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Today's guest is Kelly Rice, RN, BSN, MSHI, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC, CDI education specialist at ACDIS/HCPro. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a question for a future "listener questions" episode? Fill out this brief form!  CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode offers 0.5 ACDIS CEU which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first four days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEU, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/collaborating-around-psis) Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization's spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form. The cut-off for today's episode CEU is Sunday, August 30, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEU for this week's episode. Today's sponsor: Today's episode is brought to you by the ACDIS & JustCoding Virtual Seminar, happening September 9, 12-3:20 p.m. Eastern! Learn more and register today: https://bit.ly/4pR5Fcq ACDIS update: Download the ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2026 Update now! (https://bit.ly/4gv49bE) Register for the free webinar highlighting the updated query practice brief on September 30, 2026! (https://bit.ly/4xqhnxE) Apply to the 2026/2026 ACDIS CDI Leadership Council term by August 31! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2026-2027-Council-app) Apply to speak at the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI or ACDIS Physician Advisor Forum by September 7! (https://bit.ly/3UjpvRN)

Recorded days after Synod 2023. Last of three reruns in the Before We Knew series. Jason says at the outset that he is not getting into the weeds of what happened at synod. He had been processing the week out loud with Rachel, including his own committee's material being tabled to the following year, and her reply was: so you're telling me that reformation is messy. He takes that as the correction. His own impatience keeps him expecting things to move quickly and on his timeline, and they never do. Over the course of the drive he moved from discouraged to encouraged. The middle of the episode is two texts. From 2 Corinthians, which he points out is probably Paul's fourth letter to Corinth rather than his second — the church there was a mess for a long time and no single letter fixed it. He reads 2 Corinthians 1:8-11, on being burdened beyond strength and despairing of life itself so as to rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead, and 2 Corinthians 4:7-11, treasure in jars of clay, afflicted but not crushed. The point he draws from both: if reformation comes to the CRC it will be because God did it, not because anyone was powerful or smart. Then Calvin, writing about Geneva after his expulsion, as he considered returning. Placed in that station by God like a sentinel at his post, from which it would be impiety to move a single foot; not a day passed in which he did not ten times over long for death, and yet the thought of leaving never came. Jason applies it directly: this is not an excuse to leave, it is a call to stay, even when disappointed, even when frustrated, even when out-politicked. He then lists what synod actually accomplished, against the mood people left with. Two vote counts were given, at 72 percent and 68 percent conservative, in line with the year before — and he says plainly that he was wrong, having predicted 60 to 66 percent for months. Synod 2022 was not a fluke and neither was 2023. Confessional status was upheld. Neland Avenue's appeal was not sustained. Classes and the denomination's institutions and agencies were instructed to come into alignment. The majority report on gravamen was about to pass, which he reads as the reason the end of synod became as chaotic as it did. He also names a new unity among conservative delegates, quoting a brother who texted afterward that for the first time in thirty years he had found the kind of brothers he expected to meet in seminary in the nineties. The charge comes last. The work stopped on the one-yard line, everyone knows where the ball is, and the question is who will lead the CRC now. He quotes a text he received — if conservatives leave now, they never wanted to lead anything — and directs it at his own side: stay and lead your congregation, your classis, your denomination. He closes on reward. Hebrews 11 on Moses counting the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt because he was looking ahead to his reward, and 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 on light momentary affliction preparing an eternal weight of glory. Good work was done at Synod 2023 and it did not produce the earthly outcome people wanted; it may never. The reward is stored elsewhere. Timestamps: 0:00 — Series intro 1:40 — Original episode begins 1:55 — On naming a podcast The Messy Reformation 2:15 — The drive home from Grand Rapids 2:34 — "So you're telling me that reformation is messy" 3:00 — Impatience, and expecting things on your own timeline 3:39 — Read 2 Corinthians 4:13 — Probably Paul's fourth letter, not his second 4:53 — 2 Corinthians 1: burdened beyond our strength 5:38 — 2 Corinthians 4: treasure in jars of clay 6:25 — We are not a big deal; God brings reformation 7:04 — Calvin on returning to Geneva 7:51 — "A sentinel at his post" 8:14 — "Not a day passed in which I did not ten times over long for death" 9:49 — Not an excuse to leave; a call to stay 10:31 — Staying when you get out-politicked 10:59 — The two vote counts: 72 percent and 68 percent 11:16 — "I have to say that I was wrong" 11:42 — Synod 2022 was not a fluke, and neither was 2023 12:01 — Confessional status upheld, Neland's appeal not sustained 13:01 — The gravamen report that was about to pass 13:40 — A new unity among conservatives 13:56 — "The kinds of brothers I thought I might find in seminary" 15:10 — Stopped on the one-yard line 15:35 — Who is going to lead the CRC? 16:03 — "Stay and lead" 16:26 — "If conservatives leave now, they never wanted to lead anything" 17:03 — Why he is not getting into the weeds this time 17:40 — Eternal reward, not earthly reward 17:52 — Hebrews 11: Moses and the treasures of Egypt 19:22 — "Well done, good and faithful servant" 19:48 — 2 Corinthians 4: we do not lose heart 20:35 — Closing Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

We are excited to continue our California COBT Series with a discussion featuring Francisco Leon, President and CEO of California Resources Corporation (CRC). This episode was the culmination of a full day with the CRC team studying California's oil and gas complex firsthand. We started at the Port of Long Beach, traveled north to CRC's Elk Hills operations near Bakersfield, and ended the day in Santa Clarita, where we sat down with Francisco to discuss what we had seen and the broader outlook for California energy. Along the way, we visited with Dean Persinger, Vice President of the Wilmington Production Complex, at the Port of Long Beach; Gabby Gonzales, Senior External Affairs Advisor, at Elk Hills to discuss CRC's community engagement efforts; as well as Joe Jephson, Engineering Manager at Carbon TerraVault, and Brent Ilott, Vice President of Operations of the Elk Hills Production Complex. The day gave us the opportunity to see the breadth of California energy production up close and better understand the infrastructure and policies shaping the state's energy system. It was a unique opportunity to see CRC's operations firsthand and spend time with the people working across the company's California footprint. In our conversation with Francisco, we discuss the changing energy landscape in California and the state's efforts to balance affordability, reliability, environmental priorities, and local energy production. Francisco shares his perspective on a more constructive environment for energy investment, including improved permitting activity in Kern County and the growing focus on the costs and energy-security implications of relying on imported energy. We discuss CRC's evolution into a broader California energy platform and the significant optionality across its existing asset base. We explore the history and future of CRC's Long Beach and Elk Hills operations, including conventional oil and gas production, power generation, carbon capture and sequestration, and the proposed Golden Valley data center development. We cover CRC's recently announced Crimson acquisition and the strategic value of ~2,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure across California, the company's broader consolidation strategy following the Aera and Berry transactions, and how CRC could increasingly serve as both an operator and an enabler for additional capital, partnerships, and development in the state. Francisco also shares his thoughts on company culture, community engagement, and the importance of working constructively with regulators, political leadership, and local communities. Mike Bradley patched in and kicked us off by noting that the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield was trading at ~5.3%, its highest level in two decades, despite relatively subdued inflation data the previous week. He highlighted the record pace of bond issuance financing the AI infrastructure buildout and the possibility that it could be competing with heavy U.S. government issuance for capital and contributing to higher borrowing costs. Turning to equities, both the Dow and S&P 500 have modestly declined this week as second-quarter earnings season winds down and investors look ahead to NVIDIA's results next week. In energy markets, WTI crude had risen ~$3/barrel this week to ~$85/barrel, largely reflecting expectations that the Iran conflict will remain an ongoing issue as the 60-day MOU expires. European natural gas prices have also increased to ~$22/MMBtu, up ~$2/MMBtu over the past couple of weeks. TTF prices are now up ~140% this year, with EU storage levels, particularly in Germany, well below seasonal five-year averages and below levels seen in 2021 ahead of the sharp increase in gas prices during the 2021-2022 winter. The energy sector has posted modest gains alongside higher crude prices. With second-quarter earnings largely complete, Mike expects sector performance to be driven by oil prices, the broader equity market, and company-specific fundamentals. In power, he highlighted Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's executive order imposing stricter oversight on proposed data centers, including electricity and water-use guidelines and local approvals, effectively giving communities greater influence over siting decisions. Mark Castiglione joined us throughout the day and added his questions and perspective to the discussion.

