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I am copying a table with 11,000+ features but only about 700 show up on the QGIS attribute table. Is there a limit? how can I avoid this problem?
If you have a lot of features, you better use a postgis database. It can store the whole world (at least that's what the Openstreetmap people do).
My local exctract holds over 900000 points, and QGIS has no problem showing the whole attribute table when zooming to the extent. You should disable rendering for that as that is the main blocker.

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Tickle match!
Go Vikings!
Out for a cold January walk
It was too nice out, and we hadn't seen the sun in weeks
Cal likes his backpack
Hanging out on a Sunday afternoon
Being silly
Cal sits up with props pretty well
Uh oh! I hope the quarterback is okay...
Calvin! Almost 5 months old here.
Got a pig block in my walker, life is good
Oh, it's just Dad and his camera
Off on another walk
The stream was going pretty good
Little bear in the woods
Getting tired...
And we're asleep :)
Playing in the kitchen
Super Cal!
Uh oh, where are we going
That's not how one does piggy back rides...
Dad's got me now, I'm sure all the craziness will stop.
Or not!
So aerodynamic
Time for beans, Cal is suspicious
Okay, well here goes nothing
Wait..what is this?
Oh god, this is horrible!
It doesn't taste a thing like milk
And yet...maybe it's not so bad...
New hat from Nana!


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In my last twenty cases I have attached the gall-bladder to the parietes in the following manner: A full curved Hagedorn needle is threaded with silkworm gut and passed mattress-stitch fashion from within the gall-bladder through the peritoneum, overlying muscle and fascia; then it is brought out and reintroduced and carried out through the skin a short distance from the wound. The opposite end of the silkworm gut is introduced in the same manner and the ends fastened by two or three shot, the uppermost of which is crushed. At first I used five sutures of this character to suspend the gall-bladder, but now I rarely use more than three. The suspension sutures are removed on the tenth day, or earlier, if indicated. The advantage in this form of suture is that there is no danger of the sutures falling into the gall-bladder to become the nidus of new concretions
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The Truth About Sensory Processing Disorder
When Washington, D.C., mom Sara Durkin's son was 3, she got a call one day from his preschool. "They said he wasn't sitting in circle time, he wasn't sharing as much as he should, and he liked to be the center of attention," she recalls. There were other issues as well. He didn't like group activities, although he did like to play one-on-one with other children. He was busy and physical, but he didn't want to ride a bike and seemed a bit clumsy.
The school suggested that Durkin take her son to see an occupational therapist. "They said that he might have sensory processing disorder or something like that," she recalls. Occupational therapy (OT) helps adults do better at their job and daily tasks. OT helps children be more comfortable and successful at play and in school.
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Durkin and her husband thought he was just being a 3-year-old boy, and that in some ways -- such as seeking the company of adults and enjoying the limelight -- he was simply taking after his father, a national TV news correspondent. They elected to skip OT.
Then within a few months she heard from several other D.C. families. Their sons, all around the same age, had also been referred for occupational therapy (by different schools) with the suggestion that they might have sensory processing (or integration) disorder (SPD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). "I have one neighbor who's a speech pathologist and another who's an audiologist, and they both told me [SPD] is one of the most over-diagnosed disorders these days," Durkin says.
SPD: Real Disorder or Trend?
What's going on here? Is there something really wrong with our kids -- especially little boys? Or is "sensory processing disorder" the new ADHD --that is, a diagnosis of the moment that may well apply to certain kids who truly need professional help, but could also be over-applied to interpret typical young-child behavior as an illness?
It's true that behavioral and developmental disorders are on the rise among America's children. One in every six children now has been diagnosed with a developmental disability, such as autism, ADHD, or learning disabilities, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's 1.8 million more children than were diagnosed with similar conditions in the late 1990s. And nearly twice as many boys as girls have these conditions.


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Released August 22, 2013
Buffalo, NY – The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. is proud to announce the annual Succulent Show which will run September 7 - October 6, 10am-5pm daily, a Medicinal Garden Feature to highlight Cholesterol Awareness and Men's Health Month on September 7 from 10am-2pm and the Fall Plant Sale on September 13 from 9am-7pm and September 14 from 9am-2pm.
Designed by Botanical Gardens' Gardeners, the Succulent Show, sponsored by Local Edge, is always a visitor favorite. This exciting show will illustrate to visitors what can be created with these exciting little plants through creative design concepts. Using common, unusual and exotic varieties, the Botanical Gardens will be full of interesting container gardens, a table setting, a globe made of succulents and many unexpected surprises.
September is Cholesterol Awareness and Men's Health Month and a special Medicinal Garden Feature will take place at the Gardens on September 7 from 10am-2pm. Activities include: Educational displays about healthy foods from plants that may be beneficial in maintaining a low-cholesterol diet, medications and botanicals which may be helpful in managing cholesterol levels, educational presentations and displays about general men's health and prostate health; botanical displays of plants from which current medications are derived and from which future medications are being researched. From 10am-12pm, Independent Nursing Care will provide blood pressure screening and flu shots will be available. The Medicinal Garden is made possible by D'Youville College School of Pharmacy and Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health.
The third Annual Fall Plant Sale will take place on September 13 from 9am-7pm and September 14 from 9am-2pm in the Gardens' Administration Building. This fantastic sale will include perennials, flowering shrubs and more! Highlights include; Japanese Anemone, Leadwort, New England Aster, Butterfly Bush, Toad Lily, Large Flower Hibiscus and so much more!
Tickets for the Succulent Show and the Medicinal Garden Feature can be purchased at the door and prices are; $9 for adults, $8 for seniors (55+) and students (13+), $5 for kids 3-12, Garden Members and kids under 3 are free! The Fall Plant Sale on September 13 and 14 is free to the public.
For more information on these events visit www.buffalogardens.com. The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing appreciation for and knowledge of plant life and its connection to people and cultures through its documented living plant collection, historic conservatory, education, research and exhibits.
The summer unofficially kicked off with Starry Night in the Garden 2013. Thanks to all the restaurants, wineries, and volunteers who helped, and especially Ginny Blackmore, Youngblood Hawke, and Sarah Bareilles for making it a fabulously perfect night.
David Swarts, president/CEO, and Erin Grajek, marketing director, of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens joined Rob Lucas in the Morning on Star 102.5 and left the studio with a nice check.
For Immediate Release
Buffalo, NY - The Botanical Gardens has many creative and educational activities for guests of all ages. All guests will enjoy Doug Hansgate's photography exhibit in the Archangel Gallery from August 24 through October 13. Adults can join in the artistic fun though Drawing and Watercolor Classes from September through December and young artists can enjoy Art Classes for Kids from October through December. All ages are encouraged to enter the annual Digital Photo Contest by December 31.
Doug Hansgate will present his magnificent photography in the Arcangel Gallery at the Gardens from August 24 through October 13. Titled Nature, This exhibit will showcase the intricate and artistically thought provoking wonder of succulents and orchids. It will explore the black and white form of photography so often overlooked. Without color our mind is drawn to the more sublime. The imagery will inspire peace and respect for all that nature has provided. This exhibit will be open 10am-5pm and admission to the Arcangel Gallery is included with Garden admission.
Adult Drawing and Watercolor Classes will cultivate the creative and inspire the inner artist. All skill levels are welcome to create beautiful drawings with inspiration from the Gardens. Taught by professional artist Joan Saba, students are guaranteed to create an exquisite piece of work. Drawing classes will be offered on the following dates; Series DA will be held September 4, 11, 18 and 25; Series DB will be held October 2, 9, 16 and 23 and Series DC will be held October 30, November 6, 13 and 20. Watercolor classes will be offered on the following dates; Series WCA will be held September 9, 16, 23 and 30; Series WCB will be held October 7, 21, 28 and November 4 and Series WCC will be held November 18, 25, December 2 and 9. All classes are open to the public and will be held from 8:45-10:15am and costs are as follows: $58 per series or $16 per class for Garden members or $64 per series or $17 per class for non-members.
Art Classes for Kids are a fantastic way for children to express themselves by creating their own artistic masterpieces. These multi-medium classes are for kids ages 5-15 and will be offered on the following dates; Series KAA will be held October 5, 19 and November 2; Series KAB will be held November 9, 16 and 30 and Series KAC will be held December 7, 14 and 21. Classes will be held 9:00-10:30am and costs are as follows; $30 per series or $11 per class for children/grandchildren of Garden members and non-members.
The annual Digital Photography Contest is designed to capture the beauty inside and around the Botanical Gardens. Amateur photographers of all ages are encouraged to enter the contest. Categories include Portrait, Plants and Perspective. The Portrait category welcomes images of friends and family enjoying the Gardens, plants that rock your world should be entered in the Plants category and the Perspective category is designed to capture your perspective of the Gardens' historic architecture. Awards include: first, second and third place in each category and the cover of the Gardens' next newsletter. Entry forms can be found on the Gardens' website at www.buffalogardens.com. Images should be submitted via email to firstname.lastname@example.com in a .jpg format by December 31. Entry fees are as follows: first entry is free and each additional entry is $6 for Garden members and each entry is $8 for non-members.
For more information on these classes, exhibits and events visit us at www.buffalogardens.com. The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing appreciation for and knowledge of plant life and its connection to people and cultures through its documented living plant collection, historic conservatory, education, research and exhibits.
Buffalo, NY - For the second year in a row, the Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation will fund a portion of the Plant Pals program at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens with a grant of $2,500. This grant will provide 220 second graders in the Buffalo Public Schools with a unique field trip to the Botanical Gardens to experience hands-on lessons about the plants we eat and good nutritional practices.
"The Buffalo Bills are proud to support the youth in the Western New York community and assist in providing them with opportunities to become better educated and more physically fit through our 2013 Youth Foundation's grant program," said Ralph Wilson, Jr., Bills Owner."
Created in 2011 with a grant from the Margaret Whitehead Foundation, Plant Pals is aligned to the New York State Standards for Science and provides lessons for second graders in the Buffalo Public Schools at no cost. These students experience lessons on vegetables, fruits and grains and start to build an understanding of the plants we eat and the biology behind those plants. Additionally, students gain knowledge of proper nutritional practices and an appreciation for how plants are essential for our physical and mental well-being. Plant Pals also addresses the epidemic of childhood obesity by providing students with the opportunity to learn about proper nutrition through a hands-on educational experience.
Schools play a critical role in helping to encourage healthy behaviors and Plant Pals program introduces second graders to plant life, and paves the way for the Project Empower program at the Botanical Gardens, targeted to third graders in the Buffalo Public Schools. The ultimate goal is to prepare students for fourth grade science lessons that lead up to the New York State Science Assessment Test.
Established in 1986 by the Buffalo Bills, the Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation (BBYF) is a not-for-profit organization that primarily supports charitable organizations that emphasize improving the quality of life for youth in Western New York. Nearly 200 thousand dollars in grants were awarded in 2013, and over three million dollars in grants have been awarded since the BBYF's inception. For more information on the Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation or the Bills in the Community, please visit buffalobills.com or call 716-648-1800.
The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing appreciation for and knowledge of plant life and its connection to people and cultures through its documented living plant collection, historic conservatory, education, research and exhibits.
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13 March 2013
The US may be fighting wars around the world but a new study shows that time could be a great healer.
One nation put a torch to the White House and burned it down. Another killed thousands of US soldiers on battlefields across Europe. The third was responsible for the deadliest military attack on American soil in history…


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Although gonorrheal osteoperiostitis of the epiphyses, and especially of the small bones of the hands and feet, is not very uncommon, this is far from being true of osteoperiostitis of the diaphyses of the long bones; in fact, no mention is made of this condition in the usual text-books and systems of surgery, and its existence has even been disputed. In the following case, which I shall describe in some detail, the femoral diaphysis was very extensively involved.
—J. M., aged 24, was admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital, January 2, 1907, complaining of an abscess on the left thigh.
—The family history and previous personal history were unimportant. There was no history of gonorrhea before present attack. The present illness began two weeks ago with swelling in the left thigh, which became painful, hot and hard. There was no history of injury. On account of inability to
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I know people are upset with the maps, but I think I see why CD Projekt Red decided to not give too detailed a map. Having played many an RPG over the years they have become much less about exploring the world and immersion and more: go here, kill that, speak to this person. Even worse, there are entire Wikias devoted to games now, even though I used them on occasion, I hate myself for it as having an exact location and walkthrough ruins the challenge of the game.
Having just a marker on occasion is all we need, you will most likely end up attempting to explore anyway so you'll eventually find what you are looking for. Make sure to pick up every quest you find and when you walk past doing other quests, you can kill two birds with one stone.
If you don't like it, thats fine, but I'm sure you can persevere a bit more if you try and look at it from a different viewpoint. This isn't a game that is meant to be methodical, or a walkthrough, but is trying to engage you in not just the story, but the world.
Modern Games have made Us(Players) Lazy and Uncreative. Unable to think on our own.
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One of Respighi's masterpieces, Gli uccelli (The Birds) includes transcriptions of birdsong and music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in writing of evocative, captivating lyricism. Trittico botticelliano, an illustration of three paintings by Botticelli, employs dance rhythms, modal melodies and a variant of the medieval hymn Veni, Veni Emmanuel in deft, often sublime fashion. The Suite in G major, cast for strings and organ in the form of a Concerto grosso, is heard on this première recording in its original edition.
"... The Birds and the Triptych work best with a small orchestra, and they work their charms very effectively in these beatiful fastidious performances... The Botticelli Triptych and The Birds are what make this CD a desirable one; the unfamiliar Serenata and suite can be considered icing on the cake."
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Taking a Skillshare class on friendly web design for startups. We have to create a fictional startup company, then design a homepage for it. My fictional startup is an online play-date service for dogs. Here's where I'm at so far. Still have a few sections to create below!
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I am just trying this plugin here, but "Place ad" does not seem to work. The title shows up, then a black page. The footer is missing to.
Edit, search and browse works, but then again there are no ads cause I can't place any.
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Gearing up for the much-anticipated release of "X-Men: Apocalypse," Empire magazine will include nine versions of the May 2016 front page.
The new issue features fan favorite characters like Storm, Magneto, Apocalypse, Nightcrawler, Jean Gray, Professor X, Mystique, Quicksilver, Psylocke, Beast, Cyclops and Moira MacTaggert.
Showing some love to the fans, 20th Century Fox just posted a new preview trailer for "X-Men: Apocalypse," including some never-before-seen footage.
Looking ahead to the New Year, Marvel just unleashed the first official trailer for the highly-anticipated "X-Men: Apocalypse" and it's absolutely amazing.
Putting a new twist on a legendary tale, James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe introduce the new trailer for Victor Frankenstein.
Directed by Paul McGuigan and co-starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Mark Gatiss and Freddie Fox. The highly anticipated flick hits theaters November 25.
As the hottest Scottish export since Sean Connery, James McAvoy has fought hard to be recognized as more than just a handsome hunk of man.
The 35-year-old "Wanted" star is featured on the cover of Nylon Guys magazine's September 2014 edition, and in his interview he discusses the unusual nature of his career.
Sure to pull on your heartstrings, Yahoo Movies released a brand new trailer for "The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby" over the weekend.
Making us very optimistic about this love story, the Ned Benson-directed film received a 10-minute standing ovation during its Cannes premiere last month.
This Friday (May 23) "X-Men: Days of Future Past" invades theaters nationwide, and this morning (May 19) James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart did some last-minute promotional duties on "Good Morning America."
Given that they both play Professor Xavier (in different time periods), McAvoy admitted he studied Stewart's past work in order to be as accurate as possible.
Teaming up for a fun-filled photocall, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy cozied up in front of the cameras at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (May 18).


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Skip to comments.Frank Schaeffer: Son of Evangelical Royalty Turns His Back, and Tells the Tale
Posted on 08/21/2011 5:29:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. In every line of work, there are family businesses. But no business is more defined by dynasties and nepotism than evangelical preaching. Lyman Beecher, Bob Jones, Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Robert H. Schuller, Jim Bakker: all had sons who became ministers.
It is never easy stepping into Dads shoes, of course. But when the family business is religion, it is especially perilous. That is one of the central laments, anyway, of Sex, Mom, & God, a new memoir by Frank Schaeffer. To secular Americans, the name Frank Schaeffer means nothing. But to millions of evangelical Christians, the Schaeffer name is royal, and Frank is the reluctant, wayward, traitorous prince. His crime is not financial profligacy, like some pastors sons, but turning his back on Christian conservatives.
Mr. Schaeffer, who is now 59 and lives north of Boston, grew up in LAbri, a Christian community in Switzerland founded by his parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer. In the 1960s, LAbri was known in Christian circles as a drop-by haven for intellectually curious evangelicals, who could live in the mountains for a few days or even a few years, talking with Francis and Edith about the Bible, Christian art or existentialism. Mr. Schaeffer grew up surrounded by heady talk and, as he discusses in his memoir, tempted by the young women who passed through. He got one of them pregnant when he was 17, then married her.
In the 1970s, Mr. Schaeffers eccentric, relatively obscure family became wealthy and influential. Books like The God Who Is There, published in 1968, made his father a hero to American evangelicals, including future political activists like Jerry Falwell.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
In the 1970s, Mr. Schaeffers eccentric, relatively obscure family became wealthy and influential. Books like The God Who Is There, published in 1968, made his father a hero to American evangelicals, including future political activists like Jerry Falwell.
With such a son, who needs enemies? To be sure, Frank tries to nuance the conclusion: "I once thought Dad's ability to present two very different faces to the worldone to his family and one to the publicwas gross hypocrisy. I think very differently now. I believe Dad was a very brave man," one who simply had to "carry on"the victim, presumably, of his own unresolved but inadmissible inner tensions. Yet there is no way round it. Francis Schaeffer, in his son's portrait, lacked intellectual integrity. There was a lie at the very heart of the work of L'Abri, and the thousands of people who over the decades came to L'Abri and came to faith or deepened in faith, were obviously conned too.
I challenge this central charge of Frank's with everything in me. I and many of my closest friends, who knew the Schaeffers well, are certain beyond a shadow of doubt that they would challenge it too. Defenders of truth to others, Francis and Edith Schaeffer were people of truth themselves.
For six years I was as close to Frank as anyone outside his own family, and probably closer than many in his family. I was his best man at his wedding. Life has taken us in different directions over the past thirty years, but I counted him my dear friend and went through many of the escapades he recounts and many more that would not bear rehearsing in print. It pains me to say, then, that his portrait is cruel, distorted, and self-serving, but I cannot let it pass unchallenged without a strong insistence on a different way of seeing the story. There is all the difference in the world between flaws and hypocrisy. Francis and Edith Schaeffer were lions for truth. No one could be further from con artists, even unwitting con artists, than the Francis and Edith Schaeffer I knew, lived with, and loved....
- Os Guinness, "Fathers and Sons", a review of Frank Schaeffer's book Crazy for God.
During the first Gulf War my husband was in an armor unit.
Moving forward in the night, they found themselves in the middle of a mine field. They halted until morning when they could identify the mines and move on safely. Dangerous.
It came to me that even in the midst of a huge battle where 100's or more could lose their lives in a single action...we pass into eternity and God's presence one by one.
All our excuses for rejecting God will be useless. At some point everyone of us is personally responsible for what we think of Christ. The rest is garbage.
Is this a hit piece on Michelle Bachmann ?
"He found the television pastor Pat Robertson and some of his colleagues to be idiots, he told me last week, when we met for coffee in western Massachusetts."
Say whatcha want 'bout his book, AM; he's sure got this part right.
"But to millions of evangelical Christians, the Schaeffer name is royal"
Admittedly I've only been a Christian 6 years now but I've never heard of the man.
OK, so the kid of Christian Evangelicals grew up to be a hypocrite. I'm not sure why anyone would buy his book, unless they just want to feed their already established prejudices against Christians.
I'm not surprised. Francis died in 1984. These might help:
The Letters of Francis Schaeffer:
Letter One: The Reawakening of Spiritual Reality
Letter Two: Gradually My Thinking Has Changed
Letter Three: On Resting
Letter Four: A Root Planted in a Garden
Letter Five: On Sickness
Letter Six: The Art of Spiritual Growth
Letter Seven: No Perfect People, Physically or Psychologically
Letter Eight: Being Angry at God
Letter Nine: Something with Both Usefulness and Beauty
Letter Ten: On Knowing the Presence of God
Letter Eleven: Imperfection and the Continuing Work of Christ
Letter Twelve: Spiritual Battles Draw Real Blood
Letter Thirteen: Times of Strength and Times of Weakness
Letter Fourteen: Salvation, Works and Grace, Eternal Security, and the Sacraments
Letter Fifteen: Do Not Be Afraid of the Past
Letter Sixteen: Everything Is Spiritual Because God Made Everything
Letter Seventeen: Quiet In the Presence of God
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Schaeffer scholars continue his legacy
A Step Forward [Francis Schaeffer on the formation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) ]
Not Your Father's L'Abri: Swiss retreat now tends to disaffected evangelicals
A (Borrowed) Christmas Reflection [Francis A. Schaeffer's "What Difference Has Looking Made?"]
Using her voice
Morality starts with humanity
Learning to Cry for the Culture: Let's remember Francis Schaeffer's most crucial legacy--tears.
Meeting, talking with Ford always a pleasure
BAPTISM, by Francis Schaeffer [Schaeffer's defense of paedobaptism]
Baylor prof says Francis Schaeffer returned to fundamentalist views [Francis A. Schaeffer]
A Christian Manifesto (Francis A. Schaeffer)
The man who taught Francis A. Schaeffer: Cornelius Van Til
"Let it never be said there was no outcry from the Christians"
"...Our culture and our country deserve to be under the wrath of God..."
Mark of the Christian Pt. 1 (Francis Schaeffer)
The Mark of the Christian Part 2
The Mark of the Christian - Part 3 (Schaeffer)
The Preaching and the Practice of Truth
Quick to talk about how the Francis Schaeffer name made it possible for him to make money, I suspect the same is going on here. If he can't get cash supporting dad, then he'll get cash bad-mouthing him.
Thank you for posting the Os Guiness review. A very important rebuttal to Frank Schaeffer's criticism of his father. It really is a shame how all that turned out.
Then you are in for a treat. Google Francis Schaeffer (franks father) and you will get a list of books he wrote on chrisitan apologetics, they are a great read.
Has Frank ever been born again? His answer to this question will clear up a lot, I think.
If this is a hit piece on his parents, then this is a sad piece. He lived too close to the trees to see the forest. In other words, he can't see the good that his parents did in other people's lives.
Kinda reminds me of Ron Reagan, son of our President Reagan.
IIRC he is an Orthodox Christian having converted to Greek Orthodoxy.
"Admittedly Ive only been a Christian 6 years now but Ive never heard of the man."
I've heard of him, although it was really Chuck Colson who revived his memory with his best seeing book, "How Now Shall We Live." It's a comprehensive book about the Biblical World view as opposed to today's self-centered worldly world view, and is based off off Schaeffer's older classic, "How Then Shall We Live."
Both are amazing books, and well worth your time, by the way.
>>> Francis railed against the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Charles Darwin and abortion.
No point in getting into the latter two here, but anybody who rails against the first two or thinks the world prior to the Renaissance and Enlightment was a better place is completely insane.
I attended a Scheaffer seminar in about 1976, after reading all his books. I listened to both father and son; my impression of them then was the father was humble and honest, while the son seemed to me an insufferable, self centered prig who would one day embarass his family.
The book is antithesis to 'A Communist Manifesto' and all things supportive of godless secular humanism.
In a former life I read several of Francis Sheaffer's books; much of which was over my head. And I saw him on TV with the Falwells and D. James Kennedys over the years. One thing I can assure you: You couldn't PAY me to read this little snot backstabber's money-grubbing book!
Anybody who thinks Scheaffer held that view has never read him.
Every 4 or 5 years, Frank Schaeffer comes up with some hateful screed against the religion of his father, and the anti-religious media suck it up...
Frank somehow thinks he is relevant. He isn't. He merely provides an echo chamber for those leftists who already hate evangelicals.
Secular leftist Jews are trying to drive a wedge between Jews and evangelicals. A support of Israel unites them and this makes leftists crazy.
By the way, I was speaking of Francis Schaeffer as the author of "How then shall we Live," and not this goof ball of a son of his.
The son has become a lefty. That is his main problem. He had a son fight in Iraq and he almost turned a corner. Almost. He wrote a book and I saw him on C-span. He was trying to talk about patriotism and his son and his support of the War and the military. But he did not make the turn. He just touched it and has since got caught by his hate of Christianity unless it is the lefty dribble kind of social gospel. It says something, something not good about a child who makes headline news running down his parents. Sad.
Unfortunately, not unheard of.
Sounds like you were right on target.
Like your handle. In the series by Lawhorn, too. Has he done anything lately?
Read also, "Total Truth" by Nancy Pearcey, one of the many who studied with him.
Fair enough, and I will grant that I should know better than to accept any sentence in the NYT as truth.
Ron and Frankie, two creepy, jealous, hypocritical little punks. The real problem is that they can't measure up to their dads!
I watch an episode of How Shall We Then Live? every Friday night. Narrated by Francis Schaeffer, the series is from like 1977. 10 episodes, they rotate down the line each week. It is an EXCELLENT series that can fit totally into your life today. Timeless.
He did not "rail" against these. I have seen his series on it.
He points out clearly that the Renaissance/Enlightenment in Southern Europe was based in humanism, which ultimately could not answer the big questions and because man is its foundation, moral relativism makes everything ultimately meaningless. The Reformation in the North was based in Christianity and produced far different results.
I always liked "How Shall We Then Live?"
Oh my...I have cherished the writings of Francis Schaeffer. One day I stumbled upon a "Frankie Schaeffer" book and eagerly started to read to see the next generation's thoughts. Immediately I knew this was a son who did not know Christ. Prayers for Frankie that he will some day come to know Jesus and see the truth that his mother and father saw and lived so clearly
My wife just turned 75 this past Friday (8-19-11), we celebrated our 53rd anniversay last March 8. We met at church in Indianapolis (her home town).
Her testimony, at the age of about 13, her parents sent her to a summer church Bible camp in southern Indiana. She did not want to go.
The Schaffers were not known at that time, but they were teachers at the camp. Linda accepted Christ as her Lord & Saviour while attending the Bible camp.
Over the years we received letters from and about their work, and their family. They were a blessing to both of us and our children.
We both read most of his writings and loved them, I guess its time to re-read them.(Especially:"The Mark of a Christian" and "How Then Should We Live?"
As to the left media: They are a dying breed, they would delight in a making a hero of the first man born into this world, Cain,some would try to prove: "Judus never got a fair shake!"
Thanks for listing their writings. My memory is refreshed on the years our family read those books, and attended the movies related these books and booklets.
The other night I heard one of the sons (I really can't remember who it was), describe it not as nepotism but "generational leverage." If it wasn't a sin I'd swear to it.
I have been a Christian for quit a while and I have never heard of them.
Amen! You got that right. Thanks for the post
I know other L'Abri visitors from that era and they say the same thing about Franky. He had, shall we say, "issues" even then. He does not deserve the time of day today—he is off-the-wall crazy. His apologetics for Eastern Orthodoxy are embarrassingly over-the-top vicious.
That the NYTimes gives the time of day to him when it won't deign to pay attention to other serious Christian thinkers only proves how shallow, stoooooopppppiiiid and mendaciously bigoted toward Christians the NYTimes is.
And the content of this article is years old. This is not news—that Franky Schaeffer is dumping on the memory of his father who cannot defend himself—that is not news.
NYTimes is a piece 'o work, for sure.
You wrote:
"anybody who rails against the first two or thinks the world prior to the Renaissance and Enlightment was a better place is completely insane."
The Age of Faith was a better time in some ways.
I think they need to re-write this article ... start over with a new premise. "In every line of work, there are family businesses. But no business is more defined by dynasties and nepotism than HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY and POLITICS."
"Secular leftist Jews are trying to drive a wedge between Jews and evangelicals. A support of Israel unites them and this makes leftists crazy."
This is an incredibly succinct and inarguable statement.
"No point in getting into the latter two here, but anybody who rails against the first two or thinks the world prior to the Renaissance and Enlightment was a better place is completely insane."
Please don't judge Francis Schaeffer by what this biased reporter says.
that reminds me of something I read and it ended with:
"In the end it is between you and God and always has been."
that reminds me of something I read and it ended with:
"In the end it is between you and God and always has been."
All of this has nothing to do with anything other than that the NYT discovered that at some point Michelle Bachmann stated that one of the most influential books in her life was "How Shall We Then Live?"
So they started poking around to see what hay they could make out of that and ran into Frankie. Bingo.
At bare minimum Mr. Schaeffer is not honoring his father and mother. Not the mark of a disciple of the Master.
Before all this nonsense about him converting to something or other, Franky had some very very good books. He's a talented writer. I credit Franky with swaying me to a pro-life viewpoint.
But the Christian life isn't a sprint, it's a long distance race. Paul encouraged all Christians to finish strong and remain true to the faith.
Washington Post, 7/10/11 | Jane Smiley
"[Schaeffer's] memoirs have a way of winning a reader's friendship Schaeffer is a good memoirist, smart and often laugh-out-loud funny Frank seems to have been born irreverent, but his memoirs have a serious purpose, and that is to expose the insanity and the corruption of what has become a powerful and frightening force in American politics Frank has been straightforward and entertaining in his campaign to right the political wrongs he regrets committing in the 1970s and '80s As someone who has made redemption his work, he has, in fact, shown amazing grace."
"Part memoir, part exploration of evangelical views."
PoliticusUSA.com, 5/16/11
"A work that alternates from heartwarming to thought provoking to laugh out loud funny Schaeffer brilliantly guides the reader through an exploration of the Bible's strange, intolerant, and sometimes frightening attitudes about sex, and how these Biblical teachings, through the evangelical grassroots of the Republican Party, have come to dominate the GOP stance Schaeffer's writing style combines intelligence, warmth, humor, depth and insight Sex, Mom, and God is hands down one of the best non-fiction books of the year."
Huffington Post, 6/13/11
"Intelligent and easy to read; it transitions smoothly back and forth between story-telling and point-making prose In his portrayal of Edith Schaeffer, Frank is able to call out the nuttiness of the religious right and to humanize conservative and Evangelical Christians in the same narrative. It is the deft work of a talented writer practicing his craft It is a bit of wisdom our entire nation-hell, the whole world-needs to hear."
The Daily Beast, 6/24/11
"Intriguing [Schaeffer's] privileged view of the Christian right's sexual weirdness makes his account particularly interesting, and helps explain why the aggressively pious so frequently destroy themselves with sex scandals."
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So the directions say to cook at 400* F. I need to cook them at 350*F, how long should they be cooked for?
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Whatever your book told you about cooking time, forget it. It will only work if you use the exact same size and shape potatoes as the book author, in an oven which has the exactly same deviation from the temp on the dial as the author's (I have to yet see an oven which doesn't deviate).
If you have a baking thermometer, set the alarm to 96 celsius, stick it into a potato and bake until it peeps. If you don't, you will have to check for doneness as James McLeod suggested. Luckily, you won't have much trouble if you overbake them, they will still be good. They will start breaking down if you hold them way too long, maybe half an hour after they got ready. But this means that you have a half an hour window of error.
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You know how you want something better when you spend money on a thing? I reached this point with my Ipod the other day. It came to me that when I mounted the Ipod on Linux, it truly was just a file system mounted up use the usb-storage system. Why should I be held hostage by having to use some clunky interface and some program to access the music on my Ipod. Why not just rsync files to it? Well, because by default Ipods have databases on them which seem to be gatekeepers of music. I think you should have full use of devices like Ipods and be able to mount them as disks, use them, copy to them, remove from them.
Enter Rockbox.  This amazing bit of open source firmware installs on a few different devices including my Video 60g and frees one from the clunk and fragility of the iTunes interface. Instead imagine just copying files that you want to play right to it using the windows explorer or rsync or copy or whatever. Open a Linux terminal and move to the directory that the Ipod is mounted on. Run a nice program like rsync. Copy. Use a theme.
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When I was young I dreamed that, one day, I would become a ski model for a Warren Miller film. Though I never made it to the big screen, I've done a little skiing for photographers. It's fun, but certainly not as glamorous as I'd thought it would be as a youngster.
Take my day skiing in the trees at Jay Peak in the deepest powder imaginable, exactly one year ago tomorrow. It was the day after the fabled Valentine's Day Blizzard. Justin Cash was going to shoot some pictures and asked me if I was available. In fact the picture on the homepage of my blog was taken that day by Justin. You can see all the powder. It looks like a great action shot. The truth is, I was hardly moving. And for more truth, I did not spend the whole day skiing. I really just took one run and realized that I might not be tough enough to be a ski model, especially on cold days. Luckily, he had four other skiers and one rider who were tough, which resulted in some great shots.
This was not supposed to be about me, though. I really wanted to use it as a segue to introduce a real live ski photographer to you and have him give you some tips on taking ski/ride photos. So, enough about me, and here is what Justin has to say (and for more information on the life of a ski photographer visit Justin's blog):
What is the best part of being a professional ski photographer?
That's easy. All the money, fame, girls and travel to exotic locations. Did I mention all the money? I drive a '98 Ford, you know?
Seriously, though, photography is something I am passionate about. So the best part of being a professional ski photographer is doing what I love and having everything click on all cylinders — great snow, great light, fearless athletes that want to create amazing images. There is nothing better.
I had one perfect day like that last year. It resulted in four published images which is very gratifying. The thought that maybe someone will take a look at one of my ski images and get stoked on skiing or snowboarding is cool too.
Where and when is the best time of day to take pictures?
The best time of day to shoot pictures is either very early in the morning or late in the afternoon. I prefer later in the day so I don't have to get out of bed two hours before sunrise.
On sunny days, during the very early morning or late afternoon, the light is much warmer and at a lower angle in the sky — the magic hours.
On cloudy and snowy days, head for the trees (glades). The trees will cast small shadows and add contrast and depth to your photos.
What is the best way to frame a shot?
First, it's always good to place your subject on a horizon line so they aren't up against a plain white slope. Using a horizon line will add definition and contrast and make him/her pop in the image.
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Looks really like flamingo's paradise - I like it.
Thank you Andreas. I hope someday you see this wonderland yourself :) Cheers, Volkan
Volkan, günaydın to Izmir.
Enjoy your holidays, have a nice day and take more nice photos from your surroundings - also 3D :-).
Selam, Andreas
Thank you Andreas, yes I am enjoying the time here :) As the weather allows more traveling plans are on the way. Selamlar and best wishes, Volkan
Oh Volkan,
I see, weather forecast for Izmir says: today (22.01.) sunny, then next weekend sunny again with slight cloudy skies, other days rainy and cloudy :-(
Best wishes for remaining vacations and a fine weather next weeks, Andreas
Andreas bad weather is nice too, I get to spend lots of time home :) Any weather is nice :) Cheers, Volkan
Hi Volkan,
maybe you're right ... home sweet home ...
As you know, I can see the present weather in Izmir, e.g. here from seaport. I'll have a look next days - hopefully this will help to become better :-).
Cheers, Andreas
Andreas, thanks for the link. But I perhaps don't have the right plug-in to see it. I look at the weather at Google Earth 4.2
merhaba volkan bey,fotoğrafınızın renkleri de modeli de harika görünüyor,elinize sağlık ama dik kadraj bu görüntüyü daha da güzel kılarmış :)... ankaradan selamlar...
Merhaba Ayse, ilginize cok tesekkurler. Bu cennet kosemizin genisligini ferahligini yansitabilmek icin genelde yatay fotograflar cektim. Ama gogyuzunun ve yansimalarin ren renginligini ye alabilmek icin -belki gormussunuzdur- dik yaptigim cekimler de oldu. Chicago'dan Ankara'ya bol selam ve sevgiler, Volkan
Amazing - pink sky for pink flamingoes! Beautiful place, Volkan and wonderful photo to go with it!
Kind regards, Sue
Thank you Sue. I feel very lucky about my hometown being only within 25km away from this wild life protection area. As you can see in the satellite image, there is also a salt production facility in the area. Lucky, they find plenty of sea shell type of food in the warm and shallow waters of the salt concentration ponds.
Best wishes, Volkan
Sevgili Aycan ve Pinar, Flamingolarin cennetinden yakalayabildiklerime gosterdiginiz ilgi icin cok tesekkur ederim :) Sevgi ve selamlarimla. Volkan
Photo taken in Süzbeyli, 35665 Menemen/İzmir, Turkey


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While high-tech U.S. specialists fought, career soldier Archie Gates marked time in his Gulf War base camp. But now it's time for action. Gates and three other restless Americans decide to raid a bunker holding a stash of gold stolen by the Iraqi army. Get in, get out, get rich, be back in time for lunch: the plan couldn't be easier. George Clooney portrays Gates, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze are his fellow commandos and Nora Dunn plays an ambitious TV newswoman in this acclaimed film that by turns is a war movie, an antiwar movie, a surreal comedy and a powerful drama of human compassion – all written and directed with exhilarating style by David O. Russell . From start to finish, "Three Kings rules" (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today).]]>
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"What's it like?" they ask. You can't say it's a comedy, because plenty of people won't find it funny. Can you say it's a heist film? Only if you're narrow-minded. An action movie? Yeah, maybe, but this isn't comic book action here.
Soldiers at the tail end of the Gulf War get a lead on a hidden stash of gold and decide to find it and take it home. What happens to them along the way changes their objectives and changes their lives in profound ways. Director David O Russell has crafted a movie that SEEMS to be aimless, changing directions with the wind, but is actually a movie with a certain destination, taking a more realistic approach to arrive there. A good example of this narrative philosophy is pointed out by Russell in his excellent and illuminating commentary track: in one scene Clooney is rushing pell-mell through an underground bunker and collides with another man rushing to get out. There's no "point" to it other than that these distracting things happen in real life all the time, just not usually in the movies.
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It starts off fairly simply. At the end of Desert Storm a group of soldiers find a map showing where stolen Kuwaiti gold was being kept so they go get it. What was extraordinary was the way that the Iraqi soldiers actually helped them but would not let them help any of the locals. Orders from Saddam they said.
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"I addressed it about a week ago, had a full team meeting about that," Sandberg said yesterday afternoon at Citi Field. "Just my experiences - you hear rumors and sometimes nothing happens, sometimes very little happens. So just stressing to them the focus of the game at hand, being a team right here, right now and playing the games. Dealing with what's at hand here, with a game every day."


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BEIJING—Chinese house prices have fallen for the second month in a row, according to a closely watched private index, representing a small victory for the government as it addresses concerns about a housing bubble, but also raising questions about the potential for a sharp price correction that could damage economic growth.
Housing prices in 100 major Chinese cities fell 0.23% month to month in October following a 0.03% decline in September, China Real Estate Index System said Tuesday. The data showed that home prices averaged 8,856 yuan ($1,393) a square meter in October.
One big question is whether the government can continue to bring down property prices gradually and in an orderly way, or whether falling prices will trigger a crisis among both property developers and home buyers.
The outcome is crucial to the Chinese economy. Real-estate investment was equal to almost 15% of gross domestic product in 2010, and is the main domestic driver of economic growth.
Moderate falls will help address concerns about bubble prices and make property more affordable for first-time buyers. Sharp declines would push buyers onto the sidelines and dent incentives for developers to invest in new projects.
The data comes after Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday that China is targeting a "reasonable correction" in the property market. Some analysts took those comments as a signal that China wants a milder pullback in prices that doesn't damage the country's economic underpinnings.
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To be sure, if real-estate investment does start to slow suddenly from its current elevated levels, Beijing has policy options. Loosening monetary policy or removing restrictions on property speculators could bolster both demand and investment. Public spending on affordable housing could limit the damage from a fall in investment by private developers.
Adding to concerns about property were data on Tuesday that flashed warning lights on exports and manufacturing.
The official purchasing managers' index fell to 50.4 in October from 51.2 in September, hovering fractionally above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction. The data also pointed to weakness in foreign demand; the index of new export orders dipped to 48.6 in October from 50.9 in September, indicating a month-to-month fall in export orders.
With the main engines of foreign and domestic growth misfiring, the outlook for China's economy is gloomy. Wang Tao, China economist at UBS, expects growth to slow sharply in the remainder of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012. The main reason for that is a fall in export growth, although a slowdown in construction activity will also contribute, said Ms. Wang.
Johnson Hu from CIMB-GK Securities said that the government may be seeking a 10% to 20% decline in housing prices, with a fall of near 20% in the biggest cities and a more modest drop in second- and third-tier cities.
Developers in some parts of the country are already offering significant discounts. China Overseas Holdings Ltd. and Greenland Group slashed prices in their Shanghai developments in October.
Those cuts prompted protests by investors who bought at the pre-discount prices. Greenland, which dropped prices to 13,000 yuan per square meter from 18,000 yuan at its Jiading Waterfront project, beefed up security personnel and halted sales for at least one day as a group of about 50 angry homeowners blocked the entrance to their showroom. The two companies didn't respond to requests for comment.
But even significant price cuts may not be enough to entice new buyers into the market. Kelvin Li, one of the legions of property speculators that drive demand for new apartments, expects prices to fall by another 10%-15%.
"The developers are just cutting prices to improve their cash flow. I think the real drop is months away, perhaps during the Lunar New Year, when sales are most gloomy," said Mr. Li.
The risk for the government is that falling prices and fading profits dent investment in the real-estate sector, which would be enough to take a chunk out of Chinese economic growth.
The ripples would be felt across the economy. A slowdown in construction would affect demand for steel, cement and copper. With much of household wealth tied up in property, consumer confidence would also take a hit. Local governments would suffer as revenue from land sales fell.
Oscar Choi, property analyst at Citigroup, estimates that 20%-25% of China's GDP is tied to the real-estate sector. "Without strong real-estate investment, it would be hard to achieve even an 8% GDP growth target," he said in a note to clients.
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As Spain's housing market boomed in the last decade, real estate tycoons fell in love with the idea of getting to construction sites fast. Developers and other business titans binging on easy credit more than doubled the country's corporate jet fleet from 2004 to 2009, to 137 planes.
With Spain's economy in freefall and construction largely halted, that shrank to 115 jets in service by the end of last year even as the Europe-wide fleet expanded, according to aviation data provider Flightglobal.
"Spain's jet fleet has suffered the most after having gone through unparalleled growth during the credit boom," said Daniel Hall, an analyst at Flightglobal's advisory service, Ascend, in London.
Many of the planes that have been unloaded were sold by builders who thought they could make money operating their own private jets for charter, according to Rafael Melero, a director at Gestair SA, Spain's biggest private jet operator.
"The Spanish private jet industry has suffered the consequences of expanding along with the real estate bubble," he said while touring the just-opened private business terminal at Madrid's Barajas Airport, which has room to park about 50 jets. "That growth will never come back."
Spain isn't the only European country to see its corporate jet fleet shrink in recent years, but at 16 percent, its decline was the biggest among the top 10 markets -- and most countries saw an increase. Corporate jets in Germany jumped to 432 at the end of last year from 397 in 2009, up 9 percent. In Turkey, the fleet soared 47 percent, to 110.
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Over the same period, Italy's fleet shrank by 4 percent, to 137 planes, and Portugal fell by 8 percent, to 151 planes. Greece, a much smaller market, saw its fleet shrink by a third, to 26.
Spain "is not as robust as some other markets," Mark Wilson, the chief operating officer of NetJets Europe, which is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said in an interview at the Ebace business aviation show in Geneva.
Wilson said that does not mean flying has ceased, with people still traveling for leisure and business in Spain, so the market can't be ignored.
Spanish-registered jets used by real estate tycoons have been sold in markets such as Russia at discounts of as much as 50 percent, according to Gestair. And as many as 10 more may be for sale, the company says.
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"People who didn't need a jet -- such as builders -- ended up buying one or more," said Jose Maria Espinosa, chief executive officer of Aeromar Formula Marketing SL, a consultant in Madrid. "That was unsustainable." He predicts the business will continue to shrink and is headed to levels not seen since the 1990s. "Private aviation went out of control."
Developer Francisco Hernando, known in Spanish as el Pocero, or "the well digger," is emblematic of the trend. As Spain's economy picked up, he bought two Bombardier Inc. Learjets to ferry him to Spanish cities such as La Coruna, less than 600 kilometers northwest of his Madrid headquarters, and his vacation home on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, according to Javier Barriga, general manager of Aviacion & Negocio SL, a consultant in Malaga, Spain.
Hernando later added a Bombardier Challenger CL-604, capable of carrying about 10 people in comfort, and a Global Express XRS, which can fly non-stop from Madrid to Tokyo, with an eye toward building up a charter business. "It was the worst timing," Barriga said.
Hernando spent almost $100 million on the four jets, but has since sold them for about 25 percent less than what he paid, according to Barriga.
Sporadic Users
Hernando didn't respond to calls and emails to his company Onde 2000.
Madrid's new private jet terminal has been operated since February by Gestair and Multiservicios Aeroportuarios SA, which invested more than 2 million euros, Gestair says. The new terminal, which was expected to see about 15,000 flights a year, may get less than half that, according to Aeromar. Gestair says traffic at the terminal is in line with expectations.
At least six small private jet operators, including the company set up by Hernando, have shut down since the real estate and economic crisis started in 2008, and many of the remaining jets in Spain aren't being used, according to Gestair. Aircraft in storage in Spain last year reached the highest level since 2004, Flightglobal reports.
"The crisis has forced many companies and individuals to step back and think whether they actually need a private jet," said Pablo Foncillas, a lecturer at IESE Business School in Barcelona. "Those who were just sporadic users are now gone."


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