Evernote Looks For Intl Growth, Inks Strategic Partnership With Deutsche Telekom, Starting With 1-Year Premium Accounts In Germany

Evernote, the popular note taking and personal organizer app, today took another step in its strategy to ramp up its international presence, with news that it has inked a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom, the German carrier that also owns T-Mobile. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed -- we are asking -- but for now the first part of the deal will mean that all DT customers in Germany will get one year of Evernote Premium service -- a deal that usually costs ?40 ($52) annually for additional storage space and other features. With DT claiming 37 million mobile and 22 million?fixed line customers, the partnership potentially adds up to 60 million more users to Evernote's platform.

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Spring snowstorm hits central states, pushes east

James Madison University students walk along Carrier Drive at the Alumni Association Centennial Park during the snow in Harrisonburg, Va., Sunday evening March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Michael Reilly)

James Madison University students walk along Carrier Drive at the Alumni Association Centennial Park during the snow in Harrisonburg, Va., Sunday evening March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Michael Reilly)

Bobby Jones of Bel-Ridge, Mo., near St.Louis, clears the parking lane in front of his North Hanley Road home with his lawn tractor on Sunday, March 24, 2013, as a new blanket of wintry weather hits the St. Louis region early in Spring. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Korey Estes launches a snowball at his son, James Gordon, at the top of Art Hill in front of the St. Louis Art Museum on Sunday, March 24, 2013, in St. Louis. A storm dumped 7 to 9 inches of snow from eastern Kansas into central Missouri before tapering off this morning. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes)

A man waits for help after becoming stuck in snow along West 6th Street in Lawrence, Kan., Sunday, March 24, 2013. Few signs of spring are being found in parts of the Midwest as a snowstorm brings heavy snow and high winds. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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PITTSBURGH (AP) ? A wide-ranging storm is hitting the East Coast after blanketing the Midwest and burying thoughts of springtime weather under a blanket of heavy wet snow and slush, though less snow was predicted to fall as the storm moves eastward.

Light rain and snow fell in New Jersey on Monday morning after as the storm dropped 2 to 6 inches in Ohio.

Similar accumulations were expected in some areas of Pennsylvania, except for higher elevations like the Laurel Mountains southeast of Pittsburgh, where 6 to 10 inches were forecast. No major problems reported.

In the mid-Atlantic, Heather Sheffield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va., said more than 3 inches of snow had been reported by 8 a.m. Monday at Washington Dulles International Airport, and more than an inch at Reagan National Airport.

Sheffield said most of that region's expected snowfall had already occurred, but "it happened at the worst time for the morning commute. I know I had a tough time."

The winter-like early spring weather forced the cancellation of more than 500 flights.

And, the slushy morning commute and widespread school delays as the storm moved eastward were minor compared to the storm's impact on the Midwest, where it was blamed for separate crashes in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri on snow-slicked roads.

Springfield, in central Illinois, got slammed with a record 17 inches of snow, and several central Indiana counties declared snow emergencies after getting hit with up to 8 inches of snow.

Slick roads were also being blamed for a series of crashes on Interstate 60 north of Indianapolis that sent two people to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries. The Indiana State Police reported late Sunday that two people in a 2012 Subaru were hurt when the driver lost control while coming upon the scene of a previous crash involving a semitrailer. The Subaru hit the tractor-trailer and ended up in a ditch, police said. Authorities said both driver and passenger had life-threatening injuries and were taken to area hospitals. An update on their conditions was not immediately available.

Earlier Sunday night, a jack-knifed semi and subsequent fuel leak required a hazardous materials response outside Indianapolis, officials said. The Fishers Department of Fire and Emergency Services said a tractor-trailer was southbound on Interstate 69 when its driver lost control. No one was injured.

The storm was expected to weaken as it moved east. Before it exits off the coast of New Jersey on Monday night, the storm was forecast to leave 2 to 4 inches in that state as well as Delaware, northern Maryland and southern New York.

