Three students with an idea. Four months of planning. An eight-hour shoot. Five attempts at one single take. Oh, and one inescapable pop song.
These numbers alone don’t add up to something “going viral” online. No, there’s likely something else behind the rapid success of the Dalhousie Student Union’s new “lip dub.” Released on Friday, and featuring dozens of Dal students, the song-and-dance spin on Katy Perry’s summer hit California Gurls (rebranded Dalifornia Gurls, of course) has almost 9,000 views on YouTube as of Tuesday morning and is quickly becoming a Facebook and Twitter sensation. It was even featured on CTV News this week.
The swift response and glowingly positive feedback is a bit overwhelming to the video’s organizers.
“I’m blown away,” says Sarah Bouchard, political science and religious studies major. “I did not expect it.”
“It’s only been a few days, but the number of viewers...it’s been ridiculous,” adds Logan Astle, who just completed his physics and chemistry degree and is starting engineering in the fall.
If you’re unfamiliar with the term “lip dubs,” don’t feel too out-of-touch: they’re a rather recent phenomenon, one driven largely by university students. They’re performance videos that combine “lip syncing” (mouthing the words to a song) with “audio dubbing” (replacing the audio of the video with the original song file) and usually involve large groups of people singing along to pop songs in a hyper-stylized, theatrical fashion – often in one take.
The most famous lip dub – a video for the Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling by students at the Université de Québec à Montréal – caught the eye of several members of the DSU’s orientation week committee last year, but it was simply too late to think about planning one of their own. They returned to the idea this year, though, and it was greeted with great enthusiasm by the DSU executive and the rest of the committee.
“I think, for me at least, I just thought that if I were a first-year student coming to Dal, that would be one of the best things to get me excited for my orientation week,” says Gillian Fung, who just finished her BSc and is working on an electrical engineering degree. “It just looks like everyone in the video is having so much fun and it looks like they love where they are. And we wanted to capture that for our first-year students.”
The trio began brainstorming ideas for the lip dub back in April. They watched every other university lip dub video at least twice, taking notes on what they liked and didn’t like, and realizing very quickly that they’d need some professional camera equipment to pull off something that matched their vision. The also started a lengthy list of possible props, costumes and – of course – songs.
Deciding on a soundtrack for the video wasn’t easy. Right up until a final “decision day” in early July, the group was torn between songs by Katy Perry and Joel Plaskett.
“We had set out clear goals of what we wanted in a song, what we wanted it to portray: something upbeat and happy, simple lyrics, and something that was popular,” says Ms. Fung. “We needed something that might not be everyone’s favourite song, but something everyone had heard – especially the first-years. Part of us really wanted Joel Plaskett, but we were like, ‘This video isn’t for us.’”
Having decided on Perry’s hit, the team began storyboarding dozens of sight gag for the video, mapped out on floor plans put together by Ms. Fung. They met nearly every day (they’re all working on campus this summer) and would send excited e-mails among themselves anytime one of them came up with a great idea. In the final days before the August 8 shoot, they began taking their own handheld cameras around the SUB, testing shots and reworking the timing of the various segments.
“We made a lot of changes,” says Ms. Fung. “We had so many ideas, but we didn’t know how long it would take to walk around the building and what was reasonable.”
They also didn’t know how many people would show up. Though they’d scaled back their plans – an overly ambitious first draft of the routine, affectionately called the “what the heck?!” version by Mr. Astle, called for 240 participants – the organizers simply didn’t know how many responses they’d get to their open call for students to take part.
But arrive they did: over 40 of them, enough to make the video work provided that the students didn’t mind taking on several roles and spending their entire Sunday in the SUB, much of that time just waiting and preparing for the one-take shot attempts.
“Everyone was so great on the day of,” says Ms. Bouchard. “We had given everyone their role, and then we tracked them down an hour later and gave them even more roles! But everyone wanted to make it work and to work together as a team. They were like, ‘No, we can do this!” Take the conveyer belt of students, for example [at the 3:43 mark] – we weren’t going to do that, and everyone was saying, ‘No, it will be so much fun, we’ll make it work!”
It wasn’t easy getting the best take. A few of times, things went awry. The bit in the elevator was off-time. The balloons didn’t quite fall on cue. And the Dalhousie Tiger, played fearlessly by Mr. Astle, may have accidentally tackled the girl on the stairs [1:15] on one take when his feet gave out from under him. But with a professional steadicam operator filming the routine, things came together towards the end of the day. They got the take they were looking for on the fifth attempt.
“If [everyone] was tired, they didn’t show it,” says Mr. Astle. “Even after the hours they’d been waiting for us to do the walkthrough and get going, as soon as we started the song the first time, as soon as that music started playing in the SUB, everyone just got hyped up: cheering, yelling directions out at each other. It was ridiculous how much energy poured out.”
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As soon as the video went online Friday afternoon, that energy went digital.
“I left to go home last week, so I was in Maine,” says Ms. Bouchard. “The day it was released, I had a million text messages, Facebook and e-mails asking, ‘Have you seen it?’...All my friends in Maine watched it and they were like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool, I can’t believe you guys did that.’ It was great to get their fresh perspective on it...people who didn’t know anyone in the video, or anything about Halifax or Dalhousie.”
“It’s neat to read all the YouTube comments,” says Ms. Fung. “We’ve had comments from people who’ve graduated and say, ‘Oh, I wish I still went to Dal, I wish they had this when we were going there, this is so cool.’ But we’ve also had exactly what we were looking for, which is first-year students coming here saying, ‘I’m so glad that I chose Dal,’ or ‘Now I’m really excited for my orientation week, I can’t wait to get there.’”
DSU President Chris Saulnier is pleased as punch. “This is such a great way to get people excited,” he told Dal News – just before he was off to join the orientation committee around the television to watch the CTV News clip.
So back to the big question: why so popular so quickly? What is it about this self-consciously silly little video that’s connecting with people? Might it be the shameless enthusiasm on display? The presence of a Dal spirit that, perhaps, all too often hides in the corners of campus rather than out in the open?
“It’s such a big school that sometimes the school spirit is hard to direct and it gets lost,” says Ms. Fung. “I think and hope, for at least the people that go to Dal, that they’re sharing this video being like, ‘This is my school, I’m so proud that I go here because this is a look at the fun we have at our school.’”
