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Baixa Dansa in the Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon in the 15th century
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1 Baixa Dansa in the Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon in the 15th century Carles Mas i Garcia First References Although documentation referring to baixa dansa a in Catalonia does not appear to contain information relative to the originality of the repertory, it is of undoubted interest in that it establishes the earliest appearance of this type of dance in the Principality of Catalonia. The existence of the baixa dansa is confirmed, indirectly, in literary sources and in a single manuscript of the 15th century. Subsequent research may be able to verify and clarify the possible influence of French basse danse or Italian bassa danza with regard to the origins of the repertory, its transmission by the musicians and the dancing masters who played it and the characteristics of form and style which undoubtedly attended its performance in Catalan- Aragonese territories. Francesch de la Via, a poet of Girona who lived in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, gives us in his works various references of extraordinary importance towards understanding the chronology of the basse dance on the European continent. It is not known whether Francesch de la Via was actually born in Girona but he did make his home there and became a personality of some importance in the social life of the city. His book La Senyora de Valor [The Lady of Quality] contains many interesting references and comments on music and form. 1 In La Senyora de Valor, the term Baxa dança appears for the first time (as far as we know) in Catalonia; one of the earliest references to baixa dansa, basse danse or bassa danza within the ancient kingdoms and countries of the period. The text is dated 1406 and, in the opinion of scholars and transcribers of the works of Francesch de la Via, there is nothing to make us doubt the veracity of this author when he says that the action of La Senyora de Valor takes place in the year 1406, in the same period in which the poem appears to have been written. 2 [This extract describes a group of birds singing, one evening, in a garden near Girona. The parent birds sing first then stop to listen to their offspring:] E sobre l prat pausar per (e)scoltar lur so. E l novelh auzelho Qu esteron dins lo niu Comensaren piu piu, Amb laugeres passades E z amb plasens muntades Affinaron lur votz; Ez ab pauch instant totz Començaren cantar, Ladonchs van començar Lo temps de baxa dança D una cançó de França Trop plasén per ausir: Je l am, je vulh servir, Ab molt gracios so; E puys, ab gran raysó, Feron lo segon temps, Acordan tug ensemps Qu ausel no y desmantí. Jur vos jamay ausí So ten ben compassat, E suy marevelhat De l auzel qui ffrancès Havion gent apres. 3 And in the meadow we stopped to listen to their song. And the young birds Which were in the nest Began to sing cheep, cheep, With lightsome passages And with pleasant rising phrases They tuned their voices; And, in a few moments, they all Began to sing, And then they began The measure of baixa dansa From a chanson from France Most pleasing to hear; I love her, I wish to serve, Of most gracious sound; And then, with great reason, They made the second measure, In concord all together That no bird made a mistake. I swear you never had heard Sound so well measured And I marvelled At the birds which French Had learnt so well. b It is interesting to note the comparison the author makes between the song of the birds and the sound (instrumental?) of the baxa dança, and the manner in which the birds begin first to tune up and then to play; also that the poet makes concrete reference to lo temps de baxa dança (the measure of baixa dansa) and, later, to lo segon temps (the second measure) which has a different dynamic character. He cites, moreover, the name of the French song (not so far traced or identified). There are also other references throughout the work which suggest a 3-voice polyphonic practice:... a tres votz totz ensemps ab tal compas e temps ab cant contra tenor for three voices all together, with such compass and measure with cantus contra tenor. c Also within this text are the first instances in which the words reverencia and continencia appear, side by side, in association with recognised dance terminology, both these words being terms and movements relevant to all basse dances, in which they frequently appear in close conjunction, one after the other. Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Page 15
2 Francesch de la Via, La Senyora de Valor, 1406, ms. no. 8, page 3 (recto) Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona Page 16 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992
3 Troubadours of dance Might it be feasible to assume a French provenance for the baixa dansa danced in the Principality during the 15th century? There is ample documentary evidence to show that Girona, a necessary transit point for those crossing the Pyrenees, was a centre for minstrels coming from abroad to serve in one court or another. 5 Through these minstrels, in addition to their musical repertoire, were disseminated the new dance forms and dance repertories in vogue at the courts. Already in the 14th century, itinerant musicians came to visit the royal houses of Peter IV, the Ceremonious, ( ) and Elionor of Sicily. These musicians were also dance troubadours, who, like the jongleurs before them, sang poems, songs and dances. Among them was Andreu Gascó, troubadour at the court of the Count of Foix in January, 1367, who is recorded as having visited the court of Peter IV during that same year. Several years later, in 1372, he is known to have been paid five gold florins by Elionor of Sicily. 5 Even closer relations with France were maintained during the reign of Peter IV s son and successor, Joan I ( ), who Havia muller francesa et tot era francès had a French wife and everything was French. d It is possible that the baixa dansa already existed in the 14th century. There is no known reference to verify a dance of this name but the scenes of dancing described by Ramon Muntaner ( ) in the Chronica (chapter CCXCVII) suggest the existence of choreographies as modern in their conception as those recorded, approximately a century later, by the great Domenico da Piacenza, maestro of the 15th century Italian dancing masters. Muntaner describes the feast held in honour of the coronation, in 1327, of Alfonso III of Catalonia and IV of Aragon in the following manner: E lo senyor Infant en Pere, ab dos nobles qui ab ell se tenien ma per ma e ell el mig, vench primerament cantant una dança novella que ell hach feyta, e tots aquells qui aportaven los menjars respondien li...e com ell hach axi posada la primera vianda al dit senyor Rey e hach acabada la dança, ell se despuylla lo mantell e el cot que vestia ab pena d arminis de drap d aur e ab moltes perles e dona les a un jutglar, e tantost li n foren apareyllades unes altres riques que s vesti. E tota aytal horda tench a totes les viandes que s donaren a menjar, que a cascun menjar que porta deya una dança novella que ll mateix havia feyta, ehi dava lo vestit que vestia, cascu molt honrat. E donaren si bé X viandes. 