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Lee Biosolutions Signs Exclusive Agreement with Heptest Laboratories
Historic Agreement signed by Lee Biosolutions, Inc and Heptest Laboratories
Maryland Heights, MO (PRWEB) October 18, 2015
Lee Biosolutions, Inc, a global biotech healthcare company announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Heptest Laboratories Inc to purchase all of Heptest's Laboratories current and future products, technologies and derivatives.
Lee Biosolutions has the expertise in manufacturing serum based coagulation proteins and Heptest laboratories has developed breakthrough technologies for clotting and coagulation products and (POC) Point of Care(aka, beside and near patient) assays that are faster, more cost effective and provide accurate results for the end user. Burton Lee, CEO of Lee Biosolutions says ," Dr. Yin is a brilliant individual that I am honored to know and who's dedication to hard work and passion to helping others reminds me of my father, Dr. Howard Lee.The purchase of this incredible technology will allow Lee Biosolutions to tap into one of the fastest growing markets in the industry – Point Of Care Coagulation Market which has the potential of creating high double digit growth for years to come."
Ee Thye Yin, PhD, a world leading expert in the field of clotting and coagulation assays , owner and chief scientist for Heptest Laboratories has made it his life work to innovate and create the highest quality coagulation products on the market. Dr. Yin says, "I have seen what Lee Biosolutions is capable of doing and I am looking forward to seeing our products being used around the world each and every day."
Future POC (Point of Care ) products for Lee Biosolutions will include the Heptest POC-Hi which accurately and specifically measures high levels of unfractionated heparin in citrated whole blood during cardiopulmonary(open heart) bypass surgery (CPB), Heptest POC-Lo which accurately measures low levels of active heparin, low molecular weight heparin or direct inhibitors, allowing full monitoring during low dose heparin therapy, Heptest POC Dia (HPD) that will be used to monitor low molecular weight heparin during kidney dialysis, Heptest PF4 (platelet Factor 4) which is to be used for rapid diagnosis of inflammation and prothrombotic state and Heptest POC NOAC's ( new oral anticoagulants) to monitor patients on the new oral anticoagulants. Lee Biosolutions will also have the technology to produce Normal Human Plasma, Normal Control Plasma, Abnormal Control Plasma, Rabbit Brain Cephalin, bovine Plasma Prothrombin –complex concentrate, Bovine Factor XA(RVV-activated) Concentrate.
About Lee Biosolutions, Inc.
We are headquartered in a 41,000 square feet state of the art cGMP-compliant facility in Maryland Heights, MO. Lee Biosolutions is a certified, licensed ISO, FDA, EPA and USDA leader in process development and bulk manufacturing of high quality purified enzymes and related proteins for research and clinical diagnostic tests. Lee Biosolutions products are used for such pathologies as cardiac disease, cancer, diabetes, urine analysis, coagulation, obesity, inflammatory, neurological, autoimmune diseases and immunological disorders
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HB FIRST Robotics team celebrates district win
Derek Davidson, Staff Writer
May 2, 2017
The HB Robotics team traveled to UNH for their three-day district robotics competition from April 6 to 8. The Force Team was matched up against the top 64 teams all across New England. All the teams were competing to qualify for the national competition in St. Louis, MO-- and the Force Team came out on ...
Seat belt challenge returns to HB
Anthony Tamposi, Staff Writer
May 1, 2017
On Wednesday, April 12, Hollis Brookline High School hosted their annual Seatbelt Challenge. Outside of the back lobby, an old police car was parked and used for the competition. In the seat belt challenge, four people sit in the police car with their seatbelts on. When SRO Officer Bergeron blows...
eSports on the rise
Brock Radford, Staff Writer
April 20, 2017
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It's no question that sports at HB are a large part of students' lives, whether students are part of the team or just spectators. However, a new demographic is surfacing around the world: eSports, competitive video games played in front of large crowds of dedicated fans. The eSports...
A fun-filled day for underclassmen
Caroline Kroeger, News Editor
April 20, 2017
On Wednesday, April 5, while the junior class worked hard on the SATs, both the freshman and sophomore class took the day off from the classroom--but not from learning. 9th graders explored the Wright Museum while 10th graders experienced a well portrayed rendition of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, as produ...
Donate Life: you can't take them with you
Nicole Poitras, Co-Editor In Chief
April 19, 2017
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Not long after birth, I was diagnosed with a life-threatening liver disease called biliary atresia. My liver was destroying itself, and the only way I could survive was if I had a transplant. Thankfully, I did not have to wait very long for an organ; the doctors quickly found that my father was a match....