“It’s so full of energy, and that’s what we were really trying to take from the Montreal one,” says Ms. Bouchard.
“And that’s something we always strive for, especially during orientation week – to make sure that students are energized in a positive way,” adds Mr. Astle, who adds that he knows several orientation week leaders who are taking the enthusiasm of the video to heart. “This is a really good head start for us.”
So the next question, then: is the DSU going to be a one-hit wonder, or is there a follow-up video in the works? The committee is planning some smaller video projects for orientation week, but they’re waiting until the fall to consider a second lip dub.
“We have a lot of good ideas that didn’t get used that I’d like to see put to use,” says Ms. Fung.
“We did this during the summer when there are a very limited number of students around and able to give us a full day for this sort of thing,” says Ms. Bouchard. “It would be fun to try and do one during the school year when we’d have 16,000 students to draw from.”
“Really, I’d just like to give everyone else the opportunity to take part in something like this,” adds Ms. Fung.”It really was as much fun as it looks.”
Did you see it?
Even if you’ve watched Dal-ifornia Gurls several times over, you might not have caught everything. Here’s a few cool details shared by the production team:
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With Afghan elections in full swing, premature speculations have created a great deal of paranoia within the campaign of Abdullah Abdullah, one of the two presidential candidates, as he alleges there has been an “industrial-scale” electoral fraud and that he was being set up for a loss he would not accept. He claims that President Hamid Karzai and a host of his close confidantes colluded with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to commit fraud, their goal being to either bring in Ashraf Ghani, Abdullah's opponent, as president or to create a post-election crisis that Karzai can exploit to remain in office. His campaign has not presented any firm evidence to show that either Karzai or Ghani was involved in rigging the election. The authenticity and sources of the tapes released by Abdullah's campaign — implicating a senior IEC official of electoral fraud, andshowing a handful of people stuffing ballot boxes allegedly in favor of Ghani — remains unverified.
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Nonetheless, as the official results of the runoff vote have yet to be announced, the possibility of higher voter turnout and fraud in both campaigns cannot be ruled out. However, Afghan voters are ready for a change and Afghanistan cannot afford further political uncertainty created by either of the two campaigns. In the interim, the best way forward is to avoid further speculation and give the election commission and the complaints commission the chance to first count the votes and then review and adjudicate the complaints. It is important that both contenders stick to the rules and abide by the conditions laid out under Afghan electoral law that they have signed on to and accepted.
Javid Ahmad is a Program Coordinator for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Ahmad Hemmat is a Washington, D.C.-based researcher and advisor to the chairman of International Energy Partnerships. The views expressed here are their own. Follow them on Twitter: @ahmadjavid and @hemmatahmad.
Phi Beta Iota: RYP is correct, although a couple of journalists have touched on reality, most Western coverage of the campaign and the run-off election's likely outcome has been rubbish — perhaps too many scotches to wash down Iranian caviar, along with typical “hotel warrior” laziness. This is the best article we have seen to date. Below are the two capstone articles previously posted here at Phi Beta Iota, the second includes a recap of talking points and all past posts. The third, just posted at CounterPunch yesterday, includes references to Afghanistan and why the Department of State and the White House and most of the US military get it wrong so often.


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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men after skin cancer. African-American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer in the world. Men with family histories of the disease are also at greater risk. In addition, the risk for prostate cancer increases with age. It most often appears after age 50.
The prostate gland is part of the male reproductive system. It produces semen, the fluid that carries sperm. The prostate gland is found below the bladder and in front of the rectum. Normally, the prostate is about the size of a walnut. As a man gets older, the prostate often becomes enlarged. More than one-half of American men over the age of 60 have some enlargement of the prostate. This is not usually caused by cancer but could possibly cause other problems.
What is Cancer of the Prostate?
Prostate cancer is a cancer that starts in the prostate gland. Cancer causes cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer form a lump or a growth called a tumor. If there is a cancerous tumor in the prostate, a man may not know it. Most cases of prostate cancer develop very slowly. However, in some men, it can grow quickly and spread to other parts of the body.
What Causes Prostate Cancer?
While the exact causes of prostate cancer are not known, certain risk factors have been linked to prostate cancer. A risk factor is something that increases a person's chance of getting a disease. Aging is the greatest risk factor for prostate cancer. Family history also plays a role. If a man's father or brother has cancer of the prostate, his risk is two to three times greater than average. Diet may also be a factor. Men who eat large amounts of animal fat, particularly fats from red meat, may face a greater risk of prostate cancer than men who eat less animal fat.
What are the Symptoms Of Prostate Cancer?
Often, there are NO symptoms in the early stages of prostate cancer. If symptoms DO occur, they can vary, depending on the size and exact location of the lump or the growth in the prostate. Since the prostate surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine and semen, any change in the prostate can cause problems with urination and ejaculation. However, similar symptoms can be caused by a number of things, including an infection or a non-cancerous condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
If a man has any problems with weak or interrupted flow or pain while urinating, painful ejaculation, blood in the urine or semen, or, a nagging pain in the back, hips or pelvis, he should see a health care provider or an urologist to find out what's going on. A health care provider may order tests to determine the cause of the symptoms.
What Type of Exam is Used to Detect Prostate Cancer?
Your health care provider may feel for any unusual lumps or growths on the prostate by pressing on it or using a gloved finger inside the rectum (digital rectal exam or DRE). Your health care provider may also order a blood test. This blood test measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein that is produced by the prostate. Higher than expected levels of PSA may mean that a tumor is present. However, high PSA levels may also be caused by an infection or an enlarged prostate. Talk with your health care provider about the tests that are right for you.
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If your health care provider finds something suspicious, more tests may be needed. Often, the problem may be just an enlarged prostate or a simple infection. Further tests, including urinalysis, blood tests, x rays, ultrasound or a biopsy, may help diagnose your problem. Your health care provider may refer you to an urologist or other specialists for some of these tests and for any needed treatments.
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You should get a second opinion before undergoing any treatment. Second opinions are covered under most health insurance plans in New York State, including Medicare and Medicaid. Seek advice from a specialist (urologist, surgeon, radiologist or oncologist) who has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
Not all treatments work for everyone. However, you have the right to know all the choices you have and to play an active part in treatment decisions.
