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With all the young dudes feeling so anxious about how much they have to read, the Luddites who are still reading long articles should seem to have it pretty good. Don't they just, like, plop on the couch and read The New Yorker through their bifocals until falling into blissful, old-person sleep?
I talked to Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer last week about Longform.org, the website they started a few months ago that aggregates the "greatest hits" of long-form journalism. (They're not old.) The site is already popular with the nerdy, older journalist types who have always kept track of this stuff (Jack Shafer), but also appeals to those who ride bikes and live in Brooklyn and rarely read long-form journalism before the advent of iPhones and iPads. Like Mr. Lammer.
After installing the Instapaper app on his iPad, he developed a ravenous appetite for new stories to read on the train. He now reads them in line at the bank, too.
"One of the reasons we started the site is because our Instapapers were ending up empty and not having stuff in them that we wanted to read," he said. "If you're really obsessive about reading all the time when you're on the train, and you get on the train one morning and you don't have a story to read on your Instapaper, it's going to be awful. It sucks."
Although the two founders harbor a reverent respect for journalists who produce the stories on Longform– not shying away from calling it a "crusade" for artistic nonfiction– the stories also produce a sort of high-brow cultural currency.
They were both literary types to begin with: Mr. Linsky writes for takepart.org, and Mr. Lammer is a writer and editor who used to work in publishing. At 29 and 28, respectively, they are at a ripe age for Reader's Despair Syndrome. They feel the need to stay abreast of the sophisticated long-form stories that first roped them into writing– long ago, via hand-thumbed copies of The New Yorker— in addition to the steady stream of short blog posts in their RSS feeds that largely comprise dinner party discussion. A 2005 episode of This American Life described people who expertly talk about things they don't know as "modern jackasses."
"I feel like long-form stories are the ultimate modern jackass fuel, you know?" Mr. Linsky said. "Because you can read them and think you kind of know what the deal is. Stories are about storytelling, and that's why people read them. But they also give you the sense that you really know some shit."
It's easy to compare a web native's reading consumption to his eating habits. Mr. Linsky said in last week's Observer story that RSS feeds were akin to walking into a grocery store and having cinnamon buns thrown at you all day. Longform could be seen as the Alice Waters antidote for the Colonel Sanders RSS feed culture: a slower-paced digestion of the high-quality stuff. Except they're still eating it all pretty quickly.
"You can definitely blow out your Instapaper account," Mr. Lammer said. "But at least you've ordered all those dishes that you're supposedly going to eat. The experience of being in a restaurant where you just say what kind of food you like and more and more food keeps arriving — that's not an optimal experience."


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There are probably a lot of reasons why we like Woody and Buzz and Toy Story 3. We know that the 1995 original was an instant classic. We know that the 1999 movie was a sequel worth seeing. And we know that 15 years after the first installment, Toy Story 3 will also certainly be worth a look.
I will admit that seeing plastic toys run around in Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was a bit out of the ordinary the first time around, but now Slinky Dog and Mr. Potato Head are here to stay.
And so now we know that when we get Woody and Buzz we also get Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. We know we're going to get a movie that captivates kids and entertains adults. We know that even if the story might be predictable, we'll be happy as we walk out of the theater. Ultimately, it seems like we know what we're going to get. And maybe that's why we keep going back. We've seen it before, we like it, and we want to see it again.
That consistency and familiarity is what many businesses strive to create. I like McDonald's restaurant because, for better or worse, I know what I'm going to get. The food always tastes the same, the restaurants—in almost every locale—are clean and inviting, and in Bluffton, the employees are always quick, very friendly and helpful. As a consumer, I appreciate knowing what I'm going to get.
As a banker, I know that people are very careful when it comes to their finances and their personal banking. They want to know who they're dealing with. They want to know they can trust the person who handles their money. And they want to know that if they run into a problem, they can count on their banker to work with them to fix the issue.
At First National Bank, familiarity and consistency—along with friendliness and professionalism—are words we try to act on every day. We don't always succeed, but we continue to do our very best. We don't have exciting names like Mr. Pricklepants or Emperor Zurg, but you can bet you'll hear at least one "hello" as soon as you walk in any of our branches. And hopefully, you'll get the same quality service no matter how or when you interact with a First National employee.
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What the cartoons don't show are the digestive consequences of eating an entire can of pre-cooked spinach without even chewing. This is where Pete Holmes comes in, giving Popeye a reality check. I'm sure you can see where the gag is going, it's a total gas! *badum dum* ...I'll see myself out.