To the west, parts of Colorado and northwest Kansas spent Sunday digging out from 10 to 15 inches of snow that were dumped there Saturday. Southwestern Nebraska got up to 7 inches. Winds gusting at speeds of up to 45 mph created snow drifts of 2 to 3 feet in the three states, said Ryan Husted, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kan.

"We have pretty much cleared out. Sunny skies. It's starting to melt a little bit," Husted said Sunday. Transportation officials reopened several closed highways, including a stretch of Interstate 70 spanning from Denver to Colby, Kan.

Authorities on Sunday also released the names of two people killed in separate crashes. In northeast Kansas, Anthony J. Hinthorne, 40, of Topeka, was killed Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash and rollover on the Kansas Turnpike as snow was falling in Shawnee County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Later that night, Joshua J. French, 24, of Naperville, Ill., was killed when he lost control of his vehicle on a wet stretch of Interstate 35 in eastern Missouri's Clay County.

In the central Missouri town of Columbia, TV station KOMU was briefly evacuated Sunday morning because of high winds and a heavy buildup of snow on the broadcast tower next to the building. And Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced he was cancelling a couple events planned for Monday because of the weather.

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Associated Press reporters Thomas Peipert in Denver, Sandy Kozel in Washington, and Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City contributed to this report.

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PFT: Doc says RG3 'superhuman' in recovery

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It makes no sense to do mock drafts before free agency starts, even though everyone does.? It makes somewhat less nonsense to do one two weeks into free agency, but things can still change until it?s time for the first pick to be made.

Then again, it arguably makes no sense to do mock drafts at all, since it?s inherently a crapshoot that gives the experts and those who think they are something to do.

It?s even more of a crapshoot in 2013.

But we?ll shoot the crap anyway, since we haven?t done it yet this year and plenty of you have been asking for us to do one.

Probably so that you can complain about how bad it is.

So complain away.

1.? Chiefs:? DE Dion Jordan, Oregon.

2.? Jaguars:? OT Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M.

3.? Raiders:? DT Sharrif Floyd, Florida.

4.? Eagles:? DT Sheldon Richardson, Missouri.

5.? Lions:? CB Desmond Trufant, Washington.

6.? Browns:? DE Ziggy Ansah, BYU.

7.? Cardinals:? DE Barkevious Mingo, LSU.

8.? Bills:? QB Matt Barkley, USC.

9.? Jets:? CB Dee Milliner, Alabama.

10.? Titans:? OG Chance Warmack, Alabama.

11.? Chargers:? OT Eric Fisher, Central Michigan.

12.? Dolphins:? OT Lane Johnson, Oklahoma.

13.? Buccaneers:? WR Tavon Austin, West Virginia.

14.? Panthers:? DT Star Lotulelei, Utah.

15.? Saints:? WR Keenan Allen, California.

16.? Rams:? OG Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina.

17.? Steelers:? RB Eddie Lacy, Alabama.

18.? Cowboys:? S Kenny Vaccaro, Texas.

19.? Giants:? DE Bjoern Werner, Florida State.

20.? Bears:? LB Jarvis Jones, Georgia.

21.? Bengals:? DT Sylvester Williams, North Carolina.

22.? Rams (from Redskins):? OT D.J. Fluker, Alabama.

23.? Vikings:? QB Geno Smith, West Virginia.

24.? Colts:? WR Cordarrelle Patterson, Tennessee.

25.? Vikings (from Seahawks):? LB Manti Te?o, Notre Dame.

26.? Packers:? TE Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame.

27. ?? Texans:? WR Deandre Hopkins, Clemson.

28.? Broncos:? S Matt Elam, Florida.

29.? Patriots:? CB Xavier Rhodes, Florida State.

30.? Falcons:? DE Cornellius Carradine, Florida State.

31.? 49ers:? NT John Jenkins, Georgia.

32.? Ravens:? OT Kyle Long, Oregon.

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First generation ASUS Padfone gets bumped up to Jelly Bean

While we may be waiting on the arrival of the new ASUS Padfone Infinity, it could be easy to forget about the first generation Padfone. The one that started it all for ASUS and their phone/tablet hybrid range first properly appeared back at MWC 2012, but ASUS sure hasn't forgotten about it. An update is now available for the device which bumps it up to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. 

