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While the Spanish authorities like to promote this fine country as a tourist destination (Fitur, the international tourist fair, is held later this month on 23rd 27th January), there has never been much interest in promoting housing for foreigners (el turismo residencial as it is oddly called). You are welcome to come for a weeks holidays, but the Spaniards arent particularly concerned with those who might be buying a house here (and spending, annually, at least 100 times more than a tourist does). They may suppose that foreign residents dont buy souvenirs and dont sleep in their all-inclusive hotels.
And if the foreign buyers still bring in too much money, well, they can always knock down their house (Len and Helen Prior: 11 years ago, Wednesday), or cut their water and electric. The AUAN, a foreign-run organisation, appears to be the only hope for those victims.
The press is pretty much silent on the lost opportunity as well, perhaps as los guiris dont buy many newspapers (or, as we have seen, vote), or maybe because the media simply doesnt understand the economics involved.
Indeed, only two peripheral stories tend to work their way into print.
The first is the lamentación of the dying pueblos (video) of the interior small villages with their young-folk moving away to the attractions of the big city. Moribund pueblos that have only a few hundred old folk left, with no bank, no doctor, no pharmacy and probably just a few to serve them in the local municipality. How can we reverse this trend, they editorialise. With more births (hah!), cheap rentals, or maybe some refugees to build things up? But, be careful not to occupy one improperly, as happened in Fraguas, Guadalajara, where the small group of hippies ended up with a sentence of 18 months for their troubles.
The other subject thats always good for a few column inches is the story of the deserted hamlet for sale. Why, theres even an agency that specialises in the business. We hear that Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have inspired more than a few journalists with her Christmas wish aldea abandonada in Galicia (indeed, apparently a Dutch couple are buying it).
There are, we read, any number of these hamlets on the market, including one in Almería, but who exactly makes up this market? A wealthy person might buy a crumbling palacio, or a large house, and repair it, but a village? What on earth for? Rural tourism maybe?
Regardless of this, El País in English ran an article earlier this month titled Thinking of buying a deserted village in Spain? Hurry, prices are going up. Spaniards are now entering a market that has been traditionally dominated by Belgian, British and French buyers.
The cliché that holiday rental is part of that collaborative economy that allows Malagueños to make a little extra pin money, renting the beach house is just that, a myth. The reality is very different. Renting homes to travellers is a large-scale business, with owners spread across five continents, and has become the object of desire for investment funds and even banks. A report by the Junta de Andalucía, based on data from tourist housing registered in the Register of Andalucía as of October 1, states that more than half of the business of vacation rental is in the hands of foreigners.... An item from Diario Sur here.
From a GoFundMe appeal from the AUAN here: ...The consequences of discovering that your home is illegal are daunting. We faced the prospect of expensive and lengthy court cases, being denied access to water and electricity, being unable to obtain title to the property and last but not least the prospect of demolition without compensation....
Airbnb prices in Marbella are the fourth dearest in the world, survey says. The University of Málaga analysis, carried out for the council, puts the resort just behind New York, London and Barcelona. From Sur in English here.
Competition from Airbnb and other tourist accommodation platforms exploded in the province of Alicante in 2017. However, the profitability of the main hotel chains of Alicante capital did not suffer, partly because the occupancy remained (Benidorm only lost one point compared to 2016, with more British guests than ever), and partly because the establishments maintained the slight upward trend in prices that had begun two years ago.... Alicante Plaza is bullish here: The five major hotel chains on the Costa Blanca increased their turnover in 2017.
From La Información comes the reaction to the new Minimum Wage: Wednesday 26 December was a particularly turbulent day for the Spanish labour market. In a single day, the Social Security databases recorded more than 274,000 casualties of workers and an unusual volume of registrations, 230,000, for an aggregate balance of about 43,000 jobs lost in just one day....
Charging too much interest? You may be guilty of usury says El Español here. The article begins: Consumer credit has grown by nearly 40% in the last three years. This is reflected in data from the Bank of Spain, in which it indicates that the volume of money committed between institutions and consumers currently stands at 62,800 million euros. The figure has triggered the alarms, and has called attention to the financial institutions on their laxity with which they are granting loans in recent months. Concern that is minimized by many lenders who, however, are beginning to discover a point that begins to worry them: the complaints made by their customers for usurious interest rates.... And thats without exploring the TV lenders like Cofidis.
The euro is now twenty years old. Who remembers the peseta? From The Conversation comes The euro at 20: An enduring success but a fundamental failure.
Among opposition from the right, the Government will propose its budget for 2019 this Friday. El País says that ...The president announces in an interview with Efe that he will present the accounts without having the necessary parliamentary support guaranteed.
El Mundo continues with its new political line. Half of PSOE voters believe that the gender-based violence law does not help prosecute abuse. They have a graphic here.
Based on the recent CIS poll, La Vanguardia says that Vox isnt just doing well in Andalucía, but the far-right is also ...advancing in Castilla-La Mancha, Cantabria, La Rioja and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. El País also looks at the CIS poll, and says that the Right is increasing its hold, although Vox is only looking at 3%. El Español says that the CIS is manipulated, and that The CIS gives the PSOE 5 points more than the average by other surveys and Vox 5 points less. The news-site says that their own survey gives that PP, Ciudadanos and Vox add up to 49.3% of the votes, but Pedro Sánchez would still be in the Moncloa.
Senior politicians within the Partido Popular warn that if we follow the proposals from Vox, next time our supporters will vote for Vox. The article is at El Mundo here. Vox had some eccentric proposals for Andalucía (now the dust has settled, see below) which are examined in an editorial from ElDiario.es here. Some of these ideas will be national policy.
Pedro Sánchez has ruled out a general election to coincide with the local and European elections of May 26th here.
Registering to vote in the local elections for Foreign Residents. You need to be on the padrón, over 18 and to have asked for your right to vote at the town hall (manifestar la voluntad de votar). If you voted last time, then you are on the ballot list. You also need to be a member of the EU (register before January 30th) or from a short list of countries with a bilateral agreement with Spain (register before January 15th). A useful graphic and article is here. If you are British, then register anyway (if you havent already). In short, no one knows yet what will happen: the Ministerio del Interior has no fresh news on the subject, but it doesnt seem likely that we will be enfranchised. Maybe next time.
Late Wednesday news reports says that Vox has agreed to support the program put forward by the PP and Ciudadanos, dropping their demand for the repeal of the laws of gender-violence, thus making way for Juanma Moreno to be voted in as president next Tuesday. El País has the details here. Vox has agreed to drop its call to repeal the laws on gender-violence and the PP has agreed in turn to some minor concessions - including a harder line on illegal immigration... El Mundo has the 37 points agreed here). Now, with Ciudadanos on board, the formalities of the investiture of a new president can go ahead... The opinion from the Moncloa is while we are looking to the future, theyve embraced the nostalgia of the Ultras.
Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on Monday rejected talk of Spain sharing sovereignty of the tiny territory with Britain after Brexit, saying the concept was "as dead as a dodo". Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in November that Madrid would seek a discussion over joint sovereignty of Gibraltar, a British territory since 1713, once Britain leaves the European Union on March 29th.... More at The Local here.
Irish investors seek 35m for Spanish property losses. Claims worth more than 35m have been lodged in Spanish courts by Irish investors who lost heavily in that countrys property market crash. An Irish agency is handling more than 700 cases on behalf of investors in Ireland and the UK who collectively lost millions in deposits on un-built Spanish holiday homes.... From the Irish Examiner here.
From HMGov comes The UKs exit from the EU: Important information for UK nationals
European Union (EU) exit information for UK nationals in the absence of a withdrawal agreement.
Several Spanish news-sites will be putting up pay-walls this year, in the hope that you could buy a subscription to one of these (more? doubtful) and just read the news from that one site. This is why there are a number of small independent news-sites, but if the new Google Tax is voted in Brussels, then we will become short-handed on balanced reporting. Thank goodness for the TV, hey? The subject is explored by El Español here. El País, ABC, El Mundo, La Vanguardia and Vocento's stable (Ideal and so on) will launch initiatives during the first half of the year to start making the most of their digital readers and thus complement the income from advertising on the Internet. The largest Spanish newspapers cannot wait any longer. According to the Office of Justification of Diffusion (OJD), during the first ten months of the year, the paper versions of the six major newspapers - El País, El Mundo, ABC, La Razón, La Vanguardia and El Periódico - have fallen another 10% in sales and 11% in circulation, which adds to an extra 6% drop in printed advertising revenue....
From El País here: Mediaset to eliminate TV Cuatro's news bulletins. The midday edition is now just 15 minutes and the evening edition, 25 minutes. From 15 February, both will disappear from the channel. .
From The Inquirer here: The European Union has been gnashing its teeth in all the wrong places for a while now, with the passing of Article 13 seemingly just the beginning. Ahead of the final law being implemented, lawmakers have issued a list of websites that it believes should be blocked for copyright infringement - and if it wasn't so tragic, it'd be pretty hilarious. It has singled out some blatantly legitimate sites for blocking, with the flimsiest of reasoning....
A press notice from Sun Systems Group: Who would have predicted that in 2018 we would see that the change in the trend of photovoltaic solar energy, so stigmatized since 2012 with an irresponsible and iron-fisted energy policy undertaken in Spain, would make a tremendous turn. Where generating photovoltaic energy was once a difficulty, it now opens up endless opportunities to generate business by providing and creating thousands of jobs, financial investments, etc... This is called "industrial fabric". We all win as we conserve our habitat. The project of the current Spanish Government, which has marked a "milestone" with the guidelines towards a horizon to install 70 GW in the year 2030 and the economic expectations are looking good. Large financial groups are betting on clean energy and investing again in Spain without any subsidy and totally compatible with the different energies, be they Nuclear, Combined Cycle, thermal, wind, etc. Only with the savings that will be achieved, the trade deficit of energy imports will be reduced significantly. The 2nd phase of the photovoltaic projects that Sun Systems Group will develop, will be the implantation of ion - lithium batteries in the Accumulation Batteries (1 container 20 feet = 1 MW), to be able to accumulate energy and balance the consumption / generation powers achieving the same efficiency and balance as fossil energies, but with reliability in the injection.... More from [email protected]
A group called #NoEnMiFactura say they have successfully persuaded the Government to no longer include any payments for the maintenance of the failed Castor gas storage project in customers gas bills.
With fresh taxes on diesel and uncertainty about all internal-combustion engines, maybe it's time to buy an electric car. But, where's the nearest charging station (and how long will it take to 'fill it up')? From Motor.es comes news of new state-aid for purchasers: '...Although it was expected by the end of last year, the new VEA Plan will finally be a reality in 2019. The arrival of a new aid program for the purchase of vehicles powered by alternative energies is just around the corner...'. Apparently, in the next few weeks... Where's the nearest Tesla concessionary?
Madrid Central (the new system to control and reduce polluting traffic) manages to reduce pollution by 20% in its first month. This is stated in the report prepared by Ecologistas en Acción on 'Air Quality in the City of Madrid during 2018'.... From Público here.
The tragaperras (coin-swallowers, or one-armed bandits in English) are losing ground it seems, and only die-hard players remain to press the buttons and make an occasional clink-clonk sound of reward. From VozPopuli here: Slot machines in danger of extinction as their income drops by 35% in the last ten years. These machines have suffered a significant drop in revenue in the last decade, as around 60,000 of them have disappeared in Spain, reducing their number to a current 199,417 machines.
From ElDiario.es here: Ceuta and Melilla want to be the paradise of online gaming companies so as not to have to depend on Morocco. The article refers to the fall in semi-legal merchandise through the borders with the neighbouring Morocco.
One of the odd proposals from Vox is to change the Día de Andalucía regional holiday from February 28th (the day remembers the referendum to make Andalucía an autonomy in 1980), to January 2nd, the Day of the Reconquest, when the Moors were finally defeated forever. The story at El Español here.
'The incident of the train from Extremadura at the beginning of the year, where 150 passengers had to spend the night in the train as it broke down in the middle of nowhere, has once again put on the table the debate on the state of the conventional rail network and the model chosen for the country by the political parties in their determined commitment to high speed AVE trains. Only this way it is explained that the public investments executed in the last decade (2008-2018) destined to the high speed ascend to 31,414 million euros, whereas to the routes by which local and regional trains operate with only 6.388 millions...'. The AVE is a vanity project which is ruinously expensive. El País has the story here.
From El Mundo here: The most obsolete train-service in Spain is in Extremadura: sleepers manufactured as far back as 1886 are still in use. The offending sleepers are on the Ciudad Real-Badajoz line.
Taking out Spanish nationality? From ElDiario.es here The cost of becoming Spanish: just 300 euros and a written test to demonstrate "integration" that 90% of candidates pass. Or, if the candidate hasnt had a formal education, he can soon take a simplified examination, according to El Confidencial here.
Pedro Duque, the Minister for Science, says that homeopathic medicines can stay in the pharmacies for the time being as long as they are stacked next to the candy. The minister says that pseudo-therapies without a scientific background cannot be a part of a public health service and they will all be withdrawn during 2019.
The Partido Popular party has been slammed after posting an offensive Twitter video wishing Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez would die. The video was posted on the PPs official Twitter account on the eve of Epiphany the day when the Reyes Magos, or Three Kings, descend on Spain giving children gifts and sweets.... It was later removed. The Olive Press has the story here.
Anti-homeless architecture is often disguised as useful features for pedestrians, but it secretly doubles up as defence against rough sleepers. Big money goes into making the most beautiful parts of Madrid hostile towards the homeless, and examples of these disturbing installations can be found everywhere you look.... Found at Madrid No Frills here.
The complete list of Spains national and regional holidays in 2019 from The Olive Press. Spain celebrates 10 national public holidays this year, as well as various regional days off.
See Spain:
Andalucia.org has pages on the various municipalities in the region. Heres one for Huéscar in Granada which has an interesting tale. ...this municipality declared war against Denmark on the 11th of November 1809. Taking into account that a war never finishes until the peace agreement is signed, it was logical to put an end to this anachronism. Therefore, Huéscar authorities decided on the 7th of July 1981 to start peace talks with the Danish authorities aiming to re-establish peace after 172 years of war....
Gmail issues.
Thanks for that, and yes.... I have identified the problem.
I have been using a service called Bitly to shorten long URLs. It seems that some systems detect these in an email and because they cant identify the end link, they mark it as spam and block it. Spammers use the same system to hide dodgy web sites in the hope people will click the link. Anything from our email address is safe, but I will not be using URL shorteners again. Best regards, Dave
Dear Account Holder: We enclose our new increased rate of commissions and tariffs for 2019, since we really arent making anything to speak of from your measly current account at our bank, and we also take this opportunity to warn you of further branch closures and a drop in personnel in the remaining offices. Geez, some people think we just run these things for charity. (Lenox gets the hump).
Marca España. "Everything you expect and much more than you can imagine." On YouTube here.