Additional information is available to the public through the American Cancer Society 1-800-ACS-2345 and the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Information Service 1-800-4-CANCER. Many communities offer prostate cancer education and support programs that can provide you with help as you make your decisions and undergo treatment.
What is the Treatment?
The earlier prostate cancer is detected, the more options that are available. Surgery, radiation therapy (either external beam or internal seed implants), hormone therapy or some combination of these are all commonly used. Depending on your age and condition, and your wishes, your health care provider may recommend only that you be watched and tested several times a year. Some urologists feel that, for men over age 70, the risks of surgery or radiation treatment outweigh any benefits. Therefore, they recommend "watchful waiting". If you are younger and in good health, your health care provider will be more likely to recommend that the cancer be treated. Any treatment may have side effects. Talk with your health care providers about your treatment options. Make sure you understand the risks, benefits and chances of success.
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– record beer sales? Despite several years of recession, craft brewers are outpacing national, mass-production brands in sales. The Brewers Association released statistics this summer, reporting that the volume of craft beer sold in the US increased by 14 % in the first six months of 2011. According to CBS Denver, in 2010 alone, craft brew sales exceeded $7 billion in domestic sales – more than double the sales from the last decade. That same year, the export business for craft brews grew by 28%. And while national beer sales actually decreased by 2% last year, craft beers sales increased significantly – by fully 11%.
These striking numbers have some ale aficionados and lager lovers hailing craft beer as the “Champagne of Recession.” What explains this trend?
Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, explains that the surge in sales can be attributed to a newfound appreciation of variety and quality in beers. “America’s beer drinkers are rapidly switching to craft because of the variety of flavors they are discovering,” Gatza says. Incidentally, The Brewers Association also claims that the craft brew industry provides 100,000 jobs to the U.S. economy. While a rapidly expanding and diverse number of options may explain the rise of craft brews, the recession itself may also be fuelling craft beer sales. Many recognize that nice beer is a relatively inexpensive luxury, in comparison to other fine foods and beverages. For example, people hit hardest by the recession can justify splurging on everyday items like a $10 six pack to drink at home vs. an extravagant treat, like an expensive bottle of champagne. The tendency for consumers to purchase expensive food and gourmet items is just one way to cope with economic stress. Karen Grant, senior global industry analyst at the NPD Group, a market research company, says that “[Consumers] are finding little ways to sweeten life in the midst of all the madness.” In other words, in tough economic times, people are treating craft brews as “pragmatic luxuries” that they can justify purchasing on a frequent basis.
However, it isn’t solely grocery sales of craft beers that are reaping the benefits of their rising popularity. In fact, the number of breweries scheduled to open in 2011 is also on the rise from last year, with a good chance that a majority will be craft brewers.
Many have chalked this increase up to the “eat local” movement, including Gatza. “[Americans] . . . are connecting with small and independent craft brewers as companies they choose to support,” Gatza says.
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Local Club Music Empire and New York Tastemakers Push Baltimore Booty Beats Beyond Bodymore
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Last Nov. 18, Baltimore club music godfather and Unruly Records co-founder Scottie B played to a crowded West Village club of students, designers, skaters, DJs, and the usual assortment of downtown Manhattan scenesters. It was an unpredictable plot twist for the producer and DJ. “[In the ’90s] we said, ‘Forget New York,’” Scottie says of club producers’ past frustrations with the Big Apple, while sitting in Unruly headquarters near BWI Airport. “So we weren’t expecting [this kind of reaction], as far as club these days.”
These days, Baltimore club music is earning notoriety outside Charm City limits as a little heard, noncommercial, and—maybe most importantly—fun genre that has the country’s network of alternative dance DJs buzzing.
“It’s underground,” says Shawn Caesar, seated next to his partner, himself a longtime Baltimore DJ who formed Unruly with Scottie in 1994. “We can relate to [this new wave of interest], because that’s how it started with us 15 years ago, with a thousand people crammed in a rowhouse.”
Throughout the ’90s, the two had little luck getting their records in New York shops, let alone on the radio or in clubs. As Caesar puts it, “Playing New York was far out of the question 10 years ago.”
However, in the past six months Unruly has done all three. Scottie played downtown; Unruly records can be found in Manhattan DJ emporium Turntable Lab; and prominent satellite radio hip-hop jockey Cipha Sounds featured Scottie on his New York-based nationwide show, a trifecta that even five years ago would have been unimaginable. In 2006, Unruly has found itself with a whole new market, in what could shape up to be “the year that club broke”—“breaking” made easier with a little help from outside of club’s traditional inner circle.
Scottie B credits longtime friend and DJ Aaron LaCrate, a Baltimore native and New York transplant, for initially opening his eyes to the possibilities for the music’s expansion.
“He talked to me for three or four hours, and I started to see what was going on,” Scottie says. “I didn’t have any idea. We knew they were into it in Philly, in the black crowds, but we didn’t know anything about any white crowds anywhere.”
“Cipha Sounds hit me up [to appear on his show],” LaCrate says on the phone from New York. “And I’m like, ‘Yeah, but I gotta make sure that Scottie is there.’ It’s not all about me. It’s about people getting the recognition that they deserve.”
While the show was a big break for the Unruly duo, their biggest move to date has to be Bmore Gutter Music, a DJ mix of club classics, new-wave tunes, tracks styled on U.K. grime, and even a club tune that chops up samples from hipster TV fave Curb Your Enthusiasm.
“I was trying to bring together different worlds,” LaCrate says. “That’s what Gutter Music represents. It’s not trying to be club music—it’s not trying to be anything.” The CD is executive-produced by Scottie B, but also features young Philly rappers Spank Rock and Amanda Blank. This pair operates well outside of the traditional club scene and could easily be labeled gate-crashers. But all those involved are keenly aware that the CD may not fit all of the traditional Baltimore club archetypes.
“The only people that are concerned about outsiders are the real outsiders,” LaCrate adds with a laugh.
The release also prominently features Philadelphia DJ Low Budget of Hollertronix fame; as a white boy from Philly, Low Budget doesn’t necessarily fit into the traditional club schema either.
