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Influenza – Definition
The flu (also called influenza) is a viral infection. It affects the respiratory system. It can cause mild-to-severe illness, and sometimes it can lead to death.
The best way to avoid getting the flu is by getting vaccinated every year.
Influenza – Causes
The flu is caused by the influenza virus. Each winter, the virus spreads around the world. The strains are usually different from one year to the next. While less likely, it is possible to get the flu when it is not flu season.
The two main kinds of influenza virus are Type A and Type B.
Someone infected with the virus may sneeze or cough. This releases droplets into the air. If you breathe in infected droplets, you can become infected. You can also become infected through touch. If you touch a contaminated surface, you may transfer the virus from your hand to your mouth or nose.
Influenza – Risk Factors
Factors that increase your chance of the flu include:
- Living or working in crowded conditions (eg, nursing homes, schools, military forces, daycare centers)
- Being physically or mentally disabled — People with disabilities may not be able to easily communicate their symptoms or may have trouble practicing preventive measures against the flu, putting them more at risk.
Certain groups of people are at a higher risk of developing complications from the flu. Risk factors for complications include:
- Children younger than five years old
- Being 65 years old and older
- Having certain conditions, including chronic lung condition (eg, asthma); cardiovascular disease; kidney, liver, neurological, blood, or metabolic condition (eg, diabetes)
- Having a suppressed immune system (eg, HIV)
- Being pregnant during the flu season
- Being younger than 18 years old and receiving long-term aspirin therapy (may be at risk for Reye's syndrome)
- Living in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities
- Being American Indian/Alaska Native
- Being severely obese
Influenza – Symptoms
If you have the flu, you might infect others one day before symptoms start and up to five days (sometimes more) after you become sick. This means you may be infecting others even before you know you are sick.
Symptoms usually start abruptly. They may include:
- High fever and chills
- Severe muscle aches
- Severe fatigue
- Headache
- Decreased appetite or other gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea (more common in children than adults)
- Runny nose, nasal congestion
- Sneezing
- Watery eyes, conjunctivitis
- Sore throat
- Cough (can last for two or more weeks)
- Swollen lymph nodes in the neck
You may start to feel better in 7-10 days. However, you may still have a cough and feel tired.
Influenza – Diagnosis
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. Diagnosis of the flu is usually based on symptoms.
In some cases, your doctor may take samples from your nose or throat to confirm the diagnosis.
Influenza – Treatment
Treatment may include:
Antiviral Prescription Medicines
Most people with the flu do not need antiviral medicine. Check with your doctor. You may need the medicine if you are in a high-risk group or if you have a severe illness (eg, breathing problems).
Antiviral medicines generally may help relieve symptoms and shorten the time you are sick. They must be taken within 48 hours of the first symptoms. Examples of these medicines include:
- Zanamivir (Relenza) — may worsen asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) — may increase the risk of self-injury and confusion shortly after taking, especially in children
- Note: Children should be closely monitored for signs of unusual behavior while taking this medicine. (Zanamivir may also cause these side effects.)
- Amantadine (Symmetrel)
- Rimantadine (Flumadine)
Some strains of the seasonal influenza virus are resistant to these medicines.
It is important to get plenty of rest when your body is fighting the flu.
Drink a lot of liquids. This can include water, juice, and caffeine-free tea.
Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers
These medicines are used to control fever and to treat aches and pains. Adults can use:
- Acetaminophen
- Ibuprofen
Decongestants are available as pills or nasal sprays. If you use a nasal spray, do not use it longer than 3-5 days. You may experience an increase in congestion when you stop using the spray. This is called rebound effect.
Cough Medicines
These include:
- Over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines, including decongestants, expectorants, antihistamines, and cough suppressants
- OTC cough and cold products should not be used to treat infants or children less than two years old. Rare but serious side effects have been reported. They include death, convulsions, rapid heart rates, and decreased levels of consciousness. Serious side effects have also been reported in children aged 2-11 years. Research is still going on for the safety of OTC products for this age group.
- Prescription cough medicines
- Cough drops
Herbal Treatment
Elderberry extract may reduce flu symptoms. Researchers found that products containing elderberry, like Sambucol and ViraBLOC, decreased symptoms in some studies. But be aware that herbal remedies are not regulated by the government. So the herbal supplements that you buy may not have the same ingredients as those studied and they may contain impurities (things that should not be in the product).
If you are diagnosed with the flu, follow your doctor's instructions.
Influenza – Prevention
Ways to Avoid Getting the Flu
The best way to prevent getting the flu is to get vaccinated. You will need to get vaccinated each year since the virus may change every season. Two forms of the vaccine are available:
- Flu shot (injection) — All people aged six months and older should get the flu shot. Note: Children eight years and younger may need two shots.
- Nasal spray — The spray is approved for healthy, non-pregnant people aged 2-49 years old.
- Note: Certain people, like those who care for others with weakened immune systems, should get the flu shot instead of the nasal spray.
For the best protection, get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available in your area (vaccinations are offered throughout the flu season, which may begin in October).
It takes about two weeks for the vaccine to protect you against the flu.
People Who Should Not Be Vaccinated
There are people who should not be vaccinated, such as:
- Children less than six months old
- Those who are severely allergic to eggs
- Those who had a severe reaction to vaccination in the past
- Those who have a history of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Those who are very sick and have a fever—Talk to your doctor before getting vaccinated.
General Measures to Reduce Your Risk
There are general measures you can take to reduce your risk of getting the flu:
- Wash your hands often, especially when you come in contact with someone who is sick. Wash your hands for 15-20 seconds with soap and water. Rubbing alcohol-based cleaners on your hands is also helpful.
- Avoid close contact with people who have respiratory infections. The flu can spread starting one day before and ending seven days after symptoms appear. If have to be in close contact with a sick person, wear a face mask or a disposable respirator.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw away the tissue after you use it. Coughing or sneezing into your elbow or upper sleeve is also helpful.
- Do not spit.
- Do not share drinks or personal items.
- Do not bite your nails or put your hands near your eyes, mouth, or nose.
- Keep surfaces clean by wiping them with a household disinfectant.
Antiviral Medications
Sometimes it is beneficial to take antiviral medicines to prevent the flu. You may want to talk to your doctor about taking these medicines to lower your risk of getting the flu if you:
- Are exposed to the flu, and
- Are at high risk for complications
- Are a healthcare worker, public health worker, or first responder
If you have the flu and live with someone who is at risk for complications (eg, elderly, babies, someone with cancer), that person may need to take antiviral medicines to prevent getting the flu from you.
Remember that these medicines are not a substitute for getting vaccinated. Vaccination is still the best way to prevent the flu.
Ways to Avoid Spreading the Flu
If you have the flu, take these steps to avoid spreading it to others:
- Avoid close contact with people. Before you can return to school or work, your fever should be gone for at least 24 hours without the help of fever-reducing medicine. This could take up to seven days after symptoms first appear. It is important to stay home if you have the flu, leaving your house only to see your doctor.
- If you cannot avoid close contact, cover your mouth and nose with a face mask.
- Wash your hands for 15-20 seconds with soap and water. Even if someone in your house has the flu, you may be able to avoid getting sick by washing your hands. Using a hand sanitizer is also helpful.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw away the tissue after you use it. Coughing or sneezing into your elbow or upper sleeve will also keep you from spreading the flu with your hands. Do not spit.
- Do not share drinks or personal items.
- Wash eating utensils with hot water and soap.
- Do not bite your nails or put your hands near your eyes, mouth, or nose.
- Keep surfaces clean by wiping them with a household disinfectant.
- Use the hot setting on your washing machine when washing infected laundry.


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Hyun-Jin Ryu (6-3, 2.83) vs. Matt Cain (5-4, 4.29).
The Giants-Reds game was postponed yesterday, giving them a temporary respite from their recent run of two wins in their last 13 games, including a recently-completed 1-8 road trip (which included a three-game sweep in Los Angeles).
Yasiel Puig has not yet faced Matt Cain. Puig is hoping to bolster his potential All-Star credentials.
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Website Rite Aid
Job Description:
As a Cashier, you are a vital part of our store team that is responsible for the day to day operations and the care and service provided to our customers/patients. This individual is responsible for provide excellent customer service to people shopping in Rite Aid stores. All duties described in this document are to be performed in keeping with the core values and service attributes consistent with the Rite Aid brand and strategy. The associate is responsible for the functions below, in addition to other duties as assigned
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent customer service by assisting customers with their shopping needs, answering customer inquiries, and resolving customer complaints.