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I know I am late on this and is almost time for the next package to arrive, but here I am with another review of the Jacked Pack Subscription Box.
- 360 Pre Workout Activator, gives you a good energy and seems like to have a great taste, I have received the same product also the previous month and I have to say that I would have liked to receive something different this time. After I have been using it a couple of times I can also say that is not one of my favorite but does his job.
- REGENETOR is a complete rebuilding system formulated with compounds intended to help modulate the temporary pain and inflammation that result from heavy-duty training. The product is a stimulant-free formula suitable for use any time day or night, during and after workouts to kick-start muscle recovery, between meals to keep nitrogen levels topped-off, and/or before going to bed to help combat catabolism while you sleep.
- CrampsAWAY claims to stop your cramps within a minute and if taken before the exercise will prevent them to, I am not suffering on cramps but if some one out there is I guess why not to try it.
- Thermo Detonator is a fat-loss product the product claim to preserve maximum lean muscle which is not bad if this happen to be true. Review onlie are majority of 5 star is I guess is worth the try.
- My Pro JYM protein powder is made from the highest-quality sources of protein and each scoop of Pro JYM delivers 24 grams of pure-quality protein. The blend itself is not bad I love the fact that each scoop gives you a mix of different kind of protein such as Whey, Casein, Milk and Egg White however I really don't like the taste of this protein in this flavor ROOT BEER FLOAT and since I had received already an example in my first box I would have loved to get a different flavor for this.
- The Detour Smart bar is a quality source of fiber and whey protein. It got the apple cinnamon flavor and I can't white to give it a bite. This is a healthy alternative to regular sugary snacks.
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Healing in Dayton
Article byAugust 2019
Just south of central Dayton, Ohio, in the heart of one of the city's historic districts, is a stretch of road familiar to all the locals: A two block section of Fifth Avenue that is home to an eclectic mix... continue
Rejoice in the Midst of Suffering?
Article byMarch 2015
We only need to read the headlines in the morning paper or turn on the evening news to have confirmed what we already know to be true, suffering is an ever-present companion in this world. As a result of the Fall, every individual throughout the history of humanity has known suffering and Christians are not exempt from this experience. Rather, in many ways the suffering Christians are called to endure can even be greater (John 15:20) than that which the unbeliever endures in this world. continue
Joining the Resistance: Lament and the Kingdom [Part 4]
Article byFebruary 2015
In previous posts, I have suggested that the question of suffering before God needs to remain an open question - a question that we, along with the Psalmists, bring before God in the midst of our grief, anger, and confusion. All of this relates to prayer. But it also relates to action - action in a world in which God is king, and yet we groan and wait for his kingdom to come in fullness. continue
Divine Providence: Occupying The Mysterious Middle [Part 3]
Article byFebruary 2015
How can we avoid the extremes of monocausal fatalism, on the one hand, and open theism which insists that some events are "pointless" even to God, on the other? As I immersed myself in the Psalms after my cancer diagnosis, I came to see the value of the much-maligned "classical distinctions" in historic Christian theology. This realization may come as a surprise to some as caricatures abound of classical approaches to divine providence. Sometimes these caricatures come from its contemporary opponents. They usually paint it as portraying an unfeeling Sovereign Tyrant, thus presenting a doctrine that lacks pastoral empathy and fails to confess the dynamic, passionate God of the Bible continue
Avoiding the Dead Ends of Providence: Monocausal Fatalism and Open Theism [Part 2]
Article byFebruary 2015
As I explored in the previous article in this series, my cancer diagnosis forced me to join the Psalmists in prayer more deeply than I had ever done before. I prayed the Psalms - especially Psalms of laments - with others and in solitude. And I noticed that as they pray to the good and Almighty God, they are also unafraid to question God, to ask why he does not appear to be fulfilling his promises. continue
Lament: Self-Indulgent Whining, or Faithful Complaints? [Part 1]
Article byFebruary 2015
Who likes a complainer? Complainers are unsettling to be around. Holiday meals ruined by laborious and endless complaints about how life has shortchanged them - the car that broke down too early, the college that should have given admission, the nurse who should have done the job better. A few hours with a complainer are just about enough to make one want to write an anonymous note: "DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR??" continue
Modern Opposition to Divine Blessedness [Part 3]
Article byJanuary 2015
The doctrine of divine impassibility has been much discussed, and it deserves to be: it is crucial for the Christian church to be able to confess the right thing about the omnipotent God precisely at this point, at the foot of the cross where the rulers of this age crucified the Lord of Glory (1 Cor 2:8). For most of Christian history, theologians considered it utterly axiomatic that the divine nature was not capable of suffering continue
The Christian, Torture and Intercessory Prayer
Article byDecember 2014
So the government authorizes, or the apparatus of the state undertakes, torture. So what? We live in a fallen world and we are not surprised that criminal activity insidiously seeps into the highest reaches of public authority and command. We are realists, we are not shaken. Of course, we may also not be shaken for other reasons which are equally theologically revealing. Exposed to the discourse of the 'war on terror', from news to TV shows and movies, it is likely that we live as citizens in fear. Our fear may be under control, but its control is technological. Surveillance, security, screening, and suspicion are the guarantors of our fragile peace. continue
Finding Gratitude in Unlikely Places: A Thanksgiving Reflection
Article byNovember 2014
Within Christian circles, it seems verboten to mention death and thanks in the same sentence, which is a shame, really. Death, no doubt, is an evil intrusion on God's good order, and, as Dylan Thomas wrote, we have every reason to rage against the dying of the light. But death also has a purifying quality--it burns away the dross of thanklessness. It makes the simple seem sacred, and the prosaic extraordinary. At least, it can do so if we develop the habit of looking at life through death. continue
Ministry to Those Suffering Domestic Abuse
Article byNovember 2014
We now come to the final article in this series. Here we will discuss hurdles victims face on the path to healing, faulty and harmful approaches to "helping" those who suffer abuse, and a few suggestions on how to minister the victims of domestic abuse. Tragically, at least one in four women experiences violence from her partner at some point in her adult life. And tragically, that rate is no different among Christian homes and homes of other faiths or no faith. In fact, research shows that Christian women stay far longer in the abusive context and in far more severe abuse than their non-Christian counterparts. continue
Those Suffering Domestic Violence
Article byOctober 2014
The month of October has been designated Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The goal of this month is to raise public awareness about domestic violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to recognize, prevent, and respond to domestic violence. This article is part two in a series on domestic violence. We began the series by defining domestic abuse, its widespread nature, and its threat to children, along with the frequency and duration of statistically documented cases of domestic abuse. In this article we will briefly discuss the victims and/or survivors of domestic abuse. continue
Extracting Nectar From a Painted Rose
Article byNovember 2013
A few years ago, Harvard scholar and author, James Wood, wrote a review of Bart Ehrman's, God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer, entitled "Holiday in Hellmouth." Wood is an eloquent, penetrating, and insightful thinker and his relatively brief review is perhaps the best, most concise, and accessible articulation of what many see as the "problem" with "the problem of evil" and the various responses that have been offered to it. Wood is rightly repulsed by any discussion of the problem of evil that remains within the cold confines of academia. He loathes the "sterile laboratories of the professional theodicists, where white-coated philosophers quite often crush suffering down to the logician's granules of P and Q." For him, as for most, the "problem of evil" is located, not in the ivory tower, but in the intense tension that is naturally felt between the incalculable amount of suffering in this world and the existence of God. continue
Nor the Heart of Man Imagined
Article bySeptember 2013
The problem of suffering, sin and evil, in its myriad forms, is the most difficult problem that any Christian faces. The problem is sometimes construed too abstractly, as if it were only an intellectual problem. But it isn't. It is an intensely human problem, a pastoral problem, a global problem, a problem that everyone lives and breathes. Anyone who lives in this world, daily, even multiple times per day, recognizes the reality of evil and suffering in this world. Suffering is a universal iron blanket that covers the entirety of the world; it affects everyone, it presses down on us with relentless pressure, and it never abates. The effects of suffering and evil squeeze on us with such massive weight, that they threaten to crush us and render us virtually paralyzed. continue
A Christian Perspective on The Newtown Shooting
Article byDecember 2012
This past Friday, a twenty-year-old man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut with loaded weapons and brutally murdered twenty-six people. A majority of the victims were kindergarteners. Wickedness to this degree takes one's breath away. The otherwise peaceful rural town in southwestern Connecticut has become a place of inexpressible grief, confusion, and sadness. So how are we, as Christians, to think about this atrocity? How are we to make sense of this diabolical act of unspeakable violence and terror? How do we think Christianly about these horrific events? continue
Death, the Final Boundary
Article bySeptember 2006
It is arguable that the last hundred years have witnessed an interesting reversal in Western society, where the great taboo of the Victorian era and the great obsession of the same period have dramatically switched places. The great taboo for... continue
How Long, O Lord?
Article bySeptember 2006
The Welsh have not (generally) adopted that legacy of Platonism in post-Renaissance culture, commonly called "the stiff upper-lip." The Welsh, you see, give voice to their complaints with reckless abandonment. Typical here is Wales's most famous twentieth century poet... continue
Contemplating Katrina
Article byJune 2006
We Christians are caught in a dilemma: it is captured succinctly by Amos: "Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?" (Amos 3:6). It is simply not an option for us to remove God from the... continue
London Burning
Article byJune 2006
Lisa and I believe that from the day our children first arrive in our home, our calling is to prepare them for the day when they will leave. It takes a long time for them fully to learn what it... continue
A Husband Looks at Genesis 3:16
Article byJune 2006
Genesis 3:15 gives one of the Bible's greatest promises. It is God's curse against the serpent, and his first proclamation of the gospel: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he... continue
Rarely, Rarely Comest Thou Spirit of Delight
Article byJuly 2005
Rarely, rarely comest thou,Spirit of Delight!Wherefore hast thou left me nowMany a day and night?Many a weary night and day'Tis since thou art fled away.--P.B. Shelley So wrote the poet, Shelley, suggesting that life had darker moments more than brighter... continue
Results tagged "Suffering" from Reformation21 Blog
The Cost of Discipleship
Article bySeptember 2019
How much are you willing to give to God? Your time? Your money? What about everything? This month, the Alliance is proud to feature The Cost of Discipleship by James Boice. We hope it will serve as a helpful reminder to those... continue
Healing in Dayton
Article byAugust 2019
Just south of central Dayton, Ohio, in the heart of one of the city's historic districts, is a stretch of road familiar to all the locals: A two block section of Fifth Avenue that is home to an eclectic mix... continue
Strength from Weakness
Article byJune 2019
No words can express the sadness I have felt upon news of the failing health of David Powlison. Dr. Powlison has been one of the great gifts God has given to the church. His book Seeing Through New Eyes is... continue
The Good, the Bad and the Providence of God
Article byApril 2019
Johannes Maccovius, in his Theological Distinctions, treated the subject of the Divine providence toward the righteous and toward the wicked with the maxim, "In this life, what happens to good people is never bad and what happens to bad people is... continue
Sticking Your Tongue Out at Suffering
Article byMarch 2019
On the surface, Paul's observation in Philippians 1:14 that "most of the brothers" in Rome--where Paul was chained to a member of the imperial guard awaiting the outcome of his judicial appeal to the emperor Nero--had become "more confident... continue
All the Hell You Shall Ever Have
Article byFebruary 2019
For the better part of my Christian life, I've had a visceral reaction--driven by internal disapproval--whenever I've heard someone describe the hardships he or she experienced in life in the following ways: "It was like hell on earth," or... continue
3 Crosses of Discipleship
Article byJanuary 2019
Recently, my pastor has started a Men's Bible Study series on discipleship by examining a classic passage for discipleship: In Luke 9:22-24, Jesus said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things; He must be rejected by the elders,... continue
Why Ask Why?
Article byDecember 2018
One of the most difficult things for a Christian worker to do is to wade into the midst of grief with a congregant. There we sit, feeling helpless and disarmed, watching the person across the table from us fall... continue
The Persecution Driven Life
Article byAugust 2018
John Hooper, the English Reformer and pastor, was burned at the stake for his unwavering stand upon the truth of Scripture. In 1555, just three weeks prior to his martyrdom, John Hooper gave the following charge in a letter:... continue
Truth in Minor Keys
Article byMay 2018
At the risk of being labeled a musical snob, I venture a comment or two on one of the twentieth century's greatest composers, the centenary of whose birth we celebrate this year--Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975). He is to... continue
Lion in our Midst: A Eulogy for R. C. Sproul
Article byDecember 2017
Our prayers today are with the family of R.C. Sproul, who has been called home to glory. Read his eulogy below, written by Rick Phillips...We grieve today at the news of R. C. Sproul's departure from this life, while so... continue
Sharing in Christ's Suffering
Article byNovember 2017
No one wants to suffer. When suffering comes to us for following Christ, we are surprised, even shocked and dismayed, especially when our lives have been comfortable. How could our communities or families consider us in the wrong? Why... continue
Conflict, Comfort and the Cross
Article byNovember 2017
Last week, a gunman entered First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas and killed 26 people, wounding 20 others. The massacre was brutal and left what will surely be scars on all of those who survived, many of whom were... continue
Cruciform Suffering
Article byMay 2017
The fact that the incarnate Son of God "learned obedience" (Heb. 5:8) is an essential aspect of Jesus' human nature and so is indispensable to sound Christology and soteriology. Apart from the cross itself, the clearest example we have of... continue
These Present Sufferings
Article byMay 2017
As I write, the United Kingdom is still reeling from the latest terrorist atrocity to be unleashed in one of our major cities. It was particularly horrific in that it was deliberately targeted at children and teenagers attending a... continue
Affliction Evangelism
Article byMay 2017
"This light momentary affliction," Paul writes, "is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison" (2 Cor. 4:17). Paul's use of the singular noun "affliction" in 2 Cor. 4:7 is intriguing. Paul doesn't say afflictions (plural),... continue
Shusaku's Silence
Article byNovember 2016
Some readers may be curious about the forthcoming Martin Scorsese film, Silence. The story follows two Jesuit priests (played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who leave Portugal in order to discover the fate of Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson), a... continue
Faith is a Gift (But Not That Kind of Gift!)
Article byOctober 2016
Any theological system worth its salt affirms that faith is a gift from God rather than the exercise of some innate power of the human soul. But that affirmation can be misleading, particularly so if one's notion of "gift"... continue
Jesus, the True and Greater Gardener - from Nick Batzig
Article bySeptember 2014
The Scriptures tell us that the Son of God began His sufferings in a Garden and brought them to a close in a Garden. That is an absolutely amazing display of God's wisdom. After all, Jesus is the second Adam... continue
God, Politics, and Evil
Article byOctober 2012
Strange things happen in the days leading up to a national election. This morning's case was courtesy of the center article at CNN.com which reads "When 'God's Will,' Rape and Pregnancy Collide" (Caution: the article contains explicit details). Whatever political hiccup has... continue
Princeton This Weekend
Article byNovember 2011
No, not for college football! Rather, the Princeton Regional Conference on Reformed Theology is taking place - with Drs. Ligon Duncan and D.A. Carson. The topic? Suffering, Scripture, and the grace of God. In other words, an event you don't... continue
Fearless Leader
Article byApril 2008
Ligon Duncan has published a book called Fear Not, the compilation of several address he gave recently on the topic of death and dying at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson.... continue
Sharing Christ's Sufferings
Article byApril 2008
The newest volume in Crossway's Preaching the Word commentary series is David Helm's 1 & 2 Peter and Jude. I expect most preachers will know this series of expositional commentaries, which is edited by Kent Hughes. David Helm is one... continue
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One thing is clear about Walnut Creek. While the quaint East Bay town is busy becoming the Disneyland north, one way it won't win your tourist dollars is through burgers.
Walnut Creek appears to have a beef with burger joints. First some residents began fighting a plan to open an In-N-Out and now residents have locked their horns on a proposal to bring a McDonald's to town.
There is proposal to open a Golden Arches on Citrus Circle and Oak Grove Road but some residents of the Woodland neighborhood are not rolling out the welcome mat for the clown who believes in magic.
The residents say the character of the neighborhood will change if McDonald's is allowed to open in the area with its drive through window and oh so happy Happy Meals.
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According to the RAM ratings of week 29 for Four Indian Metros during the period of 10th July to 16th July, the following are the listenership status of various FM Radio Stations:
Big FM remained as chart topper in Mumbai with 17.5% of listenership share. While Fever FM Moved up to Second spot with 14.7 percent share.
Radio City dropped down to Third spot with 13.8 percent share. Radio Mirchi move down to Fourth spot with 12.7% of total market shares, Red FM continued to Fifth position with 11.6 percent of total market shares.
New Delhi:
Fever FM retained its top position with 17.5% of total market shared in New Delhi, Radio Mirchi remained at second position with 13.2 Percent shares. Radio City stood at Third position with 11.7 % of listenership share,
Radio Nasha Moved up to Fourth position with 10.2 percent shares, Red FM went down on Fifth position with 9.4 % of total market shared.
Radio Mirchi maintained it's the leadership position in Kolkata with 19.4 % listenership share, Followed by Big FM at second position with 17.1% Listenership share and Fever FM retained its Third spot with 13.4 % shares.
Oye FM stood at fourth position with 11.4 percent of total market shares. Red FM moved up to No. 5 with 9.9% shares. Aamar FM went down to No. 5 with 9.2% shares.
Radio City stood strong at Top position in Bangalore with 23.3 percent of Total Market share, Followed by Big FM remained at second position with 20.3 percent shares, Radio Mirchi stood to Third spot with 17.2 percent of listenership share.
Fever FM occupied No.4 with 14.4%, while Red FM'sremained on Fifth position with 4.5 % Shares.


