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Joined: 2/27/07
Personally I do not like Open-Tagging. Of course, if you have a sand box it is non existent. If you are in a group, everyone should get experience for the kill and I am pretty sure most MMO's do that.
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Joined: 8/20/11
I know many person on my server that would use said tactic..
It's goes back to the age old problem, why can't someone help you kill something without reward or incentive attached?
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Joined: 8/20/11
I don't need this in wow, no thanks.. no need to follow more stuff from other games
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Joined: 11/21/08
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I'm not really fond of open-tagging. And I don't necessarily agree "you should like seeing other people", either. Like should be earned.
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Joined: 8/13/09
"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
Originally posted by Xstatic912
they adding jumping puzzles and some lvl scale pvp so.... but yeah, i would like to see sharing gathering resources and quest mobs / objectives within the same faction. Nothing else.
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Joined: 2/01/11
Thank you blizz for not doing the open full-taggin. If I want to play a game that does I go play something like say GW2. After awhile it just gets annoying when people just jump in to "help" kill a mob or a couple of mobs when you can handle it yourself. Stop trying to KS foos!!!
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Joined: 1/28/13
they did this in LOTRO and called it Open Tapping for Rohan due to the expectancy of high populations riding around during mounted combat play and to help groups of players down Warbands that run throughout Rohan, was a neat idea but they didn't really put the full power of it into effect. They tried a watered down version of Rifts without creating 1)a need to hunt Warbands 2)incentive to hunt them and 3)a way to track which Warbands are currently being hunted in the area.....
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Joined: 8/01/05
how does open tagging promote actually working together with people around you? open tagging by definition means you don't need to be in a group with someone to get credit for your quests/experience or what have you. You both get credit for the kill regardless if you choose to work together or if you just happened to both be attacking the same mob due to low respawn times.
GW2 since its such a popular example, i've had no more people ask me to group up or just flat out invite me to a group in GW2 or even just start talking even if we happened to be killing the same stuff than i did in WoW. Some of you guys are over exaggerrating just a bit to much.
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Joined: 10/11/06
I found both systems having their own problems and i can't really say that this one is much better than that one. With GW2 open tagging i found people socialise even less than in WoW or any other game. Standing next to me and attacking the same mob isn't something social at all. And i really heard a lot of times in chat that GW2 looks like the most anti-social MMO ever. Why you need to be in a party, to talk to others when everything you need is a zerg since you don't need healers, tanks and even party itself. Just jump on bandwagon and have a ride. But on other hand that eliminates mob stealing problem and spot camping.
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Joined: 8/02/08
Originally posted by Newfr
I totally agree with you there. It is a double edged sword. On the one side you don't need to group anymore, so you aren't really meeting new people cause they run by, do their thing and are gone again. Where in WoW i met many of my friends trough asking for help and having a little chat long after Hogger was dead.
On the otherside, the thing i hated a lot in WoW, especially on crowded hours was the mob stealing. Some area's where imposible to do even with a group at peak hours (especially the first weeks after a expansion). Not enough mobs and to many people camping the area. Now i quit shortly after Cata and read something about them having changd it with certain mobs so that is a good thing i guess, can't really judge since i don't play it.
Open tagging is a curse and blessing the same time. It removes many irritations, but also some good things. Should WoW have open tagging? No...WoW needs other things more then open tagging but that isn't the subject. People who say Blizzard should have done so...why? WoW is WoW. Why would they have to reprogram a big part of the game so that GW2 and Rift players will get their open tagging in WoW..but then never play WoW. I play SWToR, i would love to see voiced NPC's giving quests. Should Blizzard implant that now in WoW? No offcourse not. Project Titan? Yeah that one needs to have things other mmo's are doing well already.
Not sure why people dislike open tapping. At best it means you can help someone in a tough spot without compromising their loot, and you get rewarded as well. At worst someone gets credit for helping you kill something you could already kill. For the record I probably got more invites in GW2 from people I helped, to go do map clears or big DEs, than I ever had while soloing up to max level in WoW. In WoW you just grab the mobs before other people do, there is no incentive to do solo quests with a group, or even to help out a struggling player. How can anyone think that is more social? There is more to socializing than chatting, it also pertains to companionship and communal activities, both of which GW2 promotes.
Also to all these people complaining about no chat, did you ever try to start one? Chances are that the problem is with yourself.
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Joined: 7/20/04
Originally posted by Sephiroso
It does not promote people to work with you; that is not the point of open tagging. The point of open tagging is to not create a competitive environment for tagging mobs. This leads to nothing but frustration. Both games have issues with people not grouping up with you to kill stuff, but it is worse in WoW because of there not being open tagging.
[Open Tagging]
Person A is fighting a mob
Person B rolls up and helps kill the mob and gets credit as well as Person A
Person A and B communicate or they don't.
[No Open Tagging]
Person A is fighting a mob
Person B ignores person A and runs off.
Person A and B communicate or they don't
Person A is dying to a mob
Person B ignores person A and waits until the mob is back to full, then kills the mob.
Person A is running towards a mob to tag it
Person B swipes in and gets the tag
Commence the debauchery
I think the choice is pretty obvious for which is better for the average player. In both situations the same problem exists. The same guy who ignores you and helps you fight in GW2 is the same guy who ignores you and doesn't help you fight in WoW. I mean really, what is so bad about that? In GW2 you have to do enough damage to a creature to get the loot, so thats not an issue there. Yeah the tag and scoot thing is bad, but thats just because the design is poor in other games that introduced open tagging. They will get better. Blizzard likes to go back on what they say alot though, so I would not be too suprised if they did change it eventually.
You could argue that this creates more of a purpose for groups (something GW2 most certainly lacks in the open world) but the reality is that is grouping to protect you from getting your tag stolen really a great way to group? I have been in plenty of "tagging" groups in WoW that did not say a world and after the quest just disbanded. If you group up in GW2 you are obviously looking for the social element so it creates a much better grouping environment.
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Joined: 6/09/08
Tagging system in GW2 simplifies the game too much. Bascially you don't even need to put effort in killing, just follow someone and tag his mobs.
It's even worse in Rift because the XP/loot is divided by those tagging. So if you get trolled by few players you are basically getting zero rewards for your efforts.
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Joined: 1/18/06
Originally posted by GoldenArrow
The loot is only given to the player that first tagged the mob. Where as quest credit can be given to both. The only exceptions to this are rifts, where anyone in the rift area has a chance to have a mob drop rift loot(planarite, etc) . Not sure how many XP is split, if at all. I know in LOTRO, as soon as someone did even 1 damage to a mob you tagged, your XP automatically was dropped by a set percent, and kept decreasing based on how many other players hit it.
I have never done damage to mobs already tagged in the open world and got any sort of drop. The most I get is to skin them if the other guy does not.
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Joined: 5/31/05
I don't realy get the point of the discussion. It looks like a bad system design to me.
In the ideal game, mobs only drop loot that is tagged to the player doing the most damage. Anybody else can take the loot (steal) but then they are open to attack from the owner and get a penalty of some kind (EVE online can stealing mechanic). Any kind of exp should only come from things that the player earning the exp can do by himself (turning in a quest after accepting it, goup accept/completion should exist).
Alternatively, skill advance is based either on time or practical skill use, this eliminates any significance of tagging except loot.
I can't help it but Ultima Online had the most effective and fair skilling system available. Similar to time based skilling (EVE, Perpetuum, AoW etc).
These mechanics eliminate interference from other players thus promote cooperation for other motives (obtaining items, influence etc.).


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by Hank George, FALU
A presentation at a recent underwriting gathering was billed as being focused on the use of predictive analytics in contexts other than risk appraisal.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
It is a widely held notion that one does not have to know the job to manage people who do the job.
I recently read one of those garden variety diatribes bemoaning the fact that employees do not exhibit the same degree of loyalty to their employers as their predecessors did in the "good old days."
