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After a 25-year career in graphic design and illustration, Karen Schmidt is now a full-time professional artist living in the farm country of north Louisiana. A follower of Christ, she is married to a musician who keeps her laughing, is "Mom"-and-chief-wrangler of six dogs and concierge to four cats, all of whom have been subjects for her paintings. She finds endless inspiration for her art in the visual blessings of their daily life and the surrounding landscape: woods and tree-studded pastures, country roads, ponds and bayous. Working in oils and acrylics on gessoed hardboard, Karen uses both brushes and painting knives to build up glazes of transparent color, finishing with layers of opaque color painted loosely so that the vivid first layers show through in places; the end result often reminds the viewer of stained glass.
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Every child deserves the opportunity to access a high quality education. Our aim at NUSA is very simple and that is to be recognised as outstanding in every aspect. The determination of staff and governors to achieve this goal is very strong and is based on our core belief that every child can succeed.
At NUSA, all of our staff show genuine care for every student in their charge. Strong, supporting and trusting relationships are a real strength of the school. We ensure that the welfare of each student is catered for. We encourage our students to take pride in themselves, the school and their community. We believe that all members of the school should behave well and have respect for each other. We want our students to become the leaders and achievers of the future and want to provide them with every opportunity possible to allow them to go on to succeed in their chosen career area. We expect our students to attend school regularly, on time, in uniform and with the right equipment, ready to learn and engage with the opportunities that we provide for them.
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BOSTON — Today the State Senate voted 38-0 to ban the use or sale of "bump stocks" and "trigger cranks," attachments used by the Las Vegas shooter on Oct. 1 which enable semi-automatic rifles to fire faster, simulating automatic fire. The Las Vegas mass shooting was the worst in U.S. history, leaving 58 dead and 489 injured.
Banning "bump stocks" and "trigger cranks" have been a unifying issue in the debate over reducing gun violence. The National Rifle Association announced on Oct. 5 that it was open to new regulations on such devices.
"There are commonsense solutions to reducing gun violence while protecting the Second Amendment. Banning 'bump stocks' and 'trigger cranks' is one of those commonsense solutions.
"Too many parents have had to bury their children, too many movie-goers have had a fun night out turn into a nightmare and too many Americans fear for their safety and the safety of their families. It is time for us to step up and say we will not tolerate this senseless killing anymore — or the ease with which it is carried out.
"I understand that no one law will end our epidemic of gun violence, but there are actions we can and must take today that make it harder to commit mass murder and to keep weapons of mass murder out of the hands of criminals. Western Mass has a long tradition of hunting and sportsmanship, but bump stocks and trigger cranks are designed to turn semi-automatic guns used by hunters or hobbyists into weapons of war capable of inflicting terror in our communities. They should be illegal.
The vote came a week after a report that the Las Vegas shooter had researched concert venues in Boston and searched for hotels near Fenway Park.
Similar legislation passed the State House of Representatives the previous day.
Legislation banning bump stocks at the federal level was introduced by a bipartisan group of 20 legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 10.


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Geary continues his campaign to use graphic novels to present complicated historical cases in a manner both clear and suspenseful with this look at the famous, controversial case. Geary lays out what is known and not known about the case, in which two Italian anarchist immigrants were put to death after being found guilty of robbery and murder. The carefully constructed narrative not only details the events of the crime, manhunt, and trial but also includes information about the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti and their families. The duo shared anarchist beliefs%E2%80%94creating suspicion in an era upset by the Russian revolution and the rise of communism. An unsympathetic judge rejected evidence favorable to the pair, and their execution sparked protests worldwide. Geary's linear black and white illustrations, full of straight lines and right angles, are especially helpful in lending order to the confusing and often contradictory facts. His use of maps also helps explain the events, both of the killing and the worldwide response. Geary, a cartoonist with the soul of a historian, reaches no easy conclusions, but gives readers the tools to draw their own. (Aug.)
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In this graphic novel series, Geary covers some of history's most famous murders in meticulously researched, beautifully drawn volumes. This one takes on H.H. Holmes, one of America's Continue reading »
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Geary returns to the finely detailed style of historical case study made so fascinating in his Library of Victorian Murder series, this time moving away from visceral horror to the arena of Continue reading »
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The 10th in Geary's ongoing, multi–Eisner-nominated historical murder series, Famous Players tells the story of one of the first major Hollywood Continue reading »
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Having provided many fascinating accounts of gruesome true crime in his excellent A Treasury of Victorian Murder series, Rick Geary skips ahead in time to the days of WWI and chronicles the unsolved Continue reading »
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Jack the Ripper: A Journal of the Whitechapel Murders 1888-1889
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Comics artist Geary returns with another typically superlative work, the third in his series, A Treasury of Victorian Murder. As in his Jack the Ripper, Geary uses a fictional narrator to present a Continue reading »
Lover's Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery
Two lifeless bodies, one belonging to Edward Hall, a local and well-liked minister, and the other to Eleanor Mills, a singer in his church's choir, are found in a park in a quiet New Jersey suburb on Continue reading »
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Industry 4.0 has become standard practice at WILA. During EuroBlech and Fabtech, WILA will be showcasing its revolutionary developments in the field of tooling software. Intelligent and intuitive software (Tool Advisor) makes it possible to determine, or even create, appropriate WILA press brake tools for the sheet metal part to be formed. Product details can be entered and the bending profile can be drawn or entered via parameters resulting in quick and accurate tooling selection. The Webshop can also be used to request quotes, check the latest prices, find delivery times and place orders.
Please visit us at our stand. You will find us at the EuroBlech, Hanover in hall 11, booth A101 and at the Fabtech, Las Vegas, booth C30094.
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As I mentioned last time I like to create homemade beauty recipes, but I also enjoy trying different products. In this article I will share more homemade beauty recipes and products I have tried and recommend.
I will start with my three favourite shampoos and conditioners. So you know I try all the products I recommend. One of my favourite shampoo and conditioners is by Marc Anthony, called oil of Morocco(Aragan oil). They are infused with keratin, which is a building block in hair, and it is also sulfate free. It leaves your hair smooth and soft and smelling lovely. My second favourite is by Dove Advanced hair series. It helps smooth the hair and reduce frizz, leaving your hair healthy and shiny. My third favourite is by TRESemme expert selection and it's one of their new releases. It has no dyes, no parabens, and is silicon free. The one I use is coconut milk and aloe vera, nourish and replenish. I love the smell and the way it leaves my hair soft and healthy.
Now I will tell you my favourite creams for your face. I love the new one by Aveeno active naturals, absolutely ageless. It is applied before bed to your face and neck and it's a restorative night cream, your skin absorbs products best at night. You apply it after you have washed your face and it is applied every night, you will notice a difference in your skin in about a week.
Another face cream, I have always liked, is by Olay Regenerist, regenerating serum. It can be applied to your entire face and neck, but I like to use it mostly under my eyes and eye lids. I always buy the one for the face because the bottle is bigger and you get more bang for your buck. The one just for the eyes is a lot smaller and doesn't last as long, and they both work exactly the same.
