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November 9, 1934, Winnipeg Tribune
In November 1934 the T. Eaton Company introduced this electric delivery truck to its Winnipeg fleet. The chassis was by the Walker Vehicle Company of Chicago, builders of electric delivery trucks between 1907 and 1941.
Chalmers March 26, 1938 Tribune
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Appc~i~ B Summary of the Public Session 81
82 The ALL Thyroid Function Study guidance on infonned consent may have existed in the AAL at that time, and what they could remember about studies conducted by Drs. Rodah! and Bang. This testimony was requested in order to provide necessary background primarily on the role and day-to-day function of the AAL in the 19SOs time period. The following discussion sumxnarizes, but does not include in complete detail, the information obtained by guests at the public session. Information was provided by the Director of the Alaska Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Social Services on State of Alaska current health concerns and programs, and its scientific and ethical concerns regarding human medical experimentation of Alaskans and military men during the period of the Cold War, and the iodine li3{ studies in particular. He provided information to the Committee on the efforts of the state to Reprove health conditions in Alaska. He also provided detailed information on the changes in causes of death between the 1950s and the 199Os, but was unable to provide a breakout of information on thyroid cancers and related deaths in the state. A retired Director of the Public Health Service Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage who is currently a professor at the University of Alaska in Anchorage spoke to the Committee on the subject of 1950s medical practice in Native and local communities of northern and central Alaska. He provided extended testunony on the functioning of the AA~ and the ANS, as well as the existence of private and public medical care in the state for the Native communities during that tune. His own expertise included knowledge of the history of medical practice in Inupiat populations; he is the compiler of an extensive bibliography and several articles on the subject. Two former researchers from the AAL now living in Fairbanks and a researcher now in Los Angeles provided testimony to the Committee about the working conditions and organization of the AAL during the period 1955-1957. They told the Committee about the relationship Between the AND and the stall ot the AAL, methods used to get military and Native volunteers for medical studies, what guidance on informed consent may have existed in the AAL at that time, the organization and running of the analytical laboratories at the AAL, and what they remembered about studies conducted by Dr. RodahI. One of the speakers was the director of the analytical laboratory at the AAL in the 1950s, another worked as a technician in the physiology laboratory with Dr. Rodah! at the tune of the li3i experiments, and He third had conducted extramural research at the AAL during the late 1950s. The former technician recalled that the study had originated from the observation that some individuals of the Alaskan interior showed evidence of modest thyroid enlargement and Dr. Rodahl decided to study it to learn about its causes. A representative of the Mayor's Office of Point Hope village told of the frustration in his community because there was no information on who had participated in the li3~ study from Point Hope. He explained that his village had a high rate of cancers, bird defects, and illness ~. . t ~ _ * ~. ~. ~ - ~. ~ ~
Appendix B 83 and did not know why. Point Hope, he said, was the site of the Project Charioti radiation study in the 1960s, and the villagers were also worried about the effects of radiation from Russian radioactive waste disposal in the ocean where his people fish and hunt. A physician from the Chief Andrew Isaacs Health Center of the Tanana Chiefs provided extensive infonnation on the health services in the interior of Alaska, the difficulties of modern health care delivery in such a rural area, and the most significant current causes of illness and death. She stated that there had been 11 cases of thyroid cancer since 1969 in the hospital records and two deaths from that disease; she had no way of finding the incidence of goiter for the area her health center serviced, but said it was a common problem. With respect to the matter of informed consent, she said that while there are signed consents required now for medical procedures, communication is still a big problem as of 1994-there are no words in the Athabaskan language for radiation or for cancer, and many patients do not understand what they are told by medical specialists. The English language was very late coming into the region, she said. A brother and sister who were 20 year old and 17-year-old (respectively) subjects of the AAL Ii3i medical studies in Arctic Village spoke to the Committee about the conduct of the studies, including the potassium iodide control experiment which they both participated in, and a previous AAL study they took part in during 1952. They also spoke to the issue of not knowing how the subjects in Arctic Village were selected for the study, the Inability of their parents (their father was the village leader) and themselves to speak English at the time and thus to understand what they were agreeing to, their current physical ailments (including thyroid disease) and He illnesses of their children and grandchildren, and the lack of medical follow-up when the AAL research was completed. They testified they did not know what Hey were being asked to do by the doctors, but if they understood what was happening, they would not have agreed to participate. Both said that they had respect for and trusted the physicians; they Nought the doctors had come to help them back In the l950s, but now they said it was not true. A male subject who was originally from Fort Yukon spoke to the Committee about his experience as a subject in medical studies. In great detail he explained how, as an employee of the ondy hospital in his area In Alaska in the 1950s, he was selected as a subject for three separate AAL studies, including a study which required the surgical implantation and removal of sponges.2 He said he also participated in a fours AAL study and an Atomic Energy ' Project Chariot was an environmental study carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1962 at the behest of the Atomic Energy Commission to examine the movement of radioactive materials through tundra. The study was conducted at Point Hope' Alaska, which was a proposed site for the dredging of a harbor using atomic bombs under the "Atoms for Peace" program. Radioactive fallout from the Nevada test site was placed on the ground in Alaska, watered, and traced for a period of days; the resulting contaminated soil was dug up and put in a mound, then marked radioactive. Local opposition to the site's presence resulted in it being removed in 1994. The soil was shipped to Hanford, Washington, for disposal by the Department of Energy. 2The historical report of the AAL for 1 July 1956 to 31 December 1956 (U.S. Air Force, 1956b, p. 37) included reference to the removal of sponges implanted four months previously in subjects Mom Fort Yukon. The sponges were collected for a study on arteriosclerosis.