Recorded days after Synod 2022 adjourned. Second of three reruns in the Before We Knew series. Jason and Willy work through the six questions the podcast then put to every delegate it interviewed: your role at synod, what you learned about yourself and the CRC, what encouraged you, what discouraged you, how your congregation is responding, and where we go from here. Willy served as a young adult representative, a role that can speak on the floor but cannot vote or speak for or against a motion. He questions whether the role should exist at all under a Presbyterian polity, and both note how many actual delegates were young that year, most of them conservative. They sat together on advisory committee three, education and candidacy, which handled the seminary and Calvin reports and the candidate interviews, including the two new Calvin Seminary professors, Wilson Cunha in Old Testament and Yudha Thianto in historical theology. Cunha answered directly on the human sexuality report. Thianto said he would abide by whatever synod decided, which left people uneasy. On what encouraged them: orthodoxy prevailed, and it prevailed by margins nobody expected. Four things passed — penal substitutionary atonement, the majority report on human sexuality, confessional status for its teaching, and disciplinary action against Neland Avenue — all by supermajorities in the range of 70 to 75 percent. Jason expected to come home wrecked and did not. He credits the fellowship among delegates and answered prayer, including moments where several delegates arrived at the same conviction separately during deliberations. On what discouraged them: hostility toward orthodoxy in some quarters, arguments from personal testimony treated as equal to Scripture, and conduct on the floor that was out of order on a worldwide livestream. Jason was criticized for repeating the word clarity, and answers the charge that the CRC has made an idol of it: clarity is not about being right, it is what makes pastoral guidance possible. He also names tone deafness, particularly the reasoning that professors should be asked only whether they will abide by synod's decisions rather than what they believe, and traces it to the distance between Grand Rapids and the rest of the denomination. Willy answers with Luther at the Diet of Worms on conscience captive to the word of God. The hardest section is about their own side. Off social media all week, Jason came home to find not only anger from those who wanted an affirming outcome, which he expected, but conservatives who were angry that synod had not gone far enough. Willy answers that watching a livestream is not the same as reading the room. Jason argues from church revitalization: this was the first disciplinary action against a congregation in over twenty years, small wins come before large ones, and nobody thought the work was finished after one synod. They also read the closest vote of the week, the defeated catechism footnote at about 51 percent, as a matter of people not having had time to think it through beforehand. On congregations: Willy's church was glad of the results and worried about a split, and he tells them that separation may be inevitable when both sides believe the gospel is at stake. Jason reads an email from an orthodox pastor who got everything he hoped for from synod and now has a congregation in turmoil, with members asking whether they can still belong. Both argue for giving churches time to repent before stronger action, and Jason ties it to Hebrews 12 — discipline is not designed to remove someone from the family. He mentions the Neland elder who said, with a smile, that synod would have to kick them out. They close on where to go from here. Willy names the three marks of the true church: preaching, sacraments, discipline. Jason wants the in loco committee under the new general secretary held to its work, and a warning that Paul Vander Klay's prediction may hold — that some will leave from the left and some conservatives from the right. His closing word is to the conservatives: this is step one, stay. Timestamps: 0:00 — Series intro 1:43 — Original episode begins 3:02 — The six questions asked of every delegate 4:03 — Willy's role as a young adult representative, and whether it should exist 9:52 — Advisory committee three: education and candidacy 13:49 — Interviewing the new professors: Wilson Cunha 18:30 — Yudha Thianto's answer on the human sexuality report 20:11 — What encouraged them: orthodoxy prevailed 23:51 — Four supermajority votes 25:55 — Answered prayer, and the Spirit at work among delegates 29:06 — Disagreeing agreeably: 95 percent of it went well 31:06 — What discouraged them: hostility toward orthodoxy 34:03 — "The clarity guy," and whether clarity is an idol 35:13 — Tone deafness, and the Grand Rapids echo chamber 38:47 — Luther at the Diet of Worms 39:25 — The social media moratorium, and what came after 40:32 — Conservatives angry that synod did not go far enough 41:40 — Willy: watching a livestream is not reading the room 44:02 — Thinking like a church revitalizer: step one of many 48:46 — The false accusation that orthodox delegates know no one affected 50:49 — The catechism footnote, defeated 51 to 49 53:57 — How the congregations are responding 57:24 — "Separation, I believe, is inevitable" 58:30 — The email from a pastor who won and now has a mess 61:14 — Giving churches room to repent 62:26 — Quoted in the Banner, and Hebrews 12 on discipline 63:45 — The Neland elder: "You're going to have to kick us out" 64:54 — The marks of the true church 66:59 — Holding the in loco committee to its work 67:33 — "Don't leave. Stick with us." Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

LaGrave Live LIVE Morning Worship Service 08-16-2026 The Way of Wisdom: Wisdom from the Family Skeptic About The Service: We will continue our Way of Wisdom sermon series, a series which looks at some of the wisdom literature in the Bible. Next week we will leave the book of Proverbs. Pastor Jonker will preach on the remarkable book of Ecclesiates. Order of Worship: https://lagrave.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-8-16-AM-Order-of-Worship.pdf About the Church: We are a traditional CRC church in the middle of Downtown Grand Rapids, MI, worshipping at 8:40am, 11:00am, and 6:00pm. (10:00am and 6:00pm during the summer months) We'd love to hear from you: Connection: https://www.lagrave.org/contact Let us pray for you: Prayer: https://www.lagrave.org/prayerrequest/ Giving: https://www.elexiogiving.com/App/Giving/lagr107178 The August special offering is for Covenant House. Covenant House Michigan (CHMI) provides shelter and hope to young people aged 18-24 who are experiencing homelessness or victims of trafficking in Grand Rapids and Detroit. Their mission is to serve all youth who come to their doors with unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support. Listen on the go: Amazon Music: https://bit.ly/LGPodAmazonMusic Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3tuOdwQ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/LGPodGoogle Soundcloud: / lagravecrc https://soundcloud.com/lagravecrc Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3yXDFaT Follow us! Facebook: / lagravecrc https://www.facebook.com/lagravecrc Instagram: / lagravecrc https://www.instagram.com/lagravecrc Website: https://www.lagrave.org #LaGrave #LaGraveCRC When Wisdom Questions Everything: Ecclesiastes and the Search for What Lasts Rooted in What Lasts The service opens by contrasting life rooted in the ways of the world with life rooted in Christ, using the imagery of wastelands and streams of living water. The congregation is invited to confess the ways it has turned from God and to trust again in God's mercy, patience, and love. This theme of rootedness becomes an important foundation for everything that follows. The opening also introduces the continuation of The Way of Wisdom sermon series and its move from Proverbs into Ecclesiastes. The service frames Ecclesiastes as a book that questions what has lasting value when God is not at the center. That tension between temporary pursuits and enduring meaning becomes the central concern of the sermon. Faith Publicly Claimed A major portion of the service centers on Callan, Philip, Victoria, and Ashley as they publicly profess their faith. The pastor explains that although all four are making the same basic commitment to follow Jesus, their paths to that moment have been different. Philip, Victoria, and Ashley are described as having grown up in the church and returning to the baptismal font where they were baptized as children. Callan's path is described differently: he sought out faith, studied the Reformed tradition, joined the congregation, and is baptized during the service. The pastor presents profession of faith as a decision to root one's life in Jesus and to make Christ's story one's own. The participants are welcomed into the full fellowship of the church with the reminder that a faithful life includes both joy and difficulty. Different People, One Church The children's sermon uses different kinds of footwear to explain why differences within the church are valuable. Dress shoes, running shoes, winter boots, and an ice skate each have different purposes, and none is ideal for every task. The pastor applies that illustration to the church, where preaching, singing, playing the organ, repairing things, and many other forms of service require different gifts. Rather than wishing everyone were the same, the children are encouraged to see diversity as useful and necessary. The Holy Spirit is described as bringing different people together into one church. The illustration reinforces the broader service theme that people can have different roles and journeys while still being united in Jesus. The Skeptic Beside the Sage The sermon emphasizes the sharp contrast between Proverbs 31 and Ecclesiastes 1. Proverbs ends with a picture of the wife of noble character, who embodies wisdom, flourishing, competence, and honor. Ecclesiastes then opens with the Teacher declaring that everything is meaningless and describing life as a repetitive cycle under the sun. The pastor calls this contrast “biblical whiplash” and compares Ecclesiastes to a skeptical, curmudgeonly uncle at a family reunion who refuses easy optimism. In that illustration, the cheerful advice of Aunt Gladys and Aunt Agnes is interrupted by Uncle Hank, who insists that life is harder than their encouraging sayings suggest. The preacher argues that Scripture intentionally includes both voices and that believers need to listen to both the hopeful wisdom of Proverbs and the difficult questions raised by Ecclesiastes. Death, Dissatisfaction, and the Empty Cathedral The preacher identifies death and dissatisfaction as two major sources of the Teacher's skepticism. Death can interrupt even a disciplined, wise, hardworking life, as illustrated by the story of two ministers who retired after decades of work and died soon afterward. Dissatisfaction presents another problem because wisdom, pleasure, power, wealth, and achievement may fail to provide the deep fulfillment people expect. The sermon compares this pursuit to racing dogs chasing a mechanical rabbit that always stays just out of reach, then suggests an even greater disappointment would come from finally catching it and discovering that it is fake. The Teacher's grief is interpreted as evidence of a deeper human need for meaning, pictured as an empty cathedral inside the heart. Ecclesiastes, in the preacher's view, strips away idols and false sources of satisfaction so that people can feel the longing for something more. Beyond the Sun The sermon ultimately interprets that longing as a sign that human beings are made for eternity and fellowship with God. The preacher argues that “under the sun” is not the whole of reality and that death is not the final ceiling over human existence. A spaceflight story is used to illustrate a person confronting awe, fragility, and a longing for spiritual language after seeing Earth from space, with the cross becoming a powerful symbol in that moment. The sermon then turns decisively to Jesus, presenting Christ as the one who breaks the closed circle of death and gives lasting significance to faithful acts of love, hope, and service. The Teacher asks whether anything is truly new under the sun, and the sermon answers with the New Testament image of a person in Christ becoming a new creation. The final message is that Ecclesiastes' skepticism is worth hearing, but Jesus is given the last word: people are beloved, their lives matter, and they belong to an eternal story.

