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Creek during childbirth Cry – do not cry. Sing!
We childhood even movies accustomed to scenes of birth of the child in the cries of the future mother. This cry during labor, we used to be understood as an expression of the most horrible pain. And in our subconscious mind develops a clear association: birth – Pain – scream.
Before birth we are tormented by the question not only a painful process, but also how we will behave there as we shout, especially if the partnerships childbirth. Some moms believe that scream during childbirth – a natural process. Others are of the opinion that the cry may adversely affect the baby, to instill in him a sense of guilt for the pain my mother. Doctors also react differently to mothers cry: someone approvingly, and someone and "ask" does not scream like … By the way, the people prenatal chamber is often called "chants".
We have come to associate with only a cry of pain, fright, surprise. Most likely, this is due to childhood memories. Newborns, for example, having no other opportunities to express their emotions and pain, cry a lot. But based on biomechanics, cry – it's just a bluff involuntary exhalation, supported by voice.
Conducted study of the feasibility of evolutionary appearance of shouting, or rather cry in pain. Hypotheses were many, and still they are not entirely convincing. The studies were conducted on animals. In animals, we often look for not only the explanation of the behavior, but also the strength of the recovery and the acquisition of power, such as for yoga or martial arts. But the cry of the martial arts – it is rather a tool mystique fighting culture.
So, some basic theories need to shout:
- cry – it is an opportunity to appeal for help;
- cry – a way samoobezbolivaniya due to violations of oxygen delivery to brain cells due to the mechanism of crying;
- cry – is to run the activation of the nerve centers, which are responsible for the suppression of excessive pain – the most modern hypothesis, but not proven.
Voice methods
We have become accustomed to many sources of information, courses for pregnant women offer us learn proper breathing during labor and delivery, breathing training . But vocal technique – this is still quite a novelty. And in them is so frightening scream transforms into a special singing. Childbirth, pain during them much easier if she sings sounds on a low note, synchronizing it with the singing of the fray and was still with the diastole of the bout. Physiologically, this mechanism has proved difficult, but the psychological component is obvious. It is monotonous, low sound has a calming effect. Interestingly, some mothers themselves are moving to this low chanting instinctively during the active phase of the first stage of labor. It is even a signal for activation of childbirth professional, experienced obstetrician-gynecologists. When teaching voice technique uses a set of exercises-gudelok.
Singing can not be considered a sufficient means of anesthesia, so do not give up the sound purpose doctor anesthetic. It is in the first stage of labor can be quite vocal technique, or try a light rapid breathing. The second stage of labor excludes categorically cry, and singing is also undesirable. Expulsion of the fetus from the uterus requires absolute involvement of the diaphragm and respiratory muscles. Besides, it is necessary to clearly hear the advice of a doctor. Eruption of the head, the birth of the body, too, has already cost without bright sound.
So scream during childbirth or sing – the choice is yours. The main thing that it gave you relief and comfort. And we need to be sure that it is really for the benefit of the very process of childbirth. Therefore it is better not to rely on the case – even if you teach the instructor in preparation for childbirth .
Good you birth!


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Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) Policy Engagement
The consultation closed on 2016-12-18
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking feedback from Canadians on a draft Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) policy that will cover all food, plant health and animal health sectors. Consultation closes December 18, 2016.
AMPs are one of several measures that the CFIA may use when someone or a company does not comply with rules that help keep food safe and protect the health of plants and animals in Canada. AMPs may be issued with or without a financial penalty, and are used when letters of non-compliance are not a sufficient response but where prosecution is not considered appropriate.
Currently, the CFIA may issue AMPs to those who do not comply with certain federal requirements regarding plant health, animal health and meat inspection.
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Bands:M-Pire Of Evil
The Heretic Order
One Machine
The More I See
Babylon Fire
Past The Fall
Location:The Dome, London, England
Date: 30th of May, 2015
In all honesty, I never planned to review this festival but when prompted to do so, I agreed to write a few words as I felt the event deserved any push it can get to establish a foothold in England's Metal calendar.
17 bands, 2 stages, 1 friendly atmosphere where band members and fans mingled with each other....in a way, the convivial vibe that permeated Titanfest encapsulated my attachment to this music scene. Although I managed to catch at least a glimpse of every single band, I won't go into too much detail on every performance. Suffice to say, though, that the overall standard was surprisingly high.
The More I See
Bands such as Nightlord and Toranaga took advantage to showcase their new songs. Although Thrash seemed to be the common denominator, all bands had their own imprint on the genre. Synaptik, for instance, had one foot in the Progressive genre while Donkerkarnuffel's theatrical Thrash had a tinge of Black Metal in it and Def-Con-One, featuring ex-Venom drummer Antton Lant, were part Hardcore.
As far as I'm concerned, Synaptik's John Knight and Tytan's Tom Barna were the singers of the day. The festival hinted that One Machine's material is ideally suited to larger venues. But with regards to Metal exuberance, it was hard to find a band that topped Extrema, at Titanfest all the way from Italy. Toranaga, at their 1st London performance in 23 years were another band I particularly liked and also event openers Detoxen were quite good with their brand of old-school Thrash.
The proverbial cherry on the cake were the festival's headliners for, as someone else had mentioned, M-Pire Of Evil were truly on fire. The trio - made up of Mantas (guitar), Tony 'The Demolition Man' Dolan (bass & lead vocals) and the impressively talented drummer Francesco 'Frullo' LaRosa – ploughed mercilessly through Venom classics such as 'Don't Burn The Witch' and 'Temples Of Ice' in addition to a selection of M-Pire Of Evil material. An utterly convincing set!
The venue hosting Titanfest had 1 stage on groundfloor level and a larger stage upstairs. A small open-air area normally used as the loading bay was utilised for the bands to eat, drink and make merry. This system proved to be perfectly suited to the festival. I was surprised at the smoothness of its logistics: a band would start performing on 1 stage as soon as another band had finished their set on the other stage...without any major glitch.
