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Survey: 98% Say Parents Should Have Right to Refuse Vaccination of Children

Tuesday, April 08, 2008
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Tags: vaccinations, medical myths, health freedom

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(NaturalNews) A public survey posted on NaturalNews.com reveals that 98% of survey participants (1919 out of 1954) believe that parents should have the right to refuse vaccinations for their children. The online survey was conducted from April 6 to April 8, and survey respondents were self-selected. A total of 1,954 votes were received at the time of this writing. The survey asked the question, "What should happen to parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated?" The results were as follows:

They should be fined: 1% (20 votes)

They should be jailed: 0.2% (4 votes)

They should have their children taken away: 0.6% (11 votes)

Nothing: It's their right to refuse vaccinations: 98.2% (1919 votes)

The survey comes on the heels of the FDA's approval of a vaccine for diarrhea for children and the growing concern by parents that infants are being given far too many vaccines that may cause health problems due to the combination of multiple chemicals being injected. (The survy is republished at the end of this article, in case you'd like to see the current results or take the survey yourself.)

Vaccine promotion as a marketing gimmick

Drug companies, meanwhile, are seeking out new "markets" for promoting vaccines, including lobbying state legislators to pass mandatory vaccination laws, spreading fear about the Human Papilloma Virus to promote HPV vaccines, and urging parents to get their babies vaccinated for an ever-increasing number of health concerns -- including diarrhea. Intelligent, well-informed parents are increasingly asking, "Do our babies really need so many injections?"

The vaccination model of medicine is based on medical mythology promoted by Big Pharma-affiliate health authorities who do not believe the human immune system is able to adequately protect the body without chemical intervention. Vaccine believers -- which include most doctors and health officials -- insist that the only way the human immune system can properly recognize a potentially dangerous invader (such as a virus) is to intervene by injecting the body with weakened viral elements combined with inflammatory chemicals designed to activate an artificial immune system response. This inflammatory response may be partially responsible for the increase in autism and other diseases following vaccinations. (Some children have died within hours after receiving vaccine injections.) Author Byron Richards recently authored a detailed article explaining this: https://www.naturalnews.com/022955.html

This medical mythology goes to great lengths to discount the naturopathic view of human health, which says that the human immune system should be supported rather than chemically hijacked, and that when properly supported through healthy foods, nutrition and an absence of chemical toxins, the human immune system is a fantastically effective technology that accurately identifies invading viruses and protects the body with an appropriate immune system response. Allowing the human immune system to do its job also subjects it to stresses that allow an adaptive response to unfold -- a response that strengthens the immune system against future threats, significantly lowering the risk of infection in the future.

Vaccines, on the other hand, weaken the immune system, denying it the adaptive response it needs to strengthen its defenses against future threats. But vaccine promoting health authorities think the only way to reduce the risk of infection is to administer a never-ending series of vaccination injections: one for each mutation of a virus that might be circulating in the wild. At no point does this pro-vaccine medical mythology believe the human immune system should take over and that vaccines are no longer needed. Rather, it is based on the idea that infants, children, adults and seniors must be subjected to hundreds of different vaccine injections over their lifetime. Each injection, of course, earns revenue for the drug companies that primarily sponsor the continuation of this outmoded medical paradigm.

Most vaccines are medically useless

Clinical studies show that vaccines don't work on most people. Even winter flu shots are little more than a form of medical Russian roulette, since most vaccines are built to defend against the previous year's viral strains, not the current year. And that's if they even work at all: The hard science says that senior citizens who receive vaccine shots have absolutely no reduction whatsoever in their frequency of catching the flu.

Vaccines, for the most part, are little more than modern medical quackery. It's Big Pharma's version of snake oil. Most vaccines simply don't work on most people, and some people are harmed or killed by vaccines. And while defenders of vaccines (most of whom are on the take from Big Pharma in one way or another, by the way) may claim that vaccines have eradicated infectious disease in our world over the last century or so, the simple truth is that advances in public sanitation are responsible for virtually all the improvements in infant mortality and the eradication of serious infectious disease.

Far from the mission of saving lives, Big Pharma is now pushing vaccines for conditions that pose very little threat to life in the first place. The fact that vaccines are now being pushed to prevent infant diarrhea is a perfect example. If infants are suffering from diarrhea, they need proper nutrition (get off those processed infant formula products!) and immune system support. They do not need to have their immune systems attacked by yet another chemical cocktail injected into their bodies at Big Pharma profit centers (also known as clinics and hospitals).

Vaccination is the great medical hoax of our time. One day it will stand alongside mercury fillings, public water fluoridation, antibiotics abuse, the cholesterol "disease" hoax and psychiatric drugs as one of the grandest medical cons ever perpetrated on the American people. Modern medicine has become a system driven almost entirely by profit, not by any genuine desire to save lives. And the promotion of "treatments" is more about sales and marketing than disease prevention.

Parents would do well to think twice before submitting their children to vaccines. Remember this: Autism is not reversible. The damage caused by vaccines is permanent. Protect your healthy baby from brain damage or death. Inform yourself about the side effects of vaccines, and find the courage to "just say no" to vaccine quackery.

Inform yourself now

I encourage all parents considering this issue to seek out a qualified naturopathic health practitioner and find your own answers to this vaccination question. Some parents may decide to have one or two vaccines and skip the rest, reducing the total chemical burden on their children. Some may even decide to subject their children to no vaccines whatsoever. The choice is yours.