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April 17, 2017
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SAT's just hit students across the country, taking place on April 5. The national standardized test consists of a math, reading, and writing portion. Some juniors who took the test in the fall found it hard, while others thought it was a breeze. After receiving their results, students get to see in...
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April 17, 2017
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When I was a kid, I and many others dreamt of becoming police officers, and now that we are faced with the challenge of deciding our future professions, our dreams may become a reality. Many people often think about the kinds of experiences they'd have, the different jobs you might do. But not many people...
Eagle Spotlight: Sam St. Pierre
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April 16, 2017
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It seems this year that many Hollis Brookline have sprouted wings. Sam St. Pierre '17 is going to be honored for his accomplishments in Boy Scouts by receiving the rank of Eagle Scout. He, like many others, just needs to have his Eagle Ceremony to crown the achievement. "My project was to create an easy care lan...
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April 15, 2017
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During first period on Friday, March 31, an epic project for the HBHS library was completed. With an influx of new computers for lab 217 came an abundance of cardboard boxes and packing materials. These newfound assets were deemed appropriate for one thing only: a fort! Librarian Christine Heaton and a group of st...
Author Gloria Norris visits Memoirs class
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April 14, 2017
It began when English teacher Ann Melim was reading Kookooland and realized she had a question about a certain part of the novel. She decided to email the author, Gloria Norris. The two began a conversation that culminated with a visit from the author on April 10. Melim's first period Memoirs cl...

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Fourteen teams reportedly entered the preliminary round, divided over 3 zones: North-Eastern Zone: winners: Cotton Factory Club (Ethiopia) Western Zone: winners: Stade Malien (Mali) Central-South-Western Zone: winners: Oryx Douala (Cameroon) Real Republikans (Ghana) qualified by default as the representative of the host country. North-Eastern Zone Round 1 Cotton Factory Club Eth Al-Hilal Sud w/o Round 2 Cotton Factory Club Eth Tersana Egy w/o Western Zone Round 1 Stade Malien Mli Espoir de Saint-Louis Sen 4-0 1-1 5-1x Sily Club de Kindia Gui Invincible Eleven Lbr 4-1 2-3 6-4y ASEC (Abidjan) IvC Etoile Filante Tog w/o AS Porto-Novo Dah [unknown club] Nga w/o x 1st leg on Apr 5, 1964 y 1st leg on Apr 12, 1964, 2nd leg on Apr 25, 1964 Round 2 Sily Club de Kindia Gui Stade Malien Mli 4-2 0-2 4-4 [2-3]x AS Porto-Novo Dah ASEC (Abidjan) IvC 2-1 1-4 3-5y x 1st leg Jun 7, 1964, 2nd leg Jun 21, 1964, play-off in Bamako Jun 24, 1964 y 1st leg Jul 19, 1964, 2nd leg Nov 15, 1964 (original 2nd leg Jul 28, 1964 was abandoned just before kickoff when AS Porto-Novo refused to play under floodlights) Round 3 Stade Malien Mli ASEC (Abidjan) IvC 3-3 6-4 9-7x x 1st leg Dec 13, 1964, 2nd leg Jan 10, 1965. CAF rejected a protest from ASEC against Stade for fielding players from other clubs; the rules of this tournament permitted the inclusion of former players who had helped the club to win its domestic title in 1962-63. Central-South-Western Zone Oryx Douala (Cameroon) qualified; it is unclear whether any other teams competed in this zone. The four winners qualified for the final tournament, held in Ghana. Semi-finals (Jan 31) Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 31- 1-1965 Oryx Douala Cam Real Republikans Gha 2-1x x Real Republikans were dissolved in 1966 following a coup in Ghana Goals: Walther Moumi Ebellé 63', Maurice Epétč 75' / Ben Tawiah 2' Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, 31- 1-1965 Stade Malien Mli Cotton Factory Club Eth 3-1 Goals: Salif Keďta 5' 54', Tiémoko Sinaté 50' / ? 68' OG Bronze medal match (Feb 5) Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 5- 2-1965 Real Republikans Gha Cotton Factory Club Eth 3-1 Goals: Kofi Pare 57', Amusa Gbadamosi ~65', Charles Addo Odametey 79' pen / Abdelle 50' Final (Feb 7) Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 7- 2-1965 Oryx Douala Cam Stade Malien Mli 2-1 Goals: Emmanuel Koum 41', Walther Moumi Ebellé 65' / Tiémoko Sinaté 85' Referee: Anthony Arthur (Liberia) Oryx: Rodolphe Tokoto, Priso Dotélé Kuntz, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, Jean Moukoko, Emmanuel Koum, Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Maurice Epété, Samuel Essomba, Walter Moumi Ebellé, Colbert Kotto, Pierre Ekimbié Dallé.
