Swell Radio (for iPhone)

The recently released Swell Radio is unofficially billed as "Pandora for radio," and after using it for several hours, I understand why. The free iPhone?app lets users stream news, comedy, sports, and business content to their Apple iPhones?content that adapts to your listening habits to create a customized experience. Fans of news, podcasts, and talk radio should consider giving Swell Radio a download.

Tuning In
Unlike Stitcher Radio (an app that provides a similar service), Swell Radio doesn't require you to create an account?you can jump right in. Swell Radio sports a simple but elegant interface that's remarkably clutter-free. Swell Radio utilizes "audio cards," rectangular panels that contain important information such as the show/station/podcast's name, runtime, and the broadcast date. There are also two icons that let you rewind a track in 10-second intervals or fast-forward in 30-second intervals. Tapping the small information icon flips the audio card where you can find a show synopsis and a link to the show's homepage.

NPR, Comedy Central Stand Up, and BBC Documentaries are just a handful of the many stations available. The audio streamed to my Sony MDR headphones was crisp and clear; in fact, Swell Radio sounded better than many terrestrial radio stations, as there were no pops or hisses. If you dig into the settings, you can find an option to for "high-quality streaming" that's designed to improve audio (when a show offers it).

Listening In
Brining a finger to the Swell logo opens a genre listing that includes technology, business, arts, TV& film, culture, music, comedy, and other categories. Selecting music took me from the informative Freakonomics show to a program that featured several indie artists. Switching categories causes Swell Radio to play a handful of the new genre tracks, before reverting to the normal mixed-content stream. Unlike Stitcher Radio you cannot ban or favorite shows.

Note: Swell Radio doesn't let you continuously listen to one topic or genre, as some other music streaming apps do. For example, if I fired up Slacker Radio's '80s station, I'd be fed nothing but tunes from the decade of decadence. Swell Radio, on the other hand, streams a variety of topics that are constantly tweaked based on several criteria. Swell Radio also doesn't offer live radio, which is SiriusXM Radio's bread and butter. Instead, it has timely recorded programming; I listed to Grantland's Jalen Rose Report podcast just hours just a few hours after it went live.

Like Slacker Radio and many other audio streaming services, Swell Radio constantly tweaks the listening experience based on your actions?it's not a traditional podcast. The app knows what you like based on how long you listened to a particular genre, when you skipped a program, the "wisdom of the Swell community," data from your Twitter stream (if you follow lots of sports teams, Swell Radio serves up more sports content), time of day, and the time since last fired up the app. You can also share content via Facebook, Twitter, and email. Swiping up on an audio card bookmarks a track, so that you can return to it at a later time.

Radio Days
There is a sea of iPhone apps designed to stream music, but very few have a laser-beam focus on news and talk. Swell Radio is impressive, but not strictly because of the novel idea; it's an app that iPhone users should download if they dig non-music radio and podcasts. Should developer Concept.io allow users to continuously stream their genres of choice (a feature that Stitcher Radio offers), this already impressive app will be that much better.

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Steroids and Your Health | Fellowship of Christian Athletes

??Please test your servants for 10 days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink??At the end of the 10 days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king?s food.? ? Daniel 1:12, 15

In recent months, steroid use in sports has drawn national attention from President Bush, Congress, league presidents and players? unions. Major League Baseball has been on the hot seat with allegations of steroid abuse by former player Jose Canseco and by testimonies from current superstars admitting the same.

The mantra in today?s sports world is ?bigger, stronger, faster!? And many athletes are willing to try just about anything to improve their performance on the field. But steroid use isn?t limited to the pros. According to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), over 6% of high school students have used steroids.

After listening for months to all of the sports talk shows and commentaries, it?s time to get the straight story on steroids.

What are steroids?

Anabolic steroids are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male hormone testosterone, which promotes muscle and bone growth. Athletes take them primarily to increase muscle mass and strength.

Can steroids improve sports performance?

While it is true that using steroids cannot improve your agility, skill or cardiovascular endurance, they can dramatically improve your strength, power and ability to recover from injuries. They may not help you hit a baseball, but they may help you hit it farther. However, the health risks associated with steroid use are profound.