And that's my point, actually. I believe the choice of vaccination should be up to the parents, not the government. Medical pill-pushers, on the other hand, strenuously disagree. They believe so strongly in their vaccine quackery that they insist parents who refuse to subject their children to an unlimited number of vaccines should be arrested, fined or thrown in prison. That is the view of mainstream medicine, with all its medical schools, "scientific" journals and FDA cheerleading. It is a system of medical imperialism that seeks to overthrow fundamental health freedoms and remove parents from the chain of decision making that determines the health outcome of their own children. Vaccine-pushing doctors and drug companies literally seek to criminalize parents who do not agree with their own distorted opinions on vaccines, and they truly hope to limit consumer choice, restricting parents to a single system of chemical-based medicine that has been arbitrarily designated as the one true system of medical belief by those who stand to gain the most from its adoption.

Vaccines, in other words, have been chosen not because they are based on scientific validity, but because they are consistent with the shared illusions that now serve as the very foundation of modern pharmacological medicine: That the human body has no ability protect or heal itself, and that any "real medicine" must come from outside the body, to be forcefully injected where it can override the body's innate biochemistry and eradicate some real or imagined threat. For doctors to abandon the mythology of vaccines, they would have to throw out their entire (mis)understanding of the human body and start from scratch. And they're not about to venture down that road unless someone forces them to... because who knows where that road might lead... like, perhaps, to the most frightening of all concepts to vaccine-pushing doctors: Homeopathy!

Vaccines are popular in the modern medical community for no reason other than the fact that they support the arrogant notion that doctors do all the healing, not patients. That's why the continued mythology of vaccines and chemical intervention is so dangerous to human health -- because by definition it excludes the acknowledgement of the only pathway to true healing: That the patient is the healer and that achieving lasting health can only be accomplished by supporting the patient's own internal healing technology... the amazing human immune system!

I guarantee you this: My own immune system knows more about my health than any doctor. In fact, my own immune system knows more about my health than my own conscious mind! It is impossible for a human brain to comprehend the miraculous complexity of the underlying immune system technology that protects it.

But are vaccines ever useful?

Of course, there are certain limited situations in which vaccines can be quite useful. If you're about to work in a class IV biohazard laboratory, where highly aggressive viruses like Ebola or Marburg can kill you in minutes or hours, then receiving a vaccine injection to protect you from these various strains makes good sense because the risk of injury is so high from your professional work that it makes the risk of harm from a vaccine seem small by comparison. But should the public be vaccinated against these highly virulent strains? Of course not. Such strains can never become epidemics for the simple reason that they kill their hosts too quickly.

I'm not kidding when I say that the best way to stop the spread of these rare, aggressive outbreaks of viral strains from the Conga is for all the hospital staff to flee into the hills and thereby create distance between themselves. It is an inarguable, well-documented fact that the primary hubs for the spread of such aggressive diseases are, in fact, the hospital workers themselves. Think about it: Where do sick people go first? To the hospital! And that's where the virus catches hold and starts to spread. The most dangerous place to go during any epidemic is to the hospital.

But getting back to babies and mild viral infections, should babies be subjected to the risks of vaccines in order to prevent mild, non-fatal conditions like diarrhea? Of course not. That makes no scientific sense. It does, however, make great marketing sense if you're a shareholder for one of the companies manufacturing the infant diarrhea vaccines.

Funny thing, though: The healthiest children I see are the ones playing in the dirt, wearing no sunscreen, breatfeeding and receiving no vaccine shots whatsoever. It's all the kids following the modern "scientific" lifestyle that are sick. They're the ones eating processed foods, drinking corporate-sponsored infant formula, smearing on toxic sunscreen chemicals, chugging artificial sports drinks and getting jabbed with needles all the time. Those are the kids who have allergies and weakened immune systems. Coincidence? You be the judge.

I can tell you this, though: If I have children, I would never subject them to any vaccines. And as they grow up healthy, I'll slap a bumper sticker on my car that reads, "My Vaccine-Free Kid is Smarter than Your Honor Student!"

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Woo Ga Chon Korean Restaurant - Sunway Mentari (Sunway)

Lunch with my colleagues is pretty straightforward. There's always "Asia Cafe" or somehow or rather, we will walk our way to a nearby eatery. Lunch with a close friend for a private moment on the other hand is about venturing a little further. With this friend of mine who was back to Malaysia after settling down in Saudi and I have not seen for two years, we stumbled upon Woo Ga Chon Korean restaurant by chance while driving around Sunway Mentari. Clock by then had ticked after 2pm, causing our hunger pangs to cloud our thoughts, good thing as well because Woo Ga Chon Korean Restaurant was literally empty, which means we don't have to await around for service. Sure enough, service came at once, we flipped through the menu, in between we had a discussion on what to order.

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Starting our meal with the so called customary Korean dishes, we nibbled the various types of sides and then tackled the grilled pork and grilled lamb.

Our table indeed was packed with bountiful dishes, we tried to finish off the sides, which by the way had already filled up my small appetite. Still, I didn't want to miss out on the 4 dishes, in fact all of it seemingly were tempting. Korean Seafood Soup was my kind of soupy dish, not really spicy but its flavours and the veggies inside were also appreciated. I didn't care much for the seafood lazily swimming inside the soup, my friend on the other hand didn't mind helping herself to prawns and sotong especially.
Korean omelette was likened for its spiciness, eggs fried alongside onion, meat and green chillies. Lovely.
Our lunch feast then continued with the hot plate grilled lamb and pork. Well seasoned for their mildly salty-sweet tastes, indeed another hearty portion as the Seafood Soup. We had to literally force ourselves over the succulent meat pieces which fared quite right, accompanied with more side dishes including a salad, sweet soup and watermelon.

Finishing off whatever we could, we agreed that its a lovely tasty meal. RM100.00 is not cheap, but the problem was that we called for more than we can digest. By far, this meal is actually fit for at least four people.

