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"Got your eyes on the latest Note phablet? Here's what you need to know"
As far as phablets are concerned, it's all about the size. People love a device that combines the functionality of multiple gadgets (a smartphone and a tablet in the case of large-screened phones), which explains the growing popularity of this particular segment. We're sure phablets have also eaten up into the share of compact tablet to a significant extent, and if you covet a large phone of your own, there are a slew of options spanning across the affordable price bands right up to the high-end. Even the likes of Apple and Google have jumped into this space, and the juggernaut just keeps rolling without any signs of slowing down in the foreseeable future. Samsung is widely considered to be the pioneer of the phablet domain, and it has smartly chosen to take a different route by means of its S Pen – a stylus on steroids. With the S Pen, Samsung has successfully managed to carve a unique niche for itself in the large-screened smartphone category, and so far, none of other rivals have been able to come close, despite trying.
The capabilities offered by the S Pen have been improved over generations and the latest Note model… the Galaxy Note 4 (first impressions) also boasts quite a few new features. Apart from the S Pen, The Note 4 also rocks drool-inducing hardware and comes across as one of the most loaded phablets money can buy right now. If you've been eying the device as your next buy but need a few things to be clarified before you apply for a loan, then you're on the right page. Read on to get answers on the most common doubts regarding the smartphone. Let's initiate the proceedings by skimming over the key specs
Loaded you said? What are its specs?
The horsepower is provided by a top-of-the-line quad-core Snapdragon processor clocked at 2.7GHz. This is mated to 3GB of RAM and Adreno 420 graphics. The 5.7-inch display rocks QHD resolution and an eye-popping 515ppi pixel density. Fuelling the show is a 3,220mAh battery. We did say it was loaded, right?
What all is included in the retail pack?
The box comes with the usual set of accessories, covering a 2A wall charger, a micro-USB to USB cable, a quick start guide, the removable battery, and a wired headset (along with differently-sized rubber tips). You also get a few spare tips for the S Pen and a tool to help you replace the worn out ones on your own.
Does the Note 4's display sport a layer of Gorilla Glass?
Absolutely. There's a layer of third-gen Gorilla Glass present over the phablet's screen for protection against minor scratches.
What SIM card does the Galaxy Note 4 accept? Does the device support 4G?
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is a single SIM device and accepts a micro-SIM. Notably, the device supports the 4G frequencies available in India, and therefore, makes for a future-proof purchase even if you don't have these services available in your region.
Does the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 support USB OTG?
The answer to that is yes.
Does the Note 4 feature NFC?
Affirmative. The Note 4 supports NFC for quick pairing with compatible devices and accessories.
What about the rest of the connectivity options?
Loaded is the key word here. Apart from 4G, USB OTG and NFC, you also get support for dual-band Wi-Fi ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.1, wireless display mirroring, TV-out via MHL and MirrorLink for mirroring the screen to your car's display.. provided your car system supports it. Connectivity options also include a Download booster feature that combines cellular data and Wi-Fi for faster internet speeds. Did we mention it also has an IR blaster on top that converts it into a universal remote?
How much storage does the Note 4 offer, and how much is available to use? Can I add more?
The internal storage is 32GB, and out of that, you can use a little over 24GB. There's a microSD slot present and you can add up to 128GB more.
How are the Samsung Galaxy Note 4's cameras?
The front camera sports a resolution of 3.7-megapixels, while the one at the rear is a 16-meg shooter complete with an LED flash, optical image stabilisation and 4K video recording capabilities. The front snapper may not look too selfie-focussed in terms of megapixel count, but it does boast some handy features for clicking self portraits. For one, you can shoot selfies by placing and then removing your finger on the heart rate monitor at the back. In addition, there's a Wide selfie mode that can fit more people into a single image.
One of the shooting modes available for the primary camera is a Rear-cam selfie mode that allows you to take high-res selft portraits using the main shooter itself, using face recognition to work its magic and make sure your face is right in the frame where you want it. We'll be going in-depth into the device's shooting prowess, but first impressions are very favourable and we've got tons of pristine images in our Note 4 review unit as evidence. In short, the camera looks very promising indeed and we're sure it's not going to disappoint us.
What about the software side of things?
The Galaxy Note 4 runs Android 4.4.4 with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top. The device boasts tons of features such as Multi Window, Ultra Power Saving mode, a one-handed mode, Smart stay, Adaptive display, glove mode, Direct call, and Smart alert, along with other modes covering Easy mode, Blocking mode and Private mode. There's a safety assistance feature available too, and you can also choose to customise your device by tweaking the unlock effect on the lock screen and rearranging the quick settings on the custom notification panel. There's a Flipboard-powered news aggregator dubbed Briefing available as well, occupying a dedicated homescreen on the left. It can be disabled in case you don't want it.
There are a few interesting features hidden under accessibility settings too. For example, under 'Vision', you'll find a 'Hover zoom' option that magnifies content on the screen when you hover the S Pen over it. You can even customise the zoom levels. Under 'Hearing', you can enable flash notifications to alert you by blinking the camera flash. Under the same head, you'll even find 'Sound detectors' – options that make the phone vibrate when the sound of a baby crying or a ringing doorbell are detected. Nifty indeed.
We'll be covering these features as part of our main review, so watch out for that.
Any other special features to take note of?
While the Note 4 isn't impervious to water like the Galaxy S5, it does come with many other features seen on the S-series flagship, such as the fingerprint scanner integrated into the home key and the heart rate monitor at the back. In addition, The Note 4 also features an SpO2 sensor that measures the concentration of oxygen in your blood, and a UV sensor that can measure the UV intensity when you're out in the sun. Like the heart rate monitor, these features are also available via the S Health app. In the same app, you'll find Coach by Signa, a digital coach service that allows you to set fitness goals for yourself and then monitor your progress over time.
What about the capabilities of the S Pen?
Without the S Pen, Samsung's Galaxy Note range is like a lost soul hunting for purpose. While that may sound too profound, the fact is that while the Note 4 and its predecessors have all been worthy phablets, their mainstay and key differentiation aspect has always been the S Pen. Basically a stylus that has been fed on a steady protein diet to enhance its muscles, the S Pen resides insides a dedicated silo on the bottom right of the device.
Pulling it out wakes up the smartphone from slumber and launches a fan-shaped menu called Air Command. It sounds like a game involving fighter aircraft, but it's really a launcher for S Pen-centric apps and functions. On the Note 4, the S Pen has been blessed with even more powers and capabilities, and Samsung says the pressure sensitivity levels have been doubled as compared to the Note 3 to make the experience closer to writing with a real pen. One of the new functions of the S Pen includes Smart Select – letting you collect any content you want directly from the screen, covering everything from documents, web pages, notes, images, widgets, and apps. The collected content can be modified and shared easily. Photo Note is yet another S Pen-enabled feature and is available from the S Pen widget on one of the home screens, letting you create editable notes from images of written text. Again, more on the S Pen and its powers later – we need to save something for the full review you see.
Any freebies included as part of the deal?
Apart from the free spare tips for the S Pen you mean? Yes, you do get 2GB of free 3G data from Vodafone for two months, along with quite a few other content-related freebies. Available under a special widget titled 'Galaxy Gifts', you can choose to download them all in one shot, or one-by-one if you wish. The offers include Hancom Office 2014, a three-month subscription to 21 magazines via Magzter, a four-month subscription to F-Secure SAFE, free prints worth Rs 1,000 from Zoomin, a one-year subscription to Bloomberg Businessweek+, a six-month subscription to The Wall Steet Journal, a six-month access to Pocket Premium and more.
What's the outlay involved? Break it to me gently, please.
There's no way to be gentle about this, so brace yourself. The Galaxy Note 4 will cost you Rs 58,300.
More on the Galaxy Note 4 soon, so don't go anywhere.


