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Big Pharma Knowingly Gave HIV To Thousands Of Children
With the FDA's approval they got permission to sell this tainted medicine worldwide to countries such as; Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The documents showed how Cutter Biological, a division of Bayer, shipped more than 100,000 vials of unheated concentrate, worth more than $4 million, after it began selling the safer product.
No one in the government nor Bayer have been charged with anything in regards to this matter. Bayer continues to sell its Factor 8 medication to this day.
Bayer Admits It Paid "Millions" in HIV Infection Cases -- Just Not in English
Ironically, Bayer's new haemophilia iPhone app got some coverage, as did Bayer's haemophilia research grant to the University of Florida. But you have to pick through the French and Italian news media to find out that Bayer is finally writing checks to people who got AIDS because, in the 1980s, the Cutter Biological unit of Bayer ignored federal law to recruit prisoners, intravenous drug users, and high-risk gay men as donors of the blood Cutter then used to make Factor VIII and IX, the clotting product that haemophiliacs need in order to not bleed to death.Agence France Press reported (via a Google translation):
The German group Bayer and three other labs will pay tens of millions of euros to hemophiliacs who accused them of having sold in the 1980s blood products contaminated with HIV, a source close to the deal told AFP.
The figure of tens of millions of euros in compensation "is not totally wrong," she added. Bayer and the U.S. company Baxter are the two main parties to the agreement, she said.A company spokesperson said:
However, "the company accepts no responsibility" in this case, and "continues to insist it has always acted responsibly and ethically."The Italian media contained a similar report. A source who has followed the issue closely told BNET the actual payment was $50 million. That source added:
The reason why there have been no reports is that the hemophiliacs and their lawyers were not allowed to talk about the settlement.
I haven't seen ANY newspaper from the U.S. reporting on the issue (not even the haemophilia community published a statement) which I think is strange -- I mean, $50 million is not nothing. And this is the largest settlement on the HIV/hemophilia issue for more than 10 years (as far as I know), and two U.S. law firms negotiated it.In 1997 Bayer paid €300 million into a compensation fund for haemophiliacs with HIV. About 20,000 patients contracted HIV from the blood. You can read more detail on the new settlement here. Bayer's 2010 annual report is scheduled for Feb. 28. It will be interesting to see if Bayer puts any details on the settlement in that disclosure.


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The United States Coast Guard is searching for a man and an aluminium skiff that went missing near Betio in Kiribati two days ago.
The Pacific News Centre reports that the 24-year-old remained aboard the two-metre boat while two companions went diving about 180 metres from land.
When they surfaced the boat and its passenger were gone, but the divers were able to swim to shore.
A Hercules aircrew stationed in American Samoa has covered close to 5,000 square kilometres in a four-hour search.
The Coast Guard is also using two Self-Locating Datum Marker buoys, which refine the search area by tracking current and drift patterns.
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Former undertaker Carlos Massetti was at his lowest ebb, after a bitter marriage break-up, when he was given a new lease of life – the sort people down on their luck can only dream about!
Carlos' System 11 entry won Lotto's $1 million division one prize on Monday May 7, before he picked up another $1.457 million five days later, when Carlos tried his luck in Lotto again. If that wasn't incredible enough, he won another $48,000 in a Powerball draw 12 days later.
"I broke down in tears when I won the $1 million," he says, explaining how after he checked his numbers on a Lotto app, he had to wait 12 long and sleepless hours to speak to The Lott to "double-check the app wasn't playing up".
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"It wasn't just because I won Lotto. I'd been through hell the last couple of months after my marriage ended. I'd lost the matrimonial home, my pets... the break-up was completely my fault, but I was still left heartbroken."
If it wasn't for his friendly newsagent, Carlos may not have had the winning numbers the first time around. He wanted to change his quick pick numbers until the newsagent talked him out of it.
"He was happy enough to change it for me, but at the last minute he said, 'I think you should keep the ticket.' And I did," explains Carlos, who presented his guardian angel newsagent with a bottle of French champagne the following day.
Fast-forward five days and he struck the jackpot again, after his numbers managed to come up on a System 10 entry, which earned him $1.457 million.
"I was calmer this time," says Carlos, revealing he'd splashed out up to $4000 on both of his winning tickets.
