Tony Robbins Ditches His Trademark “Firewalk” Event

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Tony Robbins, noted motivational speaker, has ‘extinguished’ his famous Firewalking event because of an outbreak of burned ‘toesies from the hot coalsies‘.  Not to be deterred, Robbins, ever the entrepreneur and promoter, has developed a new and even more trying (read mo’ money) “Firewalk, without the fire.”  It’s the Lego Firewalk Challenge.

**FakeNewsAlert**

Do Be Like The Hummingbird and Leave Your Smartphone Behind

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From Vice, “Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia.”

It seemed like just a spooky coincidence, but then everyone seems to have a story about their smartphone listening to them. So is this just paranoia, or are our smartphones actually listening?

According to Dr. Peter Henway—The senior security consultant for cybersecurity firm Asterix, and former lecturer and researcher at Edith Cowan University—the short answer is yes, but perhaps in a way that’s not as diabolical as it sounds.

Seals and Crofts – “Hummingbird”

The Word Of The Day – Jalopy

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The truth is, dictionary makers have not the slightest idea where jalopy comes from. It was spelled all sorts of ways when it first appeared, a sure sign that oral transmission came first. So, in lieu of facts, here are some of the stories that others have recounted in worthy attempts to make some sense of the matter.

Yiddish is a candidate with shlappe, a term for an old horse that actually derives from Polish. . Others argue that it has a link with the Mexican town of Jalapa, where old vehicles were sent to rest and recuperate.

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