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Marvel Comics has announced that it will offer the users to download over 700 issues of Marvel comics for free for the next two days of ComiXology. After the Marvel just launched the over the ComiXology servers has gets massive amount of traffic and the servers got crashed. After crashing the company has continued its offer.
Over 700 Marvel digital Comics is an good news, but the bad news is that after the company has revealed the offer earlier yesterday, the ComiXology servers would not be able to deal with the massive amount of traffic and the fans who were waiting to download the free comic issues, users were using the ComiXology website or download via many apps, including the Windows 8 app.
The company has poster an tweet on the official ComiXology Twitter page that the company still working to get back online.
Now back to your regularly scheduled server-mageddon! Don't worry, we've got Top Men working on it. #TopMen twitter.com/comiXology/sta…
— comiXology (@comiXology) March 10, 2013
The Marvel Comics has announced many offers this weekend and the free digital comic book is one of the announcements that will let users to download their comic edition. The company has also launched its official iOS app for its Marvel Unlimited Service, the service allow iOS users to read tens of thousands of older comic editions for just a nominal fee of one month. Marvel has also announced that it will add music and sound to its digital comics later this summer.
Marvel comics website slowly getting back online, and keep in mind that the free digital comic offer from Marvel Comics only valid until the end of Tuesday.


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Does anybody know where I can get a paperback copy of the illustrated eric? The only place I can find it looks like a re-release hardback on Amazon in November (or November 2011 for the paperback).
It would be really great if I could find a version that isn't too big or I'll have to re-arrange my bookshelf a bit

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'Doctor Who' Series 8: Who is the new Doctor?Add to Favorites | Doctor Who
Update: Scottish actor Peter Capaldi has been announced as the new Doctor.
The speculation about who will replace Matt Smith, becoming the 12th Doctor in Series 8 of "Doctor Who" is almost at it's end. The BBC is set to make a live announcement Sunday (August 4).
The moment it was announced Matt Smith would be departing the show, fans lit up the internet with ideas an rumors about who would fill his spot. Many wondered if the new Doctor would be black, with "Luther's" Idris Elba having his name passed around quite a bit.
Others have thought maybe it was time for a female Doctor, with Billie Piper a favorite. She, of course, played the first companion, Rose Tyler, when the series relaunched, starring with Christopher Eccleston (Nine) and David Tennant (Ten). She's also returning with Tennant for "Doctor Who's" 50th anniversary special.
However, If a tweet from celebrity photographer Rankin is any indication, the new Doctor isn't a woman. "Just photographed the next Dr Who for tonight's announcement," he writes, "Let me know what you think of the photo? He's going to be an ace Dr."
The favorite to take the coveted role among bookies, because people are actually gambling on the announcement, is "The Thick of It" star Peter Capaldi. According to Metro, Capaldi has become a 5/6 favorite for the role as betting ends ahead of the announcement. Joe Crilly, spokesman for online gambling house William Hill, says, "As far as we and our punters are concerned, Peter Capaldi has almost certainly bagged himself the 'Doctor Who' gig."
Others with decent odds include "Skyfall" actor Rory Kinnear, recurring "House of Cards" star Ben Daniels and Daniel Rigby, who had a small role in James Franco's "Flyboys."
Then there's American actor Misha Collins. He seemed to inject himself into the new Doctor discussion, with a simple tweet. "I'll have a very exciting announcement tomorrow. Hint: it has something to do with the UK and phone booths," he tweeted. Turns out his real surprise was leaving candy in front of a phone booth. It's highly unlikely there would be an American Doctor, anyway.
Whoever the new Doctor is, his time is close at hand. "Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor" airs on BBC America at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, Sunday.
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2013 Tony Awards: Neil Patrick Harris Opening Number HD
Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 67th Annual Tony Awards and delivers an epic show opener involving casts from numerous musicals. Aired Sunday, June 9, 2013 on CBS. Closing number with Audra McDonald: h...
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We are looking for an experienced Graphic Designer to join our team from July 1, 2013 through February 28th. We are creating internal materials for a large company who requires creativity and clarity in the design of materials to be distributed to employees regularly throughout the company.
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Day 2
Day 2, we started building today. We did a range of tasks from mixing mortar, carrying bricks, laying bricks, brick force and lintels. We formed brick passing lines to make moving the bricks more efficient. I realised how heavy the bricks were and how difficult working on a construction site can be, I developed a great deal of respect for the individuals that do this on a daily basis. By the end of the day my body was very tired and I was exhausted. Although the physical labour was difficult we all pushed through and were very pleased with the progress we made.
On the second day I did more work which was related to construction, like learning to lay bricks, using construction equipment, how to mix cement and how to apply the cement onto the previous layer of bricks in order to lay the next layer and so on. Once again the work wasn't very difficult but it was extremely tiring lifting the heavy bricks all day. We were also not as efficient at doing the job as the rest of the trained construction workers on the site due to our lack of experience.
Today I mixed the sand, cement and water to form the mortar at a ratio of 1:4 (Cement: Sand). I also helped to pass on the mortar to the brick layer. I also helped in the actual brick laying which was quite a challenge. I helped to carry the bricks to where they building, it was a lot of fun.
Day 2, Building! So chuffed to be mixing cement and laying bricks rather than moving earth. We found ourselves a house which had been half built and met the builders Moses and Goodwell, who got us to work collecting sand, cement and water. We mixed the heavy, thick cement before starting to move cement blocks into the house ready for building. My fingers started to give up after carrying the third pallet of bricks, one in each hand. I finally got to lay three bricks before we were called for lunch. The afternoon was spent mostly building, everyone got involved passing bricks and fresh mortar while others laid the cement blocks, ensuring brick force and wall ties for the interior walls were inserted every third course. By the time we were finished for the day, our half built house had all its door and window frames and all its walls were complete with the steel roof ties placed every three bricks along the top.
