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There is much more to faxing a paper document than many business people realize. When you figure out how much you are losing in productivity and money by just sending a fax, you will start to look for alternatives to faxing. If you are actively looking for something that replaces manual faxing, then your answer is email faxing.

When you compare email faxing with Metrofax to the process of sending a manual fax, you will quickly start to see why email faxing is the preferred alternative. The best part about using an email fax service is that you do not need to learn anything new. If you can scan a document and send an email, then you can use email faxing.

Access Costs

Contracting with an email fax service provider only adds one single cost to your business communication bills. You already access the Internet and you already have a cellular phone service that accesses the Internet. All you need is an inexpensive email fax service provider.

When you add a physical fax machine to your office, you need to pay for the installation of a new line and you have to pay the monthly costs of maintaining that line. If you did not have the fax machine, there would be no need for the additional telecommunication charges.

Time Management

When an email fax is sent, it can be done instantly. To send a paper fax you need to dial a number, wait for the other end to pick up, wait for the document to load and then hope it goes through successfully. If the other end of the line is busy, then the waiting game begins.

An email fax is received by the intended recipient immediately and can then be acted on accordingly. A paper fax could sit for hours before anyone sees it and there is no guarantee that the fax will actually make it to the intended recipient as it could be thrown out with the pile of unsolicited marketing faxes that come across every day.

Supplies

To send and receive documents with an email fax service you need a computer or cellular phone with Internet access. To receive a paper fax you need paper and ink. The direct comparison shows that even though the cost for receiving one paper fax is minimal, it does exist. When you spread that out to dozens or hundreds of faxes a week, the cost for supplies in receiving paper faxes adds up.

Those same supplies are used when confirming an outgoing fax. An email fax is confirmed with a paperless email. A paper fax requires more paper and ink to be confirmed.

Email faxing is something that can save your company money and save you time. If you are looking for a great way to cut expenses, then you need to learn about email faxing.

Anyone who wishes to enter the information technology field has reason to celebrate. According to a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor report, approximately 10,000 new technology jobs were added during May 2011. The study also stated that there was a steady monthly growth since January.

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IT staffing companies and recruiters have also stated that they are hiring more technology professionals. Therefore, these statistics reflect a steady growth of job opportunities. But which areas of this growing field are especially in-demand? Here’s a look at some of the more in-demand positions:

Business Architect

The idea that the information technology department remains completely separate from the rest of the company is no longer valid. Businesses are now recognizing that technology may actually be a driving force for success. The position of business architect is part of the upper management organization and needs to completely understand the business model of the company, as well as technology needs.

Social Media

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Social media sites is becoming increasingly important to many businesses. Social networking sites are no longer monopolized by Twitter or Facebook. As the complexities of social media advance, it is important for companies to hire specialists who can pull it all together. These specialists need to have the knowledge to build social networks for communication between businesses and their customer base in an effective manner.

Mobile Technology

The advent of the smartphone and other mobile computing devices has created the need for professionals in this area. Mobile applications and security measures are some of the highest concerns for this computing area. Not only do companies need professionals to create mobile computing apps, but also they need people to manage the in-house use of the devices—everything from setup to support.

Data Scientist

Big data or all of that information coming from system logs, click streams and many others mean that someone needs to be able to create logic from that information. Within all that seemingly unstructured data are information about system failures, customer behavior and more. Data scientists take these mounds of data and can turn it into new opportunities for the business model, or prevent a major system failure. Professionals in this area need to have expertise in some very unique tools such as the R programming language or various analytics software.

These examples are just a few of the many positions that are in high demand. If you are looking for a new career or just a change, consider one of these positions.

Technological gadgets are always a fun gift for people that seem to have everything. Those who enjoy playing with the latest technology usually have a lot of fun experimenting to do with these items.

Spy Toys for Everyday Use

The latest gadget in civilian spy gear comes in the shape of a pen, fitting comfortably and discreetly in the pocket of a jacket or shirt. It is a fun way to video friends doing stupid things without them knowing, then posting the videos on Youtube and teasing them mercilessly. The pen is multi-functional; not only is it an actual pen that can be used to take notes in a pinch, but it also holds enough power to record up to two hours of high-definition video, or take photos by pressing the button at the bottom. Made by Hammacher Schlemmer, this item is sure to be a hit for the aspiring sleuth or jokester in anyone’s life.