"I sat down in the peace and quiet and I took it all in... I reflected on my marriage and my break-up and how this would allow me to move on with life."
When he rang The Lott to confirm his second win, a rep called Bronnie – who he was now on first-name terms with – couldn't believe he'd done it again.
"It's unheard of," she told Carlos. "I don't know of anyone winning twice in one week!"
The soft-spoken Bondi man initially refused to make his identity public. But he changed his mind last week after pledging $50,000 to Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital, so it could buy a vital piece of equipment. He hopes this will encourage other people to share their wealth.
"I'm not stupid or naive. I know I'm going to have a lot of people asking for money, and it's not about being a smart-arse or a show-off," he says. "But I would like to see some other Lotto winners do the right thing and maybe this will inspire them."


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One of the areas where churches are known for wasting time is in strategic planning. Churches often develop a "five-year plan", only to have it gather dust on a shelf and be supplanted within three years by a new five-year plan.
I believe that strategic planning is incredibly important. However, my approach to strategic planning was shaped by the two areas of my secular expertise: synthetic organic chemistry and software development.
What each of those two areas have in common is that you begin with a vision of the finished product and then work backwards, step-by-step, until you have the basic building blocks you need to create the finished product. In organic chemistry, this was called "retrosynthetic analysis." You start with a target molecule that you're trying to make. You draw it on a blackboard and ask: what would I need to make it? You analyze it and think: "If I had compound B and compound C, I could make A." But then you need to make B and C. So you analyze them and say: "if I had D & E, I could make B, and if I had F & G, I could make C." You then keep working backwards, sometimes for a couple of dozen steps or more, until you get to basic compounds whose synthesis is already known or (better yet) can be purchased from a supplier.
This is how I think strategically about my church. One advantage of this method is that it forces you to have a specific vision about where your church could be. And I encourage you to make this be a BIG vision. So big that you can't (at first) imagine how you'd get there - the point of the process is to create a pathway you hadn't imagined before.
In churches, there isn't a single vision for your church - the vision is an amalgam of visions for different program areas. You may have a vision for worship, a vision for children and youth, a vision for mission, etc. Together they form a vision for the church. Working backwards from a large vision is the best way to foresee the route to get there, the resources you'll need, and the intermediate phases you'll pass through.
Let's look at how this could work for church school. Let's say you're in a very small church but your vision for church school is a weekly average of 80 children.
The first question is: what would you need for a church school of 80 kids per week? The answer might be: 6 classrooms, 18 volunteer staff, and a 1/2-time Christian Education director. Does your church have 6 classrooms? Maybe you do, but 2 of them are rented out or being used for something else. Know that someday you'll need them back.
Then you ask: what would you need to get to 80? Now the point of this exercise is that you don't know. So the question really is: at what point would you be confident that you'll get to 80? The answer might be: "40 - if we get to 40, there'll be no way to stop us from getting to 80."
So then you run the same questions: what does 40 look like? The answer might be 4 classrooms and a volunteer Sunday School superintendent.
When would you know for sure you could get to 40? Maybe the answer is 20. What does 20 look like? Maybe it's 3 classes run by the Christian Education Committee. When would you know you could get to 20? Maybe it's when you have 6. What does 6 look like? One class with a dynamic teacher.
How do you get to 6? Start with one family. How do you get one family to stay? Perhaps by convincing them that you have a vision. And know that one family isn't just one family, it's the foundation for your future.
What do you gain by working this way? Now that you've worked backwards from where you want to be to where you are, you can look forward one step at a time. At the size of having only one family with kids, you have a vision to encourage them to stay and help build something significant. And you know you need to be looking for that one great teacher.
At 6 kids, you know you need to be thinking about laying the groundwork for a multi-class structure and looking for a person who might be a volunteer superintendent. And when you finally recruit that superintendent, you can do so with a limited mission: to grow the church school from 40 to 80. Knowing that it is a closed-end assignment can make it easier to find the right person - and easier to avoid the problem of having a position outgrow the person. Quite often I've found myself looking for a transitional person, not a permanent solution.
When you get to 40 kids you know you need to get those rented classrooms back. No long-term rental agreements on your space!