- Stock store shelves and end-caps with merchandise when it is delivered to the store.
- Assist store leadership in ensuring merchandise on the shelves is within date.
- Ensure the proper identification is produced when selling alcohol, tobacco, and lottery tickets, if applicable.
- Assist with the operation of the One-hour Photo department, if applicable.
- Build displays of merchandise and complete new plan-o-grams.
- Engage with customers in a friendly and efficient manner while completing customer transactions on the cash register.
- Maintain the cleanliness and organization of the store.
- Complete inventory counts and order merchandise based on the results.
- Put up signs that identify items on sale in weekly advertisements and take down this signage when the sale is over.
- Assist with price markdowns and changes for merchandise on the shelves.
Job Details:
Company: Rite Aid
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Wappingers Falls, NY
Application Deadline: N/A


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Containers in Newbridge
Buy containers in Newbridge
Containers are real work horses in the garden. You reach for your first container the moment you start sowing seeds, and as garden features larger containers are invaluable, adding elegance and permanence to your garden the moment they're in place.
Designer containers from Newbridge
Fill containers with brightly-coloured bedding, choice perennials or aromatic herbs as highlights of your garden display. You'll find every style of container from warm, traditional terracotta to cool, minimalist steel, rustic wooden troughs and half-barrels, and lightweight plastic. Pop down to one of the garden centres here in Newbridge during normal opening hours for containers that work in your garden.
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After a one-album sojourn away from their band-built recording studio Philadelphia's Dr. Dog returned home to Meth Beach to self-produce their latest collection of gloriously ramshackle rock 'n' roll reveries. Out February 7, Be The Void (Dr. Dog's second release on Anti-Records) showcases the critically adored band's renewed commitment to cultivating a stripped-down live sound. "This record comes from our pushing toward a rawer, more powerful, somewhat jittery competence," explains guitarist-vocalist Scott McMicken. "We drew a lot of inspiration from soul music and the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground—music that's got its roots in live expression rather than that studio-perfected sort of vibe."
While Be The Void bears the same style of scrappy yet hook-packed rock served up by Dr. Dog for more than a decade, the six-member outfit (McMicken, bassist-vocalist Toby Leaman, rhythm guitarist Frank McElroy, keyboardist Zach Miller, drummer Eric Slick and multi-instrumentalist Dimitri Manos) seems newly emboldened by its deepened devotion to a bare-bones aesthetic. A marked departure from the soaring pop of 2010's Shame, Shame, the album also finds Dr. Dog revitalized by the recent addition of Slick (who's previously played with Ween, Adrian Belew, and Project Object) and Manos (also a member of Arizona-based alt-country band Golden Boots).
Recorded in the summer of 2011, Be The Void seizes that vibrant spirit and transforms it into a 12-track song selection that's at turns deadly catchy and dance-worthy (the shuffling swagger of "Big Girl"), wistful and bittersweet (the lovely, languid sigh of "Get Away"), and earthy-earnest (the twangy troubadour folk of "Turning the Century"). Though each track feels richly textured and intricately layered, the band made a conscious effort to keep the recording process fast and loose. "We worked quicker and trusted our gut more than ever before, and at times it was scary and almost panic-inducing," says McMicken. "All of a sudden you'd be aware of a feeling like, 'This is really working, so don't mess it up.' And then the song ends and your heart's pounding and you realize you haven't taken a breath in three minutes. It was like riding a rollercoaster and wishing you could get right back on again." As a result of that newfound abandon and surrender to intuition, "there's so much on the record that I could never have imagined us being able to come up with," McMicken adds.
Perhaps the album's most epic moment, "Warrior Man" makes for one of Be The Void's most thrilling surprises. Both sprawling and beautifully bombastic, the track attacks with lead-heavy beats, pseudo-futuristic sound effects, and psychedelic back-up harmonies. "'Warrior Man' was born out of a joke—it started as some silly phrase that Toby was singing, then turned into a jam, and ultimately became this monster of a tune that was recorded live," says McMicken. "Everything about its origin reflects that freedom and confidence to own a weird idea and just let it live."
Another deviation from Dr. Dog's more summery and sleepy material, "Vampire" slaps a snarling guitar riff against ragged, howling vocals that perfectly capture the song's pained refrain about love gone evil ("You're a vampire, baby/No reflection at all"). "Heavy Light," meanwhile, mutates from a percussion-driven dream-pop pastiche to shimmering piano ballad to freewheeling experiment in blissed-out psychedelia—all in just three minutes and 41 seconds.
All throughout Be The Void, Dr. Dog delights in a playfulness that lends a refreshingly oddball feel even to the record's more true-to-form tracks. "These Days," for instance, backs its bouncy bassline with a dizzying swirl of sunny guitars, while the handclapping and hollering on the album-opening "Lonesome" help twist a downer of a refrain ("What does it take to be lonesome? Nothing at all") into a sweetly anthemic stomper of a song.
At the same time, Dr. Dog's rugged, rough-and-tumble disposition and razor-sharp wit preclude Be The Void from ever nearing mindless whimsy. Possibly the album's most deceptively breezy offering, "That Old Black Hole" sets its sly lyrics ("Take this thorn from my side/Fix this chip on my shoulder/Time is racing with the clock/And I ain't getting any older") to a smoldering groove that turns frenetic and urgent in the song's final seconds. By the same token, the disarmingly desperate "Do The Trick" pairs its woozy disco beat with a barrage of flirty wordplay that's relentlessly clever ("I've burnt the candle on every side/I've long since run out of wick/Will you be my flame tonight?/Will you do the trick?").
The first album recorded away from Meth Beach, Dr. Dog's 2010 Anti- debut teamed up the band with Rob Schnapf (a producer who had previously worked with Elliott Smith, Beck, and Guided By Voices). Although that partnership yielded the much-acclaimed Shame, Shame, the band opted against bringing in an outside co-producer again for Be The Void. "We did try out a few songs with another producer, but we then we stepped back and asked ourselves, 'Do we really need that?'" recalls McMicken. "Part of our growing aesthetic is to find the simplest approach that works best, and the decision to produce this one ourselves was sort of the first gesture toward recognizing our confidence in our experience and ability and sense of playfulness." Indeed, that dedication to keeping it playful was key to shaping the sound on Be The Void, says Leaman. "Back when Scott and I first started making music together, there was a period of time when we just recorded and recorded constantly—just for our own pleasure, not even to try to get shows or anything," he says. "Making this album felt like that again. It was like we were just putting a bunch of tunes together, just to have a good time."


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iOS 4.2 is the grand unification update, the software that brings iPhone, iPod touch, and for the first time, iPad all onto the same version number and at the same time. Yes, it's the one firmware to rule them all.
Announced during Apple's 2010 special music event, for iPad's that have been running iOS 3.2 since launch back in April, the change is nothing short of a revelation. Multitasking, folders, and unified inbox from iOS 4.0 join Game Center and TV show rentals from iOS 4.1, and add in AirPlay video sharing and AirPrint wireless printing fresh to iOS 4.2.
And we're going to take you through it, after the break!
(Note, if you're interested in iPhone or iPod touch, we've got a complete iOS 4.2 for iPhone walkthrough as well!)
What hasn't changed
Almost everything has changed this time. Likely because there's no weather or clock apps to ignore. Still, there doesn't seem to be anything new in Contacts yet, but we'll keep our eyes peeled.
Huge update, we told you.
Hardware changes
No, that's not a typo. As you're read below, Apple has added a software orientation lock to iOS 4.2 for iPad, similar to how it works on iPhone. That means the previous, hardware-based orientation lock is no longer needed, so they've made that a mute switch like on iPhone. Yes, they really changed a hardware button. Yes, it will make iPhone owners less confused but it will mess with existing iPad owners.
Either way, be advised.
System-wide enhancements
Many of the system-wide enhancements that came with iOS 4.2 for iPhone were already present in IOS 3.2 for iPad -- spellcheck, text replacement, etc. And unfortunately, there's still no sign of VoiceControl, which both iPhone and iPod touch have. There is, however...
AirPlay is an evolution of Apple's AirTunes system that used to let you stream music between iTunes on Windows or Mac and Apple TV or Airport Express connected speakers. AirPlay takes that to the next level, letting you stream video and pictures as well as music from iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) and the new 2010 Apple TV. Built-in apps like iPod, Video, and YouTube can stream, but unfortunately it looks like all other apps, including Apple's own Safari and all App Store apps are currently limited to audio-only. Whether this is intentional or Apple simply ran out of time and didn't finish making public APIs for video is unknown but hopefully this will be expanded upon in a future update.