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Expéditeur: John Germ
Date: 27 mars 2017 à 01:57:00 UTC+2
Objet: France
Judy and I now in Evanston after a long trip. Many thanks for the great Youth program, Foundation celebration and hospitality.
We truly enjoyed our visit and the opportunity to meet you and many other Rotarians. Meeting many of the IYE students and Rotaractors was exceptional.
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I am a staff writer for The Revelation and a junior at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. My main interests include running cross country, spending time with my friends, and sleeping on the couches in the school library. You can always catch me listening to music when I have the chance.
Cole Morse, Staff Writer
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It was a foggy football Friday at John Francis Field where the Cougars began post season play with a convincing round 1 win over San Lorenzo Valley. HMB overcame a slow start to earn a 47-34 win and will now move on to round 2 next Friday night. The Cougars scored first on a Chase Hofmann touchdown run but SLV took a 14-6 lead. HMB tied the game on a touchdown pass from Gavin Tomberlin to Pablo Gutierrez. The Cougars then took a commanding lead on the first of two Matt Spigelman touchdowns. SLV fought hard and would not go away but the Cougars kept pounding out yardage and touchdowns on the ground with Anthony DeMartini adding two touchdowns. The Cougars had 3 running backs with over 100 yards. This is a historic win for HMB. They are the 3rd team in HMB history to win a CCS playoff game.
This Week's Rocky Perry Players of the Game:
Offense - Senior #3 RB Anthony DeMartini
Defense - Junior #40 DE Nick Dempsey
Special Teams - Sophomore #8 Gavin Tomberlin
Scout - Sophomore DBDom Padua
Hudl Top Play and other highlights can be found here:
The players and coaches would like to thank Emma Hofmann for being this week's Community Cougar.
Please join us in congratulating next week's Community Cougars Jim and Judy Drobnick. The Drobnicks are extremely involved in all facets of the HMBHS athletic programs as the boosters' president. Jim and Judy can be seen at many athletic events working to make sure the events are staffed and organized. They also attend several meetings spreading the word about the boosters and recruiting members and getting people involved in HMBHS. The athletic programs are thankful for all that the Drobnicks do for our teams, coaches and players. Jim and Judy are also involved in the HMB Challenger program giving special needs kids the opportunity to take part in athletics and experience all the positives that sports has to offer. Jim and Judy also have two children who have taken part in HMB athletics. Abbie,who graduated last year, was a three year cheerleader and cross country and track star and now attends UC Berkeley. Morgan is currently a junior and plays baseball and water polo. Please join us in not only congratulating the Drobnicks but also thanking them for all they do for our student athletes.
This Friday the Cougars will take on Carmel High School, the #3 seed at John Francis Field at 7:00pm. Please come and support the Cougars as they attempt to become the 2nd team in Half Moon Bay history to win a semi-final CCS match up.


