Kindle Free Pick of the Week - Memo: The Easiest Way to Improve Your Memory

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Conversation Corner No. 9 - Labor Strikes

Episode No. 9 of Conversation Corner was recorded last week and Steve and I discussed the NFL officials being on strike and locked out and also about the Chicago teachers on strike.

Have some fun  and listen in:

Shuttle Endeavour Heading to California

Riding piggyback on top of a specially modified 747 jet, the shuttle Endeavour will be the second of NASA's three surviving shuttles to leave the Kennedy Space Center and begin new roles as space ambassadors.

The shuttle, named after the ship that 18th-century British explorer James Cook sailed during his first voyage of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, will spend its retirement at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

Endeavour was built after the Challenger was destroyed in a fatal accident in 1986. Endeavour's space life was relatively short by shuttle standards - just 25 missions over 20 years, totaling 299 days in space.

Nice slideshow here:  http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow?articleId=USBRE88F0C520120916&slide=1#a=1

Iowa State Now 3-0

A Jack Trice Stadium crowd of 55,783 — the fourth-largest in school history — came alive as the Cyclones scored touchdowns on their first two possessions and then cruised past Western Illinois 37-3.
Iowa State now stands 3-0 as the Big XII season gets underway.

Western Illinois never advanced beyond Iowa State’s 44-yard line in the first half and finished with an average of 2.7 yards per rush and a total of 75 passing yards.

The Cyclones have a week off before hosting Texas Tech in their Big 12 opener Sept. 29.

What to do with Your Old iPhone

Everytime there is a new iPhone released, I'm asked two questions.

1. Should I buy the new iPhone?

2. What should I do with my old iPhone?

This article on Digital Trends hopefully sheds some light on question 2.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/apple/what-to-do-with-that-old-iphone/