You can tell AirPlay is an option when its icon appears to the right of the volume slider. It looks like a TV-style box with a triangle being inserted up into it. (Yeah, seriously). AirPlay compatible apps, when AirPlay compatible devices are present, will show the AirPlay icon as a button. Tap it and you get a list of devices you can stream to. Tap one and your video will switch from iPhone to TV. And since it's called AirPlay and not AirView, here's hoping Apple also expands the functionality in the future to project game video onto the big TV screen, leaving iPhone and iPod touch as a full on multitouch game controller. Hey, we can dream…
AirPrint is Apple's wireless printing service. By the time it ships, it should be able to send pages to almost any printer on the same Wi-Fi network, or to certain printers directly (HP ePrint have already been announced). Needless to say, this answers one huge piece of previously missing functionality. (The one it doesn't answer, and still isn't answered, is easier file transfer and sync).
AVRCP Audio/Video Remote Control Protocol for stereo Bluetooth
Yes, you can finally -- finally -- control volume, skip tracks, and do pretty much anything your stereo Bluetooth headset allows. Unfortunately, at least in my tests, volume changes on the headset don't show up on the iPhone's volume slider -- but they do work in both iTunes Store streaming and iPod apps.
Home Screen
SpringBoard, the app that runs the home screen and overall interface in iOS, finally gets the iOS 4 crown jewels of multitasking and folders, but there are a few small changes to go through first.
The little northeast pointing arrow that indicates a location-based service is running, be it Wi-Fi mapping or aGPS, now shows up in the status bar along the top, just like iOS 4 on iPhone.
The red bar that shows background VoIP is here, long and thin though it may be. (And yes, tapping it does indeed take you right back to your VoIP/Skype call).
There's more control inside Settings for Spotlight, but nothing in the search interface itself that we can find yet. If Apple were to create a true universal search, including for settings, app content, etc. like webOS 2.0 or BlackBerry OS 6, that would terrific.
While Apple's built-in apps (like iPod, Mail, etc.) have had background multitasking since iOS 1.0 for iPhone and iOS 3.2 for iPad, with iOS 4.2 it finally comes to 3rd party App Store apps.
As to how it works, instead of a traditional "leave full apps running in the background" approach, Apple instead chose to implement a more restricted but, they felt, better performing and power friendly solution involving 7 specific background API (application programming interfaces.)
Local notifications
In addition to the existing push notification service from Apple's servers, which provide sound, badges, and alert popups for everything from IM to VoIP calls, to game challenges, iOS 4.2 adds local notifications so something like an alarm-clock app could register an alert that would sit in the iPhone in the background until the proper time, then activate. That takes the online server out of the equation which is good for tasks that don't need additional information from the cloud, and so don't have to activate the radios.
Task completion
There's another API for task completion so that, for example, if you're uploading a picture to Flickr and leave the app, it can register a thread to keep uploading the picture in the background while you do something else. That means the entire app doesn't have to keep running, freeing up memory and lightening battery load, and even the thread will terminate when the upload is done.
Fast app switching and saved state
Fast app switching deals with the perceptive speed that multitasking offers. With iOS 3.2 if you left an App Store app it would shut down completely. If you went back -- regardless if it was a second or a week or later -- it would usually restart not from where you left off but from the beginning. A few developers tried to add persistence on their own, saving your place when you came back as best as previous OS versions allowed, but most didn't -- especially games. Also, if you closed one app and went to another, you could theoretically be stuck swiping back or forth between 11 home screen pages. And with a 9.5-inch screen, that could be a lot of swiping!
Saved state is now built into iOS 4.2 for iPad. If you switch out, Apps have their currents state recorded to memory and if/when you go back, the app checks the memory save and resumes from that state.
To enable fast app switching, Apple's created a new UI metaphor. Now, when you double tap the home button, the screen turns translucent and slides up, allowing you to peek at the apps running "in the background". (Technically frozen with state saved and threads registered with the background API).
Apps in the fast switcher UI are sorted in order of last usage. That means, if you're moving between a set of commonly used apps, they're most likely right next to each other and not screens and screens away. These two elements combine together to make launching apps perceptively much faster, even though the apps don't have to be running in the background consuming resources just for that convenience.
Positionally the fast app switcher replaces the space traditionally reserved for the Dock, so while it's a tad confusing the concept of apps at the bottom of the screen being more permanent and easily accessible remains. Behaviorally, while they look like a secret Dock, they function like the Home Screen itself in that you can swipe from right to left to scroll through a several 4-icon sets of multitasking apps.
Given iPad has only 256MB of RAM, we assume Apple will discretely kill off the least-used app in the stack when things get tight or a certain amount of time passes. That means, yes, sometimes you will come back to that game and have it start over rather than resuming, but resources on mobile devices -- they be constrained.
(Here's also hoping iPad 2 gets 512MB of RAM like iPhone 4 did.)
iOS 4.2 helps users visualize what's going on when switching apps by introducing a new, carousel-like animation. It's a bit different than the carousel style used in iPhone and iPod touch, more like panels swinging around, but it works well. The new animation occurs when you switch between two apps either via the new, double-click-Home to trigger to launch the multitasking UI, or when one app calls another app (i.e. when you're in Contacts and you tap to send a contact an SMS).
Launching or leaving an app retains the same, zoom-based effect as always.
Interlude: Task Killing
At the iOS 4 event, Steve Jobs likened task managers (in the multitasking, not to-do sense) to styluses -- if you need them there's something wrong. Initially this created confusion in iOS 4 when it was noted, if you hold your finger down on multitasking apps, they'd jiggle and bring up a delete icon that, if tapped, removed them. So um, yeah.
It appears like there's a couple things going on. First, with built-in Apple apps, like Mail, if you "delete" it from the fast app switcher, the service will re-spawn immediately so you will still receive Mail (it doesn't kill the background thread that checks, sounds/vibrates, and updates the badge). However, the respawn will sometimes fix issues of mail not loading properly, for example.
For App Store apps, if you "delete" them it flushes their saved state and forces them to reset and reload when next you launch them, i.e. they won't resume from the previously saved state and their threads seem to be restarted.
And yes, you can still hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the red Shut Down slider appears, then hold down the Home button until you return to the home screen, and that will flush the RAM and give you a general reset.
Just like to the left of the main home screen is a special Spotlight screen, to the left of the fast app switcher is a special widget dock containing a software version of the iPad's previous hardware orientation lock control.
That's right. The hardware orientation lock button has been reassigned as a mute switch, to match the iPhone, and now orientation lock is software based. Unlike the iPhone, however, you can lock in both portrait and landscape mode.
More over, there are three circular music controls to skip back/rewind, play/pause, or skip ahead/fast forward whatever audio is currently queued up (including streaming music). Whichever app is currently playing the music, be it iPod, iTunes or Safari (streaming podcasts, for example), or an App Store app (like Pandora or Slacker) is shown at the right so you can jump back to it and access further controls.
iPad 4.2 also gets something more than iPhone -- it gets all the widgets in one dock, and it gets a brightness slider thrown in to boot. The extra screen real estate pays off with instant access to crank things down for reading or up for watching movies.
The presentation may not be as visually slick as Palm webOS' Card view (which looks like iPhone Safari's Page view) or Mac OS X Expose mode, but it keeps tens of millions of existing iPad users grounded in the interface they're familiar with and that's what Apple is prioritizing.
Background music, location, and VoIP
Speaking of streaming music, perhaps most famously, Apple is allowing apps to register three specific types of threads for persistent backgrounding (they can just keep running until you close them). Again, this isn't the whole app running, just one thread from the app, so the idea is it won't slow down performance, use up memory, or drain battery to the same degree. These API are for streaming music, location, and VoIP (voice over IP).
This means you can listen to Pandora, Slacker, etc. while surfing the web. Navigon, TeleNav,TomTom, etc. can keep using the GPS and alert you to directions while you're on the phone, and to further save resources, non-critical location apps like FourSquare, Gowalla, Loopt, etc. can be alerted when you change cell towers. Fring, Skype, Line2, etc. can answer calls and receive messages when you're not in the app, making them more equal telephony citizens.
What's still missing are background API for timeline updates, so that IM, Twitter, RSS, etc. could update like Mail does and have new messages ready and waiting when you return to the app. Also, there's no API to let internet sessions like SSH, RDP/VNC remain active when you exit an app making it more onerous for network administrators and others to manage remote machines. Hopefully these can be added in future revisions.
