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Dec. 17, 2009 — -- The good news for Tiger Woods is that the relentless reports about his marital infidelity did not stop him from being named the Athlete of the Decade by The Associated Press. The bad news is that they apparently have caused the golf superstar's wife to leave him.
A source close to Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, told ABC News.com Wednesday that a "divorce is 100 percent on."
Nordegren, a 29-year-old former model, was recently photographed without her wedding ring.
"It would not appear that Elin Nordegren is going to be standing by her man," Kate Coyne, senior editor at People Magazine, told "Good Morning America." "Sources have told us that Elin has told us this marriage is over and she is looking to divorce."
According to Coyne, Nordegren is "shopping around" for a divorce attorney. People Magazine reported Nordegren would be going to Sweden soon to get out of the media glare.
"She's not rushing to divorce, however," the source told ABCNews.com. "She's going to take her sweet time. She wants all the dirty laundry to be out on the table before she signs anything."
The dark clouds of divorce reports swept in on what was an ever-so-brief moment of positive press for Woods when The AP named him the Athlete of the Decade Wednesday.
His record was apparently so strong -- 64 wins in this decade including 12 majors -- that Tiger brought home the prize even though half the votes came in after his scandal broke.
"The voters, the editors around the country, were able to separate Tiger the man from Tiger the golfer, and they decided that his performance on the links was so good that whatever had happened in his personal life -- that really wasn't what they were deciding on," said John Affleck, AP sports enterprise editor.
Like many of his golf matches, the contest wasn't even close. Woods received 56 out of the total 142 votes cast, according to The Associated Press.
Bicyclist Lance Armstrong came in second with 33 votes, followed by Swiss tennis sensation Roger Federer and U.S. Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps.
Tiger's Crash and the Resulting Fallout
Trouble for Tiger's previously pristine image started in the middle of the night Nov. 27 when he crashed his SUV into a neighbor's tree, after hitting bushes and a fire hydrant. Woods was rushed to a local hospital.
The cause of Woods' late-night accident was not revealed, but rumors swirled that it was related to allegations that Woods' was having an affair with New York nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel.
Uchitel initially denied the allegations to the New York Post and said she and Tiger "are not friends," in a report published on Dec. 1.
But just as Uchitel was denying an affair with Woods, a Los Angeles cocktail waitress named Jamie Grubbs, came forward to claim that she did have a romantic relationship with the golf great and that she had proof in the form of more than "300 racy texts" and photos.
The next day, Dec. 2, Woods made a public statement on his Web site, apologizing for "transgressions" and "personal sins."
Since then, a steady stream of women -- including a porn star and a pancake waitress -- have claimed to had affairs with Woods.
Soon several major sponsors began rethinking their relationship with Woods and at least one major company, Accenture, dropped him completely.
For his part, Woods took an "indefinite" leave of golf and has otherwise stayed silent. Even his close friends, like former NBA star Charles Barkley, said they haven't been able to reach him.
"I think when you have these fires in your life, as I call them, you need to talk to somebody else who is famous, who have been through things in their life," Barkley said.

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Otto Rotfeld is a lonely man who wants a wife. Knowing his chances are nearly impossible with the women of his Polish village, he turns to an outsider to fulfill his request. A man who practices dark magic agrees to make him a wife of clay, a golem. The request is difficult to fill but the strange old man manages the creation, and shortly after, the golem and her master board a ship for America. Rotfeld wakes the golem on the ship but dies soon after leaving her to fend for herself in a world she doesn't understand with no one to watch over her. After arriving at Ellis Island, the golem runs, inundated by the wants and needs of those crowded around her. Rabbi Meyer, a widower making his way in New York, spies the golem. Knowing what she is and fearing for not only the golem but those around her, he takes her in and names her Chava.
Maryam Faddoul is the heart of her Syrian neighborhood. One day, she takes an old copper flask, a family heirloom, to the local metal smith, Arbeely, to be repaired. While fixing the flask, Arbeely unknowingly releases a jinni. The jinni, now named Ahmed, has trouble living by the strict rules that govern human form. Chained by the spell that captured him hundreds of years ago, he can no longer take his true jinni form. He struggles to accept what little he can experience of life as a human. While roaming the dark streets of New York City he attempts to find a bit of freedom. It's on one of these explorations that he meets Chava and becomes fascinated by her and what she is.
Mythical creatures struggling to fit into the daily life of 1890s New York City, Chava and Ahmed want to stay hidden but chafe at pretending to be human. Taking to the night, the two explore the city, grow close, and begin accepting that life will always be this way for them. When they are involved in a tragic event, their lives, and the lives of those around them, change forever. Choices are made, lives move forward, and the golem and jinni once more find ways to survive.
How can you not love a story about mythical creatures set in 1890s New York City? It's such a rich story and I enjoyed how Chava and Ahmed fought to fit in. The Syrian and Jewish neighborhoods that take them in are full of incredible characters and their lives become mirror images of the immigrants around them.
Chava is particularly interesting in the way she fights not to fulfill every want and wish she is mentally bombarded by. Built to obey a master, but living without one, she learns to control the impulse to help everyone and fix everything. It's painful and troubling but she endures. Ahmed, on the other hand, steeps himself in sorrow and self-pity longing for a former life far out of reach. It's Chava who teaches him there's more to being human than what he believes. It's the limitations of these mythical creatures that make them human.
Wecker does a fine job of pulling strings in this story. What might feel like several story lines is really one very long tale that twists and turns but never tangles. It's an incredible web that draws people together in ways never imagined. There's nothing better than a story like that. This may be a story of mythical creatures, but in the end, it's a story of people adjusting to new lives and learning how to fit in. The simplicity of that is what makes this wonderful.
I don't usually go in for book trailers, but why not, here's the trailer for The Golem and the Jinni.
In addition to this blog, I also do reviews for The Book Reporter website. The above review was done for the Book Reporter which can be found here. The book was provided to me by the publisher.
The Golem and the Jinni
By Helene Wecker


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This handbill version of a 1966 Family Dog poster by the great Victor Moscoso has been on my must-have list for many, many years. In the rock-poster community, this poster is known as 'Hippie Santa Claus' but the horns give this Santa a decidedly devilish appearance.
The concerts took place on December 23 and 24, 1966, at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. The Grateful Dead headlined, with the "Steve Miller Blues Band" as the second-bill act (this was before Boz Scaggs was in the band). Moby Grape opened.
There are a few versions of this handbill. Mine is the original on thin 8.5 x 11 inch paper. One version has printing on the back and was bound into a magazine of the day called Mojo Navigator. Others were printed as they ran out of red ink, which means the red is either faded or absent. On this beauty, the colors are nice and bright.


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The RRTTC develops and implements several environmental education outreach programs to serve various focus groups both at the University of Northern Iowa and in the community. The following is a brief listing of our programs:
Recent Events Find information about events we have hosted recently.
UNI Earth Week Celebration Earth Week is a week long, campus-wide event that provides various opportunities for students, faculty, staff and the general to receive education on relevant topics, participate in local clubs and recreation and volunteer in service projects. The goal of the UNI Earth Week Celebration is to improve the local environment and the week culminates with an Earth Day Fair where over 35 booths participate.
Creekside Harmony Garden This teaching garden provides several types of educational and learning activities and welcomes all students of the university and local schools and members of the Cedar Valley Community.
Educational Film Series and Book Club In conjunction with the Healthy Cedar Valley Coalition and Iowa Recycles Association, this outreach activity discusses various books on topics such as sustainability, "green" corporate practices, and highlights environmental themes.