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2.5m want my 'giant haystack': 10,000 calorie burger wows 'em
A MONSTER burger on the menu at a sleepy British pub has 2.5m people queuing up to try it.
Landlord Phil Martin was stunned at the global response when he posted a phote of the 1ft-wide gutbuster on Facebook.
Within 24 hours over 1m people worldwide declared they wanted to try the 10,000-calorie burger – the equivalent of 10 quarter pounders.
That has now more than doubled prompting fears the rural English pub could find itself swamped by hungry tourists keen to take on the mega food challenge.
Many have phoned the boozer placing orders for when they visit England.
Quite apart from the 40oz beef patty, the "Haystack" includes eight rashers of bacon, eight onion rings, melted cheddar cheese, baby gem lettuce, tomato and gherkins.
It all comes on a foot-wide bun specially made for the challenge, with 2lb of skinny fries, 1lb of coleslaw and a vanilla milkshake on the side.
Phil, 35, said: "I cannot believe how crazy everyone has gone for the Haystack.
"I uploaded a picture one night and when I woke up it was in six figures. By the end of the day it was well over a million.
"People have been in touch from France, Germany, Finland and even Australia.
"We're just a quiet country pub – one of our biggest sellers is a pint of mild so it's all come as a bit of a shock," added Phil, the boss of The Farmers Arms in Burscough, Lancs.
"I think what caught people's attention was the sheer size. It looks particularly big, even as food challenges go."
Punters who polish off the lot in 40 minutes get the £25.95 cost refunded.
So far eight have attempted the challenge and all have failed and Phil says "no-one has even got close."

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"Death is nature's way of saying, "Your table's ready."" --Robin Williams RIP. The 63 year old comedian and actor Robin Williams has been found dead. The Oscar winning celebrity is dead from an apparent suicide.
His wife Susan Schneider says she lost her husband and her best friend, while his fans lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings.
Robim Williams was found in Northern California by first responders today. He reportedly had money problems and also suffered from drug addition. Williams was apparently unresponsive when paramedics arrived at his Tiburon home. The area medical examiner believes that Williams suffered asphyxia. It is believed that the actor took his own life.
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text: Older Age Is Associated with Higher Rate of Discontinuation of Anti-TNF Therapy in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseDesai, Amit MD*; Zator, Zachary A. MD*; de Silva, Punyanganie MB, BS, MRCP*,†; Nguyen, Deanna D. MD*,†; Korzenik, Joshua MD*,†; Yajnik, Vijay MD, PhD*,†; Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N. MD, MPH*,†Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: February 2013 - Volume 19 - Issue 2 - p 309–315 doi: 10.1002/ibd.23026 Original Clinical Articles Abstract In Brief Author Information Background: In increasingly aging populations, awareness of outcomes of older patients treated with biologics is becoming more important. However, few studies to date have investigated the safety and durability of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in this subgroup. Methods: This was a retrospective single-center study with cases comprising all IBD patients who began anti-TNF treatment at age >60 years. Cases of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) were identified from medical record review. Our controls consisted of patients younger than age 60 years on anti-TNF treatment and patients >60 years on treatment with immunomodulators. Kaplan–Meier survival estimates were used to calculate the probability of remaining on anti-TNF therapy. Results: We identified a total of 54 IBD patients who initiated anti-TNF therapy over the age of 60 years (mean 73, range 61–97 years). Among these, a total of 38 patients (70%) discontinued anti-TNF therapy after a mean of 24.1 months. At 12 months after initiation, 75% of patients older than age 60 years were still on anti-TNF agents compared to 93% among younger users and 82% among older AZA users (P < 0.05). Compared to older AZA users, older anti-TNF users remained more likely to require early therapy cessation (hazard ratio 2.21, 95% confidence interval 1.29–3.78). Conclusions: The IBD population older than age 60 at the time of initiation of anti-TNF therapy is at higher risk for discontinuation of therapy. They may also be particularly vulnerable to infectious complications requiring hospitalization, suggesting the need for careful monitoring during therapy. Article first published online 17 May 2012 *Department of Medicine †Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Reprints: Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH, Crohn's & Colitis Centre, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge St., 9th Fl., Boston, MA 02114 (e-mail: email@example.com). Received May 1, 2012 Accepted May 3, 2012 © Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.


text: Minister Schedules As a parish, we are grateful to those parishioners who give of their time serving as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Mass Co-ordinators, Lectors, Greeters and Altar Servers. Remember to find a substitute if you are not going to be available on a scheduled Saturday or Sunday. It is very difficult for the Mass Coordinators to find Lectors and Ministers on very short notice, so please be courteous and try to find a sub. A NOTE FROM THE SCHEDULE COORDINATOR: We are in desperate need of Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at the 4:30 mass on Saturday and the 8:00 mass on Sunday. Please consider volunteering to move to one of these masses or offering to serve a few times a quarter at 4:30 or 8:00. Remember to find a substitute if you are not going to be available on a scheduled Saturday or Sunday. It is very difficult for the Mass Coordinators to find Lectors and Ministers on very short notice, so please be courteous and try to find a sub. Refer to the attached substitute list if you need a replacement. For those who have volunteered to serve at more than one mass, please remember to check both mass schedules. The schedules are available by clicking the links below. A NOTE TO EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION FROM FR. TOM The 8:00 chalice ministers have started what I think is a better way of receiving the chalice than the way we all started out doing things. After the host ministers have received, the chalice ministers come to the altar one by one to receive the chalice from the priest (rather than the priest walking back and forth to them). I think this works great. I just wish I had thought to do this in the first place. So why don't we say this is the procedure at all the Masses. When you are handed a ciborium or a chalice, there is no need to say "thank you". In fact it is preferable that this be a silent exchange. I know Bishop Lennon asked that after distributing chalices, you bring them to the priest for him to consume. We need to revise this because often, I do not want to consume the quantity of Precious Blood that is brought to me. We have recently reduced the amount of wine we are consecrating but still there is some left. Since the bishop's main reason for requesting that you return to the priest is that you not self communicate, I have the following suggestions: 1. When you give the chalice to the last person in your line, ask that person to consume what they can. If they do not finish it, and someone else is still distributing the chalice, join them in the hope of someone else finishing it. 2. When you come to the priest, he may indicate that he just cannot finish more than one chalice. If he indicates this, distribute the chalice to other ministers, so that you are not self communicating. Notice I have tried to replace the word "cup" with "chalice" since this is the language used in the Roman Missal. Keep trying to get a substitute if you cannot distribute. 4:30 ministers are really stressing the Mass coordinators. Sometimes, the other Masses are hurting too, especially 11:30. Appearance is important in the Church. I encourage you to always dress like you have come to do something important, that is, to worship God. That way if you need to fill in as a Eucharistic minister, you will be properly dressed. Thanks for doing what you are doing. It is a great service to the parish and all of the effort you make is deeply appreciated. Questions, Comments, changes? Schedule Coordinator Ken Hyrcik Eucharistic Ministers Ken Hrycik Lectors Jim Zeitz Mass Coordinators Rick & Kathy Deakins Parish Office Chris Molle Instructions for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Assisting at Mass and Communion to the Sick in the Diocese of Cleveland. 2017 May through August Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lector Schedule 2017 September through December Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lector Schedule


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Top image: Still from Saint Laurent Music Portrait/Kim and The Created
Saint Laurent's ongoing Music Project took a new twist today; two teasers for music video portraits filmed by Hedi Slimane starring Burger Records-signed band Kim and The Created and LA polymath Ariel Pink, alongside an ambient trailer referencing a release date of February 10th.
In one video Kim House – frontwoman of Kim and The Created – can be seen frantically writhing around to her track Get Go – with the same exuberance as her stage show – wearing Saint Laurent pieces mixed with her own handmade stagewear and catsuit.
In true Ariel Pink fashion, his trailer is a typically zany affair. Filmed at his house, Pink pirouettes wearing astronaut gear, swinging a metallic cape. Pink is an alumni of Slimane's Music Project, having previously starred in a series of black and white portraits.
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With over forty years of experience, William H. Draper III is one of the West Coast's first venture capitalists. He is General Partner of Draper Richards L.P., a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology companies in the U.S., and Draper International, a venture capital fund investing in private companies with operations in the U.S. and India. He also serves as Co-Chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a venture philanthropy firm focused on start-up non-profit organizations promoting social change. Recently, he authored the book, The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs. Mr. Draper was founder of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, California. During his twenty years as the senior partner of Sutter Hill, he helped to organize and finance several hundred high technology manufacturing companies.
Mr. Draper served from 1981 to 1986 as President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. In 1986, he became the head of the world's largest source of multilateral development grant assistance, the United Nations Development Program. In addition to serving on many corporate boards of directors, Mr. Draper has served on the boards of the Atlantic Council, Harvard Business School California Research Center, Hoover Institution, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, World Affairs Council of Northern California and the United Nations Association-USA. Mr. Draper formerly served as the Chairman of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, Chairman of the Institute of International Education, as a Trustee of Yale University and as Chairman of the Board of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco; he was a former Board member of Population Action International, George Bush Library Foundation, the Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the World Rehabilitation Fund in New York.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University. In 2005, he received the Vision Award from SD Forum and was inducted into the Dow Jones Venture Capital Hall of Fame. In 2006, he received the Silicon Valley Fast 50 Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Distinguished Service Award from the Institute of International Education.
Mr. Draper has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, and a Master of Business degree, with distinction, from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
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The global money tsunami we've been talking about so forcefully and consistently is now swinging into action with full force.
It's sapping funds from major foreign markets.
It's pouring new funds into U.S. stocks.
It's driving the Dow, the S&P and the Nasdaq to new all-time highs.
And it's raising a series of urgent questions from investors.
Since we've taken the lead in forecasting this unique megatrend and since that trend is now trumping all others, it's no surprise that we're getting a large share of those questions — from our loyal readers, from major media, even from total strangers.
I'll answer the main ones in a moment, prioritizing yours. But first a quick update on the unfolding drama that's behind the money tsunami …
ISIS on a new bloody rampage. Just because you may not be seeing as many gory headlines about the Iraq/Syria wars on Fox News, CNN or CNBC, doesn't mean the crisis has faded.
While most American investors have been distracted by elections, wealthy families and big traders all across the Muslim world — from Malaysia to Morocco — have been glued to their TV screens, watching the crisis unfold with ever-greater anxiety.
They see ISIS grabbing new ground in Iraq; massacring hundreds of men, women and children just in the last few days; pouring still more reinforcements into key Syrian battlegrounds in Syria; enlisting new affiliate organizations in Europe, North Africa and beyond.
They see a leading al-Qaeda affiliate (al-Nusra Front), unrelated to ISIS, conquering new territory in Syria, easily routing the few remaining forces loyal to the West.
And they respond with ever-quicker clicks on their online "transfer funds now" buttons, sending most of it to U.S. markets.
Russia quietly conquering Eastern Ukraine. Just in the last few days, Europeans have woken up to the reality that they've been duped, absolutely hoodwinked.
On September 5, Vladimir Putin went to Minsk. He met with representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with leaders of the break-away provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine, and with observers from major world powers.
He signed an "historic agreement," the Minsk Protocol. He promised to support the territorial integrity of the Ukraine.
And then, he promptly proceeded to destroy it.
Today, just 66 days later, Putin has transformed Donetsk's and Luhansk's Western borders — supposedly just a "buffer zone" — into an impenetrable wall that separates it from the rest of Ukraine. At the same time, on their Eastern borders with Russia, he has flung open the floodgates, moving in a constant stream of Russian troops and supplies with impunity. Thus …
Vladimir Putin has effectively annexed two major Ukrainian provinces as part of his "Greater Russia."
That's 20,541 square miles — double the size of Ukraine's Crimea Province, which he officially annexed eight months ago … bigger than New Jersey and New Hampshire combined … larger than all of Switzerland.
So if you're living anywhere on the Continent, you now have an even stronger reason to move your money. And if you have a lot of cash in Russia, where the economy is sinking and the currency is collapsing, you could be even more motivated to get your money out.
What Should Average Investors Do?
That's the obvious focus of the questions I've been getting. Here they are with my best answers …
Q: I am 85 years old, a widow and have almost $25,000 in savings. Right now, it's in a fixed annuity with an insurance company that you rate only a B+, earning 5 percent. But your Ultimate Portfolio strategy yields an average annual return that's ten times bigger. And you say the minimum is $25,000. So it seems perfect for me. I'll get out of my annuity and put the money in a stock brokerage account to follow your Ultimate Portfolio strategy. Is that a good idea?
A: For someone in your circumstances, I can count three reasons why it would be a bad idea: The $25,000 is your entire savings. The 5 percent yield in a fixed annuity is hard to beat, especially compared to the terrible deals you get with most annuities. And a Weiss Financial Strength Rating of B+ is actually very good. So stick with the annuity.
Q: Dr. Weiss, you're famous for having warned investors ahead of time about most of the bad things that happened — about insurance company failures, bank failures, and so on. But what about the other side of the coin? How many financial institutions get your high ratings? And how reliable are those high ratings?
A: There are quite a few that merit our high financial strength ratings.
For life insurance, for example, we have over 100 companies rated B+ or better, qualifying them for our recommended list. For health insurance, there are about 300; for homeowners policies, more than 50. Plus, among banks, there are more than 6,500.
Here's the crux of the issue: When other rating agencies give a company a top rating, it does not always protect you from a bankruptcy. Indeed, a major study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the GAO, showed that insurance companies rated "excellent" by S&P and A.M. Best did fail, trapping millions of investors. By contrast, companies that received "A" grades from Weiss Ratings have never failed.
Q:How do you know when a crash is coming?
A. I don't. My father always used to say: "When the stock market's going to crash, no one is going to ring any bells." He was the first to admit that you can't predict a crash ahead of time. And yet, he probably knew more about stock market crashes than virtually anyone. The point is, you always need to be alert and prepared to some degree. What I can do, though, is clearly identify a bear market in its early stages, which I feel can make all the difference in the world in your long-term results.
Q:What should I do once we're in a confirmed bear market?
A. First, let me tell you what I do in rising markets: I buy exclusively the stocks that rank at the very peak of my charts, stocks that represent less than one-tenth of one percent of all the stocks on the market. That quality alone helps protect me from the downside.
Then, in a confirmed bear market, I do three things: I move more money to cash. I buy ETFs representing other asset classes that have nothing to do with stocks. And I use inverse ETFs that are designed to actually profit from a bear market.
Q: What are the chances we'll see a major long-term decline in the stock market sometime soon?"
A. Let me go back to my bear market indicator: To confirm a long-term bear market, you need at least a 10 percent decline in the S&P 500. Plus, you need a confirmation from the economy, such as a 1 percent decline in leading indicators. Right now, we have neither signal! (Our model is more complex than that. But those are among the two most important factors.)
Q: I'm too worried to invest right now. I look around the world, and all I see is blood — literally speaking. Then, I look at our own country, and all I see is a ship of state drifting at sea, with no rudder and no captain. Why should I even be investing a single dime in this environment?
A: To most people, investing means buying some stocks, holding the stocks, and then praying the stocks will turn out OK. If that's what you mean by "investing" then I agree. Don't invest a dime that way.
But that's not what I mean by investing. If you want to truly protect yourself from the threats you're worried about, then go on the offensive. Turn lemon into lemonade. Take advantage of the massive money flows that these crises are creating and harness them — let them help you multiply your money!
Those money flows are at the core of the current goals of my strategy: We buy the highest possible quality stocks in the world today, stocks that stand to benefit the most from all the money fleeing the frightening things you mentioned. And sometimes, we also buy investments that benefit directly from things that are going down. That's how you protect yourself from everything you are worried about.
Q: The Fed has printed trillions of dollars and pumped them into the economy. When are we going to see the impact of those trillions?
A: We already are seeing the impact — in the rising value of financial assets. And we are also beginning to see it in the rising value of some (but not all) hard assets, too — art and collectibles, choice real estate and more.
What's especially interesting right now is the fact that capital inflows from overseas markets are actually larger than the money pumping by the Fed. Don't forget that! It's critical to understanding what's happening in the world today.
Q:Around 15 years ago, I had over $2 million in my brokerage account. Then came the Tech Wreck in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and I saw half of it go up in smoke. It took me about seven years to finally recover most of my losses. But then came 2007 and 2008. I lost money in stocks again. Plus I lost most of the equity in my home. How do I know the same thing won't happen with your strategy?
A. We cannot guarantee the future. But the entire history of Weiss Research since I founded it 44 years ago is evidence that, if there's any organization that has the experience to help protect you against those kinds of scenarios, it's ours.
Q: I see ISIS execute an American, and then I see the president play golf. I see Putin announce he's building more nukes, and the president plays more golf. Even after his big Ebola speech recently, the president played four hours of golf. How long are global investors going to continue rushing to a country with a president who scoffs at these dire dangers from the comfort of the golf course?
A: No one said our country is going to win the Ms. Universe beauty contest. But we do know that we're winning the international contest for the least ugly. We still have the biggest markets, the biggest economy and the strongest military, all still growing.
Q:If you were them, what would you be buying in the U.S.?
A: It's not going to be penny stocks. It's not going to be third-rate tech stocks with no earnings. It's going to be the best of the best, the same kind of stocks that I think we can identify better than almost anyone else.
Q: The Weiss Stock Ratings seem to be an important part of your strategy. Where did the Weiss Ratings come from?
A: The Weiss Ratings are originally a legacy I inherited from my father, Irving Weiss, who began his career as a stock broker on Wall Street a few months before the Crash of 1929. He didn't foresee the crash but he realized something was amiss and kept his clients out of the market.
Then, after the market rallied, in April of 1930, he borrowed $500 from his mother to short the stock market, targeting the weakest stocks. And he developed his own, personal scoring system to pick them out — overvalued, too many high fixed costs, too much debt.
And it worked. Each time the market took a big fall, he made more money, reinvesting his profits along the way. By the time the market hit rock bottom, he had close to $100,000 with the worst stocks. Plus, he told me he also gave back a big piece of his profits during market rallies.
But then, when the market was near its lowest levels of the 20th century, he used that same scoring system in reverse — to select the best of the best, the cream of the cream. That's when he loaded up with four stocks in particular — General Motors, AT&T, General Electric and Sears. And he paid just pennies on the dollar. All thanks to their high scores — low debt, plenty of cash and unbelievably good value.
About 15 years before he passed away, he and I began a very special project together — to transfer some of the knowledge inside his brain to a program inside the Weiss Research computer. We first launched bank ratings. Then insurance ratings. In 1999, we launched our beta version of stock ratings, and a couple of years later, the Weiss Stock Ratings, which are very similar to what we use today.
Q: I've been around for a long time, and I've seen a lot of stock ratings coming out of Wall Street. I figure that about half the time they're right and about half the time they're wrong. What makes yours different?
A: First, unlike the research that comes out of major Wall Street firms, we are 100 percent independent, 100 percent free of any conflicts of interest. We never accept any payments of any kind from the companies we rate. We have no business relationship with them whatsoever.
Plus, here's the second difference that's critical for your retirement — the difference that separates us from all rating agencies, even the independent rating agencies.
Their stock ratings focus almost exclusively on earnings, earnings and more earnings. I don't deny the importance of earnings. But in our Weiss Stock Ratings, safety is just as important as earnings. In the ratings of other independent firms, safety is far less important.
This is important in bull markets because it steers you away from stocks that can be a drag on your portfolio performance. And of course, it's especially important in bear markets to protect you from stocks that can sabotage your portfolio from within.
Q: How can we validate the accuracy of your ratings with an outside third-party review that is independent from yours?
A: Let's start with the Government Accountability Office, the GAO. This is the non-partisan agency of the U.S. government which reports directly to the U.S. Congress and is the only real government watchdog agency in the country. There is simply no other organization anywhere with greater credibility and objectivity.
The GAO studied the Weiss insurance ratings in depth. And they concluded two things: First, Weiss clearly beat AM Best, S&P, and Moody's in accuracy. And second, that the Weiss Ratings should be the standard against which all the others are compared.
Today, many of the formulas that made the Weiss insurance ratings so accurate are basically the same ones that we've used in the safety side of the Weiss Stock Ratings.
That's one independent validation. Plus, here's another: Years ago, The Wall Street Journal reported on a study that compared all the major companies that issued stock ratings. And they found that our original Weiss Ratings ranked number one in the United States in terms of performance, beating every single one of the other rating firms.
The bottom line is that if you had been following the Weiss Stock Ratings at the time of this study, you would have made more money with Weiss than you would have made with all of the major and minor firms in this study, including Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley, Standard & Poor's, and more.
According to this outside, independent study, the one-year performance of Weiss Stock Ratings beat the S&P by 19.73 percentage points. All the others either had inferior outperformance or actually underperformed the S&P.
That was during a bull market. In a bear market, where many other ratings approaches lose money for investors and the Weiss Stock Ratings help investors make money, the contrast is even greater.
Q: I own a stock that you rate A+. Does that mean it will go up — or at least hold up nicely — even if the rest of the market is going down?
A: Actually, we do see many cases of that type of thing happening. Still even the best of our best A+ stocks are also vulnerable, in some degree, to the broad investor selling that you typically see in a bear market, albeit less so than the average stock.
Q: My agent is recommending I buy a fixed annuity with a company that you rate D+. But S&P gives the company an A+, and A.M. Best gives it an A-. He says that you're either out of whack or just plain wacky. Why is your rating so much lower?
A: Hah! If I could give you one dollar for every time we got a comment like that from the insurance industry and two dollars for every time our "wacky" ratings saved someone from the jaws of failure, you'd have a few extra million dollars today. Our ratings on the weak companies are lower for two reasons.
The first is similar to what we saw before with the conflicted stock ratings. It's because all the competing ratings agencies — A.M. Best, S&P, Moody's, Fitch — get paid big fees by the insurance companies for their ratings on those same companies.
The GAO found that Weiss beat A.M. Best by three to one in warning of future failures and that, with Moody's and S&P, there was no comparison. But it's not because we're smarter than they are. We're not. Rather, I think these conflicts of interest are the main reason.
Q: I know all about how the other ratings agencies get paid by the companies. But I still can't understand how all those smart analysts I see on TV could have gotten it so wrong so consistently. Especially in the tech wreck and the housing bust.
A: Maybe this will help explain it: You see, the conflicts of interest are not just because of an illicit payment here or payment there under the table. They're systemic. They're considered "legal," and that's the problem. The entire business model of the rating agencies is based on these payments. So it has a pervasive impact. It can distort virtually all the ratings they give you, including bond ratings.
The main problem is grade inflation. That means their ratings aren't just too high for some individual companies that should be downgraded. On average, they're too high for the entire universe of companies they cover.
This happens because they grade nearly everything on a curve. So let's say, for example, that we're talking about bonds. And let's say that, over time, the factors that go into a bond rating — like debt ratios and the balance sheets go down for an entire industry or even for all industries. Rather than downgrade nearly all the companies, they lower their grading standards. That's the problem.
It's like a class of students who all fail a test. Instead of giving everyone an F, they give them an easier test.
We don't do it that way. We set fair standards. Then we stick with them. That's why, for example, in our Beta version of our stock ratings in late 1999, we gave nearly all tech stocks a bad grade, and sure enough nearly all of them collapsed. Ditto for housing and banks before their big bust in 2008.
Q:You say that you have no conflicts of interest. But you're rating insurance companies that sell investments. Then you sell investments too. Isn't that a conflict?"
A: We don't sell investments. We are not a broker or a money manager. We are exclusively publishers. And all we have to sell is our information, our analysis and other educational materials.
Q: I don't understand why so many people are so worried. It seems everyone is fighting the last war — the debt crisis or the housing bust or the tech wreck. The way I see it, we've been there, done that. Now let's look ahead. Now let's just do what you're saying — find the very best of the best stocks or ETFs and make money. What's wrong with that?
A: Or better yet, do both: Make money and protect yourself from the crises! Right now, we're looking at some stocks that get a solid A+ Weiss Stock Rating, that rank #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and so on in profit performance among 12,000 stocks that have tremendous value.
Q: I want to make a big killing in a bear market like your father did. Why can't I do that?
A: I'm not saying you can't. All I'm saying is that's not the primary goal of this strategy. My Ultimate Portfolio never uses speculative instruments like options or futures or short-selling. It also never uses leverage. It is not designed for your speculative money. It's designed for your core portfolio, for your nest egg.
Q:Do we need to be concerned with the price of oil going lower?
A: If you've been betting on higher oil prices, sure. Otherwise, no.
Q:Will Russia cause our economy or our dollar to crash?
A: Right now, the more threatening their behavior appears, the more money they drive to our markets and to the U.S. dollar, and the better it is for the elite stocks we have in my Ultimate Portfolio.
Q:In a few months, my wife will receive an inheritance from her mother's estate of somewhere between $50,000 and $60,000. Our financial adviser told us that we should use all but $10,000 to $20,000 to pay off our business and personal debt to remove the debt and cancel the interest payments. I'm not thinking this is the best way to go. I want to invest more of her inheritance and not use so much to pay past debt. What would you recommend?
A: If your adviser were unethical, that's exactly what he'd be recommending. But he seems to be ethical, and his recommendation to pay off the debts is sound advice.
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Jeff Praught | Dugout Chatter
In a championship game that was anything but a classic, the Urban MO's basketball team and number-two seed in the SD Hoops playoffs staged a huge rally in the second half to defeat Hillcrest Brewing Company 39-37 on March 12. While the score was close, the affair was a sloppy one, filled with ice-cold shooting, turnovers and questionable decisions.
MO's could not buy a bucket over the first 15 minutes of the game, despite boasting league MVP Johnny Stultz among its starting five. The team's strength had been creating easy baskets with the athleticism of David Piedra, Ace Vieyra and Stultz. A strong defensive team, MO's often created fast-break opportunities for its guards and forwards in finishing 9-3 during the regular season.
But as athletic as the roster is, MO's did not boast much size down low, and Chris "Thor" Schoch was able to take advantage early for HBC. His ferocious rebounding and physical attacking of the basket gave HBC an early 20-10 lead, and the fourth-seeded underdogs carried a 24-15 lead into halftime.
HBC looked like it was going to pull away in a blowout, extending its lead to 14 points with under 14 minutes remaining. But for whatever reason, HBC then stopped going to Thor in the second half, and MO's began to chip away. Piedra and Stultz knocked down a couple of shots, and MO's went on a 6-0 run. "Chipped away" is a more appropriate description of what transpired, because it took MO's nearly six minutes to go on that run. HBC was suddenly lost on offense, passing the ball around but failing to get any open looks. When they did, the shots were not falling.
While HBC struggled, MO's crawled closer. Vieyra hit a three-pointer with 4:03 remaining to give MO's its first lead since the opening minutes of the game, 36-35. Samantha Raymer, the lovable coach of HBC, answered with a jumper a minute later. MO's then took its time passing the ball around before Stultz, the league's 7th leading scorer with 15.7 points per game during the regular season, found a crease and drove to the basket for another layup.
With just over a minute to go, HBC had the chance to re-gain the lead but could not, and had to foul. Stultz made one of two from the free throw line, giving MO's a 39-37 lead with 25 seconds, but grabbed an all-important offensive rebound. He drew another foul, but missed the front end of the one-and-one. Jake Hodgens took the ball upcourt for HBC, but MO's was able to tie him up in a controversial no-call wrestle match for the ball, sealing the two-point victory.
Before the title tilt, number-three seeded Wells Fargo and number-one seeded The Loft squared off in the third-place game. This high-scoring affair was won by Wells Fargo, 63-58, despite a furious second-half rally by John Crockett's Loft squad. Crockett had previously captained three of the league's previous four title winners.
On March 18, the league honored its league award winners. In addition to Stultz being named Most Valuable Player, Hodgens captured Defensive Player of the Year honors. Two-time MVP and former DPOY honoree Patrick Schoettler (Wells Fargo Advisors) was given the Best Big Man award. The league's Best Sixth Man was handed out to Piedra. Bob Iddings (Flicks) was named Most Improved.
Taking home perhaps the league's most prestigious honor was Raymer. A positive spirit on and off the court, this SD Hoops veteran was presented with the Jeremy Parrish Spirit Award, given annually to the player who best demonstrates sportsmanship while representing the spirit of our league, San Diego's only basketball league for the LGBT community and its friends. Having played alongside Raymer for several years, it is no surprise that her name was engraved on the trophy that is named after a beloved, fallen friend and original member of the league.
SD Hoops now transitions into its offseason, and will do so under an almost entirely new leadership. I have had the honor of serving on the board of officers for each of the last five years, including the last four as commissioner. During that time, so many league members and officers helped assist me in keeping SD Hoops stable financially, active in our community doing service and outreach, and generally introducing our league to dozens of new players.
The time has come for a new voice to help guide the league, and I could not be more excited that league All-Star and young spirit Noah Ingram will take over the role as commissioner of SD Hoops, after serving as the league's community outreach officer the past two seasons. His assistant will be David "Mona" Valenzuela, with Brett Drake (treasurer), Brian Ruszkiewicz (webmaster), former Dallas Commissioner Robbie Baker (community outreach), and Marcus Lenihan (secretary) rounding out the board of officers for 2015-2016.
I would be remiss if I failed to recognize a few members of the league who made significant contributions during my tenure. Outgoing treasurer Jeff Hammond served a record eight years on the board as treasurer, and was instrumental in maintaining good relations with the gym and referees. Sereeta Jones had to relocate to Los Angeles for work, but this dynamic player on the court, and lovable character off of it, served on my boards and was always willing to help the league whenever needed. Crockett served multiple terms as the league webmaster, providing fantastic game previews and a broad range of individual statistics for players to track.
And hats off to Paul Demke, longtime coach, player, and sponsor in the league. Demke announced his retirement from the league following Wells Fargo's third-place finish in the playoffs. One of the longest-tenured members in league history, Demke made many memorable runs at league championships, helped contribute to the positive spirit of this LGBT league, and many will miss his on-court personality.
It has truly been a joy to be a part of SD Hoops' legacy over the past half-decade. The league will soon announce a schedule for "open gym" sessions on Wednesday evenings, as well as plans for its third summer league, which begins in June. Check the league website for updates.
—Jeff Praught is actively involved in the LGBT sports community. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Secret Teams
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Hospital Galenia holds the Certificate of Medical Attention Establishments granted by Joint Commission International (JCI), Accreditation Canada International (ACI) and is certified by the Mexican General Health Council (CSG).
A small multi specialty hospital located in the town of Ensanada, Mexico. A staff of 50 physicians provides surgical and medical care in over 20 medical specialties. The doctors can speak English, and the hospital provides services to foreign patients.
A JCI accredited hospital, located 150 miles from the border with Texas, United States. The hospital is a full range tertiary care hospital, with five areas of excellence: Cardiology, Oncology, Neuroscience, Organ Transplant and Liver Disease.
A small, modern, private hospital, located in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, right across the Texas border. 50% of the patients come from the United States, due to the proximity to the Texas border, and to the easy access by car and by air.
A tertiary, modern, small hospital, which is part of the San Javier group of hospitals. The hospital employs 48 physicians in most medical specialties, and provides many services to accomodate private and foreign patients.
A small, private and modern general service hospital, offering a wide range of medical services, including plastic surgery, orthopedics, general surgery, oncology, infertility and pediatrics. Facilities include private rooms with a TV and phone line.
Neurosurgeon/Spine Surgeon
Hospital CIMA Monterrey is an acute-care hospital that was originally a women's specialty hospital (formerly known as Hospital Santa Engracia) when it opened in 1996. It is located in San Pedro, Garza Garcia, a suburb of Monterrey, in Mexico.
This information is intended for general information only and should not be considered as medical advice on the part of Health-Tourism.com. Any decision on medical treatments, after-care or recovery should be done solely upon proper consultation and advice of a qualified physician.
Many non-surgical options are available for the treatment of spinal stenosis. A combination of medication and physical therapy exercises has proved to be beneficial for patients with mild symptoms. Non-surgical treatments need to be used for a long term to control the symptoms for patients who cannot undergo surgery.
Surgery may be required if the patient needs to be urgently treated for spinal cord compression. The decision to go through surgery should be taken after much consideration and discussion with the doctor. The doctor should explain all the surgical alternatives to the patient. The type of surgery that is needed is dependent on the cause and location of the spinal stenosis.
How is Spinal Stenosis Treated?
There are various options available for the treatment of spinal stenosis. They include:
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In years past, the holidays have been a blur of activity. Everybody wanted Mama's holiday specials at the Glory Bee. I loved to see newcomers do a double take when a tiny Asian woman, just shy of five feet, would emerge from the kitchen in her apron, making sure they were loving her Southern cooking. She made fruit cake that actually tasted good, cinnamon spice loaves and, of course, her famous mint hot chocolate. We made more money in December alone than any other quarter. We nearly made more money on Christmas morning than the rest of December. While other kids were tearing into their presents, Mama, Aunt Ruthie and I were prepping for Glory Bee Christmas breakfast. Most years, I even managed to recruit San.
You wouldn't believe how many folks didn't want to cook breakfast on Christmas morning. They much preferred Mama's hot biscuits and homemade preserves to anything they could do themselves. We were always up by four that morning prepping, open for business from eight to noon, and home opening our own gifts by two. A strange Christmas; a working Christmas, but I never minded. The money we made that morning didn't just pay for Christmas gifs. It paid for dance and singing lessons. For cheering and gymnastics fees. For new tap and ballet shoes. Mama never held with me having a job because she knew how demanding my schedule was, but I worked for her.
Inevitably, I'd have Christmas dance recitals, parades, holiday singing competitions. Mama never complained, but just juggled all her responsibilities at the diner, always making sure I got where I needed to be and that she was there when I needed her presence and support.
I settle onto the couch and enjoy the tree occupying the corner of our living room, something I do every night when I get home from The Note. It's gleaming, beautiful, festive and almost too big for the small space. Rhyson and I argued over the six-foot or the eight-foot. He won, of course. He always wins. The angel tree topper barely fits under the ceiling.
San's stack of packed bags by the door nicks my heart a little. This will be one of the few Christmases we've spent apart. He's headed to Florida, where his grandmother moved when she retired last year. I'm headed back to Glory Falls to spend Christmas with Aunt Ruthie. San walks into the living room, patting his pockets, his forehead squeezed into a frown. I lean forward and grab his keys off the coffee table, jangling them to draw his attention.
"Thank God." The frown clears, his handsome face relaxing into a smile. "I can't afford to be late."
He takes the keys, looking me over from head to toe, starting with the brightly patterned caftan I picked up at a sidewalk boutique and strappy sandals. Colorful earrings dangle from my ears, Grammy's gold necklace hangs at my throat. I've braided colorful ribbons into my fishtail braid. My make up isn't heavy, but the fact that I rarely bother, makes even the little I'm wearing scream "special occasion."
"Hot date?" San plucks my earrings, making them swing against my neck. "Better not let Rhyson find out."
"Very funny." I swat at his hand. "Of course not. Rhyson's just coming over for dinner."
"So a date at home with Rhyson."
"It is not a date." I wish I could turn down the heat in my cheeks. "It's just…dinner before we go home for Christmas."
"Dinner with a guy you see every chance you get, who texts you constantly and who bought you a Christmas tree. I can't wait to see what an actual relationship between you two looks like."
"San." I groan and drop my head in my hands. "What am I gonna do about it?"
"About the fact that you're in love with Rhyson Gray?"
My head pops up like a Jack in the Box.
"I am not. Take it back."
"Okaaaaayyyy." His face sobers and he sits beside me, rubbing little circles on my back. "I wouldn't have suspected it, I mean him being an asshole rock star and all, but he's a good guy. At least to you."
"Your point?" I ask, my voice weaker than my words.
"My point is the sooner you work through these issues – the whole I wanna make it big first stuff and your Daddy issues – the sooner you and Rhyson can do what it's obvious to everyone you want to do." He leans in to press our foreheads together, a leer on his full lips. "You can fuck."
I shove him back, and he flops against the couch laughing.
"Shut up, San. You have a one-track mind."
"You think Rhyson doesn't?" San flashes his you-gotta-be-kidding-me look. "Wait'll he gets you on that track."
I want to shove him again, but the doorbell rings. I can't stop myself from checking my earrings and smoothing my hair.
"That's probably your non-date." San gets up and walks over to the door. "I'll get it."
Rhyson and San fist pound and both turn to look at me.
"Hi." Rhyson speaks first, the long look he gives me warm like the sun on my skin. "You look great."
"Down boy." San laughs and walks over to me, giving me a quick hug. "I gotta go, pip squeak."
"Text me when you land, k?" I squeeze him a little tighter before letting go. "And kiss Grandma Letty for me."
"Will do. She hates that you aren't coming with me." San slings his backpack over his shoulder.
"I need to be with Aunt Ruthie." I give him a sad smile. "First Christmas without Mama and all, and she could use some help with the Christmas morning crowd at the diner."
"How long you think she'll keep the Glory Bee going?" San asks.
Panic spins my head like a top. It never occurred to me that Aunt Ruthie might not want to go on with the diner she and Mama built from the ground. Mama was the cook, for sure, but we'd gotten someone else to help with the food when Mama got too sick to do it anymore. Nobody could cook like Mama, but the sweet lady we'd hired did a great job with Mama's recipes. The thought that Aunt Ruthie might close Glory Bee rattles me. My childhood is in those weathered wooden tables. My adolescence in that kitchen. My last years with Mama, written on the walls and floors.
"I…well, we're paying down Mama's debt so she can keep it. You think it's too much for her?"
'I'm sure she's fine," San says quickly enough to let me know he's not sure. "It was a stupid question. I'm late already. Love you. Merry Christmas, Rhyson."
San speeds out, taking my worry with him. I'm too distracted by the fact that Rhyson and I are alone to dwell on the possibility of losing Glory Bee and all the memories it holds. We just stare at one another for a few seconds, taking in the details. He wears dark wash jeans, and a chunky oatmeal colored sweater hides the dense muscles I wonder about. I've never even seen him without a shirt, but I've touched him. The pads of my fingers tingle with the memory of smooth, warm skin. My palms heat recalling the shape of the sculpted muscles in his back and arms. My hands remember and my mind wonders.
"Hungry?" I brush past him and into the kitchen, needing to busy my hands before they do something stupid.
He follows behind me more slowly, his pace as careful as the eyes he lifts to watch me pulling out plates.
"I could eat." He sits down, placing a small wooden box I hadn't noticed him carrying onto the table.
I go still and smile a little.
"Is that for me?"
"If you're a good girl." Rhyson laughs and reaches for my hand, pulling me to stand in the vee of his long legs. "And if you feed me, of course."
"Of course. We can eat in here." This close, the dark flecks in his eyes nearly consume the grey. The strength of his legs pressed against my thighs makes the breath in my throat jagged. I can't draw one smooth breath with his heat surrounding me. If I don't break this intimate spell, I'll regret it.
"Let me get one thing before we eat."
I rush back into the living room, reaching for my composure along the way. I grab a small box wrapped in black paper with a silver bow from under the tree and take it into the kitchen.
"Is that for me?" He reaches for the gift, but I stash it behind my back.
"Maybe if you're good." I step farther out of his reach. "And after we eat."
I've been so busy getting the girls at the center ready for the dance competition and working the holiday madhouse at The Note, I didn't have time to prepare all the dishes I would have liked to for him. Instead it's a simple roasted chicken with vegetables and mashed potatoes, half sweet and half white.
We've actually spent less time together since Thanksgiving. Partly because we've both been so busy, and partly because I needed to dial back the intensity of what I felt with him that day. It's like we're driving at a breakneck speed, rounding a curve, running out of road, mere feet from barreling over a cliff. I'm not ready for that freefall, and I don't want this ride to end; to lose his friendship, but I'm not sure how much farther we can go like this. So I tried to slow us down.
I push those thoughts aside and focus on our time alone. I could almost fool myself that we're just two friends catching up before going our separate ways for the holidays, except as I talk his eyes fix on my mouth. Except he reaches for salt so he can brush his fingers over my hand. Except he could be talking about aliens landing from outer space and I wouldn't know it I'm so distracted by the heat rising around us every time our eyes catch and hold.
"So Grip's started working on his first album. It's incredible. We're doing a song together. Think Kanye and Chris Martin. You know that song Homecoming? That kind of collaboration. Hip hop, piano kinda thing." Rhyson taps out a rhythm on the kitchen table. "You should come to Wood and sit in on our next session after the holidays."
"Wood? Your studio?"
"Well, it's my friend Gunnar's studio, but I'm a silent partner."
"You, silent?" I scoff. "Yeah, right, control freak."
"You know me well." An unabashed grin creases his lean cheeks.
I do. Amazingly, I do know him well. We met just a few months ago, but something has connected us almost from the beginning. It defied reason. It pressed through all the barriers that should separate us – his fame, my caution and mistrust – and has bound us over time, over late night dinners, over gut-busting laughter, over intimate moments pregnant with possibilities our bodies long to explore. It has grown through confidences and secrets. Through truth-telling, soul-baring conversations, almost all right here on the lumpy couch in my apartment. I've never even been to Rhyson's house, yet I'd know his shape in the dark, his scent in a roomful of people, and could pick his voice out of a choir.
"That, like everything you cook, was delicious." Rhyson reclines in the chair, stretching his long legs out in front of him.
"Thank you." I reach for the dishes, walking them the short distance to the sink. "I wish you could taste the food I'll be cooking tomorrow in Glory Falls."
"Believe me, so do I." Rhyson pulls himself to his feet and crosses over to stand with me at the sink, falling into a familiar rhythm of loading the dishes into the washer after I've scraped and rinsed them. "I'd much rather be in Glory Falls than with my parents in New York."
With the last dish loaded, I prop myself against the sink's edge, facing him.
"Your first time home since?"
"Since I was sixteen." His voice is low and deep enough to hide the truth from someone not looking for it.
"It's okay that you're nervous." I reach for his hand, looking up at him.
"So much could go wrong." He mingles our fingers, pressing them to his chest. "What if this only makes things worse? If that's even possible."
His heart thumps strong and even beneath my hand like a mallet against a bass drum. Mine isn't nearly as steady, trilling in my chest like a blindfolded bird frantically flying and knocking into the bars of a cage.
"Grady will be there." My words come out breathy, his closeness whittling my voice down to a whisper. "He'll be your buffer."
"Yeah, maybe." He sounds distracted, tugging on my wrist until I'm pressed into the hard expanse of his chest, my hair barely brushing his chin. He lowers his head until his breath is a sweet singe over my lips. "Pep, I—"
I jerk back, knowing if he kisses me, we'll be around that bend and hurtling over the cliff just ahead, a precipitous fall from which we won't recover. Once you drive off a cliff, you can't change your mind. The thump and splat when gravity turns its back on you are inevitable. Rhyson dragged me out of a darkened pit of grief and sorrow. I can't afford our friendship to be a casualty of this attraction, no matter how it grips me at the throat and chokes my reason.
"We should open our gifts." I take another step back, easing my body away from temptation.
For a moment, I fear he won't let me get away with it. His expression hardens, a frown jerking his brows together. I silently plead for just a little more time. He presses his lips against whatever he would say and just nods.
We sit back down at the table, each passing our small parcels to the other. He rips away the black paper but doesn't open the gift, an eager look on his face as he watches me manipulate the small ornate catch on the wooden box. I laugh as soon as I see his gift glinting against a bed of black velvet.
"A nameplate necklace." I hold it up to my neck, admiring how the gold name scrawled under my collar bone layers prettily with Grammy's gold chain.
"It's like the one Carrie wears on Sex and the City, right?" Rhyson asks with a smile.
"Yes, I love it." I twist my lips into a wry grin. "Except it says Pepper. You got me a nameplate necklace with a name only you call me?"
He doesn't disguise the look in his eyes when they drop to the gold glinting against my neck. The look is a claim, hard and possessive before he shutters his expression into something deceptively harmless.
"Our little inside joke. " He gives me the innocuous smile of a tiger hiding and biding his time.
"What do you think of yours?" I bite my lip, so uncertain. What do you get the rich-all-his life rock star who has everything?
He pulls the gift out of the box I wrapped so carefully. His eyes go wide and a genuine smile overtakes his face.
"A harmonica?" He laughs, staring at me and not the small instrument in his hands I so painstakingly chose.
"Well, you said you'd never played so I assumed you didn't have one." My words trip and fall between us in the small kitchen. "And well that's a shame, so I thought this might be fun. And I know you have a dozen instruments. Rare and expensive. I just thought that something like this would—"
His finger at my lips startles me, that light pressure enough to send my senses into a tailspin.
"You're rambling." His mouth softens into an affectionate smile. "It's perfect."
"There's an inscription," I whisper against his finger.
For a moment, he doesn't lift his finger, but traces his thumb over the bottom curve of my mouth, an unhurried caress that leaves my lips trembling.
He finally pulls back, flipping the harmonica over to see the writing I had hoped would make him smile.
"Sometimes the little things we've overlooked become our favorites," he reads, running his fingers over the dark wood. He looks up, his eyes moving over my neck and breasts and shoulders. "I'd have to agree with that."
I will combust before this night is over. It's like someone spiked my blood with liquor; Fireball enflames my veins, swelling them with a heated rush. A luscious, intoxicating burn. I pop to my feet and stumble to the refrigerator, removing the lemon custard pie Grady told me Rhyson likes.
"Dessert." I hold the pie aloft as proof that I did indeed have a reason for abandoning the table. For fleeing the flame that always leaps between us.