There are umpteen hundreds of thousands of apps in the App Store, tens of thousands specifically for iPad, and more and more every day. With iOS 3.2 on iPad we had 11 pages for 180 apps viewable, but you could install many more and use Spotlight as a way of finding and launching them. And Organizing them efficiently? Forget about it.
Enter Folders. A Folder is simply a grouped icon that holds up to 20 other icons inside it. (And for those keeping count at home, the new math means a whopping 3600 apps can be kept available at once. Super hudder).
The way it works is you tap a Folder icon and once again the Home Screen fades and splits open, this time below the Folder. Inside the split are all the apps contained in the group.
To create a Folder, you begin by tapping and holding an icon to put it in jiggly mode, just like you did before to delete or move it. Then, drag it over and drop it on top of another icon to create a Folder. (This works better when icons aren't at the right edge of the screen, as the "get out of the way" behavior sometimes supersedes the Folder behavior, causing the icon to wrap to the next line before you can drop on top of it.) Once created, iOS reads the apps' category data and tries to name the folder for you, but you can easily edit it and change it to anything you want.
As you add apps to a folder, tiny representations of the apps icon appear inside the folder icon in a 3x3 grid. Since iOS 4.2 on iPad supports more app than the iPhone version, 20 instead o 12, as you add more than 9 apps, the grid of tiny icons scrolls up to show the new apps being added. Since 20 isn't divisible by 3, when you hit 19 or 20 that row contains only 2 icons. Once you leave jiggly mode, the folder icon scrolls back down to show only the first 9 icons again. So, if you need visual reminded for certain apps being in certain folders, make sure you add them first so they'll be visible.
To remove apps from a Folder, put them in jiggly mode inside the Folder and drag them out (or just delete them if you don't want the app anymore at all). You can also move them around within the Folder to customize their order.
Folders can be put in jiggly mode and moved as well, but not deleted (they can only be deleted by removing all the apps from within them, and which point they self-destruct for you). You can even move them to the Dock, which means you could have 120 apps readily available at any time for quick launching.
You can also manage them from iTunes 10's app interface if a mouse and keyboard helps you speed up the process. (Oh, the irony.)
And while you still can't delete Apple's built-in apps, you can take the ones you're not using and hide them away inside a folder so they waste as little Home Screen space as possible.
Again, not as visually exciting perhaps as Mac OS X's Stacks, but it keeps current iPhone users in a familiar interface while adding much-needed functionality.
Calendar app appears to be functionally identical to iOS 3.2 but for the color scheme. The shades are all pastel now, just like iPhone on iOS 4.1. Full on Miami Vice light purples and greens and peaches and tones only Prismacolor has names for. No idea what this change was about.
Notes finally -- finally lets you change fonts. That's right, if Marker Felt was never your thing, you can now jump into Settings and switch it to Chalkboard (essentially Marker Felt with a shave and a haircut), and Helvetica, used by the rest of the interface.
Curiously -- and frustratingly -- there doesn't seem to be AirPrint support for Notes.
A minor tweak, but the current location/current direction button changes from the previous crosshairs to a north-east pointer to match the new location services icon used in the title bar, much like the iPhone's did under iOS 4.0.
Video, the app that unlike the iPhone but like the iPod touch houses all movie, TV, and video podcasts on iPad, enjoys AirPlay integration so all of the preceding should be able to easily stream to the 2010 Apple TV (and perhaps 3rd party AirPlay devices one day, if any offer video support).
YouTube only gets a minor update this time, which is kind of disappointing given how great YouTube has been making YouTube.com work for iOS devices. In any event, if you've ever wished you could give a YouTube video the old thumbs up or thumbs down right on your iPad, the you're in luck.
And, of course, the AirPlay is right there, giving us hope any HTML 5 video will be instantly transportable to the TV.
iTunes Store
iTunes store gets AirPlay too in case you want to stream a video podcast and shoot it over to your 2010 Apple TV. Speaking of streaming, thanks to iOS 4.2 background audio, streaming on iPad is now as rock solid as it's been on iPhone since 4.0.
Most of the time you can scrub and it re-buffers and keeps playing flawlessly. You can stop it and come back hours or even days later -- even after using the iTunes app to search for other things or the iPod app to play different audio -- and it still knows where you left off and starts playing again instantly without missing a beat. I almost never download podcasts anymore. That's how good the streaming is now (especially if you're mobile with an iPad 3G).
Ping isn't exclusive to iOS 4.1 -- it's already available to iOS 4.0.x users -- but Apple is touting it as a new feature and it's being launched at roughly the same time, so it makes some amount of sense to fold it in here for easy reference.
A social music network, Ping debuted with iTunes 10 but only became accessible on iPad with iTunes 10.1 and iOS 4.2. You get to it via the double talk bubbles tab, bottom middle. If you haven't yet synced your iPad with iTunes 10.1, you'll get a Ping splash screen telling you to do so. Why it can't just ask for your login like Twitter or Facebook and even Apple's own Game Center is beyond me. Cut the tether already.
Once you've signed on, the Ping tab will come up with the Activities view. Activities show what's going on with the people you've followed -- status, pictures, and videos from recording artists like Lady GaGa, and comments, likes, and shared music from friends. It gives you the ability to like or comment on any of those things and, of course, instant access to preview and purchase the music being liked or commented on in iTunes. That also means there's currently no way to share or discuss music that's not in iTunes, specifically in your local country's iTunes store, which can be frustration for Beatles fans in the US, and fans of far, far more artists internationally.
Actions are fairly simple. To like or add a comment to an activity, tap the appropriate button. To preview or purchase a song that was posted, tap anywhere on the song widget, from album art to title. To be taken to the song's album, double tap on the title.
The People tab gives you a list of people you follow and people who follow you, as well as a featured button for a list of recording artists.
Tapping on a person gives you profile page with recent activity and an easy follow/stop following toggle. You can also switch to an info view that contains a short bio and buttons to see the person follows and who follows them. Similar to Twitter, people can either let anyone follow them or decide to approve followers on a person to person basis.
The My Profile view, as the name suggests, shows you your own recent activity and, at the bottom, has a button for My Info that shows you your own profile. You can't (yet?) edit this info on iOS, however, and will need to go back to iTunes 10 on Mac/Windows for that.
I'm not sure if it's the blank loading screen, but iTunes Store has never felt like the snappiest app on iOS and including Ping inside it likewise makes it feel less snappy than Twitter or Facebook. It also doesn't seem to save state of, or cache, the tabs - perhaps because they're web pages being re-loaded each time - which makes the experience of moving between apps seem sluggish. There's also no refresh feature, you need to switch between tabs to check for new data, and sit through more reload screens...
At least Apple finally added social integration, albeit by way of Twitter and not Facebook as they'd originally tried. Most of that seems to live inside the desktop iTunes, where you can link your Twitter account, find people you follow on Twitter, and friend them on Ping as well. What you like on Ping then gets tweeted to your Twitter account. That could be to your liking or incredibly not.
TV show rentals
The other addition is TV show rentals. They're only available in the US and from ABC (whose parent company, Disney, counts Steve Jobs as its biggest share holder), and FOX (whose owner, Rupert Murdoch, sees mobile devices as a way to save old media), and cost $0.99 per episode. You have 30 days to start watching and 48hrs. to finish once you start.
Ping hasn't show up in iOS 4.2, but since the UI is web-based Apple can update it at any time, so it's almost certainly will be coming to the iPad with this release. We'll update when it shows up. It will be interesting to see what Apples does to balance the rather awkward iTunes Windows/Mac UI with the fairly standard iOS on iPhone UI.
App Store - iAds
App Store, like iTunes Store is mostly just a thin app container around constantly updated web content, but Apple has snuck something new in this time, if not for users than at least for developers. And yeah, we're talking about iAds...
Okay, so iAd really shouldn't be considered a feature, at least not for users, but it will be a feature of iOS 4.2 for developers, and it will go in apps, so we're mentioning it here.
iAd will provide developers with an easy-as-Xcode way to place advertising in their apps, both paid and free. Apple is setting a high bar for their ads, however. No simple Google-style text, annoying punch-the-monkey, or jarring transition out of the app and into the browser, they claim to want great looking, highly interactive, emotionally compelling content that will connect with rather than alienate users. Served every 3 minutes...
Settings is a boring app that often contains a great number of terrific surprises when it comes to Apple iOS updates. iOS 4.2 for iPad is no exception.
