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In order to get a full flavour of the capital's cuisine, one must include Indian food. Accordingly, Taste of London's Winter edition features Desi delights courtesy of some of the industry's finest possible purveyors; from Michelin-starred chefs to a top chocolatier. If you're visiting the festival's festive instalment this week, here's a handy guide to when and where to meet 'em, greet 'em, and eat with 'em…
The restaurant empire-owning chef, MBE, OBE, charity campaigner, cookbook author and all-round legend that is Cyrus will be celebrating Cafe Spice Namaste's 20th year of booming business, sharing Bombay-Goan bites, Parsi delights and quite probably much more besides. While his Incredible Spicemen colleague Tony Singh might be absent, he'll have sterling support in the form of incredible spicewoman Pervin – the chef's wife and partner in business and every other aspect of life.
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Cafe Spice Namaste will be serving typically fine fare all festival long, with something on offer to suit all eaters – from complex chickpea xacutti to to proper Parsi dhaansaak, via fiery fish curry from Goa and an unusual venison kati roll stuffed full of especially well-bred meat from Denham Estates.
Still hungry? On Saturday, see the chef cooking up a spice-fuelled storm in the AEG Taste Theatre at noon. Sunday will be spent answering your most burning queries in A Question of Taste session at 12.30, then bringing the heat to The Fire Pit winter barbecue at 4pm.
Obsessed with simultaneously honouring and reimagining regional, traditional food from all over the subcontinent, Alfred had cooked for spice-lovers all over the world – in restaurant kitchens, at cookery schools and festivals, on cruise ships, in high-class hotels, and even at Kew Gardens. At the age of 29, he became the youngest Indian chef to earn a Michelin star whilst at Tamarind of Mayfair; thirteen years later, Alfred's first solo venue shimmers on London's horizon and his debut cookbook is in the pipeline.
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Indo-Chinese cuisine isn't rather little-known in the UK, and that's a great big shame. From Hakka noodles through to chilli paneer and gobi Manchurian, it's a lip-smacking fusion of two country's culinary cultures; blending techniques, textures, flavours and ingredients to incredible effect.
At Taste of London, Alfred's paired up with School of Wok founder and cookbook author Jeremy Pang to show just how pleasing Indo-Chinese food can be – check the duo's demo out at 2pm on Sunday at the AEG Taste Theatre.
For well over a decade, Rakesh has ensured that The Cinnamon Club has remained one of the country's best-known and loved modern Indian restaurants. Having begun as Chef de Partie then rising through the ranks as Sous Chef, then Senior Sous, then finally head chef, Drake's Started from the Bottom could well be his theme song; except that this chef is quietly committed to his craft and doesn't make much of a song and dance about his superior skills. That job is left to the delighted diners who've eaten his fine fare.
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On the festival's first evening, Rakesh will be getting Taste of London-ers all hot and bothered with a 7pm cooking demonstration at The Fire Pit, and will no doubt make a stellar case for the notion that barbecues are for life and not just for the few weeks of sort-of summer we get in the UK.
With three fine Indian diners under his belt and in his empire, and his face familiar from both television and food festivals the world over, Vivek needs little introduction. From masterminding a menu of haute and spicy fare at The Cinnamon Club to creating city-slick cuisine in the city at Cinnamon Kitchen and serving Sohoites urban, playful food at Cinnamon Soho, he's endlessly adept at creating a concept that not only woos his intended audience, but keeps them captivated and coming back for more.
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See just what that Singh thing is all about at Taste of London's AEG Taste Theatre, where Vivek will be cooking for a crowd at 7pm on Thursday… Or get a pre-festival flavour with this recipe for The Cinnamon Club's Tandoori-style sandalwood chicken breasts with cucumber yogurt.
Ask any of the chefs – as The Chocolatier, Aneesh fits out many Michelin establishments with his wonderful wares. Yet to hit thirty, he's clocked up more industry accolades than years on earth, and creates some out-of-this-world chocolate; often with an Indian accent. Try truffles that taste of kulfi; spiced, dairy-free water ganaches; mukwas-strewn chocolate bars; chai tea almonds; and cherry, chocolate and cardamom jam.
Get a Taste
Aneesh will be selling a plethora of his products throughout Taste of London. Catch him in the producer's market – he might even slip you a sample if you ask nicely.
- Taste of London – 19-22th Nov at Tobacco Dock. For more information click here.
- Read more about Cyrus's wife Pervin Todiwala here
- Read more about Parsi cuisine here
- Read more about Alfred Prasad here
- Read more about Indo-Chinese cuisine here
- Read an interview with Vivek Singh here
- Read more about The Chocolatier here
Main image: Cyrus Todiwala's modern Goan cuisine at Assado Waterloo


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Chatbots use artificial intelligence software to automate conversations with website visitors answering questions and allowing service agents to spend more time resolving more complicated issues. We compared more than 20 options narrowing down our list to six based on customer satisfaction, ease of use and features to find the best tools for businesses with different needs.
Top 6 Best Chatbots to Improve Customer Service for 2018
ChatBot Software
Best For
|(Best Overall) A full-featured chatbot that is easy to create and integrates with most messaging platforms
|Businesses that want a free chatbot and free live chat software combined solution
|Teams looking for a chatbot with an integrated communications platform
|Companies that want a powerful chatbot with live chat integration options
|Best for companies looking for sophisticated artificial intelligence
|Organizations that need highly targeted customer identification
How We Evaluated Chatbots
Chatbot software uses artificial intelligence to automate answers to website visitor questions. Because it can handle multiple queries simultaneously and instantaneously 24/7, a chatbot can decrease the number of questions requiring answers by live agents, reducing costs and providing faster service to customers and, therefore, increasing customer satisfaction.
