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Last October, we wrote about Backgrounder, a jailbreak utility that allows iPhone users to run more than one application at a time. Backgrounder is an open source extension to the iPhone's SpringBoard, the application launcher that works as the device's version of the Macintosh Finder. When installed, you can move any application into the background by pressing and holding the Home key. The application continues to run and you can move on to other tasks.
If this sounds like a battery killer, well, it is. When used the right way, however, Backgrounder lets you multitask short-term visits to whatever app strikes your interest while running the important stuff in the background.
True, some (but not all) of these background apps may get used when you're near power sources: at your desk or in the car for example. But others will not, and many apps are just as useful on the go. It's obviously a trade-off: shorter usage life versus higher productivity when taking advantage of Backgrounder's features.
The trick lies in choosing the right apps to background. Yes this might mean backgrounding apps where going through the launch sequence and menus is a pain. If you don't want to interrupt a game, it's convenient to background it, take care of another task and then pop back a few minutes later. For the sake of this post, however, I'm talking about apps that you might stick in the background for longer sessions, the really core stuff that you want to keep going on while you do other things.
Here is a list of our top five killer Backgrounder applications, and why you would want these to keep running when you're busy doing other things.
1. Pandora
Ah, Pandora, my love. Backgrounding you is like having a little angel of music sit on my shoulder at all times. Apple's built-in iPod/Music application may also offer background music, but it doesn't offer the music exploration features that power the Music Genome Project. Pandora uses song analysis to create suggestions and introduce you to music you've never heard before. With Backgrounder, Pandora plays new music as you get on with other iPhone work.
2. Mobile Colloquy and 3. AIM
Back in the days of the iPhone's 1.x firmware, before Apple introduced its strict one-application-at-a-time rule, IRC and IM clients ran in the background as a matter of course; they would badge their SpringBoard icons to indicate when new messages became available. That's the way clients work on PCs and Macs, and it was the way they should work on the iPhone.
Apple cut off third-party background processes in the 2.x firmware (and, in a related matter, never delivered on Push notifications). Backgrounder offers the closest approximation you can come to the halcyon implementations of the early days of jailbreak.
With it, you can leave your IRC and IM sessions running in the background and check back in to ongoing sessions at will. In the best of all possible worlds, these should work the way the SMS app works: in the background, with badges and ongoing conversations. In the real world, Backgrounder makes Colloquy and AIM more practical and more accessible. With it, they operate closer to the way we really use these tools on our desktop computers.
4. File transfer apps like Air Sharing
When you're working at home, there are occasions when you just want to throw a file onto the iPhone for later use. Instead of stopping what you're doing and launching a file transfer application, it's extremely convenient to have that app running in the background and toss over a file as needed. Using Backgrounder lets you leave that server going unattended, available for use whenever.
5. Twitter clients like TwitterFon
Most Twitter clients check in at regular intervals to fetch new tweets and messages. This check in can only occur when these applications are open and running. Backgrounding them lets this happen unattended, avoiding long delays when you return to see what your tweeps have been up to. You don't have to wait to refresh; the software stays in the now as you allow it to keep running.
Other apps
That's five, but there are many other applications that rock under Backgrounder. Our short list represents the apps most commonly used on our phones, but many other apps didn't make the cut. When consulting with colleagues, a number of honorable mentions were thrown around. Here are some of the more notable uses, adding to the "pausing your ongoing game" mentioned earlier in this write-up.
- Reminder apps don't have much utility when they're not running. Backgrounding them means they can function better and keep you on top of the tasks that you're supposed to do.
- Internet connection apps let you share your connection with nearby laptops. Backgrounding those apps lets you keep using your iPhone even while a friend surfs the Web. (These apps are legal in many countries; consult your local laws.)
- Slow-to-load apps may not take up a lot of background cycles but it's nice to hop right back into these apps whenever you want. As my Twitter-pal @pvinod writes, "[Notebook] takes a while to open otherwise. Backgrounding makes it faster to open."