Brightness & Wallpaper
iPad gets all the wallpapers that iPhone got with iOS 4, some of them re-rendered to look even sharper on the big 9.7-inch screen.
General: Location Services
Since Apple is, post Google-breakup, awfully serious about user privacy, Location Services get a new Settings tab that lets you turn them off completely, but also turn them off in each app separately if you like.
General: Passcode lock
iOS 4.2 brings alphanumeric passcodes to iPad by default (no more configuration file required). Turn it on and you can have a nice, strong, even gnarly pseudorandom string... if you can remember it.
And yes, you get the Vader-black keyboard standard if you flip that switch.
General: Restrictions
To the list of things you can lock down and lock out, iOS 4.2 adds Deleting Apps, no doubt to the cheers of parents with young children everywhere. You can also prevent changes to location services (so your kids can't stop you tracking them, unless they're hax0rs) and email accounts.
If you don't want them playing multiplayer Game Center games, you can stamp that out as well. You can even turn off friend requests.
General: Keyboard
iOS 4 spell check causing more problems for you than it's fixing? No problem, you can now turn it off.
Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Gmail is dead, long live Google Mail.
Inside MobileMe, Google Mail, or other IMAP accounts, you can choose whether or not to enable sync. Again, there's no support for Exchange ActiveSync accounts yet (including Gmail via GoogleSync).
Because mail now supports threaded email messages, Settings now gives you the option to turn that feature on or off.
Notes now has its own Settings tab because, as mentioned previously, you can now change the font in Notes, and here's where you do it.
You can also choose the default account for Notes sync if you have more than one IMAP mail account set up.
Game Center
Game Center, Apple's social gaming network went live with iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch and comes to the iPad with iOS 4.2. As of this writing, Apple has a Game Center section set up in the App Store to help you find games that support it. To start off, you can create or login to an account, update your status, and add friends.
And yes, on iPad Game Center takes advantage of the full screen. You get a double column-view instead of single like on iPhone, and that means your lists (like friends) will on the left and the detail view (like stats) will be on the right.
Also, the sign in/welcome screen currently shows a number of app icons "dealt" card-like across Game Center's game table style UI. Tapping them does indeed take you to the App Store to get the game.
You can also see a list of your games that support Game Center. Tapping on one gives you general info and the ability to hit Play and go straight to the game. Tapping on Leaderboards lets you see top scores for Today, This Week, and All Time.
Achievements shows everything you can earn for playing the game.
iOS 4.2 finally gives iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad the ability to find text on a Safari web page. This is similar to Windows or Mac, where you just hit CTL-F or CMD-F, type your text, and off you go. On iPad Safari you use the regular old search field (still confusingly labeled Google by default) and start typing the text you want to find.
Where previously you only got suggested search terms, now you get an additional section at the bottom to find the word on the page. Tap it and the first match on the page is highlighted in yellow and a set of buttons slide up on the bottom for "Next" and "Done", as well as a counter for how many matches of the word there are on the page, and which one is currently highlighted (e.g., 7/16). Hit next until you find the one you want, hit done when you're finished. If you want to change the find term, the search box is repositioned alongside the controls to make it convenient.
No more tedious manual scanning, no more javascript bookmarklet workaround. Just happy surfing.
The previous + icon, for adding bookmarks and Web Clips is gone, replaced by the Action button found in other apps. Hitting the action button gives you all the same options as before, but now also includes AirPrint.
AirPlay will show up inline for videos where compatible but is currently limited to audio only.
Behind the scenes, Apple has added support for the accelerometer and gyroscope and generally improved HTML 5 support. (That means the potential for more, better web apps in the future.)
iOS 4.2 for iPad Mail gets a unified inbox just like iPhone has had since iOS 4.0. For those with multiple email accounts whose previous iPad experience involved tapping into and out of those boxes many, many times a day this is a hugely welcome addition.
Unlike iPhone, the split column view of iPad lets you see your inbox choices on the left in landscape mode and in popover in portrait so it can be even faster to move around. The list includes all Inboxes, a specific account's inbox (which is considered fast inbox switching), or into the complete folder and sub-folder system of a given account (how Mail has worked in iOS 3.2).
Once inside, All Inboxes is visually indistinguishable from an account-specific inbox, it simply contains all of their messages.
What is distinguishable are the carets (technically greater-than symbols) to the right of certain messages that indicate a message is part of a thread. A number, typically 2 or 3, accompanies the caret to indicate how many replies are in the thread.
Tapping on a message that's part of a thread gives a second list of all messages in the thread. Tapping on one of them shows you the message in the main column.
A thread view contains a small vertical bar at the top with the subject of the thread and time of the most recent reply. A button to the top left of the message contains the name of the inbox you came from so you can back out again, leave the thread completely, and see all your messages.
So yes, the tap, tap, tap of inbox navigation persists, albeit shifted from moving into and out of inboxes to moving into and out of threaded messages.
Great news for heavy ActiveSync users, iOS 4 supports multiple accounts. So, for example, you can now have your work Exchange server and home Google account both set up to push through ActiveSync (which is what Google Sync users behind the scenes) at the same time.
Also for Gmail users, the Delete button has now been properly renamed as Archive (since Google really doesn't want you deleting anything if they can possibly help it), and the trashcan replaced with a storage box icon.
Lastly, in iOS 3.2, when you wanted to abandon an email, you would hit Cancel and get options to Save (store the email in Drafts), Don't Save (trash the email), and Cancel (go back to writing the email). The naming of these options was likely too confusing so in iOS 4.x they've been replaced with a big red Delete Draft button (to trash the email) and Save Draft.
Photos get a bump in the functionality department, primarily through the Action button getting AirPrint. Just tap, choose a compatible printer, and your photos go wirelessly from iPad digital to hardcopy ink or laser.
Photos also get AirPlay and you can swipe through them and watch them change on Apple TV. Unfortunately AirPlay for video isn't supported.
iPod on iOS 3.2 for iPad was fairly well rounded already, so the bump up to 4.2 seems fairly minor at this point. You get AirPlay, so you can send music to Air Port express speakers, or video to the 2010 Apple TV.
iOS 4.2 is a free update currently in Gold Master (GM) for final testing, and unless anything major comes up, it should be released this week.
iOS 4.2 on iPad is a revelation. It's the way iPad is meant to be. That's not to say it's perfect or has every feature on every geek's wish list -- it certainly doesn't -- but it has enough new functionality to make iPad much more valuable.
Like with iOS 4 on iPhone, multitasking and folders extend the existing UI in a way that gives power users what they need, but keeps casual users either grounded in familiar metaphor, and feature-phone types blissfully unaware it's even there.
AirPrint addresses an important bit of functionality for home and business alike, and AirPlay has the potential to turn the TV video scene upside down.
Sure, non-obtrusive notifications, and glanceable, lock-screen widgets -- and hey, AirEasyFileTransfer -- would be grand, but iOS 5 beta is only 4 months or so away...
For now, we'll just thank Apple's iOS team again -- this is one hell of an update. If you notice anything we've missed, send us an email or drop a note in the comments and we'll add them to the next update.
Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.


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Google Nose was unveiled Monday morning. It's "the new scentsation in search." Just put your nose to the screen to sample "15M+ sentibytes." Google's also offering new options to its "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, including "I'm Feeling Wonderful" and "I'm Feeling Hungry."
Twitter is out with "Twttr," a version that only lets you use consonants.
YouTube is shutting down until 2023 because it "finally has enough videos" to select the best video of all time.
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Morning Edition profiled "Hootie and the Time Travelers," a group of reenactors that celebrates the '90s.
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If you haven't looked at the calendar yet, trust us: it's April 1.
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Should I see a Counselor or Therapist
Eric went to therapy a couple of years ago when his parents were getting divorced. Although he no longer goes, he feels the 2 months he spent in therapy helped him get through the tough times as his parents worked out their differences.
Melody began seeing her therapist a year ago when she was being bullied at school. She still goes every 2 weeks because she feels therapy is really helping to build her self-esteem.
Britt just joined a therapy group for eating disorders led by her school's psychologist, and her friend Dana said she'd go with her.
When our parents were in school, very few kids went to therapy. Now it's much more common and also more accepted. Lots of teens wonder if therapy could help them.
Some Reasons Teens Go to Therapists
When teens are going through a rough time, such as family troubles or problems in school, they might feel more supported if they talk to a therapist. They may be feeling sad, angry, or overwhelmed by what's been happening — and need help sorting out their feelings, finding solutions to their problems, or just feeling better. That's when therapy can help.