The criteria we used to evaluate the best chatbot software include:
- Pricing: We looked at free and paid options and what upgrade paths looked like for growing businesses
- Intelligence: We reviewed the intelligence potential of the bots, if they offered "if/then" communication, recognized keywords and/or understood chat context
- Features: We looked at chat message limits, whether they included prebuilt bots and the potential intelligence of bots related to options for "training"
- Integration: We looked at the integration options with business account management software and messenger platforms like Facebook Messenger, Slack, Skype and other communication tools
- Customer support: We reviewed the support options to see if there was chat, email and or phone support as well as if there was substantial community support
- Ease of use: We reviewed user interfaces, set up and the steps it would take to bring a chatbot live
- User satisfaction: We looked at user reviews for ease of setup for the chatbots and any integrations
"Chatbots have become a useful tool for communicating and engaging with customers across a variety of websites, mobile applications and social media platforms. Rather than using a basic web form, which can be very boring, chatbots allow you to gather information by asking a series of simple questions and responding with the correct answers in real-time."
— Jordan Goodman, Marketing Technologist, Gorilla Group
Because it provides unlimited bots and messages, reporting and an intuitive and trainable chatbot, we think SnatchBot is the best chatbot to improve customer service in 2018. It is designed so that anyone can create bots that will help improve customer service in their organizations without the need for programming skills.
Best Overall Chatbot for Customer Service: SnatchBot
SnatchBot is a free, feature-rich chatbot that integrates with many popular messaging platforms like Facebook, Skype and Slack. It has dozens of industry- and event-specific bot templates that can be added at no charge from the store. It also offers one of the most intuitive chatbot creator interfaces. It's best for companies that want a full-featured, easy-to-use bot that can integrate with most communications platforms.
SnatchBot Pricing
SnatchBot's out of the box plan is free and includes unlimited bots, messages and community support. The Pro plan costs $39 per month providing an unbranded chatbot, one-to-one support and more detailed reporting than the free version. It does, however, set monthly message limits at this first level at 10,000 per month.
SnatchBot Tiered Features
|Unlimited bots
|Unlimited support via community
|Industry-specific bot templates
|Paypal integration
|Branding removed
|1 to 1 Support
The Free plan includes unlimited bots and messages and access to a bot store where there are several hundred free industry- and event-specific bot templates to add on. For example, a troubleshooting bot asks diagnostic questions with pre-made "interactions" and also gives you the ability to customize your own. For example, one interaction asks you to diagnose your computer's central processing unit in a Q&A format. There's also a PayPal integration to take payments.
The broadcast feature allows you to send targeted messages to several users at once through channels like Facebook Messenger. You can also direct a chatbot conversation to live chat easily to have an agent take over chat within the chat screen. This chatbot is best for companies that want to create an intuitive chatbot to handle customer service interactions using a variety of message channels and service actions.
The Pro plan is on a sliding scale and starts at $39 per month for up to 10,000 message exchanges with visitors. The next tier comes with up to 25,000 messages and costs $79 per month. It allows you to remove branding and upgrades to live-person support rather than the Free plan's reliance on the community pages for questions and answers.
The Pro has all of the features of the Free plan. It also provides premium customer service and the ability to remove branding. It's for organizations that want an intuitive and powerful chatbot to handle customer service questions and that need full support for the software without needing a developer to implement.
What SnatchBot Is Missing
While the chatbot itself can be configured to chat in more than 50 languages, the user platform is only available in French, Chinese and English, which can be limiting to many users especially as there are some technical aspects to creating a bot from scratch.
What Users Think About SnatchBot
Users of SnatchBot like that they can connect their bots to different messenger apps like Slack, Facebook and Skype, giving them and their customers more options to communicate. The broadcast feature — sending specific messages to certain people — is also noted as being powerful yet easy to use compared to other platforms.
Where to Find SnatchBot
SnatchBot provides businesses of all sizes a chatbot program that will connect with customers in a variety of channels whether it's answering questions or taking payments. The SnatchBot store provides dozens of industry- and task-specific bots from information for coffee shop visitors to school event bots for students. You can sign up for the free plan and deploy a bot in less than 30 minutes.
Best Free Chatbot with Free Live Chat Software Suite: ArtiBot
ArtiBot is a chatbot designed by and for chat software Pure Chat. It includes unlimited bots and leads, hosted bot pages and bot templates. Pure Chat's software offers unlimited chats, up to three users, file transfers and can be integrated easily with a number of web and marketing platforms. It's also very easy to install and operate once up and running. This product is best for businesses that need both a free, basic chatbot solution and free live chat software.
ArtiBot Pricing
ArtiBot's free plan includes unlimited bots, unlimited leads, free templates, lead to email, three users and is managed within its own dashboard that is separate from Pure Chat. The ArtiBot Pro plan costs $15 per month and includes unlimited users, bots and leads and allows you to send leads to short message system (SMS) and text. It's also unbranded.
ArtiBot Tiered Features
|Unlimited Bots
|Unlimited Leads
|Hosted Bot Pages
|Bot Templates
|Lead to Email
|Lead to SMS & Text
|Unbranded Bot
The Free chatbot sets up easily by adding a line of widget script code to your website. There are more than 25 templates for different industries that can be customized using "if/then" branching statements. Captured leads are sent to email or can be exported to other software like customer relationship management tools (CRMs) with the Zapier connector giving customer service teams immediate access to service requests that can be routed accordingly.
The Free plan is good for small teams that want an easy to deploy chatbot that can answer basic questions, capture leads and inform them when live involvement is necessary.
The Pro plan costs $15 per month and removes the branding and provides unlimited users and conversations. It also adds the ability to send leads to SMS or text providing, in addition to email notifications, another way for users to reach out to visitors who need live help.
It's a basic chatbot that's intuitive and easy to set up. The Pro is best for businesses that want to have multiple people notified of bot conversations and able to respond if needed. This would be particularly useful for service teams with people in the field who made need text notifications.
What ArtiBot Is Missing
Currently, the bot does not pass information to Pure Chat and must be managed on the ArtiBot dashboard. If you're looking for a more connected experience between bot and chat, you should look into a paid options like BotEngine, which integrates with Live Chat and Chat.io. That said, a Pure Chat representative told us that it is looking to merge the two platforms.
What Users Think About ArtiBot
We could not find any reviews specifically for ArtiBot, but you can see a select list of customers currently using it on its website. You can see Pure Chat reviews if you head over to the Fit Small Business website.