6 And the Infante Peter, with two nobles who went with him, hand in hand & he in the middle, came first, singing a new dance which he had made, and all those who brought the food answered him... e And when he had thus placed the first dish before the said lord King and the dance being finished, he took off the mantle and the gown which he wore, with ermine tails, of cloth of gold & with many pearls & gave them to a jongleur & immediately were brought him other rich garments which he donned. & all this ceremony was made for all the dishes which were produced to eat, so that for each dish that was brought he called a new dance that he himself had made, & he gave the garment he wore, each most honoured. And thus were well given 10 dishes. In Curial e Güelfa, an anonymous romance from about 1456, there are some interesting references to the dance: L emperador lladoncs venc vers aquella part e manà que tothom s apartàs e que dansassen. E així es féu; per què Curial, manant l emperador, presa la duquessa delliure per la mà, e seguint los molts senyors e senyores, féu una baixa dansa, ab tanta gràcia e ab tan gran donari que açò fonc una gran maravella. Aprés que foren dinats, los ministrers vengueren e començaren a sonar, e l emperador pres l emperadriu per la mà e tot rient comença una baixa dança, aprés dels quals seguiren molts, e en dançaren altres moltes. Then the emperor came towards that area and ordered that everyone draw aside & that they dance. & thus it was done; so that Curial, obeying the emperor s command, took the duchess gently f by the hand, & many lords and ladies following them, & they did a baixa dansa, with so much grace & with such great elegance that that was a great wonder. After they had dined, the minstrels came and began to play, the emperor took the empress by the hand & all smiles began a baixa dansa, after whom many followed, & they danced many more. A verb corresponding to the action of dancing a basse dance is used expressly in the following extract:... en lo plujós temps enujós ab moltes gales feya fer sales e bells convits dies e nits ab los grans fochs; molt placents jochs, bastir castells per banastells, moms e grans fests, les dames prestes al bel triscar baxa dançar, may hi fallien in the rainy wearisome weather with much pomp he had [them] make feasts and fine junketings by day and night with the great fires; many pleasing games, [and] build castles with wickerwork, mummings and great feasts, the ladies ready to weave [patterns] finely to basse-dance, they never failed. g Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Page 17
4 The Cervera Manuscript The earliest known Catalonian document to refer to the movements in the dance is the so-called Cervera Manuscript. It is dated 1496 and includes the choreographies of eleven different baixes danses. We are not here concerned with a description nor a transcription of this document which merits a full study; suffice it to note the concordances, in form and structure, between these choreographies in the Cervera manuscript and those known from the earliest collections of French basses danses. h Similarities with the Italian form of bassa danza are not so clear and will require further study. The particular and unique importance of this manuscript is that it uses a graphic notation to describe, or rather to represent, series of step sequences which are common to all basse dances and which are grouped in measures corresponding to the oldest known French or Burgundian tradition. Nine of the choreographies are represented graphically by signs, the rest partly so, but with the signs alternating with descriptive verbal directions. The choreographic notation used in the Cervera Manuscript is unique and appears to be of a highly advanced conception. In the dance treatises known prior to this document, the sequence of the steps is represented by a series of initial letters, of the word or name of each step. Only the English treatise, The maner of dauncynge of bace daunces... (London, 1521), itself a translation by Robert Copland of an old French treatise of which all trace is now lost, makes use of one of these signs, which closely resembles the sign for the represa used in the Cervera manuscript. It would seem possible that, in this earliest type of choreographic notation, graphic signs are correlated, graphically or pictorially, with spatial movement, with regard both to direction and to length an abstract, as it were, of the shape of the step. It would not appear, however, that the majority of these signs were intended as arbitrary symbols, representative of the steps and sequences merely through convention. I would propose that the sequence of signs be read as if in an ascending, vertical column, and from left to right where this would apply. From other documentary sources of the period, we can deduce that the realisation of the basic steps which results from attributing, to each segment, a displacement value and indication of direction for the body (whether that movement is basically frontal and forwards or made to the side) shows that these signs are schematic, like images of the movement. Figure A. Cervera MS (Fragment) Signs from Folio A (L); Folio B (R); here shown in vertical alignment Figure B. Cervera MS (Fragment) Initial for Reverència, continença, pas, seguit and represa It is possible that the baixa dansa already existed in the 14th century. There is no known reference to verify a dance of this name but the scenes of dancing described by Ramon Muntaner ( ) in the Chronica (chapter CCXCVII) suggest the existence of choreographies as modern in their which results from attributing, to each segment, a displacement value and indication of direction for the body (whether that movement is basically frontal and forwards or made to the side) shows that these signs are schematic, like images of the movement. In addition to the five basic steps, a new element appears in these choreographies, reminiscent of the Italian Figure C. Cervera MS (Fragment) Words, Initials and graphic signs, side by side Page 18 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992
5 Figure D. The sign for the reprise as used by Copland in The Maner of Dauncinge of bace daunces compared with that for the represa in the Cervera MS Figure E. Identification of the signs in the Cervera MS and the direction of reading bassa danza, which necessitates the use of supplementary explanations, either narrative or descriptive in form. These interpolated words indicate different interpretations of forwards or backwards, movements for the man alone or the lady alone (whichever may be in the lead), or movements of separation. Through internal comparison of elements within the manuscript and through external comparison with other documents, a positive identification can be arrived at of the signs and of the steps they represent. (e.g. Reverència, continença, pas and seguit, as steps akin to the Reverence, branle, simple and double of French or Burgundian basse dance.) The exception is the sign for the represa, the sense of which is less clear, even enigmatic, containing, as it does, a suggestion of repetition. I believe that this sign could have had its origin in a process of assimilation (in the normal manner of writing words) of the abbreviation of the syllable RE, which appears to be used in conjunction with other elided words, within the same document. It is a matter, therefore, of a graphologic abbreviation sign being accepted as representative of the step called re-p-re-sa. In this case, the sign becomes independent of the word and is utilised between the abbreviations of the words for the other steps. (A similar example is the use of 9 to represent the continenza.) For some paleographers this represents a rare use of a sign for a middle syllable ellision. Generally, only those abbreviations which represent the ellision of the final syllables of a word are accepted as having independent meaning. But, in re-p-re-sa, as in re-ve-re-ncia, the syllable re appears twice at the beginning and in the middle of the word and therefore, it may occasionally provide repetitive, even redundant, information. (see Fig. F) This interpretation may, however, support the vertical reading of the signs mentioned above. Another possibility is that the sign is intended to indicate a realisation in two senses, both in direction and in length, as has been suggested previously. If this were so, might this imply a