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5 Essential Tips to Improve Usability of Your Website

If your company doesn’t provide web design and development services, the best way to build a site for you would be to hire a reliable design company. There are quite a few on the market today, and there should be no issue finding the one that meets your needs in terms of experience in your niche, budget, or a particular set of services. In other words, you are not the one who’s going to be solving all the usability issues. But, it’s always better to understand what you’re dealing with…

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The Top 3 Rugged Cameras for Daredevil Shooters

Ricoh WG-70 Ricoh's latest entoughened camera has special modes for optimizing colorful foliage and pristine snowy vistas, but it loves getting up close too. A “digital microscope” mode shoots detailed macro photographs, thanks to a ring of LEDs around the lens that illuminates intimate encounters. When you take it underwater (it can withstand depths down to 45 feet), the mode lets you try to get as close as 1 cm away from those triggerfish. $280 Nikon COOLPIX W300 The consummately rugged Coolpix W300 can withstand dives of up to 100…

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WATCH: Lauren Daigle Performs Breathtaking Social Distancing Version of Hit Song “Still Rolling Stones”

ShareTweetPin Life as we know it has come to a screeching halt over the last six weeks due to COVID-19. As a result, everything from sporting events to concerts, school to graduations, and even weddings have all been cancelled until people can once again gather safely. Prior to the world being shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, Lauren Daigle was headlining her own world tour with special guests, Johnnyswim. After just three weeks on the road, the “You Say” singer was forced to postpone the remainder of her tour until…

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Two states: one Democrat, one Republican. Two very different outcomes

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear took early measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 while Tennessee limited government mandates Just last month, when he was still regularly wearing a suit and tie, Kentuckys rookie governor, Andy Beshear, told schools across the southern state that they needed to be prepared to close down with little notice to contain the spread of Covid-19. At the time, there were just a handful of cases in Kentucky. Bars and restaurants were still open, people shook hands and live sports was on TV. But on 11…

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Stand on the Promises of God: Candace Cameron Bure and Kirk Cameron Team Up to Inspire Hope

ShareTweetPin By Billy Hallowell Kirk Cameron and his sister Candace Cameron Bure are on a mission to inspire the masses with true hope. The brother and sister duo have teamed up to organize and co-host “Hope Rising,” a benefit concert aimed at helping raise funds to address the COVID19 crisis. NEED INSPIRATION? Subscribe to Billy Hallowell’s Weekly Faith and Culture Email Kirk Cameron appeared on “The Pure Flix Podcast” on Friday to explain that the inspirational event — which will air on Facebook at 8 p.m. ET on April 19…

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HealthJoy launches its revamped employee benefits assistance platform

HealthJoy, a platform that helps employees get the most use out of their benefits, launched its revamped user interface and technology stack today. The startup told TechCrunch that usage has doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the new platform, called HealthJoy 2.0, has been in the works for two years, it is now helping the company handle increased demand for services, including telemedicine. Launched in 2014, HealthJoy now has more than 500 employers on its platform. It has raised a total of $53 million so far, including a $30 million…

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Pubs turn to punters to survive lockdown

Some are using other sites such as GoFundMe, or are launching donation schemes locally. Image copyright Tommo Thomson Image caption Tommo Thomson, Ryan Craig and Robert Bland of the Barge East have raised £32,000 so far. Barge East, a floating pub and restaurant in Hackney Wick, has carved out a reputation as one of London’s top-rated venues on Trip Advisor. But co-owner ‘Tommo’ Thomson said it would only survive until June without some form of emergency funding. He and his two business partners launched an appeal the day after pubs…

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6 Reasons Why Companies Depends on Recruiters to Hire Staff

Nowadays, it is challenging for companies to find qualified candidates for open positions. That is why most businesses resort to using the service of recruiters to hire the best candidates. This approach requires paying headhunters to the entire recruitment process. This service doesn’t come cheap; the average fee paid recruiters per successful hire is about 12.000 USD. This payment is a bargain deal for companies using headhunters. Let’s consider seven reasons why businesses prefer to use the service of recruiters. Qualified Candidates Are Scarce: There are shortages of qualified candidates…

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The Essential App Pack for Creating Awesome Social Videos

Rtro This app from Moment—the folks who make excellent snap-on smartphone lenses—comes with prefab filters created by filmmakers (including Shorty Awards finalist Ani Acopian) that give your videos a vintage Hollywood vibe. Swipe to pick a filter, choosing between Noir's moody monochrome, Aria's '60s swank, or the scratchy, desaturated color of Ranger, then shoot your clip. There are no editing tools, but the simplicity is the point. Nonpaying users get the three filters mentioned above, but a $15 per year pro account unlocks 11 others, and new options will be…

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How My Daughters See Me

ShareTweetPin I recently attended a sophisticated party. Beautifully adorned women, smartly dressed men. I sat and observed the wonder of human interaction. How we dip and pirouette in and out of conversations with sighs, laughs, and head curtsies. Then I observed one elegant woman sit upon the out-of-the-way leather couch, off to herself, pull out her iPhone, and flip through, whatever. Astounding, I thought. We, the sophisticated, turning from the real, to the virtual. Then I thought how most of these beautiful men and women will return home, check their children…

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Elizabeth Warrens oldest brother dies from coronavirus

Don Reed Herring – who was one Warren’s three older siblings – died in Norman, Oklahoma on Tuesday (Warren campaign). “My oldest brother, Don Reed, died from coronavirus on Tuesday evening. He joined the Air Force at 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam. He was charming and funny, a natural leader,” the senator from Massachusetts tweeted Thursday morning as she linked to a news report from the Boston Globe. Get all the stories you need-to-know…

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Remdesivir trial posted online prematurely was ‘inconclusive,’ Gilead says

(CNN)Results from a study investigating Gilead Sciences’ antiviral medication remdesivir as a Covid-19 treatment were posted to the World Health Organization’s website “prematurely” on Thursday and showed “inconclusive” results, according to the biotechnology company. A screenshot of the study description posted to WHO’s website was published by STAT on Thursday. The description in the screenshot notes that the study, which involved 237 patients, found “remdesivir use was not associated with a difference in time to clinical improvement” and “in this study of hospitalized adult patients with severe Covid-19 that was…

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