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The Progymnasmata
The ancient Progymnasmata are the basis for the Classical Writing curriculum.
The word progymnasmata is Greek for "preliminary exercises." These exercises were taught in ancient Greece and Rome to educate boys in the art of speech writing. To the ancient Greeks the progymnasmata were foundational for the education of a free citizen, who was expected to participate in the public debate in the assembly. Free men were also expected to make speeches to defend themselves in court. Public speaking was thus held in extremely high regard in ancient Greece, and mastery of language, mastery of speech making, was the thrust of ancient Greek education.
First, boys would master the fourteen
progymnasmata. As they progressed through the series, they would be
asked to use their skills to write their own speeches. Training in
virtue was part of this process, since a free citizen had a
responsibility to uphold the good and the right of the community.
These fourteen writing exercises are just as crucial for modern students as they were for ancient students. Virtuous, clear, and persuasive communication is critical to being a free citizen in the free world today.
Within the structure of the progymnasmata, Classical Writing students learn to use proper grammatical constructions as the basis for their sentences. They learn to arrange their writing in a logical and clear way, and finally, they learn to express their ideas in the style best suited to a given audience and occasion.
The table below lists each of the fourteen progymnasmata with a short definition and the Classical Writing text which covers it.
|Covered in:
|retell a fable
|retell a short story
|amplify a saying
|Diogenes: Maxim
|amplify an anecdote about a wise person
|Diogenes: Chreia
|argue against a particular version of a narrative story
|argue for a particular version of a story
|elaborate on, praise, or blame a certain type of person, or a certain virtue or vice
|praise a person
|blame a person
|compare a given subject with another subject
|describe an event or place vividly
|invent a monologue which a person might have made on a specific occasion
|inquire into a debatable question that argues a general point
|argue for or against a legislative proposal in general terms
The progymnasmata can help prevent writer's block among students in that the assignments are well defined, the topics are given, and so the student who struggles to choose a subject, let along write, will be able to delve into the writing immediately, rather than spending hours agonizing over what to say in a given essay.
We teach writing systematically, one concept building on the previous concept learned. All writing is taught in the ancient Greek style by having the students excerpts from speeches, letters, stories, and essays from great writers. It is from those writers that the students identify what makes a good speech or what makes a persuasive letter. It is with the challenging thoughts that those writers offer that the students learn not only to write well, but also to think well.
The progymnasmata begin (for beginners of all ages) with a retelling of fables and short narratives. As our students master that material, they begin exercises in simple exposition and persuasion. Each exercise in the progymnasmata has a fixed outline and specified subject matter, such as a fable to retell, a quote to defend, a person to praise.
The advanced exercises combine elements of the earlier exercises to create more complex compositions. By the time our students have completed the advanced progymnasmata, they have are equipped with a battery of writing techniques--persuasive, expository, and creative--and are able to compose essays or speeches on any topic they might be given.
If you wish learn more about the classical progymnasmata, here are some resources to get you started:
The progymnasmata from Leeds University
Apthonius' Progymnasmata
Silva Rhetoricae
(scroll to "Progymnasmata" on left)


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The original schedule also had the GLI third place game being shown on Fox Sports Detroit, but instead they will be airing a show on snowmobiling, Making of the Texas Bowl, and poker. Seriously, WTF?
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I guess that's just one more reason to go to the games, at least if you live in the area…
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Matt Williams has been a prosecutor with the Mohave County Attorney's Office since December, 2011. Whenever the office has a potluck, he never fails to bring something scrumptious to share. His love of cooking started when he was a child helping his mother and grandmother in the kitchen. He would experiment with scrambled eggs at the age of five. A family friend would let him add nearly every spice in the cabinet to these egg creations. She would also bake a cake for Matt on his birthday every year, which became a tradition that continued until she passed away when Matt was 28. Matt says he has no formal cooking training, but you'd think he did if you tried his Spaghetti and here is his recipe.
