, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from the provincial capital of Wuhan. The project got approval from authorities early this year.


Following an Oscar nomination for Bridesmaids back in 2012, Melissa McCarthy is getting Oscar buzz again for her starring role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? based on the memoir by Lee Israel.
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Family law is the law of domestic relations. It is concerned with issues that involve family relationships, parties that are related either by blood or by marriage. When facing the family law, it is essential to hire a real lawyer to assist your legal process. A lawyer will help you through the process to ease you. They are knowledgeable, experienced, and skillful. Find seasoned professionals to be the attorney of your case. Family law encompasses an array of legal issues and matters. Attorneys who practice family law customarily handle divorce, adoption, child support, child custody, emancipation, paternity, pre-nuptials, and all other related legal matters. For more detailed information and explanation, we break down the most popular issues of family laws where lawyers are typically needed.
The large preponderance of the proceedings of family law is the result of romantic relationship or marriage termination or separation. In a typical case, each spouse usually hires their own attorney. For spouses that have only been married for a short time, they may ask for an annulment. For long-term married couples, they will ask for separation by divorce. There are a lot of things that come with marriage termination. These things are property division, financial support such as alimony, and proposing plans for child custody, support, and visitation. They will usually organize a settlement plan so that they can avoid a trial. But if trials ensue, attorneys will make the best out of it.
When children are involved, it is a matter of family law. Issues such as child support, child custody, adoption, surrogacy, paternity, and even emancipation are on the list. Child support and child custody are the issues that follow along with separation of the parents. Adoption and surrogacy are matters concerning on obtaining a child. Surrogacy is a complex process. But not as complex as adoption. Therefore, it is crucial to consult a reputable attorney. Paternity is the step to take to establish and disestablish fatherhood, usually done by tests. Emancipation, on the other hand, is when a child takes on adult responsibility and no longer being under the care of their parents.
Agreements related to family, relationship, and marriage matters are all under the law of domestic relations. These arrangements are to settle a dispute, conflicts, and other problems whether in the present or in the future. These agreements include separation agreements, cohabitation agreements, prenuptial agreements, and also post-nuptial agreements.


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Founder of "Le Lotus Blanc®", Instructor and Registered Thai Therapist, Xavier began to study martial arts when he was 8 years old and has been studying Karate-Do during 10 years, as well as an interest in yoga. As a teenager, he met many people involved in the esoteric world and spiritual practices, so all these conditions led him to get more and more interest for energetic practices.
In 1998 he became interested in Chinese internal arts such as Qi Gong and Tai Ji Quan which he has been teaching during 9 years in Poitiers, France. In the early 2000 years he discovered the traditional massage techniques and became enthusiastic about Korean Relaxation and Traditional Thai Massage. Since his first journey to Thailand in August 2006 and his meeting with ″Coocky″ Tassanee Boonsom, he is mainly specialising in the practice and teaching of Traditional Thai Massage as well as in Abdominal Detox Massage, also known as Chi Nei Tsang. There he attended several schools internationally renowned such as the Old Medicine Hospital, Sunshine Massage School and of course LoiKroh Traditional Thai Massage & Yoga.
Between 2008 and 2014 Xavier mainly lived in Chiang Mai where he co-directed LoiKroh Traditional Thai Massage & Yoga with Coocky and taught there to many students coming from different countries. During that time, he has also completed several courses of OsteoThai with David Lutt, and has begun to study Kundalini Yoga with Siri Shabad Singh.
Today Xavier is trained in the specific technique of Karsai Massage (also known as Karsai Nei Tsang) with Coocky, and continues his journey in Traditional Thai Massage and OsteoThai with Arno L’Hermitte.
Xavier Hlavacek is the official representative in France of LoiKroh Traditional Thai Massage & Yoga, massage school based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Owner and founder of LoiKroh Traditional Thai Massage & Yoga School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Coocky is one of the most experienced specialists in Traditional Thai Massage, Abdominal Detox Massage (also known as Chi Nei Tsang) and Karsai Massage (also known as Karsai Nei Tsang).
Tassanee Boonsom has trained with and learned from many different teachers. She studied nerve touch or "jap sen" with her first teacher Mama Lek Chaiya on Thapae Road in Chiang Mai. Then she searched for more schools to study at and completed several more courses with Pichest Boonthumme, Ithidet Manarat "Poo", at the Old Medicine Hospital, the Health Care Department of Thailand, and Wat Po to name a few.
Tassanee Boonsom has also studied several times at Tao Garden: Chi Nei Tsang with Master Mantak Chia and Jutta Kellenberger, Chi Kong and Tai Chi with Master Li Hechun, and Karsai Nei Tsang with Khun Nom and Khun Ni. In the same way Coocky studied self-development with Khun Jasmine at Pothiyalai, Ashtanga Yoga with William at Yogasala and practiced meditation at Wat Rampoeng in Chiang Mai. She has been practising Reusi Datton (traditional Thai yoga), for many years and recently she has begun to study Kundalini Yoga with Siri Shabd Singh.
Coocky has travelled overseas since 2003, including Japan, Switzerland and Italy, to promote and teach Traditional Thai Massage and Abdominal Detox Massage. Since 2014 she regularly visits France to support Xavier Hlavacek's massage school based in Poitiers.