Fewer EPA headlines can feel like a green light, but environmental liability does not disappear when oversight fades. We sit down with CRC environmental specialists Harrison Scheider and Dustin Helmenstein to unpack the biggest misconception we hear from insureds and even seasoned agents: “less regulation means less environmental risk.” The laws that create liability largely remain, and the pollution exclusion in GL and property policies can turn an everyday incident into a painful coverage surprise.We dig into what makes environmental claims so tricky, and along the way, we connect the dots for common insured profiles including contractors, manufacturers, real estate owners, habitational and hotel risks, healthcare, and municipalities, plus what faster permitting and accelerated construction can change on the ground.To keep it practical, we share four questions retail agents can use right now to uncover exposures early, create better renewal conversations, and avoid relying on limited GL endorsements that are not true affirmative pollution coverage. If you want a clearer, more confident way to talk environmental insurance, pollution liability, and coverage gaps with clients, hit play and take notes.  Visit REDYIndex.com for critical pricing analysis and a snapshot of the marketplace.Do you want to take your career to the next level? Join #TeamCRC to get access to best-in-class tools, data, exclusive programs, and more! Send your resume to resumes@crcgroup.com today!

Recorded in May 2022, weeks before Synod 2022. First of three reruns in the Before We Knew series, pulled from the years before the CRCNA's direction was settled. A solo episode. Jason works through the fear of the Pharisees — Matthew 21:45-46, Mark 11:18, Luke 22:1-2 — where the religious leaders intend to arrest and kill Jesus and hold back because they fear the crowds. He applies it to the delegates heading to synod, alongside 1 Corinthians 16:13: be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. He then describes his own fear. He shakes when he speaks up in a group. A year or two into ministry as a youth pastor, he sat through a contentious congregational meeting, disagreed with where it was going, and said nothing, because he was afraid of what speaking would cost his position and his relationships. He drove home resolved never to do it again. The definition of courage follows: not the absence of fear, but fearing God more than men and moving forward anyway. The second half takes up the arguments circulating before synod — fear of damage, fear of disunity, fear of a rash decision. He names delay as a tactic rather than caution, argues that smaller forces stretch out a fight when they know the numbers are against them, and holds that the majority in the pews were orthodox on sexuality. He cites the Chesterton line that a soldier fights for what is behind him rather than against what is in front of him, and lists what he longs for: a denomination he is not ashamed of, one that disciplines false teaching, that hires people worth being excited about, that is known for standing firm. He closes on 1 Corinthians 15:10 — Paul working harder than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God — and argues that courage comes through faith rather than from within. The episode ends with Acts 20:22-24 adapted to synod: going constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what waits, counting his life of no value if only he may finish the course. Timestamps: 0:00 — Series intro: why we are running these 1:55 — Original episode begins: one odd week before Synod 2022 2:22 — The fear of the Pharisees 2:39 — Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke 22 4:07 — 1 Corinthians 16:13: be watchful, stand firm 4:30 — "I'm trembling, I'm shaking" 5:06 — The congregational meeting he stayed silent in 5:57 — What courage actually is 7:05 — "Fear God more than you fear men" 8:27 — Delay as a tactic 8:42 — How smaller forces beat larger ones 10:26 — The Chesterton line 11:44 — "I long for the day": what the CRC could be 13:08 — Telling the story of how reformation happened 14:43 — Courage comes from the Lord, not from within 15:07 — 1 Corinthians 15:10 16:31 — Acts 20 adapted to synod 17:42 — Closing Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Colorectal cancer does not develop in isolation. Cancer cells exist within a complex tumor microenvironment made up of fibroblasts, immune cells, blood vessels, and extracellular matrix. Increasing evidence suggests that these surrounding cells and structures can influence whether tumors grow, regress, or evade the immune system. A research paper published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget, titled “Microenvironmental CTHRC1 has a pro-tumorigenic role in colorectal cancer,” investigated the role of collagen triple helix repeat containing 1 (CTHRC1), a secreted protein found in cancer-associated stroma. Full blog post - https://www.oncotarget.org/2026/08/10/cthrc1-in-the-tumor-microenvironment-drives-colorectal-cancer-growth-in-mouse-study/ DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28878 Correspondence to: Sergey Ryzhov - Sergey.Ryzhov@mainehealth.org; Volkhard Lindner- Volkhard.Lindner@mainehealth.org; Michaela R. Reagan - Michaela.Reagan@mainehealth.org Abstract video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTbYy6vGd7E Sign up for free Altmetric alerts about this article - https://oncotarget.altmetric.com/details/email_updates?id=10.18632%2Foncotarget.28878 Subscribe for free publication alerts from Oncotarget - https://www.oncotarget.com/subscribe/ Keywords - cancer, Cthrc1, CRC, colorectal cancer, subcutaneous tumor model, immune analysis To learn more about Oncotarget, please visit https://www.oncotarget.com and connect with us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Oncotarget/ X - https://twitter.com/oncotarget Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oncotargetjrnl/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@OncotargetJournal LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oncotarget Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/oncotarget/ Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/Oncotarget/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0gRwT6BqYWJzxzmjPJwtVh MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM

Rev. Evan Heerema - Scripture: Psalm 8 Text: Psalm 8

Rev. Roger Bultman - Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 6:19-21 Text: Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 6:19-21

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Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: Psalm 119:113-120 Text: Psalm 119:113-120

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: Luke 18:1-8 Text: Luke 18:1-8

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: Luke 12:13-21 Text: Luke 12:13-21

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: Psalm 119:105-112 Text: Psalm 119:105-112

In this “Meet the Experts” HeartTalk, host Melanie Lawson, MS, talks with MedAxiom's Nicole Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation Services, along with Jammie Quimby, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS-P, CPMA, CRC, CDEO, CPCO, director of coding, Revenue Cycle Solutions, and Joline Bruder, CPC, CPMA, CCVTC, CGSC, CCC, manager of surgery coding, Revenue Cycle Solutions. Nicole reflects on how a member-driven need grew into one of MedAxiom's most active communities and why AI may reshape revenue-cycle teams. Jammie and Joline share what they see on the front lines, from documentation gaps to coding changes that can leave revenue behind. It's a conversation about the work most people never see – but every cardiovascular organization needs.

Australian agriculture is chasing lower emissions, but what does that actually look like on farm?In this short episode of Humans of Agriculture, Oli Le Lievre catches up with Richard Heath, CEO of the Zero Net Emissions Agriculture CRC, ahead of the 2026 ZNE Ag CRC Conference in Perth.Richard shares what has changed since the CRC's inaugural conference, the promising research already emerging around productivity and emissions, and why there is no single silver bullet. They also unpack this year's conference theme, Rewarding Pathways to Zero, exploring how farmers can reduce emissions while building more productive and profitable businesses.From 18 to 20 August in Perth, Western Australia this is where real conversationswill happen, bringing together the people, ideas, and innovations shaping the futureof agriculture.Whether you're in the paddock, in research, or across the supply chain, this is yourchance to be part of it.Head to zneagcrc.com.au to explore the program and get your ticket today.Key insights from the conversation:Zero Net Emissions CRC's role and projectsResearch on plants, animals, and farm systemsReward pathways for emissions reductionInnovations in methane and nitrous oxide reductionConference in Perth and stakeholder engagementChapters:00:00 Introduction to the conference and its significance01:01 Richard Heath's overview of CRC's work and goals02:00 Recap of last year's Brisbane conference and progress03:01 Focus on reward pathways and economic incentives04:06 Research on plants and animals to reduce emissions05:01 The importance of incremental improvements in agriculture07:07 Understanding the theme: rewards pathways to zero net emissions08:11 Potential financial and environmental rewards for farmers08:51 Significance of Western Australia in the conference10:02 Target audience and benefits of attending the conference10:49 Final thoughts and how to learn more about the event

Ralph Wigboldus has been in the boiling water longer than most of us. A senior pastor in Woodstock, Ontario, and a six-year veteran of the Council of Delegates, he came to Synod 2026 tired and half-hoping someone else would carry the load. He left overjoyed. In Part 1 of our conversation, Ralph gives American listeners something they rarely hear clearly: the Canadian side of the last decade, from the fight over financial autonomy to the push for a separate, more progressive denomination that finally fell flat. This is the encouraging episode. Where 2022 and 2023 felt like trench warfare, Ralph describes a Synod marked by mutual love and respect, disagreement handled with grace. He walks us through his advisory committee's work on Resonate's ten-year church-planting plan and what struck him most: this wasn't pitched as a gimmick to arrest decline, but as the plain mission of the church, regardless of the numbers. Under it all runs the refrain we've carried for two years now: the CRC is moving out of the fight stage of this Reformation and into the build stage. Ralph reaches back to the Reformation itself, and to Calvin's Geneva as a nursery for church planters, to make the point. By the end the denominational vision has come home to a single sentence: it's on us. Part 1 leaves us right on the edge of the practical question we take up next. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro 2:15 — Meet Ralph Wigboldus: Woodstock, Ontario, and a ministry built on team 3:06 — Why team ministry has been a lifelong blessing 3:38 — Calvin Seminary and a through-and-through CRC identity 4:49 — "I have yet to meet a pastor good at both preaching and pastoring" 7:11 — Six years on the Council of Delegates: the Canadian story 10:31 — The overture to separate, and why it fell flat 11:14 — Disaffiliation, independence, and grieving the losses 17:27 — The peace that came on the other side 17:43 — Ralph's overall thoughts on Synod 2026 18:28 — "We've turned a corner" 22:27 — Serving as a committee reporter 24:36 — Committee 6: Missions and Congregations 24:56 — Resonate's ten-year church-planting plan 26:48 — Excitement on the floor: the mission of the church 29:04 — From the fight stage to the build stage 30:19 — The URC, the Reformation, and churches by another name 31:12 — Calvin's Geneva as a church-planting nursery 32:05 — "It's on us": bringing it home to the local church Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