Now do these steps work infallibly? Of course not! There will be many mid-course corrections along the way. And notice that there are no timelines on this plan. Each phase happens as it happens. But it keeps you thinking big, it keeps you aware of the intermediate progress you're making, and it keeps you looking out for what you're going to need next.
This method helped me clarify the first steps I needed to take in jump-starting our Adult Education program, our Stewardship program, and our Mission work. Some of the steps have seemed small, but I know they're actually more significant than my people realize.
Too many pastors have the attitude that all they need to do is help the church take a step forward and then see where it takes them. My contention is that motion without vision is how you walk into walls. There is no such thing as leadership without vision.
And notice that this method doesn't work with vague, amorphous visions. If your vision for your church only goes as far as words like "warm and fuzzy", this won't help you get there (since "there" isn't defined). But this is a way to realize big, hairy, specific visions for your congregation. My vision (and I hold it very close to the vest) actually starts with my retirement. I'm 50. By Social Security standards, I expect to retire at 67. I have a vision for what I'll be leaving in the hands of my successor. I've had that vision since about a year after I started here six years ago. It took a year to get the vision. Will I be here until retirement? Maybe, maybe not. When the congregation cannot or will not advance toward that vision any more - that will be my signal to leave. So I can't guarantee that I'll get there, but I know what "there" looks like.
If you start with a vision - even a big vision - and plan backwards from your vision to where you are, you can see that what you thought was impossible is actually doable. And isn't that what faith is about?
For pastors and other church leaders who are interested in the art and science of "doing church." This is intended to be a collection of relevant info from the world of dynamic churches.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
A Brief Rant...
As Hurricane Irene approached, I checked the websites of four decent-sized Presbyterian churches in our area to see what decision they had reached regarding worship services on that Sunday. To my surprise, two of the churches had no mention of Irene through the entire weekend - despite learning through other means that they, like most every church in our area, had cancelled services for the safety of our congregants and at the request of local authorities who did not want non-essential cars on the road.
In this day and age, there is no excuse for a stagnant, out of date website. Almost everyone who visits our church looked us up online before visiting. Your site should look as if it gets an update of some kind every single week. Period. I don't know what you think is more important than updating your site, but it isn't. /rant off
In this day and age, there is no excuse for a stagnant, out of date website. Almost everyone who visits our church looked us up online before visiting. Your site should look as if it gets an update of some kind every single week. Period. I don't know what you think is more important than updating your site, but it isn't. /rant off
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has promoted a police woman, cpl. Dimejesie Nkechi, to the rank of Sergent for her outstanding performance at the just concluded Nigeria Police Games in PortHarcourt.
The I-G gave the reward on Monday in Abuja, when the police woman presented the five gold medals she won at the annual sporting fiesta.
Nkechi had won other medals in 2013,2016 and 2018, all during police tournaments.
Idris described sports as a "veritable tool for national cohesion", adding that his administration would support its development by promoting police athletes who excelled in national events.
He commended the athlete for making the police proud and assured that the police would do all its best to boost athletes' morale.
Responding, Nkechi said the promotion had boosted her morale and pledged to redouble her efforts in winning more laurels in the upcoming All Africa Games.
Also, the I-G received another athlete, Chizoba Ejika, who won Miss Inter continental Africa in January in Egypt.
He said during a courtesy visit by Chizoka, that her victory was due to the police uniform she used in participating in the event.
She said 72 other countries participated in the event.
The I-G commended her for boosting the image of the police at the championship.


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In 2020, Liberty Food Mart turns 80 years old, still occupying the original building, a beloved Tondo landmark, on N. Zamora Street (formerly Sande) where locals make a pit stop to buy breads for their families or for their small businesses at the palengke or at their eateries. While the bestselling product remains the pan de sal, sold since the 1940s, Liberty is no longer a humble neighborhood panaderia, having embraced modern technology and introduced new bread products to its store. On its shelves today, you'll find crusty sourdough bread with the gorgeous concentric patterns of French-style country loaves, alongside old-fashioned pan de suelo from the heyday of the pugon-run Filipino panaderia.