What are the behavioral health risks of illegal steroid use?

Abuse of anabolic steroids can cause severe mood swings?from extreme irritability and aggression (?Roid Rage?) to feelings of invincibility to bouts of depression. Depression is common when steroid use is stopped and can lead to withdrawal and even suicide. Research also indicates that steroid use can be a gateway to other drug use.

What are the physical health risks of illegal steroid use?

In both men and women, anabolic steroid use can lead to elevated cholesterol levels, liver tumors and cancer, high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes and weakened tendons. The enemy wants you to believe that the only way that you can be strong enough to compete is by using artificial substances and drugs like steroids, even if they may ultimately destroy you. But God blessed Daniel and his friends with exceptional health because they chose to obey Him. Ultimately, steroid use is rooted in selfishness, pride and fear. Choosing God?s way will lead to life and health!

Health Risks

Men	Women
Infertility	Growth of facial and body hair
Baldness	Baldness
Severe acne	Severe acne
Impotence	Menstrual cycle changes
Development of breasts	Breast reduction
Difficult or painful urination	Deepened voice
Adolescents
Stunted Growth ? Teens who abuse steroids before or during the typical growth spurt may never reach their full height. The artificially high hormone levels close the growth plates in the bones signaling the body to stop growing prematurely.

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From Jimmy Page?s column, ?Fit4Ever? in the June, 2009 issue of FCA Magazine.

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Mich. gov. says bankruptcy the right choice

FILE - In this July 19, 2013 file photo, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, right, and state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr leave a news conference in Detroit after addressing the city's bankruptcy. Snyder is aggressively tying his reputation to the prospects of a Detroit turnaround. For the man with the ?one tough nerd? moniker, it?s the latest contentious decision in a 2 ?-year stretch remarkable for the sheer pace and breadth at which he?s moved. It may also be his legacy, as Wall Street and cities across the country watch. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - In this July 19, 2013 file photo, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, right, and state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr leave a news conference in Detroit after addressing the city's bankruptcy. Snyder is aggressively tying his reputation to the prospects of a Detroit turnaround. For the man with the ?one tough nerd? moniker, it?s the latest contentious decision in a 2 ?-year stretch remarkable for the sheer pace and breadth at which he?s moved. It may also be his legacy, as Wall Street and cities across the country watch. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, July 18, 2013 file photo, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, left, speaks as state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr listens during a news conference in Detroit. The decision to make Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection was tough to make, but it was the right one, Gov. Rick Snyder said Sunday, July 21, 2013, as he and Orr made the television talk show rounds. Bing, a first-term mayor who announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election in the fall, has been opposed to state oversight and bankruptcy. On Sunday, he told ABC?s ?This Week? that he hopes the filing can be a new start for the city of about 700,000 people. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

DETROIT (AP) ? It wasn't easy making Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, but it was the right decision, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Sunday as he, the city's mayor and its emergency manager made the television talk show rounds.

Snyder, a Republican, gave his blessing to emergency manager Kevyn Orr's decision to file for bankruptcy for Detroit on Thursday.

"We looked through every other viable option," Snyder said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

"The debt question needs to be addressed. But even more important is the accountability to the citizens of Detroit," said Snyder. "They are not getting the services they deserve and they haven't for a very long time. So this can has been getting kicked down the road for decades. Enough is enough and now's the time to turn it around."

On NBC's "Meet the Press," Snyder said if Detroit's restructuring proves successful, the city could roar back stronger than before.

"We're moving now on improving Detroit," he added.

The state hired Orr in March to fix Detroit's ballooning debt and more than $300 million budget deficit. He is a turnaround specialist and represented automaker Chrysler LLC during its successful restructuring.

Orr laid out his plans in a June meeting with debt holders, in which his team warned there was a 50-50 chance of a bankruptcy filing. The city then stopped paying $2.5 billion in unsecured debt to "conserve cash" for police, fire and other services.

Orr has said Detroit's long-term debt burden could be as much as $20 billion.