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PJS 8/10, Bandar Sunway
Tel:  03-56301051

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  1. I love Korean food,they serve small potions of side dish,after finished eating the side , I'm full le....hahahha

  2. Wow, that looks like a true feast! I love Korean food, and it seems like you got a few not so often seen abroad dishes, too! :)

  3. I passed by that area just now. SO many steamboat restaurant there. Really dont know where to eat LOL

  4. That's a sign of a good restaurant...when you want to order everything off the menu! You'll have to go back and try some of the items you all looks delicious~

  5. The thing I love about Korean Restos are the side dishes... I just can't get enough of kimchi! :)

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  6. No doubt this was an enjoyable meal! I love trying new restaraunts, but it does have its ups and downs, but it looks like you made an excellent choice to try out this one.

  7. a hundred bucks? wow. thought of trying when i saw the pics but now i better think twice haha

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  8. Korean restaurant... always leave with full tummy. Haha

  9. Korean foods are one of the best food in the world! Infact, i just had a bibimbap. LOL!! :)

  10. wow a feast Ms.Nava..a tummy full day hehehe ;)

  11. Thank you for all the comments everyone. Like I said, they food was great and plenty to eat but whether paying that amount was worth it is another story here.

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Plant cell walls are the starting materials for many commercial products, from lumber, paper and textiles to thickeners, films and explosives. The cell wall is secreted by each cell in the plant body, forming a thin fibreglass-like network with remarkable strength and flexibility. During growth, plant cells secrete a protein called expansin, which unlocks the network of wall polysaccharides, permitting turgor-driven cell enlargement. Germinating grass pollen also secretes an unusual expansin that loosens maternal cell walls to aid penetration of the stigma by the pollen tube. Expansin's action has puzzling implications for plant cell-wall structure. The recent explosion of gene sequences and expression data has given new hints of additional biological functions for expansins.

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University's Smart Vending Machines, Light Bulbs, Other Devices Hacked, Used to Attack School's Network

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Network World reports that a university's smart devices, including vending machines and light bulbs, were hacked and used to attack its network.

The problem first surfaced when students complained to the university's help desk about slow or downright inaccessible network connectivity. Unfortunately, the help desk disregarded the signs of a bigger issue shown by these complaints, so the situation had developed into a complex problem by the time a senior member of the IT security team was informed.

That IT team member, known as the "incident commander," began to suspect a bigger issue after the university network showed that users had apparently developed a sudden, intense interest in domains related to seafood.

The commander observed that "the name servers, responsible for Domain Name Service (DNS) lookups, were producing high-volume alerts and showed an abnormal number of sub-domains related to seafood. As the servers struggled to keep up, legitimate lookups were being dropped, preventing access to the majority of the internet."

This explained why the network was running so slowly, but little else. So the university contacted the Verizon RISK (Research, Investigations, Solutions and Knowledge) Team and provided its DNS and firewall logs. The Team found that the school's hijacked vending machines, as well as 5,000 other devices connected to the network, were making DNS requests related to seafood every 15 minutes.

"With a massive campus to monitor and manage, everything from light bulbs to vending machines had been connected to the network for ease of management and improved efficiencies," the commander explained. "While these IoT [Internet of Things] systems were supposed to be isolated from the rest of the network, it was clear that they were all configured to use DNS servers in a different subnet."

The commander went on to describe how an "emergent IoT botnet" (a network of devices infected with malware and controlled as a group without the knowledge of the owners) "spread from device to device by brute forcing default and weak passwords. Once the password was known, the malware had full control of the device and would check in with command infrastructure for updates and change the device's password, locking us out of the 5,000 systems."

The senior member thought at first that the only way to fix the problem was to replace all the smart devices, including "every soda machine and lamp post." Upon realizing how the botnet was spreading, however, the university intercepted a clear-text malware password for an infected device using a packet sniffer.

Hours letter, the university had a complete list of new passwords assigned to the compromised devices. One of its developers then used these passwords to write a script, allowing the Team to log in, update the password, and eliminate the infection across all the infected devices at one time.


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Like any literary citizen of this great state, we’re out-of-our-minds excited for the inaugural Greensboro Bound Literary Festival, which takes place this weekend at various venues in downtown Greensboro. NCWN will have an exhibitor’s booth in the Literary Marketplace on the first floor of the Cultural Center, alongside other literary and community-focused groups. If you […]

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Pre-registration for the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2018 Spring Conference ends Sunday, April 15. In the meantime, we’ll be highlighting our exhibitors. The exhibit hall is a great chance to truly shop local and stock up on your summer reading material! We highlighted four exhibitors last week here. Here are four more: Bull City Press: […]

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North Carolina has had eight state poet laureates. The first, Arthur Talmadge Abernethy, served from 1948-1953. He was followed by James Larkin Pearson, who was literally “poet laureate for life,” serving from 1953 until his death, at 102, in 1981. Sam Ragan (1982-1996); Fred Chappell (1997-2002); Kathryn Stripling Byer (2005–2009); Cathy Smith Bowers (2010–2012); Joseph […]

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While shooting for Luka Chuppi, I was a little messed up in my personal life," said Kriti

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  1. "You can't translate your real emotions on screen," said Kriti
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"You can't translate your real emotions on screen as that will stay forever and you can let any part of your personal life mess that up. It is tricky to be in this profession because we have to put Kriti, the person aside and focus on Kriti, the actor. It is tougher," she added.

Not just as an actor but as a cinephile, Kriti said she enjoys quirky films. "I like this space. That is one of the reasons I am getting attracted to these kind of scripts. I also like watching such films. And as an actor I tend to do films that I like to watch." The 28-year-old actor, who was appreciated for her comic timing in "Bareilly in Barfi" and "Luka Chuppi", said her aim is to make people laugh.

