This site has a great article on using the iPad as an EFB Electronic Flight Bag. Take the time to read the comments section.
http://aviationmentor.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipad-efb-one-week-of-use.html

You know we are huge fans of global sim cards and using VOIP on the iPhone to avoid expensive phone charges while traveling internationally. The latest app we have tried with good success is the Acrobits SIP Phone, $7.99. The app itself does not provide you any phone service. What it allows you to do is connect to your favorite VOIP provider be it Vonage or our favorite, Voip.Ms (See a brief summary of Voip.MS at the end of this review). There is a complete list of certified providers on …

There is a great iPhone app called TuneIn Radio. TuneIn allows you to listen to over 30,000 radio stations from around the globe.
TuneIn is linked to Radiotime.com so if you want to try streaming radio prior to purchasing the app head there. There are a wide variety of ways to search including by country, music type, talk radio, etc. With the iPhone app you can even schedule and record your favorite shows. TuneIn can sync with your Radiotime.com favorites list so if you …

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HEALTH NEWS
“Live healthy…Live well”
by Larry Kline

MEN OVER 50 ESPECIALLY – men over 50 should make a special effort to examine their skin, especially on their backs, for signs of melanoma, according to a study in the Archives of Dermatology. Men are less likely to discover skin lesions than women, which helps explain why they are more likely to die from this dangerous type of skin cancer.  In men, the back is the most common site, but melanoma can occur even on parts of the body rarely exposed …

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HEALTH NEWS
“Live healthy…Live well”
by Larry Kline

WORSE FOR MEN – a study in the British medical journal Lancet reveals that men are twice as likely as women to suffer from deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), a potentially deadly blood clot that can develop by sitting for long periods of time.  If you have a family history of DVT and usually sit for long periods of time, ask your physician for a thrombin-generation test (developed by Austrian researchers.)  If the level of risk is high, some prescription blood thinners such as …