84 The CAL Thyroid Function Study Commission (AEC) study in the early 1960s. He said he was not told the capsule given to him in the }~3} study was radioactive, even though he understood what radioactivity was at the the, having read a book about Marie Curie many years before, and spoke English; he said he was given the opportunity to decline, but was paid to participate in the li3} study and wanted to take the test. The daughter of a woman participant from Arctic Village testified next. She said that her mother, who was too ill to speak before the Committee, had uterine cancer in the early 1950s and was chronically ill, yet was chosen for the }~3i study. The mother never spoke English but she had told her daughter she thought the AAL physicians had come to help the villagers, and had trusted them. The daughter mentioned the vilIager's concerns about their illnesses and said that in 1964 the AEC tested the community for exposure to radiation from atomic testing, particularly from eating caribou which had eaten irradiated lichens; she related how one woman who had the highest radiation accumulation had died at an early age. On questioning by the Committee, she said that one woman in her village may have been pregnant at the time she was given the l}3~. She also expressed outrage at the way Alaska Natives had been studied "like guinea pigs." Three concerned citizens knowledgeable in the recent history of Arctic Village and/or this particular study provided testimony to the Committee on the Alaska Natives' participation and difficult living conditions. One of the witnesses supported the contention that one woman from Arctic Village was pregnant at the time of the AAL study, and then mentioned that the mother of the brother and sister who had testified earlier in the day had been blind when the AAL tests were conducted on her. Written testimony was provided to the Committee by the Mayor of the North Slope Borough and Senator Murkowski of Alaska. Both statements were read to the Committee at the public sessions. The Senator, in a letter mentioned in the Preface, shared his concerns about the AAL study and what he would like to see come out of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine (NRC/TOM) study. The mayor told of his people's worries regarding the different radiation problems his people were exposed to: the }~3} Sway, Project Chariot in Point Hope, and Russian dumping of nuclear waste in the Arctic Ocean. The mayor also asked that the entire Committee travel to the other affected villages and talk to all of the ii31 subjects, plus he requested to review the draft of this report.3 He stated the need to learn why his people were dying of cancers and other sicknesses and not knowing what the causes were. Dr. Kaare Rodahl spoke to the Committee by phone from Norway on the conduct of the AAL study, his training in use of Iambi, training of other physicians in the use of radioisotope administration, the methods used in obtaining Native and military participants' consent, the oversight responsibility of his commanding officer and the Surgeon General of He Air Force, Panel member availability, timing of the study, and fielding prevented the full Committee from travelling to each village. However, the Committee and NRC/IOM staff did make a good-faith effort to contact and obtain information from each known living subject it could locate. The draft report could not be made available to the North Slope Borough as this is contrary to NRC/IOM report policy. However, the draft report received rigorous peer review, including reviewers familiar with Native concerns in northern Alaska.
Appendix B 85 his relationship with the ANS, the issue of informed consent, and how he viewed his working relationship with the Native communities. Of particular note to the Committee was his statement that he did not consider the hi to be radiation. In his words, it was a medical tracer and was given in such small amounts that he did not need to explain it to the research subjects as a radioactive substance. He also said he admired the Native peoples for their ability to live in ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A. . . ~ . ~ ,' ~ . ~ . . ~ .~ ~ ~ . SUCh harsh and cold conditions, which was the reason he wanted to see A they had a special adaptation to live in their environment. He told us that from 1950 to 1957 (except for 1952 to 1954, when he returned to Norway) he conducted, directed, and oversaw several of studies on acclimatization to cold. The studies, he said, examined the nutrition, physiology, and living habits of Alaska Natives from a variety of villages. He also said that based on conclusions from previous studies by the AAL that found elevated basal metabolism in the Alaska Natives, he proposed to determine the role of the thyroid in man during cold exposure. In his conversation with the Committee, he also was quite clear in stating that two questions he wanted to answer were if the cold weather somehow stimulated the Natives' thyroid glands and if their thyroid activity was high because of endemic goiter. In the telephone interview at our public meeting, Dr. Rodahl told the Committee that he received the permission of his commanding officer at the AAL to conduct the study, and the headquarters in Washington was also aware of what he was planrung to do. He told us that in order to obtain volunteers for his research he approached the commanding officer (in the case of the military participants) or the village elders (in the case of the Alaska Natives) and explained what was to be done, then asked them to bring the volunteers to him. He said he explained what the purpose of his work was and told them they had the right to refuse to participate, using the village elder as an interpreter with the Native subjects. When he was asked about how he described the radioactive tracer, he told us he did not say it was radioactive because in his opinion it was a harmless medical substance that posed no risk to the subjects due to the small amount of radiation involved. Dr. Rodahl stated in his conversation with us that his research found that salt supplies in the interior villages were not iodized, and a benefit of his work was that it called attention to the problem and the salt supply in the local stores was replaced with iodized salt. He mentioned also that he was in direct contact with the physicians of the ANS who were aware of a goiter problem in those communities, as thyroidectomies had been carried out on some interior Alaskan village members. He told us that in designing his iodine supplement experiment, he was trying to find out if the cold weather was affecting their thyroid activity or if there was some other cause for elevated thyroid activity in this regard he tested some subjects who had enlarged thyroids on purpose. Dr. Rodahl said when his plane landed, the villagers would come running to meet hun and the other physicians who came with hun, and the villagers would immediately want their ailments treated. He said the physicians treated them because they were "medical men." He also said the Natives trusted them and they trusted the Natives. However, he also said the AAL physicians were researchers and believed their study would be of benefit to the Natives by helping understand how the thyroid might be stimulated by cold and what might be the cause of goiter in some of the communities. One former serviceman was contacted by telephone and asked to provide information on his military tour of duty in Fairbanks and his participation in the AAL experunents. He was unable to remember details of taking the Ti3i, but he did recall the method for volunteering,
86 The ALL Thyroid Function Study consent for participation, and the physical conditions of the exposure to cold. The session was open to the public, and questions were allowed of the participants, including those speaking by telephone, by Committee members and members of the audience. Often, the Committee members were questioned by the audience on various technical subjects regarding radiation, radioisotopes, and medical research in order to obtain better knowledge of the Ii3i study. In many cases, the session became an information exchange for the lay audience to express their concerns over radiation in the Arctic in general, or the actions of the government.