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Pope Francis has made many friends outside the Catholic church and many enemies inside it. His latest, throwaway suggestion that women might be ordained deacons will make him thousands of new friends – and even more embittered enemies. For it touches directly on the most neuralgic question in contemporary Catholicism: the constitution of the priesthood.
Deacons aren't priests, of course. They don't, in Catholic doctrine, have the thaumaturgic powers of absolution and consecration; they can't represent Christ in the ways that only priests can. But they do represent the church; they are in holy orders. And, at the moment, they have to be male, as do priests and bishops. On the other hand, they can be married, which very few Catholic priests can be.
The difficulty for traditionalists is that there were very clearly women called "deacons" in the New Testament. The arguments against ordaining women priests come down ultimately to the fact that Jesus didn't do it, and neither did the early church. This is extended backwards into a belief that the whole of creation is gendered, so that being male or female has a cosmic, metaphysical significance. And that imaginative picture in turn forms the background to all Catholic teaching about sexuality.
But ultimately this all rests on a historical belief about what Jesus and his apostles did or didn't do. He didn't make women (or anyone) priests; but the early church did recognise men who were doing some of the things that bishops now do, and it did recognise women called deacons. The traditionalist argument is that those women did an entirely different job than what is now meant by the word.
This would be a purely academic argument were it not for the crisis that the Catholic church faces as a result of its efforts to maintain a celibate male priesthood all around the world. Broadly speaking, in countries where there are plenty of priests, few of them are celibate, while in the rich north there are very few priests, and celibacy is imposed by old age as much as anything. The median age of Catholic priests in the USA had risen to 64 by 2012, and is presumably higher still now.
The obvious, and probably inevitable, answer is to ordain married men, but for the moment this can be done only for former Anglicans or members of some eastern churches.
The second possibility would be to make a much greater role for the laity in the church, but the problem there is twofold. Priests like running things, and there are theological reasons why a Catholic parish cannot function without a priest to say mass and hear confessions.
The third problem is that the laity have ideas of their own, and – if they are women – can't see why there should not be women priests.
Pope John Paul II attempted to close off the question of women priests for a least a couple of centuries. He may have succeeded. But ordaining women deacons would provide a way around the back of his prohibitions. Certainly this was what happened in the Church of England, where the ordination of women as deacons paved the way for their ordination as priests. Once lay people had seen women dressed in priestly robes and performing important functions at the front of the church, the theological distinction between priest and deacons – so very clear and important to anyone inside a dog-collar – came to seem completely irrelevant.
The traditionalists in the Catholic church are well aware of this danger. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who now heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican body responsible for enforcing doctrine, said in a 2002 interview that "it would be a real discrimination of woman if she is considered as apt for the diaconate, but not for the [priesthood] or [as a bishop]".
"The unity of the sacrament would be torn at its root if [people believed] that woman, as opposed to man, has a greater affinity to serve and because of this would be apt for the diaconate but not for the [priesthood]."
The more the question is discussed, the less convincing the traditional answer becomes. If the commission manages to report before Francis dies, we should see real fireworks.


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Flossie Dickey did not live more than a century on this Earth to spend her 110th birthday sitting through a condescending morning-show segment. No. Like basically everyone else, Dickey would much prefer to be drinking whiskey or taking a nap.
Flossie introduces herself to viewers by announcing, "I am tired." She then adds, "I take a nap as many times as I can." And when the anchor asks if she's excited for the birthday party her relatives are throwing for her later, she doesn't fake smile and squeak out a "Yep." Instead, she declares, "Not at all."


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iPhone 4.0
September 2, 2010
I had disappeared… almost a year… choose reason…
a) i was too busy with a new life
b) i lost my password
c) my image library is full
d) it takes too much effort
Seriously? I can't remember but I felt like blogging what i found to be an amazing product by Apple (iPod Touch iOS4) just now and so I logged in. Looking below my post, and you will see that i left off almost a year ago with a HTC phone and an Apple mouse. Today I want to write about the HTC Hero I have now and the iPhone 4 that I want to get…
I am still using the HTC Hero… it was great and it was lousy… it gave me instant view of the my stock portfolio and my hotmail and a full facebook site with a direct photo upload link and a good camera… it has 1 day battery life and it drop calls or even missed it. That's bad since a phone's basic function is to make calls.
So, I traded in my Nokia E71 for it's new brother, the E72 since that what it's good for, making calls and lasting for days and its got free Ovi map!
I was contemplating on getting the N8 but Nokia is just taking so too long to launch for its own good. But the Symbian on the E72 made me think twice of waiting for the N8 although it is going to be a major upgrade and it has a 12 mega pixel camera! Symbian is too slow! I can't even surf properly, but not to condemn it because it's not really a phone for surfing.
So why do I wanna get an iPhone, I am not even an iPhone fan. I bought an iPod touch 2nd Generation and I seldom used it. Well, sadly, the Android in HTC Hero made me got so used to entertainment and information on the go… and there isn't really anything to look forward to in the Android world now even after upgarding my Hero's OS from 1.5 to 2.1…
The iPhone had said "In so many ways, it's a first".
It's the first with a good surfing OS, the first with the Wifi made so easy it's idiot proofed, the first with a glass panel so hard it can crush a real apple without damaging the phone, the first to make a walkie talkie glamorous with its facetime software, the first to have a badly designed antenna and still lived to tell the good news to it's shareholders, the first to sell online for SGD888 and people can still buy from you for SGD1300… how cool is that?
I bought one for my wife… and I am going to get one for myself next month when the HTC Hero's contract is up.
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Quattro for iPhone
July 14, 2009
Metal with carbon fibre case for iPhone with interchangeable lenses.
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Noel Hardcase for iPhone
March 27, 2009
Slim fit hard cover for Apple iPhone 3G with high reflection metallic finshing. Brings the phone's value up 1 level. Each case comes with a bonus mirrored screen protector which makes the front of your iPhone just as shiny as the back.
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iPhone 3G
June 11, 2008
The iPhone is finally coming to Singapore shores more than a year since it's launch, in the form of iPhone 3G, a second generation of the iPhone.
With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store. And like the original iPhone, it combines a phone, a widescreen iPod, and an Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser.
It comes in 8GB Black or 16GB with Black or white, 2.0 megapixels camera, 480-by-320-pixel resolution, 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor. All these at 12.3 mm thick and weigh 133g.
Sells at an estimated SGD270 for the 8GB version…
Update 180608: iPhone is not made for ladies with long fingernails. iPhone's touch screen responds to the electrical charge emitted by fingertips. And pretty though they may be, fingernails don't emit one. For more details read the Los Angeles Times.
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Oakley iPhone® Case
May 24, 2008
I must get myself an iPhone… or maybe i will get this first before the iPhone comes to Singapore…
"It's your portal to the universe, so give it the protection it deserves. We crafted Unobtainium® rubber into a durable sure-grip design that helps protect your iPhone® from life's abuse. The side has an open face for the screen, and the case geometry gives you full access to cord connections and controls. If you're ready to go mobile with some style, this is the case you've been looking for."
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iPhone concepts over the year or two: a review
January 13, 2007
Why design an iPhone… why sell something that is not your forte? Over the years, apple fans has been speculating on what is going to come out next in every Mac expo or major events like the CES. They have envision the products, and 50% of the time, they will be disappointed. Hey, they still got it right the other 50%. And Apple always aims to please its fan base. But how to design something that is what your customers want but yet be still unique and not another has been?
So Apple team has always been cracking their brain trying to solve this one problem. Yes? No? Its my assumption… The fans always takes the concept straight from the design language of the previous products, thus the iPhone concepts generated always look like an iPod… but Apple team themselves always design at another level. The level of new design semantics and new yet simple technologies.
The iPhone is not 3G, and will launch only in the middle of the year, and Asia waits one more year. What it has is the OS X… a computer operating system on a phone. and its not OS X mobile… its OS X, can that be??? and it always functions simply. A phone, iPod and internet. Finish. The design, a block of LCD and a metal backing. Finish. The fans are happy.
Why does it take one year to reach Asia though… it would have been obsolete, if it hasn't been yet. Probably it will be an upgrade by then. 3.5G, 5mega pixel cam? Maybe… I be bored by then… but then again, Steve Jobs wants you to buy an iPod every year, so there's a 99% chance the iPhone will have changed by then.. lets just wait and see… in the meantime, you can start thinking of what it will look like by then…
January 10, 2007
its a phone… its an iPod… its an Internet… repeat again… its a phone…its an iPod… its an Internet…(this is what i actually heard on British radio of Steves Job's presentation) are you excited… yes? Just a bit?
Wifi, Edge, Bluetooth, OS X, quadband, 3.5 inch screen, 4GB or 8GB…
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So yeah, it's been about five weeks since I updated the PI blog. Sorry about that! I've been buried under a mountain of work, coupled with some very important developments in my personal life (rhymes with "carriage"), and I have had absolutely zero time to write. But for better or worse, we're back with Part IV of our Medicare series!
How about a quick review?
Good thinkin'. From the last three installments, we know that Medicare is a federal Program set up as a secondary payer (meaning it won't pay anything until all other forms of coverage are used up. We know that Medicare has a right of reimbursement (distinguishable from a lien, mind you) against any and all forms of coverage in personal injury cases where the Program has paid for medical bills. We know that you have to set up your claim with Medicare, and that the road to recovery is fraught with peril as far as Medicare is concerned. So with that dire warning taken care of, let's get into today's newest Medicare rat-nest.
What is Medicare's cap on my recovery?
You'll remember that Medicaid, similar to medical provider liens under §§44-49 and -50, is capped at a cool one-third of your gross settlement (or judgment). So that cap applies to Medicare as well, right? Wrong! Medicare allows for attorney's fees and "procurement costs," but excluding those the Program can take whatever it's owed, even if that means that the claimant him-or-herself is left empty-handed. What's more, Medicare's right of reimbursement is going to take priority over practically every other type of insurance coverage.
Procurement costs and examples.
"Procurement costs" is normally going to contemplate the sum of your attorney's fees and hard expenses. When procurement costs apply, Medicare beneficiaries are allowed to reduce the Program's right of reimbursement by the prorated amount of the total recovery that the procurement costs represent. Let's look at a basic example.
Let's say we've got a total settlement of $60,000. The attorney's fees are a contingent one-third and the Medicare interest is $15,000. Since the attorney's fees are the "procurement costs" here, in this example the procurement costs are one-third of the total settlement. Therefore, the claimant gets to reduce Medicare's interest by one-third of its total. Using this proration, we reduce Medicare's amount from $15,000 down to $10,000. So the attorney gets $20,000, Medicare gets its $10,000, and the claimant gets the remaining $30,000. Simple enough, right?
Well, sure. But it can get a lot more complicated than that, as I'm sure you can imagine. Let's assume that Medicare has a $20,000 claim, and further that there's a Medicaid lien of $15,000 and a §44-49 lien of $10,000. Attorney's fees are again a contingent one-third, there are $5,000 in hard expenses, and the total settlement amount ends up being a meager $30,000.
The first thing you do is figure out the procurement costs; in this case, attorney's fees of $10,000 and hard expenses of $5,000. Since that's half of the settlement amount right there, you get to subtract half of Medicare's interest, which drops from $20,000 to $10,000. So that's $15,000 in procurement and $10,000 for Medicare; $25,000, leaving only $5,000 of the total settlement amount. Now, Medicaid's $15,000 lien is preempted because Medicare has already eaten up the full one-third of the total that Medicaid was entitled to, so Medicaid is out of luck and takes nothing. The §44-49 lien is also preempted, but only to the extent that the holder can legally claim a compulsory interest in the settlement. Keep in mind that partial payment of a §44-49 lien does not constitute full and final payment of the obligation, so if the claimant elects not to apply the remaining $5,000 against the total owed of $10,000, he or she will still owe the full $10,000 at the end of the day. The smart move here would be to go to the holder of the §44-49 lien and offer $5,000 in full and final payment, with the alternative being that the claimant walks away and nobody gets paid anything. This "bird in the hand" tactic puts pressure on the §44-49 holder as the only party holding up settlement and tempts them with money on the table. It works more often than you might think.
Dang, that sounds intense! How do I figure out Medicare's total amount, anyway?
Look at the initial CPL and any subsequent CPLs very carefully to make sure that the Program is only claiming related expenses. If they aren't, then you'll need to contact the Program and explain what costs are unrelated and why; you'll need as much information as you can get, such as dates, providers, diagnosis codes, and anything else that looks like it might be relevant.
If the CPL(s) look good, you'll want to demand the final payment letter from MSPRC and audit that carefully to make sure that there's nothing fishy being included. Once you and Medicare are in agreement about what the related treatments are, the total amounts that the Program has paid for those treatments will constitute Medicare's right of reimbursement.
Part V, the last installment in the Medicare series, is coming Friday. Get ready!