Sources included: [Con 08], "La Part Du Lion: L'Encyclopedie de L'Histoire Du Football Du Cameroun", Maliweb (originally appeared in L'Essor), "Ghanaian Times", "Daily Graphic" (Accra), "Afrique Nouvelle" (Dakar), "Daily Listener" (Monrovia), "Liberian Age", "Abidjan-Matin" / "Fraternité-Matin" (Abidjan), "Ethiopian Herald", "East African Standard" (Nairobi), "Uganda Argus"
Thanks to Luca Gandini
Prepared and maintained by Eric Boesenberg and Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Eric Boesenberg and Neil Morrison
Last updated: 23 Feb 2017
(c) Copyright Eric Boesenberg, Neil Morrison and RSSSF 1998/2017
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.


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August 8th, 2011, 11:05 AM
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I never updated here, but figured I need to now.
My biopsy came back with pre-cancerous cells on my cervix. At first we were going to go in and have them burned off. After talking with my Dr., we then decided to schedule a Lap. A. So that they can do the burning while I'm under. B. So that they can burn off some endometriosis, and have a look around. In the end, though, it's been decided to go in, do a hysterectomy, and burn off the leftover endo. This will rid me of the chances of developing cancer later in life, rid me of the horrible pain I've lived with for years because of endo and the cervical pain. I have Endo, PCOS, MTHFR gene mutation, and Thrombophilia. All of these things combined mean getting pregnant will be near impossible, and if I do, because of the Thrombophilia, pregnancy would be dangerous, birth would be even more dangerous, and my newborn's life would be on the line for up to 2 weeks after birth. So we've decided to cut my losses, so that I can live a (physically) pain free and cancer free life, and save myself the possible heartache of infertility and/or more losses.
Details haven't been discussed yet, but it's likely uterus, cervix and one ovary(the bad one) will be removed. They'll likely leave the good ovary so that I can avoid menopause at 23. I can't go on hormone replacement therapy because of the Thrombophilia, so if they take both ovaries I'm pretty much screwed...
Anyway, I just wanted to share. Thanks for listening.
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The Ultimate Landmarks You'd Better be in Shape to Visit Quiz
Most tourist destinations have a similar itinerary: touring, shopping, eating and photographing. However, if you're looking for a real challenge there are a number of landmarks you'll need to be in top shape to reach. Take this quiz and learn more about some physically challenging landmarks.
How long is the Great Wall of China?
1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers)
2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers)
4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers)
At its widest spot, what is the width of the wall?
20 feet (6 meters)
30 feet (9 meters)
40 feet (12 meters)
Where is the Appalachian Trail?
range of mountains from Maine to Georgia
range of mountains from Ohio to Mississippi
range of mountains from Montana to Kansas
How long is the Appalachian Trail?
1,565 miles (2,504 kilometers)
2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers)
3,225 miles (5,160 kilometers)
What is the Kronotsky Nature Preserve?
a remote wildlife sanctuary located in eastern Russia
a bird sanctuary located in Poland
a location for wildlife hunting in Finland
When can you visit this Nature Preserve?
winter months
December to March
April to November
How difficult is it to reach the North Pole?
You need to be prepared to take a long sled ride or a ski trip to get there.
There are many different means of transport readily available.
It is still necessary to organize an expedition with a qualified guide.
What is a basic requirement before being permitted to visit the North Pole?
proof of proficiency on skis
adequate food, water and special clothing
clearance from a doctor
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kenya
Mount Stanley
How can you tell if you are ready to climb this mountain?
You need to be able to deal with altitude sickness.
If you can walk on a stair climbing machine for two hours at a time carrying a heavy backpack.
You need to pass mandatory physical tests of the Ministry of Health in Tanzania.
Apart from being a camera manufacturer, what else is Fuji?
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wildlife preserve in Northern Japan
highest mountain in Japan
How long does it take on average to climb Mt. Fuji from the lowest station to the top?
seven to eight hours
nine to 10 hours
11 to 12 hours
What is the ultimate challenge for a serious mountain climber?
Mount Everest
What is the height of the tallest mountain in the world?
25,250 feet (7,696 meters)
29,035 feet (8,850 meters)
31,305 feet (9541 meters)
Which is one of the most visited mountains in North America?
Mount McKinley in Alaska
Mount Mitchell in North Carolina
Pikes Peak in Colorado
How far is the journey or stroll up the Pikes Peak trail?
13 miles (21 kilometers)
19 miles (30 kilometers)
22 miles (35 kilometers)
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Only a few permits are granted each day.
It's forbidden but you can tour some areas inside them.
Archaeologists are the only ones who climb the Pyramids.