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14 Stunning Details We Totally Missed in the Final Season of "Game of Thrones"
As sad as it is to say, Game of Thrones is over. People may have very different opinions on the ending but everyone agrees that the work the creators did was amazing. They not only left some funny bloopers, but also a lot of interesting references and details.
Bright Side searched for the most interesting Easter Eggs and details so that you can dive in the atmosphere of your favorite show again. Of course, this article is full of spoilers!
1. Melisandre is only the third character to die a natural death.
Game of Thrones is the show that became famous partially for its brutality: its characters died in the most terrible ways. This might be hard to believe, but Melisandre was only the third character that died a natural death: before her, it was only the Lord of Riverrun, Hoster Tully and Maester Aemon Targaryen who were not killed. We think you'll agree that the Red Woman's death was quite beautiful and logical: she accomplished her mission and died with dignity.
2. The dagger that was used to attack Bran actually saved his life.
The Valerian steel dagger that Arya used to kill the Night King has a very interesting story. This is the dagger that was used to try to kill Bran back in Season One. He was saved by his mother Catelyn and direwolf Summer. The dagger belonged to Petyr Baelish who convinced Catelyn that it belonged to Tyrion Lannister, so he was accused of trying to kill Bran. This was the reason why the war of the Five Kingdoms started. In the end, the dagger returns to Little Finger who gives it to Bran Stark and he gives it to Arya.
3. Daenerys was saved with the Valerian steel swords from House Tarly.
Do you remember the moment when Daenerys gave Randyll Tarly and his son Dickon a chance to bend the knee to avoid execution? They refused and she burned them. They were the father and brother of Sam Tarly. For centuries, their family had had a Valerian steel sworn that was called Heartsbane. When Sam left his home, he took it, and later gave it to Jorah Mormont before the battle with the dead. Jorah used the Tarly family sword to save Daenerys life since she was on the ground without her dragon.
4. Tyrion and Bronn had the same crossbow.
The crossbow that Quburn gave Bronn to kill Tyrion and Jaime was chosen for a reason: it was the same crossbow Tyrion once used to kill his father. By the way, the same crossbow once belonged to Joffrey.
5. The same balcony
Many people didn't like the fact that during the attack on King's Landing in episode 5, Cersei was just standing on the balcony, watching, and doing nothing. But there is a small Easter Egg here: this balcony was the exact same balcony she was watching the Great Sept of Baelor explode from, along with her enemies. But that was a moment of triumph for Cersei and season 8 was her defeat.
6. The comparisons between the first and the last scenes of the show
The show starts with a scene where 3 horse riders are going beyond the Wall and the show ends with the same scene but the people are different and they go together with the wildlings. The situation beyond the Wall is very different now. By the way, they leave Castle Black and the Night King destroyed the Wall near the East Watch, this is why we see the Wall intact.
7. Jon rode the dragon that was named after his father.
Daenerys named her dragons after the most important men in her life: Drogon — after her husband Khal Drogo, Viserion — after her brother Viserys, and Rhaegal — after her brother Rhaegar. And as we know, Rhaegar Targaryen was the real father of Jon Snow. This is why it's cute that Jon rode the dragon named after his father.
8. Tyrion suggests having a calm life in Pentos several times.
In season 4, Tyrion asks his lover Shae to run away with him to Pentos. She refused and the end of the story was very sad. In season 8, Tyrion did the same for Jaime and Cersei: he prepared a boat for them, let Jaime go free, and gave them a chance to go to Pentos. Also, this way Tyrion repaid Jaime's debt: he had once freed him from prison. Unfortunately, nobody ever made it to Pentos.
9. Similar crowns
Take a closer look at Sansa's crown during her coronation: it looks very much like the crown of her enemy — Cersei.
10. Cersei's prophecy came true. And so did Jaime's wish.
The show's fans had a lot of theories about how Cersei would die, but we think that the creators surprised everyone. According to the prophecy, the Queen was supposed to die by the hands of Valonqar which is High Valyrian for "little brother." The prophecy said, "And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat, and choke the life from you." Well, the prophecy did come true: Jaime who is several minutes younger than his sister actually wrapped his hands around her throat moments before both of them were buried under the building.
By the way, Jaime once told Bronn that he would love to die in the hands of a woman he loved. This also came true.
11. Daenerys's vision also came true.
In season 2, Daenerys was in the House of the Undying where she had a vision: she comes into a destroyed room in the Red Keep, snow is falling (or ashes?). A woman comes to the Throne but doesn't touch it. In the final episode, we see this vision coming true and Daenerys finally touching the throne.
12. The creators' cameo
In episode 4, we see a scene where Tormund says a lot of good words about Jon Snow. And behind his back, there were several wildlings and Davos. Among the wildlings, there were the creators of Game of Thrones, Dan Weiss and David Benioff.