M-Pire Of Evil
London needs a festival like this and I fervently hope Titanfest will be reprised in 2016. In this regards, my own recommendations would be to keep the healthy mix of cult bands and emerging talent, make the conviviality the festival's calling card and keep 'The Dome' as the hosting venue. Which basically means maintain the same formula!
Check out the video-collage featuring snippets of each band's performance. There's also a brief interview I did with the festival's organiser. Links here below:
DETOXEN: www.facebook.com/detoxenofficial
PAST THE FALL: www.pastthefall.co.uk
BABYLON FIRE: www.babylonfire.com
SYNAPTIK: www.synaptikmetal.com
DONKERKARNUFFEL: http://donkerkarnuffel.bandcamp.com
FURY: www.furyofficial.com
THE MORE I SEE: www.themoreisee.com
TYTAN: www.tytanmusic.com
EXTREMA: www.extremateam.com
VIRUS: www.facebook.com/virusthrash
D.A.M.: www.facebook.com/DAMmetal
DEF CON ONE: www.def-con-one.com
ONE MACHINE: www.feedtheonemachine.com
THE HERETIC ORDER: www.facebook.com/thehereticorder
NIGHTLORD: www.nightlord.co.uk
TORANAGA: www.toranagauk.com
M-PIRE OF EVIL: www.mpireofevil.com
Attending: :
Chris Galea


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1974 Alfa Romeo Junior - today's tempter
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Alfa Romeo's Junior (or Type 105) series lasted a remarkably long time, from 1963 until 1977 when the range was replaced.
Intended as your first step in Alfa ownership, it shared a lively 1300 inline four with more exotic cars such as Zagato Junior which were limited to this engine size to get around home market tax laws.
If your wallet could cope with it, you could also get a 1600 verison.
The 1300 is in fact a 1290cc alloy unit with twin overhead cams and two valves per cylinder, running twin Weber carburettors. It claimed just a shade over 100hp (75kW).
With a five-speed manual transmission, top speed was said to be 170km/h.
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Juniors are relatively thin on the ground in Australia and this one looks like it's been treated to a restoration. Located in Victoria, it's on the market for $49,800.
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George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director of Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings.
"Thanks to the changes in stamp duty rates, he has made renting long term a more attractive option for many tenants. Couple that with the fact that many overseas tenants can write their rent off against tax but must pay capital gains on any property they own and renting becomes a no brainer" says von Grundherr.
"We are advising landlords who are already in the market are advised to hang onto the properties, and not be tempted to sell ahead of changes to wear and tear allowance and mortgage relief" he says.
"Many nervous investors will leave the market and when they do, supply will be limited even further. The rent increases that will inevitably result will more than mitigate landlords' extra costs" the agent anticipates.
Meanwhile BRRL has collated rental values for 2015, showing record highs across almost every London borough.
Those in zones 1 and 2 saw rental values increase by more than four per cent year on year; only Richmond-upon-Thames and a small area around Edgware Road in central London saw rents fall.
Hackney was the clear winner with a 33 per cent increase in rental values over the past year although Bow, Bethnal Green and Haringey all experienced double digit growth as well, says the agency.


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- dbisAsked on March 12, 2016 at 05:13 AM
We have a booking form with times but teachers would like to block out some of the times en masse.
Rather than them putting a lot of dummy records in, I tried uploading the required records using the Import CSV. However when I try to add an entry using one of the blocked out times it still allows me.
How do I convince the system that these times are already booked?
This is a re-post of a comment on How to set Form Limits Based on a Unique Question
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Please take a look at the answer to your question on this thread, since my colleague already provided the answer to your question there:


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It's the personality that Tumi took on stage in the mostly male space of stand-up comedy, and the one that gave her the courage to comment about apartheid on air.
Tumi Morake modelled her public persona on her mother – a charming and contentious woman who used her big, bold voice to say what others were afraid to utter.
There's only so much you can find out about Tumi Morake from the stage, the screen…and the internet.
Her highly anticipated debut book, 'And Then Mama Said', officially hit the shelves on 8 October and is the voice of Tumi in private – a behind-the-scenes perspective of a pioneering South African star who has been deeply loved and viciously hated by her audiences.
Read the book extract of 'And Then Mama Said' by Tumi Morake click here
"This isn't my biography, but a collection of memories from my life. I have shared some of the things that have made me resilient and shaped the persona of Tumi Morake. I have often been asked to share my story and I thought what better way than by honouring the woman who made me who I am, my mother," comments Tumi Morake.
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"It took me a long time to figure out how to tell this story, whether I should be comedic as would be expected or just share my honest perspective. I looked back at how often me and my cousins would revert back to what my mother said growing up and I decided then to let that voice that is with me all the time to guide me in my book."
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As I stumbled into Allegro Pizza at 2 a.m., an important question came to me: who is Allegro? At that moment, I made it my personal mission to find out who the man is behind the slice of cheese and pepperoni that I routinely devour in ten seconds tops.
Immediately after arriving on campus, I realized that Allegro doesn't need an explanation—it's simply the place to be late at night and eat some great food, and it's always the move. In fact, I hadn't even entered Allegro during daylight until my investigation began, and as I walked in at 3:30 p.m., I found that it looked drastically different. Instead of drunk college students waiting in line for a slice, it was filled with families grabbing a bite to eat. After asking to know more, I was introduced to one of the owners, Elias "Lou" Kosmatos.
Kosmatos explained that Allegro has been in its current location since 1982, and it was originally one of five locations owned by an Italian family for 24 years. In 2006, Kosmatos' family bought the University City location, and it became their third restaurant in the area—they also own Axis Pizza and Greek Lady. Yes, you read that correctly: Greek Lady and Allegro, two of the most iconic but also wildly different eateries on campus, are owned by the same family.
I asked Kosmatos what an average day at Allegro is like. He said that there are three main rushes: lunch, dinner, and late night (past midnight). Surprisingly, lunch is the busiest time of day. He says that the popular orders differ through the day, and past midnight, they usually are of the fried foods on the menu, including mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders, and, of course, slices. However, he says that, "From time to time, a girl who really takes care of herself will order a salad, which is always funny."