“I came in contact with it the same way any DJ comes in contact with local music,” Low Budget explains from his studio in Philly. “It’s not like I found it on the internet; I know it from spinning it to people. I would never try and say I’m some B-more club king, and I would love to put on the original guys. Maybe if it does take me getting booked somewhere, eventually these same kids are going to say, ‘Yo, so we got Low B here, but let’s get the original guys—like [DJ] Technics and Scottie and Rod [Lee]—because they’re the real deal.’”
Such a scenario is already playing out, as LaCrate and Rod Lee were recently tapped to play Pennsylvania’s Haverford College this coming March. And what does Lee himself make of all these new white fans? “I don’t care who you are,” Lee says, sitting on the balcony at Hammerjacks. “When you’re DJing, it’s a gig. So to see the majority of the crowd be white, it’s like, ‘Alright, cool, I’m ready to make these motherfuckers dance.’”
Lee, in fact, made motherfuckers dance in New York in 2005 before Scottie did. And before Lee played New York, DJ Technics did. So who’s bringing the Baltimore club crew to the city?
“Roxy’s a trendsetter,” Lacrate says of party promoter Oxy Cottontail, aka Roxy Summers. “She brought club to New York first. The reason the Cipha Sounds shit happened [is because] people that are friendly with Cipha Sounds go to her parties. That’s where the urban shit starts, downtown. It’s catalytic.”
Summers booked Lee to play New York in June 2005, then Scottie later that fall. “We brought Hollertronix and Technics up two years ago for my birthday party,” Summers says by phone from New York. “April 2003. And that was the first time [booking a Baltimore club DJ]. Everyone was feeling it. Rod Lee gave me the biggest hug, like, ‘Thank you so much!’ [Club DJs are] down to play for anyone.”
Scottie B has his own take on the Baltimore/NYC connection. “All the people in New York that got the ups with the club promotions and all that—Oxy, Gary [Hunt, Scottie’s booking agent], and Aaron—they’re all from Maryland,” he says. “I don’t think anyone knows! Oxy’s from Columbia, Gary’s from P.G. [County], and Aaron’s from Baltimore. Somebody should suspect something. Aaron knows all the way back, Gary knows maybe 95 percent, and Oxy knows about 60 percent [of club music’s history]. Somebody’s eventually going to see they’re up on it, way more than the crowd, way more than the movement is itself.”
Shawn Caesar sees the trend of Baltimore DJs playing outside the city and also DJs outside Baltimore spinning the records as an important step in the music’s growth, as well as sustaining the audience it already has, and he looks forward to it continuing.
“I’m all for anybody bringing awareness to it, that’s helping the genre,” Caesar says. “We’re already talking about a genre of music that’s in one marketplace, and then you’re targeting an even smaller portion of that population. We are the forefront of the genre, you know what I mean. Unruly nearly is the genre, so if the genre’s moving forward then we’re moving forward.”

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Source: Priyanka Chopra Instagram
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas is on cloud nine these days following the success and Oscar nomination of her film The White Tiger. The Quantico star also turned an author a few months ago and recalled in an interview how she prevented a wardrobe malfunction from happening during the Miss World 2000 pageant in front of thousands of people.
Priyanka Chopra, who went on to be crowned as Miss World 2000, told People that she was dressed in an off-shoulder deep cut gown, with a sheer dupatta wrapped around her elbows and a matching neckpiece. She said that her dress was "taped on" to her. By the end of the day, she was sweating a lot which resulted in the possibility of the dress coming apart. To prevent that from happening, she kept her hands folded in a "namaste" gesture and saved her face in front of everyone. Priyanka also added that everyone thought that she was actually doing "namaste" to everyone, but in fact, she was only doing that to hold her dress up.
In another instance of wardrobe malfunction, Priyanka mentioned that her outfit from the 2018 MET Gala was a custom made Ralph Lauren gown made of deep red velvet and a golden headpiece. She recalled that the corset that she wore underneath the dress was very tight and uncomfortable. She felt as if it "reshaped" her ribs. The actor added that she couldn't breathe nor could she eat much that day.
On the work front, Priyanka Chopra Jonas recently published her biography Unfinished that went on to become a best-seller. She was last seen in the Oscar-nominated movie The White Tiger. The actor who frequents between the US and India will be next seen in the latest instalment of the Matrix series starring Keanu Reeves She will also appear in the English language film Text For You, which is a remake of the German film SMS für Dich. She is also the founder of Purple Pebble Pictures, a production house based in Mumbai.
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The finding aid for the Newell and Eleanor Long Show files is now available! Newell Long was a music professor at Indiana University from 1935 to 1975 and his wife Eleanor taught English at IU from 1939 to 1962. Together the couple wrote a number of musical pageants, plays, and skits for university and local events. Newell Long would write the musical scores and Eleanor Long composed the scripts. The collection includes general information on the shows, music, programs, and scripts.
Many of these shows were either Indiana or IU themed, including “All’s Wells That Ends Well,” a musical tribute to Herman B Wells upon his retirement as IU President in 1962. The musical revue was performed by faculty and their spouses and included songs such as “The Might of the Humble B,” “Wells’ Belles,” and “Be Yourself.” Other items you will find in the collection about “All’s Wells that Ends Wells” includes notes, musical scores, lyrics, scripts, and a newspaper article.
“Gloriana, Indiana,” a musical history of IU, was written by the Longs and presented to the University Club for the 150th anniversary of Indiana University. Original songs include “Tomorrow is Foundation Day” and “Equality for Women.” The show files also contain music for “Hymn to Indiana” and “Hail to Old IU.”
Among other shows featured in the collection are “The Cradle of the Commonwealth,” for the Corydon Sesquicentennial, “The Tale of the Lonesome Tulip Tree,” for the Tulip Trace Council of Girl Scouts, and “Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman,” for the University Club.
The finding aid for retired IU School of Fine Arts faculty member, Joan Sterrenburg, is now available! The collection offers a unique view into the teaching theories and professional development of fine arts faculty. Sterrenburg taught at IU from 1970 until 2004 and was part of an innovative group of professors who helped develop studio art into the dynamic program it is today.