Another great product for the face is by Burt's Bees, BB cream with Noni extract. It also has SPF 15 in it. It protects your skin from the damage of the sun, as it minimizes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It goes on smoothly and gives you light coverage instead of a heavy foundation, and it's 99.9% natural.
Now I will talk about homemade recipes that you can make in your own kitchen. I will start with a really easy one. If you are looking for a 100% natural deodorant try using a lime. Take a lime and cut it in half and rub it all over your clean underarms, then allow to dry. It will keep you smelling fresh and dry for hours. Another homemade recipe that is easy to put together is for your face, this face mask will leave your skin looking radiant. You will need ½ cup plain oatmeal, two big spoonful's of honey, two spoonful's of lemon, and three big spoonful's of rosewater. Mix all together well and apply to clean dry face and neck, leave on for thirty minutes and then rinse off with warm water. Then as always a splash of cold water to close the pours, repeat 1x a week. My last recipe is a combination of homemade and product. Take two peeled avocados and smash them up with a fork in a bowl. Once they are are smashed up add your favourite conditioner to the avocado. Mix together well and apply to hair from top to ends of hair, massaging gently into hair. Then wrap hair with plastic wrap and leave in for one hour. After rinse out with warm water, then cool water. Your hair will look and feel healthy. Repeat 1x a week.
I hope you enjoyed the recipes and product suggestions. Stay tuned for my next article with more homemade and product suggestions.
To see many more of Patricia's recipes, you can visit Patty's beauty world.
I have enjoyed reading your last two articles. There are a few recipes I tried and they really did work. I also like that you included products in this article also, since I'm also a product junky. I look forward to your next article. Stacey.
I have heard really good things about the Marc Anthony Oil of Morocco shampoo but I have not tried it yet. I will definitely be trying it soon. I would also like to try the avocado with the conditioner. I am looking to make my hair healthier.
Great article. Loved the reviews.
I loved the homemade recipes and the product suggestions are a great help. It takes the guessing work out of what I should buy. Thanks again.
I loved your product suggestions mixed with homemade recipes, perfect balance.
I enjoyed reading the article, good info.
I've enjoyed reading your last two articles, can't wait to read more.
I tried the aveeno night cream you suggested and I really loved it. Goes on smooth and dries quickly. I also like the smell it's very pleasant. Thanks.
Love the mixture of product suggestions and homemade recipes, good article.
I tried the avocado mixed with my conditioner you suggested. I must say my hair is so soft and shinny. Thanks.
Love the homemade recipes. They are easy to put together, and they work. I Also like the products you recommended, I love Olay and aveeno products. Next I will have to try the shampoo and conditioners you suggested. Thanks.
I love hearing different things people use for their hair, body, & nails. Please keep me posted every time you post something.
How do the things you use help you? What do you like most about each product?
The homemade recipes do different things. Some exfoliate, soften skin, reduce wrinkles. I love aveeno night cream because it goes on smooth and doesn't feel heavy on. The Olay serum I use under my eyes, and it works great to smooth out my skin and fine lines. The advocado mixed with conditioner makes your conditioner stronger. It moisturizes your hair more than just using conditioner.
Good information. It's nice to see natural remedies instead of chemicals. Thanks for the recipes.
Great information. Love the suggestions for natural homemade and products. And everything is affordable. Thanks.
I use organic, natural products on my face and other parts of my body.
Do you have any other recipes/natural items fr deodorant?
Apply it let it dry and it should last up to 8 hours, no matter what you are doing. They also sell deodorants that are made of a form of crystal. You wet it under warm water and rub under arms. It's all natural. I use to buy it at Walmart.
Love all the info. I look forward to your next article.
I enjoy reading the natural homemade recipes, but I love products too. So it's nice to see a mixture of both.
I enjoyed reading about the products you recommend and the homemade recipes.
I enjoyed reading your article and the suggestions are great. I enjoy the mixture of homemade and products you buy. Usually articles talk about homemade or products. Thanks.
Love this article. I use Olay myself and love it. I will have to try some of the products you mentioned, and the homemade stuff as well. I do use TRESemme I use the #1 & # 2 steps Conditioner 1st and then Shampoo. I also use Marc Anthony Argon oil, and his conditioner you leave in for 5 min then rinse smells amazing.
Your advice is great. I love that the prices of the products are reasonable. The homemade recipes are a nice change. You get to pick every ingredient you put in your homemade recipes, and on your body. Thanks.
First, you must be sure that you want to get a brazilian bikini wax. Consider trying first the standard bikini wax which will remove the hair from your bikini line or the full bikini which will remove most of your pubic hair apart from the most sensitive areas. A brazilian bikini wax removes ALL your pubic hair.


This 2-day, 1-night tour traveled through the Sierra Nevada foothills, into the mountains and around the Lake Tahoe Basin to learn about upper watersheds and what role they play in water supply and quality. We discussed meadow restoration, forest management and tree mortality, climate change, wildfire impacts and water quality. We visited a meadow restoration site, Lake Tahoe, El Dorado National Forest, and the Yuba and American rivers.
Early Bird Price – $525 if you registered online by August 15.
Fee included all tour meals, transportation, materials, snacks and hotel accommodations once the tour began. Participants were responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour's beginning and end point.
The tour began on September 13 at 7:30 a.m. and ended on September 14 at 6:30 p.m. in Rancho Cordova (10 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento) at GEI Consultants - 2868 Prospect Park Dr #400, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
Free & secured parking was available for all tour attendees. Tour spent the night of September 13 in South Lake Tahoe.
Deadline to cancel and receive a full refund was two weeks prior to the first day of the tour due to hotel, meal and transportation bookings. Substitutions were allowed up to three business days before the tour.
Continuing education credits may be available for an additional fee for attorneys and water plant, wastewater plant operators, and other vocations/professions.
The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is the largest statewide coalition of public water agencies in the country. Its 430 public agency members collectively are responsible for 90% of the water delivered to cities, farms and businesses in California.
Founded in 2014, the California Forest Watershed Alliance (CAFWA) is a bipartisan, urban-rural coalition representing water interests, local governments, the conservation community, agriculture, and the forestry sector, created to promote the restoration and improvement of California's forested watersheds.
As a global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management, CH2M has the human and technical resources, the international footprint, and the depth of know-how and experience to help clients achieve success in any corner of the world.
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California's 2017 fire season is underway, with several blazes threatening land, property and lives across the state. The impacts of a wildfire can linger long after the blaze has been extinguished. Runoff from burned areas can carry ashes, dirt and other debris into lakes and rivers, threatening wildlife and the quality of drinking water. Our Headwaters Tour, September 13 and 14, will examine this and other water-related issues in our forests.
Sixty percent of California's developed water supply originates high in the Sierra Nevada. Thus, the state's water supply is largely dependent on the health of Sierra forests, which are suffering from ecosystem degradation, drought, wildfires and widespread tree mortality.