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New Methane Rules Underestimate the Climate Threat from Oil and Gas
As promised earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency has released methane pollution standards for the oil and gas industry. While regulation of methane is a necessity, these rules are much too weak to accomplish the administration's goals of meaningful greenhouse gas reduction. Here is why:
Methane Must Be Regulated, But New Rules Underestimate Its Power
Methane is 86 to 105 times as powerful as carbon dioxide at disrupting the climate over a 20-year period. The EPA and many news organizations misreport the real power of methane by using old science since updated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Obama's new rules calculate that methane is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 100-year timeline. However, this ignores the fact that methane is most potent when it is first released. Scientists say that methane could push the climate over a "tipping point" in the next 18-25 years, causing runaway global warming, and making a 100-year timeline obsolete. In order to take the threat from methane seriously, we must join the IPCC and assess methane's threat on a time scale that makes sense in the context of avoiding catastrophic climate change.
Craig Sautner lights a plastic jug of water from his well on fire. Methane from nearby hydraulic fracturing natural gas drilling has contaminated his water supply.
Oil and Gas Industry—Especially Fracking—Is the Largest Industrial Methane Polluter
It is undisputed that the oil and gas industry is the largest industrial emitter of methane. A recent study of the major gas producing shales found that the Barnett Shale around Dallas was leaking the equivalent of 16 coal plants worth of greenhouse gases every year. Similar studies from Colorado found that highly fracked areas leaked more than 19 tons of methane an hour.
But we don't actually know how much the oil and gas industry is emitting. The Obama administration's new rules are aimed at reducing methane between 40 to 45 percent from 2005 levels. Unfortunately, no one really knows how much methane the oil and gas industry pumped into the atmosphere in 2005. The EPA figures that the administration's rules rely on are based on numbers self reported by the industry. These numbers are almost certainly a fraction of actual total methane emissions. Recent studies that use planes to determine methane emissions from oil and gas operations have found much higher rates of pollution than the industry or the EPA will currently admit. For example, a study released this August found that natural gas gathering facilities, which collect methane from fracked wells, lose about 100 billion cubic feet of gas every year—eight times more than the EPA estimates. A Stanford report concluded that there is already about 50 percent more methane in the atmosphere than previously estimated by the EPA. The New York Times recently reported that the creator of the technology commonly used to measure methane emissions by the oil and gas industry thinks his invention is not accurate the way the industry and some research groups use it, and is missing a huge portion of the pollution actually released by the industry.
These Rules Won't Cut Enough Methane
These regulations are based on old science that misrepresents the impact of methane on the climate. The aim of the new rules is to reduce methane emissions 40 to 45 percent of an imaginary number—an underestimation of 2005 emissions. On top of that, they are only aimed at new sources, ignoring the nearly one million fracked wells and associated infrastructure that already exist in the United States. Real and meaningful reductions in methane must be made to reach the president's global warming goals, and they have to be better than these.


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Amida Brimah beginning to blossom for UConn
STORRS >> Shortly after his breakout performance earlier in the day, Amida Brimah was asked if he had had anything different for breakfast on Saturday morning.
"A bagel," he replied, in typical deadpan fashion.
Ironically, there have been some who've claimed this UConn team has been akin to a bagel — as in, you know, nothing in the middle. The Huskies have had precious little production from their big men for much of this season.
But Brimah changed that narrative in a big way Saturday night. Seemingly out of nowhere, the 7-foot freshman center from Ghana turned in a dominating effort in the Huskies' 84-61 victory over Central Florida. Brimah finished with 20 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and, perhaps most notably, as many powerful slam dunks (four) as fouls in 20 minutes of action.
Like Brimah himself, a relative neophyte to the sport who wasn't heavily recruited while playing high school ball in Miami, the performance seemed to come out of the blue.
"I'd be lying to you if I saw 20 points, eight rebounds, five blocks in 20 minutes," head coach Kevin Ollie acknowledged.
Shabazz Napier, however, knew the big guy had such a performance in him.
"He's always had that," the senior guard insisted. "He brings a lot of energy to the game. We were waiting for that one game for it to go to the offense. Defensively, he's one of the best. Today, he was just in the groove, knocking down everything, a lot of dunks."
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• Player of the game: Amida Brimah was the star of the show, but there were some other notable performances. Despite shooting just 3-for-10, Shabazz Napier finished with 14 points and a season-high 11 assists. DeAndre Daniels added 13 points and four blocks as the Huskies blocked 14 shots overall.
• Feeling better: Phil Nolan had been struck by the flu ("more than just a 24-hour bug," according to Kevin Ollie), and had scored just two points in 13 total minutes over the prior three games after a career-best 11 points against Eastern Washington on Dec. 29.