Past Success Programs
Green: What Does it Mean? Exploring our Sustainable Community This event provides a learning experience that is radically different than the current teaching system has to offer on the diverse topics of Environmental Literacy and Sustainability. Not only does this program provide an opportunity not available in the classroom to learn about how careers, technology, recreation, energy, waste reduction, and conservation tie into the concepts of sustainability, it also equips ninth grade students with a clear and practical application for their own lives. Students and their teachers leave the event with new ideas on how to create a greener community through the education they choose, through their career, their behaviors, purchasing decisions, and the lifestyle choices they adopt.
Get Your Green On This is a K-6 educational program designed to bring environmental awareness and responsibility to students, teacher/staff members, and parents. It incorporates several aspects of learning in order to share the importance of the 3R's, water quality and conservation, natural resource conservation, landfill education, and energy conservation. This program was implemented at all six elementary schools in Cedar Falls, Iowa during the '09-'10 school year.


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Device Specifications:
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|Input Pressure Range
|310 - 600 kPa
|Supply Flow Capacity
|>120 l/min
|Demand Valve Peak Flow
|>200 l/min
|Service Interval
|5 years
|Intended Life
|10 years
|Applied Standards
|BS EN ISO 5356-1:2004 - Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment. Conical connectors. Cones and sockets EN ISO 5359 :2008 Low-pressure hose assemblies for use with medical gases (partially replaced by BS EN 15908:2010 Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment. Non-interchangeable screw-threaded (NIST) low-pressure connectors for medical gases) EN ISO 15001:2010 - Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment- Compatability with oxygen BS4272-2- Anaesthetic and analgesic machines. Specification for intermittent (demand) flow analgesic machines for use with 50/50% (V/V) nitrous oxide and oxygen EN 14971- Medical devices- Application of risk management BS EN 980- Graphical symbols for use in the labeling of medical devices EN 1041- Information supplied by the manufacturer with medical devices Exhalation Valves supplied separately. 4 year warranty
|FDA: Class II, CE: Medical device directive 93/42/EEC- Active Medical Device- Class IIa
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Hi used to use PHPlist years ago but am really out of the loop.
We have a list of about 130K contacts And I am thinking of using PHPlist again for our campaigns.
We would be using the open source version on our hosted server. It is not a dedicated account.
I seem to remember an issue with how many emails per hours that could be sent on some hosted accounts. Is there currently a work around for this?
If not can someone please suggest a host where this will not be an issue.
Thanx, in advance for your help.


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Just thought I should post up my Balloon Bug conversion - adding in the features from the to the GB version. This is still extremely raw, and requires the "C3 wishes" pack to be installed.
Creatures receive stimuli for pushing, pulling and hitting them, and they vanish when eaten.
With Vampess's 'don't get stuck hopping on the ground' fix.
Balloon Bugs pop when hit.
Known bugs:
Still has the same class number as the original.
May break the Ettin Seed Bank due to having a different bhvr value.
Somewhat memory-intensive.
Overpopulates. This may be due to the fact that they're not programmed to die, unless eaten.


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As Child Health Day, a national event first proclaimed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928, celebrates its 85th observance this year, the State of Tennessee has set apart a special week to focus on the health and well-being of its children. Child Health Week begins the first Monday of October and runs the entire week throughout the state. The goal is to encourage everyone to put the health and well-being of children first during the week, and every week in the year ahead. This recognition is an initiative from the Governor's Children Cabinet, which is designed to coordinate, streamline and enhance initiatives across multiple departments to empower, educate and engage Tennessee families.
Child Health Week 2013 will focus on the many ways to help children have a healthy, productive future. In Knox County, TENNderCARE along with several community partners (the Knox County Health Department, Knox County Schools, Walgreens, Cherokee Health Systems, BlueCare TN, United Healthcare Community Plan and Safe Kids of Greater Knox Area) are hosting a variety of themed events all week:
Monday, October 7th - Celebrating Healthy Children
Join us for the Child Health Week Kick Off
Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Ave., Knoxville, at 10 a.m.
Speakers include Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Health Department Director Dr. Martha Buchanan
Tuesday, October 8th - Safety
Whether they're walking on a sidewalk or playing sports, encourage them to follow the rules and, if appropriate, wear protective gear like helmets and knee pads.
The Knox County Health Department will offer car seat safety classes on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. To see if you're eligible to attend or for more information, call the Knox County Health Department at 865-215-5170.
Click here for more safety tips for kids of all ages.
Wednesday, October 9th - Physical Activity
Regular physical activity helps children build strong bones, muscles and joints. It also decreases the risk of obesity. Appropriately, October 9 is National Walk to School Day. In Knox County, many elementary and middle schools are participating in this initiative to promote family involvement in physical activity.
Click here for a list of participating schools.
Click here to learn more about physical health.
Thursday, October 10th - Nutrition
To encourage families to make a healthy breakfast part of their routine, Knox County Schools will offer students free breakfast on Thursday, Oct. 10. They're encouraging kids to "Stick to Breakfast" with a healthy version of French toast sticks.
Click here for some great healthy eating tips.
Friday, October 11th - Dental Health
Did you know that tooth decay is the #1 dental problem among preschoolers? Click here for tips on how to get that million-dollar smile.
Special weeklong activity:
In honor of Child Health Week, the Knox County Public Library will incorporate health-related books into regular story times across the county.
What can you do with your family, students or community in celebration of Child Health Week?
Click here to view tips, activities and resources to help our county's children and families lead healthy lives and make good healthy choices. With the support of parents, grandparents, teachers, government officials, health care providers and communities, we can ensure a healthier future for our children.


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[Background music at the end. This story will be posted in full after the Challenge for those of us that like to read everything in one complete telling,]
HALESTORM – Thursday Morning
Holyhead hides hindrances I need to fathom. Reasons for the GEE package to go via Pembroke Dock. The harbourmaster confirmed ships from Scandinavia do dock at Holyhead, although more often in Liverpool. Still, a better port for North Wales.
I'm being hoodwinked. Taken in by a bloody herring. My tattoos tingle and my finger taps my bracer.
N for North Wales. B for Boats. I for Indecision. NIB or BIN.
My coffee is empty, so I leave the café. Walk along the harbour seeking inspiration. Seagulls screech and lorries honk. Hail has driven shoppers inside as missiles hammer wet streets.
Officially, I'm not here – not to the penny pinchers. Damn their interference. They are my biggest hurdle. But it's my day-off, when I get to relax at home – or power though bends with Kama. But she is on-duty with Wiley – in Holyhead hearing out suspects in the fraud investigation.
Cadging a lift was easy. A chance to be with Kama – for the drive.
So near to the hospital in Bangor, yet miles away. Interviewing Vic Vaughn is still hindered by money counters. Austerity sucks. Ffycin nhw.
The hail lets up. A brief reminder of the weekend's storm. Where was the Swedish freighter during the storm? Further north. Acting normally, even though an online search reveals the freight line and GEE have the same parent company. Harmless? Honest?
The hunch – the stab of tattoos screams guilty. Why?
Lateral moves.
Visualize the coastline. Places to avoid. Rocks. Wreckers in another century. Treacherous areas in the storm. The Llyn has a few – most notably Hell's Mouth, or Porth Neigwl.
Valuable cargoes looted. Hijacked.
Smugglers. Defrauding customs.
The drab office block where I meet Kama and Wiley overlooks the thrashing sea.
"We're done here, cariad." Kama kisses me openly. "Wiley has a digression planned – unofficial."
He directs us to the squad car in the building's carpark.