Light Up Blocks

One especially cool gadget for someone who enjoys building things is the light-up 3D construction set, each piece coming equipped with an LED bulb to light up the creation. Future engineers can create animals, bridges or other shapes, which can be set to blink for some extra psychedelic flare.

Facebook Your Next Vacation

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Social media seems to be everywhere, including in airports, as Dutch airline KLM has announced its latest venture, a Facebook-powered app to book last minute flights. Users can log on, chat with friends and secure a trip to see their loved ones this holiday season.

Computers and Tablets are Always a Hit

With so many gift ideas for gadget lovers, it can be tough to narrow down just one. A tablet or computer is always a great option, since any technological wizard can find use of the latest software and programs available. Be cautious when perusing the Web, however, as many adware and spyware companies are pushing products that can be malicious to the files stored on the hard drive. Unlike the Zugo Bing toolbar, some programs often result in a change to the home page and are difficult to remove or uninstall. Those who are experienced in computers may even struggle to uninstall the features, but luckily, these types of programs are usually not dangerous, they are simply an annoyance.

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Gifts for Friends and Family

Shopping for gifts this holiday won’t be difficult with many fun and unique options for the gadget geek in a person’s life. These toys are a great way to share a love for technology with someone who may not need anything specific.

Have you decided on what to give this season?

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The quality of health care depends on innumerable variables, many of which are speculative and hypothetical, or independent and negligibly regulable, or even downright uncontrollable. Accordingly, those variables that we, as a society, can control take on heightened importance, and are rightfully owed and subjected to our careful attention.

Two such variables are directly implicated by the matter of physican staffing: how, why, and where physicians are located geographically and employed institutionally, and how, why, and where patients are being served thereby.

These implicated variables can generally be understood as:

1. Physician satisfaction with their current or prospective jobs or opportunities, i.e., whether physicians’ personal needs, priorities, and long-term goals are being adequately served by current operative staffing mechanisms; and

1. Patient access to medical providers, i.e., whether patients’ necessary access to geographically-proximate and specialty-apposite medical providers is being adequately assured by these same staffing mechanisms.

Today, an entire industry is dedicated specifically to the comprehensive mission of devising and enacting innovative physician staffing solutions that optimize at once the assurance both of physician satisfaction and patient access.

This industry’s affiliates are known widely as “locum tenen” companies, their work and designation tracing back to a 1970 federal grant aimed at affording physician staffing services to rural, underserved U.S. regional health clinics. This program essentially recruited physicians to participate in a novel type of medical practice opportunity: On an as-needed, short-term staffing assistance basis in response to arising pressing circumstances.

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Fittingly applied, then, the “locum tenen” designation comes from the Latin phrase meaning “to hold the place of, to substitute for,” and this distinctive class of medical practice opportunities availing are now, accordingly, also known widely as “locum tenen jobs.”

Since its first manifestation over 30 years past, “locum tenens” physician staffing solutions have become an integral service contributing to the quality of health care nationwide. Indeed, countless hospitals, health centers, medical centers and other medical providers across the country actively rely on locum tenens companies to equip them with necessary physicians (in number and specialty) to most effectively serve their patients as circumstances demand.

Equally significantly, thousands of physicians themselves are in turn actively embracing the reality of locum tenen jobs as an alternative way of practicing medicine. These physicians work collaboratively with locum tenen companies in finding their apt and desired placements with the assistance-requesting medical providers; their capacity to choose the kinds of work to best meet their professional needs is critical to their own career satisfaction and to their best work accomplished.

Ultimately, the locum tenen physician staffing solution represents an affirmative hope in the ideal that the quality of health care can to some extent be assured by reasonable, pragmatic human action, by the responsible parties and for the cumulative benefit all parties.