13. The book Sam brings at the end of the show is called A Song of Ice and Fire for a reason.
During the first Small Council meeting, Sam Tarly brings a record that tells the story of the events since the moment King Robert dies, so pretty much everything we've seen in the show. Sam helped to make the name of the book more poetic, so it's called A Song of Ice and Fire, just like George Martin's book series.
14. King Bran the Broken uses the Three-Eyed Raven sigil
On Brienne's armor, you can see the sigil of the new King: Bran chose the Three-Eyed Raven as the sigil instead of the Stark wolf, like we would have thought.
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I love the way music so aptly expresses so many things going on in life and love to use songs that help express issues much better than words ever can. It's a light hearted way to remember a principle we're trying to drive home for adjusters. Last week, our claim song of the week was Peter, Paul, and Mary's song "Where have all the flowers gone" as our theme song for adjusters on "where have all the claim files gone " here in this blog. This week we'll talk about splishin' and a splashin' out on your new assignments and delving through the terms in many independent contracts. Here's the link to the Splishin' and a Splashin' lyrics so you can follow along!
Every storm season brings out some of the best and the worst of adjusting firms and contracts. We hear of adjusters "takin' a bath" on their fee payments over some of the contract issues and non payment issues going on with hopefully a small number of unscrupulous firms.
Here are links to two very good commentaries on contracts. The first here comes from a blog entry over on CADO made by a senior adjuster and this article by Donny Greer of Gulf States Training at the University of North Texas who shared this article with us over at ClaimSmentor with permission to post it in our blog :
Selection of a CAT Firm or CAT Claims Company
by: Donny Greer of GulfStates Insurance Training at University of North Texas
CAT Firms or CAT Claims Companies come in all shapes, sizes and flavors. Not to mention their expertise levels and experience in running a real business.
This type of business model structure brings out the best of people and unfortunately the worst.
Here's what I am saying:
These types of firms are generally started and run by professionals who are truly educated and experienced in both business and the insurance field with an emphasis on claims processing. By and large, these firms are honest, forth-coming, and are personally chartered to "do-the-right-thing". But as you know, each and every field has its wolves!
Firms that process claims for insurance carriers earn their keep by accepting under agreement a claims assignment report containing many claims, from ten to five hundred, maybe even into the thousands as is the case during a major storm. These claims could be auto, home, business and even in some cases casualty claims. These homeowner types of claims are then farmed out (contracted) to Independent Adjusters whom are then sent out on the adjustment path to glory. At least that is how it starts out.
When I/As (independent adjusters) take on these claims, they likewise do so under the control of a contract offered to them by the CAT Firm (firm). This is where things can first start to erode. First, you receive a call from some firm with whom you have earlier registered with. Next they ask you to go to the distant site. With all your excitement, you're off and running. Now all seems well.
Soon on the site, you are usually required to attend a Storm Meeting held by the firm with the goal of orientating new adjusters. This meeting is quite beneficial as this is the place where all information is conveyed to the adjusters now on-site. Miss this meeting and you miss the boat on policies, procedures, introduction to storm support personnel and so on. Sometimes unscrupulous CAT firms purposely wait until you are at the storm site, and have incurred expenses before they present you with a contract to sign. Don't sign, and you must go home. Could this be a contract signed under duress?
What? you Say!
Any contract is necessary for you and the firm you are working for, as it is the sole document that list out your agreement to provide services and spells out expectations of both parties. This is a good thing as Martha Stewart has Said a few times. The problem is not all firms are looking out for the adjuster's best interest. Read on…
Most of the better firms out there are good, honest and looking out for the adjuster, and ask the adjuster to sign the agreement prior to deployment and before you the IA incur expense, but some, want you to bring in money for them, and under a very strict agreement written with mainly their interest in mind. These firms however, are only concerned with a fast buck, and a BIG BUCK at that.
Be aware of any contract wording BEFORE you leave your home for a storm. Do yourself a favor and read the contract they are asking you to sign, before you invest in doing business with a firm you don't really know. Never wait until you have arrived in Ft. Lauderdale, entrenched in a hotel, in debt. for a new laptop computer, and then review a contract! Know before you GO!
In reading the contract, look for clauses where you are waiving your right to sue in court. Read carefully the section that covers the adjuster's hold back portion (portion normally held back by the CAT firm until all claims have been paid and settled). Know this percentage BEFORE you travel and begin working. Holdback is normal and there is nothing wrong with this type of arrangement. Just be aware of how a contract might address such an issue.
Again: KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING AS BEST YOU CAN.
CAT firms bill the carrier based on the gross amount of say one of your claims. They publish to you a fee schedule showing how you earn a percent of the billing amount. The billing figure being an arbitrary figure listed on the fee schedule. Shown as a split, in some cases 40/60 with 40% for the firm and 60% for the adjuster. One question that comes to mind is what is this percent actually a percent of? It is a percent of what the firm says they are billing the carrier for the claim. Fact is, you don't really know the true amount of the billing from the CAT company to the carrier, only what you are shown on the fee schedule. Your fee schedule only reflects your percentage of some listed amount published for the sake of the fee schedule's completeness. You are only allowed to see and know what some limited number of these firms want you to see.
Keep this in mind when shopping for a firm to work for. A 40/60 split sounds good, but your 60% is 60% of what? You should know this answer before you get engaged with a firm and way before you travel on your dime to a storm site. You just might be working for pennies, not knowing it, and lining the pockets of some unworthy CAT Firm. Be wise to Check-It-Out. And beware of ads that solicit adjusters with talk of 70/30 and 80-20 etc., etc., etc. Without you knowing what this percentage works against, you might be actually working for less that other adjusters with splits of 40/60.