"Comedy is much needed in today's time as there is a lot of stress in everybody's life. I want to entertain people, make them laugh. It is a fun genre to be a part of." Kriti will also be seen in Housefull 4 and the actor said working on the movie with stars like Akshay Kumar and comedy-regular Riteish Deshmukh helped her improve her comic timing. "When you observe experienced actors you unknowingly pick up things. Like when I see Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, who are brilliant at comedy, you learn by seeing them. I am surrounded by people who have great comic timing. I am unknowingly learning a lot.

"Comedy is all about reacting but at the right time. Riteish told me that comedy has a rhythm and beat to it. And those who are good at dancing tend to understand comedy because they understand rhythm," she said.

In Arjun Patiala she is paired opposite Diljit Dosanjh, who she says is a great actor. Kriti plays a crime journalist while Diljit essays the role of a quirky, small-town cop. "Here in Bollywood one has only seen an intense side of Diljit with this film people will get to see his impeccable comic timing. He is great at comedy. He has done these kind of films in Punjab but not here. It will be a surprise," Kriti said.

The film also stars Varun Sharma. Directed by Rohit Jugraj and co-produced by Bhushan Kumar and Dinesh Vijan under T-Series and Maddock Films, the film releases on July 26.

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Thanksgiving reminds us all to take a moment to appreciate what we have. It is also a time for families to come together and celebrate each other. What better way is there to do that than by sharing hearty meals and fun crafts?

We know that every food allergy journey has its ups and downs, and around the holiday season, families find themselves under increased pressure to coordinate a smooth holiday. If you’re concerned about serving tasty food and entertaining guests, worry not!

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Worried about how busy you will be on Thanksgiving? Save yourself some stress by planning your meals in advance! There are plenty of online resources for dairy-free recipes that can keep your family full and free of allergens.

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A classic dish on many Thanksgiving dinner tables is green bean casserole, but traditional recipes call for creamy soup bases that aren’t friendly to the milk allergy community. One easy way to substitute those soup bases is by crafting your own cream of mushroom soup, as found in this green bean casserole recipe. To save time, you may even be able to find some dairy-free cream of mushroom soups at your local grocery store.

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We’ve done it. We’ve finally finished a product!

In over 1000 days as digital nomads it’s something we’ve wanted to do. We came close earlier in the year but ultimately realised that idea wasn’t the right path for us. We released our free South America Highlights ebook that thousands of you have downloaded and we’ve had great feedback on, but somehow creating something and asking for money for it is a lot harder.

Still, we’re almost there. On Monday we submitted our travel budget appTrail Wallet to the Apple App Store. Now we’re just waiting for it to be approved and if all goes to plan it’ll be available on your iPhones next week. We are at the mercy of the App Store though so who knows what will happen. But finishing something and submitting it—that was a big step for us.

The Long and Winding Road

We’ve known for a long time that we want to move away from our web design and development client work and start creating our own products. We want to stop trading time for money and create a more scalable business. 2012 was supposed to be the year that we did that but turning down people wanting to give you money now, for potential earnings in the future, is not easy. We have turned down many clients this year, although often I have to force Simon to say no. But some projects have been too lucrative or too interesting for Simon to say no to, and ultimately, when people ask for his help he wants to do so. Which is why it’s taken to the end of the year for us to get to this point.

That, and the fact that creating something isn’t easy.

I say “our app” but really it’s all Simon. I’ve been involved in planning, testing and marketing but it’s Simon who taught himself to develop for iOS (taking an online Stanford course no less) and has spent hundreds of hours coding and designing. He’s had many problems to solve along the way but that’s what he does—he’s a master problem solver and, like a dog with a bone, won’t stop until he’s fixed something. His razor sharp focus can be annoying at times as he can’t think about anything else, but it does make him very good at what he does.

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You know our life isn’t really like this, right?

The Important of Shipping

We’ve submitted the app but Simon doesn’t think it’s finished.

I’m not sure he ever will.

He has grand visions for what it could be. If he could spend a few more months on the design he could create something beautiful that would stand out in the crowded app market. A few more months and he could implement all the suggestions from our beta testers and add lots more helpful features.

But there’s always more to be done and there comes a point when you’ve just got to ship.

We asked our friend, business genius Warren for advice: should we send off the app now or wait until it was what we wanted it to be? His advice:

Ship. Ship. Ship.

Some of the best advice I ever heard was from Guy Kawasaki (he was an early Apple employee and evangelist). He said:

“Don’t worry, be crappy. An innovator doesn’t worry about shipping an innovative product with elements of crappiness if it’s truly innovative. The first permutation of a innovation is seldom perfect–Macintosh, for example, didn’t have software (thanks to me), a hard disk (it wouldn’t matter with no software anyway), slots, and color. If a company waits–for example, the engineers convince management to add more features–until everything is perfect, it will never ship, and the market will pass it by.”

So we shipped.

As soon as Trail Wallet hits the App Store Simon will be working on improving it for the next version, but we can’t wait until it’s perfect or it may never be finished.

Trail Wallet: Less Tracking, More Travelling

So what can you expect from Trail Wallet?

The chart screen of Trail WalletIt’s an iPhone app that helps you track your travel expenses easily and quickly while you are out and about. We’ve always talked about the importance of knowing how much you are spending on your travels. It takes the stress out of things and allows for more fun opportunities—if you know how much you’ve spent you’ll know if you can afford that bungy jump or scuba dive.

We track every item we spend and report back to you in our travel budgets so you know what costs to expect from a destination. Before we created Trail Wallet we had to remember what we’d spent throughout the day—rummaging through our pockets for receipts or trying to remember what lunch had cost. Trail Wallet was designed initially for us so we could quickly enter the amount on our iPod Touch (or now our new iPhone 5) and get on with enjoying our day.

