Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Dave on Wheels responds to the Chivers! (11 Photos)

October 9, 2012 In: Awesome, Chive Everywhere Follow John on Tapiture

When Sarah Hill discovered Dave on Wheel's Twitter Page, he had 8 followers. Sarah couldn't believe how insightful and funny the profoundly deaf paraplegic with cerebral palsy was. She friended him, followed by Erin Willett, and Dave's following quickly grew to 800 until I posted this story about Dave yesterday. In less than 24 hours, Dave has eclipsed 7,500 Twitter followers.

It's fascinating how technology has unlocked the genius bottled up in Dave. Dave uses a special computer called Tobii to type, it can read his visual instructions. And then there's Twitter, the vehicle that carries Dave's hilarious insights out to the world. A couple short years agoBelgium coalition deal ends deadlock Published duration 8 October 2014

image copyright AFP image caption Charles Michel (R), here with coalition colleague Kris Peeters, will be Belgium's youngest PM since 1841

After four months of political stalemate, centre-right parties in Belgium have agreed to form a government, to be sworn in on Saturday.

It will be led by French-speaking liberal Charles Michel, 38, who will be Belgium's youngest PM since 1841.

A deal was reached after 29 hours of talks - and 135 days after Belgians went to the polls.

However, Belgium's previous Socialist-led government was formed only after 541 days of deadlock.

Mr Michel, from the Francophone liberal MR party, will head a coalition that includes three parties from Dutch-speaking Flanders, including the separatist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).

Belgian commentators have labelled the government