Speak with other adjusters on adjuster web sites that post experiences from other more experienced adjusters. Join some web site forums and ask other adjusters who the good companies are. Check with the Secretary of State's office in the state the CAT firm resides to see if they are in good standing as a corporation.
The best way to check out a CAT firm is to ask seasoned adjusters on portal website forums. Trust what they tell you, its better information than no information at all.
Watch out for CAT firms! Most are good, but try not to get so absorbed in deployment, that you forget to tend to the basics of being a good business professional.
Any truly good company would have no problem at all allowing you time to review a contract prior to deployment, and any truly good company would invite any questions you may have about their structure, their officers, and how long they have been in business.
One more time: MOST ARE GOOD AND HONEST.
Donny Greer
Donny Greer of GulfStates Insurance Training at University of North Texas
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Don't go out their "reelin' with the feelin' and a movin' and a groovin' with your excitement at obtaining placement on a roster or receiving new assignments without getting this most important document finalized.
Already this year we are hearing from adjusters receiving independent contracts faxed or emailed to them that contain "blanks" in the contract forms for important things such as fee splits, holdbacks, etc. We have reports from one group of adjusters attending recent seminars for carrier certifications that could not find one person in the adjusting firm office or at the conference that even knew who signed contracts for their firm nor could the adjusters get copies back signed by an AUTHORIZED person with the adjusting firm. The firm had no idea where they were filed and they were not with the adjuster's personnel records they sent in. We have other adjusters being told " that's ok on the blanks- we'll fill those in later". Now what does that tell you? Hello????????
One of the concerning contract terms in many of this year's contracts concerns fines assessed back to the adjuster. We haven't seen any yet that spelled out what exactly those fines were or the dollar amounts involved although I've heard there are some out there with specifics. The Citizens FL RFP manual for the adjusting firms does outline the many $1,000 fines to be assessed to adjusting firms yet the companion independent contracts the selected vendors have that we have viewed only indicated "any fines assessed will be passed on to the adjuster" type clauses. You need to have specifics in writing.
How about the non compete clauses? We saw one firm's contract last year that didn't allow adjusters to work for any other adjusting firm in the Southeast USA for 2 years! You need to check with your attorney regarding the validity of such non compete clauses in your state. I see many postings from adjusters giving advice about those "not holding up" in court. We'll see. I'm monitoring the development of a suit file right now over in Alabama that was recently filed in June and we'll link to it as things develop beyond the initial complaint and answers as well as searching for other cases involving adjusters and adjusting firms. We welcome any links if you are aware of any others.Don't believe that the firms won't enforce them! They are there for a reason and you need to abide by these contract agreements you sign.
We are looking for a good employment contract attorney willing to volunteer some time to look at a few of the examples of contracts we have to provide some general advice to adjusters if you know of anyone interested. We'll post their advice and links to their services both here on our blog and in the ClaimSmentor forums. We are seeing simple contracts about 2 pages long to hearing reports of some in excess of 18 pages long. BE CAREFUL about what you are signing.
We recommend you seriously consider these terms in contracts and consider running all contracts by your attorney. I am not an advocate of "forum advice" posts being your sole venue of information on something so important as an independent contract. In my never ceasing quest to get insurance carriers and state insurance departments to help protect adjusters, I'd like to suggest if they aren't doing so that carriers exam the independent contracts that adjusting firms give to their adjusters. It is not enough that the carrier sign a contract with the adjusting firm outlining their expectations but they should get involved in making sure that independents are not being taken advantage of in the independent contracts with the adjusters. Is it the "employee" versus "independent issue" keeping them from doing so? If so, state Insurance Departments need to establish acceptable standards for acceptable terms adjusting firms can use and have a published area on all state insurance department sites that list adjusting firms and their complaint ratios just as they do for consumers to determine what a carrier's complaint ratio is before buying an insurance policy. I have a real problem with the fact a carrier has first hand knowledge of firms they have fired for poor claim service yet where do they publish that information for other carriers to avoid using them or for adjusters protection in accepting assignments for such a firm? They would fear being sued I'm sure but if the Department of Insurance required this they'd have to report it. I cannot stress enough we need to improve the communication gaps in the independent adjusting community for the protection and preservation of our careers.
Effective dates, Hold Harmless terms, Fee Schedules, Fee Splits, Payment terms (before or after carrier pays?), Witholding provisions(how much they withhold as well as how long), Non Compete Clauses, Venue (City/State/Court?)for where any disputes are handled, Other provisions such as Arbitration of Disputes, Fines to be assessed to you, information on who provides the Errors and Omissions Coverage, and many other important terms.. Seek your attorney's advice BEFORE signing such provisions if you are in doubt.
We have many adjusters who sign contracts but then do not ask for a copy of the contract back after an AUTHORIZED person with the firm has signed it. We had a large group of over 30 adjusters working for one firm in 05 who could not pursue legal action for non payment on over 90 days of work as they had never gotten back a signed copy of their contracts showing any agreements between them and the adjusting firm. ASK for a copy of the Independent contract up front before you leave home as Donny points out above. If the vendor tells you they will sign them at the induction center, make sure you have two original copies with you and sign both and request they sign both and take one with you and keep it in a safe place in case you need it later. This will help you avoid running into those situations where the "gathering" place has no facilities or staff to give you a copy on the spot.