The day began with another awesome spring morning in Atlantis. The group gathered at a half-finished house to receive our task for the day. The first job we had for the day was to mix the mortar for the laying of the cement blocks. This looks much easier than it is; it made me appreciate the labourers around me. As the day came to an end we had made major progress with the walls. Another good day for the team.
Work picked up today as we were actively building. Tasks that were done today included moving building blocks, mixing mortar and laying bricks. Other smaller tasks were done at the request of the resident builders. Today's tasks were more challenging than yesterday, but we managed to do a lot of work. I was particularly interested with the brick laying process.
- The team helping to mix mortar on Day 2
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ARTnews asks what's in a name and looks into the grueling task of selecting a museum show title. "Got a show to curate? Need a title for your exhibition? You might look to the Internet and click on Rebecca Uchill's Random Exhibition Title Generator, which will give you such plausible-sounding banners as "Breaking Dissent: A Remix of the Local" or "After Illusion: The Video Art of Urban Experience."… Uchill's spoof provides an instant fix for the titling dilemma, but in reality, curators and members of museum marketing, communications, and publications departments put a great deal of thought into naming their shows, and the process can take months, even years." [ARTnews]
Art Basel has slowly changed the art landscape of Miami. The Art Newspaper talks to Silvia Karman Cubiñá to find out how. "Art Basel may not have instantly made Miami into a global art hub, as some predicted when it first landed on Florida's shores in 2002, but the fair has been steadily driving year-round museum attendance and arts patronage—and, according to Silvia Karman Cubiñá, the executive director and chief curator of the Bass Museum of Art, filtering art into everyday life." [The Art Newspaper]
Versailles celebrates the royal gardener who paved the way for urban planning as we know it today. "France's Chateau of Versailles has pulled out all the stops for one of its favorite sons, gardener Andre Le Notre, who designed the palace's famous gardens. This year, to mark the 400th anniversary of Le Notre's birth, several of the garden's fountains are being restored and the chateau is hosting an exhibit on his life through February 2014. Experts say Le Notre's work was so groundbreaking, it continues to influence contemporary urban architecture." [NPR]
Grey Power, one of our favorite projects of the year, celebrates the elderly through the eyes of their adoring grandchildren. "shedding new light on a generation, 'grey power' by netherlands-based designer yoni lefevre is a photographic project that visualizes the elderly as vivacious and almost super-human, through images drawn by their grandchildren. the group of four youngsters were asked to sketch a picture of one of their grandparents. instead of illustrating them as aged and sedentary, their sketches depict colorful, active scenes of grandmothers and grandfathers playing tennis, planting flowers, and even juggling with eight extraordinary arms. the charming and honest viewpoint of the young artists reimagines grandparents as dynamic, sharp and engaged members of the household, a perception that often is overlooked by our rapidly moving society. lefevre explains that'older people are perceived as standing on the sideline, having lost their independence. but I see the great value this generation can offer'." [designboom | Yoni Lefevre]


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News of Riverton, Lander and Fremont County, Wyoming, from the Ranger's award winning journalists.
Man gets two-week sentence for March fight in Riverton
Jul 11, 2013 - By Alejandra Silva, Staff Writer
A Hudson man will spend two weeks in jail for punching a Riverton man and fracturing the victim's skull in March outside of Bomber's Sports Bar.
James Edward Crooks, 24, of Hudson, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless endangerment in connection with the incident. His sentence is part of a plea deal with prosecutors that was accepted by Wyoming 9th Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Robert Denhardt during an arraignment Tuesday in Riverton Circuit Court.
The plea agreement called for 180 days of jail time, with 163 days suspended. Crooks has been credited with three days in jail, so he will spend a total of 14 days more in custody.
Crooks requested to begin his sentence at 9 a.m. Saturday. The judge accepted the request, and Crooks will begin his jail time on that day.
The agreement also requires Crooks to pay $40 in court costs and $150 for victim compensation. He is not supposed to have any contact with his victim, Darryn Davis, 24, of Riverton.
As part of the plea agreement, Crooks's lawyer Scott Stinson asked that the bond paid on behalf of Crooks be returned. He also requested that travel be permitted for employment purposes and that the district court case against Crooks be dismissed. On Tuesday, Wyoming 9th District Court judge Norman E. Young accepted a motion to dismiss two other charges against Crooks -- battery and aggravated assault and battery -- that had been bound over to district court in March. Those charges together carry a maximum penalty of 10.5 years in prison and a fine of $10,750.
The original charge of "aggravated assault and battery" alleged that Crooks caused serious bodily injury to another person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life. The other original charge of "battery" alleges Crooks intentionally, knowingly or recklessly caused bodily injury to another person by use of physical force.
Both parties also agreed that restitution claims would not be pursued.
March incident
Court documents state Crooks punched Davis in the face at about 1:20 a.m. March 9 outside of Bomber's Sports Bar in Riverton. Riverton police officers said Crooks had left the scene when they arrived. The officers said they found Davis "lying supine" on the ground with "obvious severe trauma to his face."
Davis was transported to Riverton Memorial Hospital, then airlifted to the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper to be treated for bleeding inside his skull and a fracture to his eye socket.
Fremont County deputy attorney Patrick J. LeBrun outlined the events of March 9 to explain the diminishment of charges.
After Davis struck the first punch, LeBrun said, no further assault occurred as Davis remained on the ground.
"According to hospital documents he suffered non-life-threatening injuries," LeBrun said.
Because of that determination, LeBrun said the plea agreement was appropriate in this case. He said it was not an aggravated assault and Davis was only put at risk for serious bodily injury.
Joseph Alberts, a witness interviewed who was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, said Davis's posture and gestures indicated that he was getting ready to engage in a fight. The witness said Davis looked upset and punched a nearby vehicle.
Davis was present at the arraignment Tuesday.
"I don't feel like justice is being served, I'm not in agreement with this," Davis said when he was given the opportunity to speak. "I spent a week in the hospital feeling like I was fighting for my life; I guess it is what it is."
Crooks responded that he was "sympathetic" to what he put Davis through. The men have known each other since they were younger, Crooks said.
