My wife and I were separated at the time, and were in the midst of a possible divorce and experiencing some financial distress, including an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) increase and out of pocket costs for advanced marriage counseling.

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So, using Skinput, someone could send text messages by tapping his or her arm in certain places -- without pulling the phone out of a pocket or purse.

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After reciting a verse from the Qur'an, he reads something that sounds like a judgment, returns the sheet of paper to an interior pocket of his vest, and at the end of a brief meditation proposes that his listeners arm themselves with stones.

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