“You're taking a 50-plus-year-old industry and flipping it on its head and saying, ‘We're going to redo this from the ground up.'” Aaron Schumm, founder, CEO and chairman of Vestwell, is shaking things up when it comes to modernizing workplace savings solutions. As inflation concerns rise and workforce demands shift, traditional benefits packages are no longer enough. In this episode, Aaron joins host Rodney Bolden to share how fintech innovation is allowing companies to build flexible, automated benefits frameworks that can help relieve employee financial stress, improve retention and scale seamlessly with organizational growth. At Vestwell, Aaron leads a fintech unicorn currently anchoring customizable benefits for over half a million businesses and two million individual savers. Having previously scaled the wealth management technology platform FolioDynamix, Aaron transitioned to the workplace benefits sector after recognizing systemic inefficiencies in how employee savings plans were administered. Visit Vestwell.com to learn more about workplace savings vehicles. Visit MorganStanley.com/atwork for more insights on workplace financial benefits. Invested at Work is brought to you by Morgan Stanley at Work, hosted by Rodney Bolden. Our executive producers are Fiona Kelsey and Lisa Boyce, and our associate producer is Ive Jones. Our production partner is Sequel Media Inc.This podcast episode is for informational/educational purposes only and is not investment, legal, or tax advice. Participants in this podcast are not compensated and are not affiliated with Morgan Stanley. The guest speaker (Aaron Schumm/Vestwell) is an external guest; the views expressed are solely his own and do not represent Morgan Stanley's views. 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Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 Text: Luke 10:25-37

Rev. Evan Heerema - Scripture: Psalm 8:1-2 Text: Psalm 8:1-2

Join Scott as he hacks on the CircuitPython powered gameboy cart. He'll also answer any questions folks have. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com Thanks to dcd for timecodes: 0:00 Getting started 1:57 hello and welcome to Deep Dive 2:40 Circuit Python (CP) from Adafruit makes it easy to program microcomputers 3:16 This week - working on GameBoy (GP) custom cart to use CP 5:08 GB cart features 7:27 Power up GB showing Nintendo 9:43 switch to Konsole and CP REPL - showing "Adafruit" 10:34 the "Adafruit" logo trick explained 11:47 continue Gameboy cart hacking 12:33 rp2350 gameboy cartridge firmware - croco cartridge V2 (github ) 13:43 emulate RAM without CPU (using PIO) https://github.com/shilga/rp2350-gameboy-cartridge-firmware 15:57 game boy memory access sequence ( https://iceboy.a-singer.de/doc/mem_patterns.html ) 18:30 CP _gbio PIO code ( https://github.com/tannewt/circuitpython/blob/pygb2350/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/_gbio/__init__.c ) 21:30 rp2040 and rp2350 PIO datasheets and PIO overview 26:30 CRC 'trick' to transform address from GB to RAM ( summation ) 37:53 check out mermain.live to visualize the generated block diagram using mermaid-cli 44:00 back to the PIO code 47:46 LLM discussion - DeepSeek 4 / DwarfStar 51:17 CP with latest PICO_SDK ? 55:10 USB vs. Serial Logging 56:20 PIO debug trace shows all the bits... 1:02:10 RP2 I/O input/output driving discussion 1:05:10 CP docs on circuitpython.org 1:06:30 gbdev.io and vsync 1:07:04 plan on next week with scott, and visit the discord ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

Howie and Harlan are joined by Shivan Mehta, associate chief innovation officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, to discuss how healthcare organizations can use behavioral science to remove barriers that keep patients from getting recommended care. Harlan warns that ill-defined rules governing scientific collaboration with China could chill medical research; Howie revisits the discovery of Legionnaires' disease 50 years ago as New York confronts a new outbreak. Show notes: Restrictions on Collaboration National Science Foundation "Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities" "Fact of the Week: China Has Surpassed the US in the Number of Drug Clinical Trials, With 1,100 More Trials Listed" Texas Executive Order GA-48 Governor Greg Abbott's executive order restricting travel to China and other countries. Shivan Mehta Shivan Mehta: "Texting in Health Care—Preserving Impact and Managing Influx" Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD "Randomized controlled trials – The what, when, how and why" CDC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer Cleveland Clinic: What is a Gastroenterologist? Cologuard Plus Colon Cancer Screening Test Mayo Clinic: Colonoscopy "What to know about the new blood-based test for colorectal cancer" Mayo Clinic: Fecal immunochemical test Mayo Clinic: Colon polyps Cleveland Clinic: Fecal Occult Blood Test "Non-invasive blood and stool CRC screening tests: Available modalities and their clinical application" "Race/Ethnicity and Adoption of a Population Health Management Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community-Based Healthcare System" Integrated Delivery System Corinne M. Rhodes, MD, MPH Legionnaires' Disease CDC: Legionnaires' Disease "New York Is Having a Legionnaires' Outbreak. Here's What to Know." "Mayor Mamdani Takes Aggressive Action to Address Upper East Side Legionnaires' Disease Community Cluster" Jeremy Faust: "How New York Is Winning Against Legionnaires' Disease" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

Subscribe to LMSU's Patreon for a chat on Diesel Fuel Tax Credits! This week our Bonus episode includes Alison, Frankie, Luke and Tennant breaking down what is going on with the various pushes to remove, reform - and preserve! - diesel fuel tax credits. Run, don't walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to check it out. — Your intrepid welcome back super friend of the pod and sometime co-host Alison Reeve as we boot Luke out for a chat on two things LMSU's unimpeachable governance has determined he can have no say in! First up, it's been two laps around the sun since our deep dive into the 2024 Integrated System Plan and so into the 2026 ISP we must dive! What's different from the last one? Well, in news that some of us energy wotchers will find comforting, this is a bit more boring than the last ISP because the central scenario is broadly pretty consistent with the last one! Data centre load hype replaces hydrogen load hype, batteries continue to eat into the role for gas but a bit more gas capacity is needed - how to finance this remains a key question! We also ponder the extent to which constraints on the ISP to reflect current government policies well into the future and reflect vastly different pictures across states is at all realistic.  Our main course This Menzel-free main course is serving Big G GOVERNANCE as we tuck into Power Dynamics: Energy Governance in Australia, authored by long time climate and energy policy knower Rob Murray-Leach for the Energy Efficiency Council and RACE for 2030 CRC. It follows previous work from the EEC, ACOSS, Australian Industry Group and Property Council of Australia and contains a cornucopia of common sense ideas. Central to the reform philosophy proposed is a better balance of centralised and decentralised elements, and coordinating institutions and resources to focus on the tasks they're best suited to. Simples, right?   One more things Alison's One More Thing is: the NSW Government's current parliamentary inquiry into an EV road user charge and the potential for more constitutional challenges! Governments really need to decide who's doing what here (lookin at you Commonwealth). Tennant's One More Thing is: Blithering ballpark numbers for space-based sunshades (solar powersat and sailcraft versions!) to mask global warming, buying time for emissions reductions without spraying sulphur or diamond dust in the stratosphere.TL;DR is there are easier ways to solve climate change change guys. Frankie's One More Thing is: a HUMUNGOUS shoutout to all the folks who have been working on and advocating for a national home energy rating system for the last two decades - it is finally here! Go check it out at https://www.homeenergyrating.gov.au/. Now let's giddyup on mandatory disclosure please! Luke's One More Thing is: Pauline Hanson's National Press Club address. Compulsory viewing for climate and energy wonks concerned with understanding the seismic shifts in Australian politics and how this impacts efforts to combat climate change. And that's it for now, Summerupperers. There is now a one-stop-shop for all your LMSU needs: head to letmesumup.net to support us on Patreon, procure merch, find back episodes, and leave us a voicemail!

Today's guest is Michele A. Hamilton, RN, CCDS-O, CRC, ambulatory clinical documentation integrity specialist at a health system in New England. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a question for a future "listener questions" episode? Fill out this brief form!  CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode offers 0.5 ACDIS CEU which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first four days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEU, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/developing-auditing-process) Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization's spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form. The cut-off for today's episode CEU is Sunday, July 19, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEU for this week's episode. Today's sponsor: Today's show is brought to you by ACDIS Encore: Clinical & Coding Online, happening August 4–6, 2026. Click here to learn more! (https://bit.ly/43o1wlv) ACDIS update: Read all the information and submit your speaker application for the 2027 ACDIS conference, ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, or Physician Advisor Forum by August 3! (https://bit.ly/4cTyiiU) Take a look at the suggested session topics for ACDIS' 2027 in-person events! (https://bit.ly/3T8Iq0W) Submit your sample tools, tip sheets, etc. to the ACDIS Resource Library! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ACDIS-RL-submissions)

If you've ever felt like nobody around you understands what it's like to lose your old identity to a diagnosis, this episode names that experience using language borrowed from an unlikely place: sport psychology. The same identity disruption athletes face after a career-ending injury shows up almost exactly the same way after a chronic illness diagnosis.In this episode, you'll hear from Kelsey Ruffing, MA, MS, LCPC, who draws a direct line between an athlete being ignored by a coach and a chronically ill patient being dismissed by a doctor, and explains why both create the same kind of lasting trust injury.Connect with Destiny:  Instagram / Facebook / Website______________________________

Why do writ petitions so often fail? Judge Tom Fay covers the technical writ rules that attorneys often overlook. In part 2 of our conversation with former lead writs attorney at the Santa Ana Court of Appeal, Judge Fay covers the CRC 8.486 and local rule requirements for your writ petition, the available remedies for a writ petition—Palma notice, alternative writ, or OSC—and the underappreciated complexity of supersedeas.Key points:STAY REQUESTED must be on the cover—in bold, all caps: This single line triggers immediate routing to writ staff.Palma, alternative writ, OSC each signal something different: A suggestive Palma notice generally means the panel agrees with the petitioner; an OSC may mean the panel wants to write a published opinion and could lean toward the trial court.Alternative writs are not law of the case: Roullier v. Cannondale, 101 Cal.App.4th 1180—a trial court that complies with an alternative writ can still be reversed on appeal.Supersedeas is a motion for stay, not a true original proceeding: Veyna v. Orange County Nursery, Inc. (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 146.Appellate lawyers: what else is on your emergency writ checklist?