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1 pound ground pork Italian sausage or links
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½ a red or green bell pepper – diced
1 large red or white onion – diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
6 sprigs of fresh oregano
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 14-ounce can of diced tomatoes
2 6-ounce cans of tomato paste
1 1/3 cups water
Salt and pepper to taste
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Compare traditional hemp climbing ropes with modern nylon ropes by investigating the breaking strength of cotton and nylon thread
Early climbers in the Alps and other mountain ranges of Europe used hemp ropes to protect themselves in case they fell. Unfortunately there are many accounts of tragic accidents due to hemp ropes failing just when they were needed. These days climbers use ropes made of nylon. Nylon, a plastic, has far superior properties of strength, elasticity and durability than natural fibres. Amazingly, there is absolutely no recorded instance of a modern climbing rope, in satisfactory condition, ever breaking from the impact of a climber"s fall. In this project you are going to compare the breaking strength of cotton and nylon thread. Cotton is very similar to hemp and will give you a good idea of the risks that the early climbers were taking.
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Hospital-acquired infections have plagued us for centuries. An example near and dear to my heart is "childbed fever." Thanks to modern medical knowledge, this was not a health risk when my three children were born. But in the mid-1800s, many women who gave birth at Austria's Vienna Lying-In Hospital died of this mysterious ailment. The germ theory of disease had yet to be discovered, and physicians routinely moved between autopsies and deliveries without washing their hands, unwittingly spreading bacteria that caused sepsis and death.
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"I've had a lot of calls from people who want to know if they are eligible for the [Affordable Care Act] marketplace insurance, who, because of income, aren't eligible," Rockers, special projects coordinator at East Central Kansas Aging and Disability Recourse Center, 117 S. Main St., Ottawa, said. "And because Kansas didn't expand Medicaid [when the federal Affordable Care Act was enacted], they are left in a huge gap of not having health insurance coverage, because they don't qualify for Medicaid for some reason, and they also don't have enough income to pay for health insurance. So they are exempt from the penalties on the marketplace, but they also don't get coverage."
While some men already are left without health insurance, the state is on its way to limiting the reach of Medicaid within Kansas' borders.
The Kansas Senate approved House Bill 2552 with a 33-7 vote March 25, which would allow the state to deny the expansion of Medicaid unless the Legislature signed off on it. The bill came the same week the House voted to approve a bill that would allow the state to join the Interstate Healthcare Compact, and gives the state the right to regulate health care services within its borders without federal interference.
Medicaid offers health care to people who are in need or are disabled. Supporters note that an expansion of Medicaid would help thousands of poor, working Kansans and that the federal government promises to pick up most of the cost, according to the Associated Press.
Though the House bill had been amended by the Senate, state Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, said, its original purpose was to put pressure on the Kansas Medical Assistance Program and managed care organizations in Kansas that were not promptly paying Kansas residents. The bill stipulated any contract between the Kansas Medical Assistance Program and any managed care organization would require the allowed amount on all "clean claims" to be fully paid or denied within 30 days after receipt, and the allowed amount on all other claims be fully paid or denied within 90 days of receipt.
"We've had problems with constituents getting prompt pay from KanCare," Tyson said. "So the bill itself is good."
The Senate-amended bill allows the state to limit the power of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
Expanding Medicaid in Kansas would be costly, and the state would need to pay at least some part of it, Tyson said. The senator didn't know the exact amount or how much the federal government would be willing to pay for the expansion, she said, although she is looking into the matter.
Many people with whom Rockers works have not been able to find health insurance because they either don't have enough income to pay for health insurance, or because they don't have the medical problems that the state demands before it will help with Medicaid, she said.
The Senate's decision to deny expansion of Medicaid pushes the problem to the county level, Rockers said, which in turn is pushed to another lower level until it reaches the community trying to sustain itself. Rockers said it's only a matter of pushing the problem off to someone else until everyone decides something should have been done.
"I think we should have expanded Medicaid. I think as a state we should have expanded it," Rockers said. "We have too many people in need and we need to do all we can to take care of those who we can. It's a needed service and we should be doing it."
While state legislators are working to limit Medicaid's reach in the state, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services announced Wednesday the expansion of the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) from serving eight counties to 59, and will begin serving northeast counties in 2015, including Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Johnson, Linn and Miami counties, which will be provided by Via Christi.