If you were fortunate enough to climb the tallest pyramid, what kind of challenge would you be facing?
You would climb massive stone blocks.
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Great Blue Hole
Looking down from an airplane at the hole, what would you see?
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a dark blue circle about 1,000 feet (300 meters) wide
a royal blue circle about 1,200 feet (365 meters) wide
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Toyota executives deny a rumor that it plans to separate its Prius models from others in the company's lineup. It was speculated that the Prius would be considered a dedicated sub-brand.
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C. Ed Larocque, Toyota's national marketing manager for advanced technology vehicles, said that the Prius name (which covers both hybrids and EVs) is vital to the brand image so that it can undergo the spin-off gradually.
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Understanding Balance and Criticism. [Mini-Guide]
Hello! I am going to briefly talk about balance and how to take/give criticism.
If you see anybody who's bad at giving/taking criticism or balancing an item, please send them this way!
Look at the item you are making right now, you likely have a sprite going for it and you've probably even found a cool shot animation on piffels that you think is really cool. Well unfortunately, now you have to make the stats good and balanced. You may think at first that all you need to do is balance out the damage and everything will be fine, but no! There are so many items in Nilly's Realm right now that almost all 'shot pattern' modifiers are just plain out stupid and useless if they haven't been used already. A solid example of a weapon that tried to rely on a shot pattern for its uniqueness is the Hellforge Gladius.
People commonly said "Nilly's Realm doesn't need vanity items or pure upgrades!" and then we get amazing items such as:
Q: What do all of these items have in common?
A: They suck ass or are completely uncreative and they shouldn't be in the game in their current state!
Correct! These items are hot garbage! Why are they hot garbage? Because Nilly's Realm went through a phase were people tried to shove in sprites (that don't even look good) in high quanities in what we call 'sets'. There are multiple sets in the game that are just plain out bad. What we got in the end was unbalanced items that were total garbage. However, that does not stop these from being fun items. That dank red bow, fire staff, and Gladius are really fun to play around with, but are pretty much vanity, causing them to, in the end, be general trash. UH Poison is actually just fucking retarded as it's a pure upgrade (Nice going there, idiot who made that idea), and the apple ring is actually just on here for meme purposes.
What ultimately went wrong? They didn't go through the important stage of getting criticism. They were just added into the game cuz' why not, and this is what we have left as a product.
If I want to get ANY point across in this, its to NOT make a set! As stated in many other posts, you're balancing for 4 items hoping they work in conjunction with eachother. If you're making something a set just because you made one decent item, then stop right there and reconsider what you're doing.
General Balancing
Make sure to compare your item(s) to existing ones in Nilly's Realm.
Make sure to also compare them to items in prod! (Excluding new oens that are not in NR. we need dem. ;c)
Make sure it doesn't over-run the niche another item is supposed to fill (Looking at you, Log.)
Look at Marty's guide for making item sprites. His guide, along with additional criticism (albeit at times is not exactly the most constructive guy ever.) of one of my sprites, helped me be a better spriter and item creator. (Shameless advertising)
There isn't much to reskins other than that they are very easy to fuck up. There is one classic example of a dumbass reskin which, I guess you could say isn't one due to the added stats but I disagree, the Staff of Noble Magic. It is a reskin of a T11 staff with some added stats. That is fucking stupid beyond hell. If you're going to make it a reskin, don't put it in a white bag if it isn't a white bag item. That just pisses people off. Also, KEEP RESKINS JUST RESKINS. If you change a item in any way then its barely a reskin anymore and just gets looked at as a shitty item. For a good example on what a reskin is, look at the Unholy Tome (although it's kinda ugly.)
Pure Upgrades
Try to avoid this at all costs. I don't like to admit it (yes I do) but there are direct upgrades to your gear right now if you don't have these items. The Unholy Spell and the UH Poison are two of these direct upgrade items. Do NOT make items better than other existing items in Nilly's Realm, not only is it stupid but it's dumb. case closed.
Keeping your item unique is important. If you don't have a unique item then there is 0 point to add your item in the game. Instead of just slightly altering the stats of a scepter, lets say it spawned a stationary turret that shot out weak lighting arcs to the closest enemy, and have the turret vanish in a few seconds. That'd be badass! Sure it'd be kinda hard to code, but nobody wants to look at a bland idea. YOU'RE IDEA WILL NOT BE ADDED IF IT IS GENERIC AND BLAND.
Taking Constructive Criticism
This is important. When listening to criticism, actually listen. Criticism is what improves your items. That being said, I'll do a full 180 and say don't just change your item to the first thing somebody says. That person may be an idiot not knowing how your item works. for some people It's kinda confusing trying to understand this, but you're usually able to tell by the persons post if they're being helpful or not. If you choose to be a complete idiot, do not search for examples of somebody elses sprites and use them as ground to stand on in an argument. You're just being an asshole and escalating shit further. To keep it simple, if you see criticism seemingly just being deconstructive, take it with what it is: a grain of salt.