displacement, both sideways and vertically, twice, for each represa? Or could it simply be an arbitrary symbol, representative of the word, represa, without any connection with its spacial interpretation? There is, I believe, yet another possibility: that, when the sign appears above the written (but abbreviated) word for a reverence, the presence of the sign in that position indicates the possibility of a choice either represa or reverence perhaps making a turn or other movement. It might also be interpreted as indicating different options for the man and for the lady, simultaneously represented. Italian bassa danza is rich in such choreographic polyphony as, for example, when the man does one step having a total duration of two measures, while the lady may execute two steps of one measure each. There is also the fact that the word represa is not found, in full, in written form in the Cervera manuscript. It only appears, a century later, in the Tarragó, or de l Hospital, manuscript. Furthermore, there are clearly considerable stylistic differences between the step known as the represa, as it appears in the Italian basse danze, and the French reprise or demarche. Any reconstruction of a baixa dansa from the Cervera manuscript will, therefore, have to take all these factors into account when attempting to resolve Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Page 19
6 this problem. Decisions will have to be made as to the level of interpretation: whether to interpret the word, the abbreviation of the word, the spatial design, or a mixture of them all. Was there a tradition of choreographic notation in Catalonia? In direct relationship to the signs found in the exceptional Cervera manuscript, we find, almost a century later, very similar signs (grouped lines, waves and initials) being used in the Tarragó manuscript, which dates from Only the first few dances (unfortunately incomplete because of the mutilation of the folio) could have been baixes danses. The remainder of the dances fall into the tradition and format of dances and steps of the 16th century, with equivalent or similar nomenclature to those in the dance treatises of Cesare Negri and Caroso. The Tarragó or de l Hospital manuscript also contains terms proper to the baixa dansa, like seguit (sequence or double), seguit trencat (broken double), continença, reverència, pas (step) and represa. I would also draw attention to the similarity in shape of the signs in the Cervera manuscript to those used in the de l Hospital manuscript as a second, recognised stage of evolution and structural adaptation, which appear to derive or originate, in some way or other, from the particular type of notation which is exclusive to the dance known as the contrapàs, a dance which has come down to us only fragmentarily, through oral tradition or written diagrams and in which the signs and terminology used appear to be related to the type of notation found in the Cervera and Hospital manuscripts. The printed and dated notations of contrapàs are generally from the middle of the 19th century, although it is highly probable that some were printed or known before that. Studying these signs and the nomenclature of traditional steps 9, we find a number of common elements (hatchings, lines of various lengths, dots, curves), in vertical disposition, to be read from top to bottom, in lines from left to right. I believe that these similarities cannot be attributed to chance but must be considered together with these remarkable, earlier documents that we have discussed. The different structural characteristics of the dance known as the contrapàs to those of the baixa dansa could have motivated, in each case, the adaptation of already known signs and their functional arrangement in a manner appropriate to each; and, in the case of the contrapàs, also influenced the solutions utilised in the mapes (notations) of the divinos (traditional Catalan songs for Lent and Holy Week, of which the text usually relates the passion of Christ) for the long, short or Cerdanyan contrapàs. The earliest known documentary evidence of a dance called contrapàs comes from the year Another type of traditional dance seems to have a more or less direct interrelationship with baixa dansa. There is documentary evidence from the year 1616 in Catalonia, for the ball pla h as a specific dance type, although it was undoubtedly known and danced earlier under this or some other name. Musically as well as choreographically, a comparative analysis of the versions which have come Figure F. Words in the Cervera MS which appear with the abbreviation RE Figure G. Cervera MS: different versions of the sight for the represa or for the abbreviation RE Figure H. Signs from the Tarragó MS, shown in vertical alignment Page 20 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992
7 Figure I. Signs from the Tarragó MS Figure K. A comparison of various notations: 1. Cervera (A) 2. Cervera (B) 3 & 4. Tarragó 5. Cervera (in vertical alignment) 6, 7 & 8. Fragments of notations from printed contrapàs 9. Notations from a contrapàs manuscript down to us of this ball pla reveals, in my opinion, similarities in character, in steps, in both musical, as well as choreographic, structure and in dynamic relationships to those found in the baixa dansa. I believe it would be most interesting for possible future reconstructions of the baixes danses from the Cervera Manuscript, to take into consideration, in addition to the documents of the period and the indirect references, the common aspects of choreography, (like the steps, for example, but without applying these indiscriminately) of terminology, and of music and form, which the rich tradition of popular folk dance in Catalonia has given us: separating and analysing the essential and definitive elements of the dances and the internal organisation and function of the instruments as distinct from those of the older Catalonian, instrumental groupings. For some considerable period, the Baixa and Alta dances seem to have been contemporary with dances like the contrapàs, the ball pla and the corranda alta (corranto), although the information given is rather a profusion of names than a description of an actual dance:...tant de sarao en casa y sala tot va de gala folga y desvari fan lo canari y la Pabana la Baixa plana y la Xacona....oint tal só de cornamusa noves usantces de balls y dances....molts dels que dancen sens que no es cansen ab gentl ayre saltant en lo ayre com bolatins los Matutxins fan, y altres balls portant plomalls gorres de grana fent la Sardana y lo Ball Pla tots mà per mà So much carousal in house and in hall all come in fine array madness and down-fall they do the canaries and the Pavan the plain basse dance and the chaconne.... listening to such sounds of bagpipes new customsfor balls and dances.... many of those who danced seemed never to tire with gentle grace leaping in the air as if flying Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Page 21