Until Wednesday, the Kansas PACE program was available only to consumers in Sedgwick, Shawnee, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties, serving about 377 consumers. Thirty-one states have PACE programs, with more than 25,000 participants in 103 PACE programs nationwide, according to the release.
Shawn Sullivan, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services secretary, said the expansion of a program provides community-based services and care to the elderly as an alternative to traditional Medicare and Medicaid services, including primary medical care, hospital care, medical specialty services and prescription drugs, among other services.
"PACE will offer eligible individuals in our expansion counties an alternative that allows them to stay in their homes and communities," Sullivan said. "PACE has shown it can enhance the quality of life and independence for older Kansans, maximizing the dignity of and respect for older adults while preserving and supporting their families."


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The main quest alone is supposed to clock in between 30-40 hours, if you just focus on that. I have no doubt there will be people going for 100% completion. I suspect it will take well over 200 hours. I also suspect it will take well over 400 hours if they stop to harvest every plant they see. Even just outside the Well of Souls I was stopping every ten seconds because another shiny harvestable was begging to be plucked.
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The beginning of the year starts with how it ends – holiday decorations. On the list for today is putting up the tree, but in order to accomplish that I need to clean the family room first. Two kids and lots of toys will make it difficult. The closest I've come so far to decorating is burning a "Home for the Holidays" candle. With kids in the house it's not an option to skip the decorations, but I really hate the process of decorating (just to have to put it away in four weeks!) It seems in order to start any project, several more have to be completed. It would be nice to just enjoy the holidays without all the behind-the-scenes work. I think my avoidance of decorating has something to do with the fact I still have a lot I want to accomplish in 2009, and time has all but run out. Maybe I should start thinking in a 'rolling six month' time frame, then it will never be the end, just another month.


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SMS & MMS finally on iPad 3GAuthor: SwirlyMats // Category: Apps, News, Repository, Uncategorized
SwirlyMessage, which provides real SMS and MMS for the iPad 3G, has just been released in Cydia Store and is of course brought to you by SwirlySpace!Continue Reading ..>>
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Blackra1n Icy WarningAuthor: BigBoss // Category: Development, Jailbreak, News, Uncategorized
Edit: It looks like this may be fixed in latest blackra1n. I have not tested this personally but have been told it is the case. Finally.
Just a warning about blackra1n. Geohot released blackra1n a couple weeks ago, and it was pretty good. Unfortunately, Geohot has included a very buggy version of Icy which, when installed, will pretty much screw up your whole jailbreak causing you to have to restore.
Shame on Geohot for not fixing this. We have told him numerous times there are issues. Users have messaged him, he has been notified, he just doesnt care. Anyways:
–> Do NOT install Icy in Blackra1n <–
The icy bundle is broken and does not have permissions to install software, but that's not the worst part. Blackra1n install of Icy breaks cydia and rock your phone since it has a very old version of dpkg. This is the core to all these installers. Since icy is usually installed last, it overwrites dpkg with its own. This causes things like winterboard not working, sbsettings not working. What is really happening is mobile substrate cannot be installed (among other things).
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Note: Icy is not to blame here, but the installation of Icy on blackra1n. Icy bundle in pwnagetool is fine. The problem is Geohot found a very old Icy and did not get it from rip-dev guys.Continue Reading ..>>
Jailbroken iPhone Push Notification Problems and Unstable ultrasn0w Signal?Author: ranova // Category: News, Uncategorized
If you are decided that you want to try setting up your phone as a new phone after jailbreaking but want to keep all your SMS, notes, bookmarks, calendars, and mail accounts, please read and follow BigBoss' 3.0 Preparation Guide prior to setting up as a new phone.
Update 4 (6/25/09 8PM EST): My battery drainage problems seems to originate from bluetooth. I LOSE battery charge even when plugged in when bluetooth is enabled. When I shut it off, I no longer have that problem. This is a pretty big bug to have missed the beta testing, so it is either a) personal phone problem, b) jailbreaking problem, or c) SBSettings toggle bug. I'll do more tests and update later.