In the second half of our post-Synod conversation, Zack Flipse and Jason move from how Synod 2026 felt to what it means for the work ahead. There's encouragement, but there are also some concerns. The biggest thread here is a worry both share: the CRC has an exciting church planting vision, but plant churches poorly and you can do damage to the denomination. Reformation isn't just about doing more; it's about doing it in a way that fits our ecclesiology. That's why Zack keeps half-joking that we need a study committee on ecclesiology, and why he's unembarrassed to say it: "I want to be part of a denomination that's doing theology." From there the conversation ranges widely. They name the three streams of the CRC—confessionalist, pietist, transformationalist—and make the case that the church is stronger for holding all three. They look ahead to the Christian nationalism study report, arguing the Dutch Reformed tradition is uniquely equipped to speak here, with Kuyper and Bavinck in our own lineage—so long as we actually do the theology rather than just point back to it. And they return to Jason's hobby horse since day one: a denomination is healthy when local churches are engaged, not when they outsource their convictions to Grand Rapids. Zack shares the kids' Heidelberg Catechism project he makes with his daughters—question one, "What gives you comfort? That I belong to Jesus"—because instead of complaining that the resource didn't exist, he decided to build it. Then Jason gives him the final word, and Zack delivers the line that names the whole vision: "Figure out what you can do to plant a church so that more people worship Jesus tomorrow than worship Him today. Let's plant some churches." Timestamps: 0:00 — Recap: naming gifts and raising up leaders 2:15 — Satellite options and the uneasiness around multi-site churches 4:01 — The ecclesiology study committee that didn't pass 5:07 — "I want to be part of a denomination that's doing theology" 6:39 — Planting churches well: the danger of doing it poorly 7:55 — Discouragements: pressure to skip process 9:22 — "We found out in 2022": differences in how we read Scripture 10:35 — The three minds: confessionalist, pietist, transformationalist 12:04 — The Christian nationalism study report and our tradition 12:39 — Why the Dutch Reformed are uniquely equipped: Kuyper and Bavinck 21:30 — A healthy denomination means local churches engaged 23:03 — An overture on categories for church membership 23:38 — Unified worship vs. faithful contextualization 26:51 — Zack's kids' Heidelberg Catechism on YouTube 30:48 — The Little Heidelberg Catechism and resourcing parents 31:44 — Final word: let's plant some churches Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: John 1:1-14 Text: John 1:1-14

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:9-22 Text: 2 Timothy 4:9-22

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This series is dedicated to exploring little-known—and occasionally useful—trinkets lurking in the dusty corners of UNIX-like operating systems. In UNIX Curio #8 ( HPR episode 4657 ), I talked about using standard utilities to compare files. Left unmentioned, however, was a method commonly used today—the hash function. As I've stated in previous entries, while I am an engineer, I don't have a background in computer science, so my understanding of the mathematics is limited. But I can give a practical description of what a hash function does. It takes an input, performs a set of calculations on it, and produces an output. As hash functions are practically used, the input is a set of bytes, such as a file or another piece of data like a password. The output is a numerical value in a fixed range—most often, expressed as hexadecimal characters. Because this "hash value" can always be represented in a certain number of bytes, its length as printed is usually a constant number of characters, padded with leading zeros if necessary. This episode will not cover the use of hashes in programming, focusing instead on using them to validate data. A hash function, or more specifically, a cryptographic hash function, has an additional property. It should be very difficult to predict what changes to the input would be required to produce a specific change in the output. An older, related concept is called a "checksum". While these are designed to vary when the input data is damaged or digits are transposed, they do not necessarily have that last property mentioned for cryptographic hashes. You have probably already encountered a checksum, even if you didn't recognize it. On a 16-digit number assigned to a Mastercard or Visa 1 credit or debit card, the first six digits identify the card issuer (such as a bank), the next nine digits are assigned to you by the issuer, and the last digit is a check digit. The check digit is calculated using the values of the previous 15 digits, and it is a simple way to avoid typos in entering a card number. In another example, every Ethernet frame that your devices send or receive includes a checksum 2 to help ensure that the contents weren't scrambled in transit. This is 32 bits long and is called a cyclical redundancy check, commonly referred to as a CRC. A CRC is also used in many other places—for example, the .zip file format includes one for each archive member, and this allows a program extracting files from the archive to identify if any were damaged. Our UNIX Curio for today is another example, the cksum utility 3 . It generates a 32-bit CRC based on the Ethernet algorithm. It operates on either a named file or standard input and outputs the CRC value, the length of the input, and the pathname if a file was given as an argument. Unlike most modern hashing programs, the checksum is printed as a decimal integer and is not padded, so it can be anywhere from one to ten digits long. The length value is the number of bytes in the input (actually specified as the number of octets , as systems could potentially use a byte that isn't eight bits long), also expressed as a decimal integer. There are two major ways that one could use cksum to check the validity of a file. First, if you are transferring a file from one UNIX-like system to another, you could run cksum against it on both systems and check that the CRC and length are the same. The utility can also be given multiple filenames as arguments, which would generate a list that can then be compared. The second way would be for someone publishing a file or set of files to also publish the CRC values, lengths, and names so that people downloading them could verify that they match. However, I don't think the practice of publishing lists like this really started until more recent hash functions like MD5 and SHA-1 came about so it is unlikely that anyone would publish CRC values instead. The advantage of these tools should be pretty obvious in comparison to cmp , one of the utilities discussed in UNIX Curio #8. To verify a file using cmp , you need two files to compare—if you're trying to check a large file you downloaded, you would need to spend the time and bandwidth to download a second copy. And if they didn't match, you would have no idea which of the two, if either, was correct. By contrast, cksum is quicker to run, doesn't require downloading a massive amount of excess data, and if run against the original file, makes clear what the correct value is. This utility is a follow-on from a program called sum , which operated very much the same. I had a bit of trouble tracking down the exact development history, but what seems clear is that two different variants 4 were popular: a BSD version and a System V version. Both output 16-bit checksums, but used different algorithms so they didn't give the same results. Also, the BSD version printed the length of the input data as the number of 1,024-byte blocks, while the System V version instead gave a count of 512-byte blocks. (Some sources claim that System V sum generates a 32-bit checksum 5 , which could possibly be true internal to the algorithm, but I have tested several independent implementations of the utility and all of them output a 16-bit value for both the System V and BSD algorithms.) From what I can tell, the BSD version 6,7 came first; it was in 3BSD but probably appeared even earlier. An identical copy of BSD's sum was included with UNIX/32V 8,9 , which was AT&T's 1979 port of Seventh Edition UNIX to the VAX and became one of the ancestors of System III. The divergence seems to have started with System III, released in 1980; its version of the sum utility 10,11 changed to a new default algorithm, though it could be made to use the BSD algorithm via the -r option. System V looks to have kept the same behavior as System III. It's not clear to me why this algorithm is universally called the "System V algorithm" rather than the "System III algorithm"; perhaps it is because System V saw much more widespread use. Instead of trying to reconcile these differences, the POSIX committee decided to create a new utility with a unique name, use a separate algorithm entirely, and avoid the block-length dispute by printing the length in octets instead of blocks. I should point out that POSIX states that the CRC algorithm for cksum does not strictly meet the mathematical definition of a "checksum". I don't know enough to say exactly why it doesn't qualify or to say whether either of the sum algorithms do. However, in less-formal usage the term "checksum" has gathered the meaning of any value used to represent or validate a set of data, so I am fine with using it no matter the technical details of the algorithm. When two different inputs produce the same checksum or hash value, this is called a "collision". Because the output value has a limited range, there are an infinite number of possible inputs that could produce a collision. From a practical standpoint the possibilities are more limited—the majority of these inputs are larger than the number of atoms in the universe, which can't fit on any machine. Unlike a cryptographic hash algorithm, the CRC is not specifically designed to resist an attacker crafting a malicious input that would cause a collision. However, it should be sufficient to detect accidental damage. Programs implementing more modern cryptographic hash algorithms are superior to the checksum utilities in avoiding collisions (whether malicious or accidental), but there are still three advantages that the older programs have. First, a system running a historical operating system might not have the hash programs available, but is more likely to have cksum or sum already included. Second, the checksum values are much shorter than the hashes output by the newer programs, making them easier for a user to compare by looking at them. This advantage is not as great as it might appear at first, because a common way to check a hash these days is to save a list of hashes and filenames—the hash programs can use that and do the comparison themselves, sparing the user from having to validate it character by character. The third advantage is that cksum prints the input length in bytes. This greatly limits the number of inputs that could be maliciously crafted to create a collision. I did a moderate amount of research on implementations of modern cryptographic hash algorithms and found that some, such as MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-2, do use the length of the input (often termed "message length" in the literature) as part of the material fed in to the algorithm, but none of the hashing utilities present this length to the user as part of its output. There are two possible reasons for this that seem evident to me. First, if one is hashing a password, you would certainly not want to give a clear indication of its length—that would give any attacker a massive head start on guessing the password. However, that doesn't explain why one would avoid printing the input length for a file that is made publicly available. Second, it is convenient in many contexts, such as database entries or in software (such as git ), for the hash to be a fixed length. Including an extra value that can be of variable length would complicate those use cases. However, the length value could simply be dropped and they would be no worse off than they are currently. Historically on UNIX, password hashing was treated differently from checksumming files— the crypt() function 12 was used for passwords while sum and later cksum were used to confirm a file's integrity. So even rather early on, these two use cases employed algorithms with different properties, but I haven't dived into the history deeply enough to know how intentional this was. My discussion in this episode focuses on the file use case, so understand that I'm largely avoiding the topic of password hashing. Digital signatures are yet another use case, one that I'm ignoring entirely. Every few years, some security researcher declares a particular hash algorithm to be "broken" and that everyone should move over to a new one, which generally has a longer hash. While the larger hash space certainly reduces the opportunity for collisions, this disrupts workflows, such as publishing information about software releases by e-mail, which still tends to observe a 78-character limit on each line 13 , making it harder to include a list of hashes with filenames next to them. This is in addition to the work of modifying software and scripts to use the new algorithm and managing how to treat past data. It seems to me that publishing the input length along with the hash would make it far more difficult to craft a malicious input that matches both, but I haven't found discussion of that during my investigation. (See the Appendix for a possible implementation.) Perhaps someone listening can record a response episode for HPR explaining that. References: Payment card number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number Ethernet frame: Frame check sequence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_frame#Frame_check_sequence Cksum specification https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cksum.html GNU coreutils manual: sum https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sum-invocation.html FreeBSD 15.0 sum manual page https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sum&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+15.0-RELEASE+and+Ports 3BSD sum manual page https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/man/man1/sum.1 3BSD sum source https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/src/cmd/sum.c UNIX/32V sum manual page https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=32V/usr/man/man1/sum.1 UNIX/32V sum source https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=32V/usr/src/cmd/sum.c System III sum manual page https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=SysIII/usr/src/man/man1/sum.1 System III sum source https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=SysIII/usr/src/cmd/sum.c Crypt specification https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/crypt.html RFC 2822: Internet Message Format: Line Length Limits https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2822#section-2.1.1 OpenSSH 10.1 released https://lwn.net/ml/all/dd12623ae86aa5eb@cvs.openbsd.org/ Appendix The MD5 hash algorithm was (and still is) widely used, but many people characterize it as being "broken" and discourage its use. Let us imagine a variant of this, called MD5.L, where the normal MD5 hash is followed by a "." character and the input length expressed as a hexadecimal number. Take, for example, the e-mail message announcing the release of OpenSSH 10.1 14 . At the bottom, it includes an SHA-1 hash and an SHA-2 256-bit hash for the available gzipped tar files. That longer hash is encoded with Base64 because if it were given as a hexadecimal number, it would make the line longer than 78 bytes. The MD5.L hash of the file would be one character shorter than the SHA-1 hash, as shown below. (The extra length of the name makes them both consume the same number of characters. The hashes shown are for the "portable" version of OpenSSH.) Some people claim SHA-1 is also broken, seeking to have people use newer and longer hash functions. For an attacker to compromise MD5.L in this example, they would not only have to create a valid tar file compressed with gzip containing a malicious payload having the right MD5 hash, that file would have to be exactly 1,972,831 bytes long (the decimal equivalent of 1e1a5f). While there are still many possible inputs that could be tried (256 1972831 , to be exact*), this is far fewer than the infinite possibilities for plain MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-2. If for some reason it is super important to have a fixed hash length, let's imagine another variation called MD5+L. In this one, instead of L being the input length, it is the input length modulo one terabyte (2 40 bytes), which can be represented by 10 hexadecimal characters, left-padded with zeros. While this approach substantially increases the number of possible inputs an attacker could try, it is likely that an intended victim would notice that the file they downloaded is larger (or smaller) than expected by that much. The MD5+L hash is longer than a SHA-1 hash, but still shorter than a 256-bit SHA-2 hash. SHA1 (openssh-10.1p1.tar.gz) = 7fd17b99d1beffb47cd380d64079e920bb0bd91f SHA256 (openssh-10.1p1.tar.gz) = ufx6K4JXlGem8vQ+SoHI4d/aYU3bT5slWq/XAgu/B1g= MD5.L (openssh-10.1p1.tar.gz) = 80dd9bb00a86519934710d05903fdf07.1e1a5f MD5+L (openssh-10.1p1.tar.gz) = 80dd9bb00a86519934710d05903fdf07+00001e1a5f Of course, if MD5 is considered to be too weak even with the inclusion of the length, one could produce a ".L" or "+L" version of any hash function. However, longer hashes will end up running into the 78-character limit. *This is a number with 4.75 million digits that the bc utility on my laptop took almost 5 minutes to calculate. Provide feedback on this episode.