Just a few examples of situations in which therapy can help are when someone:
- feels sad, depressed, worried, shy, or just stressed out
- is dieting or overeating for too long or it becomes a problem (eating disorders)
- cuts, burns, or self-injures
- is dealing with an attention problem (ADHD) or a learning problem
- is coping with a chronic illness (such as diabetes or asthma) or a new diagnosis of a serious problem such as HIV, cancer, or a sexually transmitted disease (STD)
- is dealing with family changes such as separation and divorce, or family problems such as alcoholism or addiction
- is trying to cope with a traumatic event, death of a loved one, or worry over world events
- has a habit he or she would like to get rid of, such as nail biting, hair pulling, smoking, or spending too much money, or getting hooked on medications, drugs, or pills
- wants to sort out problems like managing anger or coping with peer pressure
- wants to build self-confidence or figure out ways to make more friends
In short, therapy offers people support when they are going through difficult times.
Deciding to seek help for something you're going through can be really hard. It may be your idea to go to therapy or it might not. Sometimes parents or teachers bring up the idea first because they notice that someone they care about is dealing with a difficult situation, is losing weight, or seems unusually sad, worried, angry, or upset. Some people in this situation might welcome the idea or even feel relieved. Others might feel criticized or embarrassed and unsure if they'll benefit from talking to someone.
Sometimes people are told by teachers, parents, or the courts that they have to go see a therapist because they have been behaving in ways that are unacceptable, illegal, self-destructive, or dangerous. When therapy is someone else's idea, a person may at first feel like resisting the whole idea. But learning a bit more about what therapy involves and what to expect can help make it seem OK.
What Is Therapy?
Therapy isn't just for mental health. You've probably heard people discussing other types of medical therapy, such as physical therapy or chemotherapy. But the word "therapy" is most often used to mean psychotherapy (sometimes called "talk therapy") — in other words, psychological help to deal with stress or problems.
Psychotherapy is a process that's a lot like learning. Through therapy, people learn about themselves. They discover ways to overcome difficulties, develop inner strengths or skills, or make changes in themselves or their situations. Often, it feels good just to have a person to vent to, and other times it's useful to learn different techniques to help deal with stress.
A psychotherapist (therapist, for short) is a person who has been professionally trained to help people deal with stress or other problems. Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and school psychologists are the titles of some of the licensed professionals who work as therapists. The letters following a therapist's name (for example, MD, PhD, PsyD, EdD, MA, LCSW, LPC) refer to the particular education and degree that therapist has received.
Some therapists specialize in working with a certain age group or on a particular type of problem. Other therapists treat a mix of ages and issues. Some work in hospitals, clinics, or counseling centers. Others work in schools or in psychotherapy offices, often called a "private practice" or "group practice."
What Do Therapists Do?
Most types of therapy include talking and listening, building trust, and receiving support and guidance. Sometimes therapists may recommend books for people to read or work through. They may also suggest keeping a journal. Some people prefer to express themselves using art or drawing. Others feel more comfortable just talking.
When a person talks to a therapist about which situations might be difficult for them or what stresses them out, this helps the therapist assess what is going on. The therapist and client then usually work together to set therapy goals and figure out what will help the person feel better or get back on track.
It might take a few meetings with a therapist before people really feel like they can share personal stuff. It's natural to feel that way. Trust is an essential ingredient in therapy — after all, therapy involves being open and honest about sensitive topics like feelings, ideas, relationships, problems, disappointments, and hopes. A therapist understands that people sometimes take a while to feel comfortable sharing personal information.
Most of the time, a person meets with a therapist one on one, which is known as individual therapy. Sometimes, though, a therapist might work with a family (called family therapy) or a group of people who all are dealing with similar issues (called group therapy or a support group). Family therapy gives family members a chance to talk together with a therapist about problems that involve them all. Group therapy and support groups help people give and receive support and learn from each other and their therapist by discussing the issues they have in common.
What Happens During Therapy?
If you see a therapist, he or she will talk with you about your feelings, thoughts, relationships, and important values. At the beginning, therapy sessions are focused on discussing what you'd like to work on and setting goals. Some of the goals people in therapy may set include things like:
- improving self-esteem and gaining confidence
- figuring out how to make more friends
- feeling less depressed or less anxious
- improving grades at school
- learning to manage anger and frustration
- making healthier choices (for example, about relationships or eating) and ending self-defeating behaviors
During the first visit, your therapist will probably ask you to talk a bit about yourself. Depending on your age, the therapist will also likely meet with a parent or caregiver and ask you to review information regarding confidentiality.
The first meeting can last longer than the usual "therapy hour" and is often called an "intake interview." This helps the therapist understand you better, and gives you a chance to see if you feel comfortable with the therapist. The therapist will probably ask about problems, concerns, and symptoms that you may be having, or the problems that parents or teachers are concerned about.
After one or two sessions, the therapist may talk to you about his or her understanding of what is going on with you, how therapy could help, and what the process will involve. Together, you and your therapist will decide on the goals for therapy and how frequently to meet. This may be once a week, every other week, or once a month.
With a better understanding of your situation, the therapist might teach you new skills or help you to think about a situation in a new way. For example, therapists can help people develop better relationship skills or coping skills, including ways to build confidence, express feelings, or manage anger.
Sticking to the schedule you agree on with your therapist and going to your appointments will ensure you have enough time with your therapist to work out your concerns. If your therapist suggests a schedule that you don't think you'll be able to keep, be up front about it so you can work out an alternative.
How Private Is It?
Therapists respect the privacy of their clients and they keep things they're told confidential. A therapist won't tell anyone else — including parents — about what a person discusses in his or her sessions unless that person gives permission. The only exception is if therapists believe their clients may harm themselves or others.
If the issue of privacy and confidentiality worries you, be sure to ask your therapist about it during your first meeting. It's important to feel comfortable with your therapist so you can talk openly about your situation.
Does It Mean I'm Crazy?
No. In fact, many people in your class have probably seen a therapist at some point — just like students often see tutors or coaches for extra help with schoolwork or sports. Getting help in dealing with emotions and stressful situations is as important to your overall health as getting help with a medical problem like asthma or diabetes.
There's nothing wrong with getting help with problems that are hard to solve alone. In fact, it's just the opposite. It takes a lot of courage and maturity to look for solutions to problems instead of ignoring or hiding them and allowing them to become worse. If you think that therapy could help you with a problem, ask an adult you trust — like a parent, school counselor, or doctor — to help you find a therapist.
A few adults still resist the idea of therapy because they don't fully understand it or have outdated ideas about it. A couple of generations ago, people didn't know as much about the mind or the mind-body connection as they do today, and people were left to struggle with their problems on their own. It used to be that therapy was only available to those with the most serious mental health problems, but that's no longer the case.
Therapy is helpful to people of all ages and with problems that range from mild to much more serious. Some people still hold on to old beliefs about therapy, such as thinking that teens "will grow out of" their problems. If the adults in your family don't seem open to talking about therapy, mention your concerns to a school counselor, coach, or doctor.
You don't have to hide the fact that you're going to a therapist, but you also don't have to tell anyone if you'd prefer not to. Some people find that talking to a few close friends about their therapy helps them to work out their problems and feel like they're not alone. Other people choose not to tell anyone, especially if they feel that others won't understand. Either way, it's a personal decision.
What Can a Person Get Out of Therapy?
What someone gets out of therapy depends on why that person is there. For example, some people go to therapy to solve a specific problem, others want to begin making better choices, and others want to start to heal from a loss or a difficult life situation.
Therapy can help people feel better, be stronger, and make good choices as well as discover more about themselves. Those who work with therapists might learn about motivations that lead them to behave in certain ways or about inner strengths they have. Maybe you'll learn new coping skills, develop more patience, or learn to like yourself better. Maybe you'll find new ways to handle problems that come up or new ways to handle yourself in tough situations.
People who work with therapists often find that they learn a lot about themselves and that therapy can help them grow and mature. Lots of people discover that the tools they learn in therapy when they're young make them feel stronger and better able to deal with whatever life throws at them even as adults. If you are curious about the therapy process, talk to a counselor or therapist to see if you could benefit.


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Wounded Army Soldier Gives Salute While Getting Purple Heart in Heartbreaking Photo
Here's another reminder of how grateful we should be to the men and women who serve our country.
US Army Ranger Josh Hargis was wounded in an attack in Afghanistan that killed four other members of his squad last week.
His commander sent his wife, Taylor, a letter, which she posted on her Facebook page.
