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Is your EVP past its expiry date?
Most employer value propositions don’t fail at launch. They fail without much notice over time, once the bunting from the launch party has been cleared away and the email footers have faded to become wallpaper. The toolkit remains as fresh and shiny as it was on day one. It just stops being opened, is quietly forgotten and the aspiration and reality become unrealised and irrelevant. This is a pattern we see repeatedly in our work at TMP Worldwide. The data we collect across campaigns reinforces it.
The Board’s New Mandate to CIOs and CHROs
As AI changes jobs, the board wants to know which skills you'll need, where the gaps are and how people will be prepared. Drawing on research with 2,000 HR and IT leaders and employees, Cornerstone's report shows why technology alone is not enough and how working with IT helps HR turn workforce data into better decisions. Who should read it: CHROs, HR directors and people analytics leads preparing a workforce or skills plan for the leadership team. Download the free report.
Buying Or Own A Leasehold Flat?
Join the HomeOwners Alliance for a webinar with their CEO Paula Higgins and Leasehold Advisory Service Senior Solicitor, Alero Orimoloye. We’ll cover the key issues buyers and owners of leasehold properties face, along with the practical options available to you, and what the latest reforms mean for flat owners. Monday 13th April 2026 7.00-8.00pm The event is free and online. You can join and just listen but there will be an anonymous Q&A facility should you wish to ask us a question directly.
Remembrance Day | The Walrus
Looking around the Italian village, bullet holes still peppering the bricks, I can feel something in my bones, haunting me
Buying In London Webinar
Join our next Buying in London Webinar on 29th September 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm for the latest insider tips to help you get on the property ladder. 29th September 2025 7.00-8.00pm The event is free and online. You can join and just listen but there will be an anonymous Q&A facility should you wish to ask us a question directly. Our CEO Paula Higgins will be live sharing top tips from across the HomeOwners Alliance website.
Remortgage Made Simple Webinar
Join our free Remortgage Webinar on Wednesday 7th October 2025, 7.00-8.00pm for the latest insider remortgaging tips from our experts. 14th October 2025 7.00-8.00pm The event is free and online. You can join and just listen but there will be an anonymous Q&A facility should you wish to ask us a question directly. Our CEO Paula Higgins will be live sharing top tips from across the HomeOwners Alliance website and answering your burning remortgage questions.
Yachting World Dayboat Week 2025 at Royal Cornwall Yacht Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat Week 2025 at Royal Cornwall Yacht Club by David MacFarlane 5 Aug 21:28 BST This year's Yachting World Dayboat week was held from 26th to 31st July and was hosted by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth. This has always been a popular venue for the class but this year 30 boats entered, which was the largest fleet the class has enjoyed for 17 years. Another very positive sign for the future of the class was the large number of newcomers, and boats raced by families.
Yachting World Dayboat open meeting at Bosham Sailing Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat open meeting at Bosham Sailing Club by David MacFarlane 27 May 19:26 BST The fourteen-boat fleet that gathered for this year's Bosham SC Yachting World Dayboat Open meeting over the weekend of the 17th and 18th May enjoyed champagne sailing conditions. Four visiting boats joined the home fleet for a highly contested four race series which was only decided on the last leg of the final race. All races were sailed in picturesque Chichester Harbour.
mavis gallant | The Walrus
Her stories are about the cost of living and the cost of love. It’s why they still endure
Chichester Scow National Championship 2024 at Bosham Sailing Club Original
Chichester Scow National Championship 2024 at Bosham Sailing Club by David Macfarlane 19 Jul 15:29 BST A 17 strong fleet of Chichester Scows contested their National Championships at Bosham over the weekend of the 13th and 14th July. The programme consisted of four races over the two days based down the Bosham channel at the Cobnor club line with the racing taking place in the main part of the very picturesque Chichester Harbour.
Yachting World Dayboat Week at Brixham Yacht Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat Week at Brixham Yacht Club by David Macfarlane 30 Jun 14:36 BST A 17-strong fleet of Yachting World Dayboats travelled to Brixham Yacht Club for the week of the 22nd June to take part in Day Boat Week 2024. We were blessed with sunshine and good sailing breezes which gradually strengthened as the week progressed.
Yachting World Dayboat Open at Bosham Sailing Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat Open at Bosham Sailing Club by David MacFarlane 22 May 17:09 BST The 12 boat fleet enjoyed champagne sailing conditions at this year's Bosham SC Open Meeting. The sun shone throughout, and the wind gods delivered a fabulous 10-12 knot breeze. The 10 home boats were joined by two visitors one of whom had travelled all the way from Avon SC. The programme consisted of 4 races over the two days, with committee boat starts in the main part of Chichester Harbour.