Davis left before the arraignment ended, but Denhardt said he would have let Davis respond again or discuss the restitution decision. He also said the court requested restitution figures twice from Davis, but none was received.
Not a hate crime
Complaints against the Riverton Police Department previously accused officers of taking too long to arrest Crooks.
Witnesses also claimed they heard racial slurs at some point during the incident. Davis's mother is Northern Arapaho and his father is African American.
The U.S. Attorney's office reviewed the case and determined that it was not a hate crime.
"This evidently has been a very public notorious case in Riverton," Denhardt said. "(People) have a right to speak their mind, (but) judges aren't supposed to sentence on community motions -- they're supposed to sentence on the facts."
Staff writer Eric Blom contributed to this report


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On the weekends I'm usually a little more lax in my tidying up, simply because I spend the entire week doing exactly that. It seems a little fruitless, but since my job is "homemaker" I feel like I'm taking a hit on my (self-scored) performance appraisal if the order of the house is less than what I want it to be. And I'd prefer the house to be within 15 minutes of company-ready, if at all possible. (Not always possible. You know, real life happens.)
When I was working, the house stayed a lot cleaner since we weren't here most of the day. Now, even if we have plans to be out and about in the mornings, we're still home at naps and usually through the rest of the evening, which leaves plenty of time to distribute every single toy we own in a location other than its home.
One of these days I will miss that, right?
Anyway, I spent most of the morning moving laundry, picking up around the small folk, and running errands. Supper's in the crockpot, and my car is even washed. It's nap time now, and I've settled down on the couch to the whoosh of the laundry room and a bag of brownie brittle. I'm a little late to the party on this, but it's amazing and only 120 cals per serving. It reminds me of the crispy edges of the brownie, if that's your bag. I'm trying to decide if I've only had one serving or if I've crossed the line into 2 (most likely). I found it on the cookie/snack aisle.
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You can get away with listening to the guns and trying to time it perfectly but if you want to start well consistently then you need a watch. You can use a standard watch like a Timex Ironman (which are great durable watches) but they don't have a sailing oriented countdown timer. Enter the Ronstan Clear Start watch series.
The specific watch we're talking about today is the Race Timer. This is a purpose built device, too bulky for most people to get away with at the yacht club bar but perfect for quickly and easily seeing where you are in the start sequence. Previously we even compared its predecessor's size to something you might see hanging around Flava Flav's neck.
So what's changed? All of the buttons are now located on the top of the watch so they're less likely to get bumped by your hand or clothing in general.
The new feature I most appreciate are the deliberately placed 'start/stop' and 'sync' buttons, separate from the standard 'mode' and 'set' buttons so they're less likely to get hit accidentally when you're in sequence.
It also includes a backlight to light up your night sailing and added a 10 minute Match Race specific countdown timer.
Like the old watch it retains its large easy to read numbers, an elastic band designed to be used over top of foul weather gear or around a dinghy mast, as well as a screw holes so you can mount it to a bulkhead. It also retains the ability to adjust whether you want a rolling sequence or to count down and immediately enter a count up timer.
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5 Things You Need to Know About DWTS' Hope Solo
You may have read our bios for the cast of Dancing With the Stars Season 13, but there's a lot more to learn about the 12 celebs. Here are five interesting tidbits about sexy soccer star Hope Solo.
1. Her father died eight days before seeing her play for Team USA for the first time
Hope's dad, Jeffrey Solo, was her first soccer coach when she started playing at age 5 in Washington. After Hope's parents divorced, her dad — a Vietnam veteran — lived on the streets, but Hope wouldn't describe him as homeless.
"He was a tough Italian guy who was raised in a boys' home in the Bronx," she told USA Today. "He always had that street sense in him. In terms of being 'homeless,' I'm always very careful not to define it that way. He chose to live in the woods. He enjoyed it. I'd offer him money, and he'd never take a dime. If I looked for him, I wouldn't look for him at a homeless shelter."
He had never seen her play for the U.S. women's soccer team and was looking forward to attending a match on June 23, 2007 in New Jersey. But he died of a heart attack on June 15, 2007 — just eight days before the game — at age 69. Hope and her brother Marcus spread their father's ashes at Central Park and outside Yankee Stadium.
Watch Hope talking about her dad in this touching ESPN video:
2. She took heat for criticizing her coach and teammate during the previous World Cup
During Team USA's World Cup match against Brazil in 2007, coach Greg Ryan made the controversial decision to put veteran Briana Scurry in goal over Hope — despite Hope having not given away a single goal in almost 300 minutes of the World Cup and Briana not seeing a full match in three months. Brazil beat the U.S. 4-0 and Hope was vocal about her disappointment. A little too vocal.
"There's no doubt in my mind I would have made those saves," Hope told the press after the game. "You have to live in the present. And you can't live by big names. You can't live in the past. It doesn't matter what somebody did in an Olympic gold medal game in the Olympics three years ago. Now is what matters, and that's what I think." Her teammates weren't happy and Hope was booted from the subsequent match against Norway. However, she did apologize for her comments, writing in a MySpace post, "Although I stand strong in everything I said, the true disheartening moment for me was realizing it could look as though I was taking a direct shot at my own teammate. I would never throw such a low blow. Never."
3. She has a boyfriend
Despite reports that they broke up last year, Hope still seems to be dating Adrian Galaviz. Hope and Adrian were recently spotted at the Just Dance 3 launch party in L.A. "He was stealing kisses on her cheek," an onlooker told Page Six. Sources say the two have been dating on and off for 11 years after meeting in Seattle. That's commitment!