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By BILL DALEY Miami Herald Writer A few months after delivering a pressure-packed long “free-kick” field goal to upset Northwestern, a 29-yard field goal attempt with his team down by two with eight seconds left must have seemed like cotton candy to Belen Jesuit placekicker Sergio Sroka.

And he treated it that way when, after being frozen twice by delays, he calmly and coolly stroked the kick through to give his Private All-Star team a dramatic come-from-behind 18-17 victory over the Public All-Stars in the Tru Sports Foundation’s Third Annual Public/Private All-Star Game at McArthur Stadium in Hollywood in a contest that ended just short of midnight on Friday night.

After victories by each side in the first two contests, the game represented the “rubber” match between the two as the Private squad has now won two of the first three games.

“I just try to block everything out and stay focused on what I have to do,” said Sroka. “The snap was great, the hold was great and all I had to do was swing my leg and put a good foot on it. It feels great to pull this one out.”

Indeed as the Public team dominated the first half in jumping out to a 14-0 lead on the strength of touchdown passes of 4 yards from Norland’s Tony Thomas to Raynard Felder of Carol City in the first quarter and 7 yards from McArthur’s Joe Villar to Charleston Jenkins of Miramar in the second quarter.

But then came the second half and that’s when the real hero of the evening, Calvary Christian quarterback Javan Shashaty took over for the Private team. Shashaty began firing dart after dart to his two favorite targets, Calvary wide receivers Greg Mabin and Shawn Lashbrook along with Belen Jesuit running back Imani Davis.

Trailing 14-2, Shashaty hit Davis on a fourth-down 8-yard touchdown pass midway through the third quarter to make it 14-9. Then, following a 23-yard field goal by Miami Springs’ Ricky Delapuente early in the fourth, led his team on another long drive, culminating once again on a toss to Davis, this one from 2 yards out with nine minutes left. The two point attempt failed leaving it 17-15.

It looked like Shashaty was going to his team in field goal range when, with 4:55 left and facing a fourth-and-five at the Public 45, he made a perfect throw to Gulliver Prep. wide receiver Max Grigio but Grigio couldn’t handle the throw, giving the Public team good field position.

Led by Thomas, the Public squad then soaked up clock and yardage and eventually found itself in a fourth-and-six situation at the Private 20 with 1:42 left. Delapuente lined up for a 37-yard field goal attempt but, perhaps spooked by a blocked field goal earlier in the quarter that was returned 30 yards, Public head coach Andrew Rhoden gambled and faked the field goal. When the holder rolled right, a receiver was wide open for what would have been the clinching touchdown but the pass was overthrown.

With one last chance and just one timeout, Shashaty, then took over at his own 20 with 1:35 left and coolly drove his team down the field, hitting Lashbrook three times along the way. He would finish the night 31-of-46 for 411 yards and two touchdowns and was named the game’s Offensive MVP. Miramar linebacker Mark Rucker was the game’s Defensive MVP with an interception and nine solo tackles.

“There was never a doubt I could move my team down there and it feels great to help my team pull this one out,” said Shashaty who broke all kinds of Broward County passing records but whose small 6-1, 165 lb. frame has kept his phone quiet as far as college offers. “I’m confident that I can play at the next level but whatever path the Lord has planned for me is the path I’ll take.”

“The kid is amazing,” said Private and Archbishop Carroll head coach Raviel Maisonet. “His football IQ is almost off the charts. From the first day of practice, it was almost like he was inside my head. Like he knew exactly what I was thinking. That last drive was amazing and something only a quarterback with his great decision-making ability could orchestrate. What a great football game. What a great night. Congratulations to Mario Smith for putting on such a great event.”

“What more could you ask for,” said Smith, Tru Sports Foundation Executive Director and founder of the game two years ago as he smiled from ear-to-ear after the game. “What a great finish. What a great football game. This is what it’s all about. We can’t thank our sponsors enough for their support to make this game such a success.”

Sponsors for the game including Wingstop, current Oakland Raider and former University of Miami and Monsignor Pace defensive back DeMarcus Van Dyke, Powerade, Tax Network Group, LaLey Sports, U18 Sports Medicine, , Publix, Gateway Video Production and The Hibbert Group R.E.