Edit: I think I may have found a cause for the insane battery drainage: bluetooth A2DP. Right before I noticed the battery drainage, I tested out A2DP on my car stereo system with streaming music. I believe that before I noticed drainage the first time (2 days ago), I also tested the A2DP streaming. Another user commented that he also noticed high drainage after using A2DP.
Update 3 (6/24/09 6PM EST): I was still having a plethora of problems with my jailbroken 3.0 phone on T-mobile. The battery drainage was above the roof, it would lose a percentage every minute or so – basically draining the battery within two hours. I did everything to try to diagnose the problem, and it seemed that a full restore did the trick. So many problems seem to originate from restoring your old phone backup, ESPECIALLY if it was jailbroken before. If you are having any troubles, whether poor battery life, unstable connection, etc; I suggest doing a full restore and setting it up as a new phone.
Another problem some users faced is the unstable T-mobile signal with ultrasn0w, which seemed to originate from MMS settings in conjunction with a backup restore.
So here is what I've learned over the past few days about 3.0, jailbreaking, and unlocking:
- Push is broken if you hacktivated your phone (2G or 3G)
- To get push working on your iPhone 3G, you must activate with any AT&T Sim
- No known push fix for the iPhone 2G
- Some users are reporting that you cannot have Push and MMS setup at the same time using ultrasn0w. Either Push stops working or your signal becomes unstable once you enter the MMS settings in.
- In many cases, restoring your old iTunes iPhone backup will cause problems – especially if the backup was made from jailbroken phones
- Old 2.x backups seem to cause some or all of the following: Poor battery life, unstable ultrasn0w connection, and unable to launch apps
- If you have ANY problems after upgrading: restore and setup as a new phone, this will fix 90% of the problems
- Apple is a bitch
Update 2 (6/24/09): If you have an AT&T sim lying around (activated or not), you can try this method to get push working on iPhone 3G's (from user "l1ceo1l" on macrumor's forums):
Tip: if you SSH to /var/root/Library/Lockdown/activation_records and delete wildcard_record.plist, the next time you reboot your phone, it will ask for activation again, thus allowing you to easily put in an AT&T sim and activate with iTunes open – this should allow you to skip the restore and re-jailbreaking steps if you already are in that state.
- You need a Unactivated or Activated ATT Sim
- Take out your T-Mobile SIM and Pop in your Unactivated ATT Sim card (Just found out any ATT Sim is ok).
- Restore and Jailbreak with redsn0w
- Go to settings and turn off your 3G!
- Let iTunes activate the phone – you should get a "Waiting for activation." message, dismiss it and Open cydia.
- Add the Ultrasn0w source repo666.ultrasn0w.com
- Install Ultrasn0w and turn off your phone
- Remove the unactivated ATT sim and insert your T-Mobile sim
- Turn on the phone, once you receive service you should get the message. "iPhone has been activated"
(If you deleted wildcard_record.plist, you can skip this step)
Update 1 (6/23/09): It seems that I did something else on top of replacing my lockdownd. Users on howardforums found out that to get push working with jailbroken phones, you MUST activate it with an active AT&T sim (sim that currently has service). I asked my friend with a legit AT&T service to send over his lockdownd and replaced mine – and it worked.
A few results have come back from both 2G and 3G users and apparently the lockdownd method does not work – after rebooting it has them activate again. Currently, the only sure way to enable push and stable ultrasn0w is to activate your phone (before redsn0w or after pwnage) with a legit, working AT&T sim.
It might have been a fluke on my part, but I apologize for suggesting a method that does not work. I will keep looking into this. The Dev Team does recognize this problem and are currently working on the push problem.
