Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students

Ah, the smell of erasers and chalk dust is in the air, which can mean only one thing: it’s back to school time in many parts of the world. While I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was happy my school days are behind me, I am a bit jealous that students heading back to school now have a plethora of great web and mobile applications to help them tackle the tasks involved with obtaining an education. I would have killed for some of the great applications available to students today — almost all of which are cooler (and more useful) than the Tetris app I used to play on my graphing calculator.

In this list we’ve assembled ten of the must-have iPhone applications for students heading back to school. These apps will help you stay organized, take notes, and study better.

Groceries

Tonight, I was watching the premier of the television show “Dollhouse,” when I heard a knock at the door. It was a young man (he identified himself as being seventeen years old), who said that he was taking care of his five year old brother, and they hadn’t had anything to eat for two days.

He said that my next-door neighbor (whose name he couldn’t recall) had told him that I occasionally hired someone to do yard work for me. In retrospect, I (1) disbelieve that he had talked to my next door neighbor, and (2) believe that my next door neighbor knows that I do all of my yard work myself.

Even so, I told the individual on my front porch that, though I didn’t have any money to give him, I would give him some groceries. I got a bag and put into it two cans of chili, two cans of Beefaroni, a can of Vienna sausages, and a package containing a generous slice of Spam.

I told him that I was not going to do this again. I asked him where he lived, and he said that he lived on the next street over. I asked him why my next door neighbor didn’t help him, and he gave some explanation.

I may, or may not, have been taken in by a scam. I believe that the guy really needed the groceries. It has been my experience that, if someone is, in reality, only after money, they will decline to accept groceries, when offered. This individual did take the food. When he left, he walked in the direction that he had indicated he lived.

I would rather be deceived, than not give when someone is truly in need.

P. S.: I did miss a little of the program, but I did get to see the ending, and I may have helped someone in need. That’s enough for me.

"UNICEF Partners With Islamic Charity Linked to Terror Groups"

An Islamic charity with ties to Al Qaeda and the Taliban is now collaborating with an unlikely new partner: UNICEF, the United Nations’ Children’s Fund.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning

Journalists have become partners with the Clinton campaign in pretending that the contest is closer than it really is. Most coverage breathlessly portrays the race as a down-to-the-wire sprint between two well-matched candidates, one only slightly better situated than the other to win in August at the national convention in Denver.

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Clinic That May Have Infected 40,000 With HIV, Hepatitis Closed

The city of Las Vegas has shut down a clinic where up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis C and the HIV virus through the reuse of syringes and vials, officials said on Sunday.

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John Lott: Is Global Warming Really a Crisis?

Hundreds of climate scientists have warned that there is not significant man-made global warming.

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Workplace raids ensnare kids in net, too

Workplace raids ensnare kids in net, too

For every two illegal immigrants arrested in a workplace raid, at least one child feels the effect, according to a study released Wednesday.

Firstly, the study is suspect, because it is being touted by the infamous La Raza.

Secondly, if the datum is true, isn't it the fault of the adults who illegally entered the country, in the first place, knowing that they were breaking the law and that they might be deported?

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