4. Jealousy alert! She was recruited by Maks
Kirstie Alley probably had to beg to get him, but DWTS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy went after Hope Solo himself. He's a big soccer fan and was vocal about wanting her to do the show. He studied her footwork as she was playing in the 2011 World Cup and wanted to train her — plus he thinks she's hot. ('Cause she is.) It's not surprising that he noticed her feet. According to a USA Today story, not a practice or a game goes by without somebody on the U.S. women's team saying, "Nice feet, Hope!" She admits that she's pretty obsessed with her feet. "I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes." And when she found out that ex-Ukrainian Bachelor Maks wanted her, she did the smart thing and wanted him back. "I saw that Maks had gone on ESPN's SportsCenter trying to recruit me a few months ago, but I was focusing on the World Cup at the time," Hope told ESPN. "When I came back home, I looked at my schedule and I saw no reason why I can't do it." That's all you have to do when you're Maks. Ask and you shall receive.
5. She's a hot endorsement commodity
Hope became a marketer's dream after leading Team USA to the World Cup Finals in July. According to SportsBusiness Daily, her Twitter followers jumped from 8,000 to more than 250,000 in little over a week. (She's now close to 300,000.) She and teammates Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan signed endorsement deals with Bank of America and, shortly afterward, Hope signed a multi-year deal with Gatorade. Hope and Alex also attended the New York City premiere for the final season of the HBO show Entourage. Richard Motzkin of Wasserman Media Group, who has represented Hope for 10 years, told SportsBusiness Daily that interest in Hope after the World Cup was "staggering." "Being on the cover of Sports Illustrated helped her awareness with the general public," he said. "She has an opportunity to become well-known not just in the soccer scene, but in the public mainstream as well." Guess that's happening now!


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Clear Admit Experts Weigh in on Helicopter Parents of MBA Applicants
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A recent article highlighting the increasing phenomenon of helicopter parents hovering over their adult children as part of the MBA application process shared insight from two of Clear Admit's own.
The article, which appeared in Poets&Quants and Fortune, provided a trove of anecdotal evidence to support the fact that some parents are now playing as involved a role in the MBA admissions process for their children, many of whom are in their mid- to late-20s, as parents of high schoolers applying to college.
Stacey Oyler, who came to work as an admissions consultant for Clear Admit after serving on the admissions team at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, shared several of her experiences with overly involved parents as part of the article. In one instance, Oyler received a late-night call from an accusatory mother who questioned Oyler's advice regarding her son's application.
"She accused me of screwing up by not ordering a transcript," Oyler said in disbelief. "That is the level of investment some parents now have in graduate admissions. Oyler received the call from the mom because the applicant's dad had grown fed up with hearing about every detail of the son's application. Before the mom hung up with Oyler, she asked her not to tell her son that she had intervened.
Oyler, who recently left Clear Admit to join an executive search firm, had several other experiences to share about parents taking too involved a role in their grown children's graduate admissions process. "I don't know if it's just this generation or what," she said. "They've been propped up their whole lives, and these are the ultimate helicopter parents. Every major decision has to involve the moms. Rarely are they helpful."
Another Clear Admit admissions consultant, Jon Fuller, was also consulted for the Fortune piece. Fuller joined Clear Admit from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he worked as a member of the admissions staff. While there, he received a call from the mother of an accepted student.
"It was really weird," Fuller told Fortune. "She said, 'You didn't know it, but I was blind copied on every message he sent to you. I read all his essays and talked about all the interactions he had with the school. I want you to know but don't ever tell him I called you.' She was calling to say thanks for admitting her son, but it was a little disconcerting to know that he had his mom approving all this stuff."
Fuller, too, had several such stories to share from his time in admissions at Ross. The phenomenon of helicopter parents at the MBA level, he thinks, probably happens more often than the admissions community realizes. Candidates are generally smart enough to realize that the schools shouldn't know, since a hovering parent can make alarms go off for an admissions team looking for self-sufficient, independent adult candidates.
Nonetheless, Fuller argues, helicopter parents are probably here to stay, even at the MBA level.
"It's a necessary evil because the schools realize that the parents are not only acting as advisors," he told Fortune. "They are paying the bills. They are paying for test prep and tuition, so their opinions are going to hold a lot of sway in the process. Schools have to figure out how to work with it instead of against it."
Read the complete story, "Attack of the Helicopter Parents of MBA Applicants."
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9/24/2013I have this on my Start screen... useful app with a clean interface. I love that it lists and maps local breweries! A search icon not buried in the ... menu would be a nice touch.
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May is Maiden Mania Month for us at http://www.metal-rules.com. This month we are going to review lots of Iron Maiden related material. Two books, two CD's and a Maiden DVD, all of it mostly related to the last two world tours: the Somewhere Back In Time World Tour (2008-2009) and the Final Frontier World Tour (2010-2011). Lastly, we have the formal results from The Iron Maiden Tournament run by Erik on our Metal Forum. Thanks to Erik for running this fun poll and series of threads. Feel free to enjoy all of these reviews in this mini-series.
Just home from work and the new Iron Maiden Blu-Ray was waiting in my mailbox. I crack open an ice cold ale and place the disc into the player. I choose the DTS Audio option on my receiver and THX Picture mode on the Plasma. I am all set for awhile.
After the somewhat lengthily intro which shows the South American fans, the band arriving, stage set up...etc. The music finally starts and we are off. The sound is really well done. The DTS mix is clear with just the perfect amount of crowd in the rear speakers. Well mixed in the front with Bruce's vocals centered where they should be.
The visual aspect of EN VIVO! is a bit of a mixed bag. The show was filmed well with great angles and some really cool angles. The colors are perfect and look very natural. The video falls a little flat in a couple of places, the first being that it is not crystal clear like it should be this day in age. Some shots are slightly better than others for clarity. The second place where the visual aspect fails is in the overuse of multi-angle screens. One image on the screen at a time is how a concert video should be viewed. More than that and it gets annoying and distracts from the show itself.
With the technical out of the way we can now concentrate on the most important feature; The Music.