Don't assume because it is a large well established adjusting firm that you are safe signing their contracts. We have reports from several adjusters that contracts they assigned with a large vendor signed for Katrina duty contained 60% fee split agreements yet the payments received were 40% and they were then told that the 60% only applied to experienced adjusters. I'm curious if this would hold up in court since the fill in the blank could be twisted on the 60/40..is that 60 to you or 60 to the adjusting firm….we don't know if it's not specified in the contract right? Folks, that is not what their contract said. Make sure the fee split does apply to YOU and not termed "in general fee splits are….".
Go movin' and a groovin' this storm season with the comfort of knowing you are protected if you encounter one of the tough situations with a non paying adjusting firm. Splishin' and a Splashin' just isn't the way to handle business contracts professionally! Put those "dancin' shoes on" AFTER you have properly prepared for accepting new assignments! We hope you will pass the word on to other new adjusters so they don't go "takin' a bath" this season!


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The Fujitsu financial and insurance services podcast series has been designed to provide you with regular updates around the latest topics and trends within banking and insurance. In each episode Fujitsu subject matter experts and guest speakers come together to explore the latest issues within the sectors, providing guidance to listeners around how they can keep abreast of the pace of change.
Episode 3 - How to enable future-ready financial services with Hybrid IT
In the third episode of the Fujitsu Financial Services podcast series, Mike Foster, Managing Director of Financial & Insurance Services, Fujitsu UK&I, is joined by Ian Bradbury, CTO for Fujitsu Financial & Insurance Services and Brad Mallard, CTO for Fujitsu Hybrid IT across EMEIA, to discuss the challenges that lie ahead for financial services organisations and how they can best protect their futures through the adoption of the a Hybrid infrastructure- the perfect balance of cloud and traditional technology.
Episode 2 - The potential of co-creation within retail banking and insurance
Episode 2 of our financial services podcast series focuses on the concept of co-creation. Once again, our host, Andrew Hilton, Director and Co-founder of the Centre for the Study for Financial Innovation (CSFI) is joined by Anthony Duffy, Director for Retail Banking, Fujitsu UK&I and Mark Boulton, Director for Insurance, Fujitsu UK&I. The episode helps to shed light on the definition of co-creation and what it means within the context of the financial services industry and how it can help banking and insurance organisations thrive in a digital world.
Episode 1 - The impact of digital disruption on retail banking and insurance
In episode 1 of our financial services podcast series, Andrew Hilton, Director for the Centre of the Study for Financial Innovation (CSFI) is joined by Anthony Duffy, Director for Retail Banking, Fujitsu UK&I and Mark Boulton, Director for Insurance, Fujitsu UK&I, to discuss the impact that digital disruption is having on retail banking and insurance. The episode focuses on the recent findings from our fit for digital research, exploring what they could potentially mean for the sectors in the future.
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Wednesday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time - Mark 8:22-26
This Gospel begins with friends of a blind man bringing him to Jesus for healing. They asked Jesus to touch the man. Jesus immediately reached out, took the man's hand and led him out of the village. Jesus then spit into his hand and placed his spittle on the blind man's eyes. After a time, Jesus asked him: "Can you see anything"? The man opened his eyes and said: "I can see people; however they look like trees". Jesus once again placed his hands on the man's eyes and this time the man's eyes were healed and his sight was completely restored! Jesus then told the man to go home. Then Jesus admonished the man: "Do not go into the village."
Take a moment and ask yourself: How am I blind? What are my blind spots? What do I choose to block out? What do I not want to see or hear? Then today when you realize that you are blocking a situation or feeling, open your mind and heart, and deliberately examine your blind spot for a few minutes. This likely will feel uncomfortable; however, you may learn something about yourself that will help you become a more loving and accepting person. What a step forward!


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The Chesapeake Film Festival will screen the riveting, award winning documentary, Moving Stories, on Saturday, May 11, at 3:00 p.m. at the Talbot County Free Library, 100 W. Dover St. in Easton.
Moving Stories follows Battery Dance's troupe in India, Romania, Korea, and Iraq as the professional dancers teach tools of choreography to at-risk youth through the Dancing to Connect program. The film captures the struggle, frustration, determination, and transformation of both teachers and students, who have just one week to prepare for a final performance.
The film, by Cornelia Ravenal, Mikael Södersten, Rob Fruchtman, and Wendy Sax, premiered at the New York Museum of Modern Art last year and won the Best Documentary Award at the Chesapeake Film Festival in 2018.
Two of the filmmakers, Cornelia Ravenal and Mikael Södersten, will participate in a Question and Answer session after a short reception in the Frederick Douglass Room following the screening. The event is free but seating is limited. To reserve tickets for this event, go to Moving Stories on chesapeakefilmfestival.com and click on "Register."
As a journalist and cultural critic, Cornelia Ravenal has a B.A. in English from Harvard University and has written for the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Post and India Today. As a scriptwriter, she has been recognized three times by The Writers Lab funded by Meryl Streep. She was a producer of the NY Times Critics Pick Nirbhaya off-Broadway and has won five Best Awards at more than twenty-five film festivals. As founder of WIP (Women Independent Producers), she is a prominent activist for women in the film industry.
Mikael Södersten is a filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, and script doctor for Sweden's leading producers and television networks. As a scriptwriter, he co-wrote the Swedish film I Love You (2016) and the upcoming mini-series Raoul Wallenberg. As a script consultant, he has developed over seventy projects, including Grand Jury Prizewinners at Tribeca (Let The Right One In) and Sundance (King Of Ping Pong). He majored in film at Harvard and studied film theory at Stockholm University. He has taught story structure at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts and currently teaches Directing Actors at Columbia University's Graduate Film Program.