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Isn't it cute? My seven year old made ours, and he is super-proud of how it turned out. Want to make one? Here's what you do:
1) Download the bunny template {that I created for you} here.
2) Have the kids color the bunny silhouettes using lots of Easter colors.
3) Cut out the bunnies, and glue on pom pom tails.
4) After the glue is dry, hang the bunnies from twine with tiny clothespins.
That's it!
I hope you have enjoyed my Easter projects this year. I would love to hear about your favorites.
Happy Easter!


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Absolutely stunning New build from AQPF Group LLC. Construction includes all high-end finishes with the listed price. No hidden fees. You get it all! Huge corner fenced lot. Aproximently 5,500 beautiful finished square feet. Improvements: Custom designed and built specifically to the characteristics of this lot. Exterior walls are 2x6 exceeding code with superior insulation. Spray foam Insulation in critical spots and floor of bedroom above garage, all corners and bandboards. 18ft x 8ft garage door makes it easy to park to full size SUVs/vans in the garage. Garage door with battery back up, outdoor password entry and WiFi connection; controlled from smartphones. High-efficiency gas furnace and water heater. Copper hot/cold water pipes. Replaced copper main line from the meter crock to the house. All kitchen appliances SS GE: Side by side fridge with ice maker, Wall oven, wall microwave, Slide-in gas range, hood for gas range (350 cfm) and dish washer. Kitchen island is 8ft x 4 ft, quarts counter-top with waterfall on the living room side with oil-rubbed bronze faucet and pot filler in kitchen. SS GE second fridge and microwave oven in the kitchenette. Generous cabinetry, shelving and pantries (kitchen and kitchenette) and Large farmhouse sink in kitchenCoffered ceilings in main living room and dining room. Gas fireplace in main living room with remote control. Vaulted ceiling in Master bedroom. Crown molding throughout the house. Laundry room with large GE washer/dryer units with pedestals. All walk-in closets and mudroom shelving doneMaster suite with his and hers walk-in-closest Sliding barn door from mudroom to kitchen. 8ft tall front door and office french doors. All of the main level and hall areas upstairs and both landings floors are pacific mahogany 5-inch hardwood. The lower level is LVT flooring throughout. Mudroom and laundry room floors tile resembling the hardwood floor. Stunning master bath boasts double sink, freestanding tub and Rain shower-head with combination controller. Second Master (in law suit) with its own full bathroom, double sinks and the walk-in closet. All shower areas porcelain tiled to ceiling. All bathroom vanities, main floor living room, kitchen and dining room lights on dimmer switches. ALL door hardware, faucets, shower heads, etc oil-rubbed bronze. All custom picked interior fixtures are in place. All bedrooms with ceiling fans and recessed lights. House is wrapped with cement board siding and PVC trimmed and architectural grade shingles.Horizontal fence for the back yard. RING brand doorbell and security cameras around the house on solars, connected to WiFi and controlled by your smartphone. New gas line from street to the house by Washington Gas. A new sewer lateral from house to main sewer line on the street. Large concrete driveway. Nothing is left out! You get it all!
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Roach Control in Henderson, NV
By the time you spot a single roach running across your kitchen floor, many more could be hiding in nooks and crannies all around your home. While not every sighting means a full-blown infestation, it's a sure sign that it's time to take a closer look at your home pest control plan. Learning the facts below can help you decide when to call in the professionals
How Do Roaches End Up in My Home?
Roaches are especially fond of homes with easily accessible food sources. Even if your house is always clean, it can still be the target of a new infestation. Because of their small size, roaches are able to get through the tiniest of places, including cracks, spaces around doors and windows, pipes, and holes in walls. You might even unintentionally bring a few home in your luggage, picnic basket, or grocery bags.
Why are Roaches a Problem?
Roaches carry bacteria on their bodies and spread it throughout your home and putting your family at risk for health problems and allergies. Any food that's left out or not tightly covered can also be at risk for contamination. Besides being a health hazard, roaches start reproducing almost as soon as they settle into a new home. Without intervention, a small colony can quickly grow to an unmanageable size.
How Do I Check for Roaches?
Roaches look for well-hidden spaces with plenty of warmth and moisture. Refrigerators, appliances, electronics, sinks, basements, and attics are common hiding spots for all types of household roaches, but they can settle practically anywhere it's dark and damp.
What Should I Do If I Have a Roach Problem?
The faster you act, the quicker you can get back to living in a pest-free home. Since household poisons don't guarantee results and can contain toxic ingredients, the best way to get rid of roaches safely is to work with a professional pest management team.
If you suspect that you have a roach infestation, contact Pest Control Solutions, Inc. for professional help.
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In these "Model T" days of 3D printing, which we will someday look back at fondly once everything is figured out, I spend more time than you might think tweaking, replacing, fixing things to make my printers work better.
You've read about a number of these changes, especially on my 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante 3D printer, which Steve Graber made after I asked him, "Can you make a really big 3D printer?"
I wrote in a previous post about trying to create a heated bed on this monster, with its 34″ print tray. Well, the heating pads just weren't cutting it, so I came up with an entirely different solution and this time – I'm knocking on wood right now – I think I've figured it out ….