8 they did the matachins, and other dances wearing plumes of feathers caps of scarlet doing the Sardana and the Ball Pla all hand in hand. h Deeper and fuller investigation into the dance of Catalonia and the exhaustive study of documentary sources could permit the future development of an acceptable practical interpretation and realisation of some of the baixes danses given in the Cervera manuscript, with a minimum of conjecture and a maximum of well-grounded deduction. In the mean time, we may conclude that the practice of the baixa dansa in the Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon is confirmed through documentary evidence as having existed from the beginning of the 15th century (1406) and up to two centuries later. It is also highly probable that Catalonia has known a continuous tradition of graphic notation of dance, with particular and unique characteristics, and with successive adaptation for different types of dance, this notation being represented, at diverse stages of its development, in the Cervera manuscript, the Hospital manuscript and, most recently, in the notation of the contrapàs. Footnotes 1. Francesch de la Via: La Senyora de Valor, 1406; ms. no. 8, Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona. 2. Transcribed from Am. Pagès: La poésie française en Catalogne du XIII à la fin du XV siècle, Tolouse- Paris, 1936; and from M.C. Gómez Mutané: La música en la Casa Real Catalano-Aragonesa, Antoni Bosch, editor; Vol 1. Barcelona, F. de la Via: La Senyora... op. cit. 4. F. de la Via: ibid. 5. Gómez Mutané: La música en la Casa..., op. cit. 6. Ramon Muntaner: Chronica, chapter CCXVII; published in G. Muntané: La Música Roig: Spill. from l Arxiu de Dansa de l Esbart Català de Dansaires, Barcelona, pp ff. 8. Brussels Manuscript: dit des basses danses de la Bibliothèque de Bourgogne ; Bibliothèque royale, no Transcription: Ernest Closson: Facsimile: Minkoff Reprint, Geneva, and Michel Toulouse: S ensuit l art et instruction de bien danser, Paris, c Reprint: Editions Minkoff, Geneva, Vegis, Carles Mas: Aproximació a la tècnica coreogràfica del Contrapàs. Premi Nacional de Dansa Aureli Capmany, 1985; Institut del Teatre de la Diputació de Barcelona, ed. L avenç, Barcelona, Andreu Balaguer I Merino: Lo carnestoltes, Barcelona, Transcribed in l Arxiu de Dansa de l Esbart Català de Dansaires. Notes on the translation a. In this article, the term basse dance is written in the following ways in order to differentiate between the specific forms of that dance as they appear in each country: basse dance used as a generic term and for the dance as it appears in England; basse danse France and Burgundy; bassa danza Italy; baixa dansa Catalonian basse dance, as a generic term; baxa dança baixa dansa of Aragon and Catalonia, as referred to in XVth century manuscripts, and used only in transcriptions from original texts. b. Line 20 desmantí an alternative meaning might be to affirm the opposite. Line qui ffrancès Havion gent apres several different meanings arise from the various possible interpretations of these words: ffrancès may refer to either the people or to the language; apres although the natural, contextual meaning would seem to be learnt, this word might also be interpreted as near-by ; gent may again refer to the people or may be interpreted either as a qualification of the manner of the learning, e.g. nicely cf. Italian gentile, or as a comment on the extent of that learning, e.g. so much or so well. c. The final line is a nice play on words. While the surface meaning refers to the cantus, the highest voice, singing an independent melody against the lower tenor line, the three words actually indicate each of the three voices involved in the singing the cantus, the tenor and the contra-tenor. d. Higini Anglès: Eiximenis i la musica del seu temps, from Estudis de literatura catalana, I; Barcelona, e. These responses take the form of verse and chorus. f. Line 6 delliure the meaning is uncertain and may be rendered as freely or courteously ; an alternative interpretation may be to assume that it is the duchess who was free. Line 9 donari a probable elision of two words, donar + aire (verb + noun), to create a noun signifying aiere, the Italian word signifying the quality of grace and elegance. g. Line 13 triscar similarity with the Italian verb trescare might suggest an interpretation associated with intrigue, which might, in turn, lead to an association with patterns in the dance. Line 14 baxa dançar the deliberate creation of a verb from the noun. h. Dance types referred to: Ball Cerdà: A folk dance found in several northern regions of Catalonia, especially around the Pyrenees. It is a collective dance for an unlimited number of couples, either hand in hand or alone. The main difference between the ball pla and the ball cerdà is that the latter contains an element of improvisation, both in its music and in its choreography, one couple at a time dancing in the middle of the circle. Ball Pla: A collective folk dance found in northern areas of Catalonia. It is a couple dance for as many as will in a large circle and it is characterised by smooth stepping with no jumps. The music is in ternary measure. The second part of the dance is always la Page 22 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992
9 corranda which has jumped steps and music in binary measure. Contrapàs: A north Catalan folk dance of solemn character, which uses a variety of steps and a complex choreography. Both music and choreography are irregular and express an intimate relationship between the phrases of the melody, the choreographic sequences and the phrases of the ritual text or divino. The second part of the contrapàs is the sardana. Sardana: A north Catalan folk dance for as many as will, holding hands in a circle and using running and jumped steps in a sideways movement. The name is known from the 16th century. Acknowledgements This Article originally appeared as La baixa dansa al regne de Catalunya i Aragó al segle XV in Nassarre, Revista Aragonesa de Musicologia, [Aragonese Musicological Journal] IV, 1 2. Zaragoza, 1988, and is republished by permission of the Institución Fernando el Católico. Translated from Catalan into English by Diana Cruickshank and Carles Mas. Historical Dance Volume 3, Number 1, 1992 Copyright 1992 Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Page 23
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Healthy, older seniors can act as living kidney donors, with overall survival among recipients similar to that seen with younger donors, a study suggested.
There was no difference in ten-year survival among recipients of kidneys from donors ages 70 and older compared with recipients of organs from donors ages 50 to 59 (hazard ratio 1.31, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.69, P=0.1), according to Dorry L. Segev, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues.
However, graft failure rates were significantly higher with the older donors (subhazard ratio 1.62, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.28, P=0.005), the researchers reported online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Because there is an acute shortage of kidneys for transplantation, strategies that have been tried at some centers to increase the number of available kidneys include kidney-paired donation and the use of kidneys from less-than-optimal donors, such as those with hypertension or who are older.
Previous studies assessing the use of kidneys from older donors had conflicting results and methodologic limitations, such as combining death with graft loss as an endpoint.
Segev and colleagues analyzed data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, which includes all donors and patients who have received or are waiting for transplants in the U.S. They conducted separate analyses for graft loss and survival.
Between 1990 and 2010, there were 97,782 live kidney donors, among whom 219 were ages 70 to 84.
Matched controls were chosen from donors ages 50 to 59, as well as from recipients of deceased donors who did not meet the extended criteria for donation (non-ECD), having medical complexities.
The cumulative incidence functions for graft failure was assessed using nonparametric competing risks models, while mortality was determined according to Cox proportional hazards models.
Survival rates among the recipients of older and younger donors were:
- One year, 93.1% (95% CI 88.5 to 96) versus 96.4% (95% CI 94.5 to 97.6)
- Five years, 74.5% (95% CI 66.8 to 80.7) versus 83.3% (95% CI 79.2 to 86.1)
- Ten years, 56.2% (95% CI 46.1 to 65.1) versus 64.2% (95% CI 58.7 to 69.1)
The one-, five-, and ten-year survival rates among recipients of non-ECD deceased donors ages 50 to 59 were 92.7%, 76.2%, and 47.7%, respectively.