Best Basic Chatbot with an Integrated Communications Platform: HubSpot
HubSpot is a CRM offering chat as part of its sales, marketing and service hubs. It can show visitors helpful content, create support tickets, qualify leads and book meetings. All of the hubs are connected into one conversations inbox. This makes HubSpot an excellent choice for businesses that want an all-in-one communication solution.
HubSpot's chatbot is included in its forever-free CRM, which provides access to the live chat tool and limited versions of the marketing, sales and service hubs. Upgrades to the three hubs can be purchased together as a Growth Suite and start at $150 per month for one user or individually starting at $50 per month.
HubSpot Service Hub Features
|Book a Meeting
|Conversations Inbox
|Conversation Bots
|Create a Ticket
|HubSpot Branding Removed
|Email Sequences
|Custom Branching Logic
|Phone Support
|Knowledge Base
The chatbot feature is accessed from the CRM, where you'll be able to create an operational bot in less than 10 minutes. You are able to create a linear flow of basic questions like asking for name, email, company and also giving the visitor the option to sign up for an email subscription, book a meeting, create a service ticket or hand off to an agent.
Missing from the chatbot is the ability to use branching logic to create custom "paths" of communication like those offered by SnatchBot, ArtiBot and Dialogflow. However, it does allow for bot handoff to a specific user using the free live chat software found in the CRM. All communication from bot, chat and email roll up into a centralized conversations dashboard making best for small businesses that want basic chat and a unified communications platform.
The Starter costs $50 per user per month and includes email sequences, conversation routing and branding removal. Sequences allow you to create a series of automated, customized emails to customers and prospects for post conversation follow up. This is performed in the CRM and integrates with Gmail, G Suite, Outlook and Office 365. With routing, you can assign the bot handoff to specific service agents, depending on who is least busy.
The Starter plan provides the additional automation features of email sequences and the handing off of bot conversations to specific users. These make it easier for teams to handle larger volumes of chats. It's best for those that have separate service and sales teams and need additional control over bot handoffs and post conversation automated follow-up.
The Professional plan costs $400 per month, includes five users and has the option to create up to 10 different conversation inboxes. It also includes bot branching logic, customer service automation and support surveys, multiple ticket pipelines and a knowledge base. The knowledge base can be hosted on a HubSpot system domain or your own and connected to the chatbot to provide a customizable, searchable site housing all of your service articles.
Although it has bot branching logic for building out "if/then" and "yes or no" conversation scenarios, this feature is standard on all of the chatbot programs we reviewed at a fraction of the cost. The value in the Professional comes from the knowledge base and the ability to automate customer service processes with ticket routing, task creation and escalation, making it ideal for multidepartment businesses that want to automate all of their chats and service.
What Is HubSpot Missing
To get logic branching logic, which is a feature of all the other chatbots we reviewed, you need to upgrade to the $400 per month Professional plan. This could be cost-prohibitive for many small businesses that are looking at $50 per month competitors. If you wanted the branching logic feature in a free bot, we would recommend SnatchBot.
What Users Think About HubSpot
Users like how all chat, email, phone and notes are logged into a single system that everyone can access and see. Others liked the knowledge base they can send visitors to for answers to service and product questions.
Best Chatbot with Robust Live Chat Integration Options: BotEngine
Example of customer service bot template.BotEngine is a full-featured chatbot that natively integrates with LiveChat and Chat.io. It can also be implemented as a standalone solution giving businesses flexibility. The trainable chatbot's stories let the user define the elements and how it responds to questions and allows for connections to third-party platforms to handle customer-specific queries via web hooks. This makes it best for companies that want integration options with robust live chat software.
BotEngine's sole plan costs $50 per month and includes stories, interactions, rich messages, live testing and integrations with LiveChat, Chat.io, Slack and Facebook Messenger. Integrated with LiveChat, BotEngine becomes a full-featured communication platform for both bot and live chat. It can also be used as a standalone chatbot.
BotEngine Features
BotEngine is a robust chatbot that integrates with live chat software LiveChat and Chat.io. LiveChat is a full-featured chat solution and Chat.io is an inexpensive option. It can also be used as a standalone chatbot. The bot is trainable allowing the user to define how it responds to questions through the use of stories. It also connects to third-party platforms with web hooks to handle customer-specific questions.
Conversation Elements
Stories are the scenarios you create for the chatbot to carry on a conversation and can include the following elements. Interactions are the basic elements that define what the bot does. Web hooks handle items like purchases, sending receipts and sending data between the bot and your databases. Entities let you pull information from chats like email or phone numbers. Attributes allow you to use personal information like as referring a customer by name.
Live Testing
This feature allows you to test chatbots before you go live with it. You pick your chatbot story, type various queries and see how it interacts. While you are testing, you can change how the bot responds if you're not happy with a response or question. Although this feature was included in several other chatbots we reviewed, this loaded faster than the others.
Bot Training
This tool improves the chatbot by using the data from chats to train it. You can review a list of user phrases the bot didn't understand in the chat and add them to your story so it will understand them in future chats. By reviewing this list, you are also learning what answers your users are looking for and how they are asking questions.
The integration with live chat software LiveChat and Chat.io makes BotEngine a powerful customer service combination. When the bot can no longer answer questions, you can route the conversation to an agent automatically. The bot integration was designed specifically to be used with these two live chat solutions so customer service agents will see the bot conversations directly in their chat dashboard.
What BotEngine Is Missing
BotEngine does not have video or audio functionality for the chatbot. This is a small complaint, but it's a feature you would expect from a $50 per month chatbot, especially when the free SnatchBot has this.
What Users Think About BotEngine
Users liked the ease of set up and the integrations with platforms like WordPress, Slack and Facebook Messenger. They also liked the integration with LiveChat. A con for many was that it couldn't respond to complex questions.
Best Chatbot with Sophisticated Artificial Intelligence: Dialogflow
Acquired by Google in 2016, Dialogflow is a highly sophisticated chatbot that recognizes human expressions belonging to certain categories and can understand the context of a user's request based on what it knows about the user. These features make it an ideal fit for businesses like ecommerce that want a chatbot that can handle very specific customer service requests like checking an order status.