Kosmatos is constantly entertained by the late–night shenanigans at the restaurant, which keep him on his toes. He says he has too many funny anecdotes to even recount, but most include inebriated people stumbling and generally being ridiculous.
"One time when it was busy at around two o'clock in the morning, there was a fight to get ahead in line, and a Penn student broke through the window," he says. That student came back the next day to pay for the window and actually became good friends with Kosmatos.
Another notable moment was when a girl peed in the business office during Fling—the regular bathrooms had been occupied, and she'd ended up in that office rather than the staff bathroom. Though these stories are amusing, Kosmatos says that the safety of the students is the priority, and that they don't ever want to see someone too intoxicated.
Although for many Penn students, Allegro is known as a late–night hotspot, Kosmatos says that some of the customers have been coming since it opened 35 years ago. He emphasized how special the restaurant is for the community, saying, "People say it's a landmark of West Philadelphia, in the center of everything." Other than students, he says that the majority of customers are West Philadelphia residents and professionals on their lunch break.
I asked how Kosmatos' family came to own two iconic campus restaurants, and he explained that the Greek Lady is Lou's aunt Olga, who had immigrated from Greece. The restaurant started out as a cart on Locust Walk, and when someone would ask where people got the popular hoagies from, they would reply, "The greek lady!" The name stuck, and the cart soon became a truck, and then later the restaurant itself. Still, the authenticity of the product is the same, and it has been made with the same recipes since its opening in 1982, coincidentally the same year Allegro opened.
Now that I knew who the Greek Lady was, I asked the identity of Allegro, and Kosmatos simply responded that it means "happy" in Spanish and Italian, proving that I should have paid more attention in my four years of Spanish classes. Even though Allegro isn't named after a person, the restaurant has taken on a life of its own.
Exiting the restaurant after making awkward eye contact with two people in my Comparative Literature lecture, a Quad security guard, and a five year old with sauce covering his face, I came to the conclusion that in a way, we are all Allegro, if only for the uniting moment when we all stuff our faces with the same recipes that have captivated the campus for decades.


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Xibo and Emergency Messaging
Digital signage is a great communication tool for event and office spaces. People use digital signage to share events, news, and other important information. Oddly enough, one thing people often over look as an use case for their digital signage is emergency messaging.
Companies will spend money to email, text, and call employees in case of an emergency, but do not think much about using their existing display infrastructure to reach more people. I can understand why in some cases. Some digital signage solutions make it difficult to integrate to an emergency messaging system. Luckily, Xibo is not one of those digital signage solutions. With just a few API calls, you can connect your signage to your emergency messaging system.
The way this works is simple. We will check a rss feed provided by an emergency management system. The feed will be empty if there is no emergency, but will show a message if something is happening. If we detect an event, we change the layout on a group of displays. When the event is over, we roll back to the normally scheduled layout.
Before we can start using the API, there are a few things we need to do in the CMS. First, we need to make a layout to be switched to in case of an emergency. The id of the layout needs to be noted, more on this later. Second, we need to group our displays together in a display group. We need to note the id of the display group (http://xibo.org.uk/manual/en/displays_groups.html). Third, we need to set up the api keys needed to use the API.This post will not cover how to authenticate with the Xibo CMS API. Check out this link for more information on authentication (https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/1-8-api-introduction/7702?source_topic_id=10152). After these things are done, we are ready to start making API calls.
Before using the API you should check out the xibo documentation on the subject (http://xibo.org.uk/manual/api/ ). Now let's get down to business. The following section will show you the workflow needed to display our alert. If we see an event on our rss feed we must do a POST call on the following url:
{displayGroupId} must be replaced with the id of the display group we created earlier to house our displays. We need to pass three arguments for this API call to work: displayGroupId, layoutId, and changeMode.
displayGroupId: the same as what we used above. The id of the display group.
layoutId: id of the alert layout we want to show
changeMode: set this to 'action'
When we detect that the event is over, we must now do a POST call using the following:
Again, the {displayGroupId} is the display group id that was used above. We must also pass the display group id as a parameter with name 'displayGroupId'. This will switch our alert layout off and show the scheduled layout(s) in it's place.
Now one question you may have is, "how long will it take to switch layouts"? Since Xibo uses XMR (Xibo Message Relay) it will only be a delay of seconds to switch layouts. You can learn more about XMR here (http://xibo.org.uk/manual/en/xmr.html).
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You Can't Blame Trump for Baltimore's Failure
Ineffective and dishonest politicians have used racism as a shield from criticism for half a century.
To make sense of President Trump's dust-up with Rep. Elijah Cummings, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic Party, you have to go back to Baltimore in April 1968, when the city was overwhelmed by a riot in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. The National Guard and city police proved unable to contain the situation. Mayor Tommy D'Alesandro III, Mrs. Pelosi's elder brother, pleaded with President Lyndon B. Johnson to send in federal troops.
In 1968 Maryland hadn't yet been absorbed by the wealth of Washington. It was still a semi-Southern state, lying below the Mason-Dixon Line. Republican Spiro Agnew—later Richard Nixon's vice president—had been elected governor in 1966 over a segregationist Democratic nominee. In the black areas of West and East Baltimore, the King assassination triggered four days of rioting and looting.
The conflict was so fierce that the Baltimore police, 500 state troopers and 6,000 National Guardsmen were unable to quell it. Finally the "insurrection" was halted when Johnson deployed nearly 5,000 Army troops at Agnew's request. By the time it was over, six people were dead. Mr. D'Alesandro, who had considered running for governor, was so humiliated by the rioting in a city where his father has been mayor before him that he decided to withdraw from elective politics.
Earlier that year, the Johnson administration reluctantly released the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, commonly known as the Kerner Commission. The report wasn't to LBJ's liking because it implied that his Great Society was an insignificant down payment on racial redress. The presidential panel—assembled to explain the 1967 race riots in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Newark, N.J.—should have been called the Lindsay Commission, after its vice chairman, New York Mayor John Lindsay. America's racial problems, the report claimed, could be singularly attributed to white racism: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal."