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Mass for the Ordination of a Bishop, in a Pontifical from St Mungo's f.31r
Medium: Ink and pigments on vellum
Date: 1150
A pontifical has instructions for the performance of all the sacraments conducted by a bishop. These episcopal services are often complex with prayers, hymns and processions. This pontifical belonged to the medieval cathedral of St Mungo, in Glasgow. It has early musical notation for hymns. After a bishop's ordination, a special mass is said. This page is gives prayers, hymns, instructions and readings for the mass. Instructions are written in red, while the words to be recited are in black. The red letter 'K' and note in the margin indicate the point for reading from the epistles. Near the end of the page, the large red inscription marks the point for the reading from the Gospel of John 10 ( the Good Shepherd).


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Our house has been a serious labor of love. When we found it, I was in love. And I still am.
...Which is why our move is so crazy.
But here's our story:
4 years ago, my husband (Dave) & I sold the townhouse that we'd bought as newlyweds at the height of the market... for a huge loss. We moved into my parents' basement to recup & soon after, I started this blog. I had just gotten my design business going & my mom generously babysat for our then-one-year old (Christian) so I could meet with clients and work. Living with my parents was actually pretty awesome (free babysitting, good food, quick runs out to the movies while the baby was sleeping, getting to be with my little sister who lived there- she's 15 years younger than me) .. but all we thought about was buying our own house again. It felt like such a longshot.
{our basement family room}
Here I was designing houses for other people and I couldn't even afford my own. We did as much as we could with our basement & would peruse real estate listings frequently. Sometimes it depressed us & other times it got us dreaming about the future.
We decided to start taking some drives with an agent and I started sharing the houses we were looking at... And in this area, it wasn't much. Some of the houses actually scared my parents because they were so unlivable, but we saw potential in them. My parents talk about how I looked over the yard of a ramshackle 836 square foot house with tears in my eyes because I thought it was so great & could picture our family there. hahahah
I thought about what we could do with the wrecks and how we could make them work.
We finally find our house and I remember when I first saw the online listing... I saw a living room wall of windows and so much green outside of the windows.
It was contemporary, which was a big change for me, but I was excited. It had been on the market for 4 years and my husband drove by it one day after work and said it was in a culdesac and was actually surround by trees. We went to see it with our agent. It was the first house we looked at that day and we looked at 18 others but once I'd seen it, I just knew. After that, we weren't interested in the center hall colonials we were seeing, we wanted the split foyer!!
I knew it wasn't pretty.
And that it was creepy.
Family members told us not to buy it and our agents weren't very keen on it either... but we were set on it.
After begging & wrestling the house from the original owners (They bought in the 70s) we were thrilled to move in & start making it ours.
I chronicled all of our projects in this blog showing you probably waaaaaay too many photos of the minute changes we'd make. We've been in Heaven fixing this place up & making it perfect for our family. We love the neighborhood and our town and pictured ourselves living here for years to come.
..Still I perused the real estate listings out of curiosity and always with a tiny hope in the back of my mind that I might find something we loved & something we could afford right near my mom.
It was while checking out listings for one town that a listing in another town oddly popped up on my search engine and it intriqued me. I was sitting in the back seat of our minivan holding the pacifier in baby Luke's mouth on the way home from the beach andI read the house's description aloud to Dave as he drove.
We were laughing as I read more & more and it just sounded to perfect for us. (me- "2 car garage." him- "SOLD.")
I tried to understand the floorplan and figure out which rooms were where and how many rooms there were. (Was the rec room the same as the family room or was it actually another room?? I had to know it all.)
I jokingly texted my little sister who was also driving home from the beach a few miles behind us that she needed to tell our mom to be scared because we'd found a house we loved. We were laughing and kidding but the laughs were insterspersed with "what ifs?"
There was an open house the next day and we decided to go just for fun. As we pulled up, we could see that it was packed with people and I told them from inside my car to "Get outta my house!" (Don't worry, the car windows were closed.) We walked in and this is what we saw:
{yes, that's actually tile up the wall.}
I loved it.
We walked around the house and yard over & over. I wanted it but couldn't get over leaving our current house and town.
Dave was down. (Grandmother, if you're reading, that means "up for it" or "game." ;)
I stayed at the open house almost the entire time & tried to work out ways to remedy the floorplan and make it better. (All while trying to keep our exhausted kids from running around like the maniacs that they are.) I didn't feel like I could think of moving to the house until I could envision how we'd fix it. I finally figured it out and was okay to leave so we could think.
We called our families & told them we were seriously considering it.
And then we seriously considered it.
The biggest con for me was (and is) leaving a place we've poured so much into and a town/ community that I love so much. We've FINALLY gotten our house exactly where we want it to be and what do we do? We go looking at new houses.
Add a 5 year-old, a 2 year old and a newborn into the mix along with a home-based business that both I and my husband support the family off of and we're starting to sound insane.
I know all of this. I really do.
But somehow this house is calling to us.
We did pros & cons. We prayed about it. I stayed up at night reworking the floorplan and envisioning what life would be like there. And if I'd be okay leaving.
Still unsure, we took another trip to see the house to see how it felt.
And it felt right.
I suddenly felt that it would be okay to move on, to start a new chapter.
I see so much potential in this house and I've never seen my husband so excited about something this big before. We talked and we decided we wanted to put in an offer. We went over again with our fingers crossed as my parents saw the house and we waited to hear if our offer would be accepted. Someone else had submitted an offer too and as we ate dinner with my family at a loud restaurant, we strained to hear the phone's ring, hoping it woud be good news.
We got a call: The owners were deliberating between the offers and wouldn't be getting back to us until the next day.
Try sleeping on that one.
I went to meet with clients the next day and Dave drove with the baby in the car so I could feed him before & after the meeting. During the meeting, he got the call that our offer was accepted!!!
It was so surreal.
Our house is going on the market this weekend. My other baby.
It's very bittersweet. I love our house and our life here and I'm sad to leave. Yet I am sooooo excited for a new place to make home. This new house is challenging & different and I can't wait to stretch myself creatively a bit.
The real estate photgrapher came in this weekend and it started to feel more real as I cleared off surfaces and depersonalized the house a bit. Our agents are having an open house both Saturday and Sunday of this weekend, so if you're in the area and are interested, feel free to email them for details. (but promise me, no judging!!! ;) ;)
I'll be back soon to share pic & plans of our new house!!
To read the blogpost from when I first revealed that we'd moved into my parents' basement .. click here . I was so embarrassed at the time and will never forget my now-friends who commented on that post and how their comments really did make me feel better. It was one of the first times I realized what true friends my 'blog friends ' really were.
To read about my plans for our current house before we bought it, click here ... Reading through it just made me teary now... dreaming about the wisteria-covered pergola Dave would build me one day and that I now have.
To read about our last house purchase, go .here Again, the comments from my blog friends helped us and I won't ever forget it.
If you'd like help creating a home you absolutely love, contact me about our design services.