E-cigarette use has become a hot topic in our profession as we grapple with how to underwrite users.
The prevailing mantra of senior management regarding underwriting and most other operational functions is "faster, cheaper, better."
The success of simplified life products in the marketplace will be greatly impacted by how the premium rates match up against fully underwritten products.
Hank's newest paper "Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW): Mortality & Morbidity Implications" is now available.
by Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
By Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Slides from Hank's presentation at the Critical Issues in Medical Underwriting Seminar held May 7 at the Chicago O'Hare Sheraton Four Points Hotel.
This paper aims to provide what underwriters and claims examiners need to know about this ever-expanding aggregation of synthetic drugs that are luring users with their enhanced Cannabis-like effects.
This paper covers the underwriting implications of "burning mouth syndrome."
When life insurers set their underwriting requirement practices, the primary focus has always been on protective value (cost vs. benefit). In many smaller companies lacking the resources to conduct internal studies, the usual approach is to consider the practices of larger carriers and most notably those known to routinely do such studies.
Thanks to On The Risk for allowing us to reprint this article from the June 2012 issue.
People stop consuming alcohol for a variety of reasons.
Some of those reasons – for example, joining a religious group where alcohol use is frowned upon or finally capitulating to nagging by a teetotaling spouse – have no insurability implications.
Then, there are the others…
Underwriter audits are indispensable resources for chief underwriters. While not the only basis for assessing performance, they are the single most significant benchmark where line underwriters are concerned. It would be essentially impossible to manage underwriters without having sufficient insight into their performance on the job.
These are the lecture slides from Hank's presentation - Underwriting Plain Talk - at the Central Illinois Home Office Underwriters Association at their March 8 dinner meeting.
If only this savvy perspective were more widely held amongst both chief underwriters and senior management!
Teleinterview drilldown questionnaire for childhood cancer survivors written by Hank and free to all registered InsureIntell members.
Sue Nelson & Kathy Thomas, Co-Vice Chairpersons
This year's LOMA Health Underwriting Study Group Meeting (HUSG) was held in San Antonio, Texas, on the lovely Riverwalk.
More than 100 members attended this 2 ½ day event, representing 40 Individual and Small Group carriers. About half of the meeting was spent in roundtable discussion of underwriting and other risk management issues and half the meeting was devoted to presentations.
"Understanding Life Underwriting: A Primer for Health Underwriters" was prepared by Hank for presentation at the 2010 LOMA Health Underwriting Study Group.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
April, 2010
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Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
March 1, 2010
If I were responsible for training new underwriters, the most important concept I would emphasize to them – again and again, until it was uppermost in their mind every time they looked at a case – is CONTEXT.
Hank's article on how U.S. life underwriting is transforming appeared in the February, 2010 issue of LOMA's Resource magazine. We hope you will find it interesting.
Hank's new article on the value of using 'pack-years' in how we underwriting smokers is now posted at http://cholhua.org/guestwriterspublic.html the website of the Chicago Home Office Life and Health
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
On The Risk • Vol.24 N.4 2008
Executive Summary
This essay is one underwriter's observations regarding aspects of the Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU) which may be deemed worthy of rethinking and, if so, perhaps modifying on some basis, now or in the future. A wide range of topics is discussed, with the sole purpose being to offer up thoughts for consideration by AHOU members. The author hopes what is said here will be received in the spirit intended.
Just a year ago, one would have had comparatively little incentive to write this commentary…which is perhaps the best way of saying that our underwriting environment is now changing dramatically due to the confluence of a number of factors.
"Faster, cheaper, better" has been the mantra of life insurer senior management for years now where risk appraisal in concerned. This has propelled teleunderwriting into the forefront as our paradigm of choice and also fueled the embrace of rapid-acquisition assets like Rx profiles and MVRs in America.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Best's Review • November, 2009
Unlike "Terminator" movies, the machines in question here are the so-called "underwriting engines." These "straight-through processors" have been around for years. Yet despite smashing success in the United Kingdom and other markets, they have languished in North America.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Who is THE ENEMY WITHIN?
"He" has no one name, no essential gender.
What "he" has is the incredibly untimely capacity to rapaciously rob your company of its future…and compelling evidence suggests this is indeed what is coming to pass across the global life and health industry.
This essay will explore the pathogenesis of "his" ways and the manifold prices your company will pay for mortgaging its tomorrows by vogue expediency.
There was a posting recently at lifeunderwriting.com wherein the underwriter bemoaned the fact that his company would not fund his enrollment, and that of his peers in the department, in the State of the Art™ Continuing Education Program.
This is a classic case of missing the forest for the trees, as they say. And not just because it happens to focus on the education program into which I and my colleagues at SelectX-UK have invested so much of our energy and devotion.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
While we underwriters do not get directly involved in the sales process for the most part, there are likely some advantages to accrue to us if we suggest some "angles," if you will, that help our producers make the value of CI policy ownership clear to prospective customers.
This is one approach that I think has merit, especially in the USA.
A friend from abroad said to me a few years ago that critical illness insurance would not be much of a seller in the US market.
For much of this underwriter's 30 years of practice, he had to endure being denounced as head of "the sales prevention department" by angry producers who tired of waiting weeks (if not months) for a "thumbs up" on new business.
Those days will soon be gone…forever.
Gone, that is, if life insurers take the plunge and embrace a new model for risk appraisal that radically transforms the process.
The model is known as TELEUNDERWRITING.
Hank George FALU, CLU, FLMI
Broker World • 2002
Teleunderwriting embraces multitudes. It is, at the same time, both a technical process that reconfigures day-to-day home office underwriting and a dynamic process that affects every aspect of how we select risks.
The word "flummoxed" best defines the intellectual consequences of trying to fathom how life insurance distribution via banks can thrive globally, but flounder here.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
March 2009
What are the two biggest underwriting-related concerns of senior management in direct-writing life insurers?
#1 – Reducing new business acquisition costs
#2 – Reducing application-to-issue cycle time
Both of these issues are conspicuous high priority agenda items in most companies.
The matter of business acquisition costs is, if anything, accentuated by the current economic environment.
What other goals are compelling in this regard?
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
December, 2008
Before I delve into this essay, four observations are necessary for perspective.
My apologies to the spirit of Ray Bradbury for appropriating the title of one of his many stellar works of fiction (more than a few of which I confess to having devoured in my youth).
I put quotation marks around "wicked" to emphasize that this loaded word is being used strictly in the figurative sense. I imply no personal criticism of those who may advocate the practice about to be described. The practice itself, on the other hand, has odious implications which, if only in my view, need to be aired out and further debated lest they be embraced prematurely in risk appraisal.
I put a question mark at the end of the title because the status of the matter at issue remains uncertain. Is it already here? Should we expect its landfall soon? Or, does it remain purely theoretical at this writing?
Because of the importance of addressing this phenomenon early on, it is necessary to work off of a number of assumptions. If, as it turns out, some of these assumptions are in error, then perhaps at least a portion of the concern expressed here will be mitigated accordingly.
Hank George & Tia Goss Sawhney
Contingencies • Nov/Dec 2008
The venerable life insurance industry awoke one morning to find itself transformed into a financial services industry. Unfortunately, no one thought to tell those who stand astride the flow of new premium assuring that the ratio of actual-to-expected mortality remains far less than one. In other words, underwriting was—and to a great extent still is—out of step with the financial services concept.
Hank George FALU, FLMI, CLU
September 2008
Best's Review
It is said that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. In the spirit of this truism, a specter looming in underwriting is in dire need of sobering historical perspective.
Once upon a time, a cancer marker that showed initial promise was embraced for use in insurance screening by a prominent carrier.
Not for long.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
September 2008
In the November, 2007 issue of General Re Life and Health's Risk Insights publication there was an article by Dave Nicholas, Underwriting Manager in the United Kingdom, titled "Using the Telephone as an Underwriting Tool."