There are plenty of budgeting apps on the market but we’ve designed ours to be really quick to use and to offer support for multiple currencies. You can set a daily budget in your home currency but enter purchases in your local currency, wherever you happen to be. The app updates the exchange rate for you with the latest rate.

Trail Wallet tells you if you are over or under budget and you can see which categories are eating up your money the most so you know where to cut back.

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  1. Awesome! Congrats to you both! I’m currently working on my first iOS app now, and it’s somewhat comforting to know that I’m not the only one struggling with the “it’s not perfect yet” issues. I’m guessing you took the same course I did — CS193P? Anyway, even though I’m not currently traveling, I plan to buy it, first to support you guys, and secondly, so I can use it when I finally get back on the road! Good luck!

  2. I’m super stoked for you guys! And I agree with you, there’s no end to the tweaks and changes that can be made, but at the end of the day, getting version 1 out through the door is crucial! Your icon is great & the colors & design are clean and really well done. Looking forward to seeing it in the store! :)

  3. Congratulations! And, I definitely agree with the wise words of Guy Kawasaki. In fact, waiting too long to perfect my ideas and work is a problem I constantly face myself so I can relate to your struggles, Simon. Now, having said that, here is an idea for a future version if you haven’t already included it. How about the ability to easily export info (e.g., tables, graphs) so they can be incorporated in a blog? I’m sure a lot of folks would like to write about their expenses on the road and your app could help them do that. I would even put in an attribution/link so that any time someone used it on their blog you would have promoted your product.

    Another idea is to offer a free and paid version. Perhaps the free version would only support one currency and/or limited or no graphs. Something to get people to download it and try it without risk but then realize the paid version is definitely worth an upgrade.

    • Thanks very much Jeff—glad to know we’re not the only ones who struggle with that. Thanks for your ideas and we’ll definitely keep them in mind, and may well experiment with the pricing strategy once we see how this one goes.

    • If we become successful app developers then he will :) He has a web development background but learnt to create iOS apps from doing the Stanford course in iTunes University (no sure it’s there any more though). That and trial and error.

  4. So excited about this App! I have been looking for something like this since the App Store opened and no one has done it correctly.

    I use a similar app currently, but it does not convert currencies so each time we change countries, we have to do a mind boggling (to us) balance adjustment that we are always afraid we are doing wrong. On top of that, the app is only helpful by month, but useless by the year because one month we will be in Korea and spend millions (of Korean Won 1,200 = $1) and the next month we will be in the states and spend thousands, so our budget looks crazy – March – $2,345,030, April – $2,343, etc.

    Anyways, thanks so much for taking the time to make such a needed and awesome app and for spending time to make it beautiful as well! Can’t wait to buy it. Keep up the great work!

    • Thanks so much for your support Griffin. That’s exactly why we created the app – because we couldn’t find another app that was quick and easy to use and supported multiple currencies. I hope it provides a good solution for you.

  5. Great idea! And as my dad always told me, “ideas are cheap” :) it’s taking it to the ‘ship’ stage that is a whole other story! I’ve launched businesses and products I still continue to underestimate how long it takes to create/launch and I can soooo appreciate the work that went on behind the scenes for you guys. Congrats!

    • Very true! We often have people wanting to work with us because they have a great idea for an app, but the idea isn’t the hard part!

      Glad we aren’t the only ones who underestimate how long products take. I’m hoping we’ll get better at it over time but I think it’s something everyone struggles with.

  6. Congratulation Simon… I can imagine how hard can be and how much work you have put into this. I wish to sell lot of these app. I will buy one for sure :)

  7. What a great idea guys, and congrats on the impending launch! I can only imagine the hardwork that has gone into getting the product to this stage, but I think you were right to just pull the trigger and launch it. These days, it seems that nothing is ever 100% completed, and apps on the iStore are always being updated and improved after going live.

    As for tracking money on the road, we too do this fastidiously… though I admit to being very low-tech about: just a cheap pen & pocketsize notebook for us! We don’t have an iPhone so most of these apps pass us by, but if we did have the technology, this is the kind of thing that would be right up our alley!

    • Thank you Steph! It has been a lot of work but it’s so satisfying to have finally (well almost) finished something that we think will be really useful to people.

  8. Oh wow… I love this! If I travelled with an iPhone or iTouch I would definitely use it. At the moment I track everything I spend every day with those same categories except bribes… don’t have that. If & when I get one I’ll be sure to download the app cus I know it would help me tons. Oh & you know what would be cool if you can enter your own category? Like if I wanted to keep track of how much I spent on BEER for the duration of my trip. Now that I’m nearing the end of my RTW for some reason I wonder how much I spent on BEER. I know it’s random but a thought jaja. I wish y’all the best & hope it gets approved.

    • Thanks Jaime. We’ll be adding the ability to create your own categories in the next version. I think alcohol would be an interesting one for lots of people! We rarely drink but when we do I put it in Entertainment :)

      Shame you don’t have an iPhone or iPod as it’s so much easier to keep track of your expenses when you do.

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Saudi Arabia to host G20 summit in 2020

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Riyadh, April 18 : Saudi Arabia announced it will host the G20 summit in November next year in the capital Riyadh, Al Arabiya TV reported on Wednesday.

The first G20 meeting in the Arab world will be held in November 2020, according to the final communique of the G20 summit last year in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which confirmed that the summit will be held in Japan in 2019, and in Saudi Arabia in 2020, Xinhua reported.

Saudi Arabia confirmed that it looks forward to hosting the event.

G20 world leaders met for the first time in 2008 with focus on rescuing the global economy from the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.

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Built c.1784, the Billings Coggeshall House is a narrow, one-room-wide double house with two interior chimneys and a gable roof. Originally located at 23-25 Cannon Street, the house had been relocated to Mill Street when the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) purchased the building and property in 1969. NRF restored the house and created Comstock Court during a two-year period between 1971 and 1973.