Join us as we head into the Sierra foothills and the mountains to examine water issues that happen upstream but have dramatic impacts downstream and throughout California.
The Sierra Nevada mountains are dotted with orange and brown patches of dead trees. The U.S. Forest Service estimates with aerial surveys that more than 100 million trees have died in California this decade, 62 million dying in 2016 alone.


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Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.
The crystal structure of Cel44A
DOI: 10.2210/pdb2E0P/pdb
Classification: HYDROLASE
Organism(s): Clostridium thermocellum (strain ATCC 27405 / DSM 1237 / NBRC 103400 / NCIMB 10682 / NRRL B-4536 / VPI 7372)
Expression System: Escherichia coli
Deposition Author(s): Kitago, Y., Karita, S., Watanabe, N., Sakka, K., Tanaka, I.
Resolution: 1.6 Å
Crystal structure of Cel44A, a glycoside hydrolase family 44 endoglucanase from Clostridium thermocellum.
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The crystal structure of Cel44A, which is one of the enzymatic components of the cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum, was solved at a resolution of 0.96 A. This enzyme belongs to glycoside hydrolase family (GH family) 44. The structure reveals th ...
The crystal structure of Cel44A, which is one of the enzymatic components of the cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum, was solved at a resolution of 0.96 A. This enzyme belongs to glycoside hydrolase family (GH family) 44. The structure reveals that Cel44A consists of a TIM-like barrel domain and a beta-sandwich domain. The wild-type and the E186Q mutant structures complexed with substrates suggest that two glutamic acid residues, Glu(186) and Glu(359), are the active residues of the enzyme. Biochemical experiments were performed to confirm this idea. The structural features indicate that GH family 44 belongs to clan GH-A and that the reaction catalyzed by Cel44A is retaining type hydrolysis. The stereochemical course of hydrolysis was confirmed by a (1)H NMR experiment using the reduced cellooligosaccharide as a substrate.
Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 0600810, Japan.
Endoglucanase
519 Clostridium thermocellum (strain ATCC 27405 / DSM 1237 / NBRC 103400 / NCIMB 10682 / NRRL B-4536 / VPI 7372) Mutation(s): 0
Find proteins for A3DD30 (Clostridium thermocellum (strain ATCC 27405 / DSM 1237 / NBRC 103400 / NCIMB 10682 / NRRL B-4536 / VPI 7372))
Go to UniProtKB: A3DD30
Full Protein Feature View for A3DD30
Query on ZN
ZINC ION
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Query on CTT
beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucopyranose
CELLOTETRAOSE
C24 H42 O21
LUEWUZLMQUOBSB-HGDSAIHNSA-N
Query on CL
CHLORIDE ION
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Query on CA
CALCIUM ION
BHPQYMZQTOCNFJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Space Group: P 21 21 21
c = 170.539 γ = 90.00
CNS refinement
DENZO data reduction
CNS phasing
SCALEPACK data scaling
ADSC data collection
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This morning was the start of another Eastern Sierra Adventure and began at one of our all time favorite places, Mono Lake. The family has come to the lake for decades, photographing everything from the Violet Green Swallows to the Sage Thrashers, but this time we left our 6's at home and focused on the landscape.
The morning was a beautiful one, with a small slit in the clouds letting in enough light to make some drama happen. Starting at -2 exposure comp and in vivid, the light as it slowly rose caused the compensation to rise to around -1. It was a simple clean shot morning minus all the Eared Grebes that migrate through at this time of year and stop at the lake. I thought they looked like little bumper cars floating around ready to hit one another, Dad just shook his head. This is also the time of year of many photographers on the shore line being that it is such a great time to be shooting. Of course Dad and I shoot there even just to practice panning technique in sucky light before photographing planes but I'm sure that's just us .
Towards the time our stomachs were ready for something to eat and some more coffee, a low cloud hovered over Lee Vining for a while giving another unique opportunity. I thought it was cool to see a cloud that low. We all agreed that it was a UFO trail left from an abduction. Oddly enough it disappeared not too long after we said this.


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What if a real-life commercial looked, sounded and felt like an SNL skit? It's happened before, both purposely and accidentally, and it's happening now in the U.K. with a new Bud Light ad.
The AB InBev brand, which launched there earlier this year, parodies a bunch of hipster, millennial-targeted ad tropes with a musical number that features sun-drenched beaches (in England?) and beautiful "friends" enjoying their bohemian lives. Even a pet rabbit, inexplicably used as a prop, is "an 8 out of 10" on the looks scale, the commercial says.
The ongoing campaign, dubbed "Keep it Bud Light," recently teased a line of branded "leisurewear" consisting of tube socks, shower shoes, scarves and cross-body bags. AB, whose execs say the apparel and accessories are not a joke, calls the "fashionable" product a lighthearted take on streetwear.
As part of the brand's across-the-pond push, the ad will air on TV and in cinemas, with digital versions planned that will star the cast of the hero spot. AB plans a "significant" spend on digital via Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube through the end of the year.


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Standing with 13 other nervous women in a room above a central London pub, I'm about to make what may be my most bizarre attempt to witness people trying to find love.
We're all waiting quietly to meet 14 eligible men who have also paid £20 each to spend an evening in silence.
There will be no small talk before - and no sweet nothings afterwards. In fact, not a single word will pass our lips for the next two hours.
I am usually a chatterbox, desperately wittering on to try and fill any awkward silences. But not this evening.
Billed as 'speed dating without the talking', Shhh Dating nights launched in London earlier this year and (ironically) word of mouth has seen them spread so fast across the capital that organisers are looking to expand them across the UK.
'We often use small talk, alcohol and other distractions to avoid seeing or showing ourselves properly,' explains founder Adam Taffler, who has good reason to boast of his nights' success rates: he met his own girlfriend at one.
Maybe. But despite the fact that this is meant to be a 'silent' night, the amassed women are, perhaps unsurprisingly, soon gossiping away.
There's Anke, a blonde who has been on so many 'normal' speed dating nights already that she's really hoping this might be her last.
The same goes for Anna, the petite woman next to me. 'I sat opposite one man who I thought was very good looking, until he opened his mouth and this squeaky voice came out,' she says.
I'm not sure how she thinks tonight will help her avoid more vocal surprises, but she's clearly willing to give the dating dice another desperate throw.
Two minutes later, the men file in - a mix of ages and attractiveness. As they're unable to use their dizzying wit or repartee to distract us, I can't help but make snap judgments based on their appearances - too short, too beardy, too bald - but no doubt they are doing the same about us.
The organiser, Lucy Baker, stands up and explains what the evening entails. First, there will be a non-verbal round where we will all sit in front of each other for a minute at a time and are allowed to make noises and gesticulate. 'I've had people barking like dogs,' she says.
Then comes an entirely silent round where we stare into each other's eyes for one intimate minute before moving on.
The evening will end with a round of box-ticking, when we decide who we would like to meet again. It sounds simple enough, but my heart is racing.