This, too, was not significantly different from survival among recipients with donors 70 and older (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.60 to 1.03, P=0.1).
Graft failure rates among the older and younger donors were:
- One year: 7.4% (95% CI 4.2 to 11.6) versus 5% (95% CI 3.4 versus 6.9)
- Five years: 14.9% (95% CI 16.6 to 27.4) versus 12% (95% CI 9.3% to 15)
- Ten years: 33.3% (95% CI 24.9 to 41.8) versus 21.6% (95% CI 17.5 to 26.7)
Graft failure rates among recipients of non-ECD donors ages 50 to 59 were 7.4%, 19.4%, and 30.8% at the three time points, which was not significantly different rates in the 70 and older group (subhazard ratio 1.19, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.62, P=0.3).
Survival among the over-70 donors themselves was 99.5% at one year, 95.8% at five years, and 90% at ten years, which actually was higher than among matched controls in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HR 0.37, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.65, P<0.001).
Distinctive aspects of the study included its methodology separating survival from graft failure, and its greater power compared with earlier studies.
Limitations were its fairly small sample size and missing data. Also, older donors were carefully selected, "which likely does not represent the unscreened donor population presenting at any given center. As such, these results should not be interpreted as implying that all prospective donors over the age of 70 will have excellent long-term survival," the researchers cautioned.
But the finding of increased graft failure with kidneys from the oldest patients does not mean that they should not be used, they argued.
These grafts "are still preferable to the well documented risks of joining a lengthening waitlist where more than half of candidates over 60 are predicted to die before receiving a deceased donor transplant," Segev and colleagues stated.
The authors reported no financial disclosures.
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Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
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Clinical Journal of the American Society of NephrologySource Reference: Berger J, et al "Living kidney donors ages 70 and older: recipient and donor outcomes" Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04160511.

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We use Projectplace "To-Do" in our office & factory for standardised work.
Each time an item runs out we need to re-order that item.
We have a standard way to re-order that item and therefore need to have a standard template for the Kanban card.
Taking the example of running out of printer paper (see video https://youtu.be/z38Zo76KmO0 at 7:10)
if there was a QR Code placed at the level where the paper is about to run out, the member of staff scans that QR code with a smartphone or tablet and it automatically generates a "To-Do" Kanban Card and assigns it to the correct staff member from a predefined template that was created where the QR code was generated.
I've created a video as an example for the process of re-ordering paper which is in this Dropbox link or on the attachment.
This is possible to do today using Zapier. See video and instruction in the comments.
This is such an amazing idea.
I think this is something that would really work well in the work place. Making a working day run much quicker and faster.
Hi Olly,
What a great idea! And what a nice video showing it off! And the best thing is you can make it happen already today :)
The magic is the web service Zapier that connects web apps in an easy way. Below is a description and video how this can be done using a combination of Projectplace and the free web apps Webhook and Esponce (you don't even have to create a user account to these apps!). I hope that you will give this a try, and we would love to hear from you how it is going and how you have used it. Please let us know!
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1. Go to Zapier and create a user account
2. Choose to "Make a Zap"
3. Choose "Webhook" as Trigger app, and "Catch hook" as Trigger
4. Choose "Projectplace" as Action app, and "Create Card" as Action
5. An URL is being generated (for example https://zapier.com/hooks/catch/a56d789). Paste this in a web browser and add information into the URL that you want to use in the cards to be created in Projectplace. This URL for example https://zapier.com/hooks/catch/a56d789?/title=buy_paper&a... will be used later on to add a card with title "buy_paper" and the description "buy_five_packages_A4". Save this URL for later use. Note! It is good to avoid using spaces.
6. Send the URL and you will get a strange looking message beginning with something like "{"status": "success"," Then you'll know you are on the right track!
7. In Zapier, choose Project and Board where the cards are to be created
8. For the fields added in the webhook URL, use the "Insert fields" function (for example "title" and "description" in the example above)
9. Make a testrun – make sure a card is created.
10. Name and save the Zap!
11. Go to http://www.esponce.com/create/content and select mobile action "Website"
12. Use the webhook URL you created earlier and generate a QR code to placed in appropriate place.
Now you can just use the QR scanning app of your choice, scan the QR code and watch how cards are magically created in Projectplace!
This is possible to do today using Zapier. See video and instruction in the comments.
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FAMOUS garden designer and BBC TV presenter Chris Beardshaw is getting involved with the popular Cirencester Hare Festival.
Chris, who often judges at the Chelsea Flower Show, was approached by hare festival organiser Florence Beetlestone to decorate a five foot hare named Flora, based in Cerney House Gardens in North Cerney. Florence has sponsored the hare herself, on behalf of her educational consultancy Shore Foundations.
"Chris has decorated Flora with a wonderful display of floral illustrations taken from his bestselling books, 100 Plants that almost changed the World," said Florence. "Flora lives in his own little garden shed and it truly is a beautiful setting."
The Cirencester Hare Festival is a sculpture trail of 50 five foot hares which began back in March and will come to an end in September, where they will be auctioned at The Kings Head on October 4.
Before this, there will be a series of events including a concert in the church and a special farewell to the hares event where they will be gathered in the Assembly Rooms at the Kings Head for people to come and view them all together.


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LENA IS ARRESTED – After Metallo (guest star Frederick Schmidt) breaks out of prison and frees Lillian Luthor (guest star Brenda Strong), the police blame Lena (guest star Katie McGrath) for his escape and arrest her. Despite overwhelming evidence, Kara (Melissa Benoist) refuses to believe her friend is guilty and fights to clear Lena's name. Flashbacks reveal how Lena came to be a Luthor. Meanwhile, Alex (Chyler Leigh) introduces Maggie (Floriana Lima) to the gang.
Directed by: Tawnia McKiernan
Written by: Robert Rovner and Cindy Lichtman. (#212).
Original airdate 2/13/2017 (USA) and 2/14/2017 (Australia)


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All items > Knives > Folding Knives
- Overall Length:7.75"
- Blade Length:3.375"
- Blade Thickness:0.10"
- Blade Material:Stainless Steel
- Blade Style:Drop Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Satin
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:4.375"
- Handle Thickness:0.52"
- Handle Material:Wood
- Color:Wood
- Bolster Material:Stainless Steel
- Weight:2.44 oz.