"A lead at the Bangor hospital – your lead." He grins at me. "Tenuously connected to ours But Bangor is on our way home."
My tattoos tingle as warmth builds in waves.
R for Rocks and Reasons. E for Evidence and Evasion. D for Decisive and Divers.
Plus, I for Intent and Investigation. B for Boats and Buildings. N for North Wales.
INBRED. But in which way? Inherent or from inbreeding?
Wiley tunes the squad car radio to a local station playing my music.
Kama beams. "Halestorm. Lzzy rocks."
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"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." William Congreve – The Mourning Bride


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This campaign ran from May, 2013 to July, 2013.
Being in the Marines teaches a person to adapt. To continue to fight through adversity and overcome difficult situations. To be flexible ("Semper Gumby"). As the saying famously goes, "Marines make do." But how do you make do when there's nothing left to make do with? That question is one that two Oklahoma Marines are
left trying to find an answer to after both lost everything in the series of violent storms that tore through the Oklahoma City area May 19th and 20th.
On the night of Sunday, May 19, a Gunnery Sergeant stationed in Mustang, Oklahoma, lost his house and belongings in a fire after the house was struck by lightning. Less than 24 hours later and a mere 20 miles to the east, a Sergeant stationed in Moore, Oklahoma lost everything after his house and both cars were destroyed in Monday's deadly tornado. Both are married with two children (the Gunnery Sergeant has two sons, ages 18 and 19, the Sergeant, a five-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son).
Photo of LCpl.'s house. His mother was inside at the time but was not seriously injured.
We'd already wired $1,000 to a Lance Corporal stationed at Twentynine Palms whose parents lost everything in the storm when, upon learning of the unfathomable predicament these two Marines are facing, MarineParents founder and executive director Tracy Della Vecchia immediately decided to launch "Operation Oklahoma Marines" to assist the two men and their families. To help these Marines and their families get back on their feet, we are hoping to raise $10,000 ($5,000 for each Marine).
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James
100% of your donations will be going to these Marine families. Whether we raise $5,000, $10,000, or $20,000, 100% of the money will be going to these two families. Marines help Marines. Now it's time for Marine families to come together and do the same.
Additionally, we are exploring options for donated vehicles for the Sergeant who lost both of his in the tornado. If you have a vehicle you'd like to donate, or know of a program that might be able to assist us in obtaining one, please contact MarineParents Chief Development Officer Danielle Karalis at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 573-449-2003.
We can't do this alone. We need your help!
To donate to Operation Oklahoma Marines, please click here and just follow the simple instructions. Every little bit helps. God bless and Semper Fi.
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Celebrations of World Heritage Day in Bangalore by INTACH, 18th March 2009
Saturday, April 18th, 2009, is World Heritage Day, a day to celebrate the diversity of the world's heritage, especially its monuments and sites. To celebrate our city's rich heritage on this important day, a number of organisations have partnered to give you a full calendar day of exciting events.
*Photo Exhibition *on Bangalore's cultural heritage by Bangalore Weekend Shoots*. *
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 am Venue: Cubbon Park Bandstand
Time: 7:00 am- 9:00 am Venue: Lalbagh Bandstand
Time: 10:30 am – 7:30 pm Venue: Bangalore Fort.
*INTACH Parichay* (heritage walk) (In Kannada) led by Dr.S.K.Aruni
Time: 8:30 – 11:00 am; Venue: Tipu Palace, Bangalore Fort and its vicinity.
For Registration contact: Meera (99860 23014)
Heritage Hunts, by Bangalore City Project, explore the city, solve some clues and you just might win a prize.
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm; Venues: Gavipuram, Malleswaram and Whitefield.
For further details check www.bcp.wikidot.com
or call Krupa (99721 14110)
*Cultural Programme* including a talk on Bangalore's heritage by author Vikram Sampath, release of a set of postcards on Bangalore's heritage, and light music by Vijay Havanur.
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Venue: Bangalore Fort


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North Carolina Area Health Education Center Building in Chapel Hill, N.C. Named a Top Finisher in Energy Star National Building Competition
Release Date: 04/24/2013
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ATLANTA – The North Carolina Area Health Education Center Building in Chapel Hill, N.C. was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top finisher in the third-annual Energy Star National Building Competition. The plant was recognized for reducing their energy use by over a 34 percent.
In its third year, the Energy Star National Building Competition featured teams from across the country to improve energy efficiency, lower utility costs, and protect public health and the environment. More than 3,000 schools, businesses, and government buildings across the country competed to see which could reduce its energy use the most in one year.
The 2012 national winner was the Demarest Elementary School in Bloomfield, N.J., which reduced its energy use by more than 52 percent and cut their utility bills by more than $75,800.
Together, competitors of this year's National Building Competition cut their energy costs by more than $50 million, saved more than three billion kBtus of energy, and reduced annual greenhouse gas emissions equal to the amount of electricity used by more than 43,000 homes.
The 2012 Energy Star National Building Competition measured energy performance for the entire 2012 calendar year. Competitors tracked their building's monthly energy consumption using EPA's online energy tracking tool, Energy Star Portfolio Manager. The energy use reductions for each top finisher were verified by an independently licensed professional engineer or registered architect at the conclusion of the competition.
Energy use in commercial buildings accounts for nearly 20 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at a cost of more than $100 billion per year. Thousands of businesses and organizations work with EPA's Energy Star program and are saving billions of dollars, preventing millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere each year.
Products, homes, and buildings that earn the Energy Star label prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy efficiency requirements set by the U.S. EPA. In 2012 alone, Americans, with the help of Energy Star, saved $24 billion on their energy bills and prevented greenhouse gas emissions equal to those of 41 million vehicles. To date, more than 1.4 million new homes and 20,000 office buildings, schools and hospitals have earned the Energy Star label. Learn more: www.energystar.gov
More information on the 2012 Energy Star National Building Competition, including top overall finishers and top finishers by building category, an interactive map of competitors, and a wrap-up report: http://www.energystar.gov/BattleOfTheBuildings
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A credit card-sized flexible packet containing flavored, powdered medication delivers perhaps the ultimate dose of consumer convenience and portability for six different UrgentRx products, including UrgentRx® Critical Care/Aspirin to Go, a product that has already demonstrated that it has helped save lives during apparent heart attacks.
Aspirin to Go contains a single 325-mg dose of aspirin. The pack is torn open by the consumer or caregiver and the powdered aspirin is poured directly into the mouth. This sublingual administration by which drugs diffuse into the blood through tissues under the tongue allows the medication to rapidly reach the bloodstream where it can reduce heart damage or ultimately save the life of a person suffering a heart attack.
Aspirin to Go is one of six similarly packaged products distributed by UrgentRx, a brand of Denver-based Breakthrough Products, Inc. Jordan Eisenberg, UrgentRx founder and president, explains, "We got started a couple of years ago, basing the company around the need we saw to provide first aid for heart attacks. A lot of folks carry aspirin because studies show that if you take aspirin during a heart attack you are about 23 percent more likely to survive. But the reality is that a heart attack won't likely happen when you're standing in a pharmacy where you have easy access to aspirin. Even if you have the forethought to carry medicine with you, you may not have liquid, so if you are really panicking or in a bind, it's very difficult to choke down a pill. And a chewable pill can be extremely bitter-tasting.
"UrgentRx Aspirin to Go is a flavored powder in a 20-micron particle size that's small enough to be absorbed sublingually. That makes a huge difference because if you can get the product into your bloodstream that much faster, your odds of surviving increase significantly. With every second from a heart attack, there is damage being done to the heart. So by the time a pill gets to your stomach and begins digesting, powders would already be in your bloodstream."