Zack Flipse walked into Synod 2026 as a first-time delegate and came home energized. For anyone who remembers the synods of 2022 and 2023—the walkouts, the exhaustion, the open question of whether the CRCNA would survive—that's no small thing. In this first half of our post-Synod conversation, Zack and Jason compare notes across a few short but seismic years: from a denomination that felt like it might die to one that is, in Zack's words, finally "rowing in the same direction." This is the encouraging episode. Zack served on the Committee for Education and Candidacy, and he walks us through the reports, the new seminary professor, and the candidates—double last year's number—who got a standing ovation on the floor. The two of them dig into the slow, hard work of rebuilding trust in institutions, why low trust isn't a uniquely CRC problem, and the sober math behind the 150-churches-in-three-years vision: a pastor shortage that demands we get serious about raising up leaders. What carries the episode is Zack's testimony of belonging. After years of having to qualify what he meant by "Christian Reformed," he sat on the floor of Synod and realized he didn't have to anymore. "I belong in my own denomination. I love this." It's a window into what reformation actually feels like when it starts to take hold—not a victory lap, but a sigh of relief and a turn toward the work ahead. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro: post-Synod interviews with delegates, Zack returns 2:35 — How are you feeling after Synod? Coming home energized 3:14 — A first-time delegate's glowing testimony 3:54 — Prep, the 400-page agenda, and the website struggle 5:47 — Trust in institutions: owning the gossip, the broader culture 9:50 — The Committee for Education and Candidacy and the college reports 11:40 — A new seminary professor with a heart for boots-on-the-ground ministry 14:19 — Double the candidates, and 80% of churches giving ministry shares 16:19 — Standing ovations and the question of encouragement 17:26 — Moved to tears: "I belong in my own denomination" 22:57 — The 2023 contrast: when Jason wept fearing the CRC would die 24:38 — East or west, not left or right: arguing about how, not where 26:38 — The church planting vision and a 10-year plan 29:47 — Raising up leaders: commissioned pastors and the LDN 32:48 — The hard math: 350 new pastors and classes of a hundred 34:55 — Naming gifts and the on-ramps into ministry Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: John 8:31-38 Text: John 8:31-38

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Text: 2 Timothy 4:6-8

If you've ever been told to push through the pain, or worried that going slower means giving up on getting better, this episode will change how you think about movement and healing.You'll hear from Jeannie Di Bon, movement therapist and hypermobility/EDS specialist. She shares why starting with breath and nervous system regulation, not exercise, is often the missing first step that actually makes people stronger.& if you know me (Destiny), you know that I'm very careful with the word nervous system regulation. I think Jeannie uses it accurately and not dismissively here.Connect with Destiny:  Instagram / Facebook / Website______________________________

Pastor John Bothof - Scripture: Psalm 148 Text: Psalm 148

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Why is there so much more Beis Yosef meat available today? What does "glatt" really mean? And are all glatt and Beis Yosef standards the same? Rabbi Zvi Fishbane - Rosh HaShochtim of the cRc - takes us inside the world of shechita, tracing the evolution of kosher meat standards and explaining what consumers should know.View it in its entirety at: https://www.kashrusawareness.com/post/how-glatt-is-glattJoin the Let's Talk Kashrus WhatsApp Community for educational content and kashrus updates https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hk3SHVsBfELEgJet4ZNYDR

What If Everything You Think You Know About Relationships Is Just The Beginning? This episode of The Love Machine is a cheeky and thought-provoking adventure into the vibrant world of non monogamy. Speaker B sits down with relationship coach Speaker A to uncover what really happens when you ditch the rulebook and explore open relationships, ENM, throuples, and the global play party scene. Ever wondered how couples actually navigate jealousy, kink, and honest communication? Or why more people are curious about non monogamy than ever before? You'll hear stories about hilarious hotel mishaps, the real deal on jealousy, and how to curate an intimate life that's unique to you. Whether it's about opening up a current partnership, diving into new desires, or simply learning how to talk about what turns you on, this episode covers it all with fun, warmth and loads of “aha” moments. Tune in if you want smarter relationship advice, passionate debates about thriving partnerships, and tips on how non monogamy can become your playground - all brought to life on The Love Machine! Curious about your own relationship style? This is your invitation to listen and join in the conversation about non monogamy. About Ally Ally Iseman, CRC is an internationally Certified Relationship Coach and NCSF-registered Kink Aware Professional who specialises in modern relationship design, unlocking erotic jealousy, and consent and communication https://www.instagram.com/passport2pleasure https://www.passport2pleasure.com/quiz About James James Preece is the UK's top Dating Coach with over 21 years experience helping singles all over the world. He is the host of the Love Machine Podcast. Get his free book when you join his newsletter : https://www.jamespreece.com/dating-newsletter/ Website: https://www.jamespreece.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamespreececoaching/