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The New RX Pyramidby Carissa - September 2nd, 2014
What influences or motivates the way we behave? According to humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow, our behaviors are motivated to achieve a certain hierarchy of needs. Maslow first introduced his concept of a hierarchy in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" and his subsequent book Motivation and Personality. This hierarchy suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other, more advanced needs.
In his hierarchy, Maslow proposed there were 5 levels of needs we each require:
1. Physiological Needs – basic needs required for survival
2. Security Needs – the need for safety and security
3. Social Needs – needs for belonging, love, and affection
4. Esteem Needs – needs that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition, and accomplishment
5. Self-Actualization Needs – needs of self-awareness and reaching potential
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We all know that old saying, "laughter is the best medicine," right? Now that we've entered the age of technology, many people believe there should be a level that supersedes our most basic of all needs. One that, for the majority of us, we would not be able to do without: the Internet.
To some the idea that the Internet is not a true essential need is no laughing matter. – I mean, how long can you go without checking your smartphone? So with Maslow's hierarchy in mind, and including the new idea that the Internet and access to Wi-Fi is a crucial need – we have some recommendations to utilize all the levels properly.
Making the most of Maslow's Hierarchy: The New Rx Pyramid
In order to utilize the hierarchy, think about the ways you can balance each of these areas of your life to involve more of each. You may find yourself a more well-rounded, centered individual with the ability to function to your maximum capacity.
Revised Level 1> Internet
• Utilize your Internet devices to maximize your connectivity to others. This actually ties into our Revised Level 4, too – so bear it in mind. This level can really be quite important. The Internet is far more than just a source of information. It fulfills a deep seeded desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. In fact, some psychologists suggest that without our desire to connect to others socially, none of the other needs can truly fall into place.
Revised Level 2> Physiological Needs
• Remember to take care of yourself at this fundamental level. Eat healthy, nutritious foods. Get enough rest, exercise, and enjoy time in nature. Spend some quality intimate time with your significant other. All of these things meet your basic human needs and must be met before others can truly be actualized, according to Maslow.
Revised Level 3> Security Needs
• In addition to having a secure job, income, and family home- other aspects can make you feel safe and secure. For some, that's religion, prayer, meditation, surrounding yourself with the comfort of animals. Even the medicines you take to balance your equilibrium play their role to making you feel secure.
Revised Level 4> Social Needs
• Your social structure says a lot about you as a person – but it also plays a huge role in the overall wellbeing of your mind. Spend quality time with friends, family, significant others, children and coworkers. Not only will you be developing the security you need to feel like you're a part of something bigger, but you also expand your mind and are able to work towards other aspects of the hierarchy – such as self-actualization.
Revised Level 5> Esteem Needs
• To get to the point where we feel comfortable in our own skin, we need the previous levels (according to Maslow) to get there. This level delves deeper as you find ways to fulfill your self-esteem, personal worth, and accomplishments in life. Spend time loving those who love you. Laugh often. Give kisses and hugs like they are going out of style. Cuddle. Show just how much you care and those around you will do the same.
Revised Level 6 > Self-Actualization
• In order to get to this, the highest level of the hierarchy, while it is essential to fulfill the lower levels of socialization, it is also essential you put effort into self-exploration and expression. Spend time crafting, drawing, reading, and enjoying your favorite music. Find things you enjoy and relish in them. Dig deeper into who you are, what makes you tick, and become the best version of you possible.
There's so much to learn and explore on our way to being happy, healthy human beings. Use Maslow's hierarchy (and our revised version) to see what motivates your current behaviors on the way to being the best version of you can be.
Carissa Andrews is an passionate author and freelancer from Minnesotan with a focus in creative writing.
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This year's ICC Champion's trophy sees Intel partnering up with the cricket association as the technology partner, and the company is using this platform to showcase their latest innovation, the "Bat Sense," a device designed for batsmen in collaboration with Bangalore based company, Specular. The device is designed for professionals and aspiring batsmen alike and as such, will be priced at a Rs 10,000 when it launches in August, after being in development for almost 18 months. For now, Bat Sense is making its debut at the ICC, being used by a handful of batsmen in each team.
The Bat Sense is a little module that can be attached to the top of a cricket bat, blending seamlessly into the grip. The dongle has been designed to lock onto the bat and tested with forces up to 1500G so that it doesn't fly off the handle. Powered by Intel's Curie, Bat Sense allows batsmen to measure six important metrics of their batting performance; Maximum bat speed, bat speed at impact, backlift angle, time to impact, impact angle and follow through angle.
Speaking at the media briefing, Anuj Dua, Director of Marketing for Intel's New Technology Group said, "The demand for a device that could measure a batsmen's performance came directly from the coaches themselves." As such, Bat Sense is designed to be an aide to the coaching process, instead of being a replacement for it.
The Bat Sense dongle connects via Bluetooth to any smartphone and transmits the batting data to a dedicated app. Intel and Specular have worked on the Bat Sense to be a device that can be used by both professionals and aspiring cricketers alike.
Addressing the challenges faced in a cricket academy, Atul Srivastava, CEO, Specular said, "Every coach has different requirements of data that they want to be able to go through from anywhere, because in today's times, there is no concrete training data available for most cricket academies" [sic]. The idea behind Bat Sense essentially was to make a professional grade device that anyone interested in cricket could easily get a hold of.
There is a slight difference between the Bat Sense module being used during the Champion's Trophy matches and those which will be released commercially in the coming months. "The two modules are identical in every way except the radios. Since a batsman cannot take a smartphone into the field at the Champion's Trophy, the modules being used in the matches are equipped with an X-band radio that communicates with the broadcaster's booth. The commercially available units will ship with Bluetooth instead, but in terms of their performance, they are absolutely identical," said Dua.
The development of the Bat Sense module came with a number of challenges. First, the team had to figure out where to place the module, so as to not violate any rules of the game. Once the placement had been finalised, the team had to ensure it was small, and light enough to not hamper with the batsman's performance.
Making the module of such dimensions required the team at Intel to come up with a hybrid material that would not only abstain from adding significant weight, but also be able to take a beating. The second challenge was to differentiate between actual strokes of the bat from the practice swings batsmen usually take in between shots or while walking to the pitch.
This is where Intel's ingenuity with algorithms came in. They setup a pitch with high speed cameras all around and asked a number of professional cricketers (current and former) to play 20-40 overs each. The bats were lined with LEDs so that the high speed cameras could track the motion with ease. Intel used this data to train the Bat Sense algorithms, allowing them to understand and identify all types of common strokes in the game of Cricket.
Bat Sense has been designed for professional use, but keeping the common audience in mind. Intel and Specular hope to see fast adoption of the technology across all cricketing markets upon launch, but are particularly optimistic about the feedback they have received from Indian cricket academies. The Bat Sense module goes on sale in August, and is expected to retail at a price of Rs 10,000.
Disclaimer: The correspondent is in Birmingham, attending Champions Trophy at the invite of Intel India, which is paying for travel, accommodation.