As you would expect Maiden are on top of the game and perform flawlessly. These guys are the ultimate professional musicians. Bruce may not be able to sing like he did 20 odd years ago but he belts it out better than many bands out there now can ever dream of doing. After just coming off of the Somewhere Back In Time Tour where they basically played their 'Hits' they chose to concentrate on the latter albums from BRAVE NEW WORLD to the current FINAL FRONTIER disc. While they do include a few of the oldies the setlist is mainly newer material. For the die-hards this is quite a treat to hear some different songs live, while a newer fan that is just getting into them may be a little disappointed. If you are looking for Classic Maiden 'Hits' then get the FLIGHT 666 Blu-Ray as it is phenomenal. Despite a couple of minor flaws this release is extremely enjoyable. I am now on my second playing of it as I write this. Being a Maiden fan that came on board when POWERSLAVE was released I can say that hearing the older songs like "The Trooper", "The Number Of The Beast" and "Running Free" will never get old or tiring. Every Maiden fan should own this release.
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The future of eSports in 2013
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Although there's still $5 million up for grabs with Season Two of Riot Games' League of the Legends Championship Series Tournament, the company has already mapped out a very different Season Three. Brandon Beck, CEO and co-founder of Riot Games, is leading the charge with a completely separate, dedi…
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Riot Games is taking eSports very seriously. Brandon Beck, CEO and co-founder of the company behind the world's most popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, League of Legends, promises that Season Three will deliver even more cash and prizes than the $5 million Season Two. For the Champ…
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Competitive gaming has millions of fans. Its biggest stars earn six-figure salaries. Yet it's nowhere to be found on American television. You may happen upon bowling, lumberjack contests, or even rock-paper-scissors while channel surfing, but nary a match of StarCraft or League of Legends.
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text: Alsace: the Go-To Region for Gastronomic Bliss Andrew Barrow September 9, 2009 FCG, The Wine World, Wine Spotlight 3 Comments OK, so the snails were not the best I've ever consumed; those savoured in South Africa a few months prior were vastly better. Perhaps though it was the choice of wine–a Pinot Gris; its rich smokiness didn't really work with those meaty little fellows drenched in a butter garlic sauce. A crisper wine, as opposed to opulence, would have suited the dish better. Thinking here of a Cremant de Alsace which would mirror the blinding good rosé sparkler I had in South Africa. Snails from Au Vieux Porche The "accepted" wine match with snails, when in Alsace, is a dry Sylvaner, the "lesser" of the permitted varieties grown in Alsace but not one ignored by the gastronomy brigade. And no doubt other opinions could be applied to this particular dish. That, in essence, is the delicious truth of wine and food in Alsace. Wherever you go in the region–an upper-priced restaurant, a more humble tavern or just sampling various vintages with a winemaker–it is the gastronomic angle that keeps reappearing. The wines are designed with food in mind. So whether it is the fresh dill scattered over a fillet of Dorand served with Paul Zinc's delicious Riesling Prestige (at Au Vieux Porche restaurant, right next door to the winery in Eguisheim) or Bott Gyll's Pinot Noir Cuvée Apolline poured with a succulent pink-in-the-middle roast lamb and beetroot in bread (the sweetness of the beetroot brought out a delicious sweet-earthy dimension in the wine), every bottle sampled on a recent visit was offered as being particularly good when matched with food. They don't make it easy though. As detailed on Spittoon, matching wines lacking any details of their level of sweetness can be more than tricky. Would a dryish Gewürztraminer, say Trimbach's Cuvée Seguiners de Ribeaupiere, really go well with a Quetsch Plum Tart? (This, incidentally, has 10g residual sugar). Or would the same producer's Vendanges Tardive Gewürz (with 80g sugar) be a significantly improved match? Experimentation is the key. With Alsace's seven major varietals it is relatively simple to follow some basic rules; you just need a little experimentation with the wine to check its sweetness (when known) and–perhaps more important–its perceived sweetness (a combination of acidity and minerality that imparts the impression of being drier than the wine's actual residual sugar implies). The rather neglected Sylvaner is made for shellfish, oysters and so on. But all consider it for fondues and salads. The most versatile variety–Pinot Blanc–matches with a huge array of foods from fish to poultry taking in sushi, dim sum, tabouleh and terrines and asparagus in its stride. It is also rather good with egg-based dishes such as the classic Alsace Onion Tart. Riesling, perhaps the region's most famous variety, is one to pick for fish in a cream or Riesling sauce, and exotic dishes picking up the flavours of citrus, lemon and grapefruit. The opulence of Pinot Gris, often with a degree of sweetness, is a classic with foie gras, a match I adore. Game birds and foods like liver and kidneys are also sublime. Dishes based on mushrooms, lamb tagines, tandoori chicken and so on are also sublime. I adore PG with roast chicken served with a creamy mushroom sauce. Gewürztraminer, when in its full aromatic glory, scores with strongly flavoured cheeses. You must try it matched with Munster at least once in your life but blue cheeses in general are also good. When not too sweet, fruit desserts are good. Some literature I received while in Alsace also declares Gewürz a "revelation!" with "the trio of ingredients so dear to Mediterranean: traditional tomato, anchovy and olive oil." Foie gras is also a superb match. The two grades of wines with sweetness indicators (Vendanges Tardives and Selections de Grains Nobles, the latter with a little botrytis influence) I must admit to enjoying on their own, letting their complexity play on the palate alone, totally unsullied by food. You may think differently though and match them with something unusual. That snail dish perhaps; each to his own I guess. * * * The website for the Conseil Interprofessionnel Des Vins d'Alsace (Alsace Wines to you and me) has recipes available for Onion Tart and Quetsch Plum Tart, among others. The site also provides information on matching food with the region's wines. –Andrew Barrow is the author of Spittoon, one of the top wine sites on the internet. A member of the prestigious UK based Circle of Wine Writers and WSET Diploma holder it would appear that total immersion in the online world of wine (with a sideline in food) is just a step away. Pingback: Spittoon() Pingback: Palate Press: the New Online Wine Magazine : Wine Blog Reviews() http://www.njmonthly.com Susan Guerra Andrew: Thanks for this great article about the food and wine pairings of Alsace. I just got back from the region. I was traveling with my two teenage sons (mostly in Germany) and only had two days in Alsace but in that little time I was blown away by the food. With the kids in tow it was tough to taste wine all day but I learned another thing: you can't swing a stick there without hitting a castle or some other magnificent site of historical interest. Here's a story I did for NJ Monthly on Alsace as a great place for Happy Mediums while vacationing with teens: http://njmonthly.com/blogs/on-the-vine/2009/9/3/onward-in-alsace.html


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Dr Oz: Foods That Whiten Teeth
Dr Oz played a game with two ladies that is similar to the game called Pyramid. They got a list of five words and one minute on the clock. One lady got to see a word and had to make her friend guess what word it was without saying the actual word. Doctor Oz said the theme of the game was to learn how to get a youthful glow and whiten your teeth with the foods that you eat. Did you know that celery whitens teeth? Or that eating liver makes your skin glow like a self tanner? Click here to read another teeth whitening home remedy from Dr Oz: Teeth Whitening Remedy.