Also don't be a unique snowflake. If three people think your item is bad, don't go delete your account or shut down the topic.
Giving Constructive Criticism
Don't be a jerk is another name for this segment.
I don't have to name the famous people who are just general unconstructive assholes in this community who's more interested in making fun of your item rather than improving it. If you make a joke about their item, that's fine and is just the forums natural dose of comedy, but don't go out of your way to be extremely deconstructive about it. We all know who they are because most of us knows their names, just try not to be these people. It's really hard to try to improve your item when somebody keeps laughing at your work and calling it shit.
Here you can see somebody failing horribly to provide and take only constructive criticism, derailing a topic into a cancerous mudslinging contest.
This is a prime example why you should give and take constructive criticism.
To give constructive criticism, all you have to do is identify the problem and how to fix it, simple as that.
Sprite Criticism
Sprite criticism is a little different than normal item criticism because it is completely subjective to the person seeing your item. Take criticism such as 'try shading it more/less' and 'try to use more or less colors', but generally do not care about anybody who says that 'It sucks' or 'It's ugly'. If they don't provide why they think it is ugly, then their insults have ZERO background to them and hold nothing to back them up. A way you can turn deconstructive criticism like this constructive is asking them why do they think it is bad. There they might provide constructive criticism then.
If you see an item you REALLY like and wish it was in the game, give it an upvote. Sure upvotes might not mean a lot in the whole scheme of things, but it really does feel good to get them on a item you've worked on a lot. Seriously, people like upvotes. If you still want to show your love for an item, you can always say in the comments why you like it. Who knows, they might give you an upvote back.
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It's too good. Barely any time went into balancing it so now it just exists as an over-powered mess, which in my opinion means it shouldn't be in the game in its current state.
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@Pringle How is the uh spell an upgrade?
@Halloweenie Uhhh hello? Ancient Pierce Spell?
@Pringle How is the uh spell an upgrade of the Ancient Pierce Spell?
Deals more damage and heals you by alot of health, and having bigger shots for wider hit area all at the small cost of 20 more MP?
Overall, a better piercing spell.
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@Pringle Wrong.
Red's deto.
Green's ST spell.
Black's UH spell.
ST spell is only used in shatters or in fights with end game bosses.
It's only better in fights with high def enemies, you don't use it in realm.
UH spell isn't better than ST spell, those are 2 different things.
It's a great upgrade if ST spell is ONLY used for high def enemies and UH spell isn't better in that way.
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I believe the life-stealing abilities of the UH spell make it outclass the normal spells, also did you take into account the damage from the life-steal part of it?
@Halloweenie the uh spell basically makes a wizard a necro on sterroids
@Jack-the-Ripper I think that you think that when I say piercing, I'm comparing the ST spell, but I am not.
In no way would I consider it an upgrade to the piercing ST spell.
I'm comparing it to the tablet.
When I said piercing, I meant enemy piercing.
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@Pringle Oh, okay.. Halloweenie meant ST spell, so you know.
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When I'd heard that four-day passes to New York City Comic Con had sold out, I scrambled to purchase whatever tickets remained available. Unfortunately, the only tickets remaining were passes to Thursday's show. Reluctantly, I decided to plunk down forty dollars for a ticket. After all, a chance to attend one day would be better than missing the show entirely.
Or would it? To be honest, New York City Comic Con has largely been a terrible experience. The commute from New Jersey to New York is expensive, time-consuming, and unpleasant. My time during the show is spent alone, for friends are required to work to cover exorbitant table and traveling costs. Nearby food is stale and overpriced. I am on my feet for the entire day, sans any hotel room to rest or freshen up. I am unable to socialize for long after the show—friends are often corralled into meetings or dragged to office parties by employers and I am unable to stay late due to a need to catch the last train back to New Jersey.
Do I want to spend ninety dollars, eighty minutes commuting each way, and seven hours on my feet to talk to twelve people I adore for six minutes each? I ask myself this each time I purchase a ticket to this convention. Previously, the answer was always yes. This time? It's no.
I'm going to cut my losses, raise a glass to the NYCC showrunners for smartly separating me from a couple of my Jacksons, and spend tomorrow catching up on Sleepy Hollow. See you at the next ComfyCon! (Someone should really get that up and running again.)


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Tom Brady and Wes Welker have been the most prolific passing combination in the NFL since 2007. That Welker didn't start yesterday's 20-18 loss to the Cardinals came as a surprise to most, especially since there haven't been very many signs of Welker's ability beginning to fade.