Lucy asks us to walk round the room and make eye contact with each other, before shaking everyone's hand - the rule being that you cannot let go of one man's grasp until you have grabbed someone else's.
At some point I get attached to a bearded man, with no other hand in sight to save me. He smiles at me and I try to smile back, but this is already getting awkward.
After all that hand-holding, Lucy instructs us to jump in the air every time we turn to face someone, while saying: 'Oogly-boogly-oo!'.
It sounds like a cringingly embarrassing am-dram exercise, but I can feel the atmosphere changing. People are loosening up a bit and laughter starts to fill the room.
The jumping, Lucy explains, helps us tap into our physical bodies. The nonsense talk is a way to show us how we can connect to each other without using words.
I just feel that at least there's no way I can make myself look any more of a twit as the evening progresses.
The embarrassing exercises aren't over, though. We're told to pair up and perform actions for each other to follow. A besuited man next to me waves at me. I wave back. Then he looks down at the floor and stays like that for what seems like an eternity.
Thankfully, it's time for the first round of 'dates'. I find myself in front of Bearded Man again.
Adam tells us our minute has started. Beardy looks at me and smiles, pointing to my dangly earrings and putting his thumbs up.
I don't know what to do so I just put my thumbs up back at him. Then we just sit there, twiddling said thumbs, as the minute slowly edges by.
When the bell goes, we give each other a relieved smile and I move on to the next man, who has a wide face and freckles.
He gives me the earring thumbs-up again - who knew they would be such a non-talking point? - before we sit for another agonisingly long minute, avoiding eye contact.
The next man is a bit more inventive. He motions to ask if I play the piano. I shake my head, but let out a long high note to show him that I sing (a bit). He starts laughing. This is good - laughing, I can do.
In fact, as the round goes on, I start relaxing.
One man manages to ask me by miaowing and pretending to stroke his non-existent whiskers if I have cats, so I nod and then bark at him to show I have dogs, as well.
I go on to master motioning the guitar, the accordion and mouth-organ, before having an entire 'conversation' about horses.
Then I notice the woman next to me: she is stroking the man's hand and making murmuring noises, while he looks as if he is in heaven.
Am I doing this all wrong? I'm being bouncy, not seductive.
He asks me to sit opposite him and communicate non-verbally. I look into his eyes and suddenly feel all warm and squidgy.
Adam is somehow managing to convey honesty, fun, intelligence and a hint of sexiness - all in a single look.
'How on earth do you do that?' I ask.
During the second round, I desperately try to tap into my 'inner Adam', but it's really difficult to hold a complete stranger's gaze.
I'm going for 'alluring' but I'm not convinced I'm not coming across as a lunatic.
Many of the men can't stop messing around. One keeps raising his eyebrows and making faces.
The stare of the tall, dark man next to him is so intense I decide he may well be a serial killer.
The gaze of the following chap is the most off-putting of the lot: unashamedly lascivious, and not in a good way.
He raises his eyebrow, licks his lips and makes small, semi-silent moans. I squirm uncomfortably.
Still, by the end of the evening, I'm enjoying the whole experience. It's been fun, inventive and infinitely preferable to spending hours with someone droning on.
I think I've caught a bald guy's eye, and may even have bonded with an attractive man wearing a diamond-patterned jumper.
I sit there in indignant silence. That means ten crosses.
Did diamond-patterned man or the bald guy tick me, at least?
No? Why on earth not! This sends me into a spin. I obviously can't read the non-verbal cues at all. Still, I don't tell Adam I didn't tick anyone . . .
I suppose he is right, but I was hoping for more tangible results.
So can you find love without saying a word? I can see how it could be possible and, even though I didn't, it was a fascinating way to spend an evening.
Instead of gabbling to fill every awkward silence, I resolve to practise the power of keeping schtum.


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Interview with Lauren Pattison
11/23/2015 InterviewsBy Comedy Blogedy
CB: How long have you been gigging in comedy?
LP: I've been gigging for just over 3 years but I actually did a couple of gigs when I was just 15 which feels so long ago! I caught the bug then and waited until I was 18 to start doing it 'properly'
CB: How would you describe your comedy?
It's my life essentially! I like to talk about stuff that's true as it's real life that I find the funniest. It's anecdotal, it's truthful and hopefully it's funny
CB: Which comedians influence your comedy?
So many! If I had to just pick one though – I love Katherine Ryan she's an absolute queen. Her writing is so razor sharp and I'm so in awe of her when I watch her, she's just so fierce and hilarious and also has an excellent wardrobe.
CB: Did you always want to go into comedy?
Definitely not! I was really shy when I was younger, like annoyingly shy and the thought of having to talk to anyone who I didn't HAVE to talk to was a nightmare. Then I got into drama and loved it, I found a passion and my confidence. Through that I realised I could make people laugh and sort of fell into comedy. I'm glad I did though! I think getting it via drama was such a blessing cause I already had an awareness of stage presence and faking looking confident which are two things that were definitely great to have from the word go when I started doing comedy
CB: How do you go about writing your material?
I sort of wing it at first. I get a little nugget of idea and almost workshop it on stage. I'm better at trying to just let it come out naturally and seeing if the actual idea works or has any potential first before I try to write it and then I kind of spend time writing and structuring it properly after I've chucked it into the open on stage. What better time to test out a half baked idea that you've not really thought about properly and aren't actually sure is funny in the slightest than in front of a room full of people judging you!
CB: Do you gig as a comedy performer full time or is it more of a part-time hobby? If so, do you find that your main job influences your material?
It's become more than a hobby but it's not my full time job … yet. I want it to be my full time job in the future so badly! I mean, I'm a top notch waitress but it doesn't quite Give me the same adrenaline rush as comedy. And sometimes customers at work don't want to listen to me attempting to crack jokes whereas at least comedy club audiences have NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER. For the last 3 years I studied for a Performance degree while working in shops/nightclubs/bars and now I'm studying for my Masters while working in a restaurant and chasing comedy. My life definitely feels a bit of a juggling act! My job doesn't necessarily feed into my comedy but my degree definitely has, both in terms of the skills I've picked up from a drama course that come in handy for comedy, and the material you generate from being on such a batshit course.
CB: What do you find the most enjoyable and frustrating parts of the comedy circuit?
The most enjoyable is when it goes well! When you play in a city you've never played before in front of an audience where you know no one will have seen you before and it goes great it's a really exciting and exhilarating feeling! It's like doing your first gig all over again . And you get to meet some really lovely people too who are funny and talented and generally nice people which is always a bonus. Gigs are always more fun when you're excited just to be on the line up and work with the people you're gonna be working with. The most frustrating is the waiting around in freezing cold train stations at midnight when left the house 12 hours ago to get to a gig and perform for 10 minutes and all you want is your cosy bed. Also applying for spots on gigs you know you're capable of doing and not even getting a response. Getting gigs can be so bloody frustrating! WHY DON'T YOU WANT ME WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID? I CAN CHANGE!
CB: What's your favourite type of audience to perform to?
