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You can easily get an SOS or security apps for your smartphone. Most, however, require you to take out your phone, unlock it and then tap a few buttons to call or send an emergency message to your selected contacts. If you're ever in a real emergency, you might not find the time to do all that. That's where the spot-Nsave security wristband proves to be a blessing.
It's a waterproof band made of soft silicon that the manufacturer claims is allergy-proof too. As a first step, you are required to install a free app on your smartphones (Android only, iOS and Windows Phone apps coming soon). In the smartphone app, create a free account and then assign five guardian angels from within your contacts. These are the contacts that will be notified in case of your emergency. The wristband then pairs with your smartphone via Bluetooth. Note that the band is quite unobtrusive and resembles a basic fitness tracker - an assailant is unlikely to notice it. On the band itself is just one large button - press it three times in quick succession to blast an emergency message with your precise location to all your guardian angels.
The message contains a Google Maps link to your location. The messages will then continue to be sent out every two minutes with updated location details until you cancel the alert. Your guardian angels can also open the link in the spotNsave app on their phone to get turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation to your location. The only issue with the band is battery life - it has to be charged on a daily basis.
Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time by Yusuf Begg The Notting Hillbillies
n 1990 Mark Knopfler took a break from his role as the frontman and guitarist of the hugely popular and feted rock group Dire Straits. Retreating into his home studio in London, Knopfler got together a few friends (Steve Phillips: guitars and vocals; Guy Fletcher: keyboards, vocals; Brendan Croker: guitar, vocals and Paul Franklin: pedal steel guitar) and recorded Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time. Missing is essentially an after-party album when the guests have left and only a few old friends hang around. Feet are put up, pretensions dropped and conversation meanders across a field of nostalgia and shared memories. Like the atmosphere and amber liquid, the album too has a rich and smoky feel.
Knopfler is at his mellow best in Missing, preferring to be away from the spotlight. Out of the 11 tracks he is the lead singer in only a couple. But his distinct guitar sound suffuses the album. There are no pyrotechnics, no booming bass lines and no drum rolls. It's as if the players instinctively know each other's cues and can segue back and forth.
It is difficult to pigeonhole Missing. There are elements of bluegrass ('One Way Gal' and 'That's Where I Belong'), blues ('Blues Stay Away From Me'), honky tonk ('Run Me Down') and sad love songs. The soulful 'Feel Like Going Home' is the perfect bookend to this delightful and eclectic album.
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