There are several reasons why the Patriots may have chosen to go with Julian Edelman over Welker. But on his weekly interview with WEEI Monday morning, Brady said that one of the reasons Welker played fewer snaps than Edelman -- 63 to 75, according to ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss -- is that the Patriots may be trying to keep Welker fresher later in the season.
"It was just a personnel grouping where Welker's not in the game," Brady said when asked about New England's first few offensive plays Sunday. "We have a lot of different personnel groupings with him in the game. There's a lot of guys on the roster, and we're trying to utilize every player so that at the end of the year one guy doesn't have 700 plays and another guy has 50 plays. Hopefully everyone can contribute and have opportunity and be fresh and stay healthy. Because we need everybody. It's a long year."
Brady also praised Welker's work ethic, perhaps in order to quell rumors that Welker must have broken a team rule or done something wrong in coach Bill Belichick's eyes to earn his benching.
"I love Wes. He's like one of my best friends. What he does on a daily basis to prepare himself really motivates everybody else," Brady said. "He's a leader. He's so tough. I've been in so many critical, critical situations with him where he's worked so hard to do the right thing and be in the right place and make the play. He's a phenomenal player."
Aside from the fact that Edelman started over Welker, the other big development to come out of yesterday's game was the loss of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who left with an ankle injury.
Brady admitted that Hernandez plays a big role in the offense, but the quarterback still felt as though his tight end's departure from the game was not the reason why the offense scuffled and scored only one touchdown against the Cardinals.
"I didn't really feel that way," Brady said. "He's a big part of what we do and he's out there on the field quite a bit. I thought we just pretty much moved on, though, tried to adjust with some different personnel groupings and formations and such. But I don't think we were really shell-shocked that he wasn't in there. I thought we tried to react -- and we didn't have a great first half, by any stretch."
That was thanks in part to the defensive effort put forth by the Cardinals. Though they entered Foxboro as largely unheralded 14-point underdogs, Brady said he wasn't surprised at the stinginess of the Cardinals 'D.'
"They pretty much did what they did all day and pretty much what they've been doing all preseason, and even going into last year," Brady said. "So, it wasn't a ton that really surprised us. It was just a matter of, really, they have a good team. They have some very, very good players, very disruptive front, good guys in coverage, they disguise things pretty well. But our execution wasn't great, even when we really had them figured out. That's why you get beat, is you have chances to make plays and you just don't make them."


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How to Make Coffee with Jokes
So today I am going to teach you how to make coffee with jokes. And by that I mean that the instructions are going to include jokes, not that the coffee will be made of jokes because that would be stupid.
First up, stack all of these things on top of each other, from bottom up.
Pour water in to wet the filer. Make it ASDA Eden Falls branded water. Seriously, it's the best for coffee and really cheap. The reasons are because it's got the right amount of minerals and herbs and spices that the coffee distributes properly throughout the water and lends to better flavour.
THROW AWAY THAT WATER. It is evil water and tastes really papery. And if you forget to pour this water out, your coffee will taste like paper. And paper doesn't taste very nice with coffee, only by itself.
Get some beans! Here are some criteria for good beans:
Grind the beans in a grinder, on a medium-course grind. This part is a bit of an art, as the best grind can really depend on factors such as the origin, roast, and age of the beans. But just try it medium-course, and if it tastes horrible then try something else. But if it tastes as bad as Starbucks, then get your grinder and throw it through the closest glass window because you are never going to succeed at this ever and may as well give up now. Oh also I forgot to mention before but you'll need a grinder, and I find the Baratza Encore to be a good mix of value and quality. Or should I say quali-coffee? Ha, see what I did there, quali-tea, quali-coffee... (I did promise jokes).
Boil some water and pour it into a goose-neck kettle. The reason it's called a goose-neck kettle is because the bit where the water comes out of looks like a goose neck. Although goose necks are actually quite thick, and I think they should have named it a swan-neck kettle. Although the Queen apparently owns all the swans so maybe they avoided it just in case somehow the word got to Her Majesty that people were pouring boiling water in actual swans. Yeah that's probably it. Oh also leave the water in the goose-neck kettle for a minute or so before moving on as you want it to be less than boiling.
Now put the ground coffee in the filter, and pour some water on it until the ground are all wet. Usually that's around 40ml of water. If you do this right then little to no water will actually go through the grinds into the server.
Now once you've done that, put your ear up to the coffee and listen. You'll hear a crackly noise, which is carbon dioxide escaping from the ground beans. That's a good thing, because carbon dioxide tastes horrible. Once the crackly noise subsides, continue on. This part is called blooming. You may notice that as a little treat, in this picture you actually see me. Aren't you lucky! There's more of me later so stay tuned.