In the late 1970s and early 80s IU offered one of the largest and most comprehensive textile programs, teaching traditional and non-traditional techniques, handwork, and off-loom processes. The Sterrenburg papers reflect the evolution of the program. In addition to her work as faculty in textiles, Sterrenburg founded and directed the Indiana University Handmade Paper Facility from 1979-1989. The collection contains an extensive amount of research about the history and practice of papermaking and development of dye recipes.
In a 1983 exhibition catalogue, Sterrenburg explained her artistic practice, which combined “image involvement with color interaction, modular construction, and an interplay of visual systems composed of constants and variables. I work to create energy and tension. I am totally seduced by the surface and ‘edge’ quality I can generate with hand-made paper. I have always worked to achieve a magical interaction of surface/material and structure/process.”
This philosophy of aesthetics is apparent in the large amount of 35mm slides included in the collection. There are also exhibition catalogs containing images of Sterrenburg’s works such as this piece from a 1983 show at the Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, New York:”
There are also numerous teaching slides that illustrate the perception of color, perspective, and pattern, meant to inspire students to integrate the concepts into their work. Sterrenburg maintained contact with many of her students; the collection contains letters from appreciative students describing their post-graduation accomplishments and slides of their artworks and exhibitions.
This collection demonstrates the effort that goes into developing the curriculum of a studio art program and the challenge of balancing the inspiration of students along with the maintenance of one’s own artistic development. Sterrenburg’s papers are evidence of the excellence and creative spirit of the School of Fine Arts faculty.
Do you need to know anything about Indiana University from 1940-1959? This just may be the collection for you! The finding aid for the Indiana University Vice President and Dean of the Faculties records is now online and is a treasure trove of information on university activities before, during, and after World War II.
The Dean of the Faculties Office was created in May 1940 for the purpose of overseeing the administration of academic affairs. In creating this office, university president Herman B Wells hoped to distribute his duties, particularly during his absences, by giving the Dean of the Faculties responsibility for undertaking some of the public appearances, acting on academic problems and proposals, and serving as a member of all university faculty groups.
The first Dean of Faculties, Herman T. Briscoe, oversaw the office during World War II and during the post war rise in attendance. Most prominent in this collection, which dates from Briscoe’s tenure, is correspondence relating how the university responded to World War II, including national defense, curriculum, and student affairs. The patient researcher will find records addressing whether or not Japanese-Americans should be admitted to IU and how to assist students from China who had lost all communication with their families.
Since the Dean of Faculties was a member of all faculty groups, there are also records about the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Law, Graduate School, Music, Education, Arts and Sciences, and Business, as well as numerous committees and departments.
As always, let us know if you would like additional information or to schedule an appointment to access the records!
The finding aid for the Bureau of Public Discussion records is up! The philosophy behind the services of this Indiana University department established in 1914 was that state universities should serve the people of the state. Services included aids to teachers at all levels as well as home reading courses for Indiana residents.
One of the Bureau’s largest activities was the Package Library service. Early on, this service consisted of maintaining collections of clippings or materials drawn from recent publications on current issues, and by 1944 they began publishing Package Library Briefs. These Briefs contained short explanations on present-day hot topic issues and included a bibliography for further reading. There are Briefs on all sorts of topics in the collection – from the American school system and foreign policy to those focusing upon minorities.
The Bureau was also involved with the Indiana Federation of Art Clubs which sought to bring art clubs from around the state together in an effort to coordinate exhibits and lectures. Their bulletins chronicle the goings-on of the art world in Indiana and those in this collection span from the first one in 1927 through 1954.
Additionally, the Bureau of Public Discussion administered a reading course program on behalf of the U.S. Office of Education for residents of Indiana. People could sign up for the course, then read the prescribed books on topics such as history, literature, or parenting, and then write and submit summaries. In exchange, they would receive a certificate of completion. One reading course targeted to boys reasoned that they only work ten hours a day, six days a week, leaving plenty of leisure time for reading! Perhaps parents and grandparents are right and kids do have it easy these days!
As always, for further information on this collection, contact the Archives!

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Lincoln Park may refer to several towns, neighborhoods, parks, and census-designated places in the United States, as well as a national park in Australia and a public park in Mexico City.
Lincoln Park is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) park along Chicago, Illinois's lakefront facing Lake Michigan.
Lincoln Park was a noted amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1902 to 1930. It was located uptown near the intersection of Carrolton Avenue and Earhart Boulevard. It was devoted to amusements for the city's African American population.


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5 edition of The problem at Pepperpine Zoo found in the catalog.
2004 by Greenwood Street Pub. in Phoenix, AZ .
Paulie Parrot, who can only repeat kind words, influences the animals of Pepperpine Zoo to change their rude behavior and helps keep the zoo from closing.
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James Patterson’s Zoo – Robb’s Chapter Breakdown Posted by bookedpodcast on Septem So here’s a collection of thoughts I had while reading James Patterson’s book Zoo, which we recently reviewed on Booked.
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Patterson, I suspect his only real failing was putting his name on this "co-authored" book in the first place. I don't know how much of Zoo was written by Patterson, and how much by Michael Ledwidge, but it would not surprise me one bit if every one of the ham-handed, amateurish mistakes made in the writing were made by.
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At the end of the day, count up all the animals you. In zoo parlance, they’re known as charismatic megafauna. We’re talking lions, tigers, and other large creatures. They are the big-ticket beasts and the reason, historically anyway, why people.
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Most of today’s non-profit. Detailed descriptions of the top 53 U.S. zoos are author has visited each zoo, and his review includes hours and admission fees, driving and bus directions, don't-miss exhibits, touring tips to make a visit easier and more efficient, and details on the entertainment available.
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Liza: You are sooo funny, dad. John: Can a zebra walk across a zebra crossing. Mum: I don’t think so. Posts about animal attacks at zoos written by Philo. Thomas French is a journalist who covered Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo for a number of years, writing numerous articles for his newspaper, and eventually putting all the material into book form.
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Abandoned car left outside private property for the last 5 days now, blocking parking place for a private property parking.Asked and checked with all neighbours around the area and the car isn't belong to anyone who lives around the area. Address bridle lane hampton vale pe7 8je.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Piggyback electronics and an add-on "vapor chamber" could be used to increase the mileage of existing automobile and truck engines by almost one-third while lowering emissions.