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It was in 1954 when the baker Ah Nam acquired the bakery from its original owner, the Santos family, who had established it earlier in 1940. Prior to that, Ah Nam arrived from China at the age of 30 as a migrant worker (today's modern day OFW). He worked as a baker for his uncle in Blumentritt. He would bake and deliver the breads himself via horse and carriage. Eventually, Ah Nam put up his own bakery (then known simply as Liberty Bakery) while helping other relatives establish their own. Since then, Liberty Food Mart has gone big time, producing loaves from a separate commissary in Quezon City for distribution to supermarkets. But the headquarters remain in the original Tondo branch. Still sporting its original 1950's-era logo and a humble storefront, Liberty continues to reflect the ethos of its Tondo birthplace.
Liberty Food Mart owner Henry Ah, son of Ah Nam, developed his line of campagne breads, inspired by European breads leavened with a sourdough starter. While they're more prevalent in the ritzier bakeries of Makati and BGC, these artisan breads have become a welcome addition in Tondo, although tweaked with a softer crust to suit the local taste.
The bakery uses natural raisin sourdough starter to help make the dough rise. The beautiful circular patterns are imparted by placing the dough in traditional banneton proofing baskets, which hold their shape and transfer patterns onto the surface.
The sourdoughs have a soft crumb but become crusty when heated in an oven toaster. All you need is a smidgen of pure butter to enjoy the flavor of the campagne. The bakery takes the extra step of pre-slicing its pain de campagne so the bread can be enjoyed without the hassle, and can keeps it from getting deformed when improperly sliced. "Kaya 'yung artisan ko sliced na. Sa tingin pa lang magugustuhan mo nang kumain, how much more after you toast it," explains Ah on his idea of offering pre-sliced sourdough.
"Ganoon ako eh. It's not only the bread, the taste, the recipe," Ah elaborates. "It includes the packaging. Minsan bubukas mo 'yung plastic, sobrang higpit nasisira 'yung tinapay sa loob bago mo mailabas. That is also wrong. Kasama 'yon. This is part of the service."
Liberty's artisan line also includes a whole wheat campagne, ciabatta, and a trio of corn, cheese, and sourdough in one pack.
While Liberty keeps to the trends, it has never strayed far from its old school panaderia roots. The hefty pan de suelo is a throwback to the old times when breads were baked in a wood-fired oven (pugon). This type of pan de sal gets its name from the Spanish word suelo (floor) because it was traditionally baked directly on the oven floor sans any baking sheet (plancha). (This "floor," by the way, is in the interior of the oven and usually elevated, not the actual floor of the bakery.)
In lieu of a pugon, the bakery now uses a modern oven that mimics the conditions needed to make pan de suelo, including the high heat. The shaped dough is placed in a wooden tray before being transferred to the oven. Customers welcome the revival of the pan de suelo. "Iyon ang hinahanap," says Ah.
Aside from the classic panaderia staples, including Liberty's jumbo loaf, super soft, and Pinoy tasty, the bakery also sells flavored loaves like raisin bread, carrot bread, marble loaf, chocolate loaf, and ube-cheese loaf.
For Chinese-Filipino occasions, you will find mooncakes, tikoy, and radish cake. Some recent introductions are mini-Japanese cheesecakes in original and ube flavors, pork floss, and spring rolls (folded bread with pork floss filling), plus bakery staples like egg pie, meringue, ensaymada.
The presence of sourdoughs and classic Filipino breads in its modern roster is proof that heritage bakeries like Liberty Food Mart can survive the times while using technology to bring back the old.
Liberty Bakery, 1401 N. Zamora Street, Tondo, Manila, (02) 8254-6538
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The adults-only, all-inclusive Warwick Paradise Island – Bahamas is offering a Forever Summer promotion, valid for travel through 2019 with savings up to 40 percent off the resort's "Best Flexible Rate." A $30 per person Amber Spa credit is provided to guests booking a minimum of three nights. In addition, travel agents who book the Forever Summer offer receive a 15% commission on all reservations.
Nightly all-inclusive rates offered through the Forever Summer special start from $160 per person, based on double occupancy in an Island View room; from $175 per person, double occupancy in a Water View room; from $210 per person, double occupancy in Harbour Deluxe Balcony accommodations, and from $250 per person, double occupancy, in a Harbour Premium Balcony room. Nightly rates vary according to travel dates and room category and are subject to availability and blackout dates.