- Knife Type:Manual
- Opener:Nail Nick
- Lock Type:Slip Joint
- Brand:Antonini Knives
- Model:Caltagirone
- Country of Origin:Italy
- Best Use:Collection
- Product Type:Knife
Antonini Knives feature handmade Italian craftsmanship at an affordable price. The Medium Caltagirone comes equipped with a stainless steel blade, kotibe wood handle scales, and a stainless steel bolster. It opens with a nail nick and secures in place with a sturdy slip joint mechanism. The Caltagirone has a classic Italian design that will look great in any collection. This Medium Caltagirone model has a 3.4" blade with a satin finish and a kotibe wood handle.


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Cal State Long Beach welcomes 15 President's Scholars this fall
2009-08-27 · By Editor
Nine students from Long Beach students are among the members of the 15th incoming class of President's Scholars at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). As part of the program, each of these top high school scholars has received a four-year scholarship from the university worth nearly $50,000.
Established in 1995, the CSULB President's Scholars Program was created to bring valedictorians and National Merit scholars from California high schools to the campus. That first class consisted of a handful of students from the greater Long Beach area. With this fall's incoming class of 50 new students, the total number of President's Scholars currently studying on campus is at 271.
"Even after 15 years, the President's Scholars Program at Cal State Long Beach still attracts many of the brightest and most talented high school graduates in California, and I believe it will continue to do so for years to come," said CSULB President F. King Alexander. "Each year, we receive more than 500 applications from California valedictorians or National Merit scholars for these premier scholarships, and each year 50 new students are selected to be part of this incoming group of scholastically outstanding individuals.
Among the 2009 CSULB President's Scholars are three students from Millikan High School – Tamara D. Hashimoto, Minh-Minh- Ho and Sarah LaCombe. The new group also includes two students each from Cabrillo High – Mirsa E. Bracho and Daniel J. Lopez; and Wilson Classical High – Carly M. Farris and Britney L. White.
The remaining local scholars include Alexis S. Nakamura from Long Beach Poly High and Melody K. Rudd of Long Beach who attended Brethren Christian High in Huntington Beach.
As President's Scholars, these students are attending CSULB on a full scholarship that covers general student fees, an annual book allowance and paid housing in the campus residence halls for four years. In addition, they will receive priority registration, personal academic counseling and more.
The benefits for qualifying valedictorians and National Merit scholars from accredited California high schools are made possible through the support of the CSULB Alumni Association, President's Associates and the Corporate Scholars Council.
For more information, contact Valerie Bordeaux, director of the CSULB President's Scholars Program, at 562/985-8236 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How To Clean George Foreman Grill
Do you need to know how to clean George Foreman grill? George Foreman grills have been popular for years. They bring low fat simplicity straight to the kitchen and grill up delicious guilt free grub. Keeping the George Foreman grill clean is necessary to prolong the grill's life span. Below, you will find tips on how to clean a George Foreman grill.
- In order to really clean the inside of the George Foreman grill, you will want to clean it while the plate is still hot or warm. Always make sure you unplug the grill first though! You can then take a paper towel or sponge to quickly wipe the surface of the grill off. Wear an over mitt while doing this to protect your hands from burns.
- You can use basic soap and water to clean a George Foreman grill as well. Make sure you wipe it down thoroughly to remove any soap that may be left behind. Continue to wet the grill to remove all of the soap. Once you no longer see any soap suds on the grill plate, you can begin to dry it off with paper towels.
- You should clean the George Foreman grill after each and every use. It's not good to leave old food stuck to the grill as it could grow bacteria and make you sick. You want to maintain the grill with each and every use. Doing so is not only healthier for you and your family, but it also makes cleaning the grill go by much faster than if you were to leave old food stuck to it.
- To remove food that may have burnt onto the grill, you can use a plastic spatula, or the spatula that came with the grill to scrape it off. Do not leave burnt food stuck to the grill plate.
- There are now George Foreman grill sponges that you can purchase for as little as $5.00. These sponges are designed to clean the George Foreman grill the best, due to the unique design of the sponge that will fit right into the grooves of the George Foreman grill.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --Pearl Harbor is being remembered Tuesday, 69 years after the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, plunging the U.S. into World War II.More than 120 survivors, the youngest are now in their late 80s, traveled from across the country for a ceremony in Pearl Harbor.
The Park Service took place near the USS Arizona, which sank in the attack. The remains of nearly 1,000 sailors and marines are entombed there.
In all, more than 2,000 Americans were killed that day.
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Learn more fun facts about the campus, including the mascot,school colors, distinctions and renowned faculty.
Visit the points of pride Web site to learn more about UCSB's distinguished programs and commitment to excellence and innovation.
Take a virtual tour to learn more about UCSB and get a feel for the campus. The tour consists of 360 degree panoramic views of many points of interest in around UCSB.


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October 4, 2010 Issue Abstract
Securities Trading: Regulatory Probe of 'Flash Crash' Leaves Some Scratching Their Heads on How to Avert Another. Market analysts continue to seek answers on how to avert the next one, even after the joint report of the US Commodities Trading Corporation and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Industry Alert: Price Quoting Processes Stub Toes of Unwary Investors. The 'Flash Crash' whodunit takes note of 'stub quotes' and, in a flash, exchanges see the flaws.