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Juanes Meets Pope Francis But Doesn't Sing For Him
Juanes got to meet Pope Francis backstage in Philadelphia.
He was supposed to sing for him as well, but that didn't happen.
The Pope left right before Juanes took the stage – surely having to do with his schedule.
Juanes still performed for the HUGE crowd and was the only Latin artist to do so.
Of his meeting the Pope, the Colombian star said:
"Un placer conocer al Papa Francisco. Gracias por invitarme a la Fiesta de las Familias. Fue un honor inmenso."
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Sixth Uwezo survey finds learning outcomes consistently low
More children are going to school today. This is one of those achievements that the government picks on to show how they have transformed the country from education being a privilege of a few to being accessible to all. But, every time results of the Uwezo report are launched, debate rages over whether the government's priority should be more children going to school or what they gain there – if at all.
For the sixth time, Uwezo, an East African region organisation that does surveys to assess learning achievements of school going children aged between 6 and 16 years in numeracy and literacy has found Uganda's learning outcomes to be appalling.
For their latest report dubbed, 'Are our children learning (2016)', Uwezo assessed over 94,000 children from 112 districts in the country. Data was collected from more than 3,000 schools and 65,000 households.
Launching the report on Dec.16, the Uwezo Country Director Mary Gorretti Nakabugo said they found that by the time they reach primary 7, 2 out of 10 pupils still cannot do class 2 work.
"In P.3, almost 2 out of 10 P.3 children can read and understand a P2 English story, but 4 out of 10 cannot read an English word. In P.7, 2 out of 10 children cannot read a P2 English story," she said.
The findings of the current report are not very different from previous ones. But they present a new twist showing deep inequalities between pupils attending privately paid education and those enrolled for government's education for all programme through free Universal Primary Education. The report shows for P3 to P7 pupils, attending private schools boosts their competence over their government school peers by 17 percentage points in English, 10 percentage points in mathematics and 6 percentage points in local languages.
Also, for P3 to P7 pupils, attending privately paid remedial classes increases basic literacy and numeracy skills, English by 18 percentage points, local languages by 14 percentage points and numeracy by 10 percentage points.
While assessing, for instance, for levels of reading in English, children were placed on one of the five levels, ranging from the 'non reader' to `ability to read a short story'. Those who successfully read a story were asked two comprehension questions based on the content, if the child answered at least one of those questions correctly, he or she was considered to have achieved full competence in English literacy at P2 level.
In n numeracy, the children were assessed on number recognition and in the four basic arithmetic operations of division, subtraction, addition and multiplication which were given in assumed order of difficulty. Those who did division tasks had already passed the three.
For competence in local languages – Ateso, Runyakitara, Luganda and Leblango, Nakabugo said they used the same criteria as English. She said local languages were considered because in addition to them being on thematic curriculum, several studies have found that competence in one's mother tongue affects second language acquisition and learning yet in Uganda acquisition of reading skills is slower in the local languages than in English.
Despite Uganda introducing the thematic curriculum in 2007, assessors found an extreme shortage of local language textbooks where by 49.9% of schools surveyed did not have these books. Also, a third of the mathematics and a quarter of the English classrooms, there were either no text books or only one for the teacher.


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As nice as private pools and radiant floors are, everyone knows that the ultimate luxury in New York City real estate is space. While most New Yorkers make do in cramped quarters (or just give up and adopt Marie Kondo's philosophy), for a lucky — and very wealthy — few, it is possible to snag a home that is big enough to accommodate even the most extensive collections. As proof, take a look at the homes below, which are the biggest non-commercial units on the market right now. Read 'em and weep.
Address: 50 East 69th Street
Price: $72,000,000
Size: 21,070 square feet
The gargantuan Upper East Side spread is the largest home on sale in New York — though it is in need of a little TLC, much like the guests it has been housing recently. Up until May 2016, the building was home to the Center for Specialty Care, an outpatient facility for plastic surgery.
Address: 3 Pierrepont Place, Brooklyn
Price: $40,000,000
Size: 18,000 square feet
We guess you really do get more for your money in Brooklyn! The second-largest home in the city is significantly cheaper than the Manhattan-based winner. Of course, it is the most expensive home in the borough and it's apparently attracted some star visitors; Matt Damon was spotted checking out the home in September.
Address: 12 East 96th Street
Price: $19,500,000
Size: 17,700 square feet
Built in 1916 by Ogden Codman, Jr., the building once belonged to Robert Livingston, a blue-blooded American financier, but since 1990 the house has been home to the Italian international school, La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi. It comes with seven stories, an elevator, a wood paneled ballroom, seven fireplaces, high ceilings, a garden, and right now – a whole lot of classrooms.
Address: 12 East 79th Street
Price: $38,500,000
Size: 16,200 square feet
This building, which currently serves as the New York headquarters of the School of Practical Philosophy, has seen a couple of serious price chops since it first hit the market in 2014 asking for a whopping $51 million. Its sizable 16,000 square feet is spread across six stories, an English basement and a cellar. It's right across the street from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his very-very-nearly two townhouses.
Address: 62 Cooper Square #PH
Price: $29,500,000
Size: 15,781 square feet
Spread across the top three floors of the Carl Fischer Building, this unit – obviously – holds a whole lot, including two private terraces, a billiards room, a library, and personal yoga studio. Pretty impressive. No news on who's selling up, but songstress Norah Jones once owned in the building.