Dialogflow Pricing
Dialogflow's Free chatbot plan includes integrations with Facebook Messenger, Slack and Skype among others and currently supports 21 languages. The chatbot has the following limits on conversations: text (180 requests per minute), audio (100 requests per minute) and phone calls (30 minutes per day). Support is provided by email and an extensive community of users.
Dialogflow Features
Dialogflow is more sophisticated than any other chatbots we reviewed. It allows you to create user scenarios that can handle an almost limitless number of customer service requests. While you don't need programming skills, plan to spend some time getting used to all of the features like intents with its contexts, training phases, entities and responses.
Conversation Elements
The context feature remembers elements of the conversation and reuses them. For example, if it asks "what's your favorite food?" The visitor answers "tacos." Then, it asks "what is your favorite drink?" The visitor answers "beer." The bot puts these elements together: "So, your favorite food is tacos and favorite drink is beer."
Entities build on training phrases by allowing the user to ask more specific questions. Entities are based on parameter values. For example, a parameter value in an order is the order number. The software will detect the order number as a numerical input in a phrase like "what's the status for order number 01432988?"
Responses are answers based on the intent of the visitor and should prompt the visitors to keep the conversation going. The bot can return a static response based on predefined parameters. It can also use a web hook to return a dynamic response using fulfillment. The fulfillment code processes the intent information, sending a request to an external application programming interface (API) specific to the information and parameters in the visitor response.
Live Testing
Dialogflow makes it easy to test a bot in the dashboard before you go live. As your building your bot using the different conversation elements, you can test it as you go to see how and if it recognizes what you've set up. This makes it easy to see if each element of the conversation works before deploying the bot live. You can also test it using voice, which is a feature only found in SnatchBot.
Bot Training
The intent here is understanding what the user wants and form the heart of the chatbot. The first step to understanding are the phrases you can expect from users that trigger intent. For example, for checking on an order status, you can add phrases that train the bot to understand user intent like, "What is the status of order?" or "When will I get my order?"
Though it does have integrations with other communications tools like Slack and Facebook Messenger, it does not currently have a native integration with live chat software. BotEngine is the only software we reviewed that has the bot conversation integrated into the live chat window to provide a seamless pass off between bot, customer and agent.
What Dialogflow Is Missing
Though Dialogflow's plan is free, there are limits to daily chats. However, for most small businesses, this should not be a problem. The number of options to available to customize the chatbot are only limited by you. This is a double-edged sword for those that want this level of sophistication, but don't have the experience and/or time to implement it. It also lacks a native integration with live chat software like that found in BotEngine.
What Users Think About Dialogflow
Users of Dialogflow like the large community and extensive documentation for help when solving problems. Also noted were the prebuilt bots for a variety of industries and business use scenarios.
Best Chatbot for Highly Targeted Customer Identification: Zoho SalesIQ
The Zoho SalesIQ chatbot can be triggered by over 40 highly targeted customer filters like the number of past chats, email, visitor question and other prequalifiers to help the service team quickly assess their needs for a more targeted post-bot interaction. Because it's part of the live chat software, conversations can be routed to a live agent easily. Therefore, it's best for businesses that need to define customers using specific parameters for bot conversations.
The chatbot feature is included in Zoho SalesIQ live chat software starting with its Basic plan for $17 per month, which includes 1,000 live and bot conversations per month. The Professional costs $53 per month, includes unlimited conversations and additional features like audio call from chat, live chat monitoring and detailed agent reporting.
Zoho SalesIQ Tiered Features
|Chat Visitors Tracked per Month
|Live/Bot Chat Volume per Month
|Number of Chatbots
|Lead Scoring
|Live Chat Audio Call
|Monitor live Chats
The Basic plan costs $17 per month and includes the live chat and chatbot functions, which allow for 1,000 combined monthly conversations. The provided chat templates can be customized for up to 50 chatbots using branching "if/then" logic. You can create trigger rules for each bot based on filters like campaign name, visitor question, number of past chats, location and others. The bot will then reach out to the visitor based on these rules.
This plan's chatbot is complimented with live chat features so that all chats are collected, monitored and routed from the same dashboard. Bot conversations can include the option to speak with an agent and bots can also automatically schedule meetings with support. The Basic plan is for teams that need a way to initiate targeted chatbot conversations with customers whether for support or upsell.
The Professional costs $53 per month and includes unlimited live and bot conversations and five operators. The chatbot functionality is the same as the Basic plan. However, live chat has premium features like intelligent triggers, adding another way to automate conversations and has operator performance reports and intelligent trigger tracking with insights on how many are initiated and responded to.
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22??? That ain't right even if you're doing crawling along mileage!
22??? That ain't right even if you're doing crawling along mileage!
That's a lot of utter bollocks! I'm doing the 200 mile thing at there expense as my dealer thinks there is something wrong as I'm averaging 30 mpg. My idle is higher than normal even when warm and my auto is hanging in gear therefore over revving thus using more fuel! If I was getting 22 out of any car other than a 4x4 with a thirsty V8 diesel or a sports car I'd be jumping mad! Wait, I am jumping mad just now!
Definitely. Ask most on here and they will say that the amount of fuel used to power AC, heaters etc is tiny. 22 is ridiculously low. My V6 Discovery auto averaged 28.5 mpg thrught the horrendous winter 2 years ago. I'd be getting your car back in!
That's good. What was your average speed to achieve that?
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Material transfer problems can be addressed easily by considering basic chute specifications, but this necessitates a thorough knowledge of transfer point design as well as the ability to determine best practice for a specific application.
Mark Baller, managing director of Weba Chute Systems, says that in addition to this it is necessary to be able to custom engineer each design to ensure that it is fit-for-purpose.
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System design is undertaken using sophisticated 3D computer software, in addition to the relevant data received from the client. Weba Chute Systems are manufactured in an ISO 9001:2015 accredited facility, which ensures quality manufacture. Performance is guaranteed in accordance with operational and application parameters, ensuring the provision of a chute solution that works for every application.