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The first word was of course celery, since that is the vegetable that helps to whiten your teeth. So the lady said words like "you eat it", long, green, very crunchy, you put cream cheese in it… but her friend could not get the word and so they passed on it. The next word was beans, to which she said good for you, baked, small, pinto, red, kidney… and the word kidney got her friend to guess the word beans. The third word was liver, which was the hardest word I think. She gave clues like people don't like to eat it, its an organ in your body, brown and gooey.
At this point in the game, the time ran out, so Dr Oz said that he would double the stakes. He gave them three clues to describe the top item in the pyramid, and if they guessed it, they would still win the prize. The clues were:
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I did it, i finally killed my PC well the water pump and the power supply that i know of for sure. I though my PC was a little bit on the noisy side so though hey if i replace the fans and bring the rad into the case it will be fine. Been putting it off due to maybe it leaking etec due to have to removing the tubing. Well it gone ok a few leakers here and there which is to be expected but why moving the rad about to get rid of the bubles on of the clips came away poring everywhere. Tided it up but noticed a burnt smell. Was not sure where from but was getting no powerf to anything, i then noticed it tripped the electrics in the house. So turned them back on but kept going off. Found out the PSU was the one doing that. Luckly i still have a very old parts of a system hooked the 350w PSU to get the pump going but would would do nothing. Found out the pump is tripping the PSU.
I am hopping nothing else is dead as i did have the 4pin CPU power cable attached to the motherboard when the PSU blew, the DVD ROM and the back up 20GB IDE HD is working as that is what i am using right now. BUt am hoping my 2x SATA 750GB drives are ok as is the motherboard and CPU. i hope that having the 4 pin connected while shorting the pins did not effect them. So i have ordered a 1kw PSU and a new pump setting me back £166
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Year: – 1989
Language: Hindi
Subtitles: English
Genre: Horror, Action, Cult
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Director: – Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay
Cast: – Deepak Parashar, Sikandar, Amita Nangia, Priti Sapru, Shubha, Anil Dhawan, Tej Sapru Shehzad Khan, Narendra Nath, Neelam Mehra
Purani Haveli is a 1989 classic Hindi cult horror film presented by the Ramsay brothers, who ruled Bollywood with their brand of Horror movies in the Eighties.
An old mansion harbors a blood thirsty monster that kills and devours humans entering the place. The killing spree of the monster is put to an end by a priest, who manages to lock it in the mansion's dungeon. The evil monster now lies in wait to be set free. An industrialist named Kumar decides to buy the mansion without knowing the horror it beholds. Anita is Kumar's niece who is the soul owner of all their wealth and Kumar's cunning wife Seema wants Anita to marry her brother so that they can take over all the wealth. But Anita is in love with a poor photographer, Sunil. This does not go well with Anita's family and they forbid her to see Sunil anymore. Then, when Kumar goes to take possession of the mansion, Anita's friends Shobha and Anand join in and also invite Sunil secretly. They also invite several other friends, including Sunil's assistant Manghu and travel via a bus. As the group explores the mansion the stumble upon the dungeon and set the evil monster free putting a bloody massacre in motion. Can the group of friends survive the horror? Can the Flesh eating monster be stopped before its too late?
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|Diane M Douglas
|13026 N 62nd Drive
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|B.S. - Rutgers University, major Marketing; Associates - Somerset County College (now Raritan Valley Community College) Business - both in NJ. From the Arizona School Boards Association I have also earned their Certificate of Orientation, Certificat
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|Husband John; Daughter Lauren
|How long have you lived in Arizona?
|Moved to Arizona from New Jersey in 1990.
|What is your party registration and how long have you been registered as a member of that party?
|Republican � since at least 1990. I don�t recall how I was registered in NJ and quite frankly don�t care enough to see if public records are still available to determine one way or the other. Although I have little doubt some will be scurrying to f
|Previous public offices you have sought/held:
|Incumbent Peoria Governing Board
|Civic organizations in which you have been active?
|My civic involvement has been my volunteer work in the schools throughout my daughters education and since on the board.
|Are you using public funds in your campaign?
|No � school board elections don�t qualify for clean elections funding.
|Do you have any sort of a criminal record or any outstanding civil judgments? Please be specific.
|NO, unless having a total of, I believe, two speeding tickets (less than 10 mph over the limit) in 35+ years of driving counts - one over 25 years ago and the other probably 10 years ago.
|What is the best piece of political advice you ever received?
|Stay true to your values and always vote your conscience.
|What character trait best serves a public official?
|What character flaw most harms a public official?
|What is your favorite book (besides a spiritual text)?
|The Lord of the Rings � I have read the trilogy so many times I�ve lost count.
|What is your favorite place in Arizona?
|San Xavier del Bac Mission in Tucson
|Which Arizona political figure past or present do you most admire and why?
|Congressman Trent Franks. He is a man of faith, honor and integrity who appreciates, values and protects the many blessing our country offers us all. He understands the very real dangers which threaten our country, our freedoms and our very future. Congressman Franks is a true statesman in the old fashion sense. He has earned my deepest respect and admiration.
|Why are you running for school board?