The house has design elements common to mid-eighteenth century architecture, such as window and cornice moldings and simple, well-proportioned pediment doorways. Although by 1784 some new buildings had begun to take on Federal-style design elements, the details of the house are in keeping with the simpler, pre-Revolutionary style.

The house was originally located in an area of Newport that later lay in the path of the Memorial Boulevard West construction. (All the buildings on Cannon and Levin Streets, along with the streets themselves, were eliminated during the construction of this road.) In 1966-67, the house was moved in two sections from Cannon to Mill Street in order to save it from demolition. The owner had purchased the Mill Street property, home to an auto dealership, and demolished much of that brick-and-block building in order to make way for the house.

No restorations had been done when NRF bought the building. It was then rebuilt and restored, guided by bits and pieces of early fabric in the interior. Utilizing the perimeter brick walls of the old auto dealership building, an office wing with a cobbled courtyard was built. The facility -named Comstock Court after NRF's second director, Francis Comstock-was used for many years by NRF before it was turned over to a commercial tenant.
The Billings Coggeshall House remains unique among extant Newport double houses with its simple, one-room-deep plan. The new office complex, with its courtyard hidden from the street and acquiring a patina of its own, has become a coveted professional space.

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Poland Pays Stars to Produce a Cryptocurrency Crash Video

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With cryptocurrency being all the rage these days, more and more authorities are looking for ways to warn consumers of the potential risks associated with investing in and trading these digital coins. However, in what may be the most creative way that an authority has attempted to warn consumers of the dangers associated with cryptocurrencies, Poland recently paid a YouTube star to create a video surrounding the idea of a cryptocurrency crash.

Poland Pays a Star for Cryptocurrency Crash Video

As mentioned above, the news is breaking that authorities in Poland have paid a YouTube star to create and publish a video surrounding the concept of a crash in the cryptocurrency market. According to various reports, the National Bank of Poland, or NBP, which just so happens to be the central bank of Poland, paid 91,221.99 Polish zloty to have the film produced. That works out to about $26,764.

The payment mentioned above was paid to Gamellon, a YouTube partner network known for its videos by well-known bloggers. Gamellon then hired Marcin Dubiel, a YouTube video creator that has around a million subscribers on his channel. From there, Dubiel published the “Stracilem Wszystkie Pieniadze?!” video. The title of this video translated into English means, “I lost all my money”, a title that’s definitely grabbing some attention. In fact, at the time of writing this article, the video had a total of 534,090 views, a number that is growing quickly.

Why Would Poland Pay for This Video?

It’s understandable that the central bank in Poland made the decision to pay to have this video created. At the end of the day, cryptocurrency is a very new asset. As a result, it is largely unregulated, and a very speculative market. This can lead to wide swings in value. Due to these wide swings in value and limited history, technical analysis is overwhelmingly difficult. In fact, even seasoned traders have difficulty finding the solid entry or exit points in the cryptocurrency market.

Considering this, it’s not as easy to turn a profit in the cryptocurrency space as many newcomers are led to believe. Unfortunately, it’s also difficult to create a warning that will appeal to the masses. However, getting a celebrity to back your concepts, well, that’s worked time and time again. So, it makes sense that the National Bank of Poland would go this route. In a statement with regard to the matter, Stavros Lambouris, CEO at HYCM Europe, had the following to offer:

“While cryptocurrency is becoming validated as a valuable asset, the intrinsic value of any cryptocurrency is nearly impossible to determine in the present state of the market. Considering this, cryptocurrency trades and investments are highly speculative and should be treated as such. Even Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin has pointed to the fact that cryptocurrency values could fall dramatically. It only makes sense that regulatory authorities around the world will work to get this message to those that are involved in the trading of these assets.”

Final Thoughts

As cryptocurrency becomes more and more popular around the world, the market may start to settle and true values may start to emerge. However, as many experts have said already, today’s cryptocurrency market is a highly speculative one and could generate losses for any trader, especially the novice. With that said, it would be no surprise to see more authorities from around the world looking for new and creative ways to warn potential cryptocurrency traders of the risks associated with the action. Who will be the next celebrity endorsement? Your guess is as good as mine, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see another coming down the line!

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Despite Nouriel “Dr.Doom” Roubini’s cries that the crypto market is on its last legs, this week’s crypto- and blockchain-pertinent developments indicate that this industry is still booming.

Nouriel “Dr.Doom” Roubini Takes To Twitter, US Senate To Bash Crypto

Dr.Nouriel Roubini, one of NYU Stern’s economics professors, recently bashed the cryptocurrency and blockchain world through a series of scalding comments and rants. Speaking in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Community Affairs, Roubini, dubbed “Dr.Doom” by some, made a series of comments against cryptocurrencies. From calling Bitcoin “the mother of all scams” to dubbing blockchain “the most hyped tech ever,” Dr.Doom threw everything he had — a handful of senseless, wanton, and baseless comments — at this budding industry.

Moreover, as seen in a 37-page post-mortem of the inflammatory testimony, Roubini pulled out all the stops, taking out the classic bag of tricks that heavy-handed regulators utilize to falsely tarnish the name of the crypto industry.

Although America’s leading officials and governmental employees heard the economist’s cries, some would argue that Roubini’s thrashing of this nascent technology hasn’t damaged the cryptosphere at all. In fact, there are optimists who truly believe that his comments managed to unite this industry, instead of fundamentally splitting it apart.