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Thales and Spaceflight Create LeoStella to Manufacture Smallsats
The Space Alliance formed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio announced it has officially taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, having received all government approvals for the transaction. This investment is part of an overall fundraising effort of $150 million from several sources which include The Space Alliance and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. With this latest funding, Spaceflight Industries has raised more than $200 million in total capital.
With this round of funding, BlackSky, the geospatial intelligence company of Spaceflight Industries, can ensure production and launch of an additional 20 Global next generation satellites, which are planned to be in orbit by 2020. The first four Global satellites are slated to launch in the next 12 months. These smallsats will generate revenues that will enable the production and launch of the full 60-satellite constellation.
In conjunction with the investment, Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries are creating a Seattle-based industrial joint venture, which will be responsible for manufacturing small satellites at scale, including the 20 satellites for the BlackSky constellation. The new company, named LeoStella, will start operation this year. The executive team is being formed from both Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space, as well as other leading organizations.
Finally, BlackSky and Telespazio have signed a joint cooperation and marketing agreement to distribute each other's products and services, as well as co-develop, brand, and market unique applications and services. Under the agreement, Telespazio will sell BlackSky products and services within Europe to key government customers.


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An Overview of Luma Sleep Best Mattress Brand in Hong Kong
Luma Sleep was launched in 2015 and also is independently possessed and also run. The business has functioned effortlessly to build its brand credibility and also now offers exclusively from its website. This enables them to preserve quality control and also supply of all its items. The company has a testimonial section on its website where buyers and also users can write their comments. Presently, at 4 out of 5 celebrities, you can trust their products and services. Best Mattress Brand in Hong Kong
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Using anagrams, Anna Barham has created a seemingly endless language network that riffs off the enigmatic words "Return to Leptis Magna"; the resulting phrases trail off into the nonsensical"Repaint Lost Argument"or just as often produce still enigmatic yet more resonant mutterings: "Interrupt Tonal Games," for example. Occasionally there are phrases that appear to reflect on the network itself, e.g., "Patrol Strange Muttering." Barham's approach is an elastic hybrid of Sol LeWitt's 1974 Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes and the playful nonsense poetry Hugo Ball performed at the Cabaret Voltaire. She is eclectic, ranging from installations to sculpture to artists' booksthe work on view here was a reading from her 2010 book Return to Leptis Magna. The ancient Roman city in the title provides a fuzzy touchstone for her practice. Now a magnificent ruin in modern
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Differential Scanning Calorimeter
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Characterize heat gain/loss associated with phase transitions.
DSC is a thermoanalytical technique in which the difference in the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a sample and reference is measured as a function of temperature. DSC can be used to measure a number of characteristic properties of materials. Using this technique it is possible to observe fusion and crystallization events as well as glass transition temperatures and can be also used to study oxidation, as well as other chemical reactions.
It is widely used in industrial settings as a quality control instrument due to its applicability in evaluating sample purity and for studying polymer curing.
Basically, Rigaku has the lineup of two kinds of heat-flex DSC meeting market needs: standard type and high-temperature type. The standard DSC has further an extensive lineup of cooling systems.
We can set maximum 24 samples and aside from continuous measurements, it can also perform single measurement as well as interrupt-a-sequence measurement.


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Aercon Cup Handicap
Dear Club Members,
Last Friday evening saw the conclusion of this years Aercon cup handicap squash tournament with both the semi finals and finals in the main competition and the plate event being played. As always the evening was great fun and there was some cracking squash played by all.
Unfortunately semi finalist in the plate competition Matt Hartley went down with the lurgy the day before and wasn't well enough to take part which was a great shame and meant that his opponent Joe Purr got a bye to the final.(get well soon Matt). The other semi saw Jacob Mackenzie(with an A) take on another Hartley, Dad, Stuart where after a really close start with points even, Stuart pulled away winning 10 or 12 quick points and despite Jacob rallying it was too late and Stuart went on to claim his place in the final to play Joe. The plate final was also a tight affair with Joe pulling out an 8 point lead only to be caught again by Stuart who made it 19-19, it could have gone either way but it was eventually Joe who got to 25 points first to take the title in the plate competition.
The main event was equally exciting where in semi final one yet another Hartley, Sam took on the ever ready Bob Green. Bob played a really attacking game right from the off but it Sam's youth and great ability that was just too much for Bob and Sam won his way into the final. The other semi saw Tim Hayes take on the club number one Kyle Finch, this was going to be interesting, Kyle had to score 48 points to Tim's 5, surely he couldn't do it, could he??....yes he could, despite Tim playing some great squash which against many would have won any match, Kyle's fitness and shear class saw him score point after point nibbling away until eventually it was 23-23 and before Tim could blink, bang, bang it was all over and with Tim on his back Kyle strolled off...just another day at the office, now for the final.
In the final against Sam Hartley Kyle had even more to do needing to score 50 points to Sam's 5. Sam is young, fit and hungry and was desperate to topple the king but again Kyle relentlessly hammered away winning point after point, Sam was retrieving everything but just couldn't finish the points off. Kyle had racked up nearly 30 points before eventually Sam wore Kyle down and picked up 3 quick points and only needed 2 more for victory. Kyle could see his fourth Aercon cup title slipping away so put his serious head on and got it back to 24 all...a one rally shoot out unbelievably went to the incredible Kyle Finch, title number four for him but we haven't seen the end of the Hartley boys who will surely be lifting that title next year?
Two third place play offs saw Jacob Mackenzie win in the plate and Bob Green in the main competition.
Thank you to everyone who entered and took part. The next tournament will be the Squash club championships, an email for which will be sent out in a day or to with details of how to enter etc.
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The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP) provides support for child health clinician candidates to develop their requisite knowledge and skills for a career as an independent scientist in child health research. Trainees engage in research training and a core curriculum in one of the CCHCSP's participating Child Health Research Training Centres. Research training is supervised by a research mentor and advisory committee and is structured to facilitate excellence in research with an interdisciplinary focus.