In other words, teleunderwriting.
I discovered this piece a bit belatedly and then learned of a more recent piece by Dave in the March, 2008 issue of this esteemed periodical.
After reading both carefully, I e-mailed Dave and asked if he'd mind me writing about what he said, adding my own observations and comments.
Dave had no objections whatsoever (thank you, my friend!)…
…and so, away we go!
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMIAugust, 2008
"…every dollar spent on training and development per employee results in an increase of $168 in revenue per employee."
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LOMA Resource magazine
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"…every dollar spent on training and development per employee results in an increase of $168 in revenue per employee."
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The issue of underwriter education has had a renaissance of sorts since the tedious years of the 1990s. Over that interval, this subject was all but anathema, given the priorities and realities of those times.
Not any more.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
June, 2008
At a recent lecture I did for a state underwriting association, a management underwriter for a P&C-based life insurer mentioned her continuing frustrations in trying to convince their sales representatives (once again, I use this as a synonym for agent, broker, intermediary, etc.) to accept teleunderwriting.
In this case…and so many others…the nidus for field resistance was their "concern" for "loss of control" over their clients.
The "control" myth had reared its predictable head once again!
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
January, 2008 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 12
In this final essay in our teleunderwriting series, we will focus on how insurers can capitalize on the introduction of teleunderwriting to make important changes in underwriting practices. It is imperative that insurers use this window of opportunity wisely for two reasons:
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMIDecember, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 11
Most arguments advanced in support of embracing teleunderwriting have to do with over- all corporate and underwriting-specific objectives.
We usually don't think of teleunderwriting in terms of its broad contribution to assuaging the concerns of those who sell our products (thus, giving us a reason for being on the payroll!).
We should.
This essay is a direct result of a survey report summary, published in the November, 2007 issue of Insurance Marketing. This high-quality monthly circulates widely within the North American agent/ broker community.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMINovember, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 10
Characteristics of Survey Respondents' Companies
We have just completed a survey of 18 American life companies currently engaged in teleunderwriting. The findings should be of interest to all life and health insurers using or considering teleunderwriting. Therefore, this essay will review the results of that survey, with added commentary…as readers have no doubt come to expect from this underwriter!
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMIOctober, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 9
Let me clarify that by "salesperson" I mean "producers," (the most common term of reference in the USA), brokers, intermediaries, advisors, agents…or whatever other (polite) term you prefer.
Some years ago, I was asked to speak in the Canadian Province of Alberta to a meeting of producers. One of my topics was teleunderwriting.
After I presented the teleunderwriting concept… they booed me! Thank God they didn't have empty beer bottles in their hands!
Why did they react so negatively?
They were afraid – no, make that dead on certain – that teleunderwriting would encroach on their relationships with their clients, putting them at risk for losing the business (and, depending on the client, potentially a great deal more business) due to head office delays, insensitivities and nonspecific blundering.
Were their fears legitimate?
At face value, you bet they are!
If I were a producer, I'm certain I would have had the same apprehensions when hearing that head office personnel – or worse, strangers (outsourced providers) – were going to deal directly with the source of my livelihood, before the premium (and my commission) was paid!
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMISeptember, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 8
What do we mean by "triage?"
In clinical medicine, triage is the process by which patients – typically in emergency care settings – are divided into groups based on the urgency of their need for treatment. For example, if you have a bad cold and I have a bleeding head wound…and we both arrive at the E.R. at the same time, you will be watching TV (bored out of your mind) while I am treated first.
Triage is also a fact of life in underwriting, but in a different way.
In all modes of underwriting, we reach several points in the appraisal process where we may be positioned to make the fundamental triage decision: can I take action with what I have or do I need more information?
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMIAugust, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 7
Realizing Reasonable Expectations
In 2009, at least one U.S. insurer will celebrate 20 years of teleunderwriting. A handful more will follow in the ensuing years…but the fact is that the vast majority of insurers now doing teleunderwriting started after the turn of the millennium and many are still sorting their way through issues that need to be addressed to optimize success.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMIJuly, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 6
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI June, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 5
"Garbage In, Garbage Out"
As I said in earlier essays, this sharp phrase is the most important concept in all of teleunderwriting.
If your teleinterviewers aren't doing their job, their output won't allow your underwriters to take as many actions as possible without getting M.D. records they really don't need.
The same goes for your teleinterview questionnaires.
If you don't ask the right questions, then no matter how well the callers do their job, the net result will be fewer rapid actions, more medical records, unnecessary delays, added costs, and so on.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI May, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 4
I have decided to scrap the topic for July: Demythologizing the Three W's of Teleunderwriting, and incorporate that message in this essay.
Accordingly, I have added a new essay topic, moving the others up one month and then inserting the new topic for November.
The new topic is Risk Screening in the Age of Teleunderwriting.
Why this?
Because of what I saw on the 135-company life underwriting requirements survey my company just completed.
Clearly, there needs to be a strong message sent here: it makes no sense to use 20th century underwriting resources in a 21st century teleunderwriting underwriting environment.
That shouted, now essay #4.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI April, 2007 • Teleunderwriting Essay 3
I've worked with, heard about and/or seen dozens of teleunderwriting operations in North America and the United Kingdom.
And the one thing that stands out about them is that NO TWO ARE ALIKE.
This, if you will, is the beauty of teleunderwriting.
It is an approach to gathering risk information that is 100% customizeable to the specific needs and circumstances of each company. No master plan must be religiously adhered to. This is not a "one size fits all" undertaking! Therefore, in this essay we will look at key factors that influence how any given insurer configures teleunderwriting to fit its unique needs and circumstances.
In this underwriter's view, two main issues that must be addressed when launching an effort to consider and – if wisdom and the desire to remain competitive prevail – embrace teleunderwriting:
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMIMarch, 2007 • Teleunderwriting Essay 2
"It all started in a little 5,000 watt station in Fresno."
- Ted Baxter
- Ted Baxter
For those of you who remember the Mary Tyler Moore TV show from the 1970s, the name Ted Baxter should recall to mind that pompous evening news anchorman who was forever incurring the wrath of station manager Lou Grant!
Best as this underwriter can determine, teleunderwriting – unlike Ted's mythical career as a bumbling TV personality – did not begin in a radio station or in Fresno, California…nor did Ted have anything to do with it (which is just as well for the sake of this incredible process which is changing the face of mortality and morbidity risk assessment forever!).
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
February, 2007 • Teleunderwrtiting Essay 1
Welcome to the first of 12 articles covering the subject of teleunderwriting from many perspectives and in considerable depth.
We hope these articles will assist readers in gaining the broadest possible insight and perspective as regards the phenomenon known as TELEUNDERWRITING.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI Roche • 2007
Executive Summary
Circulatory disease is the #1 cause of excess mortality and morbidity in industrialized nations, worldwide. Thus, life and health insurers place their underwriting emphasis in this domain of risk.
Currently, most insurers continue to rely on screening and reflexive tests that are inferior to more modern alternatives. As the industry continues to sort its priorities and identify itself within the realm of "financial services," the need for significant – and now readily feasible – changes in this regard becomes clear.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Best's Review• February 2006
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The National Underwriter • July 2005
This is a message for all senior executives, chief marketing officers, sales VPs, agency managers, brokers and agents on the subject of teleunderwriting. Those who take a few moments to read it will be empowered to change their companies in ways that are certain to pay back handsomely, both immediately and in the years ahead.
At the last meeting of the Underwriting Vision Group, this underwriter, as founder and chair, asked one of the members to "describe the impact teleunderwriting has had on your company."
His response?
The respondent is VP of Underwriting at a prominent life insurer. He is one of a dozen who serve on this issue-focused underwriting discussion group.