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So I'm a bit behind on the blog updates.
Uni is almost finished, though it's in a slight state of limbo until I can finish this special research project. When that will be, who knows? Industrial Training seems to be working out alright though, which is encouraging.
Weekends are getting strangely busier, despite the fact that its apparently meant to be holiday season soon. Go figure. For n weekends timeslots, there seems to be approximately 3n weekend events or obligations. Hence, a problem, though I guess a good problem to have.
Never worked out my problem with getting Uniwide access on my E71. It's a bit of a moot point now that I'm not really spending any time on campus. My home router works fine (mostly).
Next door is now a large, shallow hole in the ground with a giant pile driver making small, deep holes in the large, shallow one, and filling them with concrete. Between the cement mixing trucks, the giant concrete pump, the giant drill for making the holes, the excavator and the potty-mouthed workers, it's all a bit noisy here in the morning. They follow the usual construction worker's pattern of starting around 7am and knocking off by 3pm, which I still don't understand and don't think I ever will. Don't give me the "avoiding the heat of the day" reason either, because I don't buy it. They do it all year round, rain hail or shine so it doesn't seem to hold.
Still no new house to speak of. Yet another weekend of inspections awaits us. Pray for us that we'll find a place soon.
That's as brief as I can be! You're now (within a certain allowable tolerance) up to date. If you want more to read, go see what Kevin is doing.
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- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- I'm a Christian husband currently finishing a Software Eng degree and wondering what God's plan for my life is. I sleep soundly in the knowledge that time will assuredly answer that question with little effort on my part.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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So I'm a bit behind on the blog updates.
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3-2-1: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
3. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is no place for racist rhetoric nor racism in our politics or from our President. The Administration's determination to terminate the Temporary Protective Status of nearly 300,000 immigrants from Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador will devastate communities and families across the county. By ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program last year, the Administration also jeopardizes the fate of 800,000 young people who call the United States home. We can't remain "silent about things that matter" – we must push our members of Congress to develop a comprehensive immigration solution. Call your Congressional representatives and tell them that comprehensive immigration reform should be at the top of their list for 2018!
2. Reproductive Justice for all Women and their Providers
The House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that directly targets abortion providers and restricts their ability to serve the best interests of their patients. H.R. 4712 is yet one more example of the extreme anti-abortion agenda in Congress, further restricting women's access to the abortion services. We must stand up to the war on reproductive rights and ensure the freedom of reproductive choice. Reach out to your Representatives and tell them to vote against this harmful bill.
1. Every Child Deserves Health Care
Congress passed a stop-gap spending bill in December to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) , but some states may run out of funding by the end of THIS week. Nearly 9 million children are at risk of losing their insurance coverage because Congress is unable to reach a compromise to fund this vital program. CHIP provides healthcare to children whose parents earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford other coverage. All children deserve access to health care, no matter their parents' socio-economic status. Click here to find out how Congress's inaction will impact real families, and call your Representativesand Senators now and demand they move on CHIP.
And for you...
This MLK Day, we're inspired by Tchanori Kone, a fifth grader from Texas, who gave her own "Dream" speech in which she says, "only if these children who are holding hands are not hungry, have had a decent night's sleep in a good home, and have received the best education and the best healthcare, they will be able to say Dr. King's dream has really come true." Tchanori, we share your dream.


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I've fallen and I can't get up.
The first five-minutes of the second episode of DAREDEVIL season two picked up the morning after Matthew Murdock's intense introduction to Frank Castle, aka the Punisher. The always surprising Foggy carries us from rooftop-to-rooftop searching for his blind buddy, only to find him barely conscious after taking a bullet to the forehead of his armored mask, shattering the protective plating and giving DD the concussion of a lifetime. Truth be told, I did not care for Foggy when I first met him at the beginning of Season 1. I felt the character was forced, contrived, and not the wingman I was expecting to accompany the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. What I perceived as poor performance, however, is exactly what sold me on Elden Hensen. Foggy is the sidekick we don't expect, which makes it far cooler when he steps up to the plate and uses his best weapons–witty intellect and boisterous personality–to put a slimy villain in their place. Weapons he uses with gusto in episode two.
During Daredevil's recovery from the thrashing, he begrudgingly receives the tough-love tongue lashing Foggy special, after which Matt suffers a side-effect of the blunt-force head trauma when he begins to suffer from painful audio hyper-sensitivity–relative to his already superhuman sense of hearing– and is suddenly struck deaf, incapable of hearing his own screams, leaving him stranded, sitting on his living room floor, staring into and listening to an absolute void. The sequence of shots in this scene was palpable, not to mention a cringing reminder of the blind vigilante's own version of "kryptonite." When I suspend my disbelief watching DAREDEVIL, I suppose I simply forget about the obvious chink in his armor: the fact he is as useless as microwaveable ice-cream if his hearing is compromised. All that training and sensory honing suddenly become "somebody that you used to know."
All the while, and through the last fifteen-minutes of episode one, Karen puts her life on the line to protect Grotto–a former mafia goon turned whistle-blower–from the Punisher's shotgun warpath through a hospital. One thing I love about Jon Bernthal's choices with his character thus far is his refusal to run in any scene. While pursuing, his movements are true to Punisher style: swift, calculated, energy-conserving, vicious. His icy stare and grimace add to the moderately paced wake of mortal fear well. We've said it here before at Cinema High, Bernthal (THE WALKING DEAD, NUMB3RS, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET) does unhinged like a pro.
Soon, Grotto is safe within NYPD custody and prepping for a sting operation as part of a ballsy witness protection deal made with the DA's office by Foggy and the law office of Nelson & Murdock. This is one of my favorite parts of season two of DAREDEVIL; since I recently finished Netflix's other great superhero thriller drama, JESSICA JONES, we're gifted with an easily overlooked crossover of District Attorney Samantha Reyes, played by the elegantly fatal beauty, Michelle Hurd (DEVIOUS MAIDS, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, THE GLADES.) She goes toe-to-toe with Foggy and backs down from the clumsy oaf, after he proves fierce loyalty can sometimes outweigh intimidation tactics.
Murdock eventually regains his hearing, and is able to leave his island of isolation on the living room floor just in time for another carefully laid romantic tension moment shared with Karen, whom is starting to become suspect of Matt's chronic problem of "falling down stairs" that gives him such telltale violent scars.
The second episode ends with Grotto's "deal" with the D.A. gets turned on its head after being revealed as a sting operation to lure out the Punisher, and is proven fruitless as the paramilitary killing machine saw the ambush coming a mile away (naturally). Daredevil does a little ambushing of his own with one of Frank's own smoke-grenades and sporting a newly repaired face-mask, now with a thematic scar down the center of it. The two exchange a ferocious set of blows before both falling through a skylight and an unconscious DD being taken hostage. Cut to black off Foggy's forlorn gaze.


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Our Coalition hold collective calls for its members to give space for partners on-the-ground and allies to address needs like temporary housing resources and understanding how to apply for aid. Partners share resources, contacts, and best practices on things like direct housing programs and what to do when a FEMA application gets denied. Resource information from our calls and our own research is added bellow.
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The North Carolina Bar Association and Legal Aid of North Carolina are offering FREE legal support to low-income survivors facing legal issues after Hurricane Florence! Here is the hotline: 1-800-662-7407. Callers should identify that they are seeking Hurricane Florence-related legal assistance, ask for Disaster Legal Services, and should identify the county in which they are located. Survivors who qualify for assistance will be matched with North Carolina lawyers who have volunteered to provide free legal help. If you are experiencing challenges or have questions regarding FEMA, with eviction, or other matters and need legal assistance, please call the hotline.
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Back@Home North Carolina, is an initiative to help families still in Hurricane Florence disaster shelters or staying in unsafe or unstable arrangements quickly transition to safe and sustainable longer-term housing. Back@Home is for individuals and families who are not eligible for Individual Assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or who may be receiving limited FEMA assistance and still need help securing housing or other supportive services. Services include help finding housing, rent and utility assistance, move-in supplies, and, if needed, help accessing other resources like job training and placement and child care.
Cape Fear Volunteer Center
5041 News Centre Drive, Suite 215
Wilmington NC 28405