Microsoft is officially putting an end to its mobile phone efforts, at least in their current form. In a new support document, first spotted by Thurrott, the company says that on December 10, 2019, Windows 10 Mobile users will stop receiving security updates, bug fixes and other forms of support.
What does this mean? Essentially, the end of Windows 10 Mobile. Microsoft says that automatic device backups for settings and select apps will continue for 3 months, and some services such as photo uploads, will continue for up to 12 months, but other than that users shouldn’t expect any other activity.
So what should Windows 10 Mobile users do now?
Microsoft actually ended active development on Windows 10 Mobile back in late 2017, so this isn’t exactly new information. But I think a lot of folks expected the company to figure out a way to save the platform, or at least come up with a new strategy for mobile before completely discontinuing this one.
As you may recall, Microsoft actually held a large portion of the smartphone marketshare in the years leading up to 2007. But once iPhone and Android devices started popping up, the Windows-maker—like Palm, BlackBerry and others— struggled to compete in the new touchscreen, app-focused climate.


Simon Staffans: 6 Ways to Disrupt TV

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Disrupt television, and you’ll be onto a goldmine; not only financially, but also socially and storytelling-wise. Many attempts have been made, and television as a whole has shrugged its shoulders and carried on with business as usual. For anyone contemplating being the person to actually disrupt television, here are six possible starting points to take note of:

1. Understand the people in television

This might be news to some, but the television industry is made up of hundreds of thousands of people. The might just have started out or they might have been in the biz for decades; they might be operating cameras or work as show runners, or they might be in the upper echelons of major broadcasters. They’re all people, though. And they all have the same traits as people overall; some are reluctant to change, some embrace it. Some are in it for the money, some for the art, and so on. What anyone wanting to disrupt television need to embrace is the simple fact that they need to take into account a long history of how things have been done, and try to argue against this history, while viewing figures are still as strong as ever. I saw a good example of this issue at MIPCOM 2012, when YouTube held a workshop for producers – “How to work with YouTube” – where there was very little discussion and quite a lot of “listen to us telling you how you should function and produce”. Yes, YouTube has a lot of weight to throw around, but at the same time, actually listening to and respecting your counterpart is usually a good way to start off collaborations. Research the people, how they talk and how they function, so that you can talk on the same level to them.

2. Actually watch some TV to start with

It’s interesting, how many of the people I’ve met working on distruptive stuff that don’t actually watch television. They might have a favorite series, that they torrent once a week, or they might catch sports events or the occasional other event, but they don’t watch television. It should be an essential part of anyone working on distrupting a field, to familiarize themselves with that field of activity before attempting to disrupt it. Again, look at it as research. But never just watch TV. Stay focused and analyze what you see, mirroring your analysis against what you’re working on.

3.Make it easier; or cheaper; or better

There are only three ways you will gain enough interest for whatever it is you are doing for it to get any sort of traction within the TV industry.Whatever it is that you’re trying to do it has to make people’s work or their output or their connection to the audience either easier or cheaper or better. Preferrably all three, of course; if a choice has to be made I, as a creator, would go for better over easier and easier over cheaper; other people in the biz would probably have other preferences.

4. Understand that there is no one fix for all

Again, so many of the people I talk to claim that their solution will work across the TV industry. It won’t – simple as that. If it’s not down to territories and cultural identities and tradition, it’s down to even more basic stuff such as audience and genres and broadcaster policies and ratings. A thorough market research is the one thing essential to perform to break through this. You need to know WHO would need what you have on offer and have a pretty good guess as to HOW they might react when you pitch it to them. Even then, if you’ve managed to land a deal, make sure you keep check on everything you can keep check on; even within the walls of a broadcaster, the differences between different departments – silos – might be staggering.

5. The audience is – again – your channel

I wrote a post earlier on the audience being your channel to utilise to connect to other members of the audience. The same goes for broadcasters; the best way to get to them is through their viewers, without TV being attached at all from the beginning.Take for example the instant social media behemoth that is Twitter. Since people have started using Twitter and discover that the instant communication possibility is both exhilirating, interesting and a little bit frightening, and that it is as made for tweeting and commenting along to different types of content, broadcasters have begun to take note as well. They HAD to, as people were talking about their shows on Twitter anyway; now they hashtag every other show on their channels. By not giving a damn about the TV industry, Twitter impacted it more than many other ventures around the world.