Over time, the Kerner Commission's view of racism became gospel in the media, academia and the Democratic Party. An intellectual Iron Curtain descended to protect black politicians—including ineffective ones like Mr. Cummings and even con men like the Rev. Al Sharpton—by denouncing their critics as racist.
President Trump's boorish manner tends to obscure a hard-to-swallow reality: He often has a point. The failures of LBJ's War on Poverty are increasingly visible to anyone who cares to look. To paraphrase the philosopher Ernest Gellner, some failed practices can't be reconsidered, because they already shape the way we think.
Mr. Trump follows the example of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who provoked an avalanche of media hostility in 1995 when he mocked Rep. Charles Rangel for seeming indifference to the decline of his Harlem district. Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Giuliani was disparaged as a racist. But he wasn't wrong, and his efforts helped inspire the revival of Harlem's main shopping stretch on 125th Street.
Mr. Cummings served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 13 years and has been in Congress since 1996, to little local benefit. Mr. Trump was condemned for a tweet describing Mr. Cummings's district as "a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." Critics focused especially on the word "infested." But in a 1999 congressional hearing, Mr. Cummings said: "This morning, I left my community of Baltimore, a drug-infested area."
Washington's efforts to revive Baltimore have enriched local politicians but left the city in far worse shape than Mr. Rangel's Harlem. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009—the Obama stimulus—poured $1.8 billion into Baltimore with no discernible effect. The 2015 antipolice riots made matters worse.
The author Ta-Nehesi Coates, who is celebrated by the left, grew up not far from West Baltimore's Mondawmin Mall, where the 2015 riots began. Although Mr. Coates has written that he lived in fear of street toughs as a teen, he has a largely positive view of the "crews" that act as if they own West Baltimore. His aim, in part, is to free gang-ridden areas from the malign grip of white standards and the "brutal acts of the city's police department" that are the necessary and logical expression, as Mr. Coates sees it, of those values. In a "keep off our turf" version of belligerent multiculturalism, the police are assumed to be both the source of black criminality and an expression of white values. This is so even when the police department and city government are led by African-Americans, as they are in Baltimore.
Hostility to the police has "Charm City" near collapse. Baltimore has the highest murder rate of any big city in America. It has gone through four police commissioners and three mayors since 2016.
Lindsay's insistence that white racism is the source of America's urban problems has mutated in the half-century since the Kerner Report. Among its grotesque modern variations are Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's relentless apologies for her "white privilege," the media-enforced prohibition on criticism of Mr. Cummings, and the lionization of Mr. Sharpton as "a champion in the fight for civil rights" (in the words of Joe Biden) who "has dedicated his life to the fight for justice for all" (Elizabeth Warren) and "has spent his life fighting for what's right and working to improve our nation" (Kamala Harris).
Meanwhile, West Baltimore continues to spiral downward. Neither billions of federal dollars nor attacks on Donald Trump will do anything to stem its decline.
Mr. Siegel is a contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.
An earlier version misstated the year Rep. Elijah Cummings entered Congress.


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According to the "2019 PTO/Paid Parental Leave Programs & Practices Survey" conducted by WorldatWork with underwriting support from PTO Exchange, time off is a powerful tool to attract talent in today's competitive labor market. The survey was conducted to better understand the paid time off practices of organizations and the use of paid parental leave programs that provide paid time off to new-parent employees.
Key findings regarding paid time off include:
- Most employees do not have to wait to take time off after starting a new job. Fifty-two percent of organizations allow immediate use of vacation time benefits, and 63 percent of organizations provide immediate use of PTO bank (pooled vacation, sick, personal) time benefits.
- Progressive employers are allowing paid time off alternatives. One in four employers allow employees to redirect unused paid time off. For example, a donation to colleagues who need it to utilize the time off instead of themselves (20 percent), to redirect the cash-value of unused time off to their 401(k) (2 percent) or to convert to a donation to a not-for-profit that is important to them (2 percent).
- A considerable number of employees do not maximize PTO—37 percent of employees do not use all of their PTO each year. However, employers that establish plan guidelines help promote usage of PTO benefits. For example, in organizations with "use it or lose it" policies, only 19 percent of employees lose some paid time off.
- Paid military service time and paid time to volunteer are on the rise, 49 percent as compared to 39 percent in 2014 and 35 percent as compared to 22 percent in 2014, respectively.
"While the survey shows that companies are beginning to offer flexibility around benefits, employees need choices that support their station in life. Allowing employees to self-direct their unused PTO for emergencies, 401(k)s, health savings accounts, student loans, or giving to a nonprofit or colleague they care about is important and provides generational equality to the employee community," said PTO Exchange CEO Rob Whalen. "More companies need to view PTO as part of an overall employee compensation package which is earned and accrued through the process of their work, productivity and the value they deliver to the company and shareholders. Companies that view PTO in this way will lead in the war for top talent."
The survey defines paid parental leave as paid leave for use by new parent employees to recover from the birth of a child and/or to care for or bond with a new child. Definition of "new-parent employee" (i.e., birth mother, father, domestic partner, adoptive parent, etc.) and qualifying circumstances (i.e., birth, adoption, foster placement, surrogacy birth, etc.) may vary and are covered in this survey. This paid parental leave is distinct from other paid leave programs. While using this type of paid leave, a new-parent employee does not need to use or exhaust other paid-time-off earnings or accruals such as vacation, sick time or personal leave or PTO; however, an employee may be able to use other earned/accrued paid time off after the paid parental leave benefit is exhausted, if organizational policy allows. Key findings regarding paid parental leave include:
- The United States is making inroads in expanding paid parental leave policies, and more than half of organizations offer paid parental leave programs separate from short-term disability.
- Family planning need not be influenced by employment tenure—65 percent of employers allow parental leave for employees who have been employed under one year.
- Paid parental leave is being used as a recruiting tool to entice potential Three in five organizations tout paid parental-leave programs to attract new employees.