Margaret continues talking with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children. Sources: https://africapublicity.com/of-ancestors-and-amendments-rethinking-child-discipline-across-african-realms/https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-worldhttps://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.right-to-education.org/sites/right-to-education.org/files/resource-attachments/CRC_1989.pdfhttps://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog?offset=1437445500607https://www.puyallupwa.gov/535/Domestic-Violence-Statisticshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7390231/https://issop.org/2018/11/19/e-bulletin-35-2-3-changing-the-law-on-corporal-punishment-in-scotland/https://news.utexas.edu/2021/06/29/evidence-against-physically-punishing-kids-is-clear-researchers-say/http://www.jillianvanturnhout.ie/jvt1111/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26938757?seq=6https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdfhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/383296874_Corporal_Punishment_From_Ancient_History_to_Global_Progresshttps://medium.com/@rabittashahbaz/heres-how-ancient-indian-parenting-values-and-approaches-changed-over-time-4d861b489388https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/180595/20090210ATT48998EN.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Irelandhttps://brilliantmaps.com/corporal-punishment/https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29261462https://agefinder.org/world-age-culture/marriage-age-under-18-countries/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ratification_of_the_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Childhttps://www.africanexponent.com/how-colonialism-deceived-africans-to-believe-hitting-children-is-african-tradition-it-is-not/https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/sites/default/files/media/2022-02/corporal-punishment-current-rates-from-a-national-survey.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/articles/corporal-punishment-schools-and-race-an-update/ https://www.morgan.edu/Documents/ACADEMIA/SCHOOLS/SSW/MSW%20publications/s12111-024-09646-9%20%281%29.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160127213730/http://www.phoenixchildrens.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/principles_and_practices-of_effective_discipline.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/India.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/irelands-journey-why-didnt-we-do-this-years-ago/ https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_13 https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdf https://habevio.com/corporal-punishment-in-ancient-greece/ https://psycnet.apa.org/manuscript/2025-10635-001.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110314161338/http://www.zona-pellucida.com/wilson02.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guest is Jessica Vaughn, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC, CDI education specialist for ACDIS and HCPro. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a question for a future "listener questions" episode? Fill out this brief form!  CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode offers 0.5 ACDIS CEU which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first four days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEU, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/outpatient-cdi-retrospective-reviews) Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization's spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form. The cut-off for today's episode CEU is Sunday, June 21, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEU for this week's episode. ACDIS update: Respond to the 2026 CDI Week Industry Survey by July 6! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2026-CDI-Week-Industry-Survey)

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children. Sources: https://africapublicity.com/of-ancestors-and-amendments-rethinking-child-discipline-across-african-realms/https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-worldhttps://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.right-to-education.org/sites/right-to-education.org/files/resource-attachments/CRC_1989.pdfhttps://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog?offset=1437445500607https://www.puyallupwa.gov/535/Domestic-Violence-Statisticshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7390231/https://issop.org/2018/11/19/e-bulletin-35-2-3-changing-the-law-on-corporal-punishment-in-scotland/https://news.utexas.edu/2021/06/29/evidence-against-physically-punishing-kids-is-clear-researchers-say/http://www.jillianvanturnhout.ie/jvt1111/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26938757?seq=6https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdfhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/383296874_Corporal_Punishment_From_Ancient_History_to_Global_Progresshttps://medium.com/@rabittashahbaz/heres-how-ancient-indian-parenting-values-and-approaches-changed-over-time-4d861b489388https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/180595/20090210ATT48998EN.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Irelandhttps://brilliantmaps.com/corporal-punishment/https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29261462https://agefinder.org/world-age-culture/marriage-age-under-18-countries/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ratification_of_the_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Childhttps://www.africanexponent.com/how-colonialism-deceived-africans-to-believe-hitting-children-is-african-tradition-it-is-not/https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/sites/default/files/media/2022-02/corporal-punishment-current-rates-from-a-national-survey.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/articles/corporal-punishment-schools-and-race-an-update/ https://www.morgan.edu/Documents/ACADEMIA/SCHOOLS/SSW/MSW%20publications/s12111-024-09646-9%20%281%29.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160127213730/http://www.phoenixchildrens.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/principles_and_practices-of_effective_discipline.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/India.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/irelands-journey-why-didnt-we-do-this-years-ago/ https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_13 https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdf https://habevio.com/corporal-punishment-in-ancient-greece/ https://psycnet.apa.org/manuscript/2025-10635-001.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110314161338/http://www.zona-pellucida.com/wilson02.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Ganski and Derek Buikema join Jason to talk about the overture out of Classis Wisconsin to Synod 2026 calling for a study committee on the nature of the church. It is not a flashy overture. It is not addressing a fight. But Chris and Derek argue it might be the most important overture on the floor — because every other ecclesiastical conversation in the denomination right now is happening at one or two levels of abstraction away from a question we have quietly stopped asking out loud: what is a church? They trace the overture back through ten years of the company-of-pastors conversations, name the drift of American pragmatism through CRC life, and make the case that a generation has grown up assuming everyone knew what a church was — and now nobody is sure. The conversation does not stay in diagnosis. Chris keeps the bar for the study committee low and the vision serious: force a theological conversation. Recover Calvin's deep ecclesiology — election, the church as creature of the Word, the sacraments, the ministry of the Word. Derek's contribution is to remind the denomination what study committees actually do. They frame conversations. Children at the Lord's Table did. Human Sexuality did. A serious, theological study committee on the church will do the same — without requiring a controversy to do it. The pivot of the episode is Derek's image: a faithful pastor knows when to fight and when to garden. The CRC has been fighting for a decade. It is past time to also garden. Then Chris turns to Calvin as a model. Calvin was a refugee. He fled France at twenty-five, landed in Geneva, and was forever an outsider. That experience shaped his ecclesiology. He invented the consistory. He gave the modern diaconate its shape. He sent church planters into France for forty years. Reformed mission did not come out of pragmatism. It came out of a refugee's deep theology of what the church is. Chris closes with a pastoral word for tired pastors and anxious elders: the church is founded in God's election. Whether the church survives is not finally on us. Believe that. Lead from that. That is what reformation looks like. Timestamps: 0:00 — Introduction 3:19 — Origin of the overture: ten years of the company of pastors 5:01 — Why a study committee, not another task force 6:27 — Synod 2025 itself asked for this work 6:55 — How we got here: the drift toward American pragmatism 9:22 — Calvin, Bavinck, Kuyper — the resources we have forgotten 9:57 — John Cooper: pragmatic arguments used to lose at Synod 11:17 — Nine Marks in New England and the hunger for ecclesiology 14:22 — A low bar: just force a theological conversation 16:28 — Virtual communion, virtual baptism, and forgetting the sacraments 18:44 — The faithful doing flows from the faithful being 22:14 — Church vs ministry: when church planting becomes community development 26:36 — The catechism caricature: living theology, not rote memorization 29:52 — Tradition vs traditionalism (Pelikan) 31:05 — Ezekiel by the Chebar: church without land, king, or temple 33:26 — Sexuality crisis revealed the deeper unrootedness 35:43 — How a study committee actually shapes a denomination 41:48 — From fighting phase to building phase 42:21 — Knowing when to fight and when to garden 44:13 — Struggling churches default to pragmatism 45:00 — Calvin the refugee: an exilic ecclesiology that planted churches 47:43 — Final word: the church is founded in God's election Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Submissions can feel like a scavenger hunt: PDFs in one place, schedules in another, critical details buried in an email thread, and a clock ticking while you try to meet client expectations. We wanted to dig into what actually helps, not another tool that creates more work. So we sat down with Leah Herman, product manager for CRC's Ready Intel, to talk about how AI-driven insights and automation are reshaping the insurance submission and placement process for retail agents and CRC brokers.We break down what REDY Intel is at a practical level: an intelligence layer embedded across the CRC REDY platform that powers automated clearance, submission data extraction, Risk Insights, and Market Insights. We also get specific about what “data extraction” really means, including pulling underwriting fields like payroll, gross sales, vehicle schedules, and construction details, helping reduce missed information and the endless back-and-forth that slows quotes and binding.Then we go beyond speed. Risk Insights turns extracted fields plus context from the submission email into a summarized risk snapshot, giving brokers a head start on understanding exposures and identifying what is missing. Market Insights adds another layer by analyzing placement trends and carrier appetite to recommend better carrier matches, helping you market smarter and set clearer timelines with clients. Throughout, we come back to the same principle: technology should enhance relationships and specialty knowledge, not replace them.If you want faster clearance, stronger submission quality, and more data-driven placement decisions, listen now.  Visit REDYIndex.com for critical pricing analysis and a snapshot of the marketplace.Do you want to take your career to the next level? Join #TeamCRC to get access to best-in-class tools, data, exclusive programs, and more! Send your resume to resumes@crcgroup.com today!