An audience that are up for a laugh! Who get on board with you from the start rather than Laughing at one joke then returning to sitting stony faced with an expression that says 'ok next joke, immediately.' And an audience who aren't uptight. I hate if I swear and I see someone tense up and look appalled, their face just screams 'oh jolly hell that small girl just uttered a profanity how uncouth! I shall need a shower immediately to wash the shame away.' people are cool with sending humans to live on Mars but not when someone says fuck knuckle in front of a room of people
CB: Have you been heckled a lot since you've started gigging? Do you enjoy being heckled? What's the best heckle you've had?
I don't really get it that much which I'm more than ok with! I had one guy at a gig, who mistook comedy for a conversation and just butted in after everything I said, I couldn't get a sentence out let alone build up to a punch line. He wouldn't shut up about the time he took ecstasy and watched Dolly Parton then offered me a job selling electricals. It was more like a constant commentary than heckling and it just ruined it for everyone, I couldn't even try and save it by taking the piss out of him cause he interrupted me every 4 seconds to offer me alternative employment or tell me his favourite Dolly Parton song. Eventually the acts and the audience hid from him when he went to the bar, so that was an experience to say the least
CB: What advice would you give to new acts thinking of starting out in comedy?
Go for it. Don't put it off cause you'll never do it! Write shit down straight away cause you'll forget it if you don't. Don't be scared to die on your arse cause it will happen, lots. Get a boots card and build up your points on all the meal deals you'll buy in train stations then you can use the points to buy tissues to wipe away the tears when you just travelled to the other end of the country for a 4 minute unpaid gig and died on your hole in front of an audience of 6 and you left your phone charger behind so have to do the journey back in silence reflecting on your terrible life choices. But mainly – just don't be a dick. No one wants to be the one who people don't look forward to sharing a line up with!
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Dad rollerskates back to health after battle with the coronavirus
29 May 2020 28 October 2020 Toby Porter	1 Comment
BY TOBY PORTER
Lying in intensive care, Clayton Jean-Charles had a vision of rollerskating in the park.
Two weeks later, he celebrated his discharge from hospital with a graceful and accomplished glide through Greenwich Park.
That's how he rolls. Clayton, 55, from Grove Park, may not be performing a triple axel or double flip, but in his head, what he did was even more amazing.
He was gliding along the route taken by tourists and pioneering astronomers after recovering from coronavirus.
The plumber was so inspired by the hospital's medics, he is determined to retrain and do physiotherapy part-time.
He said: "I still have a bit of a way to go to get back to full health, the fact that I was well enough to go roller-skating in the park less than two weeks after being discharged shows how much better I am.
"I sent a short film of myself roller-skating to the staff who treated me to say thank you. I really can't thank them enough. They are amazing."
Clayton rollerskating
Clayton had the symptoms of Covid-19 – high temperature, extremely sore throat, shortness of breath – so stayed at home and self-isolated, but his temperature got worse and he developed a fever and began to hallucinate.
His wife contacted NHS 111 and, after nine days at home, he was taken to University Hospital Lewisham by ambulance on April 11.
He was admitted to a ward and put on oxygen, but was moved to the intensive care unit when he became even more unwell, so he could be put on a breathing machine. He was then moved to Cherry Ward, the cardiology unit, when he started to feel a bit better.
Eventually, after almost three weeks in hospital, he was able to go home on April 29.
He said: "There were two things that really kept me going while I was in hospital – wanting to see my family and four girls again, and the encouragement of all the staff.
"They all worked so hard, and treated patients with such compassion and care. It was so inspiring.
"I cannot describe how amazing the staff were, and am welling up a bit just thinking about it. It was a life-changing experience to witness the grace, kindness and understanding of all the doctors, nurses, physios and other healthcare staff.
"I looked forward to seeing them every day and they were so positive and caring. The physios gave me exercises to help me get back to normal and were incredibly patient and positive.
"I have been truly inspired by how wonderful the physiotherapists were, and am now determined to train to do part-time physiotherapy work."
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Die Zeche Argus in Wetter-Albringhausen ist ein ehemaliges Steinkohlenbergwerk. Das Bergwerk war vermutlich bereits im Jahr 1839 in Betrieb. Auf dem Bergwerk wurde neben Steinkohle auch Kohleneisenstein gefördert.

Bergwerksgeschichte
Am 7. Oktober 1852 wurde das Geviertfeld Argus verliehen. Am 13. Juli 1856 wurde das Geviertfeld  Argus II verliehen. Im Jahr 1866 war das Bergwerk nachweislich in Betrieb, es wurden Steinkohlen abgebaut. Im Jahr 1867 wurden 18.972 Tonnen Steinkohle und zusätzlich eine nicht bezifferte Menge Eisenerz gefördert. Im Jahr 1869 wurde nur Steinkohle abgebaut, dabei sank die Förderung auf 1054 Tonnen. Im Jahr 1870 wurde die Zeche Argus stillgelegt.

In den Jahren 1874 und 1875 war das Bergwerk vermutlich wieder in Betrieb. Im Jahr 1905 wurde das Geviertfeld Argus zur Zeche Vereinigte Trappe zugeschlagen. Das Geviertfeld Argus II wurde im Jahr 1920 unter dem Namen Zeche Argus II wieder in Betrieb genommen.

Argus II

Die Zeche Argus II lag im Stadtteil Wetter-Wengern und war nur etwa ein Jahr in Betrieb. Im Jahr der Wiederinbetriebnahme des Geviertfeldes Argus II wurden mit fünf Bergleuten 65 Tonnen Steinkohle im Stollenbetrieb gefördert. Es waren zwei Stollen in Betrieb. Am 1. August 1921 wurde die Zeche Argus II stillgelegt.

Literatur
 Joachim Huske: Die Steinkohlenzechen im Ruhrrevier. Daten und Fakten von den Anfängen bis 2005 (= Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum 144). 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Selbstverlag des Deutschen Bergbau-Museums, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9.

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Was this the coolest and craziest Speaker Adventure ever? Well, that's certainly what it felt like at the conclusion of June's retreat held on the 3rd and 4th. With Sonia taking us on a journey to aboriginal rain forests of Peru, making her case that indigenous peoples are the keepers of 80% of the earth's healthy ecosystems, yet don't have a seat at the table when critical economic and environmental decisions are made. She convinced us that the earth's future hangs in the balance.
Mark's bravery and vulnerability were at play as he recounted his own struggle to create a peaceful world in which to live, encouraging us to take a step back whenever the potential for anger was present. For those faced with disruption, or the possibility of encountering it in the future, John reminded us all that trust is something that can't be outsourced, or replaced by artificial intelligence, and it forms the foundation of important relationships which survive disruption.
We all deal with decisions and attitudes on a daily basis, but have you ever considered the power of examining both at the same time? That's the secret Jerry has used throughout his career and in his personal life. What saved Jenny from an abusive childhood and led her to a life of joy and happiness? Music. And she's now on a mission to spread the word that music can have profound, and positive, effects on the lives of children. Aaron realized that his 'fast and free life' wasn't sustainable, and once he made the decision to change, he came to see and experience the evolution from half-hearted, to committed, and ultimately to devotion. His life has never been richer!