- Part-time employees are increasingly eligible for parental benefits traditionally reserved for full-time employees. For example, in 2019, 57 percent of new-parent part-time employees are eligible for job-protected leave, as compared to 47 percent in 2016.
- Employees typically receive their full salary during parental leave. Pay during parental leave is most often full salary (78 percent), a mix of full salary and partial salary (16 percent) or partial salary (6 percent).
"This survey highlights a critical shift," said Scott Cawood, President and CEO, WorldatWork. "Organizations that deliver benefits like paid time off, flexibility, and paid parental leave—benefits that provide a great work experience and a great life experience—are often valued higher by employees than other rewards like salary or health benefits. The rise in parental leave programs may be a result of state-led mandates, in addition to employers striving for differentiated benefits in a strained labor market—or possibly both. These programs have quickly become an important and expected part of the Total Rewards equation and are critical in maintaining an engaged and productive workforce."
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Alaska's Senators say they want to see the details of top Senate Democrat Harry Reid's plans for a scaled-back energy bill. Yesterday Reid abandoned the effort to get climate change legislation passed this summer. That frustrated environmentalists and disappointed liberal Democrats who want to see pollution from the nation's power plants curbed. Reid says instead he'll unveil next week the details of a much smaller bill, focused instead on responding to the BP oil blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico, and tackling some minor energy issues. Senator Begich says he needs to see more of what Reid has in store.
Begich says he wants to see how it's paid for, and find out what the oil spill legislation entails. Begich says he won't support it if it curbs oil and gas exploration in Alaska.
Senator Lisa Murkowski's spokesman on the Energy Committee, Robert Dillon, says Reid is including the Committee's bill that deals with the BP oil spill and reforms the Interior Department, but that may not be enough to win her support.
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Located in Garda, 3.1 km de Bahía de las Sirenas Parque, Hotel Giotto features accommodation with a seasonal outdoor swimming pool. With a garden, the property also features a terrace. The hotel provides a shared lounge. Free WiFi is available to all guests, while some rooms here will provide you with a balcony. The hotel offers a continental or buffet breakfast. El aeropuerto más cercano es el aeropuerto de Verona, 25 km from Hotel Giotto.
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text: Carl's Crush: Happy Fans, Sad FashionBy Michael CarlFebruary 8, 2012FacebookTwitterEmailI asked Jennifer from Indianapolis if she would let her man sleep with Gisele. She said, "Sure, I don't give a shit."Sharon and Karen were two of the livelier fans I encountered. Sharon said that she has been married for 32 years and that there was no way her husband could sleep with Gisele. However, as she was speaking, Karen interrupted her and screamed, "Fuck yes!!!" to the proposition. When I asked for a more "PG" answer, Karen looked embarrassed and knelt down in a Tim Tebow–style prayer.So there you have it! Some post-game commentary. What I have learned from this experience is that for a million dollars, roughly 65 percent of people will do anything. Also that the New York Giants are way more popular in Naptown than the New England Patriots. Oh, and that Madonna has gotten slightly older since I was a kid.Maggie from Indianapolis is a Giants fan and said she was really excited for Madonna and the commercials. I wanted to point out that she wouldn't be seeing the commercials, and that maybe she should have stayed home in this case. But then when I asked if she would let her man sleep with Gisele for a million bucks, she didn't hesitate before replying: "Yes, if I got to do Tom." I decided to let her maintain her dreams.Brandon from Lansing, Michigan, had a lot to say. When asked if he would let his wife sleep with Tom Brady for a million dollars, he didn't hesitate. "Yup, sure would." When asked if he had three words for Tim Tebow, he said, "Fuck you, bitch." Brandon also admitted that he'd been a Patriots fan since he was eight years old because he was given a pair of Pats pajamas (a true die-hard).And when I asked Rob if he would let his girlfriend sleep with Gisele for a million dollars, he replied: "Hell yes! I would let her do it for $5!"Jamal and Tiffany were from "Naptown," which I learned means "Indianapolis." When asked if Jamal would let his wife sleep with Tom Brady for a million dollars, he immediately replied: "Yeah, she's probably sleeping with someone already anyway." Aw, love in Naptown! (P.S.: Check out these Nap Town outfits. You've got to coordinate.)Chuck from Boston was an obvious Patriots fan, and said that he would not let his wife sleep with Tom Brady for a million dollars. But it would be perfectly fine for a billion. Which reminds me of the famous line by George Bernard Shaw: "We've already established what you are, ma'am. Now we're just haggling over the price." Just with a twist, but you get the point.As you can see from some of these pictures, my non-microphone hand was occupied with another, more festive piece of metal. And that's what I blame for the fact that I kind of muddled my next two questions. However, when I asked Rhonda from Connecticut if she would let her husband sleep with Tom Brady, she didn't miss a beat. "Sure," she said. "I would let him do that for free."Harrison from New Jersey was an eight-year-old Jets fan wearing a Giants jersey. His favorite players were Jason Pierre Paul and Victor Cruz. He did not opine as to the feasibility of a future spouse having sex with Tom Brady for money.Greg and Martha are my friend Sean's parents and were kind enough to let us stay in their spare bedroom. I know, I'm 37 and crashing on someone's parents' couch, but it was delightful. They welcomed us with open arms, chicken nuggets, pancakes, and beer. Greg and Martha are certainly a happy couple, but Greg did concede that he would let Martha sleep with Tom Brady for the million dollars.Anthony from Manhattan didn't "give a fuck" about Madonna, but did admit that he was interested in marrying Rooney Mara. He also predicted that The Artist was going to win best picture at the Oscars.When I asked Ray from Rochester, New York, if his girlfriend could sleep with Tom Brady for a million dollars, he said, "Fuck yeah! My girlfriend would sleep with him for free, so why shouldn't I get paid?!" Then when asked if he had three words for Tim Tebow, he said, "Yeah: Go fuck yourself." I could have asked him for a more "PG" answer, but he was scarier than Karen.