Over the past six decades, Detroit's population has shrunk from 1.8 million to about 700,000. The city has about 10,000 active public workers and 18,000 retired ones who are still owed pension and health benefits.

The costs of health care and pension contributions over the years have outpaced the revenue Detroit was bringing in from property and business taxes and other sources. The city has been unable to make those contributions and pay current payroll and other bills.

Funds that cover retiree health coverage are underfunded by about $5.7 billion. Ones that cover pension obligations are underfunded by about $3.5 billion.

"We're going to have a dialogue with the pension funds about what we can do," Orr told "Fox News Sunday."

"And all we're talking about in this restructuring is the unfunded component of those pension funds," he said. "There have to be concessions."

Bing, a first-term mayor who announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election in the fall, has been opposed to state oversight and bankruptcy. On Sunday, he told ABC's "This Week" that he hopes the filing can be a new start for the city.

"Detroiters are very, very resilient people," said Bing, a professional basketball Hall-of-Famer who spent most of his career with the NBA's Detroit Pistons. "Detroit is a very iconic city, worldwide. Its people will fight for this and we will come back."

But he doesn't expect much, if any, help in the way of bailout money from the federal government.

"Now that the (bankruptcy) filing is done, we need to step back and see what's next," Bing said. "The president has a lot on his plate. More than 100 major urban cities are struggling and going through this. We may be the first and one of largest, but we won't be the last."

Associated Press

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Calcutta News.Net - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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The Guardian - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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News.com.au - Monday 22nd July, 2013

The topic was trending on Twitter, while hundreds of mothers logged on to parenting website Mumsnet to give their opinions on the news.Broadcaster Piers Morgan tweeted: "Keep Calm...and Carry On. #Kate" and added: "My money's on an Australian cricket birth - all out by tea."Labour's former deputy prime minister John Prescott joked: "Great to hear the Duchess of ...

Royal Baby Stars Take to Social Media as Kate Middleton Goes Into Labor

Hollywood Reporter - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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All Africa - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Globe and Mail - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Touts Benefits Of Facebook Premium Subscriptions

RedOrbit - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Royal baby fever sweeps across social media

New York Post - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Twitter moves to block child abuse images

The Guardian - Monday 22nd July, 2013

Twitter is to introduce a tagging system to prevent child abuse images being posted on its service, which now sees millions of pictures posted among the 2bn tweets every five days.The intention is to introduce the system, which uses a Microsoft-developed industry standard called "PhotoDNA", later this year if possible.The move was revealed exclusively to the Guardian as the prime ...

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New Europe - Monday 22nd July, 2013

UN experts on sanctions blasted Facebook for refusing to answer questions about maritime piracy that is believed to be organised on the social media website. Reporting to the UN Security Council, they say that Somali pirates are supported by a network of accomplices, including bankers, businessmen, politicians and aid workers . "Investigations have confirmed that these myriad facilitators ...

Think before you app

IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Search Engine Watch - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Can Your Social Media Image Affect Your Chances of Getting Into College

CBS 5 - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

Apple has given no indication of when its software developer Web site will be up again, after it was hacked last week. No customer information was compromised during last week's hack of Apple's software developer Web site. The computing giant revealed yesterday that it had to take its software developer site down after it was hacked on ...

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IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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How Social Media Moves Consumers from Sharing to Purchase

Forbes - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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New ad strategy hinders Google

IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Vodafones European woes continue

IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

Vodafone does not expect any let-up in the pressures weighing on its business, as the world's second-largest mobile operator reported first-quarter results hit by regulation and recession across Europe. The British group, which has been battling regulator-ordered price cuts, economic pressures and competition throughout its European markets, said on Friday it expected the next three months ...

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StuckOn - Monday 22nd July, 2013

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Tradition _ mixed with social media _ to dictate how royal baby birth will be announced

Fox News - Monday 22nd July, 2013

Now that Kate is in the hospital, what can royal baby watchers expect next? How do royal fans find out when the infant has arrived? The short answer: Ignore all rumors on social media until there is an official announcement from Buckingham Palace. Unless you are Queen Elizabeth II or a senior member of the royal family, you will have to rely on a small piece of paper to get confirmed news that ...

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