Currently, two variations on the update are out in the wild, a worldwide version and a Chinese version. There are a few ASUS specific improvements bundled in, such as improved File Manager, camera functions, scrapbook functions and supporting NTFS and EX FAT format SD cards. But, ultimately the headline is all about Jelly Bean, and the improvements it brings along such as Project Butter and Google Now. 

It's a hefty update, weighing in at 579MB, and download links for both versions can be found at the source link below. 

Source: ASUS

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Mayor: Chicago school closings tough but necessary

CHICAGO (AP) ? Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn't interested in doing what was politically easy and that the pain of the closings doesn't compare to the anguish of "trapping" kids in failing schools.

"If we don't make these changes, we haven't lived up to our responsibility as adults to the children of the city of Chicago," Emanuel said in his first public statements since Thursday's announcement. "And I did not run for office to shirk my responsibility."

Emanuel was out of town when his schools chief, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, announced the closings. It is the largest number of CPS schools to be shuttered in a single year, and officials say it will affect some 30,000 students in the nation's third-largest school district.

The long-awaited announcement angered many parents, teachers, lawmakers and community members, who say it disproportionately affects minority neighborhoods. Opponents also argue the closings will endanger children who may have to cross gang boundaries to get to a new school, and will eliminate facilities that are considered anchors in some struggling communities.

Opponents protested outside of several schools on Friday, and the Chicago Teachers Union and other organizations are planning a march Wednesday in downtown Chicago.

Parent Yolanda Harris called the plan "unfair" and said she was starting to second-guess her decision to vote for Emanuel for mayor. Her four children attend Dumas Technology Academy, which is slated to be closed.

"It's not to say (Emanuel) is a bad person, but I'm saying I don't agree with a lot of the decisions he's making," said Harris, who protested outside the South Side school Friday with other parents. "He's making big mistakes."

The mayor and Byrd-Bennett say the closings are necessary to address a $1 billion budget shortfall and because many CPS schools are half-empty, failing academically and in need of repair. They say the plan will save the district $560 million over 10 years in capital costs and an additional $43 million per year in operating costs.

Emanuel said Saturday the closings will allow the district to invest money in improving the remaining schools. And while he knows the closings will be difficult, he said every child deserves a high-quality education, regardless of where they live.

"You do not get a repeat on this," he said.

The vast majority of the 54 schools are in overwhelmingly black neighborhoods that have lost residents to the suburbs and elsewhere in recent years. Chicago's black population dropped 17 percent in the last census. The other few schools are majority Hispanic or mixed black and Hispanic. Overall, 91 percent of students in the district's 681 schools are minorities.

Emanuel also responded to criticism from the teachers union and others about being out of town on vacation when the announcement was made. He said he was in frequent contact with Byrd-Bennett throughout the day Thursday, and that he has been and will continue to be engaged in the process.

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How Chronic Pain Has Made Me Happier

Seven years ago I did so much cycling that my legs blew up. My body completely gave out and my brain decided that from now on everything was going to hurt all the time so that I would stop running myself into the ground. Since then I've had every type of scan ever invented and been to every kind of doctor under the sun. No one has ever found anything physically wrong with me.

Chronic pain is when your brain continuously fires out pain signals despite nothing in your body being damaged. When your nervous system goes haywire, normally sensible reactions like fear and self-preservation become very distressing false alarms. While the problem is superficially a physical one, the real challenges faced by someone with chronic pain are mental. Pain is scary; chronic pain can be unrelentingly terrifying.

Despite this, chronic pain has made me happier. On the face of it I'm now pretty much normal, although I don't drink much and am almost always in bed by 1 AM. I rollerblade everywhere and run 5K in a respectable time. But at every given moment, my entire body is in pain. The first years of this were, by and large, horrific. There are a lot of very bad ways to approach chronic pain, and I've tried them all. It beats the hell out of you. It breaks you down completely. But then you get to build yourself up again from scratch.