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A host of high-street mortgage lenders have dropped their interest rates in recent weeks as mortgage lending picks up.
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The Which? mortgage comparison tables let you search all available deals from lenders large and small to choose the best deals based on quality of service as well as cost and benefits.
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Anyone looking for either a mortgage as a first-time buyer or to remortgage onto a new deal faces a choice of weighing up not only the cost of the mortgage but also the experience they are likely to have with the lender.
For example, Chelsea Building Society has launched several highly competitive products in recent weeks including a two-year fixed rate rate deal at 1.84% – for borrowers with a deposit of 35% or higher. But in our most recent mortgage satisfaction survey it only achieved a customer score of just 53%.
For borrowers with a 15% deposit, Halifax has launched a two-year fixed rate deal of 3.84% – a drop of 0.3% compared to last month. Halifax has a slightly higher customer score of 55%.
First Direct, the lender with the highest Which? Customer score for mortgages at 79% and a Which? Recommended Provider, may not have launched any headline-grabbing mortgages in recent weeks, but its deals are still pretty competitive and it is rated highly for customer service.
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The increased competition is reportedly down to banks wishing to attract buyers in order to meet end of year targets. The mortgage market had seen some disruption earlier in the year when new rules were introduced which required lenders to carry out extra affordability checks.
The number of mortgages available did dip at around that time in late April, but have now started to recover.
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As young men on the cusp of life, Charlie Beresford and Kevin "KC" Conroy forged an unlikely friendship. Though the years have lead them down unexpected paths, the bonds of an enduring love will bring them back to where they have always belonged . . .In the summer before college, hauling furniture is the last thing Charlie Beresford wants do with his time. Then, Kevin Conroy—the Mighty KC—joins the moving crew. A star baseball player bound for the big leagues, Charlie is shocked when KC reveals another side of his jock persona—and suddenly, Charlie finds the long summer coming to a bittersweet end. But as Charlie moves on to Dartmouth, KC never makes it to the majors. He finds himself in Oregon, no longer defined by his physical gifts, but building a new life with new friends, and learning to play by the heart . . .
At twenty-two, Charlie has a degree in hand and an entry-level job in radio. But sometimes he feels like the only thing he learned in college was that he's already made the biggest mistake of his life. So when he runs into his old high-school crush, he's more than ready to make up for lost time, even if the odds are long. Because the one thing Charlie and KC know too well is that the only thing worse than striking out is never taking a chance at all . . .
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The early California artist visited Yosemite in 1904. His journal of the trip is available on this web site.
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Jo Mora enters Yosemite (1904) on northern entry toll road. His journal sketch book is available on this web site.
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Lt. James Stephen Krull poses next to his Curtis JN-4 which landed in Leigh Meadow, May 27, 1919. See the full article,, Winter 2008 issue, Front Page.
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The strategic importance of wheat in Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe is under threat of the Ug99 stem rust race group. Since first detection of Ug99 (TTKSK according to the North American nomenclature system using five sets of four gene differential lines (www.fao.org, accessed 27/3/2018)) in 1998/9, 13 races have been detected in 13 countries by 2016. PTKST, TTKSF and TTKSF+Sr9h have been confirmed in Zimbabwe since 2009 while South Africa has TTKSP as a fourth race. Ug99 is virulent to a broad spectrum of resistance genes including Sr9h, Sr24, Sr31, Sr36 and SrTmp that are found in Southern Africa wheat germplasm. Genotyping of Zimbabwean lines by CenGen (2012) and Limagrain (2015) showed a frequency of 38.7-44.4% of lines possessing Sr2 alone or in combination with Sr31. Sr24 alone or in combination with unknown Sr genes constituted 10.2-11.1% whereas Sr31 alone or in combination constituted 53.1%. Sr36 had a frequency of 2% and Lr19/Sr25 alone or in combination with Sr2 was recorded in 39.9% entries. Continuous genotyping, pathotyping and annual rust surveys are important components of an updated wheat database. For example, the lack of early confirmation of stem rust occurrence led to deregistration of a new variety "Busi" in 2002. Breeding for durable resistance is the most effective, efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable way of managing the threat of stem rust. Resistance breeding can aim for adult plant resistance (APR) or all stage resistance (ASR) or a combination of the two. Four APR genes have been catalogued and these confer resistance to stem, leaf and stripe rust and powdery mildew. Any one of Sr2/Yr30/Lr27, Lr34/Yr18/Sr57, Lr46/Yr29/Sr58 and Lr67/Yr46/Sr55 must be used as the foundation for gene pyramiding. A successful disease breeding programme requires investment in effective breeding procedures, marker assisted breeding, gene stewardship, pathogenicity surveys and analysis to keep track of pathogen dynamics. Although global initiatives offer a platform for germplasm and knowledge sharing, in-country expertise and ongoing rust programmes are required in at-risk regions. Results from this study indicate PTKST with virulence on Sr31 is a major threat to wheat production in Zimbabwe with 63.3% of germplasm containing either Sr31 or Sr24. Compared to TTKSF, TTKSF+Sr9h and TTKSP, PTKST was the most virulent race with 40.8% of lines being susceptible in the greenhouse. At seedling stage, 59.2% of lines were resistant to all four Southern Africa Ug99 races. At adult stage, 42.9% of the lines were resistant or moderately resistant to PTKST in the greenhouse and a 55.1% resistance frequency was recorded in the field. PTKST resulted in 29% and 21% mean yield loss in susceptible varieties (SC1 and SC3, respectively) at Greytown, South Africa over two seasons. ASR offers better protection against Ug99 with SC8 recording the lowest yield loss of 6.4%. This was lower than losses in the APR lines Kingbird (10.1%), W1406 (19.5%) and W6979 (15.4%). Molecular markers can be used to complement phenotypic markers in characterizing wheat lines. A total of 89.5% of lines genotyped to have Sr2 also showed Sr2 flecking at adult stage when inoculated with PTKST. SC2, SC8, SC30, SC35 and SC36 had best protection as measured by infection type at seedling stage and modified Cobb field scores at adult stage against PTKST showing the value of gene pyramids. These lines have Sr2, Sr31 and other Sr genes. SC1 confirmed to have only Sr31 was susceptible to PTKST in both seedling and adult stages and needs to be replaced as a commercial variety. To test the viability of using marker assisted backcrossing, Sr25, Sr26 and Sr39 were successfully transferred to, and tracked in the development of adapted genotypes. Generally, it is difficult to predict phenotypic responses of varieties due to complexity in gene interactions and environmental influences. In the current project an AMMI model and GGE biplots identified desirable and stable genotypes and demarcated most favourable environments, important considerations for strategic decision making in wheat breeding and variety release in Zimbabwe.