But the 6-foot-10 sophomore finished with eight points and five boards off the bench on Saturday.
"He lost a lot of weight," Ollie said. "We're trying to get him to eat more. Now he had a big-time excuse not to eat. He lost some pounds, we're trying to get that back on him. His energy level was great. He drank a lot of fluids and he was just out there playing with energy. Those are the type of minutes he played before he got sick."
• Key stat: Led by Brimah, Nolan and Daniels (seven rebounds), the Huskies easily won the battle of the boards on Saturday, outrebounding the Knights 50-34. UCF entered the game as the top rebounding team in the AAC.
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The win got UConn off the schneid in the American Athletic Conference, improving to 13-3 overall, 1-2 in the new league.
Brimah appeared to be a true diamond-in-the-rough find for the Huskies earlier this season. He had some jaw-dropping blocks and dunks in exhibition games and some solid efforts in November games, including seven points and seven blocks against Yale.
But Brimah, who played soccer in Ghana and has only been playing hoops for about four years now, has seen his minutes plummet in recent games, a result of frequent foul trouble and general ineffectiveness.
On Saturday, he popped off the bench just over two minutes into the game after starting center Tyler Olander was burned for a layup to put UConn down 6-0, and immediately started paying dividends. Brimah had a rebound putback to tie the game at 8, then scored six straight points on a reverse dunk off a nice pass from DeAndre Daniels, a tip-in and another putback — all part of a 10-0 UConn run that gave it the lead for good.
"After he passed me the ball," Brimah said of the pass from Daniels, "I got more comfortable."
Brimah's big night was just rewards for the hard work he has been putting in all season — a "treat" from the "basketball gods," according to Ollie.
"The kid works extremely hard, so whatever he gets, he earns," the coach noted. "When he went in that little lull and wasn't getting a lot of playing time, he still came in and worked, had energy, went in the weight room. The kid just loves life. He's very grateful to be here on this basketball team. That's the type of student-athlete that I want — guys that are grateful and willing to do anything for their teammates. When you have that servant heart, good things come back to you."
Brimah came to Miami, without his parents, about four years ago, but his assimilation into American culture has been a rather easy one.
"He's adjusted well," his legal guardian, Nana Baafi, said by phone Saturday night. "He has no problem adjusting."
Even the cold weather of Storrs doesn't seem to faze a player used to the tropical climates of Ghana and Miami. He just wears layers and layers of UConn gear, Brimah said with a smile.
There's certainly no question about what kind of teammate Brimah has been. While on the bench, he's often the team's most vocal cheerleader, always giving his teammates encouragement.
"If you're not playing and you're on the bench, you've got to find a way to help your teammates get better," Brimah said. "I make sure I talk to them so when I go in the game, they also have energy to play."
Added Daniels: "He's a great, great teammate. He doesn't care about scoring. Amida, all he wants to do is rebound the basketball and block shots."
After 20 points in 20 minutes Saturday night, that may change going forward. Perhaps Brimah even gave a glimpse of that against UCF, hurling up (and missing) a 15-footer late in the first half that drew Ollie's wrath from the bench.
"He can make that, he can make that," Napier insisted. "Coach got a little upset, but I told him, 'Those are one of the shots you've just got to make. I know you can make it.' He had Niels wide open, too. But I was happy he took that shot, because he was feeling good, and usually when that happens, guys make their shots."
Just about everything else went Amida Brimah's way on Saturday night.
David Borges can be reached at email@example.com. Follow David on Twitter @DaveBorges.


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Gadgets that perform multiple functions can be really hit or miss: Either they do a great job of saving space and consolidating expenses, or they under-perform and disappoint. Oddly enough, the Kalorik 4-in-1 Combi Mixer falls somewhere in between. Its four functions—electric whisk, frother, chopper, and immersion blender—all work well enough, but having independent appliances would probably be a better bet for most cooks.
The Kalorik Combi Mixer's spine, so to speak, is the stick that plugs into the wall and connects to the various tools. Though all the attachments have a clear spot on the nicely designed carry-all tray, the stick itself doesn't, which seems like a strange oversight. It takes away from the sleek look and creates clutter, which are two significant cons. My other main gripe is how awkward it was to connect it to the chopper—the parts don't all click into place, so it's almost a balancing act to get everything to line up properly. With that in mind, loading the chopper cup for several consecutive uses gets to be a bit of a chore.