The $30 per person credit for the resort's Amber Spa is available on reservations that are a minimum of three nights and can be used towards the purchase of any of Amber Spa's full menu of massages, facials, skin care, nail and hair treatments. The credit cannot be refunded, bartered or sold, and has no cash value.
Guests of Warwick Paradise Island - Bahamas can enjoy the following all-inclusive features:
- All meals and snacks available at five on-property restaurants, as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Activities, including pool volleyball, indoor and outdoor pool tables, ping pong table, pinball, foosball tables, bocce, basketball, tennis, horseshoes, use of bicycles and outdoor adult-size chess board game
- Nightly entertainment
- Standard Wi-Fi internet access for Island View and Water View rooms
- Premium Wi-Fi internet access for Harbour Deluxe and Premium Balcony rooms
- Use of the 24-hour fully-equipped fitness center
- Gratuities, taxes, surcharges (7.5 percent VAT included for stays up to June 30, 2019; starting July 1, 2019, 12 percent VAT is included)
The Forever Summer promotion is valid on bookings made by September 14, 2018 for travel through December 31, 2019. Travel advisors can make reservations for their clients for this promo online, by calling 1-888-645-5550 (U.S. and Canada) or sending an email to [email protected] or through the GDS system.
As part of the resort's all-inclusive offerings, guests can enjoy the Cabbage Beach Picnic, which takes guests to Cabbage Beach (a five-minute drive). Beach service is provided, at no additional cost to guests, with a beverage and a light lunch. Reserved spaces are limited to 36 guests per day and reservations should be made 24-hours in advance of the excursion at the reception desk.


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Koura Bitcointalk Signature Promoting and Thread Post Bounty
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Koura is the new asset class, the currency of the future, today. A liquid instrument that also has intrinsic value by mixing all the benefits of and equity and fiat currency, without any of their drawbacks. Koura is not only created to become the liquid instrument that all investors dream of, but it will benefit them with dividends paid out yearly. Essentially, Koura was born from the raw material of the preferred shares issued by Konzortia Capital to be the base currency for all transactions that take place in InveStart, Capitalista, and Novabank.
Konzortia Capital is a fintech holding company that owns shares of the group of companies that integrate the consortium: InveStart, Capitalista, and Novabank. We also provide these companies with the technological platform that will allow them to operate using blockchain technology. We bring cutting-edge technology applications to financial markets and the business intelligence necessary to develop the next generation of a globalized financial market.
In order to achieve our bold and uncompromising vision we want to build a loyal and participative community that will be instrumental in shaping, together with us, this bright future. Enter Bounty Marketing or bounty crypto programs, essentially, a list of tasks generated by a bounty holder, in this case, Koura's parent company, Konzortia Capital for a cryptocurrency project; and generally, anyone can partake in as a bounty hunter and get paid in KOURAS. So, we're offering handsome rewards to whomever wants to participate, in exchange for specific actions benefiting our project. Said actions or task will range from generating community growth, joining our telegram channel, retweeting content, liking us on Facebook, signature campaigns on specialized website such as BitcoinTalk, or article creation in Medium, YouTube videos, Instagram post, etc.
Keep reading if you want to find out all of the ways you can help us bring the future of cryptocurrencies, today and get rewarded for it.
In Koura Bitcointalk Signature Promoting and Thread Post Bounty, hunters are rewarded KOURA by promoting us on the Bitcointalk forum and for wearing the appropriate BitcoinTalk signature, corresponding with rank. Also by writing positive posts about KOURA in the Koura Bitcointalk thread.
1 KOURA= $1 at STO price.
• Jr. Member: 50 KOURA per week.
• Member: 100 KOURA per week.
• Full Member: 180 KOURA per week.
• Sr. Member: 250 KOURA per week.
• Hero/Legendary: 350 KOURA per week.
BONUS: Extra KOURA for each additional post created above the mandatory three a week (max 20 bonus per week).
• Jr. Member: 15 KOURA per week.
• Member: 30 KOURA per week.
• Full Member: 50 KOURA per week.
• Sr. Member: 75 KOURA per week.
• Hero/Legendary: 100 KOURA per week.
BONUS CONTEST: The top 10 bounty hunters will be rewarded additional KOURA.