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December has begone and I am starting my round of Christmas Movies. Today we will be running through what is available on HBO this year. Top start with we had trouble fishing out all the festive hits, we is surprising given the huge popularity of the HBO service.
Jingle all the way
One of my all-time favourites, Arnold flexing his muscles in yet another cheesy poorly acted family comedy, but I still love it. As Arnold runs around New York trying to secure his Son the Action Figure he had promised he sop long ago, unfortunately it is all sold out!
Love Actually
This is the number one British Christmas of all time, not my personal favourite but any survey of British people and this would certainly come out on top. Following a series of lives leading up to Christmas and how Love overcomes everything. With a huge cast of international stars and Cameos, this is truly an epic film.
Santa Paws
Really only for kids and dog lovers, not a great movie but will keep the kids occupied as you bale your Christmas cake.
That seems to be it all! A very limited selection from HBO this year. We read other a few other blog posts that listed other movies, but we could not find these going through the entire HBO Library. I could be mistaken but I can only advise on what I can see.
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See a movie in a much more intimate setting when you visit the Clearwater Cinema Cafe. Sit at a table instead of the regular auditorium seats and enjoy your choice of coffee or other sweet treats (they do have popcorn, if you prefer). You will feel like you are sitting among friends as you enjoy this truly unique movie-watching experience.


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The City of Los Angeles has contracted BCFS EMD to address all components of the city's emergency preparedness program over a three-year period. BCFS EMD is tasked with evaluating the city's current plans, developing revised emergency plans to address the needs of persons with disabilities, and overseeing the implementation of the revised emergency plans.
The partnership with BCFS EMD was established as a result of a lawsuit that argued the City of Los Angeles' emergency preparedness program did not adequately serve the needs of the more than 800,000 individuals with disabilities who live within the city. The lawsuit contended that those with disabilities in the City of Los Angeles were disproportionately vulnerable in the event of an emergency.
In the course of the project, BCFS EMD will ensure the City of Los Angeles is better prepared for an emergency and can care for its populations of people with disabilities in a crisis by taking the following steps:
- Revising the city's emergency plans to ensure adequate plans are in place for the care of disabled populations
- Assessing the efficacy of the plan
- Advancing identification of needs and resources
BCFS EMD is also responsible for ensuring the City of Los Angeles has the following provisions in place:
- Public notification and communication
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- Shelter and care for individuals forced to evacuate their homes
- Assistance with evacuation and transportation
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A simple 2-ingredient salad, yet the combination with the dressing is so flavourful that I actually refer to this as my weak-in-the-knees salad!
1 bunch of curly kale
½ - 1 avocado (your preference)
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp minced fresh ginger
¼ tsp powdered mustard
Juice of ½ lemon
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2-4 drops stevia natural sweetener
½ cup water
1/3 cup Braggs liquid aminos
Salt and pepper to taste
Combine all dressing ingredients in a blender.
Source: HCG Diet Canada (dressing)
Tear kale leaves from stalk; rinse & spin dry. Chop into desired size and place in bowl.
Pour desired amount of dressing on to kale and massage it in to leaves with your hand. *This is essential for softening the tough kale.*
Cut avocado in half and scoop meat in to bowl with kale. Use your hand again to massage it all together.
And that's it!


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Over the last decade, there has been an evolution toward disease-based management approaches for many medical conditions, but some have questioned the appropriateness of this strategy when managing older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It can be challenging for clinicians to manage geriatric individuals with CKD by using disease-oriented models of care because of the prevalence of complex comorbid conditions and syndromes in this patient population. Disease-oriented care models assume a direct causal link between observed signs and symptoms and underlying disease processes. Treatment plans target underlying disease mechanisms and aim to improve disease-related outcomes. In older adults, signs and symptoms often won't reflect a single underlying pathophysiologic process.
The appropriateness of using disease-oriented models of care has been questioned for elderly patients with CKD because there can be wide variations in life expectancy, functional status, and health priorities in these individuals. Furthermore, the safety and efficacy of recommended interventions are not as well established in older adults with CKD. Disease-oriented approaches may fail to address outcomes that are of greatest concern for patients. They can cause physicians to use treatment strategies that may be inappropriate, which in turn can increase the potential for doing more harm than good.
Benefits of Patient-Centered Care for CKD
More recently, some clinicians have argued that individualized patient-centered models of care may be more appropriate than using traditional approaches in older adults with CKD. By taking an individualized approach, patient preferences are prioritized. Clinicians must also recognize that observed signs and symptoms may not always reflect a single unifying disease process. Signs and symptoms can reflect the complex interplay between pathologic processes, aging, social, psychological, and other factors. Patient-centered care approaches emphasize modifiable outcomes that matter to patients. In many instances, survival may be of less importance to patients than other outcomes, such as quality of life, functional status, pain control, and independence. Under patient-centered approaches, prognostic information relating to these and other outcomes should generally be used to shape treatment decisions rather than dictate them.
26 % of those 60 and older has stage-III CKD
Click here to see the incidence and prevalence of CKD in older adults.
Patient-oriented approaches incorporate information about social support systems and family dynamics, highlighting the role of caregivers. It should be noted that disease-specific diagnoses and management are not abandoned completely. Instead, those principles are incorporated into individualized treatment plans. How they're incorporated depends on the extent to which disease-based recommendations are aligned with preferences and goals of patients. Individualized treatment plans are intended to be dynamic and bidirectional. They enable clinicians to accommodate changes in health priorities that can occur over time.