We know from this exclamation and also from countless statements by new business executives that teleunderwriting has been the greatest innovation in the history of life and health underwriting.
This essay is directed at answering one imperative question that is seldom asked and rarely comment upon: what are the implications of teleunderwriting for producers?
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Best's Review • February 2005
An insidious crisis is quietly jeopardizing the future of life and health insurance.
We are permitting ourselves to "dumb down" as regards prowess and savvy in the art and science of risk selection.
On visible aspect of this has been intensive cost-cutting efforts of recent vintage. CFOs have been quick to cut "non-essential" travel, as well as spending for educational purposes. While everyone appreciates the need for prudent spending, these well-intentioned individuals are simply "picking off the low-hanging fruit." By doing so, they are unwittingly closing off essential avenues to maintaining technical proficiency. Sacrificing access to vital knowledge in these times of great and rapid change is the quintessence of penny-wise/pound-foolish thinking.
A 2004 LIMRA Research Report (Insights Into Strengthening Producer Relationships) surveyed of a cross-section of successful agents and brokers and determined that "service and support" was the second biggest reason why they changed carriers.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Best's Review • November 2003
By Hank George, CLU, FLMI, FALU
LIMRA's MarketFacts Quarterly
Summer 2003
I would like to be able to recount to you how a beautiful lady, in a streaming white gown, floated over this underwriter's bed one evening and said, "build it and they will come" (or something to that effect).
Alas, it was words of inspiration from eminent consulting actuary Jack Bragg in an essay in The National Underwriter (September, 2000) that jumpstarted my awareness of the incredible and — as yet overwhelmingly untapped — potential of critical illness (CI) insurance in our marketplace.
Hank George FALU, CLU, FLMI
Broker World • April 2003
"…many adults currently choose CAM therapies to treat their most serious medical problems."
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"…many adults currently choose CAM therapies to treat their most serious medical problems."
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CAM is the new acronym for complementary and alternative medicine. Which, in turn, speaks to a broad array of therapeutic interventions—some ancient, others ultra-modern—standing at the gates of conventional medicine and finally being heard, as in:
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RESOURCE • March 2003
In North America, life and health risk management is undergoing a dramatic transformation.
The new millennium brought with it great opportunities and unique challenges for our industry. This article will focus on those aspects of opportunity and challenge that have come together to catalyze what can only be described as the ongoing "metamorphosis" of how North American life and health insurers appraise insurability and process new business.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Best's Review • March 2003
Hank George FALU, CLU, FLMI
Broker World, November 2002
This underwriter recently penned (no, make that "typed" with two fingers) two essays, published here, on the theory and practice of teleunderwriting.
It is now appropriate that consideration be given to a very promising sister concept. One that has come to be spoken of as alternative underwriting.
And, as is true of teleunderwriting, this concept will likely be defined somewhat differently by each informed person you ask.
Hank George FALU, CLU, FLMI
Broker World, August 2002
"How many of you know what critical illness insurance is?" A scattering of hands, slowly ascending, as if to say,
"Well, maybe…a little."
My next question, "What would you say if I told you it was destined for stardom? To be America's next big insurance product?" A wall of silence, less disconcerting only for the generalized non-defensive body language! Like I said, this essay is just a bit overdue.
Hank George, FALU, CLU, FLMI
Best's Review • July 2002
Hank George FALU, CLU, FLMI
Broker World• June 2002
Once upon a time, there was a big life insurance company that issued policies to hundreds of thousands of men and women every year.
One day, the people who saw to it that those policies were approved and issued had a meeting with the people who managed the company's agents and brokers.
Each group, as it turned out, had a major dilemma.
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Wirral Way
19 km / 12 miles
The Wirral Way is a path on the track of an old railway that goes from West Kirby to Hooton in mid-Wirral offering superb views over the Dee Estuary to Wales. Originally the railway formed a circuit of Wirral and this is the missing link.
It is situated within Wirral Country Park. Wirral Country Park is a place of contrasts. Birds nest in the dense hedges or feed on the berries in winter, and you may see up to ten kinds of butterfly in summer. From the boulder-clay cliffs look out over the Dee Estuary across its 31,500 acres to the Welsh shore, 5 miles away, and on a clear day you can see the familiar outline of Moel Famau in the Clwydian Hills. The estuary's ever-changing light, broad vistas and westerly sunsets reflected in the mudflats and the sea are a constant delight.
OS Explorer map 266 shows all of the route while only a small part of the route is covered by map 265.
|Path Type:
|Paths Marked on OS mapping
|The Wirral Way is part of Route 56 of the National Cycle Network.
|Easy; Former Railway; Cycle Route; Coastal; Industrial History
SJ213870 - West Kirby Railway Station, Wirral, Merseyside
SJ349782 - Hooton Railway Station, Wirral, Merseyside
|Web Sites:
|Wirral Way and Wirral Country Park
Publications, Badges and Certificates:
|Wirral Country Park: Wirral Way (Thurstaston Visitor Centre)
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|Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011.
|At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
|Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps):
|OS Landranger:
|108, 117
|OS Landranger Active:
|108, 117
|OS Explorer:
|265, 266
|OS Explorer Active:
|265, 266
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|North Cheshire Way
|Other Paths:
|Arrowe Park to Rarkgate Circular Walk (Wirral); Dee Way; Wirral Circular Trail; Wirral Coastal Walk; Wirral Shore Way
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|19.6 Km (12.2 miles)
115 m (377 ft) ascent
57 m (187 ft) maximum height


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Yes, fans of the New York Jets you heard correctly. It all makes so much sense now as to why Tim Tebow felt the need to be traded to the New York Jets.Mark Sanchez is the devil.Last night was not only the 666th broadcast of Monday Night Football, but Mark Sanchez has some crazy numbers heading into Week 6 of the NFL Season.Sanchez has 6 touchdown passes, 6 interceptions, has an average of 6.6 yards per pass, and a quarterback rating of 66.6.Want more proof?Sanchez wears the number 6.More?His longest pass? Yep, you guessed it, 66 yards.Sanchez has played in 6 playoff games, his winning percentage in those games 66.666666%, oh and the Jets lost by 6 last night.… Read more
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With its original beams, imposing Jacobean façade, and outer walls decorated with climbing foliage, this 1625 country hall now dazzles under the beam of four stars. Make a stellar getaway with today's Groupon from Letchworth Hall Hotel. Choose from the following options:• £79 for a one night Hertfordshire break for two (74% off)
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Refurbished in 2009 to reflect modern interior developments, Letchworth Hall Hotel sits snuggled within eight acres of carefully sculpted gardens, oozing the elegance of a country retreat. Lytton's restaurant offers on-site British contemporary dining, complete with oak panelled walls, while the wine cellar provides a tipple or two to suit every dish or palate. Guests can get indulgent in the sauna and 25 metre pool, or expand their horizons with complimentary use of the gym and leisure facilities at the nearby Nuffield Health and Wellbeing Centre.
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Mixing up architectural eras and grassy spaces, Letchworth Garden City has a handful of museums sightseeing strolls, while Norton Common offers opportunities to spot muntjack deer and black squirrels. Pop to the nearby market towns of Hitchin and Baldock to brush up on some British history and pick up a pint of real ale, or the famed streets of Cambridge sit a happy day trip's distance away. For those who prefer a country meander punctuated with eighteen holes, take a short wander to the rolling slopes of Letchworth Golf Club.
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Road: From the A1, take junction 9 towards Letchworth, and turn left on to Baldock lane and eventually left again on to Letchworth Lane.
Letchworth Hall is rated an encouraging 3.5/5 stars by TripAdvisors. Some found the hotel slightly nosey, but many guests valued the mix of the building's old and new, as well as the available facitlies. Meanwhile, 79% of LateRoomers would recommend Letchworth Hall to their friends.
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Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on 1769 and died on the island of Saint Helena on 1821. Corsica was sold to France under Louis XV by Genoa in 1768, so Napoleon was born into a technically French minor nobility, albeit recently Genovese. His family initially supported Corsican independence under Paoli, but following his defeat in 1769 supported the French cause. Educated at the royal college of Autun on a royal scholarship from the age of 9, Napoleon was a mediocre and taciturn student treated as inferior because of his short stature and Corsican origins. He became a second lieutenant in the artillery but saw very little action until 1793 when he was appointed captain and commanded the artillery at the siege of Toulon, the crucial …
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I am just curious to know when everybody on here got into MMA?
I will start- For me it came in two parts.
My buddies and I would rent the old UFC VHS when they would come out. I stopped watching about the time Vitor Belfort started fighting with the UFC 12.
My rebirth into real MMA was when I got hooked into TUF season 3 (I think). Ortiz and Shamrock and the first of many ppv's I ordered was UFC 61, Bitter Rivals. I have been hooked ever since.
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Cameron Winklevoss, right, and his twin brother Tyler are best known as Mark Zuckerberg's former business partners are Harvard. Today, they're making investments in Bitcoin. Noah Berger/Bloomberg
The UpTake: Tomorrow was supposed to be the Winklevoss twins day to shine as they speak in front of law-makers about the future of Bitcoin. But now, thanks to an arrest of one of their biggest investments, they're likely to be on the defense in a big way.
Two days before the Winklevoss twins were set to speak at the first of the so-called "Bitcoin Hearings" about the future of encrypted currency in the United States, the founder of their biggest Bitcoin investment, BitInstant, was arrested on charges of laundering $1 million in drug money.
"Truly innovative business models don't need to resort to old-fashioned law-breaking, and when Bitcoins, like any traditional currency, are laundered and used to fuel criminal activity, law enforcement has no choice but to act," Manhattan U.S. attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. "We will aggressively pursue those who would co-opt new forms of currency for illicit purposes."
According to the statement, Charlie Shrem, 24, who founded the New York City-based company in which the Winklevoss twins invested $1.5 million, allegedly exchanged more than $1 million in cash for Bitcoins with Robert M. Faiella, also known as the "BTCKing," for use on the blackmarket site the Silk Road.
Shrem was arrested yesterday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and is expected to be presented in Manhattan federal court later today. Faiella, 52, was arrested today.
Both men are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, which carries a maximum sentence of five years. Shrem is also charged with one count of willful failure to file a suspicious activity report, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, according to the statement.
Tomorrow, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are scheduled to speak in front lawmakers in downtown Manhattan along with Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, and several others. The brothers have yet to release a statement about the arrests.
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We must rethink the post–Cold War security order.
It will not only forestall a Mideast arms race; it could lead to resolution of a number of other regional crises.
The choice is either a New Détente or a more perilous Cold War.
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- Format: Hardback | 1088 pages
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- Publication date: 9 November 1999
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The monumental Temple of Man represents the most important breakthrough in our understanding of Ancient Egypt since the discovery of the Rosetta stone. This exhaustive and authoritative study reveals the depths of the mathematical, medical, and metaphysical sophistication of Ancient Egypt. Schwaller de Lubicz's stone-by-stone survey of the temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor allows us to step into the mentality of Ancient Egypt and experience the Egyptian way of thinking within the context of their own worldview. His study finds the temple to be an eloquent expression and summary--an architectural encyclopedia--of what the Egyptians knew of humanity and the universe. Through a reading of the temple's measures and proportions, its axes and orientations, and the symbolism and placement of its bas-reliefs, along with the accompanying studies of related medical and mathematical papyri, Schwaller de Lubicz demonstrates how advanced the civilization of Ancient Egypt was, a civilization that possessed exalted knowledge and achievements both materially and spiritually. In so doing, Schwaller de Lubicz effectively demonstrates that Ancient Egypt, not Greece, is at the base of Western science, civilization, and culture. To understand the temple of Luxor, twelve years of field work were undertaken with the utmost exactitude by Schwaller de Lubicz in collaboration with French archaeologist Clement Robichon and the respected Egyptologist Alexandre Varille. From this work were produced over 1000 pages of text and proofs of the sacred geometry of the temple and 400 illustrations and photographs that make up The Temple of Man. The Temple of Man is a monument to inspired insight, conscientious scholarship, and exacting archaeological groundwork that represents a major contribution to humanity's perennial search for self-knowledge and the prehistoric origins of its culture and science.
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R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887--1961) was one of the most important philosophers, mathematicians, and Egyptologists of this century. His elucidation of the temple at Luxor and his presentation of the Egyptian understanding of a special quality of innate consciousness form a bridge that links the sacred science of the Ancients to its rediscovery in our own time.
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Hi there. I had my rhinoplasty surgery on March 10 2012- I had the hump on my bridge of my nose removed, tip lifted and had my septum lifted since it sagged down a bit... I am unhappy with my results right at the moment. I feel that I still have a parrot nose...Is this still swelling? Please help
Still Feel That I Have Hump on my Nose After Rhinoplasty. Swelling Or Not Enough Removal? (photo)
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You may require Revision Rhinoplasty to lower the bridge of your nose.
I read your concerns and reviewed your photos:
Although there is certainly swelling present in your nose, your photos suggest that you may require Revision Rhinoplasty Surgery to lower the bridge of your nose. The earliest I have performed revision rhinoplasty is 6 months post-op, but this could only be considered if you have significant resolution of your swelling. Most experts would recommend waiting a full year after your primary surgery.
You may want to get an in-person second opinion from a reputable rhinoplasty specialist to help determine what might be best for you.
Dr. Joseph
Web reference: http://naturalrhinoplasty.net/#24094
Wait six months to consider revision rhinoplasty.
It still early, but your profile still looks too high. You do have improvement, though. Time will tell whether you want to accept partial improvement or have a revision.
Hump 2 Months after Rhinoplasty
There is temporary swelling present 2 months after a rhinoplasty. However, the pictures you submitted do suggest that a revision will be necessary. Wait another 6-8 months before considering additional surgery. Share your feelings with your surgeon.
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Results At 4 Months After Rhinoplasty
Thank you for sharing your photos but without the before photos and the full details of your surgery, it is not possible to provide a solid opinion/assessment about the procedure.
Moreover, at 4 months after your surgery your nose is not completely healed and one cannot project what the final results would look like.
I advise you to be a little more patient and to follow your surgeon's instructions while making sure that you keep your nose safe from any possible trauma.
Usually, it takes about 12 months for the final results of a rhinoplasty to get established and if by then you see that you are completely unsatisfied with what your nose looks like then considering a revision surgery is the way to go.
That being said, please remember that commendable results require an exceptionally skilled surgeon to perform a corrective surgery and settling for anything less than that increases the chances of additional surgeries dramatically.
I hope this helps and please feel free to check the website below.
Thank you for your inquiry.
The best of luck to you.
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Unhappy with dorsal hump after rhinoplasty
You're still in early stages of healing. From you photos it appears that suboptimal dorsal hump and nasal refinement was performed. Since you're not happy with your nasal profile and it is bothering you, then a revision rhinoplasty is a right procedure for you. However, you need to wait a year and find an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon to deliver a good result second time around. Good luck and good healing. Dr. Kevin Sadati
Web reference: http://www.drkevinsadati.com/newport-beach-rhinoplasty/orange-county-revision-rhinoplasty.html
Still Feel That I Have Hump on my Nose After Rhinoplasty. Swelling Or Not Enough Removal?
It could be either or a combination of both. You would need to ask your Rhinoplasty Surgeon how much of the dorsal hump was removed in order to ascertain if what you see is swelling or remaining dorsal cartilage and bone.
IMHO, aesthetically, the chin is weak on profile, which will always make the mid face appear top heavy and the nasal dorsum appear to high. This could have been augmented with a Chin Implant at the time of Rhinoplasty. The columella has significant show that could be reduced making the tip appear less projected.
Web reference: http://www.drfpalmer.com
Hump after rhinoplasty
From your picture it definitely in my opinion appears yu have a dorsal curvature. I hope it subsides but you may need a revision
Persistent hump 2 months following rhinoplasty.
Thank you for the photos. I am sorry that things did not work out exactly as you desired. I would agree that the majority of patients seeking rhinoplasty with a similar preoperative appearance would request a more aggressive reduction of the dorsum. While there is still swelling present at 2 months postop, in all likelihood you will desire a revision surgery. Computer or even hand-drawn simulation is an excellent method to precisely convey your desires to the surgeon.
Sincerely, Mario J. Imola, MD, DDS, FRCSC.
Rhinoplasty issue
Sorry to hear you are not happy. While you may eventually require a revision, at this time there appears to be a lot of swelling and you have to give it about a full year to allow the swelling to dissipate.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Poems by Writers' Dogs
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moreNow in paperback, an irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs' point of view, written by the well known writers and poets who love them.
List of contributors:
Edward Albee, Jennifer Allen, Danny Anderson, Lynda Barry, Rick Bass, Charles Baxter, Robert Benson, Roy Blount, Jr., Ron Carlson, Jill Ciment, Bernard Cooper, Stephen Dobyns, Mark Doty, Stephen Dunn, Anderson Ferrell, Amy Gerstler, Matthew Graham, Ron Hansen, Brooks Haxton, Cynthia Heimel, Amy Hempel, Noy Hollan, Andrew Hudgins, John Irving, Denis Johnson, R.S. Jones, Walter Kirn, Sheila Kohler, Maxine Kumin, Natalie Kusz, Anne Lamott, Gordon Lish, Ralph Lombreglia, Merrill Markoe, Pearson Marx, Erin McGraw, Heather McHugh, Arthur Miller, George Minot, Susan Minot, Honor Moore, Mary Morris, Alicia Muñoz, Elise Paschen, Padgett Powell, Wyatt Prunty, Lawrence Raab, Mark Richard, John Rybicki, Jeanne Schinto, Bob Shacochis, Jim Shepard, Karen Shepard, Lee Smith, Ben Sonnenberg, Kate Clark Spencer, Gerald Stern,
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This project began, as so many literary ventures do, on a drunken New Year's fishing trip down in the Florida Keys. Bob Shacochis, Mark Richard, and Bob's dog, Frank, were ringing in the New Year around a campfire when Frank, an Irish Setter, was moved to verse. The poem, according to Bob, was titled "Wind," and follows in its entirety:
Leaves--I thought they were birds.
This was followed, according to Mark, by an ambitious sequel,
Tangled cassette tapes
behind Tower Records,
I thought it was rats--
it was rats!
One thing we were sure of: part of our happiness derived from pleasing them--the dogs we know, and, it occurred to us, the dogs we didn't know.
So we decided to give to a range of animal welfare agencies every last cent we make on this book.
Actually, we're devoting only half. But still--half!
Think of it as our benefit for the boneless.
So we're not Michael Rosen! What have you done for animals lately?
We have done what vocational guidance counselors recom-mend: find a thing you do anyway, and find a way to make it pay. And for us the surprise was no surprise at all--page after page of love poems.
Jim Shepard
Love Song of Audrey
The door, friends, will not
Open. My kidneys urge
The tedious quotidian.
I have measured out my life
With quiet whines.
I grow old-- I growold--
In endless dogs' manure I'll have rolled.
No! I am not Ch. Dandie Dinsmore,
Nor was meant to be;
Just a beta dog, one that will do
To swell a pack, start a fight or two
Advise the alpha, deferential,
Glad to be of use,
A rear-sniffer, meticulous,
Politic, cautious, a bit obtuse.
Shall I drink from the toilet? Do I dare steal from the plate?
I shall sleep upon their bed, on those nights they return late.
I shall steal away his slipper, then steal away its mate.
Stephen Dunn
Buster's Visitation
I'm a dead dog for real now;
no longer can I rise
from my fakery, alert to commands
I'd come to think of as love,
though I never did obey
as well as Sundown did
or as a truly good dog would.
To play the slave, not be one,
was my code. You understood,
who would play the master.
From my grave in the yard I see now
you had no gift for it, or heart.
Bad dog, you'd say,
so little conviction in your voice.
In seconds you'd be patting my head.
Forgiveness made you happy; I'd tip over
the garbage to he forgiven by you.
Let me tell you it's no life
being dead. I'd give anything
to chase the gulls again.
But clarities come when the body goes.
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gets remembered.
And in the dark earth no doors open,
no one ever comes home.
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One Stop
Monday, 28th Apr 2014
Head down to East London's Ridley Road Market Bar on the second Sunday of each month for One Stop; a new night playing Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae and Roots. Resident DJ's are joined by new guests each month.
For more info you can visit the night's Facebook page, or for a sample of what's in store, visit One Stop on Mixcloud. The next event is on Sunday 11th May 2014.
Warp x Tate
Monday, 25th Nov 2013
The newly reopened Tate Britain has teamed up with Warp Records for a free evening of performances and installations, inspired by former Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller. Focusing on the artist's 'History of the World' piece, which shows a diagram of Acid House's relationship with brass bands, the evening will feature live performances by Jeremy Deller's Acid Brass collective and Warp Records' patten.
Jeremy Deller, The History of the World, 1998. © Jeremy Deller
Installations on the night will include work by Warp artists Hudson Mohawke, Oneohtrix and Rustie. The Warp x Tate evening will take place on Friday 6th December, and forms part of a series of bi-monthly 'Late at Tate' events, featuring music, film, fashion and live performances.
Basically, Johnny Moped - A Film by Fred Burns
Wednesday, 18th Sep 2013
Dartmouth Films has worked with director Fred Burns to present a new documentary on the legendary punk band Johnny Moped. The film Basically, Johnny Moped will premiere at Koko, London on Thursday 19th September and includes a special one-off performance from the band.
Featuring interviews with Chrissie Hynde, Shane MacGowan, Don Letts and Billy Childish; the documentary has already made the official selection for the acclaimed Sheffield Documentary Festival. Speaking of the band, MacGowan says "'all the gigs were amazing, they were the most exciting band since the Pistols, The Damned and The Clash". Tickets are available for Thursday's premiere at KOKO here.


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Please broadcast the following announcement as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (November 25) announced that the main pool at Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool had been reopened.
The pool was temporarily closed earlier today due to failure of the filtration system.
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News of Riverton, Lander and Fremont County, Wyoming, from the Ranger's award winning journalists.
Toddler found wandering in roadway; mother cited for child endangerment
May 2, 2013 - From staff reports
A 21-year-old Riverton mother was cited for child endangerment Wednesday after her 3-year-old daughter reportedly was found unattended in a roadway north of town.
The call came in at about 5 p.m. Wednesday when a woman in the 100 block of Firethorn Lane reported that a girl was crying in the road.
"She doesn't know where she belongs," the woman told dispatchers. "She is covered in mud (and) won't talk to anyone."
The woman on scene described the child as an American Indian or Hispanic 3-year-old with dark hair and brown eyes wearing a Dora the Explorer shirt and tan pants. At 5:10 p.m., the woman reported that the child had been in the area for about 20 minutes.
"She said that her mom dropped her off and then left," the woman told dispatchers.
According to Fremont County Sheriff's Capt. Ryan Lee, the girl had actually wandered away from her home in the trailer park. He added that the girl wasn't wearing a jacket, but otherwise he said she was "OK."
Lee said the child's mother, Tiana Jealous, 21, of Riverton, eventually realized that the girl was missing, but it was apparent that the 3-year-old had been unattended for almost half an hour.
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Dear Friends, Available now! I have just released the first set of prints made from my photographic endeavours! All the Aristocratic Apocalypse you can handle! Click HERE to see them! For a limited time only, buy 4 and get the 5th free.. Ciao For Now, KMRead more
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This marks my foray into the world of blogging. Of which I am vehemently opposed. It has come to my attention, however, that it may just be what I should be doing to lavishly and lovingly display my work and projects for potential love, hate, and ( gasp!) more clientele! I am also hoping to [...]Read more


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Hypertension and Moringa: A Comprehensive Treatment for High Blood Pressure
The role of the Moringa oleifera plant in treating high blood pressure has long been known to practitioners of Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India and the surrounding areas. Recent scientific studies have provided solid evidence that moringa supplements can indeed reduce high blood pressure in patients and provide benefits to overall cardiovascular health as well. By maintaining a healthy blood pressure reading, patients can often reduce their risk of serious medical problems and improve their overall long-term prognosis.
High blood pressure
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition in which the blood in arteries and veins exerts higher than normal pressure on the walls of these blood vessels. Over time, high blood pressure can cause a variety of negative effects within the body including coronary disorders, stroke, kidney failure and heart attacks. A number of pharmaceutical treatments for hypertension are available, but most have serious side effects of their own and may not be effective in all cases. Left untreated, high blood pressure hastens the deterioration of the circulatory system and can cause serious illness or death. Primary hypertension is diagnosed when no underlying cause for the condition can be identified, while secondary hypertension is typically the result of another disease or disorder.
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Hypertension is estimated to affect 25% of the population, yet in many cases it produces no symptoms and may go unnoticed for years before the negative effects of this condition become evident. Risk factors for high blood pressure include age, obesity, alcoholism, smoking and genetic predisposition. In advanced or extreme cases of hypertension, patients may experience headaches, chest pain, vision problems, fatigue, irregular heartbeat or blood in the urine. In up to one-third of cases, patients experienced no symptoms at all before diagnosis. High blood pressure is usually diagnosed through a simple test in a doctor's office and can be performed at home using a cuff and meter.
Moringa and hypertension
The moringa plant has been used in India for many years to control high blood pressure in patients. Modern medical research supports this use for moringa leaf extracts. A research study published in Phytotherapy Research in 2006 indicated that moringa leaf extract had a significant effect in reducing blood pressure levels of guinea pigs and rabbits under laboratory conditions. The article, entitled Pharmacological Studies on Hypotensive and Spasmolytic Activities of Pure Compounds from Moringa Oleifera, investigated the role of four chemical compounds found in moringa leaves in reducing hypertension and found that all had some utility in treating the condition.
New chemical compounds for treating hypertension
The chemical makeup of moringa has been extensively studied in recent years in order to identify new uses for this versatile plant. The Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 published a study in 1994 describing four new chemical compounds found in the moringa plant that show promise in controlling and treating high blood pressure. Niazicin A1 and niazicin B3 are members of the carbamate glycosides, while niazicin A5 and niazicin B10 are thiocarbamates in the mustard oil glycosides. All four compounds demonstrated significant effects in reducing high blood pressure in laboratory testing. These are the first naturally occurring thiocarbamates discovered by scientists and are expected to offer new avenues of treatment for hypertension in medical practice.
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Moringa supplements have also been shown to lower cholesterol readings for patients. While this does not directly affect blood pressure, it can help to reduce the damage caused by hypertension on blood vessels by helping to keep arteries and veins clear of the plaque produced by high levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream. As a result, moringa supplements are recommended by many physicians for their patients in order to better control hypertension and the negative effects it can cause throughout the body.


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Stafford wins construction awardJanuary 24,2013The Stafford Technical Centers Construction Technology program was named 2012 Builder of the Year by The Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Southern Vermont.
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Papers Call for Meeting Challenges of Anti-Reunification Forces under Banner of June 15 Joint Declaration
| Pyongyang, June 15 (KCNA) -- Papers here Sunday dedicate editorials to the 14th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration. There took place here the north-south summit in June, Juche 89 (2000), the first of its kind in the history of national division, and the historic June 15 joint declaration was adopted there, a special event of great significance in accomplishing the cause of independent reunification of the Korean nation, say the editorials.
The adoption of the joint declaration brought the dawn of the stirring June 15 era of reunification to this land over which the curtain of confrontation heavily hung, Rodong Sinmun says, and goes on:
Signal successes have been made in the north-south relations that were unimaginable in the past, Koreans demonstrated to the world its oneness and the October 4 declaration was adopted to lay a firm foundation for independent reunification, peace and prosperity. These are all associated with the meaningful June 15 joint declaration.
The Korean nation's struggle for implementing the June 15 joint declaration and October 4 declaration accompanied fierce confrontation with anti-reunification forces.
The present south Korean authorities have gone desperate in their moves to realize the criminal ambition for unification of social systems by depending on foreign forces and escalating confrontation with fellow countrymen in the north, quite contrary to the joint declarations just as the Lee Myung Bak regime brought back the era of confrontation by totally negating the above-said declarations.
The June 15 era of reunification was full of joy for reconciliation, unity, peace and reunification, but cold air of mistrust and confrontation, tensions and dark clouds of war are now hanging over this land. This eloquently proves the validity of the said declarations and the inevitability of their implementation.
The requirements of the times and desire of Koreans can never be a plaything of traitors to the nation who stand against reunification. With nothing can they block the trend of the history toward independent reunification, peace and prosperity.
All the Koreans should pool their efforts and deal a heavy blow at the anti-reunification forces.
Minju Joson says that it is the steadfast and principled stand of the DPRK government to join hands with those who support the June 15 joint declaration and struggle for its implementation in the road for reunification and patriotism.
The DPRK will as ever join hands with those who support the inter-Korean declarations and fight for national reunification under the banner of unity, not questioning their past, irrespective of their political view, religious belief and ism.
Copyright (C) KOREA NEWS SERVICE(KNS) All Rights Reserved.


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Found out in my local alternate paper that it is soft shell crab season in SC. The seafood seller at the farmer's market hopefully will have some this saturday. My question is how to cook them? I keep seeing entries here and other sites that, other than crab cakes (no), is to boil or steam them. But I don't see any of the specifics. How much water? How long? Can I add herbs to the water? And how do you serve them? Just lemon juice? Thanks for the help.
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What: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Where: Center for Puppetry Arts
When: Nov. 18 – Jan. 2, 2010, see website for specific times
Cost: $16 for ages 2 and older
The holidays just wouldn't be the holidays without Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The 1964 TV special has been turned into a puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts. The show uses animation and puppets to tell the story of Rudolph and his band of misfits. It's a classic story told classically. It was so good, I'm thinking about going again (if I can find some time). The show follows the TV script exactly and is an hour long, so plan to get there a bit early to get situated so you don't miss any of the show. For younger kids, seeing the movie beforehand could help them to really enjoy the show. There isn't a bad seat in the house, but members receive up-front seating, so if you'd like those seats, consider becoming a member of the Center for Puppetry Arts.
In addition to a great show, your admission also includes the Create-a-Puppet workshop, where you'll make a Rudolph string puppet. We did this after the show, but you can come early and do it before the show as well. If you don't have time to make the puppet while you are there, you can take it with you and enjoy the craft at home. If you're kids just LOVE making puppets, stop in the gift shop on your way out. You can purchase puppet kids from past shows. Here are some pictures from our Create-a-Puppet Fun.
A puppet show at the Center is a full-day's event. In addition to the show and workshop, save a little time and tour the Center's Museum as well. (If you just want to see the Musuem, it's free on Thursday's from 1 – 3 pm) They have a fantastic collection of puppets from past shows and an incredible Jim Henson collection that includes Big Bird. In addition to exhibits you just look at, there is also a section where you can create your own puppet head. It's sort-of like an expanded Mr. Potato Head. I think it's fun to see how just turning the eyes around or the mouth piece a certain way changes the whole look and mood of the puppet. A video I did of the Henson exhibit is below.