The commanding officer went to the military hospital to give Hargis a Purple Heart, at which point he raised an arm in salute. A photo of Hargis lifting the arm was also sent to Taylor, which you can see above. It has since gone viral and been dubbed the "salute seen around the world."
In the letter, Hargis' commanding officer wrote, in part:
Josh, whom everybody in the room (over 50 people) assumed to be unconscious, began to move his right arm under the blanket in a diligent effort to salute the Commander as is customary during these ceremonies. Despite his wounds, wrappings, tubes, and pain, Josh fought the doctor who was trying to restrain his right arm and rendered the most beautiful salute any person in that room had ever seen.
I cannot impart on you the level of emotion that poured through the intensive care unit that day. Grown men began to weep and we were speechless at a gesture that speak volumes about Josh's courage and character. The picture, which we believe belongs on every news channel and every news paper is attached. I have it hanging above my desk now and will remember it as the single greatest event I have witnessed in my ten years in the Army."
Here's hoping Josh makes a quick recovery, so we can salute him.


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SLOTH Just Hanging - 11 ounce DISHWASHER / Microwave Coffee Mug - Superb GIFT - May Add Own Text
Thanks so much for considering a purchase from my shop!
This image on this mug is adhered through a process called sublimation which permanently fuses the graphics to the cup. It will not fade, distort or wash away. Lovingly pressed in my studio by myself with gratitude. I know you have many choices and I appreciate you choosing me.
**CUSTOMIZATION: I will be happy to add additional text to the back of your mug. It can be a specific date, song lyrics, quote, names, etc. etc. In order to add personalized text, please choose the customizable option from the drop-down menu. Please include the message exactly as you wish it to appear in the 'Note to Seller' section at check-out. Text only please - no photos or images at this time.
* Hold 11 ounces
* Optional text can be added for a small additional fee
* Dishwasher safe
* Microwave safe
* 3.75" tall by 3.25" wide
* Image on one side of the mug. Opposite side is blank.
Would this make a great gift or what? That special someone will think about you with every sip of their morning java or tea.
Have a happy day and please do not hesitate with any questions.
Quick link to storefront:
TN Residents to pay sales tax.


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What is a parathyroid tumor?
A parathyroid tumor is a growth inside a parathyroid gland. The parathyroid glands are 4 small glands located in the neck near the thyroid gland. They are part of the endocrine system that regulates hormones in the body. The parathyroid glands make parathyroid hormone that regulates the levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood. Parathyroid tumors may cause increased levels of parathyroid hormones, leading to increased levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia). Most parathyroid tumors are benign (noncancerous) adenomas. Cancers of the parathyroid are very rare.
What are symptoms of a parathyroid tumor?
If the parathyroid tumor causes symptoms, they may include:
- Aches and pains, especially in the bones
- Kidney problems, including pain in the upper back
- Depression
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Fatigue
- Excessive urination
- Confusion
- Muscle weakness
The symptoms of a parathyroid tumor may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
Treatment for a parathyroid tumor
Surgery is the main treatment for parathyroid tumors. Radiation therapy and medicines that lower calcium levels in the blood may be needed as well. In some situations, chemotherapy may be recommended.


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circe alternatives and similar packages
Based on the "JSON" category.
Alternatively, view circe alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.
Add-on module for Jackson (https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson) to support Scala-specific datatypes -
sbt plugin that generates Scala case classes for easy, statically typed and implicit access of JSON data e.g. from API responses -
Flexible and powerful JSON manipulation, validation and serialization, with no reflection at runtime.
InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
Do you think we are missing an alternative of circe or a related project?
circe is a JSON library for Scala (and Scala.js).
Please see the guide for more information about why circe exists and how to use it.
Are you using circe? Please consider opening a pull request to list your organization here:
- Abacus
- Anduin Transactions
- Apollo Agriculture
- AutoScout24
- Babylon Health
- Banno inside of Jack Henry & Associates
- Broad Institute
- Chartboost (sending hundreds of thousands of messages per second on our Ad Exchange)
- CiBO Technologies (using circe to (de)serialize data in support of a sustainable revolution in agriculture)
- ClearScore
- Codacy
- Colisweb
- Connio (creating and managing digital twins with Circe and Akka)
- Coya
- Criteo (collecting 200.000 events per second from our banners)
- Datalogue
- Dreamlines
- DriveTribe
- Earnest
- Elastic
- Emmy Sharing
- GLNGN Server
- Gympass
- Gutefrage
- Hello Soda
- HERE Technologies
- Hireproof
- HolidayCheck
- ImmobilienScout24
- Immozentral
- Indix
- Kinoplan
- Latitude Financial Services
- MatchesFashion
- Merit
- Metacommerce
- Mobile GmbH
- New Work
- Nike
- Ocado Technology
- On Air Entertainment
- Onfocus
- Opt Technologies
- OVO Energy
- Panaseer
- Permutive
- Prezi
- Project September (using circe to exchange and store data within the platform and serve data using GraphQL with Sangria)
- Raster Foundry
- Ravel Law (using circe to (de)serialize data for search, analytics, and visualization of tens of millions of legal opinions)
- REA Group - realestate.com.au
- Reonomy
- Resilient plc
- Sky
- Snowplow Analytics
- SoundCloud (transforming 200,000,000 JSON events every hour in MapReduce ETLs)
- Spotify (using circe for JSON IO in Scio)
- SpotX
- Stripe
- Stylight
- TabMo (parsing more than 100k events per second with Akka Stream and Spark)
- Tinkoff
- The Guardian
- Threat Stack
- Tranzzo
- Twilio (sending many, many millions of messages a day with Circe and Akka)
- WeWork
- Whisk
- Wide Angle Analytics
- Zalando
- Zendesk
Other circe organization projects
Please get in touch on Gitter if you have a circe-related project that you'd like to discuss hosting under the circe organization on GitHub.
- circe-benchmarks: Benchmarks for comparing the performance of circe and other JSON libraries for the JVM.
- circe-config: A library for translating between HOCON, Java properties, and JSON documents.
- circe-derivation: Experimental generic derivation with improved compile times.
- circe-fs2: A library that provides streaming JSON parsing and decoding built on fs2 and Jawn.
- circe-iteratee: A library that provides streaming JSON parsing and decoding built on iteratee.io and Jawn.
- circe-jackson: A library that provides Jackson-supported parsing and printing for circe.
- circe-spray: A library that provides JSON marshallers and unmarshallers for Spray using circe.
- circe-yaml: A library that uses SnakeYAML to support parsing YAML 1.1
into circe's
Related projects
The following open source projects are either built on circe or provide circe support:
- Actor Messenger: A platform for instant messaging.
- akka-http-json: A library that supports using circe for JSON marshalling and unmarshalling in Akka HTTP.
- akka-stream-json: A library that provides JSON support for stream based applications using Jawn as a parser with a convenience example for circe.
- Argus: Generates models and circe encoders and decoders from JSON schemas.
- Blackdoor JOSE: circe JSON support for blackdoor JOSE and JWT.
- borer: Allows circe encoders/decoders to be reused for CBOR (de)serialization.
- circe-debezium: Circe codecs for Debezium payload types
- circe-geojson: Circe support for GeoJSON (RFC 7946)
- circe-kafka: Implicit conversion of Encoder and Decoder into Kafka Serializer/Deserializer/Serde
- cornichon: A DSL for JSON API testing.
- Cosmos: An API for DCOS services that uses circe.
- crjdt: A conflict-free replicated JSON datatype in Scala.
- diffson: A Scala diff / patch library for JSON.
- elastic4s: A Scala client for Elasticsearch with circe support.
- Enumeratum: Enumerations for Scala with circe integration.
- Featherbed: A REST client library with circe support.
- Finch: A library for building web services with circe support.
- fintrospect: HTTP contracts for Finagle with circe support.
- fluflu: A Fluentd logger.
- Github4s: A GitHub API wrapper written in Scala.
- content-api-models: The Guardian's Content API Thrift models.
- http4s: A purely functional HTTP library for client and server applications.
- IdeaLingua: Staged Interface Definition and Data Modeling Language & RPC system currently targeting Scala, Go, C# and TypeScript. Scala codegen generates models and JSON codecs using circe.
- Iglu Schema Repository: A JSON Schema repository with circe support.
- jsactor: An actor library for Scala.js with circe support.
- jsoniter-scala-circe: A booster for faster parsing/printing to/from circe AST and decoding/encoding of
types. - jwt-circe: A JSON Web Token implementation with circe support.
- kadai-log: A logging library with circe support.