I will keep the original post intact, as it has good information to those who don't know whats going on.Continue Reading ..>>
123Spoof MLM with Version 2.1Author: iSpoof // Category: Apps, Development, General, Jailbreak, News, Repository, Uncategorized
Long time no speak everyone. We have made alot of updates and wanted to inform everyone of just a few. Firstly, our main feature Spoofing is still free so long as the calls are kept under 2 minutes. You still have to listen to a short 10 second ad before your call is placed but [...]Continue Reading ..>>
BigBoss Repo now has CommentsAuthor: BigBoss // Category: Development, Jailbreak, News, Repository, Uncategorized
I have added a comments section to my pages in Cydia. It's on the new styled depiction pages. You can view the comments in most recent to oldest order and add your own. I have infrastructure to add ratings as well but left it out for now as Saurik says he's adding this himself. See screenshots of Cydia:
New Skype app having problems on Jailbroken phones?Author: ranova // Category: Apps, Development, Jailbreak, News, Repository, Uncategorized
Update (April 2, 2009 by BigBoss) I just pushed an update to Crash-X's VoIPover3G v1.0.2 that will enable skype in the plist for you. No need for editing plist files just update the VoIPover3G app.
Update (April 1, 2009 by BigBoss and ranova): Saurik just released mobilesubstrate 0.9.2805-1. This version fixes the problem entirely allowing for mobilesubstrate addons to work with Skype app. You can now use Skype app with VoIPover3G! -
Quick Tip: The voipover3g string for Skype is: com.skype.skype -All lowercase. You must add it in the VoIPover3G.plist located in /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/
Full Guide to add Skype to voipover3g
Latest clippy and keyboard custom sounds now also seem to work with Skype using the latest Mobile Substrate update. If you are still experiencing crashes when you open up the keyboard, disable these two components.
If you are still experiencing crashes with the new Mobile Substrate and have disabled clippy and\or custom keyboard sounds, make sure to check other mobile substrate extensions or apps that run in the background and disable them. They may be still conflicting with how Skype runs. This is not a Mobile Substrate problem, but a problem with the extension or app itself and the author of it will have to update it. I had no problems using Clippy, Cydelete, Cyntact, Five Icon Dock, QuickGold, SBSettings, VoIPover3G, and Winterboard as mobile substrate extensions.
Known extensions or apps that cause skype to crash: mcoolphone, mobilelog, AdvLock, Hood, and Intelliscreen (it may work if you mess around with the performance settings in Intelliscreen).
You can check what mobileSubstrates extensions you have running and installed by looking in the folder:
If you use Intelliscreen, From User Daron:
Eventually, I discovered that Skype would launch if I *disabled* IntelliScreen. I then tried to disable some of the IntelliScreen Performance extensions (Backgrounder, FileSchemaMobileSafari, MailToAttachmentMessageUI, PrefHooker-iKeyEx, SBHooker-iKeyEx, SBSettings, Veency, VoIPover3G, WinterBoard) and discovered that the culprit was Veency.
Thank you Saurik and everyone else that posted comments that helped us figure out the underlying problems.
Update (March 31st, 2009): Saurik has released a new mobile substrate and the issue is fixed. No need for intelliscreen or any other hacks. Just update mobile substrate from cydia. Update to v0.9.2803-1 (or newer) of mobile substrate.
To fix the Skype crash, all mobilesubstrate based hacks are disabled on the Skype app. This means you cannot use voipover3g or backgrounder with Skype app. Do not ask how to do it or point out that it doesnt work. The developer of mobile substrate has already stated that it will not work.
The highly anticipated app for the iPhone has just been released in the US:
Skype in the AppStore.
Now the bad news. It seems that all jailbroken phones do not play well with the Skype app. I had problems getting it to work at all, the app would crash when you try to use the keyboard to login to the app. I later found out, through trial and error, the culprit for keyboard crashing is Custom Winterboard Keyboard Click Sounds and Clippy. Getting rid of the keyboard custom clicks (tock.aiff) seems to work with regular themes. Using SBSettings Clippy toggle to switch it off seemed to do the trick also.
That problem, while small and fixable, is not the biggest problem. Skype seems to freeze within 30-50 seconds while in the app – no matter what you do (calling, idling, chatting, etc). I went into safe mode using SBSettings and tried out Skype – to my surprise, everything worked perfectly – I used it to talk to my friend for about 20-30 minutes. I decided to do a little bit more troubleshooting – deleting mobile substrates one by one to see if it helped or not, and then deleting them all. Nothing seemed to work, the app would still crash within one minute.