Daddy cool: Playing music with your son
I’ve got a new guitar, a kick-ass band and my son on drums. From the December 2003 edition in the Reader's Digest magazine archives, this is how a man ended up playing music with his 13-year-old son “You did what?” my wife asked, her voice rising and her eyes widening with suspicion. For months I'd been dropping in at a music shop. I usually backed away in panic when anyone enquired if I wanted to play a bit.
March 2015 | The Walrus
I was diagnosed with a mental illness at age eleven and joined one of the first generations to grow up on prescription pills
Literary Review of Canada
When people come over, things get put away. After things get put away, things get put out. Chips, usually. The process is inexorable, though what is removed from an interior space before guests arrive varies from neighbourhood to neighbourhood.
illustration | The Walrus
The duo’s previous book was banned extensively. But their latest graphic novel is their freest tale yet
Yachting World Dayboat Week 2023 at Rock Sailing and Waterski Club Original
Please select your home edition or Edition Yachting World Dayboat Week 2023 at Rock Sailing and Waterski Club by David MacFarlane 3 Jul 21:30 BST After a gap of four years, Rock Sailing and Waterski Club welcomed back a highly competitive 24 boat fleet of Yachting World Dayboats for their 2023 Dayboat Week over the week of the 24th June. Rock is a hugely popular venue for the DB's and their families.
At a Snail’s Pace
I hate Scrabble. It gives me a headache. My wife, who is an avid player, knows not to ask me to draw seven tiles — mostly because I’m so bad at figuring out what to do with them. “ ‘And’? That’s the best you can do?” But I’m a good sport, and so when invited to play by friends who are unaware of my inability to think beyond one-syllable conjunctions, it takes about three or four moves (which means, for me, about an hour and a half) before I ask if anyone has an Aspirin.
Chichester Scow National Championship 2023 at Bosham Sailing Club
Chichester Scow National Championship 2023 at Bosham Sailing Club by David Macfarlane 15 Jun 15:04 PDT Over the weekend of the 10th & 11th June, a near-record fleet of 19 Chichester Scows competed for the class championships. With their multi-coloured sails, they made a great sight racing in the main part of Chichester Harbour. The Chichester Scow class at Bosham is one of the largest and most active adult classes at the club with a total fleet of 38 boats.
Climate-Smart Forestry: Promise and risks for forests, society, and climate
Enhanced CSF framework. This analysis finds there is ample opportunity to broaden the concept of CSF to a spectrum of activities currently underrepresented that will increase climate benefits as well as social and environmental co-benefits. Adding to [25] three pillars (see Current definitions and ideas in CSF above), a broader definition could explicitly include additional landscapes, forest types, and interventions with climate benefits.
Corterra Healthcare Chooses Medsphere’s Wellsoft EHR and Original
Salt Lake City, UT, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services, today announced that Corterra Healthcare of Wichita, Kansas, will open a new behavioral health hospital focused on the needs of geriatric and older patients with the company’s Wellsoft electronic health record (EHR) and RCM Cloud revenue cycle management solutions.
Yachting World Dayboat open meeting at Bosham Sailing Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat open meeting at Bosham Sailing Club by David Macfarlane 24 May 15:21 BST Bosham SC hosted their annual Yachting World Dayboat open meeting and, as in previous years, the event was integrated into the club's premier dinghy event the three day Masters. A strong fleet of home club boats was joined by six visitors from Gravesend SC, Thornbury SC and Hamble River SC. Conditions over the two days were ideal for the YWDBs with a challenging force 4-5 wind an unbroken sunshine.
Woke This Morning
I am not sure when my personal habit of Woke started, though I do know it comes from a time in my life when the bathroom was not entirely my own. I’m equally uncertain why I called it Woke in the first place, though claiming that I called it anything is a bit of an exaggeration. As best I remember, the word just popped into my head at the sink one morning in the mid-1970s when I decided hot water wasn’t worth the wait. Woke wasn’t a word that I used, exactly. I never said it. Never wrote it.
Einstein, Benjamin Graham and Napoleon
By David Macfarlane, Director, Discretionary Wealth Management, HSBC Asset Management We know there is an opportunity cost from not investing, particularly given the current inflationary pressures, but it’s important we help clients understand that short-term worries about market volatility shouldn’t override their long-term objectives. Einstein is rumoured to have said that ‘compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world – he who understands it, earns it…. and he who doesn’t, pays it’.