WCHRI is a member of the CCHCSP. We support successful applicants from the University of Alberta for the CCHCSP award through funding from the Stollery Children Hospital Foundation.
Three types of awards are available:
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The Garden Project welcomes families (with children ages 5 & up, younger siblings welcome) for boots-on fun as we plant, water, weed, harvest, eat and celebrate our way through the vegetable growing season.
Together we'll grow and discover a variety of vegetables to be donated to the Marblehead Food Pantry. Along the way, we'll learn about science and nutrition through culinary and garden-inspired games, stories and celebrations.
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Concern over air pollution in Dublin
Some parts may exceed EU safety limits
Some parts of Dublin may have air pollution levels that exceed EU safety limits, a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed.
The report relates to nitrogen dioxide, which is largely caused by emissions from traffic. Levels of the pollutant have been rising due to an increasing number of vehicles on the roads.
According to the EPA, nitrogen dioxide can affect the throat and lungs, leading to conditions such as emphysema. Exposure to high levels over short periods of time can aggravate respiratory diseases, particularly asthma.
Longer exposure to elevated concentrations may contribute to the development of asthma and may increase susceptibility to respiratory infections.
The report states that some areas in Dublin now have high levels of nitrogen dioxide, with levels at the highest in urban traffic locations. It says that some areas are at risk of exceeding the EU's statutory limit for the pollutant.
Using a dispersion modeling and monitoring method, the EPA presents new evidence which suggests that nitrogen dioxide may exceed the annual EU limits in the following areas:
-Certain city centre streets
-The M50
-The entrance and exit of the Dublin Port Tunnel.
"This report outlines the findings of two recent studies, which suggest that levels of nitrogen dioxide in certain parts of Dublin are exceeding the EU limit value. Given the known health impacts on people's respiratory systems, this is a cause of concern.
"Traffic is the dominant source in our urban areas and the public must be supported in taking clean transport choices if we want to reduce nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the air we breathe," commented EPA programme manager, Dr Ciara McMahon.
However, the report also points out that levels of nitrogen dioxide are well within the EU limits in many residential areas, as away from busy roads, levels of the pollutant drop significantly.
The EPA added that if further studies confirm that levels of nitrogen dioxide have been exceeded in some areas, local authorities in Dublin and its suburbs will be required to prepare air quality action plans for the Dublin area.
The report can be viewed here.
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Usually the second biggest function after marriage, an engagement is often the highlight of every wedding. It is mostly combined with sangeet and so the dress code varies from traditional to indo-western to modern. This also stands as one of those functions which give the brides an opportunity to experiment with her looks and finally unleash the diva inside her. And to help you in this, we have jotted a few different looks that are trending this season and can be adorned with your engagement function.
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Winter time, changing time !!
Buddha wanted a different color and some brass/gold accents on his bike.
So the Almere crew started to do the modifications.
Winter time, changing time !!
Buddha wanted a different color and some brass/gold accents on his bike.
So the Almere crew started to do the modifications.
Almost 150 years of biker experience .
Rogues mc Almere Stud an Pigpan from the outsiders Tacoma u.s.
Last man standing!!
Brothers its our privilege to party with you !!
This weekend we had a blast visiting the Free Wheels MC in Silkeborg Denmark.
They did everything to enjoy us, they even bring in a fucking Michelin star chef to cook ( Thanks Angry Allan).
But whats it all about, riding cool bikes was also a big part !!
On the film the pack including our good friends from the Animals MC and the Daggers MC and even Pigpan From the outsiders MC Tacoma U.S. , in the end we drove along with them nearly 1800 km to have a party over in Denmark.
Thanks again to the Free Wheels mc for the great hospitality !!
More pics to come !!
Brother Junior is visiting Brother Bagger in the UAE… RMCF
Taking a ride and do some sight seeing…
Bagger made contact with a local club…
Independant MC Emirates.
Great guy's to hang out with and always up for a ride.
This is what happens when you want to be the last man standing at club night
Brothers… is this singing or drunk screeming?
last week the deathtraps lost there brother brian.
our sincere condolences to his brothers, family and friends. may he rest in peace
the opmeer brothers came to the party with this thing crazy cool guys thanks we love it it's a beautifull piece of art!!! L&R from your almere brothers
John went with Chad and took a tour true Salt Lake City……
And Vito went out with Leslie to go into the mountains with a cableway and took this beautiful picture…..
when he came from the mountains this steak brought out the caveman in Vito , and John got infected with the same virus………
And after dinner with Leslie guess what……… PARTYYYYYYYYYYY
Steve and Chad just like Mike and Vito…… Father and Son……
Second day we did some sight seeing at Crooked River Canyon…
Vito being the Kid on this trip needed parental supervision and went totally ballistic reading the fucking sign……
Ready to hit the road to Boise Idaho to visit the Brother Speed chapter over there……..
Arrived in Boise Mike needed a Jack Cola to flush away the dirt….
John followed him not much after that , assuming his natural position at the bar with in one hand a cigar and the other a beer……..


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The owners of this property wanted a rear patio with a separate seating area. Currently there was a small pad off the sliding doors of the home. The back yard was very nice but if fell off quickly in both directions. Mowing the terrace was not a fun task.
The owners discussed their needs and ideas with Matt at PSI and the following layout was finalized. As you will see, the layout tuned out exceptionally well for their needs and it is unique! A retaining wall was built on the terrace sides. From the sliding doors a larger patio was built that leads into a circular sitting area surrounded by planting area.
The owners are very satisfied. They are now waiting on plants, furniture, BBQ grill and the seating area will have some type of fire pit. Yes, mowing should be a lot easier.
Again, this Lake St. Louis customer came back to PSI for a colored stamped patio, wood and metal deck railing and wide steps leading to the lake area. The customer picked an Italian Seamless Slate pattern, Khaki concrete color with a Colina Tan release. From a smaller patio area to a much larger outside living space, this project came together. For more photos of this project, see Retaining Wall Projects
I can't say enough good things about PSI. My biggest concern was picking a company that would complete the work that was agreed on and finish it in a timely manner. I didn't want to get started on the job and have them leave my job for others until mine was completed. I was assured that would not happen and it didn't. They had to work around the rain a few days but were at my house every day that weather allowed. The job was completed in the highest quality way. The workers were professional and polite every day they were at my house. Everything was cleaned up when they left.