6. Be prepared to let partners in, or to let go of control

Finally, there is next to no way that you will have your solution to yourself, if you want to get into the industry and make an impact. Just as with TV formats, where the first broadcaster to agree to broadcast a first series in most cases automatically assume that 20-30% of the rights to the format should belong to them. And they usually do. Also, distributors, co-production partners etc, they all have their say and their claim on percentages of your idea. My suggestion would be to lawyer up and defend your corner and your proposal – within the limits of decent behaviour and common sense, naturally.

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As Head of Social Media for Reed MIDEM, James Martin oversees social strategy and deployment for B2B events MIPTV and MIPCOM, Midem (music industry) and MIPIM & MAPIC (real estate & retail). He is based in Reed MIDEM's Paris office.

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In an interesting turn of events, Apple executives revealed that the Apple ID password linked to the iPhone 5c belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooter was changed within 24 hours of the government taking possession of the phone.
Previously, the FBI believes that San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone could contain information about the shooting, including the names and contact information of other terrorists and may contain evidence of other planned attacks. Unfortunately, the attacker’s iPhone was locked and requires a numerical PIN to unlock the device. As a result, FBI wants Apple to provide access to his iPhone and a federal judge ordered Apple Inc. to provide access of the iPhone’s encrypted data to the FBI.
However, Apple has declined the request saying it would set a “dangerous precedent” and Apple CEO Tim Cook has written an open letter clarifying his and the company’s stand on protecting its user’s privacy.
Now, Buzzfeed News reports that the Apple Executives has found a key fact that could subvert the basis of the court order that forces Apple to provide backdoor access of iPhone to FBI. According to Buzzfeed, Apple executives are in talk with the government since early January regarding this case and they proposed four different ways to recover the information the government is interested in without building a backdoor.
One such method was to connect the phone to a known Wi-Fi network and then trigger an iCloud backup on the device, which then might provide the FBI with the desired information. The company had even sent its trusted engineers to FBI’s office for this, but they failed to recover any data using this method as the Apple ID password associated with the device was changed. The executives also claim that if the password had not changed then the government would not need to demand the company create a “backdoor” to access the iPhone, thus effectively posing a threat to customers’ privacy.
However, the FBI insists that the San Bernardino Health Department, which owned the iPhone 5c and assigned it to then-employee Farook, changed the password.
The recent revelation follows a push by the U.S. Department of Justice to compel Apple’s cooperation in assisting the FBI with creating a backdoor to the iPhone in question. The Department of Justice has earlier filed a new motion to force Apple comply with the order to assist FBI and called Apple’s stance in this case as a marketing ploy.
Apple says that no other government has ever requested the company to make encryption modifications of its software. In addition, the company also claims that the tool the FBI is asking the company to create could potentially work as a blueprint for cracking into more devices in the future, even going so far as to render a key security feature of newer iPhones and iPads useless.
We are not sure how long Apple can keep its stance and whether it will give into government pressure. However, we can be sure this will define the future of the security in newer iOS and Apple may even design their OS to make it technically impossible to force them to comply with requests like this.
will the same apply for other mobile vendors too? or other mobiles are easily crackable?


Feel free to discuss things you'd like to see in OmniGraffle for iPad, problems you're having, and so forth here on the forums, but myself and the other Support Ninjas would really appreciate it if everyone tried extra-hard to send feedback to us via email.
We do what we can to make sure that we get feedback into the system regardless of where it comes from; when we're as busy as we are right now, though, it's very easy for one of those requests to get lost in the shuffle here on the boards.
If you use the Send Feedback item in the Omni menu (on the document picker screen), or send it to us at omnigraffle-ipad@omnigroup.com, it goes straight into our trouble-tracking system, and I can guarantee that the appropriate folks will read it.


Thank you! aw, why don't you get a chance to comment often?
love your pictures! you have a great eye! and i truly have a soft spot for b+w photos!