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Detail of Casa Sperimentale, Fregene (1968–75).
Circular-formation housing, Via Paolo Barison (1963).
Close-up of Circular-formation housing, Via Paolo Barison (1963).
Apartment building, Piazzale Clodio, 62 (1955–58).
Villa Moravia, Fregene (c. 1966).
Palazzetto dello Sport and Villaggio Olimpico (1960).
Detail of Palazzetto dello Sport and Villaggio Olimpico (1960).
"A student once asked me if it was difficult being an architect in Rome," recalls Raynaldo Perugini, a jovial 68-year-old academic who, with his Roman pedigree, is uniquely placed to answer that thoughtful question asked in his class. "Rome is where you come to examine architecture, to learn it. To live in it and be influenced by it is a very different story," he proffers. It is perhaps Rome's preponderance, her almost overwhelming and incomparable architectural heritage, that Raynaldo is referring to. The difficulty of creating the Roman contemporary is always implicit. This is a city whose very essence seems to constrain it to look not forward, nor even straight ahead, but perennially backward. Modernist Rome, however, does have a rich history, with metaphysical, rationalist, and fascist architectural styles being well attested and increasingly appreciated. But what of post-war Modernism? Perugini could tell us something about that, for the house he owns in Fregene, one of Rome's swankier seaside communities, is known as the Casa Sperimentale (Experimental House) and was designed by himself and his architect parents Giuseppe Perugini and Uga De Plaisant in 1968–75. A family job, quite literally. With its concrete pods and strange, almost space-age structure, the Casa Sperimentale, even in its sorry current state, is an emblem, a melancholy and beautiful one at that, of Rome's Modernist heritage.
Italy's so-called "economic miracle" of the 1950s and 60s is more generally associated with Milan, but the country's capital also experienced a boom, expanding exponentially in those years. Rome's post-war residential projects show enormous variety, with palazzine (small apartment blocks) stretching as far as the eye can see in many parts of the city. There are notable examples by architects such as Ugo Luccichenti and the more well-known Luigi Moretti, whose protean output dots many a neighborhood. Recent years have not treated the Italian capital kindly, and a calamitous political and economic situation coupled with intransigent city government has fostered a sense of decline across all aspects of urban life. This is felt most acutely in outlying areas that are home to some of Rome's most experimental and important Modernist buildings.
Back at his extraordinary house in Fregene, Perugini recalls his father Giuseppe's avant-garde and really rather radical approach to architecture. In the lead up to, and even during, construction, countless options were drafted and trialed on site. At one point Perugini Sr. envisaged totally sealed habitation units, with no windows. "At this my mother intervened and said that my father was totally mad!", laughs Raynaldo. Uga and Giuseppe's experimentally innovative oeuvre was considerable but is largely forgotten or was never built, such as their Centre Pompidou submission featuring four oscillating propeller-like towers bringing exhibitions directly to the visitor, their proposed Roman hospital where patients are delivered to operating theaters in pods, or a proposal to link Sicily to the mainland via a giant rotating wheel. Such paper dreams are perhaps the highlight and the swansong of an era when architects managed to unshackle themselves from the past and look exclusively to the future. In homage to the spirit of those times, PIN–UP sent photographer Camille Vivier to capture six post-war Roman projects that are worthy of celebration and reappraisal before they're possibly lost forever. Because in the Eternal City, it is modernity itself that is ultimately impermanent.
Experimental through and through, the house was a family collaboration between husband and wife team Giuseppe Perugini and Uga De Plaisant, assisted by their then 20-year-old son Raynaldo. Perugini intended the house to be infinitely expandable, and consequently devised a reinforced supporting structure onto which concrete parts were clamped: exterior walls, concrete cupboards and shelves, and spherical bathroom pods, all according to the family's changing requirements. Over the years trespassers and Mother Nature have ravaged this incredible structure, whose restoration the nearly 70-year-old heir is seeking to finance through grants and donations. Here's a video tour.
One of Italy's most controversial social housing projects, the 3,100-foot-long mega-structure — dubbed "il serpentone" (the big snake) — was said to be doomed long before the first stone was laid. The design was coordinated by architect Mario Fiorentino and clearly referenced Le Corbusier's unité d'habitation, with a service axis and stacked "streets in the sky," home to over 8,000 residents. Planned in the late 1960s, by the time of its completion in the early 80s the complex was already home to many illegal squatters and remains so to this day. Its exaggerated scale, isolated location, and lack of connection to the city at large ensure that it still stands, like a forgotten ruined aqueduct, only of the inhabited and thoroughly Modern variety.
Standing right where the beach meets the mouth of a river, this solitary structure was built to designs by architect Maurizio Aymonino on the instructions of celebrated novelist Alberto Moravia (author of The Conformist, 1951) to replace his villa that had been washed away by floods in 1965. Despite recommendations from the authorities that he position his retreat on dryer footings, Moravia used his celebrity clout and insisted on this beloved spot, calling it his "refuge for the soul." Federico Fellini was a fellow Fregene resident and owned his own Modernist villa close by. Sadly this was pulled down in 2006.
This palazzina occupies a very prominent position on the nondescript expanse that is the Piazzale Clodio in a middle-class neighborhood in northern Rome. It was designed by the young Luigi Pellegrin, a follower of Frank Lloyd Wright's who met his master on more than one occasion, including during the American architect's 1951 visit to Italy. This anomalous residential development seems part Fallingwater and part Soviet Constructivism, with masterfully articulated volumes and external wooden underside paneling that appears particularly ahead of its time. Unfortunately, little maintenance has been carried out since the 1970s, and it shows.
Built to host the 6,500 athletes who came to Rome for the 1960 Olympic Games, the village's design and construction were overseen by some of the most prominent architects and engineers of the time. Adalberto Libera (of Casa Malaparte fame) and Luigi Moretti (who went on to design the Watergate complex in Washington D.C.) worked together to create different typologies of residential block. Pier Luigi Nervi engineered the turtle-like Palazzetto dello Sport that served as the Olympic basketball venue. For a long time a no-go area, the opening first of Renzo Piano's Parco della Musica and then Zaha Hadid's MAXXI nearby has attracted more appreciative residents — yet most of the village remains in a woeful state of neglect.
From the air, this suburban district of Rome appears to be scared by huge concrete craters. Down on the ground they turn out to be housing clusters constructed during the 1960s building boom. The work of Giuseppe Perugini, who would later go on to design the Casa Sperimentale, the two seven-story, interlocking ensembles were completed in 1963 to house employees of the treasury ministry, and are close to the Roma 70 district, another mid-century satellite town. The wide cylindrical formations are composed of stacked housing units that together create a Modernist Coliseum of sorts, while dead ivy plants have encrusted itself onto their façades like excessive body hair.
All photography by Camille Vivier.
Art direction by Cameranesi Pompili.