Cherokee Indian Hospital Selects Medsphere’s HealthLine Original
Salt Lake City, UT, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services, today announced that the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is upgrading to the company’s HealthLine supply chain management solution.
Catholic Care Center Selects Medsphere's Wellsoft EHR and Original
Salt Lake City, March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services, today announced that Catholic Care Center of Bel Aire, Kansas, a Wichita suburb, will open a new senior behavioral health hospital with the company’s Wellsoft electronic health record (EHR) and RCM Cloud revenue cycle management solutions.
Medsphere Welcomes Jeri Judkins as New CEO Original
Salt Lake City, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services, today announced that Jeri Judkins is stepping into the role of company CEO. Officially effective February 1, Judkins replaces Irv Lichtenwald, who has been Medsphere CEO since 2011.
ChartLogic Integrates FlexScanMD into Practice Management Original
Salt Lake City, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChartLogic, a division of Medsphere Systems Corporation, today announced the integration of the FlexScanMD inventory management and tracking system into the ChartLogic PM ambulatory practice management (PM) solution. The addition of FlexScanMD broadens the ChartLogic platform and provides clients with a more complete solution without bolt-on software and associated interfaces.
Virgin Pulse and Medsphere Enter into a Collaborative
Providence, RI, and Sandy, UT, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virgin Pulse, the leading global digital-first health, wellbeing, and navigation company, today announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services.
Collaboration in the cloud: Unifying comms in a unified era
David Macfarlane, Managing Director of Gamma delves into how companies can collaborate effectively within the cloud in the post-pandemic era of Unified Communications The big shift towards collaborating in the cloud wasn’t a choice: It was a necessity. When COVID struck, organisations had to act quickly to move everything online, and they didn’t have the time or capacity to run staff through training.
Artist as a Young Man
I was not yet two when my mother took me to Newfoundland. This must have been 1953 or ’54. I’d check the date, but there’s nobody I can ask anymore. I was the first of four children, the first grandchild on my mother’s side. I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, which is where my father lived all his life and my mother, all her married life. Whatever its charms, Hamilton was not Newfoundland — a fact that my homesick mother often pointed out. I’m surprised she waited as long as she did to take me back.
Medsphere Achieves SOC 2 Data Security Recognition Original
Salt Lake City, Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services, has received Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2) recognition. Managed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), SOC 2 is a framework that can be applied to any company that stores and manages customer data in the cloud.
News | Asia Asset Management
Search by year Search by month Search by tag Search by keyword Private Equity: Partners Group’s co-CEO says market outlook for deals and fundraising this year is “average-ish” Analysis: Oligarchs, terrorists, tyrants and fraudsters certainly benefit from Switzerland’s banking secrecy laws Analysis: Swiss referendum to hold companies legally accountable for protecting human rights and the environment defeated narrowly Research: Growth driven by strong stock market gains, according to study...
Yachting World Dayboat National Championships at Brixham Yacht Club Original
Please select your home edition or Edition Yachting World Dayboat National Championships at Brixham Yacht Club by David MacFarlane 3 Aug 22:52 BST A strong fleet of 22 boats gathered at Brixham Yacht club over the week of the 23rd July, to compete in the YWDB Class National Championships. All the major clubs with fleets of DBs were well represented. In addition, we were also joined by two entrants who travelled hundreds of miles to be in Brixham.
On the hunt for buried treasure
In the premiere episode of the Cottage Life Podcast Season 3, we’ll listen to an essay about the summer secret that keeps David Macfarlane coming back to the cottage each year. (Hint: it involves buried treasure). Listen here or visit cottagelife.com for access to all of the episodes. The invitation to Mr. Thomson’s treasure hunt was waiting for us when we arrived at the cottage. We had no idea what to make of it. We were not, to put it mildly, cottage types.
This Old Thing? | Literary Review of Canada
As I awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, I lay in bed wondering what to wear. This was not so luxurious a pastime as it may sound. This was not lounging. Think of it as more like lying in bed and wondering what to do about becoming a bug. In difficult situations, it is important to try to figure out what is going to happen next, especially if you have no idea. Anxiety is often the result. When you wake up and discover that you have become a horrendous insect, it’s wise to take a time out.