This event serves both as a "thank you to our audience" from the Chesapeake Film Festival and an opportunity for attendees to learn how to volunteer at our exciting festival which will take place from October 3 to October 10, 2019. For further information please contact the Festival Office at 410-822-3500.


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How great are His signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation. Daniel 4:3
When I was growing up purchasing a Bible was relatively easy. You had one version to choose from (KJV) which came in black (boys) and red (girls). If you wanted the deluxe versions of each you could get one with maps and the words of Jesus printed in red!
Going from church to church was relatively easy as well. First of all you only went to a church that had the same title on the sign as the one on the front of your home church. Secondly you could be assured that you knew the songs sung because each church had the same hymnal. The music was led by a song leader who told you what verses to sing and helped you follow the organist and pianist as they played for you.
Everything was predictable, well spelled out in advance and made it easy to settle into a rut.
Today, things are different. Walk down the aisle of a bookstore to buy a Bible and you are met with numerous choices of translations, versions and study Bibles of all shapes, sizes and colors!
If you are visiting a different town and wish to go to church you find a variety of different churches. Some have the same title you are used to, many do not and even the churches that belong to the same 'club' yours does don't always tell you that.
When you enter the church there may not be a piano or organ to be seen. Rather you are met with a group of varying sizes that have guitars and drums and keyboards and any number of other musical instruments! Don't bother looking for a hymnal because they are collecting dust in a closet somewhere. The words of your songs will be displayed on a screen and you may sing along from those words IF you know the songs that this particular church sings.
Now, before you dismiss me as some sort of ultra-conservative nay-sayer let me tell you this. I love the change! But that doesn't mean that the way I grew up was 'wrong' or ineffective. Many people came to Christ then just as they do now.
Sure, I miss some of my favorite hymns, and others sound great with drums and guitars. I enjoy the spontaneity of live worship. I understand some portions of the Bible I didn't understand before because of the new versions and study guides.
With all the changes that have taken place over the years since my childhood, two things have remained the same. One is that: Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Secondly, I have friends and neighbors that will spend eternity in hell unless they are introduced to the love, forgiveness and eternal life only Jesus can offer.
What a great and awesome God we serve. A God that can speak through the words of a hymn or praise chorus. A God that can reach us through the words of a KJV, NIV or any other version of the Bible.
Father God is not tied to one style of worship, one version of Scripture or one title on a church building. His greatness spans all generations. As followers of Jesus Christ we must learn to embrace every generation and accept the changes while we respect the traditions of our faith. Jesus Christ: the same yesterday, today and forever!
PRAYER: Dear Jesus, thank you for the diversity that we can experience through the body of Christ. I ask that you will bring all generations into unity under the power of your mighty Holy Spirit. May your love permeate every generation for your name sake. Amen.


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Veezu Holdings has increased the capacity of its Bristol-based fleet by 20% with Call Cars becoming part of regional taxi operator, V Cars which is already operating in Bristol, Bath, Chippenham and Swindon.
The deal makes V Cars the largest taxi and vehicle hire operator in the Bristol area, delivering more than 3 million passenger journeys a year. Former shareholder of Call Cars, Steven Kelly, remains with the business to support the transfer of the fleet over to the V Cars brand and become a key member of the V Cars management team.
Nathan Bowles, CEO, said "The acquisition of Call Cars has significantly expanded the capacity of V Cars fleet and strengthens our local service offering in one of our key regional hubs. Call Cars drivers and passengers will now have the opportunity of experiencing veezu's market-leading booking technology and service standards, which will improve the customer experience. Passengers will be able to enjoy the ease of booking and paying for services via the V Cars mobile app or phoning our call centres and connecting with our local staff to book and pay for their journeys with cash.


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Radio TFS and the GREAT curve ball question about (ex-nightmare) shorter delivery cycles
In the // the podcast about microsoft visual studio team foundation server, visual studio online and visual studio application lifecycle management, episode 82 … WOW, that many episodes already … I had the privilege to chat with two ALM MVP colleagues, and an ex-MVP, now MSFT colleague. The chat we had, their usual comprehensive news summary, event description presents a great summary and links to the important information. What got me thinking is the curve ball question about how I really feel about the shorter delivery cycles, which as attempted in the show, I still have to answer wearing two (user and Ranger) hats.
important historical context
UPDATE: 2014-10-22 – Changed average from worst case 0.125h/day to average 0.25h/day estimate. It must be emphasised, that many Rangers invest *far* more!
Winding the clock back to 2009 the VSTS Rangers were working with solution cycles ranging from atypical 1 month to typical 12-24 month solution cycles. In those days these cycles were in harmony with the need to deliver practical guidance for upcoming technologies and plug holes of current technologies. The ALM Rangers working geographically distributed, part-time and with volunteers who had a "real life" were able to embrace a solution that delivered huge value in one cycle. For example, assuming a Rangers commits an average of 0.25 hours/day, we were able to inject an equivalent of 325 full-time man-hours (calculation #1) into a typical solution with a team of 10. A substantial amount of resource bandwidth!
Fast-forwarding to 2012 our first process change was to align to a shorter solution roadmap and pairing up Rangers in dev/test pairs to raise the quality bar and enable us to complete the testing and raise of quality bars in parallel to development. As a result we had an equivalent of a two-thirds man week of resource bandwidth for a 1-month solution (calculation #2) and roughly 3 man-weeks of bandwidth for a five month solution (calculation #3). Already most Program Managers have probably left the building at this time and the remaining have a look of concern. While it is feasible to create a whitepaper of a prototype under these conditions, tackling a project such as the Version Control (ex Branching and Merging) Guide v3, TFS Planning, Disaster Avoidance and Recovery, and TFS on Azure Iaas Guide v1.4.1 and Config as Code for DevOps and ALM practitioners v1.