IMPORTANT: Spam or duplicate post will result in automatic disqualification from the bounty.
• Hunters must publish 3 posts per week on Bitcointalk chat.
• The timestamp on the first post is when your week starts.
• The posts must be published wearing the appropriate signature.
• Posts must be positive and about KOURA.
• English only.
• Posting outside Koura Bitcointalk thread will reject a hunter from entire Koura bounty campaign.
• Hunters must submit screenshots via Google Docs link, of the posts made on the bitcointalk chat every week.
• Profiles are randomly checked throughout the bounty campaign for compliance.
• A maximum of 20 posts per weeks (besides the mandatory 3) will count as bonus.
• For bonus and mandatory posts, any spam, removed posts, or anything of very low quality/receiving bad comments will not count and will result in an automatic disqualification from this bounty.
• Submit all of your screenshots or post's links within a Google Doc link when you wish to stop carrying the signature, or if you choose to go all the way, right before the campaign ends.
• Your post must present unique analysis/opinion of the project, and not be a re-post or plagiarized.
• May not delete posts.
• Copy/paste information will result in disqualification.
• Must pass plagiarism test.
• The bounty hunter cannot make any representations regarding about Konzortia Capital and Koura that are not already public or approved in advance in writing by Konzortia Capital.
Attention: You may not "reserve" spots by submitting broken links, empty posts, or anything as a placeholder. You may not use multiple submission content (the same thing or slight variation of) across other Konzortia Capital bounties. You may not plagiarize content and pass a plagiarism test. These are all strict rule violations, and disqualifies you from any reward in the Konzortia campaign as a whole, INCLUDING THIS BOUNTY.
• Submit a link to your Google Doc containing all posts published and share it here weekly.
• This is Koura account on the Bitcointalk Chat: koura_cc
• Contact us if you have any questions: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Donate your time by volunteering at the JCT Kettering (Jesus Centres Trust). Please contact John White by email on or by phone on 0777 458 1562 if you would like to know more about the volunteering opportunities we have, or complete the volunteer form below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
The Jesus Centres Trust is a Christian charity. You do not need to be a christian to volunteer with us, however, we would need you to be sympathetic to our values and cause…
Donate by standing order straight into our bank account. Please contact us here and someone will get in touch or
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Pray for us. We are always very grateful to the many people who take time to pray for the Jesus Centre. Your prayers make a big difference to us.
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I love a good "whats in the bag" entry but ever since I got my little sidekick, I can't fit much more into my bag than my wallet, Nintendo, and the sidekick. I've been traveling around a lot lately and on top of not being able to get internet connection 75% of my week, I also have no room in my bag for some travel essentials.
This week has been filled with amazing little shopping finds. One of them being the 5 dollar hard suitcase I found at a thrift store in New Jersey. If you couldn't tell from this entry, I'm a bit of a collector of old suitcases. What's not to love?!
- They're aesthetically pleasing
- There is attention paid to the fabric and detail
- They are so much nicer to look at than storage boxes
- They have extra little compartments for things that are irrelevant in standard life nowadays
- And there always seems to be some mystery stains on the interior of them that remind me that someone got a good use out if it before I received it
I have several hard shell cases, but this is the first on that I've actually bought with the intention of using it to travel with.
The divider wall does a lovely job at holding my lady things, an old cigarette case filled with on-the-go sewing supplies, and some Japanese snacks (yamagobo and shredded squid are both SO good). The little blue guy on the top is my awesome kewpie inspired baby biter toy from Paul Kaiju.
Another amazing girl purchase of the week are these shoes from one of those questionable trendy shops called Afaze. They set me back 15 bucks, and are the most comfortable heels I own.
This detachable pouch is my favorite compartment of the little travel companion. It fits all the computer cords and charges I seem to use everyday, perfectly!
The inside of this pouch even held a little key!
Now I don't have to worry about someone stealing my fifteen dollar shoes, thank god.
I think this is the first time in my life I have been super excited about things like shoes and shopping. Sorry about that…..here….listen to my favorite Metallica song.


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It's been nearly two years since Pokémon GO made its debut, and developer Niantic has slowly been rolling out new features ever since. The ability to trade Pokémon with fellow trainers has been a staple since the beginning of the franchise, but it hasn't yet made its way to GO. Thankfully that's all changing soon!