Mental state is the biggest modulator of physical pain. Things hurt more when you're stressed or sad, and the increased pain makes you both stressed and sad. The way out of this vicious circle is a wholesale change to how you perceive fear, suffering and setbacks. Of course you have to look after your body, especially the parts that are causing you trouble. But first and foremost you have to look after your mind.

You become more honest with yourself about your emotions and motivations. Pain can really, really get you down. You are never really comfortable, always distracted, and can't do the stuff you used to enjoy doing. However, it is still incredibly difficult to admit to yourself that pain might be running you over. You invent explanations and stories in which you are an invulnerable superman who barely notices the weight of the world on his back. But misleading yourself like this results in so much contortion and denial that with time these pictures fade, and your introspection necessarily becomes as raw and truthful as you can deal with.

Chronic pain is like mental illness. It is a squeamish, taboo class of affliction that few people know how to deal with, so you and others dance around the issue and you don't have to admit to any fragility. But once you come round to the idea that you are breakable and that this is OK, a new world of self-understanding opens up.

You have an increased will to change things as a result of what you learn about yourself. You put yourself in more good situations and take yourself out of more bad ones, with less regard for norms or strange looks. "I've got that thing with my legs, remember?" You are kinder to yourself and give yourself more permission to do weird stuff if that's what feels right. You do some truly uncommon things for reasons you don't feel much like talking about. At an ex-girlfriend's parents' wedding anniversary, you quietly leave the party for an hour to go and have a bath in the dark. So what? A bit later you realize that other people probably do this too, and that that's probably worth bearing in mind.

You become calmer. At first your only real emotion is rage. Rage at yourself, rage at the doctors, rage at everyone else who has no idea what you're going through. Before long you learn that this doesn't help. But it's what comes naturally, so you stick with it out of habit. You start reading; the books tell you that you must accept and welcome your pain as a friend. Bullshit, you're a fighter, you're going to keep fighting. Then after a much longer period, you have nothing left. You realize that all this fury and fighting and tensing up against the pain is the majority of what is making everything so bad. You quietly dig those books back out from under your bed and start again.

So you try acceptance. You cultivate stoicism, although you aren't quite sure what it means. You try realizing that there is not a whole lot anyone can do to make things physically better, and that this does not mean your life is over. You try believing that if you're going to have a bad day then that's what's going to happen and the best you can do is to use it to learn and practice. And as you're trying these things, you notice that while your body doesn't feel particularly different, you still feel a whole lot better.

You stop being so afraid of things, because fear is what screws you up. The raw pain experience often isn't that bad; the scary part is knowing that you will still be hurting tomorrow, will probably be hurting in a year, and may well be hurting forever. You don't have much control over your pain, but you do have control over how you interpret and react to it. Fear plays a pivotal role in the lifecycle of any bad experience, real or imaginary, and if you look closely at events and possibilities before being afraid of them then you will kick many of them to the kerb before they even begin. You create fewer bad experiences.

Prosaically, chronic pain has forced me into the same good habits that everyone else is after. I make sure I sleep and eat well. I don't work too hard. I don't drink much. I prioritize balance. For most people, an imbalanced life means burnout in a few years time, but with chronic pain this can happen almost immediately.

I take pride in what I have achieved. Doctors can't do much. Drugs are ineffective. The only thing that makes any difference to the quality of my experience and happiness is me. This isn't some self-help hand-clappery. I try and accept help along the way, but educating and rebuilding yourself works, and there is medically no alternative.

I'm not battling pain, so I haven't beaten it as such, but I haven't let it beat me either. I am in many ways stronger, whether I like it or not. I am in all likelihood more understanding of some of the crap that other people go through, although that might just be maturity or my imagination.

And I am happier.

How chronic pain has made me happier |Rob Heaton

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Rob Heaton is an entrepreneur, software engineer and rollerblading enthusiast. He's currently building Copyin.com?Email for Teams. Read more of his writing on his blog and on Twitter at @RobJHeaton.

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