Now reset your scale to 0. We are going to pour 250ml of water through, but we are only going to do a bit at a time, because of reasons. Also when we pour the water through the goose-neck filter, we want to pour it in the middle of the grinds and in a circular motion, so it makes a tunnel. To do this you need to take it easy, and pour the water lightly. If you pour it really quickly and the flow is too vicious then the coffee will all get broken up and it will taste horrible. And so far this has been quite hard work hasn't it? And do you want to make all that hard work a waste? No. Unless you're an idiot. But clearly you're not an idiot because you're reading my blog which is for non-idiots only.
Pour 100ml in, and then wait for the water to go through. So that's 100/250 done. Congratulations! Now start pouring more.
Pour another 100ml in, and again wait for all the water to go through. So 100ml + 100ml is 200ml, which is 4/5 of the total of 250mls. I can see that I've just lost some of you with this maths, and I really should have prepared you from the beginning that maths may have been involved because with that in mind you might not have been bothered.
Now pour the remaining 50ml in, which makes up 250ml. Wait for the water to go through, then take all the tower of peripherals off the pourer and pour the coffee into a cup. Now be careful with the pouring and make sure none gets on the table because your Mum will be so annoyed. Although your cat might be happy as he or she might lap it up and go off on a caffeinated-cat rampage of fun and pleasure.
Now this is the bit that you've been waiting for, more pictures of me. Oh and also the final step to tell if you have made the coffee right. So start with what I'm doing in the picture on the left, which I call "drinking the coffee". This involves lifting the cup to your mouth and pouring the coffee in. Be careful with this step as the coffee will be hot, although not too hot because if you've followed these instructions then the water will have had a chance to cool down a little. And once you've poured the coffee into your mouth hole, take a moment to reflect on the journey you have been through to get to this moment. Now the way to check if you have made the coffee correctly is to look at yourself in the mirror and if you look like the picture of me on the right then you've done it right. If you look like the picture of me on the right but with the mouth flipped vertically, then oops you messed up.
By Richard Lindesay
Prefessional Coffee Maker
Prefessional = The stage before becoming Professional
Even less to say, Amazon...
So Amazon have come up with a new service called Amazon Prime Now, which can now deliver things to you within an hour. The things they provide through this service are generally things which there is very little to say about indeed, but fear not because below is a lesson on how to review items from Amazon Prime Now.
First up is a product they call "Bread":
The next one is just called "Milk":
And finally, "Cheese":
Nothing to Say Here, Amazon.
I buy a lot of stuff on Amazon. I pay for the stuff, the sellers gets the money, and they send me the stuff. Transaction complete.
But then the next thing I know I'm being asked to write a review about the stuff. And putting aside the aforementioned "transaction complete", there are some things that there just isn't much to say about.
So here's some of the reviews I've given to Amazon products which there is nothing to say about.
First up it's an iPhone sock I bought, which is a sock that you put your iPhone in.
Next up is an Amazon gift card I bought for someone, which is ... well read on...
My iPhone cable was broken so I bought a generic Amazon one which had exactly the same features.
Last up is a coffee bean grinder which does literally one thing.
I will post up more of these as I buy them. In the mean time, if you like this kind of thing then go to the top right of the page and do what it says to get more of them.
Secret Satan
My first instructional video
February 2017


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Tampa, FL (PressExposure) January 28, 2009 -- The wrath of the recession has reverberated worldwide with massive amounts of layoffs reported Monday. Once the top names of corporate America, companies like Caterpillar, Home Depot, Pfizer, Texas Instruments, Sprint Nextel, and General Motors contributed 75,000 more people to the unemployment list.
The threat of being laid off has many Americans weary about working for a firm. As a result this has lead to a dramatic increase in franchise opportunity inquiries.
COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK (http://www.1800JunkUSA.com), a junk removal franchise with a commitment to recycling and the environment, has received a staggering swell in leads concerning the purchase of a franchise. President of College Hunks, Nick Friedman, reported an increase in the number of hauling franchise inquiries from 600 to 1,800, three times the amount of franchise leads from the previous year. This week, COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK has received hundreds of franchise inquiries from major cities such as Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and New York. âThe idea of being oneâs own boss is quite attractive in the gloomy job market witnessed today,â states Friedman. âPeople want to take control of their lives and be in business for themselves. Franchising seems to be a popular avenue because they donât have to reinvent the wheel.â
The COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK concept started when former high school classmates Omar Soliman and Nick Friedman began hauling junk using their momâs cargo van. The company has since transformed from a temporary summer gig into a million-dollar enterprise. Over 60% of the jobs are residential, and many of the customers are women desperately battling packrat husbands, which is no coincidence this âJunk Hunkâ brand is so popular. Clients can book their junk removal appointments online as well as vote for the âHunk of the Semesterâ in the companyâs âHunk âHaulâ of Fame.â A portion of company revenue is donated to college scholarship programs.