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Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) went on Meet the Press back in 1975 and said: "The [CIA and National Security Agency's] capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy leftI know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in AmericaThat is the abyss from which there is no return."
That was 40 years ago. Today, while we've not quite reached that point, local tech experts point to news headlines about electronic intrusions by governments and say the abyss is clearly visible in the distance.
Welcome to the virtual Panopticon. Panopticon is a term, and type of building, conceived and designed by the 18th century British philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham. It's the concept of a perfect prison that permits a single jailer to watch over everyone held there, without the inmates knowing whether or not they are being observed at any given time.
That last part is critical, because while a lone jailer obviously can't watch all of the imprisoned at once, the fact that none of the jailed ever knows when they are being watched means each one has to act as if they are being watched. Which means everyone generally acts the way the jailer wants everybody to act. Every individual's behavior is controlled, because no one knows when he or she is being monitored.
"Right now, they can't watch everybody all the time," says Matthew Strebe, a former hacker and founder/CEO of the San Diego information technology and cybersecurity firm Connetic. "But if they decide they want to watch what you're doing, they can watch everything you're doing."
That's the Panopticon in a nutshell. They may not be watching you, but maybe they are, so you'd better reconsider what you say and do on social media and everywhere else.
That's why some experts say all the pumped-up drama over the Patriot Act sunset, and the bright new day of the USA Freedom Act (the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015"), is more than half-garbage, and that the NSA is not really being reined in.
As Strebe points out, none of this back and forth over phone call metadata—who you called, when you called, compiled from every single American—has anything to do with broader digital surveillance. It merely takes into consideration "telecommunications; only phone calls. That's separate and distinct from the Internet. None of it touches the Internet," Strebe says.
Moreover, the ruling against government accumulation of your telecom metadata is just that: The government can't do it. That doesn't mean the NSA has to end its agreements and contracts with corporations that are "voluntarily" surrendering your information (for a price, of course).
Much of what's playing out in the media is theater, stagecraft and the magic of misdirection. Some say the mega drama coming out of Washington is propaganda, and that privacy is going to decrease, on both a surveillance level and the societal perception of that surveillance, unless citizens initiate some kind of serious pushback.
"The government ultimately wants to make privacy look criminal," Strebe says, and notes that the next generation of adults are "growing up in a world where their parents are observing them all the time, and they're already inculcated with it. They're growing up without privacy, and they're not going to demand it from their government.
"The desire for privacy is going to be creepy for them," he concludes.
But it still exists. Jim McArthur, founder of the La Jolla-based connected technology consultancy Cmd+Cntrl, offers a few relatively easy ways an individual can protect him or herself online:
1. Toughen up your password(s). As whistleblower Edward Snowden told John Oliver, this is the easiest, fastest and simplest thing you can do to make your Web existence safer. Chances are your password is too easy. Make it longer, mix up words that are unrelated to each other or you, use upper- and lower-case letters, add some numbers and characters. Password managers like Dashlane are easy to use and very helpful in creating a near-impenetrable wall between you and hackers seeking to break in using your personal credentials.
2. Encrypt your data. This is just as important as password security. Popular products like Apple's FileVault allow you to easily protect your data should your files, or even your actual computer, ever be stolen. It's still retrievable by outsiders, but now we're talking a serious investment of time and money for them to get to it.
3. Consider a Virtual Private Network (VPN). If you use the Internet—and duh, who doesn't—a VPN will help obscure who and where you are. A VPN morphs your IP address (basically your Internet fingerprint) and re-routes your Web use.
4. Change your browser to TOR, Freenet, I2P or another anonymous web surfing network. The only thing about VPNs is that the VPN provider knows your IP address. When you use an anonymous downloadable browser like TOR—no different from downloading Firefox or Chrome—your Web use is re-routed through a series of different servers. It's slower than a VPN, unfortunately. But to put it in human terms, it's like spreading a secret from person to person; I tell you, then a day later you tell somebody else, but that somebody else doesn't know where the original information came from, just the information itself. TOR was the gold standard for anonymous Internet use, but was recently revealed to have some flaws, however.
5. Cover your webcam. At some digital marketing shops in San Diego, the staff in the tech department has electrical tape over their webcams. They can be hacked, and you can be observed without your knowledge.
6. Remove the battery from your phone if you don't want to be followed or eavesdropped. Like your webcam, your smartphone is even smarter than you think. One of the many Snowden revelations showed that your smartphone can be used as a monitor, even when it's been shut off. Conversations can be recorded; the camera can capture images. The only thing that works to stop it is removing the battery. Of course, the latest iPhones make it nearly impossible to remove the battery. And as Strebe points out, "They'll know the moment you remove the battery."
Strebe, however, suggests that "Privacy isn't coming back, and people are going to have to adjust to that whether they want to or not." He says that there is "no hope of the genie going back into to the bottle."
"The only way to fight against the Panopticon is to be open, unafraid and unashamed," he says, and to demand the same from governments and corporations that they demand of the public.
As the late Frank Church warned, the abyss beckons, and it's easy to fall when the temptations along its edge are so appealing. Recall the chilling and ominous words of Michael Hayden, the former director of both the CIA and the NSA: "We kill people based on metadata."


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Exercise addiction is seen in people that have a drive to compulsively work out, even in the case of an injury, sickness or bad weather.
They feel obliged to do so even when they do not feel like exercising. If they miss a workout, they experience feelings of shame and anxiety. Exercise addiction conquers their daily lives and becomes a priority.
Exercise compulsion might also be present in people suffering from eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, where people have a strong need to control their body weight.
Although exercise has many health benefits, exercise addiction can have severe physical and psychological consequences, and thus it is important to seek treatment.
Many people showing symptoms of compulsive exercise are also struggling with eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia. However, someone may have an exercise compulsion disorder without any signs of bulimia or anorexia.
People with bulimia suffer from binge eating and they engage in purging behaviour as a way to make up for their overeating and to control their body weight. It can be surprising for many people that exercise addiction is a 'purging' behaviour in bulimia nervosa. When exercising becomes more extreme, people with bulimia might also suffer from exercise compulsion disorder.
Compulsive exercise is highly connected with the desire to be thin and it is correlated to people whose feelings of self-worth are greatly influenced by the way they physically look. They use exercise addiction as a way to cope with feelings of shame, guilt and anxiety that result from their binge eating behaviour.
People struggling with anorexia have a strong desire to control their body weight by severely restricting their food-intake, and they are also afraid of gaining weight. In order to feel calmer, they may eat less, purge, use laxatives or compulsively exercise.
When exercise becomes more and more extreme, it might result in exercise addiction. Anorexia patients may use excessive exercise as a way to control their weight, become thinner and cope with their pathological fear of gaining weight.
Female athlete triad is a syndrome where women struggle with disordered eating, loss of menstrual cycle (amenorrhoea) and reduced bone thickness, known as osteoporosis. In some cases, this may develop into a more serious eating disorder.
Female athlete triad is observed in women that engage in sport activities, and are extremely thin and lean. Competitive sports that highlight a low body weight and a muscular look may lead to disordered eating, and to the onset of the female athlete triad. It is a severe disorder with long-lasting negative effects on health.
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To connect all communities and organizations for better mutual understanding.
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Aegis Gardens of Newcastle
At Aegis Gardens® In Newcastle, WA., we believe that every day is a celebration and life should be lived to the fullest. Our unique Chinese culture assisted living and memory care community will immerse you in authentic experiences through Chinese inspired cuisine, decor, activities, family events, music and holidays. Our multilingual care staff brings joy and enthusiasm to each and every day while ensuring our residents are well cared for.
Agape Japanese Language School
Are you ready for you or your child/children to take the next step to Succeed Globally? It is proven that having knowledge of another Language and being Bilingual will not only achieve success academically, but in the Career world as well. Let us help you or your child/children get there! Take the next step of learning Japanese Language and change your or their future! We have various programs to accommodate for all ages and all levels. Our Instructor is truly a teaching professional and has been teaching for over 35 years! She has experience from small children to adults. She is able to make learning fun, so it's not too hard to learn Japanese with us!
Bellevue Sister Cities Association
Bellevue Sister Cities Association is a non-profit organization promoting relationship between Bellevue and Sister Cities in Yao, Japan; Hualien, Taiwan; Kladno, Czech Republic and Liepaja, Latvia.
Consulate General of Japan in Seattle
The Consulate General of Japan in Seattle assists Japanese nationals in Washington, Montana and Northern Idaho and works with local communities as the representative of the Japanese government to promote Japanese culture and facilitate a variety of exchanges for strengthening bonds between Japan and the Pacific Northwest.
Hyogo Business & Cultural Center
The Hyogo Business and Cultural Center was founded by Japan's Hyogo Prefectural Government to strengthen the sister state relationship with Washington State. We assist business activity, cultural programs, and Japanese education.
ICC Consultants(USA) Inc.
With the culturally diverse world as their stage, ICC's mission is to contribute to the growth of individuals through the ICC Experience. This is both the reason for our existence, and our purpose.
Japan-America Society of the State of Washington
The Japan-America Society of the State of Washington is a NPO with the mission to promote mutual understanding and friendship between the people of Japan and Washington State through business, education and culture.
Japanese Cultural & Community Center of WA (JCCCW)
Coalition of Prefectural groups in Washington.
Kochi Prefecture in Shikoku
Learn about, and maybe even visit, the beautiful clear waters of the Shimanto River in Kochi Prefecture. Known as the most beautiful river in Japan, it's a must visit place not just in Kochi Prefecture, not just in Shikoku, but in Japan.
Music of Remembrance
Music of Remembrance fills a unique role throughout the world by remembering the Holocaust through music with concerts, educational programs, recordings, and commissions of new works. Along with its repertoire of Holocaust-era music, MOR commissions and produces new works by major composers. It also seeks to extend the Holocaust's lessons through music that responds to the experience of others who have been excluded or persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, gender or sexuality. In 2018, Music of Remembrance expanded programming to include new works by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shinji Eshima, and Keiko Fujiie on the theme of WWII Japanese American experience. On November 3, 2019, MOR will present new works by Sakamoto and Eshima.
Necchu Schools 熱中小学校
Seattle Koyasan Buddhist Temple
Seattle Koyasan is a Japanese Buddhist Temple located in downtown Seattle serving the community for more than seventy years.
Sugamo Advance school 巣鴨アドバンススクール
Japanese tutoring school in Redmond/帰国生、永住生用の日本の塾
Treasure Hunt
Precious Japanese items are sure to be a treasure to you and your home. Come find your treasure at the Treasure Hunt booth! Cute, handmade stuffed animals from Kenya will also be available. Why Kenya? There's a good reason, but you'll have to stop by to find out!
Washington State Kyoto Club ワシントン州京都人会