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Objective :
Manage orders for number with the purchase of a mobile device and/or accessories from the Client's catalogue, by associating a new number with an existing SIM card is in your stock (spare).
Click on at the top right. Choose the green button to the left : " Mobile"
Fill in the mandatory fields marked * -Choose the Type of order
At the bottom, choose Click on
Choose the desired equipment, then click on
Choose (if available) the desired accessories, then
Choose (if not already done) the base subscription of the number using the button
Choose (if possible) the options for the line using the button Then
Fill in the quantity of devices that will be the same in the bottom box :
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Option 1 : Select the person for each device using the button :
Option 2 : Give the device a label and if you wish, indicate its placement in the organisation of the
company using the button "Modify"
At the bottom, under , choose an action (depends on your access)
At the top, under, you can show the email that will be sent with the order
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Do women give men the benefit of the doubt or are they guilty of always jumping to conclusions? Why does "it's complicated" exists as a relationship status? Bryan, Jordon, and Sean, creators of the web series Brian are tackling these issues from the Brooklyn male perspective.
Things mentioned on this episode
About the guests
Bryan Thompson, Jordon Riggs, Sean Valentine are Brooklyn based writers and creators of the web series Brian.
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Tennesha Wood – @tenneshawood
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Content material offered on this web site is for entertainment or informational purposes solely and shouldn't be construed as medical or well being, safety, legal or financial recommendation. Whereas generally it is best to feed your child 'on demand,' for the first few weeks the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends waking your baby each 3-4 hours if he or she will not be doing so on their own. As a father or mother, you are answerable for providing quite a lot of wholesome food; your baby decides how a lot of it to eat. Between 6 and 9 months, you can supply dairy foods like yogurt (3.25{dc3cc75af01f930665abc6dd7fbe2a3718cb89434c9918559b6bbd89769f3bca} fats content or increased), cottage cheese or grated onerous cheese. This was additionally a typical apply for feeding a hungry baby if the mother was quickly unavailable. However listed below are some basic tips for nutrient intake in older infants and younger youngsters (6 months – 2 years).
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The mission of Danone's Nutricia Early Life Diet is clear: We make every single day depend, for you and your baby." The division needs to create a greater future for at this time's kids, promote and protect breastfeeding, and seek to make sure that infants and younger children get the best possible nutrition of their first 1,000 days, that are essential for lifelong health.
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|DHS Attractions
|Alien Swirling Saucers
|Slinky Dog Dash
|Beauty and The Beast
|Star Tours
|Star Wars Launch Bay
|Disney Junior Dance Party!
|Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge!
|Indiana Jones Stunt Show
|Star Wars: Path of the Jedi
|Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple
|Tower of Terror
|Mickey & Minnie's Red Carpet Dreams
|Toy Story Mania!
|Muppet Vision 3D
|Voyage of The Little Mermaid
|Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
|Walt Disney Presents
Opened: January 7, 1992
Attraction length: 14 minutes, 30 seconds
Exceptional lighting techniques and special effects make you feel like you are indeed a part of Ariel's world in Voyage of the Little Mermaid. This musical stage production uses live action, puppetry (if you look closely, you can see the puppeteers dressed in black as they work their magic on stage), special effects, music and movie clips to tell the tale of The Little Mermaid.
The Academy Award-winning songs, "Under the Sea", "Part of Your World" and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" are performed during the presentation. The latter is sung by an enormous 12' high and 10' wide Ursula puppet.
This show appeals to all age groups.
Fastpass: Yes
Handicapped Accessibility: The theatre is wheelchair accessible. For guests who are hearing impaired, assistive listening devices are available at Guest Services. Deaf guests can use Reflective Captioning. Ask a Cast Member at the entrance for assistance.
Tip: For the best view, try to sit in the middle of the theater.


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Careers at TerraFirma Foundation Systems
We Work Together
We take pride in cultivating a culture our employees don't want to leave and refuse to let die.
I think our mission is very clear. Be the best. It is the foundation for every position we have. For example, our design specialists' job is to find the BEST possible solutions for our clients. The appointment center is responsible for providing the BEST customer service while on the phone with our clients. We offer the BEST products with the BEST warranties. The mission is very clear and consistent throughout the whole company.
I feel very much that TFFS is always looking to make sure their employees are growing in their jobs and finding ways to keep people improving and providing opportunities to grow, learn and expand. I have been very impressed that when they see that someone needs something different but that they are doing a great job and valuable to the company they look for another way the person can fit in the company.
I am very proud to be a part of this company. I love my job, the people I work with and enjoy helping our customers move forward to a permanent solution to their concerns.
I have watched this company come from where it was and to where it is going and it just amazes me. I truly love it when people ask what do I do for a living because I can't wait to tell them about it.
I feel like I am at home here, and see an opportunity to make a career out of it, with potential for growth and improvement.
I love my job and I look forward to continuing to grow and do more.
We definitely walk the walk. Our whole team is top-notch and it shows. We go over and above to ensure our customers are happy with their experience with TerraFirma.


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You don't want to miss this recipe for Chorizo, Spinach and White Bean Soup, full of locally-sourced ingredients courtesy of my CSA, From The Farmer! This post was sponsored by From The Farmer. As always, all opinions are my own. Thank you so much for supporting the brands that support Savory Simple!
Spring is in the air, and soup weather is almost behind us. To be honest, I'll eat soup all year unless it's extremely hot and humid out.
I actually find this chorizo, spinach and white bean soup to be a surprisingly light dinner. A large mug usually does the trick for me. It's smokey, filling and satisfying.
It's also full of locally sourced ingredients from my delivery CSA, From The Farmer. I've been shooting glamour shots of their produce for years.
In fact, I wrote about working with them back in 2013! They have very kindly offered an updated referral code for my readers, which I'm so excited to share with you today.
But first, I wanted to share a bit more with you about why I love the company so much.
I get so many goodies in my From The Farmer delivery every week, and I never grow tired of waking up to find everything I need right at my front door.
Not only is the convenience wonderful, but I love knowing that my food is sourced locally, and that I'm supporting so many small businesses.
These aren't just buzzwords; there are so many reasons it's important to eat and shop local. It's an incredible win-win.
The produce and various marketplace ingredients have offered me endless recipe and photography inspiration that played a huge role in the evolution of both this blog and my cookbook.
What is a delivery CSA, and how does it work?
Every Monday, I get an email letting me know what will be arriving in my basket. I then have the option to log into the site and customize the produce by selecting more or less of certain items based on preferences. So let's say I'm getting the following:
- Apples
- Oranges
- Yellow squash
- Eggplant
- Tomatoes
- Yellow onions
- Shallots
I might have plenty of apples and oranges, and maybe I'm not in the mood for eggplant. I can say "no" to the apples, oranges and eggplant, and add more of the squash, tomatoes and yellow onions.
Since the basket needs to be balanced, I leave the shallots alone to receive the same quantity. Customizing is completely optional; I can skip this step.
After that, I have the option to go into the marketplace and add on additional items if I need them. The marketplace was not originally offered when I first started working with From The Farmer, and
I was thrilled when they expanded their services to included meats, seafood, dairy and pantry items.
Also worth noting: you can cancel at any time, and you can pause basket deliveries when you're going out of town.
I used several basket & marketplace ingredients in my chorizo, spinach and white bean soup. Many were included in the weekly basket and a few were marketplace add-ons:
- Chorizo Picante
- Rainbow Carrots (I omitted the purple carrots to preserve the soup color)
- Yellow Onions & Garlic (not currently listed on the site, but I often use shallots as well)
I make and can my own stock, but I love that From The Farmer offers homemade stock for those who want access to it. It makes such a huge difference in soups! I can't stress that enough!
Some other products I regularly purchase from the marketplace that didn't make it into the recipe, but I wanted to highlight:
- Kimchi
- Artisan Bread
- Smoked Mozzarella
- Cream on Top Yogurt
I'm also going to link to the Butcher Shop so you can browse around. You are definitely paying more for quality, but meat is one area where I refuse to cut corners.
One FTF service I wish I could take advantage of for savings are the shares. You can save a lot of money on good quality beef, pork and chicken by buying in bulk, but alas we don't have the space!
I'm ok with smaller quantities for now. The meat is sealed and flash frozen so effectively that it keeps incredibly well. I stock up as soon as I see my favorites.
From The Farmer has set up an incredibly generous offer for Savory Simple readers.
If you sign up using my SAVORYSIMPLE referral code, you get $30 off your first farm box, as well as 30% off your first marketplace order. That means your first Small Farm Box would be FREE.
Or, if you want to try the Large Farm Box, it would be $15 instead of $45. And then you can go for the 30% off goodies like the kimchi and smoked mozzarella on top of that!
I hope you'll consider giving this a try if you're local! It's such an amazing deal. Feel free to ask my any questions in the comment section. And enjoy this chorizo, spinach and white bean soup!
More Soup Recipes
Love soup as much as I do? Then you're going to love my creamy tomato bisque, cheesy potato soup, and cauliflower bacon soup.
Chorizo, Spinach and White Bean Soup
- 12 ounces chorizo links, pre-cooked or raw
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (or more as needed)
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped (approximately 2 cups)
- 1 celery rib, chopped (approximately 1 cup)
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced thin (approximately 1 cup)
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 4 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade or low sodium
- 4-5 cups fresh spinach
- 1-2 (14.5 ounce) cans white beans, drained (see notes)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste (see notes)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, plus more to taste
- If using pre-cooked chorizo links, skip to step 2. For raw links: preheat the oven to 425 degrees F, and line a sheet tray with aluminum foil. Cook for 17-20 minutes, turning the links once midway through to ensure even cooking, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. (Note: fat levels in sausage can vary, but if the links are very greasy, pat them dry with paper towels if you want to prevent the soup from becoming overly rich).
- Slice the chorizo. In a large Dutch oven or heavy bottom stockpot set over medium heat, brown the sausage for 3-5 minutes (note: there should be enough fat from the meat, but if not add some olive oil to prevent sticking). Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Turn the heat to medium-low. If the pan is dry, add the olive oil (if there's chorizo fat, omit the oil). Add the onions, celery, carrots, and a pinch of salt. Cook for 5-10 minutes, stirring periodically, scrapping up any bits from the bottom of the pan. If the bottom of the pan ever looks like it's getting too dark, add 1 tablespoon of water. Once the vegetables are soft and fragrant, add the garlic and cook for another minute, stirring.
- Stir in the tomato paste and smoked paprika, followed by the chicken stock. Add the chorizo back into the pot. Bring the soup to a boil, then cover, turn the heat to low, and simmer for 30-45 minutes.
- Remove the lid and stir in the spinach, 1 cup at a time, allowing it to wilt. Add the beans, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
Please read my full post for additional recipe notes, tips, and serving suggestions!
Recipe Troubleshooting
For help troubleshooting a recipe, please email [email protected] I'll try to respond to urgent questions as quickly as possible! This email address is only for recipe troubleshooting; Solicitations will be ignored.