There are two sections to the Museum. You'll see the Jim Henson exhibit as you go to the show, but the other section is off a separate hallway. These are puppets from all over the world and from the Center's past shows. Beware, this section can be a bit scary for little kids and there are some dark puppets. However, there are also several places where you can work the puppets, which everyone always enjoys and generally helps them realize there isn't anything to be scared of.


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(Conservation Currents, Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District)
While Fairfax County wages war against mosquitoes in its "Fight the Bite" campaign, the folks in Wake County, North Carolina, are engaged in a different battle. Promoted by Wake County Keep America Beautiful, "Fight the Blight" targets litter and graffiti.
As part of the promotion, Litter Bug Exterminator Kits are available to all Wake County residents. A few of the items in the kit are a car litter bag, pocket ashtray, litter law fact sheet, key chain, and Swat-A-Litterbug cards.
Swat-A-Litterbug cards?
The Swat-A-Litterbug program is sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The way the program works is simple. If you witness a single act of littering, such as someone throwing a cigarette butt out of the window of his or her vehicle, you note the license plate number as well as the date, time, and location of the littering.
Then you report the litter violation, anonymously, in one of three ways.
- Fill out and mail a Swat-A-Litterbug report card to NCDOT
- Call NCDOT's toll-free number (1-877-dot-4you)
- Go online at www.ncdot.org/~beautification.
Why doesn't Virginia have a litter prevention program like this one?
In 1990 we did, according to Alan Lassiter, who manages the Waste Tire Management, Litter and Recycling Program for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). It was called RAV for Report a Vehicle. People could anonymously report litterers, and DEQ would send out a warning notice.
Lassiter says the program was terminated for two reasons. First, because the submissions were made anonymously, the person reporting the violation never knew what, if anything, happened. Second, and more importantly, there were serious errors in the reporting. Either deliberately or mistakenly, licenses were recorded and reported incorrectly. Some of the "victims" complained all the way up to the governor's office. At that point, the governor terminated the program.
Today, even if DEQ wanted to reinstate the program, there would be no funding for it, says Lassiter.
If it didn't work in Virginia, why does litter reporting work in North Carolina?
George Kapetanakis is with NCDOT's Office of Beautification Programs. "We look at this program in a different light," said Kapetanakis. "The purpose of the program is to educate and inform," Kapetanakis explains. "Even if a person wasn't the offender, sending a letter to him or her does more good than harm. There is no threat, and there is no record kept of the offender's name, address, or license plate."
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Timbers announce 2010 tryout schedule
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced the club's 2010 tryout schedule, which will include the annual invite-only combine and an open tryout. The open tryout will be held January 23-24, while the invite-only combine will take place January 30-31.
The combines are available to players looking to try out for the Timbers or the Timbers U-23s – the club's development team which competes in the Premier Development League.
"These tryouts provide players who are serious about playing at the highest levels the opportunity to be seen," said Gavin Wilkinson, general manager and head coach of the Timbers. "We are seeking players who possess the athletic and technical abilities to help compete for championships in the USL First Division and PDL, and possibly take the step to the next level."
The Timbers' annual invite-only combine is open to players 18 years of age and older with collegiate or professional experience. To apply, interested players must submit an application form and a resume to Timbers director of soccer development Amos Magee at firstname.lastname@example.com by Jan. 22. The combine application form is available online; resumes must include vital statistics, preferred position(s), playing history, references and awards or accolades. The invite-only combine registration fee is $125.
For a second season, the Timbers will conduct a two-day open tryout to help scout talent from across the region. Players must be 18 years of age or older to participate and can sign up online; space is limited. Timbers coaches will select the top players from the open tryout to participate in the invite-only combine the following weekend. The registration fee for the open tryout is $65, and it will increase to $85 starting January 15.
Tryouts in recent seasons have led to the signings of forwards George Josten and Bryan Jordan, midfielder Josh Cameron and goalkeeper Brian Visser. The Timbers U-23s' 2009 roster was comprised of several combine participants, including standouts in midfielder Jordan Crasilneck and goalkeeper Garrett Staples.
Click here for additional information regarding both combines.
Dates: Open tryout: January 23-24, 2010 / Invite-only combine: January 30-31, 2010
Time: Both tryouts will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with training sessions beginning promptly at 9 a.m.
Fees: $65 for participants of the open tryout, increasing to $85 starting Jan. 15. The invite-only combine registration fee is $125.
Other details: Participants of either tryout must bring their own equipment, including appropriate shoes (turf, jogging, cleats, etc.), shin guards and other soccer apparel; tryout activities will take place on a FieldTurf playing surface. Each player must bring / wear a white t-shirt or black sweat top to all trial activities.


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The Power of Feedback
Providing constructive criticism can enhance the effectiveness of your relationship.
Larry Ambrose
Paula Moscinski
As a protege, it is up to you to give your mentor feedback on how to best meet your developmental needs and objectives. But before offering feedback, you need to take inventory of your mentoring experience and your progress, and identify what you need from your mentor to help you move forward. This process will assist you in clearly defining the areas in which your mentor is doing well and where he or she can do better, and it will also help you offer feedback that is constructive.
Take Inventory
There are a number of questions you can ask yourself that will help you assess your mentor and your progress, including:
- Has my mentor devoted the necessary time, energy, and effort to our partnership?
- How would I rate the level of trust in our relationship?
- Does my mentor give me developmental feedback in a helpful manner?
- What impact has the mentoring relationship had on my job, my skills, and my overall development?
Answers to such questions will help you clarify your level of satisfaction with your mentoring experience and prepare you for giving useful feedback to your mentor.
Give Feedback
Like many proteges, you may find it difficult to give your mentor feedback, especially if you have some dissatisfaction with the mentoring experience. After all, your mentor is giving of his or her time, probably voluntarily, and may be in a higher-level position than you. You don't want to seem ungrateful for your mentor's efforts, but if there are difficulties, your mentor should be informed of your concerns.
Following are steps for delivering feedback to your mentor in a tactful and confident way:
- Develop a clear and concise description of the specific issues on which you wish to give feedback. For example, perhaps your mentor is not allowing enough time to meet with you. Or perhaps your mentor lectures too much and doesn't give you an opportunity to do your own thinking.
- Ask your mentor's permission before you give feedback, so that your mentor will be more open to your input. You can broach the subject simply by saying, "I have some feedback I'd like to offer. Would you like to hear it?"
- Before stating any criticisms, express specifics about what your mentor is doing that you appreciate: For example, you might say, "I like it that when I bring up a concern, you really take me and the issue seriously and offer ideas." Then, tell your mentor what is getting in the way of his or her mentoring effectiveness. You might add, "It would be even more helpful if you didn't describe your solutions and ideas quite so thoroughly and instead asked me what I might do in a situation."
- Finally, thank your mentor for being open to the feedback, and together decide how you can flag such issues as they arise in the future.
Refresh the Partnership
While it may seem easier to say that everything is great when it is not, stating feelings clearly and asking for feedback from your mentor is key to confronting the reality of what might be happening in the relationship. One way for you and your mentor to test the condition of the relationship is to revisit the goals of the partnership to see if renewal is appropriate. Whether you decide to end, renew, or revive a mentoring relationship, it must be done consciously, intentionally, and openly. Both you and your mentor should continually assess your individual experiences and then meet to share assessments and give each other feedback. From there, you should jointly decide how to meet your mentoring needs, either by continuing the relationship or by finding a new mentor.
Larry Ambrose is a managing partner and Paula Moscinski is a senior consultant at Perrone-Ambrose Associates, Inc., an organizational development consulting firm that helps organizations create mentoring cultures.
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