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The race to instant acceptance extends to traditional products
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by Alain Thériault July 10, 2017 07:00 a.m.
Yvon Charest, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services (iA) president and CEO.
Fully underwritten life insurance policies are competing more and more with simplified issue policies for the title of which product is the easiest and fastest to obtain. In an attempt to meet the needs of young consumers, traditional players are shortening their turnaround time thanks to the internet and artificial intelligence.
Insurers offering simplified issue products have stated for years that their products are easier and faster to obtain than partially and fully underwritten products. After a short series of questions, clients are accepted without further investigation. This is ideal for those difficult to insure who must, however, pay a higher price to obtain life insurance this way.
Traditional underwriters, though, are stepping up to the challenge. A growing number of insurers are eliminating urine and blood tests for higher and higher face amounts of insurance. In recent weeks, both iA Financial Group and Desjardins Insurance made announcements about their simplified underwriting approaches.
EVO platform
With the launch of its EVO platform in May, iA eased its medical requirements for clients aged 50 and under or with a life insurance policy face amount of $500,000 or below. These clients do not have to submit a blood profile, vital signs test result or urine analysis. In addition, EKG and stress EKGs, for life insurance as well as critical illness insurance, are no longer required for any age group. The platform contributes to accelerating and simplifying the process thanks to an automated rating engine and the use of electronic signatures.
During an exclusive interview with The Insurance and Investment Journal during its Annual General Meeting in May, iA's CEO Yvon Charest explained the initiatives that brought the company to launch EVO two weeks later. EVO is a platform that allows nearly half of clients to be instantly accepted at point of sale for all life, critical illness and disability products offered by iA, except for the simplified issue life insurance product Access Life, which will be integrated into EVO in the future.
This new system means that for almost half of its clients the average turnaround time will drop from "from 32 days to one second," says Charest. The EVO platform offers a pricing process that is adapted to the health of the client.
Applicants who are eligible to be fast-tracked will mainly be those looking for a face amount of $500,000 or less, with above average health. "Two years from now, we expect the software to be advanced enough to accept up to 75 per cent of applicants instantly," said Charest.
The software is based on many years of underwriting data. "We are the second biggest life insurance seller in Canada, in terms of the number of policies. That makes for a lot of applicants over the years."
iA has also recently created the position of vice president and chief of data analytics. François Blais holds the position.
A significant trend in the industry is the acceleration of the ratings process, which is the result of a major change in mindset impacting all business sectors, says Yvon Charest. "The process is accelerating in many sectors, especially in group insurance, where claims processing is very fast. This has created pressure as people increasingly demand immediacy," he explained.
EVO will be evolutionary, added Charest. "It will serve as a model for the use of artificial intelligence. All information in the system will be digitized and easy to access. It will allow us to know how the changes we make to our risk rating standards will affect our mortality experience."
Without analytics
Desjardins Insurance also took a step towards simpler and faster underwriting in May. There will be fewer blood and urine analyses, and fewer EKGs.
Desjardins will do this without turning to analytics, Nathalie Tremblay, life and health products for the insurer, told The Insurance and Investment Journal. "We are focusing more on the medical questionnaire, rather than the test results."
Urine and blood tests were eliminated for applicants 40 years old and under looking for a face amount of up to $500,000. Underwriting without medical tests also applies to clients ages 41 to 45 for insurance amounts up to $500,000. EKGs will no longer be required for life insurance applications for face amounts below $5 million.
For traditional products without exams, the underwriter will be able to ask for a report or an exam based on the answers to the application. Tremblay says, however, that Desjardins is often considered one of the least strict insurers.
Selecting simplicity
Tremblay believes the trend towards simplified underwriting will grow because insurers want to adapt to a new generation of consumers. "We must think of younger generations who buy everything online and expect their order in 48 to 72 hours. To wait 32 days for insurance will not interest them," she says.
A niche player active in the online simplified issue market since 2013 with Insurance Without Medical Exam (IWME), Humania Assurance transitioned from accelerated underwriting to simplified issue in Oct. 2016, with HuGO. Humania's CEO, Stephane Rochon, believes the two products each have their place in the market. For example, people with HIV, those who have experienced heart attacks, or who have a history of driving under the influence, will continue to choose simplified issue products, he says.
The internet has also made the simplified issue process easier, says Rochon. "Simplified issue products were adapted to the internet faster, because they contain fewer medical questions. When we started with IWME, we took bigger risks than we would with a traditional product," says Rochon. The price is however adjusted accordingly, for example twice as expensive as standard rates in certain serious cases.
The launch of HuGO in Oct. 2016 was a big step forward, says Rochon. It is part of a trend where insurers can accept applicants instantaneously, at a standard rate. "The real challenge for traditional products online is not to create an electronic application. That has existed for 20 years. The key is the algorithm making the decisions," says Rochon.
For example, the HuGO platform is connected to an MIB medical information centre the moment the transaction takes place. "The more complicated part is to interpret that information, and to adapt the questionnaire instantly, and to modify client experience in real time," he says.
The transaction can take 15 minutes for someone who does not have an MIB file or up to 45 minutes for someone who does have one. This difference is of little consequence, says Rochon.
"Reducing the turnaround from 38 days to one or two days changes the client's and the advisor's experience significantly," he says. "If the managing general agency receives a 10-year term life insurance application there is a price to processing it with people, office space, etc. If HuGO processes applications instantly, the advisor's firm will see a significant improvement in efficiency."
From paper to digital
Foresters Financial transitioned to electronic applications all across Canada in 2015, with the exception of Quebec, due to technical details. It will soon be launched in Quebec, said the sales director, Aziz Rguigue, during an interview with The Insurance and Investment Journal on June 8. "After a pilot project in March that lasted many months, our online applications are in their final stage. We should launch our online application with electronic signature across Canada in a few weeks."
Rguigue says that the insurer's fully underwritten products do not offer instant acceptance. The simplified products are for clients who respond "no" to all (health related) questions. This is the case for the insurer's simplified issue non par whole life products launched at the end of last year. These products allow for instant underwriting of $10,000 to $100,000 face amount: Non-Par Whole Life and Child Non-Par Whole Life.
He underlines that simplified does not mean the product is meant for people who are difficult to insure. "Simplified issue is a regular product for healthy people. It is not a guaranteed issue product. The issuance is simply faster. When someone is eligible, the policy is issued with the same coverage quality as a fully underwritten product. The person will pay a little more, however, because he does not have to go through the underwriting process," says Rguigue.
Higher pricing
Foresters also insures the risk of many products developed and distributed by Canada Protection Plan (CPP). Michael Aziz, senior vice president of sales, says he is convinced simplified issue is the future. "With simplified issue, you can skip electrocardiograms and urine or blood tests. If you get through a series of medical questions, it represents a standard risk, and it is highly likely that the policy will be issued by simplified issuance," he says.