Consider the Pros & Cons in Older Adults with CKD
A key advantage to using patient-centered treatment approaches in older adults with CKD is that they embrace the reality that many of these individuals have multiple comorbid conditions in addition to their CKD. Such approaches also recognize the substantial heterogeneity in health status, life expectancy, treatment efficacy, and patient preferences. To support patient-centered approaches in this patient group, clinicians will need to become skilled in the art and science of eliciting patient goals and preferences and then incorporate these into treatment strategies.
Patient-centered approaches to care can result in diverse treatment plans for older adults with similar stages of CKD. Heterogeneity in treatment goals may make it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of care. In the future, more studies are needed to evaluate the role of patient-centered care in treatment decisions and to determine how these approaches impact outcomes that matter most to patients.
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O'Hare AM, Kaufman JS, Covinsky KE, et al. Current guidelines for using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II-receptor antagonists in chronic kidney disease: is the evidence base relevant to older adults? Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:717-724.
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The University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (USWR) launched the Iranian National Genome Center, also known as Iranome, in Tehran on Jan. 16.
According to the university's website, genomes of 800 Iranian adults over 35 years have been sequenced in the project. The data will be uploaded on the website Iranome.ir, which will be accessible to all.
The mapped genomes will be analyzed and more samples will be gathered over time at the center.
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology is used at Iranome, which allows scientists to sequence DNA and RNA more speedily and inexpensively than previous methods. Using the technology, millions or billions of DNA strands can be sequenced simultaneously.
"Iranome will provide scientists with data for detecting genetic mutation trends that can cause ailments and for finding cures," Professor Hossein Najmabadi, the project's director, was quoted as saying.
During Iranome's inauguration, Najmabadi said, "The computer systems required for analyzing the genome sequences have been purchased and installed at the center."
The gathered data is difficult to interpret without advanced computer systems.
Real-Life Issues
Mohammad Kamali, the university's chancellor, said Iranome is USWR's new research wing.
"The center's main mission is to detect disease-causing genes that lead to musculoskeletal disorders, mental weakness and deafness," he said.
"The gathered data enable researchers to detect trends in gene mutations. The results can be used for preventing diseases and coming up with new cures."
Kamali noted that academia's should prioritize resolution of real-life issues.
"The way universities are managed is undergoing profound changes globally. Universities are moving toward the third generation of academic development to expand the functional areas of academia from mere conventional study and research to addressing nations' critical problems," he said.
The chancellor added that globalization and collaboration with international academic centers must top the agenda of local universities.
According to Kamali, the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, and Health Ministry, have been the main supporters of the Iranome project.
Future Plans
Also addressing the ceremony, Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh said, "A medical center for genetic diseases should be established, which can complement the activities of Iranome. While Iranome focuses on understanding the genetic causes of disease, the medical center can and should apply the scientific discoveries to medical practices."
According to Malekzadeh, NGS methods can be applied for detecting genetic causes of cardiovascular ailments and different kinds of cancer.
"The application of the technology is not limited to the health sector and can be used in agriculture," he said.
Globally, next-generation sequencing technologies are used to study agricultural species and model organisms to help researchers and breeders develop healthier and more productive crops and livestock.
Investment and Prospects
Another speaker was Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi who announced that about €1 million were invested for establishing Iranome.
Echoing the chancellor's comments, Hashemi said the project can help Iranian scientists identify the genetic cause of diseases and find cures.
"Annually 1.5 million infants are born in Iran, from which 2% suffer from genetic disorders. Through genetic mapping and educating people, many of these births can and should be prevented. Such genetic studies can provide the medical sector with cures for many of the ailments and disorders," he added.
According to Hashemi, a genetic modification center will be established to enable scientists to cure mental disabilities, among other ailments.
The last speaker at the event was Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari who said projects like Iranome can cut healthcare costs significantly in the long run.
"Genetics is the future of the medical sector. Not investing in genetics would be an obvious example of negligence," he said.


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The title is a bit of click bait. But here's the alternative title: What stupid beliefs/ideas did you have while an active JW.
I think the majority of JWs that don't have obvious mental health issues are not stupid, just un/under-educated. For example, I now accept evolution as a thing, not a controversy or conjecture. I even actively contribute to research papers and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
Nonetheless, about ~8 years ago I recall saying something fallacious like the following about evolution:
"Telling lies is complicated, but the truth is simple. The world has numerous books on evolution, and they are anything but simple. Thus, we know evolution is a lie."


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In my first blog, I introduced our C2C philosophy, and in the second blog I described a real case study taken from a software development industry forum and how applying the C2C philosophy solved some issues.
In this, my third and last blog in the series, I'll cover the steps insurance companies need to address to become the disruptors rather than the disrupted.
Despite a large focus on digitisation in the insurance industry, pockets within our sector still grapple with manual intensive processes, paper overload and its associated inefficiencies.
Where's the rub?
As I see it, below are some of the key reasons:
Don't get Ubered, be Uber
Entering the modern lexicon as a verb, being "Ubered" means being blindsided by a marketplace disruptor. Although the complexities and stringent regulation surrounding the P&C insurance market make it hard for start-up hopefuls to enter, the market should not be complacent. We have seen various InsurTech start-ups successfully establish themselves in the consumer insurance market, why not in P&C market?
How to avoid becoming disrupted? Below are some areas that need to be addressed.
Our Digital Market place concept can guide insurance customers on their digital journey and address the challenges listed above. Analysing and anticipating customer behaviour and constantly adapting business strategy is now possible with the maturing of social and data analytics technologies, which we have at AdvantageGo.
Technology has found its way into majority of the world's population and its adoption is increasing every minute. Economic access to communication technologies will further build a digital mindset among consumers - forcing businesses to plan and have a digital strategy that helps them quickly adapt to every new possibility. Easier said than done – and along with the insurance industry, all of us are also learning.
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