In Niantic's latest blog update, they've revealed that a new Friends feature is coming to Pokémon GO, and you'll be able to send your friends items, earn bonuses, and even trade Pokémon! Players can befriend others by exchanging Trainer Codes and accepting each other's request. Once you've done this, you'll appear on each other's Friends List.
Once this update hits, spinning a Photo Disc at a PokéStop or Gym may earn the player a Gift. These Gifts, which contain multiple useful items, cannot be opened directly by the player. Instead, you can send them to anyone on your Friends List to brighten up their day. It may even contain an egg that will hatch into an Alolan Form Pokémon!
By interacting with people on your Friends List, you'll increase your Friendship Level. When playing together (such as working together on a Raid), your friendship can impact the gameplay by unlocking bonuses. Your Pokémon can even receive stat bonuses from battling alongside a Great Friend.
If you're near a friend and have a Trainer Level of 10 or higher, you can trade Pokémon you've caught with that friend. Completing a trade earns a bonus Candy for the Pokémon you've traded away, and that bonus can increase if the Pokémon you traded were caught in locations far apart from each other! All trades are powered by Stardust, and some trades require more Stardust than others. As you build your Friendship Level with the friend you are trading with, you'll find that you can complete the trade with much less Stardust.
Certain Pokémon, such as a Legendary Pokémon, a Shiny Pokémon, or a Pokémon not currently in your Pokédex, require a Special Trade to complete, so keep that in mind before trading away that golden Magikarp! Special Trades can only occur once per day with a Great Friend or Best Friend, and it often requires a lot of Stardust to complete a Special Trade. Special Trades are a great way to show a friend how much you care!
Source: Niantic


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The newest advance in chemiluminescent HRP detection
All chemiluminescent HRP antibody detection reagents are essentially identical: 2 reagents (peroxide and enhancer) are provided in separate bottles with instructions to mix together immediately before use; any excess must be discarded. As soon as the two reagents are mixed, the mixture begins deteriorating. Now Denville Scientific has come up with a better way. We have developed an advanced sprayer which mixes Reagent A and Reagent B at the moment they are applied to the blot. The result: Instant synchronized mixing of the two reagents; no deterioration of the mixture; and no waste. No manual mixing. No measuring. No loss of sensitivity (detect down to 1pg of antigen). The chemiluminescent signal can then be detected on autoradiography film such as HyBlot CL.
Each refill contains 2 x 250ml reagent bottles without spray device.


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Nick Jonas, who recently released his new single, Sucker can't seem to get enough of our desi girl Priyanka Chopra. Sucker marks the comeback of Jonas brothers with their respective ladyloves and is already getting reviews from all the music lovers across the globe. While Nick stole the show romancing PC on-screen, his brother Joe Jonas sizzled with Game of Thrones star and his girlfriend Sophie Turner in the video.
After sharing the song and a few behind the scenes videos from the sucker, Nick has now shared a brand new BTS video which features him and Priyanka. Sharing the video, Jonas thanked PC and couldn't stop gushing about her. He wrote, "another behind the scenes video from the sucker video. Thank you to my best friend. Love of my life for being in this video. Starting this new chapter with you by my side means the world. I love you @priyankachopra #sucker @jonasbrothers"
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra tied the knot on December 1 and 2 last year as per the Christian and Hindu ceremonies. The couple later hosted two grand receptions in Delhi and in Mumbai which were attended by the who's who of Bollywood.


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A while back I stumbled across this awesome critical vocabulary document on the website of Yokohama International School. It was created by an English teacher called Liz Davies. I suggest you have a glance at it before reading the rest of this post.
It is, I hope you will agree, an extraordinary piece of work. Under categories such as 'verbs for literary analysis' or 'adjectives to describe imagery' or 'adjectives to describe the moral qualities of characters', it provides an exhaustive lexical map of the academic domain of English literature. For instance, in the category of 'mental qualities of characters' we have such beauties as precocious, wily, shrewd, imbecilic, erudite and, my favourite, thick-skulled.