Vapor Fuel Technologies (Beavercreek, Ore.) claims it accomplishes this by vaporizing fuel and mixing it with super-hot air, enabling modified electronic control circuitry to coax the same horsepower out of engines while burning less fuel and cutting emissions. The company plans to offer retrofit kits for American vehicles within a year, and hopes to close deals to include its technology on new models from U.S., European and Asian auto makers by 2010.
"What we have is a fuel-conditioning system," said Raymond Bushnell, founder of Bushnell Engineering Inc., also of Beavercreek, the contract engineering company developing the fuel vaporization system for Vapor Fuel Technologies. "We are working with Unichip of North America, which is creating the necessary electronic control circuitry to integrate our vaporization system into a retrofit. So we can take this technology and put it on existing vehicles, typically the gas hogs."
Electronic modules from Unichip (Hillsboro, Ore.) are typically used to boost the performance of existing vehicles by intercepting signals from sensors and modifying their values before delivery to an engine control unit. Instead of increasing horsepower, a module being created by Unichip for Vapor Fuel Technologies will modify data flowing to and from the stock control unit to accommodate the super-heated vaporized fuel mix that provides increased fuel economy and lower emissions.
"We are currently finalizing the specifications of the electronics we will supply to Vapor Fuel Technologies as an OEM module," said Jack Friedman, general manager for Unichip of North America. "By modifying our firmware so that it offers the necessary functions to manage the vaporized fuel mix, Vapor Fuel Technologies will be able to fine tune our unit to control the engines of existing vehicles."
Electronics supplied by Unichip for retrofits, however, will not be needed by auto makers that license the vapor fuel technology. Car manufacturers will only need to modify their intake manifolds and reprogram their existing control units to boost fuel economy and reduce emissions.
Vapor Fuel Technologies hired an independent laboratory, California Environmental Engineering (Santa Ana, Calif.), which is certified by both the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board . The results of the testing showed performance comparable to a stock Ford F-150 test vehicle, while achieving fuel economy that was better by more than 30 percent; about 30 percent less emissions were released, the tests found.
"It's hard to both increase gas mileage and reduce emissions at the tailpipe, but Vapor Fuel Technologies has accomplished just that," said Joe Jones, California Environmental Engineering research director. "We think they have room to make even more improvements in future versions."
If this company claims to have independent test performed that confirm their claims of 30% fuel savings with no loss of horsepower, they need to publish those tests on their website (those tests docments are conspicuously absent on the company's website.)
In other words, it's time to put up or shut up.
A quote from the test company's research director that conducted the test isn't enough for you? Why would you need to see such test documentation? Reading both the companies web site, this article, and the other posted on their news page (which it looks like you failed to do) would indicate that they have all ready "put up". Who are you to say what a company need to put on their web site? I didn't know there was an Internet Police, perhaps you have a badge number? So, Mr. Broccoli, where is your fuel saving device, patents and independent test result? I see you failed to post them.
This does sound on the edge of too-good-to-be-true (and you know what your mother said about things that sounded too good to be true) so I am going to follow up in 6 months -- if the numbers are true this will have made a big splash by then -- it not, their web page will remain static. I will also try to determine whether they are using this annoucement to bring in investors.
when you say "The same fuel mixture enters the engine, but because hotter air occupies more space and provides more power, it enables a simultaneous savings in fuel economy and lower emissions." you are contradictating yourself. If the air is hotter and occupies more space, then you have less mixture inside the cylinder (a constant volume unit) and you should have less maximum power output from the engine. If your engine is a large one, you can get savings because you also reduce the drag associated to the vacuum in the intake.
I'm not a engine expert, but I think the same work could be done with variable intake valve timing.
Oh, no. Not another one. Doesn't anyone think that if it was that easy to improve mileage and cut emissions, that car manufacturers with their millions in research dollars would have done this twenty years ago? This inevitably will turn out to provide little to no improvement in either fuel economy or emissions except by the fuel savings gained by lightening the wallet of the consumer.
To answer why I think test documents should be made available:
1) If the test data proves out the inventor's claims, it would only be to the inventor's benefit to make the test documents available.
2)There's huge precedent for supposed fuel-saving gizmos that just somehow never pan out.
3)Modern engines already burn fuel 98-99% completelly, so there just isn't any room for this claim of 30% improvement in mileage of a car retrofitted with this vaporization system. See this link for more explanation of this point:
So since the inventor's claims don't make any freakin' sense, I think it pretty reasonable to ask for the test data.
between the hydrogen generators, fuel catalysts and other things that never seems to make it to the big market its easy to be a skeptic, but you never know until you try it. however i am curious how they can claim a more powerful combustion by displacing gas with hot air, everything i've learned about cars says that cold air and a leaner mixture creates more power...but warmer air improves milage since less fuel is needed to keep the air fuel ratio consistant
im also curious about how they could control their "auto ignition" without causing premature detonation
Heating the air to force the evaporation of the fuel may give better mileage, it will also cause a serious problem with pre-ignition and detonation in the cylinders. When the piston compresses the air/fuel mixture, it will cause it to heat up (basic physics). If it is pre-heated "to near the point of spontaneous combustion" the added heating of compression will cause pre-ignition which will cause significant damage to the engine. Then there is the issue of getting the same amount of power out of the engine. By preheating, the mixture density is lower giving a lower combustion pressure. The result is a lower amount of power from the air/fuel mixture. The F150 in the article will have a very hard time trying to pull a trailer with this type of fuel system feeding it. The full amount of power of a carbureted or fuel injected engine will be impossible to achieve with this system.
"Work to Ride",
GM had an experimental intake manifold and carburetor in the early 1950s. It somehow got into a production 1951 Buick Roadmaster that reached a dealer in Pittsburgh. The car was sold to a local man. The man came back to the dealer for routine maintenance and raved about how he was getting 35 miles to the gallon. A short while after, representatives from GM came to acquire the car back from the dealer. When they found out the car was sold the GM folks approached the buyer to buy back the car. At first the buyer wouldn't sell but eventually he did. In case you didn't catch that, this was a Buick Roadmaster. That's a big heavy car with a V-8 engine.