Editor's Comment:
Hastening Economic Turnaround. When corporations hold the cash,
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Where Stars Are Born
http://www.facebook.com/ScienceReason ... NASA's Spitzer Science Center: "Ask An Astronomer (Part 2) Where Stars Are Born - W-5 Star-Forming Region". In this popular video series, real astronomers answer common questions about astronomy. Brought to you by the "Cool Cosmos" team (the joint Education and Public Outreach group for the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center) located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Narrated by Dr. Robert Hurt of NASA's Spitzer Science Center. --- Please SUBSCRIBE to Science & Reason: • http://www.youtube.com/Best0fScience • http://www.youtube.com/ScienceTV • http://www.youtube.com/FFreeThinker --- How do stars form? A study of star forming region W5 by the sun-orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope provides clear clues by recording that massive stars near the center of empty cavities are older than stars near the edges. A likely reason for this is that the older stars in the center are actually triggering the formation of the younger edge stars. The triggered star formation occurs when hot outflowing gas compresses cooler gas into knots dense enough to gravitationally contract into stars. Spectacular pillars, left slowly evaporating from the hot outflowing gas, provide further visual clues. In the above scientifically-colored infrared image, red indicates heated dust, while white and green indicate particularly dense gas clouds. W5 is also known as IC 1848, and together with IC 1805 form a complex region of star formation popularly dubbed the Heart and Soul Nebulas. W5 lies about 6,500 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia. • http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080916.html --- Cool Cosmos at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center & the SIRTF Science Center In answering the wide public interest in space sciences, NASA has, for more than a decade, made Education and Public Outreach (EPO) an important element in their missions. This Cool Cosmos portal is the main gateway of the Cool Cosmos EPO group at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center and the SIRTF Science Center. The Cool Cosmos EPO activities are coordinated and managed by the SIRTF Science Center, based at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center on the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Communicating the world of infrared astronomy to the public is the main topic of the Cool Cosmos portal but certainly not its only goal. In the past few years the Cool Cosmos team has created a wide variety of educational products that explain the infrared as well as the multi-wavelength universe. We've produced a suite of award-winning websites (coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu) that speak to audiences as varied as kindergarteners to amateur astronomers. We've also filmed short videos about astronomy and infrared light and created posters and brochures that have become favorites with NASA education specialists as well as classroom teachers. The Cool Cosmos portal is involving students in science with multi-disciplinary educational materials produced with the goal of engaging the young minds of future generations of scientists. The continuous positive response of the public has been an absolute motivation to create new and innovative methods to reach them. The Cool Cosmos team is a dynamic group that has made its vocation to revive the interest, excite the dreams and hopefully answer some of the questions to satiate the public thirst for knowledge of Space. • http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ .
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In CNN's reporting on T***p's remarks yesterday, this, among other choice bits, would have made me laugh if I weren't so angry and heartbroken about what the man is doing to our country:
On Tuesday, though, Trump defended his 48-hour delay in denouncing white supremacists, arguing that he took his time because he didn't know the facts.
"I wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what I said was correct, not make a quick statement," Trump said, calling his initial comment a "fine statement."
He added: "I don't want to go quickly and just make a statement for the sake of making a political statement."
But I'm just going to leave that there and instead address this portion of his remarks: "'You are changing history, you are changing culture' by taking down statues to past leaders." [He was referring specifically to the dismantling of statues of Confederate leaders.]
A) If by "history" you mean the actual facts of the past, well, they don't change, although they can be discovered, buried, overlooked, newly revealed, etc. Here are a few actual, pertinent facts about US history: our nation was born from invasion, genocide, kidnapping, oppression, and abuse. The Confederate leaders were not US leaders; they were (self-evidently, one would think) leaders of a polity that rejected and violently turned against the United States. Whether or not you think the Civil War was about slavery, the Confederacy was clearly enabled by institutionalized white supremacy–which existed in the rest of the country as well and has yet to be laid in its grave once and for all.
B) If by "history" you mean the way the facts and events of the past are interpreted and retold, well, this is changing all the time as new facts come to light, new ways of looking at them become possible or relevant, new methodologies allow data to be analyzed in new ways, and so on. As historical awareness shifts and grows, why wouldn't a consensus arise that, for example, the leaders of a violent movement to destroy our nation should no longer be regarded as heroes? That doesn't mean that we forget the events of the past–it just means we tell them in a way that makes sense given our current knowledge and understanding.
C) Given that our nation began with war crimes and wholesale human-rights violations (see A above), 'changing culture' has become part of the American fabric. Our nation has been on a fairly consistent (though not steady) trajectory to expand and ensure human and civil rights to ever more people, embracing differences of every kind and recognizing the commonality and fellow citizenship of all Americans. Events like Charlottesville remind us that we still have a long way to go, but they also remind us of how important it is that we continue to strive to be better than our beginnings, and of how many people remain committed to the ideal of an America that embraces all–even if our so-called president isn't one of them.


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Their most ambitious episode yet, Dontnod and Square Enix have announced Life Is Strange Episode 4: Darkroom is releasing on July 28 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.
Not only that, but it was revealed today that Life Is Strange has reached one million sales.
FILLED WITH SPOILERS, you can check out the Episode 4 trailer (above) and overview (below):
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How to install BorderManager 3.6 on NetWare 6
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Version: BorderManager 3.6
By popular demand, here is a short and sweet description of how to install BorderManager 3.6 on the new NetWare 6. Enjoy!
- Verify that the LAN cards you plan on running are tested and approved on NW6.
- Install NetWare 6.
- Re-boot the server and verify that the new Server OS install re-loads properly. Load INETCFG and transfer all LOAD & BINDS to the NETINFO file. Check PROTOCOLS > TCPIP. Make sure IP Packet Forwarding is set to Enabled("Router") if you have multiple LAN cards. Also make sure that LAN Static Routing is enabled and that a Default Route has been specified. Check the DNS Resolver Configuration and the addresses of DNS servers.
- Re-boot the server. Make sure INETCFG is not loaded.
- Place the BorderManager 3.6 CD in the CDROM and load CDROM. The BMEE36 volume should mount.
- Install BorderManager from the X Server -- Graphical Console. Install from the ROOT of the BorderManager 3.6 CD that should now be mounted.
After the 3.6 install you must immediately install BM36SP1A.EXE DO NOT RE-BOOT THE SERVER BEFORE INSTALLING BM36SP1A.EXE. The BM 3.6 install will downgrade many critical OS NLMs that need to be replaced prior to re-booting the server. Otherwise, it will abend when it re-loads. BM36SP1A.EXE will put the original files back in place.
- Tune the server for BorderManager as per TID 10018669: BorderManager Proxy and Cache Performance and Tuning
- If you are planning to run VPN, SOCKS or PROXY services as well as Native File Access on the server, please refer to TID 10065584: Error "Failed to authenticate Token Password"
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SiteMax Systems is a cloud-based construction project management solution suitable for commercial firms in several trades like finishing, landscaping, concrete, and design or build. Key features include timekeeping and geo check-in, QR code tool tracking, daily progress reports, purchase orders and progress photos. The solution provides native mobile apps and a client portal that allows clients to monitor project progress. Mobile apps are available on both Android and iOS platforms.