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April 27, 2017
Calgary, Alberta – Connect First Credit Union was recognized as Credit Union of the Year at Alberta Central's Annual General Meeting in Calgary
April 19-21.
The Credit Union of the Year award is presented to a credit union in Alberta for outstanding performance, community support, and system leadership and collaboration. Connect First Credit Union was specifically recognized for:
"As this is our first time winning this award, I can tell you this is very special," said Connect First CEO Paul Kelly. "It's the collective result of 600 employees showing the credit union difference every day and Making Money Make a Difference in the lives of members in the communities where we're so proud to live and work".
Connect First Credit Union offers its members a full range of financial products and services through trusted local brands and a community-focused approach to banking. Connect First Credit Union is Canada's tenth largest credit union, with over $5 billion in assets under administration. It serves 100,000 members through 27 branches in 13 communities across southern Alberta, under the Chinook Financial and First Calgary Financial divisions.
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Renée A. Douma, MD; Inge C.M. Mos, MD; Petra M.G. Erkens, MSc; Tessa A.C. Nizet, MD; Marc F. Durian, MD; Marcel M. Hovens, MD; Anja A. van Houten, MD; Herman M.A. Hofstee, MD; Frederikus A. Klok, MD; Hugo ten Cate, MD; Erik F. Ullmann, MD; Harry R. Büller, MD; Pieter W. Kamphuisen, MD; Menno V. Huisman, MD; for the Prometheus Study Group
Several clinical decision rules (CDRs) are available to exclude acute pulmonary embolism (PE), but they have not been directly compared.
To directly compare the performance of 4 CDRs (Wells rule, revised Geneva score, simplified Wells rule, and simplified revised Geneva score) in combination with d-dimer testing to exclude PE.
Prospective cohort study.
7 hospitals in the Netherlands.
807 consecutive patients with suspected acute PE.
The clinical probability of PE was assessed by using a computer program that calculated all CDRs and indicated the next diagnostic step. Results of the CDRs and d-dimer tests guided clinical care.
Results of the CDRs were compared with the prevalence of PE identified by computed tomography or venous thromboembolism at 3-month follow-up.
Prevalence of PE was 23%. The proportion of patients categorized as PE-unlikely ranged from 62% (simplified Wells rule) to 72% (Wells rule). Combined with a normal d-dimer result, the CDRs excluded PE in 22% to 24% of patients. The total failure rates of the CDR and d-dimer combinations were similar (1 failure, 0.5% to 0.6% [upper-limit 95% CI, 2.9% to 3.1%]). Even though 30% of patients had discordant CDR outcomes, PE was not detected in any patient with discordant CDRs and a normal d-dimer result.
Management was based on a combination of decision rules and d-dimer testing rather than only 1 CDR combined with d-dimer testing.
All 4 CDRs show similar performance for exclusion of acute PE in combination with a normal d-dimer result. This prospective validation indicates that the simplified scores may be used in clinical practice.
Academic Medical Center, VU University Medical Center, Rijnstate Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Maastricht University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, and Maasstad Hospital.
Several clinical decision rules (CDRs) are available to evaluate patients with possible pulmonary embolism (PE). It is not known which CDR, if any, is best to use.
In this multicenter, prospective study, 4 CDRs were used to determine whether PE was likely or unlikely, combined with the results of d-dimer testing, and did equally well at excluding PE or indicating the need for further testing. The CDRs were the Wells rule, the revised Geneva score, the simplified Wells rule, and the simplified revised Geneva score.
Provided that these 4 CDRs are used correctly, clinicians can confidently choose them according to personal or institutional preferences to assist in the evaluation of possible PE.
Table 1.
CDR = clinical decision rule; CT = computed tomography; PE = pulmonary embolism; VTE = venous thromboembolism.
CT = computed tomography; DVT = deep venous thrombosis; LMWH = low-molecular-weight heparin; PE = pulmonary embolism; V̇/Q̇= ventilation–perfusion; VTE = venous thromboembolism.
* Some of the 195 patients met more than 1 exclusion criterion.
† In 7 patients, CT was done although it was not indicated; CT confirmed the diagnosis of PE in 1 patient. "Received treatment" or "did not receive treatment" refers to treatment with anticoagulant drugs.
‡ Ten patients in whom PE was excluded by CT received anticoagulant treatment for reasons other than VTE.
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Area under the receiver-operating characteristic curves were 0.73 (95% CI, 0.69 to 0.77) for the Wells rule, 0.72 (CI, 0.68 to 0.76) for the simplified Wells rule, 0.70 (CI 0.65 to 0.74) for the revised Geneva score, and 0.69 (CI, 0.65 to 0.74) for the simplified revised Geneva score.
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The area under the receiving-operating characteristic curve was similar when 4 different RGS cutoff levels were applied: 0.67 (95% CI, 0.59 to 0.75) for a cutoff ≤4, 0.66 (CI, 0.58 to 0.75) for a cutoff ≤5, 0.65 (CI, 0.56 to 0.74) for a cutoff ≤6, and 0.65 (CI, 0.56 to 0.75) for a cutoff ≤7. RGS = revised Geneva score.
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August 22nd - September 12th, 2009
Opening Reception on Saturday, August 22nd from 7 - 10 PM.
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition of figurative paintings by artist Kris Lewis. This collection of new works, surrealist portraits inspired by Lewis' rich family history, will be on display from August 22 through September 13, 2009. A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2009 from 7 PM to 10 PM.
Born and raised in suburban New Jersey, Kris Lewis draws upon his own familial relationships as source material. Growing up in a family that included seven brothers and one sister, Lewis finds limitless inspiration from his mother. An immigrant who was forced to flee from communist forces in her home country of Latvia, Kris' mother raised their entire family on her own after separating from his father. She instilled in him a love of Latvian heritage and its traditions, which shine through as a major influence in his work today. Lewis' family history not only manifests as characters and their relationship to the particular background of the pieces, but also in the emotions and expressions of the figures presented.
Lewis utilizes this influence to portray characters that masterfully display juxtaposition between strength and fragility. Often creating photorealistic depictions of slight yet dignified subjects, the artist draws loosely upon his references to inspire completely imagined scenes and a unique emotionality. His subjects act as vessels for hidden stories, delicate emotion and universal truth. In addition to incorporating symbols of the Bible and the Renaissance, Lewis' affinity for the masters of old is apparent in his depiction of the human figure. Subtly weaving contemporary imagery such as tattoos and modern clothing into classical settings, Lewis' work conveys a timeless quality in which subject's expression takes center stage.
Kris Lewis studied at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, before relocating to Los Angeles where he lives and works today. His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout world, including exhibitions in L.A., San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Miami, London, and Hong Kong. Lewis' works have also been featured publications such as Modern Painters, Juxtapoz and American Art Collector. He has also collaborated on a number of projects with musician will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas.
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SMTL host the Cross UK Partnership Group
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The Cross UK Partnership Group, a forum enabling regular dialogue between the devolved administrations and the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA),held its latest meeting at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, in July 2018.
SMTL represent Welsh Government on the Group for medical devices, and alongside Welsh Government's medicines experts gave a presentation to the group on medical device testing and procurement in Wales.
After lunch, 10 members of the group including MHRA staff came for a tour of SMTL, where SMTL staff demonstrated some of the testing programmes currently underway, including testing of lymphodema stockings, pH papers for nasogastric tube placement, and gowns and drapes.
Dr Steve Thomas awarded an OBE for services to the NHS
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All of us at SMTL are delighted to hear that Dr Steve Thomas, Director of the Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) from 1989 until 2005, has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the NHS in the 2018 Queen\'s Birthday Honours.
Steve studied pharmacy at Cardiff University followed by a PhD on gluteraldehyde. His initial post in the NHS was as QC Pharmacist for Mid Glamorgan Health Authority, where he started in 1970. As the laboratory grew Steve developed an interest in wound dressings and medical devices, and his expertise was recognised by the Welsh Office who appointed him as the Surgical Dressings QA Pharmacist for Wales. When the laboratory moved from East Glamorgan Hospital to Bridgend General Hospital in 1989, Steve became the first Director of SMTL.
Steve is recognised internationally as a world expert on woundcare products, establishing the first NHS medical device and dressings testing lab in the UK for the Wesh Office. He has written over 150 papers and articles on surgical dressings, bandages and maggots and set up the first European sterile production centre for maggots used for wound debridement, reintroducing maggot debridement therapy to Europe, and turned this into a commercial venture which was spun off by the NHS as Zoobiotics in 2005 when Steve left the NHS.
As Director of the Welsh NHS Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) he developed it into an internationally recognised leading centre for its work in on medical devices and surgical dressings. Steve was editorial advisor to the British National Formulary (BNF), founder member of the editorial board of the Journal of Wound Care, Senior editorial advisor to World Wide Wounds and editor of the Formulary of Wound Management Products. He developed the first performance-based test methods for modern wound- care products, which were adopted by the British Pharmacopoeia and the European Standards organisation CEN, as well as the test method used for over 30 years for bandages.
He was long term member of Committee L of the British Pharmacopoeia, editorial advisor to MIMs as well as a member of multiple BSI and CEN standards committees. He was a twice winner of the Nicholas Award (Guild of Hospital Pharmacists), and in 2001 gained the Queen's Award for Innovation for the LarvE project. In 2002 he was joint winner of the William Hunting Award (British Veterinary Association), again for his work with maggot therapy.
After leaving Zoobiotics in 2007, he set up a medical device consultancy, Medetec, which continues to provide expert advice and consultancy to the dressings industry and the NHS in Wales. He published a number of recent papers on the effects of humidity on dressing performance and measurement of sub-garment pressure, which lead to the development of an apparatus used in the Welsh NHS as part of their evidence-based procurement programme, and which is under consideration for adoption as a UK standard.
Steve continues to be relied on for advice to European Working Groups on dressings test methods, for indusry as an expert witness in legal cases, and has recently been commissioned by NHS Wales to produce Health Technology Assessments. He is the author of several patents related to dressings and maggot production and distribution. His 2010 book on "Surgical Dressings & Wound Management" is considered internationally to be the standard reference on dressings.
ABUHB first Welsh NHS Health Board to deploy NRFit
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Since the untimely death of Wayne Jowett in 2001, who died after a toxic cancer drug was wrongly injected into his spine at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, the NHS, medical device industry and various global standards organisations have been trying to produce a mechanical barrier to prevent further tragedies, after the Toft report in 2001 recommended "A new spinal needle with a connection that cannot fit Luer mount intravenous syringes should be introduced, in conjunction with a new syringe which can only be fitted to that specific spinal needle." In the intervening years various attempts have been made to produce a design which is accepted internationally and which would mitigate these 'wrong route' risks.
9 years ago, Welsh Government set up a group (the Welsh Non-Luer Connectors Reference Group - WNCRG) which was responsible for monitoring developments in this area and for coordinating the introduction of such devices when they were available. An international standard was published 2 years ago specifically for epidural and neuraxial devices (ISO 80369-6) which specified new connectors for syringes and needles which would reduce the risks of further wrong-route incidents. Since the publication of that standard, industry have adopted it and have been working with the NHS to deliver medical devices incorporating the new connector.
A decision was made in mid 2017 that Aneurin Bevan University Health Board would be the first Welsh organisation to roll out the new devices. Doctors Stephen Edwards (Deputy Medical Director -
At the date of writing (26th Feb 2018) 3 hospitals have made the transition including the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. Other hospitals in Wales will start changing over to the new devices later this year, but completion of the process will not be possible until all of the epidural administration sets are available in NRFit designs. This could mean some hospitals or procedures may have to wait until Spring 2019 before all the equipment they need is available.
Rebecca does the Welsh 4 peaks challenge
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Rebecca England, SMTL's environmental monitoring technician, took part in the Welsh 4 peaks challenge on the 9th June. Rebecca and friends from the Force Gym walked up Snowdon, Cadair Idris, Pen Y Fan and finally Gwaelod Y Garth !
Rebecca is third from the left in the photo above.
The aim was to raise money for Velindre cancer care, who had provided outstanding treatment to one of the gym members recently after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer shortly after giving birth to her first child.
The full story of why they undertook the challenge is on the Just Giving site.
All of us here at SMTL say 'well done' to Rebecca and the others at Force Gym for raising over £10,000 for VCC.
SMTL Science Award 2017
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SMTL were invited to the 8th RCSEd All Wales Medical & Dental Student Surgical Research symposium at Margam Orangery in October 2017 to judge poster and oral presentations and to present the SMTL award for best science paper. The winner was Gargi Pandey for her poster on "A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of Radiofrequency Ablation in patients with low-grade dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus.". Gargi also won the best overall poster award. The photo shows Pete Phillips, Director of SMTL, handing Gargi her award trophy.