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Led by such expertly stylized groups as the chart-topping BTS, K-pop may be South Korea's biggest cultural export, scaling American music charts thanks almost entirely to fans cultivated on social media.
Six of the top 10 artists on the Billboard Social 50 this week are K-pop stars. The chart tracks artists' social media reach in the United States, where K-pop has exploded despite language and other cultural barriers.
"There was no radio play, there was no TV exposure, there was just no mainstream avenues to access K-pop," said Angela Killoren, the COO of the company that produces KCON, the largest Korean culture convention in the United States. Killoren credits fans' enthusiasm for K-pop stars spread online with the genre's rapid rise outside South Korea.
"Since the very beginning, K-pop artists have really embraced social media and having this direct communication with fans," Killoren said. "I think there's always a lot of trends that you see in K-pop that then later on go on to other genres of music as well."
K-pop entered the American mainstream in 2009, when BoA became the first artist in the genre to chart an album on the Billboard 200. By the time Psy's viral hit "Gangnam Style" took over in 2012, K-pop was a regular part of the American soundtrack.
The ubiquitous success of "Gangnam Style" is one reason why K-pop events like KCON have become so popular in the U.S. Almost 130,000 fans from all over the country converged on the Los Angeles Convention Center and the Staples Center this week to meet their favorite K-pop artists, who rarely tour in the U.S., and to celebrate the latest in Korean culture.
"We knew we had a really passionate fan, and we wanted to figure out something we knew would be an amazing experience for them, but the fan now is creating an amazing experience for everyone else," Killoren said. "The energy and the number of people who come to KCON has just exploded and it’s been great."
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Having kicked off their musical journey just last year, powerhouse Disco/Symphonic Metal band Makes My Blood Dance is just dropped their very first single “Beaming Right Up” – available on all digital platforms (iTunes, Google Play, Spotify) and the newly minted USB dog tags exclusive at live shows
“Beaming Right Up” is the first of SIX new singles to be released by the band, mixed by Dave Ogilvie (Tool, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie), produced by Kallie Marie (Explosives For Her Majesty, rainMKERS), recorded and engineered with Paul Ritchie (Parlor Mob). The high-octane hit features powerhouse vocals laced melodically through their signature disco metal groove with masterful guitar work. The vibe is Saturday night fever meets guitar hero 2099.
“MY HEARTS BEEN THUMPIN’, THINKIN’ BOUT OUR LOVIN’, CRAMPIN’ ON THE PROBLEMS, TEARIN’ UP THE COVERS, BUT IT’S BLOOD ON THE BUTTONS, ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHIN’, CRAMPIN’ ON THE PROBLEMS, TEARIN’ UP THE COVERS……NOW I’M BEAMING RIGHT UP, BEAMING RIGHT UP, BEAMING RIGHT UP!”
“Disco metal – think Rammstein meets The Bee Gees with a touch of symphonic greatness flooding the room amongst an orgy of head banging, dancing and grinding” – Makes My Blood Dance is the latest and greatest new band to come out of Brooklyn, NY’s ever burgeoning music scene. Fronted by powerhouse vocalist/frontman Evan Russell Saffer (Fixer, ERS, RainMKERS) and the guru of technical/witch of the west/guitarist/programmer John Polimeni (Proxima Control) MMBD started taking shape in late 2017. Through patience and determination they began working out arrangements and adding lyrics and melodies as the new music began to flow naturally. Adding a whole new roster of talented musicians, they built the beast one by one enlisting Alex “Mother Russia” Nikitin (Bass) and finally landed Carlos “CK1” Gordillo (Drums) after hiring several fill-in drummers along the way. “John and I knew we had something special and took our time until the family felt complete. I feel lucky to play with these guys” ~ Evan Russell Saffer
Thursday, May 15th, 7:00PM @ Revolution Music Hall, Amityville, NY
Saturday, June 1st, 8:00PM @ Metal Fest Explosive hosted by Don Jamieson at Dingbatz, Clifton, NJ

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For over 20 years, Steve Okun has led digital transformations for some of the top retail brands in Canada and the US. Steve is a champion for the end-customer, and has proven repeatedly that a customer-centric approach will lead businesses to long-term financial returns. As an IT leader, Steve has reengineered the enterprise technology platforms of several national Canadian retailers, including Indigo Books & Music, and Canadian Tire. As a merchant, Steve has led businesses through double digit growth. And as a consultant, Steve has architected the digital transformation of some of retail's leading brands, including Meijer, The Children's Place, and Holt Renfrew. Steve Okun is the Director of Consulting at /N SPRO Consumer Industries. /N SPRO is a services consultancy that specializes in SAP implementations for the Consumer Industries.


Only two of the five largest corn-producing states have over half of their acres harvested so far as rain continues to slow field operations. These include Illinois with 73% and Indiana with 59% in the bin. The others are Nebraska with 45%, Iowa with 44% and Minnesota with only 38% of their corn crops harvested. Regardless, each of the largest producing corn states remain well behind last year’s pace at this point, as well as their 5-year averages.
Overall, USDA is reporting that 54% of the corn crop has been harvested as Oct. 29. This lags last year’s progress for this date by 19% and the 5-year average by 18%.
The ag agency reported no change from the previous week in the overall condition of the corn crop. Currently, USDA rates corn as 66% “good” (50%) and “excellent” (16%). This continues to lag the 5-year average for corn condition, which stands at 74% “good” (54%) and “excellent” (20%).
On the other hand, the largest soybean producing states are keeping up with last year’s and the 5-year average for acres harvested for this date. According to USDA, 83% of soybeans are in the bin vs. a year ago when 85% had been harvested by Oct. 29. The 5-year average is 84%.
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The Elder Scrolls VI Won't be Coming Any Time Soon, Says Pete Hines
The Elder Scrolls VI will be coming out after Starfield, another mysterious title from Bethesda.
Almost two years have passed since Todd Howard, the director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, revealed a short teaser trailer for The Elder Scrolls VI. In the time since, there has been absolutely no word from Bethesda on the game’s development. Essentially, everything about it is completely unknown. After an exchange with a user on Twitter, Pete Hines, Bethesda’s president of marketing, has made it clear that we won’t be learning anything about the title for a long time.