The product launch began in Colorado in early 2011. Aspirin to Go is joined by Headache Relief to Go, Heartburn Relief to Go, Upset Stomach Relief to Go, and Ache & Pain Relief to Go. Later this year the company plans to add a diphenhydramine product to address severe food allergies. All products have a two-year shelf life.
UrgentRx has its products made by a contract manufacturer that uses a form/fill/seal machine to package powders into packets.
The CMO worked with UrgentRx leadership in the packaging material selection process. UrgentRx packets are made from a White Stickpack pouch material with DuPont Surlyn® with a 48-ga overlaminate with permanent adhesive. The package provides child-resistance and is printed in four-color process with spot colors on a combination flexographic press.
"We have a unique type of material that serves as a barrier to keep out moisture, heat and light, and also allows for the printing of nice graphics," says Eisenberg. "It's a material that not only protects the product, but maintains its integrity inside. We don't want the powder to cake or clump, and we don't want moisture transfer. The material also has to be rugged enough to remain in your wallet where it's going to be sat on over and over again, for months at a time, without bursting or tearing."
A decision to redesign the packaging followed the product's initial launch after the company gained a better understanding of who the UrgentRx consumer was, and why they were attracted to the concept.
Eisenberg says the new packaging "was updated to promote simplicity with a clean, modern look to attract the on-the-go OTC consumer while simultaneously focusing on the symptom first, which is how consumers shop OTC. In addition, the packaging highlights UrgentRx's point of differentiation—fast, convenient relief in the form of a flavored powder."
Diverse sales market
Prior to launching the UrgentRx products, the company solicited feedback from both consumers and retailers to validate the concept. Packs sell for $1.39 and are being launched at retail nationwide, at both brick-and-mortar and online stores, including drugstore.com, Walgreens.com, Amazon.com, at select Walmart, Kroger, and SuperValu locations, at convenience stores and gas stations. The company has also sold them for use by Emergency Medical Technicians, physician offices, ski patrols in Colorado, and even on American Airlines flights.
Eisenberg believes the packaged products offer a clear point of differentiation for UrgentRx. With these packs, he says, "our products are there when you need them. You don't need to scramble and find a store, or drive somewhere to get what you need when it is vitally important. It's flat, it doesn't take up space, it is not bulky, it is waterproof, and you can just pour the product right in your mouth, without the need for any liquid."
The pack's portability and convenience are key benefits, but more importantly, Eisenberg says, the company has received affirmation that they have actually saved lives. "We are trying to save lives and make a great impact in the communities where the packs are available. I think we are doing that."


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- Associate Professor and Head of the Department
- A. Micucci
The Degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy are offered in Sociology by full-time or part-time study. The Department has developed foci at the doctoral level in the areas of Maritime Sociology, Gender, and Work and Development but other fields of specialization are available at the Master's level including Social Theory, Sociology of Knowledge, Social Inequality and Criminology. Graduate courses are taught as tutorials or small seminars.
Minimum admission requirements are a B average in undergraduate studies with a good undergraduate background in Sociology.
The M.A. Degree with thesis requires the completion of 12 credit hours in graduate courses, normally including the Graduate Seminar (6880) and Methods of Sociological Research (6040), and a thesis. In the case of full-time students, the M.A. with thesis is normally completed in two years. The first year is devoted to the completion of the required courses and the definition of the thesis research topic. The second year is devoted to the completion of the thesis.
The M.A. Degree by course work requires the completion of 24 credit hours, normally including the Graduate Seminar (6880), Methods of Sociological Research (6040), Social Theory (6150), Master's Research Paper (6900) and three electives. These courses should be taken during the first two semesters of full-time study. The research paper (Sociology 6900) will be supervised by a faculty member and must be presented at a Departmental seminar. The Supervisor and one other member of Department will grade the paper. The research paper should be written in the third semester of full-time study.
A selection of the following graduate courses will be offered to meet the requirements of candidates, as far as the resources of the Department will allow:
- 6040 Methods of Sociological Research
- 6090-94 Special Area in Sociology
- 6120 Social Organization
- 6130 Social Stratification
- 6140 The Community
- 6150 Social Theory
- 6160 Theory Construction and Explanation in Sociology
- 6240 Sociology in Medicine
- 6280 Social and Economic Development
- 6300 Maritime Sociology
- 6310 Political Sociology
- 6320 Gender and Society
- 6330 Science and Technology
- 6340 Comparative North Atlantic Societies
- 6350 Environmental Sociology
- 6360 Sociology of Work
- 6370 Feminist Theory and Methods
- 6380 Women, Nature, Science and Technology (cross-listed as Women's Studies 6380)
- 6390 Sociology of Culture
- 6610 Socialization
- 6620 Current Topics in Social Behaviour
- 6880 Sociology Graduate Seminar
- 6900 Master's Research Paper (6 credit hours)


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By Dr. Mark Creech
Our nation's forefathers strongly believed they were called into a new Promised Land for the purpose of establishing a New Israel, a model of the Kingdom of God – living proof that in God's economy people from every station of life could live in peace and prosperity together. They believed God's promises to Israel, barring those that were most specific to the Jews, were also pledged to any nation that would enter into a covenant relationship with Him. Basing our nation's principles of law and government on the Judeo-Christian ethic, they sought to initiate and admonished succeeding generations to maintain a covenant relationship with the Lord like the one made with the Israelites in Deuteronomy chapter 28.
No one better set the ground work and expressed America's destiny as an exceptional nation state than John Winthrop, who along with his fellow Puritans in 1630 traveled across the Atlantic to build "a city upon a hill." Winthrop stated in his speech aboard the Arbella:
"When God gives a commission, He looks to have it strictly observed in every article…Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into covenant with Him for His work. We have taken out a commission. The Lord hath given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to enterprise these and those accounts, upon these and those ends. We have hereupon besought Him of favor and blessing. Now if the Lord shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we desire, then hath He ratified the covenant and sealed our commission, and will expect a strict performance of the articles contained in it…" [1]
Words to this effect were mentioned over and again by America's founding fathers and other leadership through the decades. The evidence to this end is voluminous.
In his 1996 book, Enough is Enough: A Call to Christian Involvement, author Rick Scarborough expounds upon the hope of this covenant (Deuteronomy 28), noting the ways our nation has experienced unprecedented blessing because of it:
1) You will be blessed in the city and you will be blessed in the country (v.3)
Example: Prosperity throughout the land
2) The fruit of your womb will be blessed (v.4)
Example: Healthy and godly children.
3) The crops of your land will be blessed (v.4)
Example: America is the breadbasket of the world.
4) Your calves and your lambs will be blessed (v.4)
Example: Fertile grazing land, producing healthy and bountiful herds.
5) Your basket and kneading trough will be blessed (v.5)
Example: Strong and prosperous industry.
6) You will be blessed when you go in and when you go out (v.6)
Example: Freedom of travel.
7) Your enemies will be defeated (v.7)
Example: America never lost a war until Vietnam.
8) The Lord will send a blessing on your barn and everything you do (v.8)
Example: Abundant prosperity.
9) The Lord will bless you in the land He is giving you (v.8)
Example: Health and wealth.
10) The Lord will establish you as a holy people (v.9)
Example: Read the testimony of Alexis de Toqueville….
11) Then all the peoples on the earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord and they will fear you (v.10).
Example: America's prominence throughout the world.
12) The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity (v.11).
Example: America has the highest living standard in the world.
13) The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands (v.12)
Example: Favorable climates producing bountiful harvests.