But here's the good news: For each of the functions, when you get them to work, they do their job pretty well. Well enough that once you own the multi-chopper, you won't feel the need to replace any one function with its own individual tool.
The general efficiency of the gadget makes it worthwhile for certain people, but most likely not for all. The low price tag ($32.61 from Amazon.com) means you get a lot of bang for your buck, and it's perfect for young cooks just developing their first collection of kitchen tools, or college students with highly limited space. The design may not be perfect, but without the stick it's fairly compact and attractive—just be sure that the short cord won't be problematic in your kitchen. In mine, it was nearly impossible to use the immersion blender without an extension cord. It's tough love, but it all works well enough in the end.
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Jaguar XS Sedan Spotted Testing, Will Rival BMW 3 Series
Watch out 3 Series, the XS is on its way.
If you have any leftover memories of the Jaguar X-Type, it's time to banish them from your mind. A spy shooter has caught an early mule of the new "baby" Jaguar sedan out testing in preparation to face off with the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, and Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
Codenamed X760, the smaller Jaguar has been rumored to wear the XS badge when it goes on sale. As we previously reported, the XS will initially be offered as a traditional four-door sedan in 2015 and then add a crossover variant in 2016.
Integral to the XS' development is the use of Jaguar Land Rover's new Premium Lightweight Architecture (PLA), which made its production debut with the new 2013 Range Rover. Don't let the XF bodywork fool you - an all-new XF is due later next year (before the XS is revealed) and will move over to PLA from the old Ford DEW98 platform it currently rides on. It's no surprise that the XS and XF will share underpinnings, as they are expected to share some powertrains, too: namely the 2.0-liter turbo-four and 3.0-liter supercharged V-6 engines and the option of either rear- or all-wheel drive.
The reason that we can tell this is an XS mule - and not one for the next XF - is because it's clearly much shorter than a standard XF. The rear doors look to be a bit shorter and the door handles have inched forward a bit. We can also see through the false grille to an intercooler that is nowhere near the supposed front clip of this car, and the riveted-together bumper curves under dramatically to reach the exhaust. The track of this car is also noticeably shorter than the body panels.
Expect to know more about the 2015 Jaguar XS as development continues and the car's debut draws closer.


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The House of Mouse is welcoming a new Latina princess in its kingdom.
Princess Sofia will make her grand debut on the Disney Channel November 18th in the TV movie, Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess, followed by a 2013 TV series on both Disney Channel and Disney Junior.
According to Disney Junior, Sofia moved into a castle after her mother Miranda married King Roland II. Miranda, who used to run a shoe shop, became queen of the village. She met the king of Enchancia while he was buying a pair of slippers. Sofia must now learn how to act like a royal, all while overcoming her stepsister Princess Amber's jealously and royal sorcerer Cedric's attempts to take over the kingdom.
A release says that the film and series, made for children ages 2-7, were created to teach positive life lessons. "While living in a captivating world of castles, wizards and flying horses, Sofia is a relatable peer-to-peer princess who is experiencing many of the same social situations as young viewers at home – learning how to fit in, making new friends and conquering new skills," says Disney Junior.
What they are not saying — at least not yet — is that Sofia will be Disney's first Latina princess.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting Sofia will be voiced by "Modern Family's" Ariel Winter and her mother will be voiced by "Grey's Anatomy's" Sara Ramirez. Previously, a blogger pointed out Miranda had a darker complexion than the other characters, including her daughter, who has blue eyes and light skin. In response, Executive Producer Jamie Mitchell confirmed to EW that "she is Latina." Mitchell also confirmed to the publication that this makes Sofia Disney's first Hispanic princess.
While producers of the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog were outspoken in wanting to make the character Tiana "bear the traits of African American women," EW states the Disney team is purposely not placing emphasis on Sofia's ethnicity.
"We never actually call it out," Joe D' Ambrosia, Vice President of Disney Junior original programming, told EW. "When we got into schools (to talk to young students about the show), what I find fascinating is that every girl thinks that they're Sofia."
