World's Top 10 Insurance Companies

Top 1

1) AXA

With over 102 million customers in 56 countries and an employee base of 157,000, AXA is one of the world's leading insurance groups. Its main businesses are property and casualty insurance

, life insurance, saving and asset management. Its origin goes back to 1817 when several insurance companies merged to create AXA. The company is headquartered in Paris and has a presence across Africa, North America, Central and South America, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Zenvo ST1 No 10/10 Car In The World Top 10 Cars 2016

The most expensive cars in the world are so much more than

 transportation. These rolling art pieces encapsulate the 

priorities of the one percent, and in that universe,

flamboyance and swagger take precedence over practicality 

and efficiency. Lifestyle criticisms aside, these are truly mind-

boggling machines, and we’d like to count down our 

favorites 

for you here.

For the sake of clarity, we’re categorizing recently made, 

road-legal production vehicles only — limited runs

notwithstanding — and we’re leaving out classic cars sold at 

auction. We’re also limiting the list to one entrant per

nameplate, so don’t expect 10 different iterations of the 

same 

Post by Bugatti Veyron.

10. Zenvo ST1 ($1.2M)

Kicking off our list is less of a car and more of an unchained animal in the ST1. Assembled in Zealand, Denmark, the Zenvo creates an absolutely obscene amount of power by combining a 6.8-liter V8 with both a supercharger and a turbocharger. Just how much is obscene exactly? How about 1,104 horsepower and 1,054 pound-feet of torque, all channeled to the car’s rear wheels. Unfortunately for the Danish outfit, the mostly hand-built ST1 has been surrounded with controversy since its debut. During Top Gear’s 21st season, the program tested the supercar around its famous track, only to be met with constant breakdowns, slower than expected lap times, and a good old-fashioned engine fire. Zenvo disputed Top Gear’s claims, stating the show only published the vehicle’s sluggish laps and that the fire was caused by hours of extreme driving. Nevertheless, the vehicle’s murderous looks and monstrous grunt are nothing to shake a stick at. We certainly wouldn’t kick it out of the garage.   Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/the-top-ten-most-expensive

Cartoon Introduction

cartoon [Ital., cartone = paper], either of two types of drawings: in the fine arts, a preliminary sketch for a more complete work; in journalism, a humorous or satirical drawing.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• 1   
• Cartoons in the Fine Arts
• INTRODUCTION
• In the fine arts, the cartoon is a full-sized preliminary drawing for a work to be executed afterward in fresco, oil, mosaic, stained glass, or tapestry. Glass and mosaic are cut exactly according to the patterns taken from the cartoons, while in tapestry the cartoon is inserted beneath the warp to serve as a guide. In fresco painting, the lines of the cartoon are perforated and transferred to the plaster surface by pouncing (dusting with powder through the perforations). Italian Renaissance painters made very complete cartoons, and such works as Raphael's cartoons for the Sistine Chapel tapestries (Victoria and Albert Mus.) are considered masterpieces.
• 2 
• Cartoons in Journalism
• INTRODUCTION
• In England in 1843 a series of drawings appeared in Punch magazine that parodied the fresco cartoons submitted in a competition for the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament. In this way cartoon, in journalistic parlance, came to mean any single humorous or satirical drawing employing distortion for emphasis, often accompanied by a caption or a legend. Cartoons, particularly editorial or political cartoons, make use of the elements of caricature.

3 

• Bibliography
• INTRODUCTION
• See studies by D. Low (1953), O. Lancaster (1964); R. E. Shikes, The Indignant Eye(1969); J. Geipel (1972); M. Horn, ed., The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons (1980); A. Wood, Great Cartoonists and Their Art (1987); V. S. Navasky, The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power (2013).
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iPad Air 3 and iPhone 5se to Be Available on March 18 Following March 15 Introduction

Apple is about to begin commerce the forthcoming iPad Air three and therefore the 4-inch iPhone 5se beginning on March eighteen, reports 9to5Mac. the 2 devices are offered in stores and on-line beginning on Friday following their introduction at an incident to be hung on weekday, March 15.

Apple isn't expected to simply accept pre-orders for the 2 devices, and therefore the short amount between announcement and launch suggests Apple expects provides of the iPad Air three and iPhone 5se to be plentiful. it's uncommon for Apple to supply AN iPhone directly when AN announcement, however this is often the primary time the corporate has launched a standalone non-flagship device.
Launching the new iPhone and iPad models thus before long when introduction and not giving pre-orders would be a replacement strategy for Apple. Apple generally releases new iPhone models one or {two weeks|fortnight|time amount|period of time|period} following the introduction events and a web pre-order period.