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It's a topic that came up frequently when I was attending school for fine art. It's not personal. I'm critiquing what you've done, not who you are. Your work is not you. This is a difficult concept for most creatives because they feel they've birthed forth these ideas or objects and the time and effort put into perfecting the skills to produce. It is intimate. And it's particularly difficult getting the point across to a bunch of young adults with the expanse of the future filling their eyes. They are the most vulnerable.
I keep those days close to my breast because I like to remind myself that my creations are not me. I like knowing there is space between us even if it's small. Working these past couple years has not hardened me to my creative spirit, but softened me to accept the space even if at first I feel like a cringe may be crinkling the corners of my mouth. Working for publication will ultimately do that to a person. I normally have a clear idea of colors and fibers and styling when I design a piece, but to be a designer-for-hire means releasing it all to the people in charge. This is a great thing. For me. Releasing that level of control encourages the space to grow and I'm not as exposed to that vulnerability of being too close to the project. And, in this business, designs aren't formulated solely of my head space - it's a creation in response to a demand - filling in the pieces of someone else's concept. That in itself is a challenge and one I enjoy.
I didn't always feel so pliable in the hands of the publishers... in the beginning I worked up a sample in this bright, multi-colored wool selected by the publisher that was so far removed from my original concept I thought I was never going to be able to finish the piece. It seemed nonsensical at the time. When I got the sample back I just tossed it in one of my yarn bins - I couldn't stand the reminder of the summer lost under the weight of that wool stole. A year or two has passed and I find myself going back to that stole now and again. I've worn it a couple times and dare I say, am beginning to like it. It is this slow turn that made me go back to more of those early designs. I've begun re-knitting a few of them in different yarns or colors and in a way, taking them back - making them mine again. I feel like this is a great new revelation - reclaiming.
I was chatting with the amazing Allyson from HollaKnits.com about a week ago - catching up and discussing some of the progress with my book. She reminded me that the book can also be reclaimed in some ways. Of all my designs, the book collection is the one I feel most connected to and so, it will be nice to see it in its finished form and revisit some of the designs when I have grown in perspective over the two years of production.
I've been working on two pieces for publication and I have yarn headed in for two more. In between the relentless repetition of math and knitting and counting and ripping I've been taking time to knit the Textured SemiCircle Shawl for that joy of reclaiming (designed for KnitPicks Sock Yarn Shawls Collection).
I used 2 hanks of Tanis Fiber Art Yellow Label and US9 needles. The only edit to the pattern is that there is a section of chart that is to be repeated, and I knit just as charted without the repeat since I knew the shawl was going to be plenty big in the heavier yarn and larger needles.


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Is a wonder such a beautiful Japanese AV Idol Miria Hazuki can do, let alone agree, to such a video but…when in Tokyo, every night is freaky deaky night at the Bukkake Tiki Club.
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Out of Your Mind, a newly established non-profit organization, is launching an 18-month pilot program in Boone on Friday.
Out of Your Mind is a creative resource to mental health in the local community. Founded by local resident, Kat Dolan, Out of Your Mind will serve as a platform to combat social isolation through creative peer support and reframe mental illness as a mental opportunity.
You're invited to the Jones House Cultural and Community Center on Friday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. to celebrate the official launch.
Out of Your Mind offers donation based local events for those who live with mental opportunity and is also open to those who know someone who is suffering and want to understand how to better support them.
Dolan began coordinating different events for locals in August 2017 and what started as weekly potlucks has evolved to two events per month typically including a group hike and small business collaboration event. Since August, Out of Your Mind has collaborated with local businesses including: Wine to Water's CW Chocolate, High Country Yoga, Foggy Pine Books, and Noble Kava.
For more information, or to donate to Out of Your Mind, visit online, https://katdolan.com/out-of-your-mind-mental-health-community/


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Presto's Computerised Cum Digital Table Top Tensile Testing Machine is a useful instrument to measure the breaking strength of the packaging related raw materials and finished products. The device is an example of artistic and versatile work of the skilled team of Presto. The equipment has a single column vertical movement on low friction ball screws, and it operates on CRT principle for evaluating the tensile strength of the products and materials.
22 Feb, 2016
This is the best tool to check the raw materials I must say. The work of expert and art. Presto is the name I trust and I have almost good collection of presto equipment to check the quality of the packaging materials.
Deven Shukla
23 Feb, 2016
Artistically designed and versatile device to perform Tensile Test. The single column vertical movement on low friction ball screws is amazing. The device offers smooth working with accurate test results. Thanks to presto for designing and offering such a useful testing machine.


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How did we even get here?? Ok, so let's set this up:
They punched at you, you clinched them. They try to push on you and scoot their hips back, you pull Guard. They try to stand up, you put them into Stage 4. They disconnect from your feet, and now we're in Stage 5. They dive in from the side, and you made a mistake, and missed the Block & Shoot Shrimp Escape, and now they have their chest on you.
But, they don't know the technical side mount, they think (commonly) that bearing their weight down with the chest is all they need to control and demoralize you. What they don't realize is that they've left a gap in doing that, where their lower abdomen/hips are.
And that's where we use the Shrimp & Shoot variation of the Shrimp Escape. If they came in from your right, post your LEFT foot on the ground, scoot your hips back just a little, and from that post, shoot your right knee across their midsection, and left leg on their back.
From there, it is standard shrimp escape procedure:
-position your hands for awareness of head and arm activity
-with your right leg inside, drop it by their legs, push off of them, and straighten up
-post your right foot on the ground, and then shrimp towards the right, free that foot/leg, and wrap them into Guard Stage 1.
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Maybe I should describe a little bit about what I do. Where we live.
We live in a Christian community in the Redwoods (as I've said), which has been a discipleship school for new believers for the past eight years. It's a long time! We are currently kind of revamping the whole thing, transforming it into more of an outreach community with room for discipleship. It's an interesting process.
Right now there are seven staff members, as well as six guys who are currently without title (previous students, but now that we've gotten rid of the student label, we're not exactly sure what to call them) and three little kids, to become five little kids this fall and winter. So, we have a pretty full Land (but believe me, we are not nearly as full as we have been at times in the past) and it is eventful.
Elena and I are both pregnant. And grumpy. She's probably grumpier than I am. (Just kidding) Anyways, when I moved here the first time, right after Chinua and I got married, Elena was pregnant with her first kid. And soon after, I discovered I was expecting my first kid. So, they are six months apart, and the best of friends. Now, we are pregnant together again except she is expecting her second, and I am expecting my third. Somehow I snuck another kid in there somewhere. Three kids in four years. (As I described to a friend who is getting married, earlier today, I'm not exactly the birth control poster child.)
Elena is one of the reasons that I'm still here today. Her and um, Chinua, of course. But one day, when the two of us were both eighteen and I was visiting the ministry in San Francisco for a week, she rang the doorbell over and over and said, when we let her in, that she wanted to follow Jesus. She was a drunk street girl nicknamed "Stumbles," and I personally wasn't sure how seriously to take her.
She was very, very serious. She never looked back, not even when her friends from the street threatened to storm our gate, not even when one of them stole our cat and tried to hold it hostage, with Elena as the ransom if we wanted to have the cat back. She didn't budge when they accused us of drugging the food. She didn't even look back during that first rainy winter, here at the Land. She was set on Jesus. That changed my life. Growing up as a Christian, I had honestly never seen someone turn to God like that. And since then, I have seen it over and over again, being here. It is nothing short of miraculous.
And hilarious. We have probably gathered some of the craziest characters in the world over the last thirteen years, and I'm not just talking about the people who are here right now, but everyone, even those who've spread out (you know who you are) and the stories we can tell are bizarre and wonderful. Every day I feel blessed, both by my memories, and by the people I'm living with now.
Anyways, I want to get more of these stories down. And I hope I'll be able to do that, here. I've always thought, as we sit around talking about what we've been through together, Somebody should really write these things down. The time the brakes went out on the bus, the time Scott made Thai curry to pass out on the streets and it was so spicy that some old guy threw his at us, saying "You're giving me a heart attack!" the time the Oklahoma City tornado was heading right for a group on tour, until at the last moment it was diverted.
Gosh, there's so much to write about. And so little time.