14) You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none (v.12)
Example: America never accumulated debt until the early 60s.
15) The Lord will make you head and not the tail…You will always be at the top, never at the bottom (v.13)
Example: America is the leader of the free world. [2]
Scarborough rightly contends that just as God abundantly blessed Israel and used that nation as an example to the world in ancient days, in more modern times He exalted America to show the world how He rewards those nations that devote themselves to Him.
But Scarborough is also quick to remind us of the warning in Deuteronomy 28:15: "However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all His commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you…"
Think of it. When a nation breaks its covenant with God, as America has characteristically been doing in recent years, the blessings start to turn into curses. Scarborough refers to many of these scourges in his book, which I have taken some liberty in updating the examples:
1) Your basket and kneading trough will be cursed (v.17)
Example: Failing industry.
2) The fruit of your womb will be cursed (v.18)
Example: The birth of children, which are blessing and the future of a nation are greatly limited in number by abortion and in various ways impaired via serious diseases, disasters, and death.
3) The crops of your lands will be cursed (v.18;38-40)
Example: Wildfires, floods, various natural catastrophes that destroy the heartland.
4) Your calves and lambs will be cursed (v.18)
Example: Falling prices, rising costs, and the failure of farm-life.
5) Confusion surrounding everything you do (v.20)
Example: A serious lack of direction about what to do to effectively address the nation's problems.
6) The Lord will plague you with…the Lord will strike you with wasting disease (v.21-22)
Example: Hundreds of STDs, HIV and AIDS, and many other illnesses that are fatal-for which no known remedy can seem to be found.
7) Scorching heat and drought (v.22)
Example: So-called global warming.
8) The Lord will turn the rain into dust…it will (then) come down, until you are destroyed (v.24).
Example: Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and unusual violent weather patterns.
9) The Lord will cause you to be defeated on the battlefields (v.25).
Example: Vietnam. A general inability to finally resolve a serious threat through a necessary military action.
10) The Lord will afflict you with tumors and festering sores (v.27)
Example: Cancer taking the lives of thousands, with no cure actually in sight. AIDS, etc.
11) The Lord will afflict you with madness…confusion of mind (v. 28)
Example: A rise in mental disorders, depression, and anxiety.
12) You will be oppressed and robbed (v.29)
Example: An explosion in political corruption and crime.
13) You will be pledged to be married…but another will take her (v.30)
Example: The breakdown of marriage and the rise of infidelity.
14) The alien who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher (v.43)
Example: Serious immigration issues that put citizens of the nation at a disadvantage.
15) He will lend to you but you will not lend to him (v.44)
Example: The country has become a debtor nation and the national debt is out of control. [3]
These judgments are not meant to be applicable in every individual case, but they are meant to be seen collectively as curses upon the nation for its disobedience.
Could there be any reasonable question America has abandoned its covenant with God? Though our beloved country has not experienced a final judgment, it is obviously already under judgment.
God help us. If the church doesn't repent of its own wickedness, and, if there is no great spiritual awakening, resulting in our nation renewing its covenant with God, then as a nation we are ultimately doomed.
In the same speech mentioned earlier, Winthrop warned of our final demise, saying:
"The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world." [4]
[1] Golway, Terry; Beeman, Richard. American Political Speeches. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2012, pgs. 1, 2
[2] Scarborough, Rick. Enough is Enough: A Call to Christian Involvement. Springdale, Pa.: Whitaker House, 1996, pgs. 63, 64
[3] Ibid, pgs. 73, 74
[4] Golway, Terry; Beeman, Richard. American Political Speeches. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2012, pg. 2
Read Dr. Creech's related commentary, written in 2003: God's Covenant with America


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WHY I WRITE FOR CHICAGO THEATER – by David Mamet
Bob Sickinger was one of the greatest directors I've ever known. He worked in the Hull House settlement house, at Broadway and Belmont in Chicago, and he invented the Chicago theater of today. He was a maniac. Grown men and women lived in fear of his wrath and blossomed at his praise.
We were all amateurs, and so we worked nights, from six P.M. till three or four A.M.
We did Who'll Save the Plowboy?, The Threepenny Opera, The Typists and the Tiger, The Brig, The Connection… This was in 1964. I was sixteen years old. I was a member of the chorus, I tore tickets, I was on the scene crew, I fetched coffee. There was drama every night, onstage and off. Sickie exuded drama. He had a boundless passion for Beauty on the Stage, and a complete conviction that said beauty was just and exactly what he said it was.
The company was the community: high-school students, housewives, businessmen and women, working people. We bathed in his pride and we became proud of ourselves.
We were proud of ourselves in some nameless way… we didn't call ourselves artists, but we knew we were something. We were proud to be engaged in the business of a collaborative art. We didn't think of it as Great Theater, which happened only very long ago or far away; and we wouldn't demean it by thinking of it as "Theater," which happened downtown and was boring and stank of culture.
The only existing category our Hull House Theater came close to was "community theater," which in 1964 meant sex farces or the director's wife in Shaw.
No, we were something new: we were the neighborhood getting together and talking about the world.
We were the community talking to itself, and we learned (I learned) that when the community goes home, it had better have either been reduced to thoughtfulness or had a damn good laugh. And we learned that if you could do both, God bless you. We learned that if you want it to be perfect, strive to make it so, and don't go home until you're done.
It was the first time in my confused young life that I had learned that work is love.
Twenty years later Mr. Sickinger's legacy is a city with ninety-three small, distinct, and vital theaters.
They are run, in the main, by young people. And those young people are serving a theatrical apprenticeship in responsibility. They are learning that a theatrical company is accountable to its audience, that if the artist does not improve, the audience does not grow. They are learning that their work must be an extension of themselves, and if this seems like a general and specious comment, let me point out that most young people in the theater in New York or L.A. will spend their years from twenty to thirty sitting in casting agents' offices praying to be accepted, or sitting in studios praying for that enlightenment which will enable them to be accepted by the casting agents. Those people develop the habit of subservience, either to "the Business" or to "technique," either of which is fine in its place, but neither of which, given first priority, conduces toward art.
In those same years, between twenty and thirty, the Chicago theatrical worker will act in forty or fifty shows staged by his own company. He will direct, he will probably write one or more plays, he will sweep up, he will apply for grants, he will compose advertising copy. He will also probably do something very special and unique to Chicago theatrical tradition: he will probably teach. Very many of the small Chicago theaters help support themselves by giving classes. The members of the company teach the skills they themselves are learning (acting, voice, mime, movement, improvisation, makeup, playwriting, etc.), and so support themselves and their group.
Each Chicago theater that is also a school promulgates and strengthens its individual aesthetic. In giving classes the theater draws to itself and trans future members; and, as importantly, it reinforces and makes accountable the actor-teachers of the company. When they go out onstage, they are charged with the heavy and rightful burden of behaving in that way they exhort their students to behave.
So the Chicago actor gets a good apprenticeship in responsibility. Responsibility not to his "technique," which is secondary, and just a twentieth-century way of being hammy and self-conscious, but to his ideals.
He has advertised his ideals to the audience, and they have expectations. He has described his ideals to his students, and they are watching closely. The ideals he shares with his co-workers have created an organization that feeds, clothes, protects, and defines him.
That's the Chicago theater: a Kabuki version of Macbeth, ten new plays by ten new writers no one has heard of yet, The Comedy of Errors with every member of the company a juggler, a group-written comedy about life in an emergency room, etc., forever. No director's wife as Candida, no feeling reinterpretations of Brecht, no Shakespeare in Eton collars, no sex comedies… just young men and women learning their craft and performing in what they have decided is the most exciting profession in the world.