|For too many years the school board members where chosen by administration, to represent administration, almost without question. In my opinion, this resulted in very poor decision making which has squandered very precious resources. I originally ran for school board in 2004 because I disagreed with some of the decisions of the board. It is only since being on the board I have truly come to appreciate how detrimental the consequences are when the board does not function in its true capacity as the community�s oversight of the district resources. I have worked to return accountability to the district and I will continue to work to do so.
|Describe the top three educational challenges your district will face in the coming school year and explain your strategies to overcome those challenges.
|Educating our students beyond the AIMS test. If we teach a broad, full curriculum, any test required will take care of itself.
|Meeting the differing needs of all students by offering choices.
|Preparing our students to be successful as adults. We must educate our students not train them to do jobs.
|What spending issues in your district's budget do you challenge and what would you do instead?
|We have virtually no contingency funds available to cover cost increases or emergency situations. I don�t believe that many aspects of our business operations are being run for the maximum efficiency.
|While school districts cannot advocate an override, what can be done to help market an override for districts that have had recent defeats?
|Develop and prioritize the funding requests with input from a true community committee � not a small group of parents who are brought in at the last minute and asked to support a funding election after a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation of predetermined and very broadly defined areas of spending. The board should not approve any type of funding election unless �how much� and �for what� are very clearly defined, with the help of the community, prior to the resolution being approved. We must ask only for what is absolutely necessary; be able to explain very thoroughly exactly how the funds will be spent and follow up with the proof. I believe that will earn and hold the trust of our community.
|What effect has the emphasis placed on high results on the AIMS test had on your district, schools and personnel? Do you think it should be a high school graduation requirement?
|I believe we must be very careful that we educate our students not just prepare them for a test. I do not place much faith in the AIMS test itself, but I do support an objective measure to evaluate what our students have or haven�t learned. Classroom grades and portfolio assessments are too subjective.
|What role should schools play in issues such as sex education and preventing alcohol/drug abuse and teen suicide?
|We should do everything we can to help our students maintain safe and healthy lifestyles. �Safe sex� is a misnomer and one of the worst frauds that has ever been perpetrated on our youth. We should be honest with our youth about the physical and emotional devastation caused by premature sex, drug and alcohol abuse. While I don�t have statistics at my fingertip to specifically substantiate, the devastation caused by premature sex, drug and alcohol abuse is among the leading cause of teenage suicide. Why wouldn't we do everything within our abilities to protect our children�s physical and emotional well being?
|Should more schools in your district consider requiring uniforms or more standardized dress? Why or why not?
|While I�m not a proponent of uniforms, I believe it should be an option available at some schools for those who do want such option. I find it very disturbing to visit our campuses and see how inappropriately some of our students and employees choose to dress. I believe the board should adopt clearly defined standards of acceptable dress for students and employees and these standards should be consistently enforced.
|What should your district do if anything to compete with charter schools, private schools and neighboring school districts? What should your district do to boost student enrollment?
|We need to determine why families are choosing charter schools and determine how we can meet these needs within our schools. We need to offer a wide variety of options rather than cookie cutter schools.
|Are there any particular programs or programs in the curriculum that you'd like to see changed? Please explain.
|The block scheduling in high school. Students can�t lose up to six weeks of instructional time or study math, foreign languages and many core courses one semester on, one semester off without be adversely impacted. Block scheduling has made the senior year inconsequential with many students only attending half a day or leaving after the first semester. I don�t understand how taking half a load during the senior year prepares students for the rigors of college or the workforce. I don�t support block scheduling but rather than eliminating it completely, I believe we should offer a variety of alternatives.
|Are you satisfied with the performance of the superintendent and overall district leadership?
|Our new superintendent took the helm midway through the last school year. At that time the board set various performance goals for the new superintendent � which were met with varying degrees of success mostly due, I think, to the difficulty of a mid-year transition. In the past many decision were made by the superintendent and council behind the scenes without the board exploring and vetting the many different alternatives that are always available with any decision. This has resulted in some very poor, expensive, irrevocable Time will tell, it always does.
|Are you satisfied with the technology available to teachers and students in the district? If so, explain. If not, what specific technology would you support?
|Technology is a tool which can be very costly and become obsolete very quickly. There are always sales people willing to �promise� their technology is the panacea. We must evaluate what tools truly impact and improve student achievement and help students become more successful. I don't believe there is any one answer or piece of technology which should be implemented across the board. Different school, different courses may require different resources. High schools need different resources than elementary schools. Junior high grades have different needs than early elementary grades. We need to develop a strategy which appropriately meets the needs of our diverse student populations. That, in my opinion, is why our last capital override in 2003 failed and why as a community member I didn't support the effort. It was far too expensive and far too vague in exactly what would be funded. It tried to provide everything, everywhere not taking into account differing needs - equal is not always equitable.
|How do you feel about year-round schools?
|I believe in offering choices and alternatives to meet different needs. In a school district our size I think we should be able to offer some year-round programs if there is a demand for such an alternative from our community.
|Do you feel your district sufficiently communicates with parents and the community? If not, how would you improve that communication? How can you get the community more involved in schools?
|I believe that we can always do a better job of communicating with and involving our community. Too often, in my opinion, we talk at rather than listen to our community. We need to make customer service a top priority at every level throughout the district. We do have a very active volunteer base - I thank them and deeply appreciate their efforts and time. When people feel welcome at their schools and that we value their time and efforts I believe they will become and continue to stay involved.
|If redistricting is an issue for your school district on the November ballot, what do you think about the issue? Are you in favor or opposed? Why?
|Redistricting is not an issue in our district.
|With the closing of the Thomas J. Pappas Schools for the homeless this year, how should districts serve the influx of these students?
|PUSD currently services students who are homeless. We shouldn�t treat these students any differently than any other students � evaluate their educational needs and find ways to meet those needs.
|What changes if any do you think should be made to the No Child Left Behind Act? How has NCLB affected your school district?
|In my opinion No Child Left Behind, while it may be well intended, is an awful piece of legislation. The federal government has not constitutional role in education � it is a local issue. Mandating from the federal level that all students become �proficient� will ultimately result to students being educated to the lowest common denominator.
|How long have you lived in the district?
|We have lived in the Peoria School District since moving to Arizona in 1990.
|Do you have children in the district? If so, what schools do they attend and what grades?
|18. Not currently. Our daughter attended PUSD schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade. She graduated from Ironwood High School.