PSI has done work for my mother, and other neighbors on my street and they are all very happy with them. Their attention to detail and the quality of work is what will make me use them again. I have more work that needs to be done and I will absolutely use PSI. I can say that I would very much recommend them to anyone else that is looking for a quality company to do concrete work."
PSI did a wonderful job on our new driveway, sidewalk and front porch. Matt and his whole team are extremely professional and knowledgeable. Not only that but Matt is very skilled at listening to his clients, understanding what they are trying to accomplish and recommending the best solution. He has excellent attention to detail which makes all the difference in these types of projects. He had so many good ideas including; creating a place for our trash cans, extending the driveway width for a great place to park cars and, most notably, a stenciling technique on our front sidewalk and porch that looks incredible!! We get compliments every week on how amazing our new cement work looks. The driveway has been such a great addition to our house and our children use this new outdoor space all of the time. We are extremely pleased with everything Matt and his team did and I cannot recommend them enough."
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Carnival-themed children's safety fair
The 12th Annual Children's Health and Safety Fair will take on a family carnival theme, providing free food, fun and games along with a variety of health, wellness and safety programs and displays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 at the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, One Positive Place, Shelton.
Sponsored by the Valley Parish Nurses of Griffin Hospital, The Valley Community Foundation, Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley, Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, and Griffin Faculty Physicians Primary Care, the fair will feature carnival games, a moon bounce and magic show. Free food, drinks and healthy snacks will be available.
Other activities include health, wellness and safety interactive displays, a car seat and bike helmet clinic, the Child Identification Program (CHIP), fire engines and rescue vehicles, a safety house to teach about safety features in homes, and much more. Free bike helmets will be available for the first 400 children.
For more information about the fair, call 203-732-1137 or 203-732-7584.


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Temperature for October 1976
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NETA Cares spent the last month or so collecting goods for our local neighbors. NETA Northampton collected food for the Food Bank of Western MA. NETA Brookline collected food and toiletries for Rosie's Place. NETA Franklin collected cold weather clothing items for Project Just Because.
The Food Bank of Western MA distributes food to our member agencies in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties. They also serve as an important resource to help strengthen the emergency food network and develop long-term projects to fight the causes of hunger in the community. NETA Northampton was able to collect and donate 184 lbs. of food.
Rosie's Place is a sanctuary for homeless and poor women. Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women's shelter in the United States. Their mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives. NETA Brookline collected and donated an unbelievable 1093 lbs. of food and toiletries for these women in need.
Project Just Because runs various programs throughout the year serving basic needs of families, children, and seniors. They also have special opportunities during the holidays to help people in need by providing not only basic necessities, but also an emotional boost during what can be a difficult time. NETA Franklin was able to fill an entire 66 Qt. plastic bin with hats, mittens, scarves, jackets, coats and more.
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A Fan Transforms Xbox 360 Into A PS4 Arcade Stick
Although it seems difficult that Sony and Microsoft will soon collaborate on a project related to the world of consoles, that does not prevent fans to combine brands. As an example of this, we have a player who transformed an Xbox 360 into an arcade stick for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and fully functional on PC.
This incredible creation – or blasphemy, depending on the perspective you see it – is the responsibility of the Reddit user called Raspberry Chainsaw. As you can imagine, this device is nothing special, since only the interior elements of the console were removed to later install the necessary hardware to transform it into a controller. In a nutshell, the Xbox 360 is only used as a housing.
However, it is striking that Raspberry Chainsaw was not satisfied with a functional controller and also tried hard to make it look good. That is why, with the mission that everything combined with the hardware of the controller, he also painted some golden details on the console.
Before you get upset, it's important to know that the Xbox 360 that was used to create this arcade stick no longer worked. This means that no console was damaged. This is why we prefer to see this controller as a great posthumous tribute to a soldier who fell after giving hours of fun to its owner.


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JONES: Golf leads off, horse racing on deck
First golf!
Then horse racing?
When it comes to sports that certainly looks like the top of the batting order in the COVID-19 Alberta relaunch plan.
Golf was expected to get the leadoff position in Stage 1. But it turned out to be was speedier than expected.
As for horse racing, the return of the thoroughbreds to Century Mile looks like it has Stage 2 written all over it.
Any sport involving public gatherings of more than 15 people would appear to be Stage 3. And that won't be anytime soon.
Golf was a no-brainer.
Bursting with confidence, The Ranch course in west Edmonton even held a contest on Twitter this week inviting entries to pick the correct date of opening day for a free round of golf for a foursome with a draw from those who correctly determined the date.
"Contest ends when government announces decision."
In the embargoed copy provided to the media before Premier Jason Kenney's announcement of the removal and relaxing of some of the COVID-19 restrictions was announced Thursday, the contest winner would have come from the entries that listed Monday.
Quote-unquote: "Golf courses can open on May 4, with restrictions including keeping clubhouses and pro shops closed."
However, by the time Kenney reached the podium, he declared the courses would be able "to open this weekend."
But Kenney got ahead of himself. May 4 he later corrected.
At 7:30 p.m. Dr. Deena Hinshaw had the last word.
"Golf courses can open as soon as Sat. May 2," she tweeted, adding guidance for courses would be available online Friday.
The way that went back and forth it should have been tennis.
Alberta was the last of the four provinces in the west to announce golf courses would open but will now be the second province to actually have golfers hit the links.
B.C. courses are already in play with restrictions of one golfer per cart, plugs in the holes and social distancing beyond the prescribed hockey stick length in the community and a list of other items. It appears the exact same regulations in use in B.C. will be forwarded to the golf clubs in Alberta in the coming hours.
There was no mention of horse racing in Kenney's Alberta relaunch, but it would appear to fall under the provincial plan that the ponies would be part of Stage 2.
"That's what I think, too," said Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association of Alberta (HBPA) President Norm Castiglione.