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Joanne Sutherby: Veterans Day should mean more than a vacation
Thomas Dikel writes of his displeasure at the school board's decision to give students a holiday for homecoming but not for Veterans Day. Every year this issue is addressed; usually the problem is that veterans want students to have a holiday on the exact date traditionally designated as Veterans Day, November 11. This year that date falls on Sunday, but the complaints continue. As a former teacher, I have always wondered why a day out of school is considered the appropriate way to honor our veterans.
Perhaps a better approach would be for the VFW to arrange to participate in the homecoming parade. Something as simple as a float covered in red, white and blue with a large American flag surrounded by local veterans in uniform could be arranged. High school and college ROTC units and their color guards might agree to march before and after the float. Perhaps disabled veterans would agree to ride on the float and remind spectators that much has been sacrificed by many to ensure their freedom. Veterans Day should mean more than a day's vacation from school.
Joanne Sutherby,


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Wine Time: Taste of Tannins!
Season 2 Episode 204 | 4m 31s | Video has closed captioning.
Tannins are found in nature, but did you know they also give your wine that dry astringent aftertaste? But they are not just in your wine they are found in fruits like blueberries, grapes, and persimmons; they are also found in everything from chocolate to coffee to walnuts. So let's explore the science of tannins and the role they play in your glass of vino.
Aired: 03/23/20
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Four months in, Windows 10 powers approximately 148 million PCs, according to measurements released today by analytics vendor Net Applications.
With that many machines running the new OS, Microsoft has reached the 15% mark in marching towards its goal of putting Windows 10 on a billion systems by mid-2018.
Windows 10's user share -- a proxy for the portion of all personal computers worldwide that ran the OS -- grew 1.1 percentage points in November to 9%.
Microsoft launched Windows 10 on July 29, or just over four months ago. The Redmond, Wash. company has been aggressively promoting the new operating system with a free upgrade for existing Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices, as well as marketing the OS as the brains inside new devices from its own design shop and from its traditional OEM (original equipment manufacturer) partners like Lenovo, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
The slowing of Windows 10's uptake, as implied by smaller user share increases each month than the one before, continued in November. The month's user share growth was below both October's 1.3 percentage-point growth and September's 1.4-point climb, as well as August's record 4.8 points.
Windows 10 accounted for 9.9% of all Windows devices in November, a higher number than its raw user share number because Windows powered 91.4%, not 100%, of all systems tallied by Net Applications. During November, Windows 10's share of all Windows devices climbed by more than a point.
Net Applications' user share represented almost 148 million Windows 10 PCs, assuming a total of 1.5 billion Windows devices in use worldwide. Microsoft regularly cites the latter figure.
For its part, Microsoft has not updated an official claim of in-use Windows 10 systems in almost two months, when the company's top OS executive said 110 million machines, 8 million of which were in enterprises, ran the operating system. The lack of an update on the Windows 10 count is puzzling, as it is in Microsoft's interest to bang the promotional drum as often as possible. The firm may be waiting for a more substantial milestone -- say, 200 million -- or may not want to confirm that adoption has decelerated.
Another metrics source -- Ireland's StatCounter -- also showed that growth has slowed each of the past three months. StatCounter, which tracks global usage share -- a proxy for activity rather than users -- pegged Windows 10 at 10.2% for November, a 1.2 percentage point increase. That was smaller than the gains StatCounter recorded in October (1.4 points), September (2.3 points) and August (5 points) for Windows 10.
A dissenting voice, however, was the Digital Analytics Program (DAP), a U.S.-focused effort that counts visits to more than 4,000 websites on over 400 different domains maintained by U.S. government agencies, including the National Weather Service and the Social Security Administration.
Contrary to Net Applications' and StatCounter's contentions, DAP's data showed that Windows 10 uptake had accelerated in November in the United States. There, the month-over-month gain of 1.9 percentage points in November outweighed October's 1.7 points. According to DAP, Windows 10 powered 12.9% of all Windows devices last month, or about a third more than Net Applications' similar statistic.
Windows 10 continued to grow faster than Windows 7 did during its first four months after release, according to Net Applications. Windows 7 had accumulated a 9.7% share of all Windows personal computers through its fourth full month, slightly less than 10's 9.9% of November. While StatCounter's usage share statistics have shown the Windows 10's lead over 7 has evaporated, Net Applications' data had the former still ahead, though by a smaller margin than in months past.
With holiday sales still to get into high gear -- even though new PCs are expected to struggle again this season -- and Microsoft taking unprecedented steps to push Windows 10, including the controversial decision to automatically serve the Windows 10 upgrade to most consumer and small business Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices in early 2016, the new OS has a good chance of staying abreast, even ahead of Windows 7's pace.


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The Best Cydia Applications of 2011 - ARCHIVED COPY
Editor's Note: This article was updated in 2011 and reflects the editor's opinions and choices at that time. It may no longer have current information and has been placed in our archive.
The Best of the Best
We covered your favorite Cydia applications in 2009, then we made some changes for 2010, but finally, in 2011, we refresh everything. New pictures, new descriptions, and new Cydia apps for your perusing pleasure. In 2011, iOS is scheduled to hit the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and next-gen iPod Touch, and for that we have you covered on what jailbreak apps to use. Now's the perfect time to jailbreak with the new GreenPois0n RL5 Beta, so get that iOS 4.2.1 device jailbroken and read on, we've got the Cydia apps you've been craving.
For returning fans, we've removed four apps from our list because of redundancy with the iOS4 update - no longer do you need "Categories" to create folders or "Cycorder" to record video, and the old "Firewall iP" app has been replaced with a more useful Grooveshark app, the same was done to the "SwirlyMMS" app.
Installous is a one-of-a-kind app for iPhone and iPad, it provides unparalleled opportunity to download old apps and apps that the real app store wouldn't allow. New for 2011 is a better search engine built into the app that doesn't rely on the old, slow Appulo.us repository of apps (as a matter of fact, Appulo shut its doors not too long ago). On the iPad particularly, multitasking with the Installous app works incredibly well to search, download and find the IPA files that you know and love. The new Installous works off of a surprisingly fast engine on either iPhone or iPad and manages to bring a cohesive "App Store"-like experience to your hacked apps. Installous is definitely one of the best Cydia apps available.
Note: The install process remains the same, you need to add the hackulo.us repository to Cydia. Simply go into Cydia, navigate over to Manage, then click on Sources, and click Edit in the top right hand corner, then Add on the top left corner, once you've clicked add, type in "Cydia.hackulo.us" into the http repository screen. Then tap on Add Source and it'll give you a message about piracy. Click OK on the message and download Installous through this new repo!
Grooveshark, need I say more? One of the most popular music streaming sites online brings its wares to the iPhone exclusively through jailbreaking. For those who need a primer on Grooveshark, the online service that's totally free for desktop users brings iTunes-like music search to the cloud. Users upload songs to the web server and then you can search through them for practically any song imaginable, even obscure ones.
When it comes to the mobile service though, it really boils down to how you feel about the $9 monthly fee for using the app. Because of the 3G connection, it's possible to stream any and all songs to the iPhone while you're out on the road. This could mean that you could queue up all the songs you'd normally keep on your iPhone/iPod from the cloud directly to your phone. The subscription is a high price to pay for many, but try it out, see if it works for you, I enjoyed it quite a bit and keep a subscription going for queuing up songs at parties and during long car rides. NOTE: To Install the Grooveshark app, just search in the normal Cydia Repository for "Grooveshark".