It may not be a surprise to hear that Mike Tomlin is at a Pro Day. Year in and year out it is reported that Tomlin is spotted at Pro Days more than any other coach in the NFL. However, for the Michigan Pro Day Mike Tomlin rounded up the whole crew and for good reason.
General Manager Kevin Colbert, Director of Player Scouting Dan Rooney Jr. Defensive coordinator Keith Butler, Defensive assistant Terryl Austin, and tight ends coach James Daniel, and even special teams coach Keith Butler were spotted at the event to highlight each Michigan draft prospect.
The obvious tie is going to be with Devin Bush, and for good reason, but Michigan has plenty of pro talent to offer. Rooney Jr. was out with pass rusher Chase Winovich the night before. Here is the list of every Michigan player, and the likelihood of the Steelers drafting them.
Every mock draft from now until draft day is going to at least bring up the name Devin Bush, and most are going to pin him to the Steelers. The Steelers have a huge need at linebacker and barely addressed it when Ryan Shazier went down with his devastating injury. It seems as though they are set to make amends and Kevin Colbert even admitted he did not do enough to fill that void.
The Steelers signed a cornerback and a wide receiver and let L.J. Fort go in free agency. They seem to be betting that whether it be Bush or White, one of them is going to drop to 20.
The good news for Steelers fans is that three quarterbacks and four offensive linemen all have top 20 potential. There is also a group of impact pass rushers who should go high, leaving the chance that the second or even first linebacker selected in 2019 is at pick 20. If that is the case, Bush would be the perfect fit and the Steelers sent the big names to sign off on him.
The Steelers also met with a Michigan pass rusher who graduated from Thomas Jefferson high school. The Steelers may be looking to bring Winovich back home in a package deal with his Michigan teammate Bush. Winovich is a savage off of the edge who plays with high intensity snap in and snap out.
On top of that, he tested extremely athletic, especially in his bend and flexibility. That is key for getting around the edge quickly as a pass rusher. Think of James Harrison and how low he was able to get to the ground when he dipped below tackles.
Winovich has short arms and struggled to turn pressures into sacks, which is going to drop him closer to the Steelers second-round pick. With Bud Dupree signed for one more year Winovich could compete with Dupree for one season with the upside to replace him long term.
Most will point to Bush and Winovich, but the secondary could use David Long in the middle rounds as well. While Long does not get the buzz of the other two, it’s mainly because he did not allow many catches. Long allowed nine catches all season but lined up on the outside and projects to the slot in the NFL due to his size limitations.
Still, Long tested as an elite athlete and played like one as he pressed and mimicked receivers routes. His inside-outside combination and production could entice the Steelers in the middle rounds.
Gentry is a pure blocking tight end. He is a strong run blocker, who is limited in the passing game. The Steelers could find a compliment to Vance McDonald in the late rounds with Gentry.
Even Karan Higdon could fill into the Steven Ridley role. He is undersized, but runs tough and can break tackles. Ridley provided in short yardage situations and special teams, and while Danny Smith may be interested in the three names above, Higdon could fill those same shoes for the Steelers next season.
Gary did not particapte in the Pro Day events and is likely to be drafted before the Steelers select at 20th overall.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that a former graduate student's lawsuit alleging his free-speech rights were violated over his conservative political beliefs should be allowed to go to trial.
The Providence Journal reports the high court's ruling Monday reverses a superior court judge's decision to dismiss William Felkner's case.
Felkner claims Rhode Island College advocated a "progressive" social agenda, retaliated against him for expressing his political beliefs and compelled him to change his beliefs to get his degree.
Felkner, who never completed his degree at the School of Social Work, says he is looking forward to his day in court.
RIC spokesman John Taraborelli says the college maintains Felkner's constitutional rights were not violated, and that the actions of defendants were appropriate at all times.


Philadelphia PA – March 22, 2013 – K-2 Partners, LLC today announced that Mike Boehringer is joining the company in the role of Director. Boehringer has crammed a lot of activity and experience into his business life and he is no stranger to anyone associated with the Secure Destruction industry.
After a consulting background with Andersen Consulting, his introduction to the industry came in 1992, with the founding of the family business in Macedonia Ohio, called Shredding Solutions. When the business was acquired by Iron Mountain, Boehringer founded EZ Shred, LLC and developed the popular EZ Shred industry-specific software application, which he later also successfully sold.
In 2008 he joined 3GS, LLC a Private Equity backed company wishing to execute a shredding industry roll-up strategy. As Chief Operating Officer, he led the company through 23 acquisitions in the first 43 months of its existence and ultimately managed more than 150 employees. In 2012 he played an important role in the sale of the company to Cintas.
Boehringer is also a Partner in Landridge Development, a commercial real estate development firm, as well as the Managing Partner at Hudson Capital Partners, a small Private Equity group.
“We are pleased to have Mike join K-2. His experience and professionalism are a great ‘fit’ for our company. He is well known in the industry, has extensive connections and will allow us to expand our bandwidth”, said Bob Miller, Partner, K-2 Partners, LLC.
K-2 Partners recently announced that it had closed 11 deals during 2012 and a total of 19 transactions since its founding in mid-2010. The company also surpassed the $400 million mark in aggregate deal value.
“We are very excited about Mike joining out team”, said Vlad Vasak, one of the partners of K-2 Partners, LLC.“He has a strong background in the shredding industry, extensive deal experience and a very pragmatic approach to business. He will be a great addition to K-2 in this active industry sector” added Vasak.
Boehringer will be based in Hudson Ohio (suburban Cleveland).


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