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Glitter *and* a pair of red velvet curtains? The BBFC black card just got fabulous.
Tuesday July 17th 2012
The BBFC may be turning 100 years old this summer, but it only took 10-year-old schoolboy Jason Bangar the best part of an hour to outdo a century's worth of their 'black cards' when he knocked together the above design. Cue press release:
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced the winner of their centenary competition for kids. 10 year old Jason Bangar from Birmingham will have his BBFC Black Card design shown ahead of every cinema screening of summer blockbuster Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (U), which opens on 3 August.
Jason entered a design after his teacher saw the competition advertised on the BBFC Children's website CBBFC. The competition is part of the BBFC's centenary celebrations, with all entries judged by BBFC Education Officer Lucy Brett and Demir Yavuz, Technical Manager at 20th Century Fox.
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE, President of Film Distributors' Association, said: 'I offer my warmest congratulations to Jason, whose design brilliantly captures the uniquely special excitement of the cinema experience, and to everyone at the BBFC as it celebrates its centenary year in fine style.'
'Blockbuster' might be putting it a bit strong for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, but still — not bad for a 10-year-old is it? It's just a shame they're limiting it to one film. I'd be happy to see Jason's work plastered across every single one of this summer's movies. I can imagine it now:
Sadly, there is one tragic caveat tucked away at the bottom of the press release that brings the awesomeness of this whole thing down from 100% to somewhere nearer 45%:
'The design will be replicated by a professional designer…'
Way to rain on the parade, guys.
Miraculous update:
I've just had this e-mail through from somebody at the BBFC…
'Thank you for covering the winning BBFC black card story. I wanted to let you know the card won't be changed further for cinema use. By saying the card is to be 'replicated by a designer' we meant only to adjust it for cinema ratios and add the film title and elements legally required for all black cards. The design posted is the final design to be shown before all screenings.'
There is a god after all.


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Presentations from the Cresset User Group Meeting 2019
Thank you to all attendees who contributed to the success of the Cresset User Group Meeting 2019. As I'm sure ...
Lessons and Successes in the Use of Molecular Fields, an invited chapter for the 'In Silico Drug Discovery Tools' section of Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry III, has recently been published by Elsevier. The chapter reviews more than thirty years of research in the area of molecular interaction fields, starting from the ground-breaking work done by Cramer, Goodford and Vinter, until the most recent applications to virtual screening, metabolism prediction, protein similarity across phylogenetically unrelated families and library design.
We believe that the reason for the longevity of molecular fields as computational chemistry workhorses is their capacity to provide a feature-rich description of molecular properties which is independent of the chemical structure. Encoding interaction properties through molecular fields inherently enables scaffold hopping, 3D similarity searches within large databases, ligand and protein structural alignment, cross-chemotype SAR elucidation.
All of the above tasks are the bread and butter of medicinal and computational chemists. Therefore, it is not surprising that over the years the creativity of researchers has built on top of the molecular field technology a number of blockbuster tools for computer-aided drug design, such as CoMFA, FieldScreen (now known as Blaze) or MetaSite, to name but a few. Thanks to their 'core' nature, as trends evolved and new needs emerged, fields have brilliantly managed to ride the ever changing waves of drug discovery, and are still at the forefront of the in silico armoury.
We take pride of having been among the lead actors on the molecular field stage, and we trust that readers will enjoy embarking on a fascinating journey through decades of field-based science as much as we did as authors.