Alisha Holloway is the Chief Scientific Officer at Phylos where she leads the R&D group that focuses on foundational genomic research, development of high-throughput genetic and chemical testing capabilities, discovery of genetic markers, and the development of new cannabis varieties via classical and marker-assisted breeding. At CannMed 26, she will present “Enhancing Cannabis Quality via Marker-Assisted Selection for Improved Solventless Extraction Yield” During our conversation, we discuss: What solventless extraction is and why it’s gaining popularity The traits that make a cannabis plant a “good washer” How Alisha's team designed and conducted a washability study across hundreds of plant samples How they identified genetic markers for good washers that hold up across diverse genetic backgrounds How marker-assisted selection accelerates the breeding process Thanks to This Episode’s Sponsor: The Cannabis Research Center & Coalition The Cannabis Research Center & Coalition (CRC), founded by Dr. Allison Justice, is a professional group dedicated to advancing cannabis cultivation and post harvest processing. CRC partners with Universities and The Hemp Mine LLC, an industry leader in cannabis genetics and production, to tackle the cultivation and post harvest challenges facing today's cannabis industry. Their cooperative research model, inspired by successful horticulture and greenhouse research collaborations, allows members to benefit from pooled resources, gaining access to cutting-edge, science-based research at a fraction of the cost. Learn more at cannabisrc.org Additional Resources Phylos.bio, Instagram, Linkedin [Blog] What Makes a Cannabis Variety “Wash Well”? The Science Behind High-Yield Hash Plants https://www.instagram.com/shwale/ Register for CannMed 26 Meet the CannMed 26 Speakers Review the Podcast CannMed Archive

Jason and Dan DeGraff kick off the Messy Reformation's annual Synod coverage with a breakdown of the convening session of Synod 2026. The convening session is mostly a warm-up — an hour of tech troubleshooting and a chance for delegates to find their footing before the real work begins. But it ends with the one piece of business that, year after year, tells you more about where Synod is headed than almost anything else: the election of officers. Chad Steenwyk is president. Derek Buikema is vice president. Jose Reyes is first clerk. Dave Tenclay is second clerk. Jason's point is not the names themselves but what it means that none of these names is a surprise. Four years ago, the idea that a leader of the Abide Project could be elected president of Synod would have been unthinkable — anyone associated with Abide carried what Jason calls the black mark of the plague. Now it just makes sense. That, he argues, is the single most important thing this episode is about: the fog of reformation makes it easy to forget how far the CRC has actually moved. Dan brings the numbers and the texture. Over 100 new delegates this year — close to 58 percent of the floor — which is roughly the pattern of the last several synods. He and Jason talk about why the convening session matters even when it looks like nothing happens, why around 25 absent delegates is worth a gentle rebuke, and what it means that the delegates got behind strong confessional leaders right out of the gate. They engage Paul VanderKlay's recent video predicting that the pendulum has swung about as far as it will, and Jason pushes back: he thinks Synod is increasingly willing to take the reins on things like the Calvin Seminary presidency precisely because trust in the institution has been lost. The conversation closes on demographics that complicate any simple read — the confessional fire Jason has seen among Korean, Hispanic, and Venezuelan delegates, the talk of a new Classis Lone Star out of Hispanic church plants in Texas, and the continued decline in women delegates. The hosts commit to a few coverage episodes during Synod rather than daily updates, and Jason ends where the podcast always ends: this is Christ's church, he bought it with his blood, so keep watch on your life and doctrine and keep fighting the good fight in this messy reformation. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro and welcome 2:00 — Why we always cover the convening session 3:30 — The tech struggles of an online convening session 5:00 — Why the officer elections signal where Synod is headed 5:30 — Chad Steenwyk elected president 7:00 — Chad and the fallout of 2023 9:00 — The shift: an Abide leader as president would have been unthinkable 11:00 — The fog of reformation: forgetting how far we've come 13:00 — Three officers have been on this podcast 15:00 — The new leaders versus the old institutional names 16:30 — Derek Buikema elected vice president 19:00 — Jose Reyes elected first clerk 21:00 — Dave Tenclay elected second clerk 24:00 — Over 100 new delegates: what it means 28:00 — Preparing first-time delegates 31:00 — Around 25 absent delegates and why the convening session matters 34:00 — Paul VanderKlay's video and the confessional trajectory 37:00 — Synod taking the reins and the Calvin Seminary overture 40:00 — Ethnic minorities and the confessional fire 43:00 — Classis Lone Star and a more confessional CRC 45:00 — Women delegates and the officer board 47:00 — Coverage plans and closing Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Dr. Monty Pal shares highlights from Day 3 of the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, including new research for the treatment of advanced CRC and mCRPC, TIL cell therapy in advanced non-uveal melanoma, and an ultra-low dose immunotherapy trial in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT

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Stijn Schmitz welcomes Luke Gromen to the show. Luke Gromen is President and Founder of Forest For The Trees. Luke explores unprecedented global economic and geopolitical shifts, focusing on massive commodity supply disruptions and transforming monetary systems. He highlights several critical trends: the largest commodity supply flow disruption in history, unprecedented levels of globalization, sovereign debt, and market valuations. He argues that current global tensions, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, could trigger significant economic challenges. The potential closure of strategic maritime routes could lead to dramatic supply chain breakdowns, potentially causing localized famines and massive economic disruptions. Gromen suggests that while the US dollar will remain widely used, it will no longer be the primary wealth storage mechanism. China is strategically positioning itself by establishing yuan-gold settlement systems and offshore clearing banks, effectively creating a multi-currency framework with gold as the pivotal settlement asset. Geographically, Gromen sees varied outcomes for different regions. He believes the United States has geographical advantages but warns against urban living during this transition. Europe appears most vulnerable, while Asian countries like China, Japan, and South Korea are potentially well-positioned to benefit from these shifts, particularly given their engineering capabilities and demographic dynamics. Regarding commodities, Gromen anticipates a generational trend favoring strategic metals like copper, silver, nickel, rare earths, and uranium. He predicts that future commodity trades will increasingly require value-for-value exchanges, moving away from paper-based transactions. The underlying theme is a fundamental restructuring of global economic systems, driven by supply chain fragilities, geopolitical tensions, and the need for more resilient, productivity-focused economic models. Gromen suggests this transition will likely involve significant inflation and economic recalibration, with gold playing a central role in the emerging monetary landscape. Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:44 – Unprecedented Energy Disruption 00:02:48 – Globalization and Debt Levels 00:05:00 – Equity Valuations Warning 00:07:20 – Market Pricing Liquidity 00:09:01 – Supply Chain Breakdowns 00:10:28 – Disruption Lag Effects 00:12:15 – Oil Policy Miscalculations 00:15:27 – Geopolitical Trade-offs 00:21:50 – Hubris vs Strategy 00:28:33 – China’s Strategic Benefits 00:33:56 – Monetary Order Shift 00:39:52 – Gold’s Reserve Role 00:45:06 – Future Debasement & Gold 00:49:46 – Regional Economic Outlooks 00:56:10 – Commodity Generational Trends 01:00:12 – New section Guest Links: X: https://x.com/lukegromen Website: https://fftt-llc.com/ Luke Gromen began his career in the mid-1990s in Research at Midwest Research before moving over to institutional equity sales and becoming a partner. While in sales, Luke was a founding editor of Midwest’s widely-read weekly summary (“Heard in the Midwest”) for the firm’s clients. He aggregated and combined proprietary research from Midwest with inputs from other sources. In 2006, Luke left FTN Midwest to become a founding partner of Cleveland Research Company. At CRC, Luke continued to work in sales and edit CRC’s flagship weekly research summary piece (“Straight from the Source”) for the firm’s customers. In 2014, Luke left Cleveland Research to found FFTT, LLC (“Forest for the Trees”), a macro/thematic research firm catering to institutions and individuals that aggregates a wide variety of macroeconomic, thematic, and sector trends in an unconventional manner to identify investable developing economic bottlenecks. Luke also provides strategic consulting services for corporate executives. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and received his MBA from Case Western Reserve University and earned the CFA designation in 2003.

View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this episode, Peter takes a deep dive into colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, explaining why it is one of the most preventable cancers and why getting screening right can have life-saving implications. He walks through how colorectal cancer develops and why it is uniquely well-suited to early detection and prevention, with a particular emphasis on the dual role of colonoscopy as both a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Peter also examines the concerning rise in early-onset CRC among younger adults, highlighting why awareness and timely screening matter more than ever. The episode provides a practical guide to preparing for and evaluating the quality of a colonoscopy, including how to think about appropriate screening intervals and the real risks and tradeoffs involved. Finally, Peter explores the expanding landscape of non-invasive screening options, offering clear insight into what these alternatives can and cannot do so listeners can make informed decisions about their care at any age. We discuss: CRC statistics and goals for this episode [1:00]; Colorectal cancer development: polyp progression, risk types, and the window for prevention [4:00]; Why colorectal cancer is uniquely screenable: direct visualization and the dual role of colonoscopy [6:30]; Colonoscopy effectiveness: prevention through polyp removal and interpreting the NordICC trial data [8:15]; Rising colorectal cancer in younger adults: trends, possible causes, and the case for earlier screening [12:15]; Colonoscopy preparation: why bowel prep matters and how newer options improve the experience [16:45]; Colonoscopy quality, polyp miss rates, and personalized screening intervals [20:00]; Colonoscopy risks versus colorectal cancer risk: understanding the true risk-benefit tradeoff [29:30]; Non-invasive screening options for CRC: benefits, limitations, and their role alongside colonoscopy [37:00]; Colorectal cancer prevention principles: why screening matters and the role of colonoscopy [39:30]; and More. Connect With Peter on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube