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"A magical, revolutionary product at an incredible price" says Apple.
"It's shiny!! I want one!" half my brain says in awe.
"It's over $600! The economy sucks! When's the last time you bought yourself some decent clothes? Haven't you wanted a road bike for a while? How's that savings account of yours holding up anyway? Doesn't matter, it should be double that. And while you're at it, you should spend less on food too." So protests the other half of my brain, a side that sounds curiously like my mother.
There was going to be no impulse buying here. If I were to get one, I would need a solid justification for it. So the justification became this: I'm a web applications developer, and the iPad has the potential to influence what I do for a living. What this influence will be is not altogether clear, but I will have a much better idea of what it will be owning an iPad rather than not. So the decision was made: a shiny, 3G, 16GB iPad to call my own.
Whether the iPad is "revolutionary" will be decided only after the revolution has occurred and its effects discussed, debated, and understood. But the potential for bringing about one is very much there. The iPad is also as much a product of a revolution rather than the instigator of one: the shift to ubiquitous internet access and cloud computing.
The Revolution the iPad Could Bring About
Computers were once only attached to keyboards, where people entered memorized commands. The mouse and graphical user interface were revolutionary in their day, allowing people to interact with computers who otherwise couldn't or wouldn't do so. Just as importantly, the mouse and GUI allowed the creation of software that would not exist elegantly in a world with just keyboards. One notable piece of software made possible by the GUI & mouse was the web browser.
Much like the mouse before it, the multitouch screen presents a major evolution of the computer-user interface. Unlike the combination of the mouse and keyboard however, it is a complimentary evolution. Multitouch screens will not replace the mouse and keyboard, but compliment them in many areas.
Suppose you have a button on a screen. In the past, pressing that button required "aiming" a cursor with a mouse attached to your computer, or (more recently), a trackpad. In many cases, the button on the screen might be "mapped" to a key or combination of keys. But the multitouch screen bypasses all this. If there's a button on a screen that says it does something, all you have to do is press it with your finger.
Trivial you might say? I would say "subtle," with powerful implications:
The precision of a dedicated mouse and keyboard is no longer required for many tasks that once depended on these devices. Since the iPad is a portable device, being tethered to a traditional computer or laptop is similarly no longer required. Much like the mouse and GUI before it, new applications that were not practical for mouse-based systems will now be written and many of course have been. Few people could have predicted that the web browser and its impact on society would be one of the many advances the mouse-based GUI would bring about, and it is entirely possible that such ground-breaking applications will one day be written for the iPad, or a device similar to it.
The Revolution That Made the iPad Possible
AT&T's coverage map shows the majority of the United States covered by their 3G or EDGE networks, and competing carriers show similar coverage. Whereas "cellphone coverage" once meant being able to make voice calls and send texts, "cellphone coverage" today is synonymous with internet access. The internet is everywhere, and it is all around us.
Imagine a device like the iPad in a world without ubiquitous internet, without wifi even. Would that iPad have a disk drive? It could have the greatest, most revolutionary interface in the world. But there'd be no argument that the device's utility would be much more limited, to the point where the device might appeal only to technical people.
The iPad is one of the first mass produced, practical cloud computing devices, and its success is in part owed to the many advances made before it. Companies like SoftLayer helped bring about cloud computing solutions to developers such as myself where such services would otherwise be inaccessible or prohibitively expensive.
So when I look at my iPad, I no longer just see a shiny new thing. The sticker shock has been more than offset by what the iPad represents: striking innovation and an attitude toward the economy all of us would do well to adopt: Don't complain, put your brain to work, and create something new.
Yet the iPad is not an isolated device either. Years of infrastructure investment and innovation by many companies brought us to the point where consumers and developers alike can leverage the power of the cloud. "Revolutionary" is a bold claim on Apple's part, but in the context of what the state of technology was even a few years ago, the term "magical" isn't far off at all.


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It's one of the mainstays of Paso Robles. Anyone who's lived in the area for any amount of time has likely had breakfast there numerous times. But come this Sunday, Wilson's will close.
The Paso landmark opened at the corner of 28th and Spring in 1948. Walk in the place and you'll likely be served by someone who's worked there for decades. But employees tell KSBY the owners Harold and Gail Hansen are ready to retire.
While there is a bowling alley nearby it is not owned by the Hansens. The restaurant stopped serving dinner a few yeras ago, but has remained a favorite for breakfast and lunch, both of which you can get all day long.
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-- is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter author and Fox News contributor.
Bret Stephens is a foreign affairs columnist for the Wall Street Journal leave it to Jon Stewart sometimes to get to the nugget of an issue we went back and and took a look John Yoo was the White House and did -- the Department of Justice.
Deputy who wrote the bush administration's policies on enhanced interrogation techniques.
When that broke it got -- And the on the Washington Post -- on page three in the Wall Street Journal.
Now you flash forward to this memo about.
Drone strikes and whether they can be used to kill Americans.
-- -- six in the New York Times page -- one in the post but only a day later.
And the Wall Street Journal as we understand it didn't run anything.
-- so what gives here Judy.
Outlook it's just it's obvious what happens.
President Obama.
Has authorize these drone strikes and therefore they are good.
President Bush was or -- raised authorizing the torture and therefore it's bad we have an unbelievable double standards here in the press and it is really highlighted.
By the way in which the drone strikes are being covered.
-- you see it differently.
I mean I think that's right but you know okay look this is a democratic president who is essentially validating.
A Republican policy there's an old saying that pocket sees the homage that vice pays to virtue.
I'm fine with that I -- and I'm glad that the Democrats -- are getting a dose of -- medicine but why is it that it was so horrible for President Bush to be -- really a handful of terrorists to enhanced interrogation techniques and in the media excoriated.
-- right -- it's totally -- it's okay so from 101000 feet into someone's.
-- and blow up them and anybody else who happens to be nearby just we're.
As a -- why that okay -- -- everything I think you've answered.
-- I think you've answered your own question but at least you see here I -- someone needs to say good for the president good for the president.
President Barack Obama for rebuking.
Senator Barack Obama when he was excoriating the bush.
The bush White House in the long term effects of this are going to be good because it's part of what it was called a war on terror which was authorized.
By congress in the days after 9/11 and its right that this should be a presidential decisions.
And most of the criticism of the president's decision this is President Obama and hours leading up has really focused on his passion for secrecy.
Rather than on the action itself so most people are not questioning.
The right to kill people rather than capture and interrogate them which might be a value to our national security.
-- should acquaint themselves with the Federalist papers -- not secrecy and executive dispatch is the reason we have a president not just a parliamentary.
System and so that's what President Obama has discovered but we also got rid of king has become our you know set up a government that doesn't involve kings because we didn't like having one person out of the -- -- sort of order life and death decision.
Right but we also understand that when it comes to making war.
War is best conducted.
By a president that's why the president is vested with with the extraordinary war powers and by -- this is done with the authority of congress this is not.
President Obama sitting alone doing -- -- -- -- -- as congress can't see the legal bond document on which this is fixed the total voted the arguments left and right still go on it's really a fascinating discussion but again I think the media treatment of the two presidents is -- totally different.
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What Does E.O. Wilson Mean By a "Social Conquest of the Earth"
Carl Zimmer asks the evolutionary biologist about the theories in his high-profile new book
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In his new book, The Social Conquest of Earth, E.O. Wilson explains his theory of everything—how hominids evolved, why war is common, how social insects became social, and why ants and bees and humans are so successful. Science writer Carl Zimmer spoke with Wilson.
When you use the phrase "the social conquest of earth" in the title of your book, what do you mean by that? How have social animals conquered the earth?
The most advanced social insects—ants, termites, many species of bees and wasp—make up only about 3 percent of the known species of animals on earth. But on the land they make up in most habitats upwards of 50 percent of the biomass. And of course humans, one of the very few of the largest animals that have reached the social level, has dominated in every respect.
And you see their social behavior as being key to these two kinds of animals having become so dominant?
When you study social insects, as I have, you see directly why eusocial, advanced social issues overall dominate because they will organize groups of individuals in seizing territory, in appropriating food, in defending their nest and generally controlling the parts of the environment for which they're specialized.
How do you see the process by which you go from asocial species where insects are living as individuals to these incredibly highly organized societies? What do you see as being the progression through natural selection?
It's actually fairly clear-cut when you take into account what we know about the evolutionary steps leading from completely solitary to eusocial or advanced social behavior. A great many solitary species—let's say bees, wasps, the primitive cockroach—in the first stage build a nest and care for the young.
In the next stage, the mother or the mated pair stays with the nest and rears the young, defending them and securing food for them. In the next stage, whereas ordinarily the young would disperse upon reaching maturity, now they remain with the mother or the parents. And if that happens, and they work together as a group, then you have the advanced stage of social behavior.
A lot of scientists see social behavior as being partly the product of what's called "inclusive fitness," the effect that genes have not just in terms of an individual animal's number of offspring but how many offspring their relatives may have. You've argued that inclusive fitness is not necessary and that you can focus on natural selection on individuals and on what you call "group selection" to explain how these social animals, like the social insects or humans, evolve their behavior. What do you mean when you use the term group selection?
As you might know, group selection became almost taboo in discussions on social behavior. But it comes back forcefully in the new theory developing about the origin of advanced social behavior.
The way I define it, group selection operates on the fitness, or lack thereof, of the social interactions in the group. In other words, it's not simply group versus group in that sense but what actions individuals take that affect the group. And that would of course be communication, division of labor and the ability to read others' intentions, which leads to cooperation.
When it's an advantage to communicate or cooperate, those genes that promote it are going to be favored in that group if the group is competing with other groups. It gives them superiority over other groups and the selection proceeds at the group level, even as it continues to proceed at the individual level.
Are you envisioning groups fighting with each other or chasing each other off of good territory?
All of the above. It's one of the most powerful forces still today and can range all the way from aggressive, extirpative warfare to control of neighbors' territories through the advantage of a controlling group. Or it can simply include superior technology that allows a group to use land more effectively so that it can create larger populations and spread that way.
I think the key to understanding why advanced social behavior has been so rare, even though it's highly successful when it happens, is that going from that first step over the threshold is difficult. It has to go through a period in which group selection is powerful enough to overcome this residual, individual level of selection, which is the main form of selection that's been going on for countless numbers of generations before. Within groups, selfish individuals win and between groups, altruistic groups beat groups of selfish individuals.
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I fully agree with Wilson on virtually every point. And in particular, I agree that if we are to save ourselves (and our planet's biodiversity)from ourselves, we will need greater self-awareness. My work, to be found at www.AFutureWithoutWar.org, stresses the largely unrecognized importance of gender differences between men and women as these relate to using physical violence, and with respect to obcessive attention to and pursuit of dominance status (a "male" aspect of our biology) versus attention to and pursuit of social stability and community life (a "female" aspect of our biology). I could make a very good case that if we want to concentrate on stewardship and preservation of our habitat, we'll need to empower women so that we have parity in decision making about how to allocate our human and financial resources.
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The most fundamental social network is the multi-celled individual, which is a composite of its own and a microbial universe. Social on top of social, the individual is then lost when it doesn't or won't cooperate with others. Lovelock argued for a grand social organization encompassing the biosphere,it would be utopian to believe that it sociality could bring success to this level.
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Your Luck and Remedies in the Year of the Wood Horse 2014
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Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Boar
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Flying Star Feng Shui Update - 11th Month of the Gui Ji Water Snake...
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(7th December 2013 - 5th January 2014)
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How to Dejunk Unwanted Files from your Computer and Work Desk
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Dejunking your mind and your space should also extend to your computer, which stores so much of our rubbish these days.
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Feng Shui World Latest Issue (Nov/Dec 2013) is Out. Get Your Copy Now!
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This end-of-year issue is the beginning of exciting times for all of us at Feng Shui World. From the next issue, which comes out in January 2014, FENG SHUI WORLD will become a monthly!
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Bedrooms: Practicality vs Aesthetics
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When it comes to design, there needs to be a balance between what looks cool and what makes sense. Many designers tend to lose perspective of this and tend to design without any consideration to the requirements of the client, instead, opting for the 'coolest' design.
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The Master Square of 81
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The Master Square of 81 extends the analysis of changing energy patterns in buildings and takes the practice of time dimensional feng shui into deeper, more subtle magical territory.
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The fabulous feng shui of MELBOURNE
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Melbourne has moved up once again in the rankings compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit. YES Melbourne has been ranked as number one in a survey of 140 cities around the world in August 2011 by the ETU as the world's most livable city.
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Our Grand Opening of Kingdom of Shambala over the weekend was a sensational success, thanks to all who came from all corners of Malaysia and Singapore!
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Aunt Agga Issue #93
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Aunt Agga answers questions about love luck, siblings, prenancy, and superstition gone wrong!
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Creating Value in Homes
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When we think about our Home Value, we always refer to its location and floor area. But what we don't think about is its Psychic Value, the value of how much we cherish our homes and the value we place on a property when we resell it.
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Create the CHI of WEALTH
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So much of successful feng shui practice comes from cleverly harnessing the powerful chi of SYMBOLS that if you travel the length and breadth of China today, everywhere you will see evidence of this Symbolism.
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Accidents, Mishaps and Danger Doubles with the Double 5 Yellow during...
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Every year the Hungry Ghost Month dawns upon us on the 7th lunar month of the year – a time where the Gates of the underworld open for a 30 days! During this month millions of spirits, demons and ghosts are unleashed..
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Building Energy
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How to transform your living space to attract good fortune
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It is important to attune yourself to the clearing process. The act itself is a departure from a normal kind of day. It is a departure from routine, and the mind gets a creative jolt that is not unwelcome. When the mind focuses on the process of dejunking physical space, it automatically goes into cleansing mode.
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Aunt Agga Issue #92
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Aunt Agga answers questions about mother in laws, adopted sons, cat ashes, and astrology readings gone wrong!
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Messages from Birds
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I am charmed by this because I know that birds coming into the home spells excellent feng shui. Indeed, birds have been sharing my house for a long time. This started years ago when a pair of mynahs started living in the eaves of my home at the back.
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FOCUS ON BATHROOMS Designing Areas of the Home That We Never Think...
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When we design our homes we generally concentrate our efforts on the more public areas such as the living and dining halls and we often put less effort into the other areas which we tend to use quite often.
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Why the number 9 is the most supreme of numbers
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FSW is delighted to introduce David Burton, mathematical genius and very successful Astrologer from Australia.
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Maximizing The CEO's Potential
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In business, the luck of the CEO is crucial to the success and profitability of the business. Just as in the home it is essential to take care of the feng shui of the Patriach first, in business, it is the CEO's feng shui you must protect first and foremost.
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Making Offerings... Brings Showers of Blessings
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Offering water, lights and incense to holy objects are easy ways to gain blessings from the universe! These traditions come from lineage texts that tell of the amazing benefits of offering even a single drop of water to the Buddhas! Always do it with the intention to benefit others and its blessings will be multiplied!
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Activating the Mountain Star
In Flying Star Feng Shui the mountain star is as important, if not more so than the water star, especially since we are now in the period of 8. This is the number that signifies the trigram KEN, which symbolizes the mountain, and in the realm of Chinese cultural belief systems, the mountain stands for quiet power, influence and a majestic kind of success. It connotes the ability to exercise power. A view of mountains in the distant horizon in front of one's home always suggests that the patriarch of the family living there or one of his sons (usually the eldest) will rise to a high position of power.
Mountains suggest the presence of dragons, which bring the vital life force we refer to as chi. The mountain star in Flying Star feng shui is the sitting star because mountains stand solid, bringing wonderful relationship and health luck when it is auspicious, and the direct opposite when it is not.
explains the enigma of the Mountain Star in Flying Star feng shui, and shares some fine points on how to go about activating it to enjoy superlative health and great friendship & relationship luck.
Experienced Flying Star practitioners focus much of their attention on determining the location of auspicious water and mountain stars in homes and buildings. So 'water' and 'mountain' are two of the staple words in feng shui terminology.
The water star brings luck associated with wealth. Good water stars bring wealth, while negative water stars bring loss of wealth. The mountain star on the other hand brings luck associated with happiness and health. When the mountain star is lucky, it brings vigour, energy and harmonious relationships. When the mountain star is unlucky, it brings a loss of friends, a dimming of one's social status and a loss of good health.
We need to locate the presence of the auspicious water and mountain stars in the home (and office) if we want to create a congenial environment of abundance and wellbeing.
In Flying Star feng shui, the key is to determine where the auspicious mountain star of the home is located. In Period 8 homes, the mountain star is always either directly in the front of the house or directly at the back of the house. In feng shui, we call this the facing palace (at the front) and the sitting palace (at the back). It is the exact orientation of your house that determines whether the lucky mountain star is located at the front or at the back.
When the mountain star 8 is at the back of the home
it is usually labeled a "lucky mountain star," because the auspicious mountain star supports residents living in the house. This kind of auspicious mountain star location occurs in Period 8 houses that face a secondary direction, in particular, houses that face SE 2/3, NE 1, SW 1, and NW 2/3. If you have this kind of house orientation and yours is already a Period 8 house, your family will enjoy harmonious relationships with each other as well as with outsiders. The harmony of the home causes relationships between spouses, children, siblings and friends to bring joyousness to the residents. In addition, there is a general pervading air of good health.
When the lucky mountain star is behind, it also magnifies the luck of the tortoise, so it benefits when there is higher ground at the back or when there is a high brick wall. A small hill behind your home also attracts good chi to the home and the back of the house then benefits from the presence of stones and boulders.
If you wish, you can place a tortoise there as a symbolic energizer. The tortoise can be made of marble or granite, as this creates the chi that energizes the auspicious mountain star.
A mountain star 8 at the front of the home
offers the potential for you to activate "Small Mountain". This refers to miniature type features that resemble the mountain peaks of the high ranges. Small Mountain can also be simulated with a low brick wall, a small mound that suggests the phoenix, or a crystal cluster, which simulates the presence of hills.
This kind of mountain star location occurs in Period 8 houses that face a secondary direction, in particular, houses that face SE 1, NE 2/3, SW 2/3, and NW 1.
When the mountain star 8 is in front of the house, it can still bring luck, but care must be taken not to over activate the mountain star, because a mountain in front of the house can also be seen as creating an obstacle. It is more difficult to energize an auspicious mountain star at the front than at the back. The best way is to use images of mountains through landscape paintings or crystals carved into the shape of mountains. These act as a stimulant to unlock the energy of the lucky mountain star.
It is a good idea not to put a deep water feature at the front of the home if the lucky mountain star 8 is there. Remember that in this situation, you are having what is known as "reverse water and reverse mountain."
When both mountain and water stars at the front of the home are the lucky 8
. This situation occurs in Period 8 houses that face cardinal directions, in houses that face North 1, South 2/3, East 1 and West 2/3. Here, the practice of feng shui becomes a little tricky. This is because when you activate the water star with a pond, it creates problems for the mountain star, which is described as "falling into the pond," and this creates problems in health and relationship luck. On the other hand, if you activate the lucky mountain star with a "hillock" or with something that connotes the earth element (mountain belongs to the earth element) you will hurt the water star 8, since earth suppresses water.
The solution is to build a small waterfall that encompasses both mountain and water. This has to be skillfully done. At the front of the house, it is not necessary to build such a big waterfall. What I suggest is a six-level waterfall where the "mountain" does not exceed six feet. Get a water pump to create a waterfall effect and have a pond at the base to collect the water. Make certain the water flows inwards towards the door.
You also should ensure that your pond is at least 2 feet deep into the ground. This is what brings you wealth, while also activating harmony luck for you.
When both mountain and water stars at the back of the home are the lucky 8.
This situation occurs in Period 8 houses that face cardinal directions - in houses that face North 2/3, South 1, East 2/3 and West 1. Here, the dilemma is similar to the preceding situation where both water and mountain stars are the auspicious 8. Once again, the solution is to activate both lucky stars without hurting either. So a waterfall is a good solution. For the back however, it is advisable to make the "mountain" part of the waterfall larger and more imposing than the "water".
When building your mountain for the waterfall, remember to ensure that it does not look intimidating. If you use artificial stones and boulders to decorate your waterfall, they should not resemble hostile-looking animals. If your water feature looks threatening, that's what it will turn out to be, so that instead of bringing luck, the waterfall could cause problems.
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QROPS: the overseas pension scam to avoid
Scammers may promise to boost your pension by moving it overseas through a QROPS. But they may not be legitimate.
It used to be that my dodgy calls were all at home where, at least, I could take some details. But one firm at least has my mobile. I can't write notes when I'm in the street. Nor can I, as many do, reject these "unknown number" calls – it could be the offer of work from a big company via a switchboard.
This call was from "Gregg" claiming to be a "city broker" (whatever that means). I told him – in all honesty – that I could not deal with him. I was shopping in Oxford Street.
He called again – after a gap of three weeks which is about par for this sort of firm – and found me at home. Now I could devote Gregg some serious time.
"Did I have a pension plan?" he asked me. I do.
"And are you happy with the performance?" As no one is ever happy with our high cost, unlikely to beat a child picking stocks with a pin, pension companies, my honest answer was "no".
"So would you like a pension plan with outstanding results and a gift of £2,500 in cash in your pocket as well?"
A better pension fund? And money to spend as well? It would be a resounding yes if this did not smell like something that was just too good to be true.
Still, while I had no intention of handing over my sparse pension fund to a cold caller, I pushed him for details. All I had to do was to transfer my fund to a new management company.
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And who and where was that? "It's based in the Seychelles for maximum tax savings. And because our partner in the Seychelles has lower costs than the expensive company you are now using, we can make this cash rebate. It would be even more if your fund was bigger or you had more than one fund," Gregg said.
As far as I know, the Seychelles is outside the UK regulatory system, so I would be taking a big risk. But Gregg assured me that my money would be safe in the Seychelles and would be in something called "QROPS" so I could get all money out of the plan when I wanted, tax free, and would not be forced to buy an annuity.
QROPS stands for Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme. It was set up some decades ago, primarily for UK pension holders who were emigrating to Australia, New Zealand or South Africa where retirement income rules are different. But more recently the scheme was sold to others as a way around UK tax rules.
This abuse has led to HMRC and FSA action.
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As I am not emigrating, I don't qualify but this did not stop Gregg. I asked him then about the superior returns he was offering.
"It's all based on timber investment and returns from bio-fuels," he assured me. "The world has a high demand for these products and the United Nations is going to make it a law that a third of diesel has to come from bio-plants."
I am not sure if the United Nations can make laws, but I know bio-fuels are controversial because they take up land that could be used to grow food. More importantly, bio-fuel plantations have been an active scam for the very simple reason that, even if they exist, they are almost impossible to value. You need substantial expertise to work out what any land producing an agricultural crop is worth – let alone something new like bio-fuels.
I tried to ask Gregg where the timber and land would be but he was vague, saying he would have to consult his manager first. Because I have no idea of the real cost of what I would be buying, it's clear that I could be charged almost anything, making it easy to give me the £2,500 – it would be my own money back. It is also easy to promise an attractive first- and second-year return – if you charge double or treble the price, then it is simple to offer 15% a year by returning part of the investor's over-payment.
I declined his offer. I may never hear from "city broker" Gregg again. But now my mobile is on the list, there will almost certainly be others chasing my tiny pension pot.
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A special, audiovisual experience with Brian Eno's new album LUX is planned for tomorrow.
One day only this Saturday 17th November at
You are invited to participate in this Worldwide, online event via the website above.
LUX will be broadcast at four specific times to capture the different lighting of the day. During each play - listeners are invited to take photos wherever they are, and upload onto the site or send in, as part of an evolving public audio-visual project. Please prepare your photos...
Fui quod es, eris quod sum. I once was what you are, you will be what I am - epitaph carved on Roman gravestones.
I first saw Eno with Roxy but there was a time where he seemed to "drop in" and play with everyone (well all the shows I liked at the time). I vote yes for Brian anywhere. cr****
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Wakarusa 05/30-06/02
Bonnaroo 06/13-06/16
Dave Matthews Band 08/23-08/24
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Coachella WK1 04/11-04/13 ---- 2014
I'm still dying to see him live
Yea most of the times I saw him were on the left coast. SF and LA. I wish there was someway to check this (internet lolz) but I think Brian played with David Bowie at the Santa Monica C A in a show I saw......(side bar: they made me open my cig pack, take out each cig and show them it wasn't a joint ......cr****
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Esophageal spasms are painful muscle contractions that affect your esophagus, the hollow tube between your throat and your stomach. Esophageal spasms can feel like sudden, severe chest pain that lasts from a few minutes to hours.
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Treatment for occasional esophageal spasms may not be necessary. But if esophageal spasms interfere with your ability to eat or drink, treatments are available.
- Feldman M, et al. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2010. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/about.do?eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4160-6189-2..X0001-7--TOP&isbn=978-1-4160-6189-2&about=true&uniqId=229935664-2192. Accessed Aug. 16, 2012.
- Grubel C, et al. Diffuse esophageal spasm. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2008;103:450.
- Goldman L, et al. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2012. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/about.do?about=true&eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4377-1604-7..C2009-0-42832-0--TOP&isbn=978-1-4377-1604-7&uniqId=327451096-2. Accessed Aug. 19, 2012.
- Townsend CM, et al. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2007. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/164856770-3/902155171/1565/469.html#4-u1.0-B978-1-4160-3675-3..50052-6--cesec137_2746. Accessed Aug. 19, 2012.
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'IB' - Chapter NineChapter NineAfter several minutes of just staring at the computer in complete terror, Dib turned to the platform and headed towards it. He shut off the lights on his way out, the computer's bright monitor illuminating the room now. His head turned to look back at it, nodding once as if to thank it before stepping onto the plate in front of him. The platform rose again for him to take him back upstairs into the wreckage. Now he had an answer as to what happened and why Zim was behaving like he was. The better question was, would he regret seeing that though; seeing the complete self-destruction of his now former worst enemy and now current worst nightmare?The thing that made seeing that video so traumatizing was that he had actually grown to some what care about Zim. Yes, they were enemies both out to stop each other at every turn, but before Zim, he didn't have a reason to get up every day and go to school. Zim was everything he had always wanted; an alien that had found
'IB' - Chapter TenChapter TenDib walked down the sidewalk appearing more disturbed than he had since this had started. The lingering taste of Zim's blood seemed to keep him in an almost trance like state as he walked almost unnaturally down the sideswalk. Of course, the boy's unsettling demeanor attracted more stares from the people around him.People went from being distasteful and scowling at him, to almost frightened and concerned for the boy. He'd been progressing so quickly to lunacy lately that some people believed it was time he saw someone about it.This thought of going to see someone though seemed to be out of the question in Dib's mind. He knew a doctor would only blame it on schizophrenia or just plain insanity and not even try to believe that something was actually going on. He would only be prescribed some drug to try and rid him of 'the images in his head'.Perhaps that's what he needed to stay sane though; receive some counseling and a bit of medicin
'IB' - Chapter ElevenChapter ElevenUpon arriving home on that quiet, eerie night, Dib was relieved to find that no insane Irken had followed him. He was alone now, and he had the feeling he would have a peaceful night in contrast to the others he had experienced.As Dib had made his way into the house and up to his room, the lingering smell of day old blood hit him. It wasn't quite as harsh and foul as the pile of junk found in Zim's closet. However, it was enough to make the boy groan in both agony and nausea, but the smell didn't seem to stop him from hobbling to his bed and allowing himself to collapse upon it.At least he was safe for now, and tonight would be one of the only nights open for him to sleep without much worry. Zim was still too weak to come for him, and the computer was keeping him indoors for tonight.As Dib lay on his bed with his eyes pealed wide open, he felt himself almost grow drowsy as time proceeded. He even fell into a deep and much needed sleep within fifteen
'IB' - Chapter TwelveChapter TwelveDib remained in an almost trance-like state for a few moments as he recalled a few memories of Zim. He took another deep breath before speaking again in a quiet tone. "Zim... He was pretty interesting.""Yes? What is his personality like?" The doctor questioned, beginning to write again at the others decision to elaborate more on the subject.Dib slowly looked back to the doctor, shifting in his seat as he considered the question. "Well, he was loud and obnoxious and would often insult the human race whenever he had the chance to. But, he was very proud of his race and his leaders. He made every attempt to take over Earth even if he failed every time. But I liked that about him..." Dib's voice trailed off some as his gaze lowered. "I admired that about him actually.."Dr.Gaul hummed and nodded his head a bit. "Well, I can only chalk this up as more schizophrenia from how you say this. You seem very fond of this little delusion as
'IB' - Chapter SixChapter SixResolve came in the form of first sunlight beaming through the shattered hole that was at one point a window. It immediately melted away the shadows and extinguished the coolness that the night had brought. Everything was completely visible now and revealed to the paranoid human.However, even after the sun had come up, Dib took a while to convince himself that there wasn't actually anything there, and that it had all just been a crazy delusion in his head. After several more minutes of watching everything around him, he had finally convinced himself that he was alone now, which actually relaxed him and made him realize how tired he actually was. It was too late to try and sleep now though since he had to get ready for another dreadful day of school.He didn't try too hard, though, as he decided to stay in the bloodied and torn cloths from the night before and only ran his hands over his hair in an attempt to smooth it out. He was far too tired and stressed to be concerned
'IB' - Chapter EightChapter EightDib's hurried pace soon slowed to a steady walk as he got closer to Zim's base. He delayed getting there as he was both afraid and nervous of what he may find here. He actually started to second guess if this was the best thing to do, but he arrived before he knew it. Once it were visible across the road from him, Dib stopped and stared at it for a short time. He drew in a deep breath, whispering unsure words of encouragement before starting closer towards it.Zim's base looked pretty similar on the outside, except for where his gnomes keeping his house protected had been destroyed. Though, it did seem to have an eerie aura around it which was something that hadn't been present in the past.Dib had made it to the front door now, staring upon it as if there were something fairly interesting about it. In reality, he was just preparing himself for what he was sure would be a quite shocking sight. Finally, he pushed the door open and flicked on the lights wi
'IB' - Chapter FourChapter FourSoon all of Zim's tremors just seemed to halt. He pulled himself back up onto all fours, extending his head up with his neck still cocked at an awkward angle so he could see Dib's face. He parted his lips into the grin again, beginning to screech out in a single laughter with that eerie 'e' sound again.The sight of that haunting grin seemed to paralyze the boy as he slowly let himself down to the floor, wrapping himself in a fetal position as he rocked himself very stiffly as if to comfort himself. Violent shivers also shook him as the cackle rung in his ears as they only intensified the dread he was already feeling.Zim slowly began to drag himself over to him, seeing him as wounded prey now. His limbs still had trouble taking turns, looking even more like a creature in dire need of an exorcism.Dib's eyes expanded as the other drew closer to him. He didn't blink now since in his mind, blinking only made him made him more vulnerable than he already was, even though he wo
'IB' - Chapter ThreeChapter ThreeUpon realizing there was no sign of the Irken even making an attempt to get into his house, Dib felt it were safer to be in there now than outside so he rushed towards it in quite a hurry. Once he had burst in the door, he slammed it furiously behind him and turned to lock the door for an extra sense of security. Hopefully Gaz had a key to the house so she wouldn't bother him with her obnoxious banging as she did quite often.After locking the door, Dib turned his back to it and leaned against it, closing his eyes and taking deep breaths in an attempt to calm himself after all of the stress he had endured that day. Unfortunately, he could only think of Zim as he stood there, images of that haunting grin flashing in his memory.The boy let out a groan of both agony and frustration as he headed towards the downstairs bathroom, pulling out a first aid kit to bandage his wounds before heading up to his bedroom hoping that some relaxation would help to clear his mind. Of cours
'IB' - Chapter FiveChapter FiveAs Dib stood outside of his home, he couldn't help the overwhelming loneliness that washed over him. After the neighbours reaction, he highly doubted anyone would take him seriously. Not like they had taken him seriously before anyway.On top of the extreme aloneness, the boy was feeling a massive amount of paranoia. His house had proven to be just as dangerous a place to be now, and after seeing how easily and quickly Zim could infiltrate it, he realized he would never feel at peace inside of it. He would always be looking around himself, checking to make sure he was truly alone.Dib took only small, slow steps towards the house now, his eyes flicking everywhere as he scanned for any threats. He was quite jumpy now though, so when a small leaf flew by him he jumped backwards a step and let out a high pitched scream. He began to breathe rapidly until realizing it was just a leaf before taking a deep breath and staring forward again, his eyes continuing to scan his environm
Invader Zim ZADR: Chains and Bite Marks (Ch. 6)Zim ran around his lab, picking up random items, and placing them on the table next to me. . . We were now in his medical bay, which seemed spotless before he began to search it for supplies.Once he was finally done, he began to use some of the instruments on me. . . He jabbed me with syringes, and did blood tests."I'm sorry it's taking so long. . . Zim's computer isn't used to human blood and disease. . ." Zim had apologized at least several times.I nodded telling him, that it was okay. While waiting I decided to ask, "What exactly happened while I was blanked out yesterday?"Zim looked at me worriedly, "If Zim tells you, do you promise not to hurt him?""I promise!" I exclaimed, shocked that he would think I would hurt him after all of his help.He sat next to me, and sighed, "You came into my laboratory, and you were angry, sad even. . . Zim was confused by your behavior. . . So Zim decided to help. . .
Invader Zim ZADR: Chains and Bite Marks (Ch. 2)I felt like property. . . Branded like a cow. How could he? Why would he, do this to me?I ran out of the room, and found Zim, who was still sitting in the chair, reading that stupid book. I grabbed his wrists, and made him stand. The book landed on the floor with a thud, as I shoved him agents the wall.I held his wrists on the wall, to keep him from retaliating. "What the Hell is on my back?!" I screamed at him.Zim flinched at my screaming and had a very saddened expression on his, usually smirk face, "Z-Zim doesn't know w-what your talking about."I growled, tightening my grip, "Yes you fucking do!""Dib-beast, stop your hurting Zim!" Zim cried."I don't care! What happened? Why can't I remember?!" I yelled over his pleas.Zim whimpered, "Because you did not want to remember. . . You told Zim to help you forget. . ."I now finally snapped, I felt like hitting Zim, but instead I thought of a wo
Invader Zim ZADR: Chains and Bite Marks (Ch. 3)I awoke the next morning, body feeling numb from the previous night. . . I sat up slowly, to find myself on the floor where I had blanked out in blissful exhaustion.I looked around, to find Zim a few feet away, laying on the floor, asleep. I figured his body must've blinked out to. . .I crawled over to him, anger from the previous day completely gone. I examined him, in his dozing state, and what I observed made me sick to my stomach.Zim's wrists were badly bruised, most likely because of how recklessly I grabbed them, how tight I held them into place. He was shivering possibly because he had slept on the cold floor all night long. . .I carefully lifted his head, careful to not wake him, and placed it on my lap. Why had I done that? I'm no better than him, actually compared, mine was worse. . .I sighed, "Zim? Wake up. . ."Zim's eyes opened slowly, then he sat up, pain filled expression on his slender face, "D-Dib?" He seemed to have
Invader Zim ZADR: Chains And Bite Marks (Ch. 4)I opened my eyes, awakened by nature. . . I sat up to find myself in my room, in my bed. Was it all a dream?I sat up in my bed, then I stood from my bed, and grabbed my glasses from the end table, then looked down at myself, to find my shirt on, like always. . . To find it was the one Zim had taken supposedly.Was it a dream? I pressed this question, over and over, trying to get my thoughts in order.I quickly became certain that it was, that the horror of that forgetful day, was all false. I frowned, remembering this 'dream'."It felt so real. . ." I sighed as I walked over to my dresser, fiddling with the clothes in the drawers.Just then I heard Gaz bang on my door yelling, "You better be getting ready, or I'm fucking leaving you!""Almost ready!" I yelled back, I hated that she was my ride.I quickly got ready, grabbed my bag, and ran outside into the cold of the new fall morning. I sat in Gaz's car, and nodded at her, to
Invader Zim ZADR: Chains And Bite Marks (Ch. 5)I laid in bed, feeling worse and worse. . . Why had I fallen sick? Why am I feeling ill? Where is he?My head hurt badly, and my stomach groaned with pain. . . Worse of all, the back of my throat burned, making me rasp and cough.I had a lot of coughing fits, and it made my stomach hurt worse with each sickening purge that came after the coughs.I covered my head with my pillow around ten o' clock to sleep, and succeeded after what seemed like a lifetime. . .-----------------------------------------------I woke drenched in sweat, yet I felt so cold. . . So alone. . .I couched into my hand, violently. I felt something warm and stick splatter onto my fist, and I opened my eyes worriedly. Upon examining my hand, I had found something I greatly feared. . . I had coughed up blood. . .Suddenly a memory came back to me, one I had forgotten because of Zim, and his machine. I was a clone, created by my fath- Professor Membrane. . . I was unstable, unfit to live in my own body. . . I w
Invader Zim ZADR: Chains And Bite Marks (Ch. 1)I walked out of the elevator to find myself in Zim's attic. I groaned, " Zim, what am I doing here?"Zim seemed to ignore my question, and instead walked passed me, to a book shelf. He picked out a book, and opened it, apparently scanning the contents.He began to hum lightly as he looked tough the pages. I rolled my eyes, and sat on the floor, that's when I noticed the pain. I hissed a bit, and looked down at my torso. It was covered in bite marks, and scratches. .Dib whimpered, "Z-Zim?""What do you want? Stupid big-headed-fool-boy-creature. . ." Zim sighed, as he continued with his reading."Where did these bites marks come from?" I asked worriedly, hoping Zim would bother answering."From me. . ." Zim said frown on his face, yet never looking up from his book."How about the scratches?" I asked, surprised."Zim did that to." Zim answered, still never looking up from his book.I frowned
Invasion in the Pridelands: Chapter TwoChapter twoWhen Zim came to it was completely dark. He could vaguely remember waking up a few other times but had quickly been drugged again before he could get his bearings. Now he had absolutely no idea where he was.Slowly his eyes began to adjust to the dark and he could only just make out the wooden crate he was trapped inside. Trapped! He was trapped and couldn't get out! His heart began to pound as panic rose up inside of him, forcing away all sense and reason. He scrabbled; twisting around in the tiny space as he desperately looked for any way out. He was an Invader, and Invaders could not be contained!All of a sudden the crate bumped joltingly and light flooded in from a sliding opening. Zim didn't think twice before he shot out of the crate like a bullet, blinded by the sudden bright light he ran until he careened head first against a tree, abruptly stopping his panicked flight.He blinked dizzily and looked up stupidly at the tree he had smashed into at top speed. T
Invasion in the Pridelands: Chapter OneChapter oneIt was dark by now, the stars just beginning to peep out in the sky while the sickle-moon shone faintly through the smog of the city. Zim walked down the sidewalk with his fists clenched angrily at his sides. Hours of walking looking for GIR and the little SIR Unit had been back at the base the entire time! That horrible robot! Next time Zim would make sure GIR would tell him when he was going out and exactly where he was going.Suddenly Zim stopped mid-stride, looking back over his shoulder. For the past block and a half a suspicious looking bush had been shadowing him and sure enough it was still there, only five feet from him now. Zim narrowed his eyes. "Dib, this is your most pitiful spying attempt yet." He said. The bush rustled and the unmistakably big head of Dib popped out of the top. "Took you long enough to notice." Dib sneered. "Did you only just now realize I was here?""Of course I new you were here! Yes! It was uh all part of my plan. Yes! You have walked ri
'IB' - Chapter SevenChapter SevenDib stared at Zim wide-eyed in panic as he approached him slowly, backing up a few clumsy steps before bumping into the fence behind him. He looked over his shoulder and eye it, dreading the fact that he had to climb the damned thing if he wanted to avoid the same fate his teacher had met.After glancing back at Zim another time, seeing that he was getting closer to him quicker than he thought, he turned and faced the fence and backed up a few steps. He drew a shaky breath before running at it and making a leap as he got close to the fence, grunting as he hit it and started his desperate climb.A screech of obvious rage exploded from the hobbling being that was trailing far behind his escaping form. "IB!!!!" The name practically pierced through the air as wild eyes, even through those contacts, locked onto him frighteningly and his arms outstretched in a dire want to rip the other from the rusty chained fence.The screech shook the boy, causing his grip to sli


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And watching -- and joining us now with more -- Fox News political analyst Juan Williams of the line how dividend.
I think they're gonna get a deal I think right now this whole plan B thing.
Is part of speaker Boehner is effort to try to get his troops in line behind a -- there -- people there.
Notably Jason shape it's that congress -- from Utah who's been outspoken saying he doesn't like the deal.
As it's being shape right now by Boehner pres Obama but the fact that they had met five times over the last three days that -- that they're going back and forth.
Is a clear signal they are on the edge of something here and I think that what you're seeing right now with this talk of a -- -- B being shot down by senator Reid.
Is that is the Republicans saying.
Hey you know what we know where did this advantage politically in this deal but we're not out of ammunition and we're gonna it's still make the case.
To try to force pres Obama to give us an even better deal.
What is up what.
Do you think that they will get a better deal from the president because right now if -- just focus on the income cut off on the tax increases would be 400000 dollars vs a million dollars.
And secondly doesn't this seem to -- the taxes are the tax rates are going up for at least some folks in this country.
I think so -- -- clear both sides now taken the payroll tax cut off details everybody's tax are gonna go up some.
But yes definitely for people who make more than the 400000.
The Obama -- I think Boehner is gonna come down.
So I don't think that that's gonna shift much.
But I think that they will get a deal and that the problem is here that Obama and the Democrats if they give up what day everyone cause that.
The change CPI another way that they index Social Security that's a big one for Democrats.
And it makes them less likely to want to make it agreed any concessions in terms of additional spending on infrastructure.
Are protecting the veterans the disabled in terms of Social Security the on extending the unemployment benefits.
So there's gonna have to be some meeting of the minds their date.
What did but do you think that the Democrats well I think again agreed to what the president's put on the table with the higher -- -- caught off.
For the tax increases because that Republicans don't want any tax increases or at least some -- -- and then the Democrats won't that it the president to stick to his original.
You know the plan.
-- But look I think -- one of the key things that happen even before what we saw this week and with all the activity in the optimism.
It's I think there's been a shift insight political psychology if you will I think people want a deal.
They want to deal badly and right now the -- -- are becoming less important because.
Everybody's focused on the idea of stabilizing the financial markets stabilizing this very fragile recovery.
Not creating a situation where.
People have a sense that there's more uncertainty I think Republicans and Democrats realize the private sector is complained about uncertainty.
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BUFFALO/NIAGARA FALLS, NY (WKBW) - Potholes can be a nightmare for drivers and thanks to the unusually hot and cold weather we've been getting, they're making an early comeback. Local public works departments are trying to get a head start on the problem. In Niagara Falls, crews have already used 30 tons of cold patch to help ease damages roads, but the director public works admits its an uphill battle especially with temperatures on a bizarre spectrum.
"We could be patching one day, and some days it'll come right back up," said City of Niagara Falls Public Works Director Dave Kinney. "The other issue is the fact that we've have rain, snow and ice. It's been a little bit of everything and that's also causing us a lot of problems."
Kinney says rented equipment used in year's past to help repair roads and eliminate potholes are now in jeopardy due to the lack of casino slot revenue.
"Every year I bring in the Pot Hole Killer and because of the lack of money, casino money we can't do that this year. I can guarantee that we can't do it this year because we don't have the money in the budget and there's no other income coming in," added Kinney. "So my guys will have to go and do it the old fashioned way."
Kinney says the equipment allowed them to tackle potholes faster. At Casullo's Automotive Services in Kenmore, crews say it's not the prime season for pothole car repair just yet. In the months ahead they urge drivers to use caution when driving over one and recommend always keeping a close eye on your vehicle.
"Potholes can be costly," said Owner Rocky Casullo. "A bent wheel, an alignment and suspension component can all range from $200-500 even $900. We recommend people to slowly drive through the pothole and reduce your speed. We don't want people to swerve, causing themselves and others harm."