- msgpack4z-circe: A MessagePack implementation with circe support.
- ohNoMyCirce: Friendly compile error messages for shapeless's Generic, circe's Encoder & Decoder and slick's case class mapping.
- play-circe: circe support for Play!.
- pulsar4s: A Scala client for Apache-Pulsar with circe support.
- Rapture: Support for using circe's parsing and AST in Rapture JSON.
- roc: A PostgreSQL client built on Finagle.
- sangria-circe: circe marshalling for Sangria, a GraphQL implementation.
- scalist: A Todoist API client.
- scala-jsonapi: Scala support library for integrating the JSON API spec with Spray, Play! or Circe
- scala-json-rpc: JSON-RPC 2.0 library for Scala and Scala.js
- scalatest-json-circe: Scalatest matchers for Json with appropriate equality and descriptive error messages.
- Scio: A Scala API for Apache Beam and Google Cloud Dataflow, uses circe for JSON IO
- seals: Tools for schema evolution and language-integrated schemata (derives circe encoders and decoders).
- shaclex: RDF validation using SHACL or ShEx.
- Slick-pg: Slick extensions for PostgreSQL.
- sttp: Scala HTTP client.
- Synapses: A lightweight Neural Network library, for js, jvm and .net.
- telepooz: A Scala wrapper for the Telegram Bot API built on circe.
- Zenith: Functional HTTP library built on circe.
The following projects provide examples, templates, or benchmarks that include circe:
- https://github.com/alanphillips78/akka-http-microservice-blueprint
- https://github.com/bneil/fcs_boilerplate
- https://github.com/gvolpe/simple-http4s-api
- https://github.com/vitorsvieira/akka-http-circe-json-template
- https://github.com/stephennancekivell/some-jmh-json-benchmarks-circe-jackson
- https://github.com/pauljamescleary/scala-pet-store
Contributors and participation
circe is a fork of Argonaut, and if you find it at all useful, you should thank Mark Hibberd, Tony Morris, Kenji Yoshida, and the rest of the Argonaut contributors.
circe is currently maintained by Darren Gibson and Zach McCoy. After the 1.0 release, all pull requests will require two sign-offs by a maintainer to be merged.
The circe project supports the Scala code of conduct and wants all of its channels (Gitter, GitHub, etc.) to be inclusive environments.
Please see the [contributors' guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to submit a pull request.
circe is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this software except in compliance with the License.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the circe README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.


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Berry Mousse and Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Verrines
"Whatcha making?" Bill asked when he stepped into the kitchen area on Sunday. "My birthday cake" I replied, scraping the last bit of batter onto a sheetpan. He then pointed at the two bowls filled with strawberries and blackberries, the couple of lemon and the bottle of Limoncello. "Yes, yes, yes…all those for my cake". His eyes lit up in anticipation and he left the room uttering "hmmhmmhmm".
A few hours later, he tried to sneak a peak into the refrigerator to see the final product and opened and closed the refrigerator door a couple of times. "Where is it? Are you done yet? I can't see it!". I pulled out a tray of glasses and handed him a spoon. "It's not a cake! Wait…I am sorry. It's your birthday, I should have known better…"
Lemon poppy seed cake brushed with straight Limoncello and layered with strawberry and blackberry mousse. There is cake, there is cream and there is enough space to stick a candle in it. I am ready to celebrate!
Yes, it's my birthday and since I like to make myself something I really want, it is most often one of three things (and sometimes all at once): it usually contains lemons, it must be small and preferably in a verrine (glass). The sound of spoons digging that last bit of dessert in the bottom of a ramekin or glass is music to my ears. It doesn't mean the end. It means everybody reached the bottom and "cling-cling" wishes for more. Happy sound.
With the abundance of local strawberries and the hot days we have been having, I started craving something light and refreshing. Everyday I've also been getting wild blackberries from the woods across the street and my mere one cup harvest grew to a whopping 1 pound on Sunday morning. I don't think the new neighbors have realized yet the treasure laying at their feet just a few yards away. I am already scheming blackberry pies, cobblers, sorbet and secretly wish they don't figure out what I am doing in the morning, reaching down into the bushes. I want it all….I promise to share the results of my baking though. Promise. Yes, really!!
As I was eating my (early) birthday treat, I started thinking about Bea, Anita and Jeannette, also celebrating another year this month and Kate to-day! There is also one tiny person who now can be added to the list of May babies and that is Kristin's newest addition, Leah Katherine, born on Monday night. This dessert is for you all!
One year ago: Lemon Meringue Cake with Lemon Ice Cream.Two years ago: Birthday Girls and a chocolate cake.
Berry Mousse and Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Verrines:
Makes enough for ten to twelve 6 to 8 oz ramekins or glasses
For the cake:
1 1/2 cups (185gr) all purpose flour
1 cup (200gr) sugar
1 tablespoon (14gr) baking powder
1/4 (1.5gr) teaspoon salt
1/2 cup egg whites (about 3-4)
3/4 (175ml) cup milk
1/4 cup (62.5ml) lemon juice
grated zest of one lemon
1 tablespoon (9gr) poppy seeds
1 stick (113gr) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
For the strawberry mousse:
2 teaspoons powdered gelatin
1 tablespoon water
8 oz (210gr) strawberries, pureed
1/4 cup (50gr) sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 cup (6oz – 190ml) heavy cream
For the blackberry mousse:
2 teaspoons powdered gelatin
1 tablespoon water
8 oz (210gr) blackberries, pureed
1/4 cup (50gr) sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 cup (6oz – 190ml) heavy cream
Prepare the cake: preheat oven to 300F. In a large bowl, stir together all the dry ingredients for the cake. Set aside. In a separate medium bowl stir together the egg whites and the milk. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and slowly add in the egg white mixture while stirring with a whisk. Stir in the lemon juice, zest, the poppy seeds and the melted butter. Mix with a whisk until smooth. Line a quarter sheet pan with parchment paper, lightly spray with cooking spray and pour in the batter. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely and cut out as many disks as you need to fit inside your ramekins or glasses.
Prepare the strawberry mousse: sprinkle the gelatin over the water in a small bowl and set aside to bloom (soften).
In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, stir together the strawberries and sugar just until hot. Add the gelatin and stir until it is completely melted. Let cool to room temperature. In the meantime, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks. Once the strawberries are at the right temperature, carefully fold the whipped cream into the fruit base.
Prepare the blackberry mousse the same way.
Assemble the verrines: brush Limoncello on each of the cake pieces or rounds that are going to be used in the glasses. Place a cake round at the bottom of the glass, top with blackberry mousse, one cake round, strawberry mousse, one cake round, blackberry mousse. Finish with more wipped cream if desired (I added lemon zest to mine).


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PHP - Manual: CairoFontType
(No version information available, might only be in Git)
CairoFontType class is an abstract final class that contains constants used to describe the type of a given CairoFontFace or CairoScaledFont. The font types are also known as "font backends" within cairo.
The type of a CairoFontFace is determined by the how it is created, an example would be the CairoToyFontFace::__construct(). The CairoFontFace type can be queried with CairoFontFace::getType() or cairo_font_face_get_type()
The various CairoFontFace functions can be used with a font face of any type.
The type of a CairoScaledFont is determined by the type of the CairoFontFace passed to CairoScaledFont::__construct() or cairo_scaled_font_create(). The scaled font type can be queried with CairoScaledFont::getType() or cairo_scaled_font_get_type().
The font was created using CairoToyFont api
The font is of type CairoFreeType
The font is of type Win32
The font is of type Quartz
The font was create using cairo's user font api


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Here is help for Windows users:
You need to add dictionaries to your computer for Enchant.
1. Enchant looks in your registry keys, I don't know what keys it wants, but it looks here - I ignored all of these:
* Default User\Software\Enchant\Config
* Default User\Software\Enchant\Ispell
* Default User\Software\Enchant\Myspell
2. It looks for OpenOffice dictionaries (from the registry settings for OpenOffice)
3. It looks in folder [PHP]\share\myspell\dicts
I got it working by copying the en-us dictionary files from Firefox into \share\myspell\dicts, and renaming them en_US.*. You can download and install dictionaries from OpenOffice from here I think: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/dictionary
Enchant creates and writes to the following folder, so you must allow PHP read and write permissions to: [SYSTEM32]\config\systemprofile\Application Data\enchant
It would be convenient if Enchant could accept parameters to specify the location of the main dictionaries and user-dictionaries, I suppose the registry keys are the only way to do it.