"I think we'd probably fit in there because we wouldn't have fans in the stands," he said of operating with off track betting and possibly the new 'Dark Horse' apps already approved by Woodbine Racetrack in Ontario that allow you to bet on a race and watch it on your cellphone.
"Horse racing fans and people in and around the industry should know that we're working with the government on a plan to get horse racing back," said Castiglione.
On Wednesday, progress appeared to be made at Woodbine where breezing, timed training and starting gate training was announced to happen in the next couple weeks with a June meet now being projected.
Century Mile here has been a bit ahead of that. Horses here have been on the track and training since late February.
"We hadn't had gate work and clocks until this week. But we continue to get ready until they say we can operate," said Castiglione.
Live horse racing has continued safely in other locations such as Australia, Hong Kong, Gulfstream Park, Tampa Bay Downs, Oaklawn Park, Will Rogers Downs and others such as Churchill Downs soon to reopen.
A significant percentage of the jockey population during race meets here involves international talent. But given a 'go' they'd be good to go.
"We would have enough. They might not be the ones you'd expect to see in some cases but with as many tracks that are down and not operating yet, I think you'd see jockeys come from other provinces."
To some extent, horse racing here, unless the government advances them some purse money, can't really get going until the casinos open. A percentage of casino profits in the province go toward the purses.
While some of the casino money from January and February was banks, and while there's some carried forward from last year, the HBPA has a rainy day fund "and goodness knows it's pouring right now," says Castiglione.
"The fact is there is nowhere near enough money to have a race meet of three or four months. Until the casinos open up there's not the ability to run a race meet without that revenue.
"I don't think I'm speaking out of place here but the casinos have had lots of visits with the government of how many machines they could open up, etc. and that the expectation is they could have what they call 'soft openings' in June," said Castiglione.
"We're ready. When the government allows us to start up, we're ready to go and racing will begin immediately."
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See on Scoop.it – Bounded Rationality and Beyond
For decades, neuroscientists, psychologists, and economists have studied human decision making from different perspectives. Although each has approached the problem with different theories and techniques, the basic question is common to many fields: why do humans make the choices that they do? And, given that humans sometimes exercise poor judgment in their decisions, what can we do about it?
Economists have developed simple theories of decision-making, for example, that are used to understand the movement of asset prices in markets. The basic theory says that people make decisions in such a way as to achieve outcomes that maximize their benefit. Although more mathematically precise, it has much in common with psychological theories that say that people tend to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Although these theories describe basic tendencies of all animals, they often fail to account for decisions in common circumstances. For example, when individuals must make decisions in which an immediate benefit must be weighed against long-term consequences, they usually choose immediate gratification. Diet and preventive health care often fall prey to this temporal myopia. So do retirement savings.
The idea behind neuroeconomics is simple. The brain is responsible for carrying out all of the decisions that humans make, but because it is a biophysical system that evolved to perform specific functions, understanding these physical constraints may help explain why people often fail to make good decisions.
The emphasis in neuroeconomics has been on individual decision making. There is, however, potential for taking these techniques to a much larger, globally important level: collective action.


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The Best Curtis Mayfield Albums of All Time
List Rules This list includes studio albums only, so if you add an album make sure it's a proper studio release.
Curtis Mayfield is known as one of the best R&B singers of all time. Here, you'll find a definitive list of the best Curtis Mayfield albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Curtis Mayfield discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Curtis Mayfield albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Curtis Mayfield singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Curtis Mayfield album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Curtis Mayfield album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.
If you want to know, "What is the Best Curtis Mayfield album of all time?" or "What are the top Curtis Mayfield albums?" then this list will answer your questions. After his timw with The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield went on to have a successful solo career, spanning nearly 30 years. Throughout his long and prolific career, he released a long list of studio albums, and even composed soundtracks. The list here features every studio album, including Curtis and Roots.
This list of popular Curtis Mayfield albums has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion. You can share your own opinion by voting up what you think are the best albums, while voting any down you feel should be lower on the list.
Release Date: 1970
Artist: Curtis Mayfield
Producer: Curtis Mayfield
Tracks: The Makings of You, The Makings of You, (Don't Worry) If There's Hell Below We're All Gonna Go, + more
Genres (Music): Soul music, Funk, Chicago soul
Release Date: 1972
Release Date: 1971
Artist: Curtis Mayfield
Producer: Curtis Mayfield
Tracks: We Got to Have Peace, Now You're Gone, Beautiful Brother of Mine, + more
Genres (Music): Soul music, Funk
Release Date: 1975
Artist: Curtis Mayfield
Tracks: Billy Jack, Jesus, Blue Monday People, + more
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Funk


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Refinancing Your Home in Washington DC
Refinancing Your Home in Washington DC
When refinancing your home in Washington DC you should follow these steps:
1. Get an idea of what your Washington DC home is worth. Email or call us and ask for the recent sales comparables that are similar to your home. This should give you an idea of what your home is worth so you can decide if refinancing is worth exploring.
2. Contact a lender. Contact a lender to see what they can offer you. Give them all of your info and ask them what rate they can provide for refinancing your home in Washington DC. Rates recently have been as low as 3.5% for a 30 year fixed and even lower for 15 year loans. Ask them to provide you with a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) so you know what your closing costs look like. A lot of times you can roll these costs right into the loan so you don't have to come out of pocket.
3. Shop the rate. Call 2 other lenders and ask them what rate they could provide you. Compare rates and call the one with the best deal (rate and costs).
4. Prepare the home for appraisal. Get the home looking as good as possible. Paint, clean, landscape, remove clutter, etc. You should get the following items ready for the appraiser: 1-Print outs of all the comparable sales. 2-List of recent upgrades and repairs you have made to your Washington DC home. 3-Floor plan of your home.
5. Butter up the appraiser. This is the most important out of all the steps. Make sure you are on time to let the appraiser in and that you take good care of them. They are the ones that will set the new value for what your home is worth.
I hope this was informative. If you have any questions or need comparables please call me at 301-204-0808 or send me an email.
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