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The T-50 Golden Eagle is an early 21st century Korean-American supersonic trainer. It has been developed by Korean Aerospace Industries in conjunction with Lockheed Martin. The program includes the A-50, or T-50 LIFT, as a light attack aircraft variant.
The T/A-50 program is the replacement for a variety of trainer and light attack aircraft. This includes the T-38 and F-5B in training and the CAS Cessna A-37B; in service with the South Korean Air Force. The program was originally intended to develop an indigenous trainer aircraft capable of supersonic flight in order to train and prepare pilots for the KF-16s. The T-50 makes South Korea the 12th nation to produce a complete jet fighter aircraft. Some of the South-Korean aircraft include the propeller-driven KT-1 basic trainer produced by Samsung Aerospace (now part of KAI), and license-manufactured KF-16s. Most of the core systems and technology were provided by Lockheed Martin, however, and in general the T/A-50 is said to closely resemble the KF-16 configuration.
The development of the aircraft was funded 13% by Lockheed Martin, 17% by Korea Aerospace Industries, and 70% by the government of South Korea. KAI and Lockheed Martin are currently pursuing a joint marketing program for the T-50 variant internationally.
The mother program, code-named KTX-2, began in 1992, but the Ministry of Finance and Economy suspended KTX-2 in 1995 due to financial matters. with the initial design of the aircraft, in 1999. It was renamed T-50 Golden Eagle in February 2000, with the final assembly of the first T-50 taking place between 15 January 2001. The first flight of the T-50 took place in August 2002, and initial operational assessment from July 28 to August 14, 2003. The South Korean air force placed a production contract for 25 T-50s in December 2003, with aircraft scheduled to be delivered between 2005 and 2009.
The Golden Eagle was reserved the official T-50A designation by the U.S. military, although it currently has no plans to procure the aircraft. The designation was reserved to prevent to it from being inadvertently assigned to another aircraft model.
Other variants of the T-50 Golden Eagle include the light-attack A-50, and the more-advanced F/A-50. The A-50 variant is an armed version of the T-50 as a stable platform for both free-fall and precision-guided weapons. FA-50 is an A-50 modified with an AESA radar and a tactical datalink which are not yet specified. As part of the A-37 retirement-out program to be completed by 2015, sixty A-50's will be in service for the South Korean air force by 2011.
The T-50 is equipped with a Honeywell H-764G embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system and HG9550 radar altimeter. The A-50 variant uses APG-67 radar from Lockheed Martin. The aircraft is the first trainer to feature the digital fly-by-wire control interface (triple redundant). The aircraft can carry up to two pilots, and the high-mounted canopy and the tandem seating allow the pilots superior visibility, vital to successful lock-on of enemy targets. The cockpit holds the On Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS).
The altitude limit is 48,000 ft, and the airframe is designed to last 8,000 hours of service. There are seven internal fuel tanks with capacity of 2,655 litres, five in the fuselage and two in the wings. An additional 1,710 litres of fuel can be carried in the three external fuel tanks.
The T-50 Golden Eagle uses a single General Electric F404 turbofan engine with Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). The engine consists of three-staged fans, seven axial stage arrangement, and an afterburner. The aircraft can supercruise at the speed of Mach 1.05, and with maximum 78.7 kN (17,700 lbs) of thrust with the afterburner, and has a maximum speed of Mach 1.4.
A 20 mm General Dynamics M61 Vulcan cannon with 205 rounds of linkless linear feed can be mounted internally behind the cockpit. An AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile can be attached at each of the wingtip rails, and more missiles can be carried on the underwing hardpoints. Compatible air-to-surface weapons include the AGM-65 Maverick missile, LAU-3 and LAU-68 rocket launchers, CBU-58 and Mk-20 cluster bombs, and Mk-82, -83, and -84 general purpose bombs. Three external fuel tanks can also be carried.


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- Apple first generation iPhone, a personal digital assistant, which includes a mobile telephone, a hard drive based MP3 player, and an 8GB hard disk, it comes with a USB cable.
The iPhone functioned as a personal digital assistant and telephone through applications (known as apps), which appear as icons on a touch-sensitive screen. Some apps are pre-installed, whereas other apps can be downloaded from the Apple iTunes Store either for free or after payment of the cost of the app. One app is the iPod app, which allows the iPhone to function as an iPod and play music, videos and podcasts as well as display electronic books (eBook).
This particular item was purchased in October 2007 by a Victorian whilst on a business trip to USA. He brought it back to Melbourne and adapted it for Australian conditions. To do this, he unlocked it so that its SIM card could 'talk' with the telephone service of an Australian telecommunications company (Telstra), instead of the American telecommunications company AT&T.
The iPhone's success was due to its novel industrial design and in following the Apple tradition of ease of use, for example in downloading apps and music from the Apple iTunes store. It is not just a phone, but a multi-purpose device.
This item is part of a representative collection of hardware, software, trade literature and promotional material that documents the history of the Apple Company and its contribution to, and impact on the computer industry and society.
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- Apple iPhone with USB cable.
The tablet has a plastic black rectangular body with aluminium back and a touch-sensitive screen built into part of the top surface.
On the front is a circular button home/wake switch.
On the top edge is an on/off switch and ear phone socket.
On the bottom edge is a socket for the USB cable.
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- The Apple iPhone was the first combined mobile phone-personal digital assistant to dominate the commercial market. In the space of less than a year it became the product which other major mobile telephone corporations sought to emulate. The innovative use of a touch screen to trigger icon-based actions, including the incorporation of an icon-based keyboard, made the iPhone easy to use, in keeping with Apple's industrial design tradition, and immediately establishing the product as a leader in its field.
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