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Lost & Found
- Artist: Sean Sennett
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 1/31/2006
Sean Sennett talks in the kind of pictures you feel. 'If I were to say to you,' he suggests, 'You know that feeling you get in your shoes when you walk down a gravel driveway?' You'd know exactly what I meant, wouldn't you? Well, that's kinda what I aim for in a song.' Lost and Found, his classic radio single of 2002, is a perfect example of the Brisbane singer-songwriter's gently evocative art. It paints a day, a place, someone you once knew. There's both nostalgia and mystery in the time-stopping tune. There's a wry smile in the middle and at the end of two minutes and 50 seconds, an emotion you can't quite describe. Lost and Found, Sean's first solo album, is the culmination of many years of honing his craft as a writer and performer, often in collaboration with some of Australia's finest: Stephen Cummings, Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst, Hunters and Collectors' Mark Seymour. 'I really loved the Beatles as a kid, that was my inspiration in a nutshell,' he says of his roots in song. 'When my dad first got a car with a cassette player we'd play Sergeant Pepper and hearing them and reading about their world was a big escape for me as a working class kid in Brisbane.' A series of university bands kept Sean's internal film projector rolling until his first single, A Girl Called Love, cracked the national airwaves in the early '90s. He hit the streets of Sydney to find "they weren't paved with gold". But they did yield some interesting friends. 'I gave Tim Finn an album's worth of stuff I'd recorded and he was very generous about it. He sat there like a schoolteacher and did a critique, then he said, 'Why don't you send it to my publisher?'' Publishing deal in hand, doors began to open. The next song Sean wrote was with Ross Wilson. The Daddy Cool/ Mondo Rock legend decided Same As Me was strong enough to include on his 30-year Greatest Hits retrospective, released in 2002. Happiness, co-written with Stephen Cummings, wound up on the debut album by Sean Sennett & Crush 76 in 1999. This Boy's Life won eager reviews and strong airplay for Sun King and Mrs John Henry but the corporate restructuring of the Festival/ Mushroom empire quickly rendered the album a collectors' item. 'It was very disheartening,' Sean says. 'I sorta realised, 'I love songs, I don't love the music business. I'm not gonna do another record'.' The funny thing about songwriters, though, is that they write songs. And if Lost and Found was any indication, some of them do it better every year. Released in (June 2002), Lost and Found quickly developed a life of it's own via high rotation airplay on Triple J, ABC and community stations nationwide. The video, taken from Robert Freedman footage of Jenny Boyd in London circa 1965, was a 'Rage' staple. Meanwhile, Sean's imagination was reeling. A trip to New York in early 2002 reignited his passion for recording and he began writing lists of titles for three distinct albums gestating in his head. The success of Lost and Found hastened their evolution into one, multi-textured reality. 'When I got back, I made an effort to get out there and work with people, to make a record I felt fit together really well, just as an exercise,' he says. 'I made a point of stepping out of my comfort zone, getting on a bus to Ballarat, calling up people like Katie Noonan (from chart-topping Brisbane band, George), working on interesting possibilities." The Ballarat connection, writer/ pianist Robert Parde, had already borne fruit with Lost and Found. He ended up co-writing four more songs, from the fast-lane screamer Bicycle to the wistful On Christmas Day, selected by Rolling Stone for their annual New Sounds CD in January. Inspiration came from farther afield in the shape of UK songwriter Nick Coler (KLF, Sugababes, Dido), who had a hand in the eerie whodunnit Sister Bright Light and the trip-hopping On A Bus or a Car or a Train. Inventive collaboration also produced the album's second single, the suitably airborne My Love Is a Kite, and the tough soul number Don't You Ever Hurt Me, both of which feature Katie Noonan's distinctive vocals and Massive Attack cohort Jeremy Allom behind the mixing desk. From the poignant, strings-enhanced balladry of Winter in August to the paranoid, spoken word closer, Saw It Like A Slow Right Hook, the result is an intriguing panorama of sounds, moods and textures underpinned by one of the finest unsung writers in Australia. 'The whole point of this record was the dream,' Sean reflects. ''Wouldn't it be great to open up my brain and come up with a record? It was the mental exercise as much as anything that attracted me. Now I listen to it and l know it's me, but I don't feel like I was there for the work. I feel like I'm just listening.'
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