Roger Ver Looks Into Launching An Crypto Exchange

Speaking with Bloomberg reporters at Malta’s first-ever DELTA Summit, Roger Ver revealed that he intends to develop or purchase a cryptocurrency exchange in the near future. While Ver, a diehard decentralist, didn’t make Bloomberg reporters privy to many details, the Bitcoin Cash proponent explained that if his plans to purchase an exchange fall through, he will call upon one of’s partners to exclusively develop the platform.

Although the specifics the CEO gave were few and far between, Ver explained the benefits and drawbacks of building a platform in-house, noting:

“If we build it ourselves, we can do it really, really cheap, and we get exactly what we want. But we don’t have the security of a battle-tested exchange that’s been around for a while.”

What the industry veteran is alluding to is that Bitcoin Cash is barely used as a base cryptocurrency, as many platforms are hesitant to put the foremost Bitcoin fork front and center. Seeing that Roger “Bitcoin Jesus” Ver presides over the domain, which hosts a news outlet, wallet solution, and gaming portal, it would make sense that the entrepreneur would want to capitalize on his webpage’s steady stream of traffic. Acknowledging this, Ver noted:

“Our exchange will be posted on so we’ll have thousands or tens of thousands of new users every single day.”

Skeptics of claim that this exchange is being manufactured in a bid to bolster the adoption of Bitcoin Cash, a popular, yet controversial Bitcoin fork. For now, however, it is unclear what Ver has in mind for the platform.

Binance Drastically Alters Listing Policy, Delists 4 Altcoins

On Monday, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, revealed that the platform of his creation was about to drastically change its listing fee policy, which was kept under wraps for over a year.

According to the official announcement pertaining to the matter, Binance will now disclose all listing fees paid, while also remaining to fees received to charity for the foreseeable future.

Further bringing clarity to the sudden policy shift, the startup added that prospective Binance listees will be giving a “donation” rather than a listing or application fee. The platform also explained that there will not be a minimum monetary value for “donations,” which should come as a relief to small-cap, lesser-known altcoin projects that are looking to gain traction on the world’s largest crypto market.

The firm has already stayed true to its word, listing Ravencoin (RVN) and then divulging that the project had paid not a single dime, or Bitcoin for that matter, to gain a spot on Binance’s exclusive roster of supported crypto assets.

However, it was explained that if a project happens to give a “donation,” the funds will immediately be transferred to the Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF), which is a non-profit organization looking to support those in need through blockchain technologies.

While there were cynics that suggested that Binance’s top brass had ulterior motives, as BCF is managed by the startup, CEO Zhao took to Twitter to explain that this move is likely to be a long-term “win-win” for the blockchain industry, along with Binance itself.

Zhao, better known as CZ, wrote:

“I think this is a net win for us too. Charity will increase adoption, make the industry bigger, which in turn will benefit BNB and Binance (and others too). Of course, we sacrifice short-term direct gains. But if you keep a long term view, it’s a win-win on multiple fronts.”

Just a day after Binance’s aforementioned announcement, the company issued another statement, this time revealing that it had bad news to tell its clients. Per an official release, employees at Binance decided to delist Bytecoin (BCN), Iconomi (ICN), ChatCoin (CHAT), and Triggers (TRIG), due to worries that these altcoins may be scams, or worse. Although the exact details were scant, the firm explained that it was making this drastic move to protect its customers.

Coinbase Shutters Institutional Index Fund

Coinbase, a well-known San Francisco-based startup, revealed with heavy hearts that it had to shutter its in-house cryptocurrency index fund. Per information from an anonymous source, which was routed through The Block, Coinbase decided to kill its institutional-focused index fund due to a lack of interested clients, and subsequently, the absence of volume.

The depressing picture that the insider painted was sadly a far cry from what Coinbase expected during the launch of the product, which was said to be seeing “strong demand from institutional and high-net-worth individuals.”

It wasn’t cut and dried, however, as it was widely believed that there were a variety of catalysts that sparked this sudden change. For instance, the sudden departure of Adam White, who headed Coinbase’s institutional branch, likely put the startup on the back foot in the institutional crypto game, so to speak.

Others claimed that the launch of Coinbase Bundle didn’t help either, as the new investment product is essentially a watered-down, retail investor-focused version of the fully-fledged Coinbase Index Fund.

But for now, $8 billion valued Coinbase has only credited the dry up in institutional interest to the unfortunate closure of the highly-hyped, long-awaited index vehicle.

Crypto Tidbits

  • Coinbase Introduces First Token To Its “Pro” Platform: After months of rumors and hints, Coinbase’s professional trader-focused platform finally listed ZRX, the native token of the 0x project. Keeping in mind that Coinbase has become notorious for only listing the crème de la crème of the cryptocurrency world, this move to list an Ethereum-based evidently came as a surprise to many traders. Since ZRX’s launch on Coinbase Pro, the asset has seen a large influx of volume from both buyers and sellers, indicating that traders have accepted the altcoin with open arms. This announcement follows Coinbase’s move to integrate a formal listing application process, that will apparently see the world-renowned platform “rapidly add digital assets” in the near future on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis.
  • Former Coinbase Exec Joins ICE-backed Bakkt: Per The Block’s insider sources, Adam White, the aforementioned former Coinbase executive, has joined ICE-backed Bakkt as its chief operating officer (COO). Bakkt’s unexpected hire comes amidst the startup’s Bitcoin (BTC) futures launch, which is widely expected to gain traction across global markets from investors of institutional, retail, and merchant varieties.
  • New York-based Gemini Adds LitecoinAfter receiving a green light from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the Winklevoss Twins-owned Gemini exchange has listed Litecoin (LTC), sparking a slight, but noticeable surge in the value of the popular altcoin. Interestingly enough, Gemini listed Litecoin on the crypto project’s 7th birthday in an apparent nod to the crypto asset’s prominence in this budding market. While releasing Litecoin support, Gemini also revealed that it has had to delay its Bitcoin Cash listing, as a variety of upcoming hard forks has led the New York-based startup to be wary of the security and stability of the current Bitcoin Cash chain.
  • Forbes Joins Hands With Civil To Enter Blockchain-based Journalism: Forbes, one of the foremost media outlets on planet Earth, recently revealed its plan to partner with Civil, a blockchain-focused journalism network, to ensure that none of its content is misused. Civil will reportedly start to accept Forbes’ content metadata by Q1 of 2019, which will allow blockchain startup to aid the outlet’s goal to curb cases of plagiarism and similar issues. This partnership follows Civil’s similar move to collaborate with the Associated Press, another one of the world’s foremost media sources.
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  A few Twitter-based rumors to squelch:

* - The usually solid David Aldridge ( said the Knicks were scheduled to meet with free agent Josh Howard on Wednesday. Inaccurate. Two sources indicated to me that Howard's representation initiated contact with the Knicks to try to sell the 30-year-old forward, who is still recovering from ACL surgery. There is no interest there for several reasons, none more obvious than the fact that the Knicks are loaded with wings.

Howard could re-sign with the Wizards, who declined to pick up his $10M team option, which sent him into free agency. He's a talent, but character issues in the past make him a player the re-building Wizards, who want to be careful who they put around John Wall, and the re-building Knicks, who have had their fill of malcontents, aren't the best environments for him.

* - Another generally accurate reporter, Brian Windhorst (Cleveland Plain Dealer), said the Knicks had inquired about a sign-and-trade for the rights to free agent Shaquille O'Neal. I had heard early in the free agency process that Shaq was a name that came up in discussions. Mike D'Antoni has a great deal of respect for him and his size is still valuable, especially when you have to bang with the likes of Kendrick Perkins, Dwight Howard and Brook Lopez in the East. It would save Amar'e Stoudemire from the need to play center, as well. The two have played together before so there is some familiarity.

I made a recent follow-up -- as recent as Tuesday, actually -- to the Shaq scenario and was told it was probably not something the Knicks would pursue at this point. There is still a major question mark at center, unless Eddy Curry shows up at training camp ready to go, so Shaq could fit the bill. There's apparently interest from the Atlanta Hawks, which might be more attractive to Shaq.

* - It is most likely that the Knicks are done actively pursuing anyone -- aside from, of course, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul -- this summer. Donnie Walsh still has about $2M or so left under the cap, but it's not exactly burning a hole in his pocket, not with the situations involving Melo and CP unsettled. Make that VERY unsettled, with the sudden departure of GM Jeff Bower from the New Orleans Hornets.  Bower, a realist, was open to listening to offers for Chris Paul, who is growing antsy about staying with the Hornets if they're not going to commit to building a championship-contender around him. We told you earlier this week about Paul's interesting comments at Carmelo Anthony's wedding about forming a Big Three, with Melo and Amar'e Stoudemire, in New York.

Clearly, Hornets president Hugh Weber and Bower did not agree on how to handle the Chris Paul situation. It'll be curious to see what comes of it now, especially with the franchise still in an ownership transfer.

With so much uncertainty there, plus with Anthony still mulling his future with the Nuggets, it would appear Walsh would prefer to maintain some flexibility here rather than lock up all of his cap space.

Plus, you can always see what bargains may remain when we get closer to training camp.

In the meanwhile, you can expect agents to use the Knicks and their remaining cap space as options for their players, so the rumors are sure to continue through the summer.

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How Contract Management Software Can Aid Your Healthcare Company

How Contract Management Software Can Aid Your Healthcare Company

In the 21st century, there have been a myriad of changes across a numerous amount of industries. From the automobile industry to the energy industry to the travel industry, the multitude of alterations across the entire spectrum has become extremely evident. While some of this change comes from advances in the specific fields, much of this change stems from the adoption of Internet technologies. One industry that has seen major changes in the 21st century is the healthcare industry. Between the numerous advances made in medicine (including the implementation of robotics and biotechnology) and the usage of web-based products, healthcare has seen some incredible modifications in recent years.

Along with medicine being altered, the business aspect of the industry has been greatly affected as well. Between the United States government mandating all files be made available electronically and the changes in the politics of insurance, it is evident that healthcare has turned into something completely new. The Internet has also played a large factor in the business side of healthcare and it will only continue to do so more in the future. Healthcare companies are digitizing everything, and this is especially pertinent for many features of the industry, especially contracts. Contracts are an imperative part of any healthcare company and keeping them organized and stored securely is incredibly important. This is where contract management software can be utilized.

Contract management software is an innovative and secure way for companies to manage their contracts. In a field like healthcare, where there is a myriad of contracts that need to be managed and organized, using contract management software is essential. The software stores all of your company’s contracts in one location that is secure. This simplifies accessibility of contracts and allows authorized members to access contracts at any time. With contract management software, your business can ensure that contracts have the capability to be viewed by multiple departments within your company, set reminders for expiring contracts, sign contracts with e-signatures, and much more. Contract management software is also extremely secure, so you can ensure that your company’s data is always safe.

Contract management software also has the capability to streamline the creation of contracts. It can create the ability to utilize standardized contract language and build contract templates as well. Many healthcare companies utilize contract management software for compliance tracking, tracking provider contracts, email alerts, and vendor management as well. Understanding how all of these features can positively affect your healthcare company is the first step to phasing the software into your business.

As the 21st century progresses, there will certainly be a multitude of new types of technologies that will be released that will aid the medical industry. Realizing what contract management software can do for your healthcare company is important in order to truly understand its potential benefits. Comprehending the capabilities it can provide for your business, including accessibility, security, and healthcare-specific benefits is a necessity for understanding how this technology can truly aid your healthcare company in the coming years.

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