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Microsoft Says to Developers: Silverlight Still Important
The Redmond company has taken pains to announce that they are joining the HTML5 arena in full force. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reinforced that Internet Explorer 9 can able to handle HTML5 even better than Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, the company's chief competitors in the browser arena.
Although Silverlight was being used to stream the keynote, little more was discussed about the runtime. The next release of Silverlight is expected to be announced at next year's Mix conference in Las Vegas.
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First Friday Art Walk September 2016
Friday, September 2, 2016, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
408 North Main Street
Rocky Ford, CO
Photographers Jill Smith and Larry Hollar will be showing their interesting photographs of wildlife, birds and wild flowers. There is a possibility of some Ducks Unlimited Prints also. Come be impressed with their work.
Jill Smith
I am retired high school biology and chemistry teacher. For many years, I have listened to my high school science students say that they would love to move to the mountains of Colorado so they could be near all of the "cool" wildlife. All the while, I was thinking, Of COURSE, there is cool wildlife there, but there is TONS of wildlife here in the Southeastern part of the state. I decided to prove it. I've had a lifetime love of photography AND a love for nature. When the digital age arrived, I could finally take a TON of photos hunting for that perfect shot of an amazing bird, with no concern for the cost of developing pictures. And so it began: Long walks and even longer rides, mostly within a 100 mile radius of my hometown. I began posting the huge diversity of wildlife, from our state mammal, the Big Horn Sheep, to the tiniest of bees, on Face Book for all to see. (You can see those postings on Face Book at Nature Made Photography). Of course I soon discovered that the cost of "developing" images, was replaced with the cost of amazing technology. To offset that cost, I began doing more traditional photography. I teased my students when they asked me to do their senior pictures, that I was just using my skills on another type of wildlife… called teenagers… I have LOVED the opportunity to use my skills to capture those special moments only known to humans! I hope you will consider me for your next memorable moment. And when life gets chaotic and you need a different perspective, I hope you will browse through my wildlife images and just have a little smile….
Larry Hollar
I was born and raised in Rocky Ford. From a young age I worked at the seed business, from emptying the trash to photography to making cross pollinators. After studying vegetable culture at CSU, I returned, to eventually run the business.
My retirement gift was a digital camera. I wanted a busy retirement so I started on wildflowers. My goal was to have an artistic photography of each one that grows on our mountain property. The result was a photo essay, "one Acre, 57 Flowers." Bees and bugs would get in the way of my flower photo, so I started shooting them on purpose. A vacation to the beach got me going on bird photography.
A fried was recently asked what he did for a week in Puerto Rico, he confessed that he went birding. "I didn't even know there were birds before Hollar started shooting them," he quipped.
Walking our property with friends, showing them the flowers, I heard "Wow look what you can find if you only look for it." To introduce anyone else to some beauty that they might have overlooked gives me pleasure.


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No, it is not Ms. Manners to the rescue, nor is it Polite Polly knocking at your noggin. Every little one must be playing one of many phrase games proper now to constantly up their vocabulary. You will get really feel for the video games they are taking part in and they'll notice that you are aware of what they're doing. When you entry these free youngsters automotive video games, you will be given some explanations and directions of the sport, and you'll watch a short demo to see the way it works.
Popular arcade games like Pac Man, Snake and Tetris are additionally available, some with interesting variations. Prior to permitting your youngsters on the net ,inform them what's and what's prohibited in addition to follow some of these guidelines. Another possibility is using their all-in-one app to buy all of their games for $32.ninety nine. The video games price more if bought seaprately. Intellijoy is a developer in the Google Play Store that specializes in children games.
The actual racing games with regard to children occur to be engineered bearing in mind the power, learning contour, and in addition the response interval that they will present. Along with phrase creating packages, kids learn to location adjectives previous to nouns and likewise to transfer spanish verbs about. This is most helpful for youths preferring hearing a narrative over reading it oneself.
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Puno and the Titicaca Lake
Titicaca National Reserve, the highest navigable lake in the world.
The department of Puno rises over 3,700 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by the magic of the Lake Titicaca, the largest in South America and the highest navigable lake in the world. A blend of the Quechua and Aymara cultures can be found in Puno. You will enjoy magnificent landscapes, islands and native communities lost in time, Pre-Inca temples dedicated to the sun and the moon, and a cultural identity like no other in the continent. The traveler looking for a real experience will enjoy a visit to the Amantaní and Taquile islands and the unique activities programmed there, while staying with a local family. Another attraction is the floating islands of the Uros, made of totora (reeds), where ancient Andean traditions are still preserved. You can also visit the royal tombs of Sillustani, or simply benefit with the peace and tranquility of one of the most beautiful places in this part of the world.
Suggested Itinerary
Day 1 | Lima - Puno
Day 2 | Puno - Sillustani
In the morning we will travel through the vast Altiplano to arrive to Sillustani you will have the chance to observe impressive examples of pre-Inca architecture considered masterpieces even by modern architectural standards. Huge funerary towers are set in spectacular landscapes formed by the surrounding mountains and the "Umayu" Lagoon. This tour will give you a wide perspective of the regional history and understand the origin of the Incas. Return to Puno and the rest of the day is free.


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|As an herbalist I have studied with Rosemary Gladstar and I completed the Sage Mountain course "The Science and Art of Herbalism". I am also currently studying with Susun Weed in the Spirit and Practice of using herbs. I attend the New England Women's Herbal Conference on an annual basis keeping up to date on new findings and making new contacts. I also attend local workshops to keep myself active in the field of herbalism.
I enjoy making teas, tinctures and salves. I carry over 72 herbs. Some that I grow myself organically, others that I purchase in bulk from organically grown sources, My favorite home growns are Comfrey, Mugwort, Peppermints, Spearmint, Chamomile, Stevia, Parsley, Basil and Horehound.
My favorite blends are Woman's Balancing Tea, High Content Calcium Tea, and a nerve-toning tea known as Tune Me Up tea. (some others include, Peaceful Day Tea and Tummy Tonic)
Another of my favorite items is course Salt Bath Scrubs. If you have dry winter skin this can save you. These are made to order with choices of herbs.
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The end isn't near, it's here. My first semester in Australia is officially over. And now I'm even more stressed than ever, therefore this post will be a super short one again. Sorry about that.
In two days I will start my travels to explore the amazing part of the world I am currently living in a little bit further, and I feel like nothing is planned. I have my flights and accommodation for the first nights booked, but apart from that I feel absolutely unprepared. How does one even prepare oneself for travels lasting three months? I don't know what to pack, I don't know how the get the stuff that stays in Brisbane into my other suitcase, and I have no idea how to budget best for this journey. Whenever I think about it, I remember about 50 things I still have to do, and I'm not quite sure how to fit them into my last two remaining days. So in case anyone of you has any tips on how to prepare for three months of backpacking, please do leave them in the comments, they are very much needed!
Additionally, thinking about returning to Brisbane after the summer feels odd. I think the city will feel very different once I come back after travelling, and I am a little scared that I won't like it as much. I am moving out of my flat on Tuesday, and I will have to look for a new one during O-week, so wish me the best of luck for that, since I want to avoid having to stay in an absolute mess for the next year. In addition to a change of my home, most of my friends from this last semester will be graduating or going back to their home countries, so it feels a bit like moving into a new city again. Only good part is that now I already now where to get the good food. (:
I am not taking my laptop backpacking, so I'm not sure if I will post during my journey, but do feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram under kairamkairam to (hopefully) see some pretty picturs from along the way.
Apart from that, I thank you very much for joining me during this last semester, and I will now try to calm down my nerves and get stuff done!
Have a nice week!
xx, K (:


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Next Generation of Invoice & Receivables
Next Generation Invoice & Receivables panel with Jed Simon, CEO of FastPay; Bertram Meyer, CEO of Taulia; George Shapiro, CEO & Chairman of The Interface Financial Group; Kevin Daniels, Chief Product Officer of C2FO; Krista Morgan, CEO of P2Binvestor; Eyal Shinar, CEO & Founder of Fundbox; and moderator Matt Harris, Managing Director of Bain Capital Ventures, at LendIt USA 2015.
These companies create a marketplace to provide short term financing for small to medium sized businesses. These Borrowers have a revenue stream provided by their invoices. The lenders have several approaches to evaluating credit worthiness and securing their risk.
Typically, these lenders can create a short term loan or asset class that takes 60 to 90 days to turnover. It was noted by Krista Morgan, that this short time scale protects them from interest rate and currency volatility. Those last two factors complicate much of lending ; think of carry trading.
These companies can arrange relatively quick web centric loans with 3 main models. 1. Factoring, where an invoice is legally signed over to, and will be directly paid to a lender. These online lenders will arrange credit to a business in need of money by arranging or directly purchasing an accounts receivable or invoice from the lendee and giving them cash in advance. For example, the shoelace supplier for Nike is short on cash, they have an order that will be paid by a fortune 500 company in 1 months time. The lender can arrange money by creating a marketplace for these loans or directly purchasing them on their book. 2. Securitized loans directly from lenders to a company, with the invoice acting as a security or collateral, but is not actually signed over to the lender. Eyal Shinar from Fundbox sees little value in securitization 3. Unsecuritized loans directly to a company. George Shapiro from Interface Financial thinks it essential. He focuses on other measures of creditworthiness and thinks the hold ups and barriers of securitization overweigh the benefits.
The difference in spot versus contract pricing and lender acquisition was a question brought up by the moderator with each panelist having bespoke tools to determine this along with techniques for acquiring customers. Krista Morgan from P2Binvestor has found a few verticals she likes. She has tried to focus in on the fact that it is easier to get a new natural food company, if they have done 3 natural food companies. Similarly she found that teaching sophisticated businesses companies how to factor and deal with receivables may be made easier when using P2P than a bank because of the seamless and rapid response their less regulated format allows.
Bertram Meyer focuses in on the 9 month sale cycle for the largest companies and the advantages that come with interfacing with the billing and ERP system of large companies. This close cooperation allowed his company to provide finance for the billion dollar supply chains these fortune 100 companies require.