Rhyson walks over to me, taking the pie and setting it on the counter. Deliberately, slowly like a man lowering a gun to the ground inch by inch, he places his hands at my hips. He's giving me a chance to pull away, but I can't. If he decides to press the issue, I'm not sure I'll be able to resist him. He squeezes my waist as he lifts me off the floor and onto the counter. He steps into the tiny space where my legs spread slightly, leaning until his mouth is right by my ear.
I about die when his breath penetrates my ear, heavy, hot and a little ragged despite his outward calm.
"Kai, I'm not doing this much longer." He kisses behind my ear, laving the tiny strip of skin with his tongue. I shudder against him. "We're not going into the next year with things like this between us."
He pulls back, his broad palms caressing my shoulders and arms through the thin caftan. He presses his forehead to mine, and I'm afraid he'll be bold enough to kiss me on the lips.
"But tonight, for now," he says, smiling and lifting one hand to toy with the ends of the braid hanging over my shoulder. "Merry Christmas."


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The other week I took the long drive up to Cannock, in Staffordshire, to meet Chelsea and her three handsome boys. Chelsea received a photoshoot voucher some time back, but we've only just managed to get around to it. My vouchers don't have an expiry date as with horses, and the British weather, you just never know what's going to happen. I like to be as flexible as possible for my clients.
So anyway… I went to see Chelsea the day after her 21st birthday, so firstly, huge happy birthday love!!
Chelsea owns Tonto, Jinx and Cadet, who you may have seen in my last vlog.
Tonto is the grey and Chelsea calls him her unicorn. And I can totally see why. What a beautiful boy. Tonto, or 'Ennistymon Adam', is a six year-old Connemara and he and Chelsea have done quite a bit of local showing together. However, Tonto seems to enjoy jumping a lot more than showing, and Chelsea's aim is to compete in BSJA with him.
Tonto hasn't been an easy pony and has been a bit of a project for Chelsea. She tells me that he was very nervous when she bought him and was also younger than she first thought, so I get the impression she has put a lot of TLC into this chap and he certainly seems to be a well settled, sweet boy, thanks to her efforts.
Next up we had the larger, darker chestnut pony, who is Jinx. And Jinx was rather a special show pony in his day. Chelsea first had him when he was just three and she broke him herself and owned him until he was eight. 'Woodrow All Gold', as he is more formally known when he's winning titles and championships, is a 15hh hunter and is now semi-retired, as there really isn't too much more for him to achieve in the show ring.
This clever pair were third at RIHS and then went first, champion and reserve supreme pony there in 2013. They came second (on joint marks with 1st place) at HOYS, won at Windsor and achieved numerous BSPS championship winnings, such as Young SHP Champion, Restricted SHP and more.
In 2014, Chelsea sold Jinx, but ended up buying him back again in 2015. And she tells me that he now has a home for life. He now enjoys a life of pub hacks, lazy strolls around the countryside, playing in paddling pools and there may be a few low-key local shows in his future, just to keep him entertained. "But for now I want to thank him for being amazing by letting him chill out.," Chelsea says.
And last, but certainly not least, is cheeky little Cadet. The smaller chestnut pony. Whalton Cadet is Chelsea's twenty-two year-old, 13hh hunter, who she has owned for twelve years. In their younger years, Chelsea and Cadet showed at county level, before moving onto showjumping and pony club.
Chelsea tells me that when she first had Cadet, she hated him. She said that he did the 'wall of death' around the menage every time she rode him and definitely taught her how to sit to a naughty pony. And I can attest to the fact that at twenty-two, he is showing no signs of slowing down, whatsoever. I swear, these veterans are the cheekiest of all my models!
Chelsea and Cadet are now trying their hand at Veteran Horse Society Olympia qualifiers, for the first time this year. They achieved a respectable two 5ths, a 4th, a 3rd and a 1st! They also still jump, together, when the showing season ends. And Cadet LOVES it!
Thank you so much to Chelsea and her lovely mum, Maria, for welcoming me at their home and introducing me to their special boys. I hope it's been worth the wait!


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This is late getting posted here but I thought I'd share anyway. This is my second natural birth and hypnobirth. My first, Liam, was in a hospital (his birth story is here somewhere).
So I had my membranes stripped at my appt on Monday the 20th of August. I was kind of crampy all day but I really didn't think it was going to work so I didn't get my hopes up. However, at 1:15am I was woken up by a contraction. They weren't that close so I tried to lay down and get some sleep thinking it could be a while. That didn't last though as they quickly went to 5 minutes apart and were getting strong. So, at 2:30am I called the birth center, woke up dh, and we were on our way by 2:45. It was an hour and fifteen minute drive there in the pouring rain but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. My Mom met us at the center around 4am and we got settled in our room. About 4:30 my IV of antibiotics for being gbs positive were started and I was 3 1/2cm and 75% effaced (the same as I had been for the past week at least). So we walked around a bit and at 5:30am I had to come back and sit in bed. I went into my zone to work with the back to back contractions. My Mom told me later she thought labor had stalled and that I was sleeping. I was dozing between contractions but I was pretty focused during them and doing my visualizations and breathing. At 6:45am I heard and felt a big pop and my water gushed out. Man was there a lot of fluid! LOL The midwife checked me again and I was about 5 1/2 cm. I figured this was going to take a lot longer than my first since I wasn't dilating as quickly so far. Boy was I wrong! Things got really intense at that point, much more so than Liam's labor, and I was soon to find out why. 40 minutes after my water broke I began pushing and about 10 minutes later out he came! My Mom held the mirror so I could see him being born which was so awesome! He kept turning his head from side to side as he crowned--not entirely comfy! He had the cord around his neck but it was loose and just fell around his body as the rest of him came out. So Lochlann arrived on his due date--8/21/07--at 7:35am and weighed in at 8 pounds 5 ounces and 20 3/4 inches long.
He did great and started nursing the first five minutes of his life. He was so alert and calm and handled his quick birth well. I however did not. They think my body went into a kind of shock and my blood pressure shot up and I was hemorrhaging. Thankfully, with a shot of meds in my thigh and pitocin through the IV and the midwife manually removing the huge clots (that I would have liked an epi for
), they got everything under control but apparently I lost a lot of blood and was minutes away from being transferred to the hospital. We're doing great now though I'm still anemic from all the blood loss and was pretty weak from it for a while but otherwise I felt great. His birth was such a wonderful experience though and I'd go through all that again in a heartbeat!
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Unanswered: Tracking Electricity Consumption
I am trying to build a database that tracks 5 customers. The table has the following fields:
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How can I calculate the consumption between reads for each customer? I was able to do it with only one customer using:
Consumption: IIf([tblelectric.reading]=0,0,nz([tblelectric].[reading]-[qryElectricPrepUsage].[reading],0))
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Couple of ideas for you. You can place that code directly into a query column, at the very top something to the effect of Consumption: [code]
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Peterborough East Station – 1937
I'm sure someone could name what type of steam engine this is, waiting at the platform at Peterborough East, unfortunately I do not have any idea. Peterborough East was located close to the Peterborough United ground car park, the name of the road that still exists today kind of gives it away, East Station Road. Looking at overhead views on Google Maps, outlines of old track and the station itself can easily be seen.
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Tags: 1930s, 1937, east station road, peterboro east, peterborough east, railways · Posted in: Railways
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kevin williams - May 28, 2013
Hi, After 27 years living in and around Peterborough and not taking much notice except for the changes that were obvious at the time, I am now far away in Newcastle and missing the old place. As to the locomotive it appears to be ex Great Eastern, then LNER "Claud Hamilton" class 4-4-0 LNER classification D14,D15,D16. The originals were withdrawn by 1931, so as this is dated 1937 it is either D15 "Belpaire Clauds" (the most likely as it is shown with a belpaire firebox) or D16 "Super Clauds". My money is on D15 class.


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