After being tagged and asked about the status of The Elder Scrolls VI, Hines replied bluntly, saying, “if you’re coming at me for details now and not years from now, I’m failing to properly manage your expectations.” He also included that the next entry in The Elder Scrolls series won’t be Bethesda’s next title. The Elder Scrolls VI will instead be arriving after Starfield, another mysterious title. Starfield was announced at the same E3 2018 presentation as The Elder Scrolls VI, and has also been kept under wraps.
It’s not entirely surprising that Bethesda hasn’t focused on either of these titles. Its recent releases, including Fallout 76: Wastelanders, Doom: Eternal and Wolfenstein: Youngblood, have been demanding. That being said, with these titles published and mostly out of the way, focus at Bethesda could be shifting towards future titles. It’s not clear whether we’ll have any news in the coming months either. Bethesda has currently opted out of hosting any digital or physical shows, though may present in other outlet’s showcases.
Of course, Hines’ exchange couldn’t end without fans pestering him, at least a little. When asked if a deep dive of Starfield is in the near future, Hines replied with “someday.” Naturally, this followed:
jfc. You guys are impossible. Enjoy your disappointment.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) May 11, 2020


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CENTRALIA, WA-Port of Centralia officials reported that a new, major development is coming to Lewis County. The multi-use project, Centralia Station, will be built on approximately 50 acres of land. Construction is expected to start by 2014.
Preliminary plans include nearly 400,000 square feet of retail space, 400,000 square feet of warehouse space, nearly 30,000 square feet of space for medical facilities, 40,000 square feet of space to house Centralia College facilities as well as 10 acres of sports fields. For the full story, go to Puget Sound Business Journal .
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Last December, we published our fifth issue of Claritas! Covering topics from food to pain (which are clearly unrelated… or are they?), this issue highlights Conflict in Community by following the narrative arch of humanity: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration.
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As we enter 2017, it's our 11th year of publication. We started back in January of 2006, so last month marked 10 full years of bringing you interesting travel stories that go beyond the fluff you end up with in most other places in print or online.
Sometimes we think we're going a bit too strange, but as I pulled up our most popular stories for this month's special look back, strange won out over normal most of the time. Both in the top-10 of the past three years and our top-10 stories of all time, you all have some bizarre tastes. Top travelers' tales were about a serial killer in Panama, uranium poisoned mountain men, zipline accidents, Malaysian heavy metal, a burning devil next to a gas station, mystery temples on a small Pacific island...
In the present, author Lydia Carey makes her debut with a road trip piece on driving the length of Baja, while I return to the Philippines after having a lousy experience the first time around as a young backpacker.
Then we spin some notable world music albums, this month with Graham Reid checking out tunes from multiple continents. William Caverlee reviews three new travel books.
We give away something cool for travelers each month and our most recent gear recipient is reader Kevin G. of Colorado. His name came out of the randomizer to pick up the Nat Geo Response Compresslite jacket from Craghoppers we gave away in December.
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How do you enter? Simple, just be a part of our monthly e-mail newsletter community and watch for the entry instructions the first week of each month. Or you can follow us on Facebook and pay close attention to our feed. This was Kevin's first entry and he scored. You could be next.
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When it comes to updating Apple operating systems, Apple makes very few changes but makes sure that the changes made are beneficial. With iOS 16, users can add medications to their Health app and set medication reminders in iOS 16.
Thousands of users around the world use the Apple Health app to track their health. You can use your iPhone to track your heart rate, blood oxygen levels, medications, steps taken, sleep, and headphone volume levels, among other things. Fitness enthusiasts use Apple Health.
Do you want to know how it works? You can set medication reminders in iOS 16 using this guide.
Medication use and tracking requirements
By using iPhone you can track the medication with minimal steps. The first thing you need to do is update your iPhone to iOS 16.
The following iPhone models are compatible with iOS 16:
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
- iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13, 1 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max
How to set medication reminders in iOS 16
- On your iPhone, open the Health app.
- If you open the Health app first time then Click on Continue to Set up the Health App.
- Tap Browse and select the Medications option.
- Click on Add a Medication.
- Enter the Name of the medicine in the text box → Click on the Next button.
- Select the Form of the medicine → Tap on the Next button.
- In the text box, Enter the strength of the medicine.
- The strength of the medication can also be selected in mg, mcg, or g. After you’ve completed the form, Tap Next.
Note: If you Know the Strength of medicine otherwise Skip this Step.
- Select Interval from the Frequency drop-down menu.
- Set the dose quantity and Start Date on the same page.
- Now you can set the time for this dose. Click on Next.
- Choose the medicine’s shape and color, then tap Next or Skip.
- Add a nickname for the medicine, and if you have any notes, add them now.
Being able to set medication reminders is extremely useful, especially for older adults. It’s important to set medication reminders for your parents and make sure they don’t miss their medication.

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Leukemia 2011 Aug;25(8):1286-96
Steady-state egress of hematopoietic progenitor cells can be rapidly amplified by mobilizing agents such as AMD3100, the mechanism, however, is poorly understood. We report that AMD3100 increased the homeostatic release of the chemokine stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1) to the circulation in mice and non-human primates. Neutralizing antibodies against CXCR4 or SDF-1 inhibited both steady state and AMD3100-induced SDF-1 release and reduced egress of murine progenitor cells over mature leukocytes. Intra-bone injection of biotinylated SDF-1 also enhanced release of this chemokine and murine progenitor cell mobilization. AMD3100 directly induced SDF-1 release from CXCR4(+) human bone marrow osteoblasts and endothelial cells and activated uPA in a CXCR4/JNK-dependent manner. Additionally, ROS inhibition reduced AMD3100-induced SDF-1 release, activation of circulating uPA and mobilization of progenitor cells. Norepinephrine treatment, mimicking acute stress, rapidly increased SDF-1 release and progenitor cell mobilization, whereas β2-adrenergic antagonist inhibited both steady state and AMD3100-induced SDF-1 release and progenitor cell mobilization in mice. In conclusion, this study reveals that SDF-1 release from bone marrow stromal cells to the circulation emerges as a pivotal mechanism essential for steady-state egress and rapid mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells, but not mature leukocytes.