Apple's March event is additionally expected to visualize the debut of latest bands for the Apple Watch, as well as a Black Milanese Loop that was noticed on the Czech Republic Apple Store web site in January. software package presently in testing, as well as iOS nine.3, watchOS 2.2, OS X 10.11.4, and tvOS 9.2 may be unveiled  shortly when the event.

How to Write an Awesome Blog Post in Five Steps

Writing a blog post is a little like driving; you can study the highway code (or read articles telling you how to write a blog post) for months, but nothing can prepare you for the real thing like getting behind the wheel and hitting the open road. Or something.

Now that I’m done thoroughly mangling that vague metaphor, let’s get down to business. You know you need to start blogging to grow your business, but you don’t know how. In this post, I’ll show you how to write a blog post in five simple steps that people will actually want to read. Ready? Let’s get started.

Choose a Topic That Interests YOU

There’s an old maxim that states, “No fun for the writer, no fun for the reader.” No matter what industry you’re working in, as a blogger, you should live and die by this statement.

Before you do any of the following steps, be sure to pick a topic that actually interests you. Nothing – and I mean NOTHING – will kill a blog post more effectively than a lack of enthusiasm from the writer. You can tell when a writer is bored by their subject, and it’s so cringe-worthy it’s a little embarrassing.

Xiaomi keen on working with Indian startups in mobile technology

 Xiaomi, which recently closed a $1-billion funding round, is keen to work with Indian startups in mobile technology, content aggregation and connected devices, a top company executive has told ET. For Xiaomi India , setting up its own startup ecosystem, like it has done in China, is one of its key priorities this year. "We may co-develop, invest or launch their products. We have discussed with a few startups so far," said Manu Jain, Xiaomi's India head,...

Mobile technology to track missing children in SAARC nations

October 29, 2013 | PTI

KOLKATA: Using mobile and GPS technologies, a SAARC body is trying to develop a digital system to track missing children at the regional level and combat cross-border trafficking. "We are now seriously looking at how digital technology can be applied to control cross-border trafficking. Hopefully after 2015, we will have an integrated system based on mobile or GPS technologies which can be applied in all the eight SAARC...

Aurus Network raises Rs 18 crore to invest in R&D, mobile technology

BENGALURU: Online education solutions provider Aurus Network has raised a Rs 18-crore series A round in equal partnership with IDG Ventures and Kalaari Capital, which it will invest in its flagship product SuperProfs.com. SuperProfs offers live online lectures, or classroom solutions, to students through its teachers and professors. "With the new round of funds, we will invest in R&D, mobile technology and expand our product offerings to include more...

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Ed Corey, February eBirder of the Month

lease join us in congratulating Ed Corey of Raleigh, North Carolina, winner of the February 2016  sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optic. Our February winner was drawn from among those who submitted at least 15 eligible checklists using eBird Mobile in February. Ed’s name was drawn randomly from the 2,427 eBirders who achieved the February challenge threshold. Ed will receive newfor his eBirding efforts. We asked Ed to tell us a little more about himself, his use of eBird, and his love of birds – read on for more!

“My name is Ed Corey, and I’m an eBirder.”  They say the first step to recovery is accepting it, right?  For roughly the past 10 years, I’ve enjoyed tracking my progress as a birder, chasing rare birds and logging my lifelist.  Challenging myself from year to year, county to county, has become a fire that drives me to get out and observe birds all across North Carolina, but also in recent years to new and different places such as Southeast Arizona and San Diego County.

The versatility of eBird has become essential to my work with the NC Division of Parks and Recreation.  As the Inventory Biologist for the division, I am tasked with tracking rare and uncommon species in the state park units throughout NC.  

Over the last few years, I’ve been fortunate enough to get out in the field with a group of like-minded birders near Raleigh, my base of operations.  This group of friends has been integral to helping me further my knowledge and appreciation of birds, from encouraging me to get out on  out of Cape Hatteras, to chasing to gathering and discussing our birding finds over tasty beverages every few months.  It’s great to have a repository into which we can log those finds, and fun to add some “competition” in the form of the  for state and counties!