Yachting World Dayboat Open at Bosham Sailing Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat Open at Bosham Sailing Club by David Macfarlane 26 May 10:57 BST This year's Bosham SC Yachting World Dayboat Open Meeting was held in spectacular conditions over the weekend of the 21st & 22nd May. The original design of the class dates back to 1949.
Intermittent exposure of cultured endothelial cells to physiologically relevant fructose concentrations has a profound impact on nitric oxide production and bioenergetics
Outcome measures Nitrite accumulation. Supernatant from cells in both models was collected after the overnight fast (i.e. 12 h of accumulation) for nitrite analysis, by way of a marker of nitric oxide (NO) production using a Sievers 280i nitric oxide analyser (NOA). Medium from a triplicate for each condition (n = 9–14 independent experiments for each) was pooled into a single tube and stored at -80°C.
Top analyst forecasts growth in Employer Branding activity
Fascinating to read the blog from Nikki Edwards at NelsonHall, indicating that the most in-demand TA services in 2022 will be employer branding and associated services contributing to organisations’ brands. She highlights that businesses will work hard to promote their company cultures to be future-of-work fit for their audiences, across all talent channels.
Medsphere Recognizes 37 Percent Annual Growth
Salt Lake City, Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions and services, is reporting significant revenue growth for 2021 in spite of the many challenges created during the year by the continuing COVID-19 global pandemic. For the year, Medsphere is reporting a 37 percent increase in subscription and services revenue across the company.
Wells Fargo Provides Credit Facility to Medsphere for Their
Salt Lake City, Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions, today announced that Wells Fargo has extended a $50 million credit facility that will enable Medsphere to continue its current growth trajectory.
Is the canoe the most beloved icon of the cottage?
As it turned out, the first canoe I looked at was the one I bought. Canvas and cedar, red, double-thwarted, 16 ft.: made in Quebec, so I was informed; built from the mould of the old Chestnut Prospector—the canoe favoured by no less an authority than the author and filmmaker and master canoeist the late Bill Mason….Unquestionably, it has proven to be the best buy I ever made. Beautiful, reliable, a pleasure, always, to paddle.
Medsphere Systems Corporation Acquires Systeem Medical Original
Addition of ambulatory IT support services provider further expands affordable, adaptable comprehensive healthcare technology platform October 13, 2021 08:00 ET | Source: Medsphere Systems Corporation Medsphere Systems Corporation Sandy, Utah, UNITED STATES Salt Lake City, Oct.
Yachting World Dayboat Week at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club Original
Yachting World Dayboat Week at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club by David Macfarlane 29 Jun 21:23 BST 20-24 June 2021 Yachting World Dayboat Nationals in Falmouth © Hilton Willott After the inevitable cancellation of last year's DB Week in Brixham, the class was determined to go ahead and hold an event in 2021. Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth hosted the event which ran from the 20th to the 24th June.
Portrait of a Writer
Why should we believe in the orderliness of memory? Memoirists, whose soul-baring genre is thriving as never before, have convinced us that daily life has a clean structural shape, that writerly remembering can impose meaning and inspiration on all those bygone highs and lows and in-betweens through the symmetrical logic of storytelling. It’s a pleasing fiction, not quite malevolent enough to be branded an outright lie but too convenient a marketing ploy to be treated as gospel truth.
Galesburg Cottage Hospital Is Live on CareVue EHR and RCM
Change of ownership, implementation of robust EHR platform usher rural community hospital into a new era of comprehensive care June 03, 2021 08:00 ET | Source: Medsphere Systems Corporation Medsphere Systems Corporation Sandy, Utah, UNITED STATES Salt Lake City, June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions, today announced that Galesburg Cottage Hospital (GCH) in Galesburg, Illinois, is...
You Talkin’ to Me?
One reason to purchase and read Marcello Di Cintio’s Driven is to show support for a beleaguered sector of the non-fiction world: the pitchless, outline-free book. To be perfectly honest, I have no idea whether a pitch or outline was involved in the creation of Driven. It just doesn’t feel that way. I can’t imagine how an outline of the book could have been any more detailed than this: Empathetic, keen-eyed writer encounters everyday subject. Reader watches what develops.
The Magical History Tour
Conclusions about books drawn from single sentences are reckless adventures, if you ask me. Words don’t operate fully as words except in the presence of other words. The same is true of sentences, which depend on context for their resonance. It is in the variations of their echoes that nuance is established. And nuance, as it turns out, is often what makes writing interesting. As a rule, things are not what they declare themselves to be between a capital letter and a full stop.
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