The problem with the document, however, is what to do with it. It would be foolish – or should I say imbecilic – to hand it to students as it is…
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text: Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a technique that can quickly change the opacity of a window, turning it cloudy, clear or somewhere in between with the flick of a switch. Tunable windows aren't new but most previous technologies have relied on electrochemical reactions achieved through expensive manufacturing. This technology, however, uses geometry adjust the transparency of a window. The tunable window is comprised of a sheet of glass or plastic, sandwiched between transparent, soft elastomers sprayed with a coating of silver nanowires, too small to scatter light on their own. With an applied voltage, the nanowires on either side of the glass are energized to move toward each other, squeezing and deforming the soft elastomer. Because the nanowires are distributed unevenly across the surface, the elastomer deforms unevenly. The resulting uneven roughness causes light to scatter, turning the glass opaque. The change happens in less than a second. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2016/03/tunable-windows-for-privacy-camouflage


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Project management for writers of all kinds.
Attention: As of March of 2019, CopyWrite is considered end-of-life and is no longer offered for sale. The above download link will work for existing customers. Please also note that, as an older 32-bit application, it will no longer launch on macOS 10.15, which requires 64-bit-only applications. Bartas would like to thank its customers for nearly two decades of loyalty and love.
Bartas understands many users will have old projects to which they'll need access after Apple refuses to launch older 32-bit applications. If you can no longer launch CopyWrite on your Mac or you'd just like a quick and easy way to find and export all CopyWrite projects on your Mac, Bartas has a surprise for you: the CopyWrite Exporter app. Just download the zip file, unzip it, then launch the app. It will immediately search your Mac (via Spotlight) for all available CopyWrite projects and list them. Select a project and click Export, choose a folder, and all your documents, and notes (including project-wide notes) will be exported. Even document "versions" you've saved!


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Kimberly Ann Jewell peacefully passed away with her family by her side, at her residence on Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the age of 51 years.
Beloved wife of Terry. Inspirational and loving mother of Elyssa Minielly (Eric), Jodi Moore (Matthew), and Jaime Moore (Charlie). Caring stepmother of Ashlyn Jewell (Tyler), and Katlynn Jewell (Ian). Super awesome Gramma of Selena, Briar, Aubryn, Brynnlee, Ellie, and Rucker. Cherished sister to Karen, Krista, Kyla, Karen, and Rhonda. Loving aunt to her many nieces and nephews.
Dear daughter of Jack Van Soest (Mary), and stepdaughter of Don McAdam (Mary Lue).
She was predeceased by her mother, Lynda McAdam; and her mother-in-law, Betty Jewell.
Kim enjoyed travelling, cooking, drinking wine with her circle of friends, her County Homes family, Sunday suppers with her family, walking her dogs, her beautiful grandchildren, and living every moment to the fullest.
A Celebration of Life will take place at the Forest Legion Br.#176 on Friday, June 14, 2019 from 1-4 p.m.
For those who wish, in memoriam donations to the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences may be left at www.forestfuneralhome.com


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Sweeping out corruption with a clean broom
In India, in New Delhi, the Common People's Party (or Aam Aadmi Party), uses anti-corruption as a rallying cry and the broom as a symbol of opposition to corruption. 'Vote for the broom' has become an electoral slogan.
[image from International Business Times]
You can read more about the AAP here
The notion that corruption is 'filth' that needs sweeping away is a long-standing and pervasive one that was shared by Britain when it was confronting corruption. Several visual satires of the eighteenth century, when there were anti-corruption campaigns, used the image of the broom. In this image from 1830 John Bull, the personification of the true Briton, sweeps his way towards reform of the parliamentary system.
A number of the satires play with the story of the fifth labour of Hercules, which was to cleanse the Augean stables, where a thousand cattle had lived for 30 years without being mucked out!
The Hercules myth also shone a light on the anti-corruption heroes fighting against the odds – Samuel Whitbread (of brewing fame) and Sir Francis Burdett in England – a role that Arvind Kejriwal apparently seeks to play in India.
The image of the cleansing broom was made more common by the prominent support given by Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham (whose surname provided scope for visual puns on his name) to the cause of reform. In this image Brougham is shown beating the monster of corruption.
The broom was one of many metaphors used to describe corruption – later blogs will explore these visual and verbal symbols of the anti-corruption movement.