I decided to run SysInfoPro and compare running processes (non-mobile substrate) between safe mode and regular mode. They both had the exact processes running at the same time.
Although I didn't delve much deeper into the problem (could have tried using Top and system logs), I have come to a conclusion that Skype crashes ONLY on jailbroken iPhones. I had a couple friends try it on their newly restored iPhones, and they worked flawlessly. Other people from multiple forums have also said it crashes non-stop for them (their iPhones also jailbroken):
"I managed to download skype and tested myself. It is buggy and all the symptoms the same as described by ranova. I have tried it on a 1G phone newly updated to 2.2.1 jailbroken. The only apps I have installed is sbsettings, ierase, nimbuzz, and skype. It still crashes after 30sec or so. It has got to be the phone that is jailbroken. I have nothing on my phone other than what you get after you jailbreak." – duceduc
"2.2.1 jailbroken 3g here. It crashes after 30 – 60 seconds." – jgsx
"Confirmed – Crashes like every minute." – Zazox
Let's hope this isn't an attempt from Apple or Skype to cause apps to crash only on jailbroken phones (to deter the use of voipover3g). [end conspiracy theories]
Update: Saurik has just updated regarding reasons behind the crashes:
"Skype seems to be using some kind of /awesome/ DRM that involves them having an entire replacement binary somehow inside of it: the one on disk doesn't link against /anything/ ;P. Whatever its doing, though, involves stressing dyld in some weird way.
Interestingly enough, its not anything MobileSubstrate does to the code: its just it existing in the process before it loads its replacement. (Which is extra weird, as the new MobileSubstrate links against almost nothing: just CoreFoundation.)"
So what we know so far:
- If Skype crashes when trying to input text: Disable both clippy (Use SBSettings toggle) and any custom Winterboard sounds relating to the keyboard tick (tock.aiff).
- If Skype crashes within 1 minute of having the app open: Update your Mobile substrate via Cydia. The latest version (April 1st, 2009) allows mobile substrate to play nicely with Skype. Thanks Saurik!
Temporary fix that allows mobile substrates extensions (voipover3g, backgrounder, winterboard) to run, from Autotrade at Engadget:
"For people having crashes (especially the 1 minute thing) use this FIX: I had to enable in Intelliscreen, Performance, App Boost ON and select the apps below (in my case I set Backgrounder and VoipOver3G both to ON). That fixed it, no more crashes at all, tested this on 2 iPhones."
Well there you have it, Skype on the iPhone is amazing – sound quality sounds better than regular cell calls. I briefly tested it on T-mobile's EDGE network (using voipover3g) and for the 30 seconds that it lasted, there was no noticable lag and quality was great! I look forward in using Skype as a regular VoIP app. Thanks for all the comments and thank you saurik for looking into this.
UpdatesAuthor: BigBoss // Category: News, Uncategorized
One of my friends and favorite developers, Lance Fetters (ashikase) has created a mobile substrate plug-in that enables TVOut on any app. [more ...]
I released a toggle pack update today for SBSettings. This toggle pack should fix some issues with SSH toggle. [more ...]Continue Reading ..>>
SBSettings v1.0.4 and New Toggle WidgetAuthor: BigBoss // Category: Apps, Uncategorized
Update v1.0.6 (Nov 30, 2008): Made a couple small changes to the "more" app to hopefully address those that find it crashing as soon as it loads. Please try it out and let us know. If it crashes once, run it again. It attempts to do something different if it detects that it crashed the [...]Continue Reading ..>>
T-Zones Changes IPs. New HackAuthor: BigBoss // Category: Uncategorized
T-Mobile changed their T-Zones IP address causing everyone's T-Zones to stop working. Thanks to help from DR03, I have fixed this and posted a new T-Zones hack for iPhone OS 2.0. All you T-Mobile users still on 1.1.x, It's time to upgrade. I don't plan to release a fix for iPhone 1.1.x at this time. [...]Continue Reading ..>>


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