SiteMax Systems offers geolocation check-in and digital time cards that provides recordkeeping, while digital POs and an electronic file system for drawings and forms minimize paper records. Other features include hourly auto-weather updates, an instant messaging platform, tool inventory tracking and HD TV real-time project view.
SiteMax Systems is recommended to small and mid-size firms in the United States and Canada. Pricing is per user per month. Support is offered via phone and email.
Jason from Cheyenne Steel, Inc.
January 2018
January 2018
The SiteMax application is very easy to use and the staff customized the application to fit our needs. The implementation into the field was very easy.
A few of the features are not applicable to our line of work. But wouldn't consider this a con.
William from Fusion Projects
Employees number: 51-200 employees
November 2017
November 2017
A paper free health and safety department, as well as better oversight of our field operations team.
SiteMax is extremely user friendly. More importantly, the team at SiteMax are extremely creative and have been able to create very effective forms to support our company.
Lana from Western Engineered Containment Ltd.
Employees number: 2-10 employees
June 2017
June 2017
Benefits I get from using SiteMAX are priceless!!
Everything I need to know about where the different crews are what they are working on in real time is a plus for WEC.
Superb Customer Service!!!!
SiteMAX is a program you can easily use to have your employees sign in / out to track payroll.
Track you equipment and vehicles to which job (site) they are on.
Real Time field tickets is a plus, easily to look up and see how the job is progressing.
For us being able to have all of our documents that are required out in the field in one place, with the added benefit of real time reporting is a great assest to our company. You no longer have to worry that "paper" copies are lost, no coffee spills.
We are extremely pleased with program and will continue to use.
Juan-Pablo from Incredible Restorations
Employees number: 11-50 employees
June 2017
June 2017
equipment count accuracy, technician timecard accuracy, and scheduling all in one platform
Web app: Technician's daily calendar schedule, time cards, and equipment tracking. And you can active jobs and equipment count on a map!
Mobile app: Technician's clock-in and out, QR code easy scanning of equipment, daily reports, afterhours emergency ticket, and built in calendar.
Both web app and mobile app run super fast.
Very well done Sitemax!
Deven from Davis Construction Plumbing Inc.
Employees number: 51-200 employees
June 2017
June 2017
Multiple business solutions from daily reporting to safety. All of our field processes are currently on this software except time keeping.
Ease on integration from our current processes to SiteMax system. Extremely helpful management and staff truly offer personal attention to make their system into everything we asked for and more. We expected a difficult integration with our current field management and a process that would take 30+ days. We accomplished our goals with SiteMax managements help in 7 business days from time of order to full implementation to all staff members both in the field and office. The data coming in from the field is already transforming our business and going to make it seamless to grow our business to the next level. One last comment. everything above is a glowing review and rightfully so we interviewed multiple companies with similar software. Our initial presentation almost instantly took SiteMax out of the running. The guys instantly realized that this was an issue and came back with another presentation and knocked it out of the park.
So far we have had a few glitches with forms and functionality while some would think of this as a CON we expected it but what was amazing was how fast these minimal issues were fixed. The only fault we could find so far is the time clock which we cant currently use due to state regulations however we are excited to see new releases for SiteMax this fall which should enable us to use SiteMax as our sole source software.
Liam from Platinum Pro-Claim
Employees number: 51-200 employees
June 2017
June 2017
The breadth of its scope, and the mobile app has a beautiful UI.
Highly recommend this firm and product.
It is still very new, so there are some user experience issues. SiteMax is aware of these, I believe, and is actively working to better their product -- and we are happy to be a part of that process.
We understand the challenges involved in developing a platform that works for every client and every need, but SiteMax has proven to be dedicated to delivering a product that addresses the unique and specific issues their clients face.
Highly recommend this firm and product.
Nivek from Mountain Heights Flooring
Employees number: 11-50 employees
July 2016
July 2016
We have been working with and using SiteMax for over a year and are more than satisfied with their application. As a flooring sub-contractor, prior to using SiteMax, we relied strictly on paper forms, emails, and text messages to track and manage our projects. This method, although tried and true, was incredibly time consuming, a nightmare to organize, and had substantial direct and indirect costs associated with it. SiteMax has allowed us to combine many aspects of how we run our organization into one simple, easy to use platform. Our organization installs flooring throughout the United States, which makes logistics and communication difficult. With their system, we are now able to collect forms, employee time, and other time-sensitive information on our projects at our corporate office instantly. This has saved us thousands of dollars because of the simple, accurate geo-located employee time tracking alone, and we have saved even more in regards to change orders and punch list items. We highly recommend SiteMax because they have packed so many features into one simple, intuitive, and robust program which can be easily implemented in any construction company, regardless of their respective industries. To top it off, their customer support is by far the best in the industry.
Its easy to use and navigate because the interface and structure is simple. It is packed with robust features that are customizable to any company. It saves money on administrative, employee, and project associated costs and labor, and reduced employee time theft among many other benefits. It organizes projects digitally with custom forms, file storage, punch lists, purchase orders, scheduling and tasks, and so many other features. Customer service is hands down, one of their greatest features. Unlike the larger construction project management software companies out there, SiteMax seems to pride themselves in customer service. When you call them, you don't get an outsourced overseas operator, you get a knowledgable and dedicated member of their team. They are upfront, honest, and are willing to go the extra mile for their clients.
I wish I could give cons for SiteMax so my review wouldn't be so biased, but honestly, these guys have surpassed all of our expectations and goals we set out to achieve in regards to construction management software. There has not been one single issue or negative experience we have encountered in our year of utilizing SiteMax.
My word of advice for construction companies seeking construction project management software is to remember that these types of applications, not just SiteMax but all of them, are designed for the construction industry in general. This includes general contractor and sub-contractors in various different construction related industries. So these application are not FULLY customizable to your every need and want when it comes to how you setup and run your business. Every construction company operates their administration and field crews differently, because of this these applications have to be general enough to support that. If you are looking for an application that is specifically designed for how your company operates and does business, then you need to seek a software development firm and have a custom application made for you. But ill tell you in advance (because we looked into this option) you are looking at a minimum of $100,000.0 investment. Utilize these types of construction management applications for how they were designed, don't assume that a all the features are going to be geared specifically to you.