After many long years of waiting and anticipation, XBMC finally brought their amazing Media Center app to the iPhone and iPad, and it works quite well. Rather than bringing a skimpy mobile version of XBMC, their dev team decided to bring the full experience to the iOS devices. The app loads in a reasonable amount of time and has all the add-ons and skins found in the original.
On the front end, the app looks great and plays videos like VLC media player would on your iOS device. It's nice to be able to enable scrapers and information for all your movies and TV shows right there on your iPhone/Pad. TV Shows, Movies, Photos, and Music all streaming to your iDevice also work well and attach to your existing network infrastructure.
The install process is rather simple, just follow the instructions posted at: https://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Install_XBMC_on_iPhone/iPad and you'll be ready to go.
iRealSMS 3.0
Unlike SwirlyMMS from last years' top ten Cydia apps list, iRealSMS comes with a hefty price tag of around $12, but is worth it when you consider the amount of features iRealSMS brings to the table. Android features come to the iPhone with this update, in particular pictures for contacts on your phone and QuickReply.
Quickly replying to text messages is something that you don't realize you need until you have the app in place and working. No longer will pop-ups intrude your apps only to have you switch back to the texting app in order to respond. But much more than that, iReal provides much needed SMS privacy settings, searching, forwarding, and folders for your texts.
If QuickReply is all you need, however, there is a much cheaper (~$3) app in the store that has solely this feature. This way, you get the best feature of iRealSMS without needing to pay full price for it.
OpenSSH is a must have extension for your jailbroken iPhone/iPad that's totally free. It allows you to open an SSH connection to your phone in order to play around with the internal file structure and remove/add files. This allows you to move IPA files around, transfer photos and shuffle any files around through your PC.
If PC connections aren't your cup of tea, iFile for the iPhone/iPad manages to provide the equivalent of Android Root Explorer for the iPhone. If you want to check through your file structure right there on your phone, it's possible to do so with this Cydia app.
Wi-Fi Sync
Maybe iOS 5 will bring Wi-Fi Syncing to the iPhone and iPad, but until then, this app provides a perfectly reasonable alternative. All it requires is that both your iPhone and PC with iTunes installed be on the same network together. Once you have the app downloaded and the required program running on your PC (with either Mac OSX or Windows 7), the software interfaces with your iPhone a single time and pairs it with your PC - much the way a Bluetooth device would be paired with its counterpart.
Once both devices are paired and ready, the software on the PC tricks your computer into thinking your iPhone is hooked up to it via USB. Then it proceeds to sync wirelessly through your network. The retail price for the app is $9.99, which may seem a bit steep, but considering that many of the iPhone users I've met don't ever hook up their iPhones to their PCs, but rather to chargers, this idea of wirelessly syncing your files, photos, videos, and music is something quite extraordinary, that Apple might want to look into in their next iOS update. Total Transparency: I ran the app using my new iPhone 4 and it ran quite well and fast - your mileage may vary when it comes to earlier iOS devices.
Cylay 4.2
Cylay 4.2 brings together form and function for a powerhouse of an app that is a must-have for older generations of iPhone devices. Where "Find My iPhone" has taken the place of this app on newer gen iPhones (3GS and 4), there is still no acceptable alternative for this functionality on the older iPhones.
Cylay functions as essentially an all-in-one security app to ensure your phone is safe and in your possession at all times. Cylay doesn't really bring new features to the table, but it is an incredible Cydia app that no one should be walking around without. FInding your phone on their intuitive new website makes retrieving your device easier than ever.
SBSettings is an essential (and totally free) application. Right after you jailbreak, after OpenSSH, this should be the second app you download off Cydia. SBSettings overlays a menu that contains the basic functions of the system "options" menus. This overlay menu is easily accessed by swiping the bar at the top of the screen with the time and contains things like Brightness, 3G, Wi-Fi, and other switches to turn things on and off.
Bar none, this app is the most useful thing inside Cydia for your daily use of the phone. Especially being able to control brightness inside ANY application will show you that your jailbreak was not in vain.
MCleaner is basically the iBlacklist app for the iPhone, but a bit more sophisticated. Unfortunately, unlike last year when a vast majority of the Cydia apps on the store were free, MCleaner too is not free. However, you can give it a 15 day trial and see if it is for you. What it basically does is MCleaner creates blacklists and whitelists of callers that you can decide upon. Then, you can even choose how the phone will ignore a blacklisted caller for instance.
Several other security features make this an incredible app as well, even though it is a bit on the pricey side ($11.99). You can fake data instead of showing the network you typed in a wrong password, SMS previews on the lockscreen can be disabled as well, and even SMS can be filtered to prevent annoying people from contacting you.
3G Unrestrictor
Other paid Cydia apps are cool to have if you need them, but 3G Unrestrictor is a relatively cheap ($3) app that is vital if you're ever going to take your iPhone into the "Unlimited" plan you actually purchased it for. In 2009, I advised you to get VOIPover3G, that app has been discontinued and has been replaced by a bevy of 3G restriction-lifting apps. 3G Unrestrictor continues to be the cheapest and best of the best.
What this app does is it enables you to access the 3G network for things the iPhone would normally block by tricking it into thinking that it is operating over Wi-Fi. This means that you can make Skype calls out on the middle of the highway, or watch videos over Slingbox while waiting in the doctor's office that doesn't have Wi-Fi. Personally, lifting the 10 Mb limits on the App Store and iTunes respectively is awesome – because now larger podcast downloads are just clicks away.
If you're tempted by these Cydia applications but haven't jailbroken your iPhone yet then check out our Complete Guide to Jailbreaking your iPhone and also Why Would I Want to Jailbreak my iPhone?
Also, check out our guide to the best free Cydia Apps out there!
Photo References
- Calling All Geeks (Installous), https://www.callingallgeeks.org/installous-4-released-by-hackulo-us-with-new-features/
- Download Squad Switched (Grooveshark), https://downloadsquad.switched.com/gallery/grooveshark-iphone-app/#/0
- Techno Bolt (XBMC), https://www.technobolt.com/2011/01/21/xmbc-media-center-now-also-hits-iphone-4-ipad-and-apple-tv-2g-video/
- CutViews (iRealSMS), https://www.cutviews.com/irealsms-update-to-3-0-4-5-4-with-support-for-retina-display/4121
- Sherifabdou (iFile), https://sherifabdou.com/2010/05/the-best-iphone-apps-games-of-2010/
- App Advice (Wi-Fi Sync), https://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/05/jailbreak-wifi-sync/
- Cylay Official (Cylay 4.2), https://www.cylay.com/tour.php
- Gigaom (SBSettings), https://gigaom.com/apple/sbsettings-why-i-still-jailbreak-with-3-0/
- MCleaner Official (MCleaner) https://www.mcleaner.com/iphone_mcleaner.jsp
- TechnologieZ (3G Unrestrictor), https://www.technologiez.net/2010/10/25/download-3g-unrestrictor-2-3-1-1/
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March 20th, 2013
Katy Perry, John Mayer split up ... again
John Mayer sounded awfully happy with Katy Perry in recent interviews, but it would appear the pair have broken up once again.
"Multiple sources" told Us Weekly that their relationship has come to an end, at least for the time being. One loose-lipped acquaintance told the magazine that while "it's sad," "it's not over till it's over."
Pop star Perry, 28, was first attached to the singer/songwriter last summer. The couple reportedly separated for a bit in August 2012 before getting back together that September.
By the start of 2013 they were clearly an item, showing up at President Obama's inauguration together, and then later cuddling up at the Grammys.