Disney's choice to not further celebrate Sofia's Hispanic heritage has sparked criticism. Alex Nogales, President and CEO for the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a non-profit organization that promotes Latino equality in the entertainment industry, believes Disney needs to provide the Hispanic community a better explanation.
"We need more heroes right now that are very identifiable," says Nogales. "We're in a time where Latinos are taking the blame for everything that is wrong with America. This is not a time to pussyfoot around. If you're going to promote this to the public, and Latinos in particular, do us a favor and make it a real Latina."
He said hiding the fact she's Latina says a lot about Disney.
"Are they afraid that some people are not going to accept this princess because she is Latina?" he asked. "The more I think about it, the more bothered I get. I really would like to hear what the execs have to say. What are they afraid of?"
Disney emphasizes that Sofia is "half-Enchancian and half Galdizian," both fictional towns.
Other diverse princesses previously introduced by Disney include Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Mulan.


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When all else fails in the screenwriting process, write a movie about your struggles to write a movie.
Yet "Seven Psychopaths," writer-director Martin McDonagh's follow-up to the Oscar-nominated "In Bruges," hardly qualifies as meta for meta's sake. While the character Martin (Colin Farrell) attempts to write a screenplay called "Seven Psychopaths" but prefers not to indulge in the clichés and brutality that surround cinematic killers, the filmmaker Martin pursues the possibility of a different sort of diabolical. He's drawn to darkness but intrigued by light.
That means a shootout watched by a cute little Shih Tzu and a movie that accomplishes the difficult task of convincingly balancing a great deal of blood with a passionate, soft heart for dogs. Ruthless killer Charlie (Woody Harrelson) wants his kidnapped Shih Tzu back, no matter how many less-important humans have to pay for it.
The scams of kidnappers Billy (Sam Rockwell) and Hans (Christopher Walken) usually generate rewards and grateful owners (remember the David Spade comedy "Lost and Found"?), not a bounty on their heads. Martin lands in the middle of this mess, as if his own drinking problem, unhappy girlfriend (Abbie Cornish), and the newspaper ad Billy places looking for real-life psychopaths to provide material to inspire Martin's screenplay weren't enough.
"Seven Psychopaths" doesn't maintain the consistently giddy imagination of "Adaptation," or the originality of Christopher Nolan representing himself and the moviemaking process (among other things) in "Inception." In some ways, McDonagh's playing a game with "Seven Psychopaths." Sometimes it's fun and funny; other times it's more straightforward, like learning a game's rules.
Regardless, "Seven Psychopaths" is anything but the same old thing, anchored by a fantastically weird, energetic, Rockwell-y Sam Rockwell performance and several scenes of excellent, Tarantino-esque anxiety. Through Martin, McDonagh admits his struggle in writing female characters. In this violent onscreen world, he can take solace that he's not alone in that, and has more than enough skill and ideas to compensate.
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I would like to first of all thank everybody for your help in listing all of the places that we have in Haunted Locations, and look forward to seeing many more.
For those of you who are thinking of visiting any of the locations listed, please take heed of those that have No Trespassing signs posted. These signs are posted for a variety of reasons.
First off, this is somebody's private property. For reasons known only to them, they have asked that people not come onto their property uninvited. You've probably heard of the saying, do unto others... Well, imagine what it would be like with people trekking across your yard at all hours of the day, taking pictures, talking, and standing around, without your permission. On top of this, add in the litter that they would leave, along with having to repair and replace anything that they may have moved or damaged to get to what they wanted.
Another reason for the No Trespassing signs is for the safety of you, the visitor and to protect the owner from a lawsuit should you be injured while on their property. There may be many hidden dangers that you won't see in the dark. There may be the threat of falling debris from old buildings. There may be a hidden well somewhere. The list is endless.
At Ghostvillage, we try to provide as much information as possible on how to safely and effectively conduct Paranormal investigations. We ask that you do so while staying within the law. We do not condone Trespassing at all, and having an attitude such as "It's only Trespassing if you get caught" not only shows disrespect for other peoples property and possessions, but also a disregard for safety.
Enjoy your paranormal investigations, but do so legally. If there are No Trespassing signs posted, contact the owner, tell them what you are after, and ask for permission. They may even be able to provide you with some history of the area, and possibly even a guided tour of the best places for positive findings. There are enough areas that are open to the public, and enough owners who are willing to allow you on their property if you seek permission first, that you should never have to trespass.
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