The higher pricing for simplified issue policies concerns some, says Aziz. But, the possibility for someone who already has had cancer to obtain $500,000 in coverage is a generous offer, he contends. "It might be about 150 per cent of a standard premium, but that depends on the segment the person belongs to, for example the age," explains Aziz.
Strong growth
Simplified issue products have seen strong growth at CPP, he adds, because people do not always have time to go see their doctor. "Our advisors tell us that their clients are ready to pay more to get their coverage immediately: they are looking for something practical," says Aziz.
After having made themselves a name with guaranteed issue products many years ago, CPP is no longer perceived as a last chance insurer and distributor, he adds. It is now perceived as the company with simple processing, Aziz says.
iA expands instant acceptance for life insurance clients
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It's almost time for one of the biggest financial innovation conferences of the year: Money 20/20, October 23-26 in Las Vegas. This event will bring together over 10,000 attendees and 500 speakers from 75 countries.
If you're heading to Money 20/20 for the first time, you are in for quite an experience. Money 20/20 is a whirlwind of financial ideas and technological innovations. Just walking through the exhibition floor will open your eyes to countless new opportunities. Track topics will span from digital banking and personal finance to blockchain technology.
Since you'll have limited time at Money 20/20, and a limited budget, it's a good idea to head into the conference with a clear idea of some things you want to improve in your organization.
One process that you should shortlist is identity and access management – especially if you are still using a password and username-based login system.
Why focus on learning more about identity and access management at Money 20/20? As of right now, your business has no plan to abandon its password-based login system. Instead, your passwords are becoming longer, and more complex.
As a result, you can expect to see an increase in customer lockouts. Complex passwords are difficult to remember, and difficult to enter – especially on mobile devices. So customers are bound to run into difficulties during the login process.
What happens when customers get locked out of their accounts? They must dial into your help desk. Agents must manually reset their passwords, which takes time. And when the contact center is closed, customers must wait until the following business day to unlock their accounts.
VoiceVault Identity Manager (ViM) is a voice-based identity access and management solution that can help streamline this problem. ViM allows customers to reset passwords using their own secure voiceprints. It's a fully-automated solution that can run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This program can run on an IVR system, and on a mobile device.
Here's the best part: It costs as low as $1 per user, per year.
So if you're heading to Money 20/20, make sure to stop by the VoiceVault booth (#1433) to learn more about how ViM can help reduce password-related complications. VoiceVault will be on hand as a star sponsor of the event.
Have You Heard About VoiceVault's New Identity Management Solution?
VoiceVault is fresh off of one of the most exciting events of the year, Money 20/20—the annual conference which brings together major players from all parts of the financial industry, as well as other high-profile industries like healthcare and insurance.
The event was a great success, as VoiceVault was able to connect with many businesses and professionals, and at the same time catch up on the latest news in finance.
As it turns out, VoiceVault generated some news of its own during the event, too.
On Tuesday, October 27, VoiceVault introduced the newest addition to its voice biometric identity verification portfolio: the VoiceVault Identity Manager (vIM). It's a voice biometric identity management solution designed to streamline password and credential resets for corporate accounts.
By offering the vIM mobile application to customers, enterprises can drastically eliminate the multitude of pain points which arise when customers get locked out of their mobile accounts. When this happens, customers must often wait for long periods of time on hold, thus jamming service desk phone lines and also increasing operating costs. Using the automated identity management solution, password resets and account unlocks can now cost as little as $1 per user, per year.
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As VoiceVault Vice President of Sales and Marketing Julia Webb explained following the big release, this exciting new solution will ease overloaded help desks, while at the same time improving security for customers.


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Johanna Mendelson Forman is an Adjunct Professor at American University's School of International Service. She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center, where she heads the Food Security Program. Her frontline experience as a policy maker on conflict and stabilization efforts drove her interest in connecting the role of food in conflict, resulting in the creation of Conflict Cuisine®: An Introduction to War and Peace Around the Dinner Table, an interdisciplinary course she teaches at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC. As an Adjunct Professor leading this innovative curriculum, Johanna challenges her students to explore new ways of looking at diplomacy, conflict resolution, and civic engagement to understand how food, as a form of Soft Power, can drive these issues in the 21st Century. In establishing this link between food and conflict, Johanna developed a new interdisciplinary platform examining why food is central to survival and resilience in conflict zones. Her groundbreaking work on food in conflict zones is derived from her distinguished career as a practitioner and policymaker in the United States government, the United Nations and the World Bank. Her experiences working as an expert on conflict and stabilization efforts from Haiti to Rwanda led her to this effort to connect food with conflict. She also is highly regarded as a regional expert on Latin America and the Caribbean, with extensive field experience in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Central America, Colombia and Brazil. Most recently, she has focused on the ongoing food crisis in Venezuela. Her work on civil-military relations in the region contributed to a new approach to engaging members of the armed forces and civilians to promote dialogue about democratization and civil society at the time of many transitions to democracy. Through her wide-ranging career in international affairs, Johanna Mendelson Forman has built a reputation for addressing longstanding issues with new perspectives and innovative ideas. By recognizing the nexus between food, war, and civic engagement, she has become one of the leading voices in the emerging movement of Social Gastronomy. At the Stimson Center she worked as a Senior Advisor to the Managing Across Boundaries project that explored the impact of transnational issues on public policy in the Americas. During her tenure at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the Americas Program she worked on United States policies toward the conflict in in Colombia and related issues such as Taiwan's diminishing influence in the Americas. She also served as an advisor to the Center's Program on Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation. During her tenure at the UN Foundation, where she was Program Director for Peace, Security and Human Rights, she coordinated programming and grants in that area to organizations in the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, with an emphasis on human rights, gender equality, and conflict prevention. Today her research focuses on gastrodiplomacy and social gastronomy, the use of food as a means of social impact and investment to communities at risk. As a participant in the Livelihoods In Food Entrepreneurship Project (LIFE), a consortium of organizations under the Center for Private and International Enterprise, she is managing the gastrodiplomacy component of the program to support Syrian refugees in Turkey who are using food as a tool for social integration. She has also co-edited a cookbook of recipes contributed by refugees which will be published in 2019. She has written extensively on security-sector reform in conflict states and economic development. Her writings have appeared in a wide-range of publications including the Miami Herald, the Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, Americas Quarterly, The Globalist, World Politics Review, VOXXI, Estadao, and El Universal. She frequently appears on national media including National Public Radio, Univision, postwar societies, gender and conflict, and the role of the United Nations in peace operations. She frequently appears on national media including National Public Radio, Univision, and CNN. Johanna has lectured on food-related topics at the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, Johns Hopkins University Bologna Campus, New York University's Washington Program, and at the United States Pavilion of the 2015 World Expo in Milan, Italy. She has also appeared at MAD, Food Tank, YEDI 2019, and other food-center programs that bring academics and practitioners together. Mendelson Forman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is also a member of Les Dames d 'Escoffier. She holds a J.D. from Washington College of Law at American University, a Ph.D. in Latin American history from Washington University, St. Louis, and a Master's of International Affairs, with a certificate of Latin America studies from Columbia University in New York.
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