Along with giving Perry a ring that sparked engagement rumors, 35-year-old Mayer has been forthcoming about his romance. He told Rolling Stone in January that he's been "quite happy" in his relationship with the "Wide Awake" singer, and added to CBS' "Sunday Morning" in February that for the first time in his life, he didn't feel like he was in a celebrity relationship.
Although Perry's been pretty mum on their status, she did sound content on March 2. "My boyfriend is taking me to a kitten shelter in his truck," she tweeted at the time. "I can't think of a more perfect Saturday."
According to Us Weekly, those in the know have hinted that the couple's careers were demanding attention, with Mayer busy preparing for upcoming tour dates and Perry at work on a new album. CNN's reached out to Mayer's team about the report, but hasn't heard back. Perry's camp declined to comment.
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(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) A much timely "Economist" Conference was addressed yesterday by the country's leadership and experts from the financial and business world.
Taking the floor, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou availed himself of the opportunity to note that Greece's fiscal problems are also an issue for the entire eurozone and marked that a spill-over effect will not leave other eurozone countries unaffected, especially those which are as vulnerable as Greece.
The remarks were reported one day before the European Commission announces its recommendations on the country's stability programme , which is most likely to receive European approval.
"Deficit Fetishism is a Mistake"
Addressing the Conference (Discussion and Debate with Joseph Stiglitz on the World Economy 2010), Nobel Economics Laureate 2001, former Senior Vice President of the World Bank, and Professor at Columbia University Joseph Stiglitz, dismissed fears that Greece will go bankrupt, adding that, when struggling with recession, governments ought to be careful with their rectifying measures.
"Cutting deficits in the wrong way can be counterproductive."
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Suffolk, Charles Brandon,
1st duke of sŭf´ək [key], d. 1545, English nobleman. A member of the court of Henry VIII, he received many preferments. He was created (1513) Viscount Lisle on his betrothal to his ward, Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle (in her own right), but the title was canceled when Elizabeth, on coming of age, refused to marry him. He was created duke of Suffolk in 1514, perhaps to aid him in his suit of Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands. In 1515, while on an embassy to the new king of France, Francis I, Suffolk married Mary of England, recent widow of Louis XII of France and sister of Henry VIII. This ambitious marriage, complicated by the fact that one of Brandon's two former wives was still living, angered Henry, and it was only by the payment of jewels and large sums of money that the couple regained favor. Suffolk accompanied Henry to the Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) and led an invading army into France (1523). He supported the king's divorce from Katharine of Aragón, received confiscated monastery lands, led troops against the rebels in the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536), and led an invasion of France (1544).
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Re-enactor loves living in the past
ROCKFORD — Leah Nelson loves to spend her summer looking back — way back into the late 1800s.
Nelson is one of the rotating band of re-enactors you'll find on weekends at Midway Village and Museum Center's Victorian Village from March into October.
Nelson's weekly occupation is coordinator for community outreach for Rockford University. She has spent many of her weekends for the past seven years at the Victorian Village, giving tours, demonstrating handiwork or just telling stories while strolling the grounds in late 1800s-style dresses.
"I am actually the former executive director for the Erlander Home Museum, and I serve on the boards for the Swedish Historical Society and the (Frank Lloyd Wright-designed) Laurent House," Nelson said. "I enjoy museums. This is another way of teaching. A lot of us need to have the kinesthetic ways of learning, and living history is a part of that."
When asked, Nelson declined to reveal her age.
"In Victorian times, you simply wouldn't ask a lady that question."
Midway Village's Victorian Village has more than 20 structures, some original, based on late 1800 to early 1900 architecture. They range from a hardware store, general store, print shop and blacksmith to a school, church, hospital, police station and family homes.
Of course, Midway also has a doll house museum and a nearly 53,000-square-foot museum center featuring exhibits on early aviation pioneer Bert "Fish" Hassel, the Rockford Peaches — the women's professional baseball team from the 1940s to mid-1950s — and Rockford industry, including a new exhibit about Rockford's furniture industry that dominated the city from 1900 until the Great Depression.
In 2013, Midway drew about 58,000 people to all of its various attractions.
"There are a number of these living history museums in the U.S., but it is a nice attraction to have in Rockford," said John Groh, head of the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Perhaps the most famous living history museum is in Williamsburg, Virginia. Eagle, Wisconsin, has Old World Wisconsin, the largest outdoor museum dedicated to the history of rural life.
"What is unique about Midway is that it has a lot of land which allows it to have special events like World War II and World War I days. Those are becoming increasingly popular."
Some of the re-enactors are strictly volunteer and others, like Nelson, are paid staff. Nelson said she gets excited each spring when opening weekend for Victorian Village nears. She said that there really isn't anything about her side occupation that she doesn't like.
"Even when it's really hot we don't feel it as much because we are wearing cottons and wools," she said. "The polyesters you are wearing are much more restrictive."
And the recurring role allows her to talk about one of her favorite subjects — the role of women in Rockford's history.
"So much of what history is about is both sexes certainly, but I love to talk about women such as Jane Addams, who graduated from Rockford University and went on to found Hull House in Chicago helping immigrants to get a start here."
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Evernote, the popular personal information and productivity app that last week announced another $85 million in financing and more than 45 million users, is continuing to expand its platform to cover evermore circles of use cases. Today, the company is officially rolling out Evernote Business, an enterprise-focused, premium version of the app that it first introduced in beta in August.
As of today, the app is live in seven countries: France, Germany, Switzerland, the US, Canada, Japan, and the U.S. Available on as app for Mac, iOS, Android and Windows Desktop, it is one more step for Evernote to build an international business (not just a service) around its core concept of storing your information: Evernote Business users are charged on a $10 per user, per month basis.
Evernote Business is an example of how the company turns into a product something that was already a part of Evernote usage — the same motivation that drove the creation of spinoff apps like Evernote Food and contacts app Evernote Hello.
In an interview with TechCrunch (a video of which is embedded below), CEO Phil Libin (who formally introduced Evernote Business at the LeWeb conference in Paris) noted that in a recent survey of its users, the company found that 66% were already using it to track work data, but that only 15% of that usage was officially brought in by companies themselves, with 85% part of the "BYOD" trend that has hit the business world (in Evernote's case that would be a "bring your own apps" variation). "So we decided to make this a better experience," he told TechCrunch.
That includes the ability for people to maintain separate accounts — one for personal data, and one for business data. The business data can be shared with specific colleagues through the use of Business Notebooks or make company-wide through the Business Library. These remain distinct from a user's personal notebooks, Evernote says. The Business Library can also be updated by an administrator with company data.
Users can also modify how documents, links and other files to be shared with outside clients, and Evernote says that even if an employee leaves a company, the materials shared by those users stay behind, even when the account is gone.
Another feature Evernote is introducing is a kind of semantic search that it calls "Related Notes." It describes this as a "serendipitous discovery" of related data that gets triggered every time a user creates a note, or browses or searches for an existing one. These, Evernote says, will display in the Mac client, Evernote Clearly for Chrome and Firefox and Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome.
To further entice companies to pay the monthly fee, Evernote has bumped up the upload allowance on Business accounts. Users get 2GB per month for their personal notebooks, which is twice the amount that a Evernote Premium user gets, plus 2GB for their Business Notebooks.
Whether all of that will be enough to drive users to the premium product remains to be seen. In the interview (which you can see in the video below), Libin declines to say what kind of usage Business has picked up in beta mode.
What is the case, he says, is that Evernote Business was designed with companies like Evernote in mind — up to 300 people. In the future, he says it may also look to forge ties with larger enterprises, "perhaps when we have 20,000 employees ourselves."