More recently we aligned our sprints cadence with the rest of the division as outlined in aligning our planets with a common cadence and synchronization. We now have 3-weeks and roadmaps ranging from 1 to 5 sprints. This means we have a maximum of 1.17 man-weeks of bandwidth for a 5 sprint project, such as the "Extracting Effective Permissions from TFS v1" solution. Any Program Managers left in the room? Anisha, Keith and Martin, I know you are and would appreciate you adding your thoughts as a comment below.
Rough calculations ( I dream that someone will find an obvious glitch and surprise us with extra bandwidth )
- Calculation #1 –> 650h = 260 working days per year * 0.25h per ranger * 10 rangers = ~16.25 man-weeks
- Calculation #2 –> 54h = 21.67 working days per month * 0.25h per ranger * 5 ranger pairs = ~1.35 man-week
- Calculation #3 –> 270h = 21.67 working days per month * 0.25h per ranger * 5 ranger pairs * 5 sprint road map = ~6.75 man-weeks
- Calculation #4 –> 184h = 260 working days per year * 0.25h per ranger * 5 ranger pairs * 3 week sprints / 52 weeks per year * 5 sprint road map = ~4.6 man-weeks
A typical ALM Rangers project therefore has a recipe of 184 hours bandwidth (or less), tons of experience, commitment and passion, a pinch of unreported excess hours committed by every Ranger and PMs that have to engage like chameleons.
In the talk we joked about a whitepaper that is taking months, instead of days. Let's do another calculation assuming that both Martin Hinshelwood and I were able to commit 0.125h/day, which is questionable as Martin has been travelling a lot and focusing on family>job>rangers.
- Calculation #5 –> 21.67 working days * 0.25h per ranger per day * 2 ranger = 10.835h/month
That said, we did complete the whitepaper and are waiting for the technical content editors and reviewers to dot the i's and cross the t's. One variable is fixed … the Rangers always deliver!
my "feeling" as a user
Let's get back to the question of how I feel as a user of technology with the shorter delivery cycles.
Initially I felt out-dated, doomed and stressed. Instead of trying to apply every update, experiment with every release and dog-food the latest and greatest, I had to start making difficult choices and began to select and focus on what I really need to be productive. For example, I am still running Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 on my three working devices, with Windows 10 Preview running on my desktop at the office, which also acts as the Ranger scrapyard for interim file shares and experimentation, and interim VMs with the latest and greatest Visual Studio CTPs in Azure. From afar if seems I am still as energetic as before, however, I have started relying on automated installations, updates happening behind my back and using a fraction of the solution palette that ships with Azure, Office, Windows and Visual Studio.
Today, I feel at ease with the knowledge that I will never know everything, but that I have the opportunity to learn and work with something new every day.
"It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be... This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking." ― Isaac Asimov
my "feeling" as a ranger
As a Ranger I initially felt pressured, wondering whether we were turning ourselves into the robots in an assembly line, and seriously doubting that we could continue to ship the block-buster solutions we have to date. The sprint alignment with the rest of the division felt-awkward at first, but the reduction in confusion and ability to align and focus on what was important quickly took over. I, as many others, probably have to peek at our overall roadmap to remember which sprint we are in, but a healthy side-effect ensures we check the overall roadmap, imminent milestones and objectives at the same time. As a Ranger I have to come to grips with the fact that we cannot ship a perfect solution, with all the bells and whistles anymore, that a roof with holes is better than no roof, and that we piece-meal and evolve our solutions over time.
Today, as a Ranger, I feel excited about the rapid and continuous change, and excited about what we can achieve as a community.
As a Ranger PM, however, I am still frazzled. Continuously working on (1) unblocking the teams, (2) refining our engineering process to be more productive and "fun" for the Rangers, and (3) convincing the leadership and the community that a 3-week sprint is not really a 3-week sprints and that miracles take time, takes its toll and tends to instigate panic. When we started to shorten the delivery cycle and align the cadence I was concerned about the churn and impact, the inability to make an impact and Rangers running away. BUT, I am seeing the light, opportunity and truly believe that we can make an even bigger impact than before.
"Let's ship today and make it better tomorrow" … Willy's quote that is driving the Rangers insane these days.
… my modified PM poster adding "align" and "today".
I hope this answer the question a bit better and that I can sleep tonight. Thank you Martin, Paul and Greg for a great chat and for getting my brain rebooting itself in the middle of the night to ponder over the question


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All teams, Under 6 and above, must be CARDED to play in WMSL.
All teams will be carded USSSA.
Procedure -
Each SEASONAL YEAR (August 1 to July 31) your team must card. Teams that card in the Fall can play with those same cards in the Spring.
Every PLAYER needs a completed PLAYER MEMBERSHIP FORM
If they are new to WMSL they will also need to supply a COPY OF THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE (other acceptable documents = Registration of Birth (Hospital issued not acceptable), US Passport or Passport Card, Foreign Passport, Certificate of Naturalization, Certificate of Citizenship, Permanent Resident Card, US Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Issued by the Department of State)
Every coach, asst. coach, manager needs to fill out a COACH MEMBERSHIP FORM
Fall 2020 Carding Deadline is . After this date, a minimum of $50 late fee will apply to all teams up to U12. U13 and older late fee will be a minimum of $100.
The once a seasonal year carding fee is -
USSSA Dual = $15
If a team only cards with us (does not play league through us) there is an additional $100 fee