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UPDATE: Baby Born With Six Legs Has Life-Changing SurgeryDanielle Sullivan
In the best outcome possible, Umar Farooq, the baby boy who was born with six legs in Sukkur, a city in Sindh Province in southeastern Pakistan, has received life-altering surgery.
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The parents are so grateful to the government for stepping up to help them. Shaikh expressed his thanks:
"A team of five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs from the baby today. He is very much safe and secure. It is great news for us. What parents want is to see their kids healthy and strong. We pray his life remains normal and joyful."
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Apple iPhone 4 ReviewApple iPhone 4 9.5
Plenty of things can change over the course of three years in the mobile world as technology seems to leap new heights constantly when devices are being packed with intricate hardware and an accompanying platform experience to make it gratifying. The smartphone landscape changed heavily when the original iPhone first came to fruition back in 2007 to a wide audience that was initially skeptical in how an unknown figure in the mobile community could change the game. The events that unfolded over the last few years tell the true telling of how the iPhone substantially affected the industry with its ground breaking performance. However, we've seen the handset don two additional makeovers, the iPhone 3G and 3GS, that some still argue to not necessarily accompany that reinvention that came along with the original's release. It's summer and Apple's tradition of releasing a new version of the iPhone each year continues as the world has been well informed regarding the highly prized product which received plenty of attention in the last few months leading up to its release due to a bevy of leaks. It's here! Now and in the flesh! But will it be enough to withstand the onslaught of competition that's currently catching up, consistently evolving, and closing the gap?
The package contains:
• Apple iPhone 4
• USB Cable
• User Guide
• Stereo headphones
• Wall Charger
Quickly gazing at the smartphone for the very first time, it tastefully can be seen that Apple decided to go back to the drawing board this time around as it sheds the previous look of the iPhone 3GS with a totally new one. Clearly it looks like an iPhone from afar, but upon closer inspection, you can meticulously feel the love that went into building and crafting this device together. Essentially the handset is encased by two pieces of strong glass which are held together by the brushed stainless steel band – used also to help aid the handset in receiving better cellular radio connections. The smooth glass found in the back replaces the glossy plastic one that's been in use with the previous two iterations and essentially make it flat – even the lens on the camera follows the flush pattern. As much as we adore the strength of the material and radiance it offers, it's a prone for all the nasty baddies out there that take away from its shiny luster. Additionally, when holding it for the first time after being accustomed to the curved backing of the iPhone 3GS, it doesn't hug your hand as good as we'd like it to – still, it didn't take too long before we got used to it. Clearly it's one of the thinnest smartphones (it's actually said to be the thinnest) we've seen to date. It's also narrower than the previous versions of the product. Following suit, the iPhone 4's construction feels solid throughout every nook and cranny as there is no denying that it can repel the wear and tear of age. Flaunting an almost identical weight to its older sibling found with the iPhone 3GS, it's evenly balanced and makes the phone feel even more durable, however, we'd be appalled to think about the consequences of dropping it. Overall, the fresh look of the iPhone 4 has a somewhat nostalgic tone as it makes us harken back to the 80s when Sony's beta-max units were all the rage with their metallic exterior and knobs jutting out prominently. Its industrial design provides a modern update which tastefully exemplifies an old time favorite look that will surely keep gazers close-by.
You can compare the Apple iPhone 4 with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
When you quickly look at the landscape of high-end smartphones currently on the market, they all mostly sport WVGA displays and utilize a range of technologies – such as LCD, AMOLED, or Super AMOLED. As we tend to see Apple stick with something very unique for their handset, they decided to employ an LED back-lit IPS LCD display packing a monster crunching 640x960 pixels resolution which quickly became more known as the "Retina Display." At the same time, Apple opted to keep its screen size at 3.5" which naturally increases its pixel density immensely – making it THE most detailed screen we've seen to date. Compared to the WVGA displays in use with some of its competitors, the "Retina Display" on the iPhone 4 pack a wallop by making even the tiniest of text look detailed upon closer inspection. Honestly, we were able to clearly see the difference between the iPhone 3GS and 4 when looking at the display from a distance of a foot – text on the iPhone 4 was much smoother and didn't look fuzzy like on the 3GS. Colors continue to shine as it boasts support for the same 16 million colors we were first introduced to back with the original. And just like all of the previous models, the capacitive display was responsive to the touch which made navigating around the interface a breeze. Still being one of the few handsets to utilize an oleophobic coating on the touchscreen, we're always glad to see it looking so fresh and pristine every time we take it out of our pockets. Generally using any handset outdoors in direct sunlight can become a nightmare – making some look quite unviewable even when brightness is set to its max. Thankfully, it steers ahead of the pack as it manages to shine brightly in almost any lighting conditions – even in direct sunlight. In addition, the utilized IPS technology comes along with some pretty wide viewing angles. However, we still feel strongly that Super AMOLED displays provide for richer looking colors, which can even fool some out there to believe that the display is turned off when the color black is present.
Apple iPhone 4
Apple iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4 (L), 3GS (R)
Text on the iPhone 4 was much smoother and didn't look fuzzy like on the 3GS
This time around, Apple decided to make the single home button feel more springy than what we experienced previously. In fact, this actually applies to all of the physical hardware buttons found on the phone as every single one of them has that solid tactile feel. The left part of the phone houses the all too standard vibrate switch and volume rocker – the latter being two distinct and separate circular sized buttons. Jumping to the top, we have the 3.5mm headset jack and dedicated power button while on the right side you'll find the micro SIM card slot. On the bottom of the phone, you'll notice the speakers and Apple's proprietary connection port. Flipping it over to its rear, the only thing you'll find is the 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with flash and the usual mirror looking Apple logo that elegantly brands the smartphone. Finally, in the front and next to the main speaker is the 0.3-megapixel front facing camera.
The 0.3-megapixel
The 5-megapixel camera
The sides of the Apple iPhone 4
120 Comments
1. cadetz (unregistered)
i really want to thank you for 'bold'ing the key words for the review so i can skim through it in lesser time thanks
116. firebo14 (Posts: 77; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Review forgot to mention this phone does NOT have Flash Player. Big BIG FLAW.
2. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
ok phone arena, you give the iphone 4 a 9.5, there's no way you can give the droid x BELOW that.
3. bng (Posts: 107; Member since: 12 Feb 2009)
knowing them, they are most likely are going to give it les than a 9.5
23. ace1122 (Posts: 237; Member since: 23 Mar 2009)
The DROID X isn't out yet so you don't know how well it really works. If they give the DROID X below a 9.5 then i'm sure it deserves less than that. But i'm betting it's gonna be a freaking awesome phone!
52. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Also, PA doesn't rate cross phone carriers. They rate off of the carrier available devices when related to technology. The DROID X is on VZW so it will be compared to the incredible, DROID, (maybe even the Storm2...?), dominantly, and to a lesser extent toward the iPhone. The vocie and data ratings will be rated against other vzw devices, etc. So the ratings are different. All AT&T has is the iPhone, and lower quality Android Devices as to not step on their crown jewel of the iPhone. If the Galaxy S, Milestone, Nexus One, were sold thru the carrier at a subsidized price, I am sure there are those that would buy Android over the iPhone... BUT, like PA said in their review, it comes down to preference and what you are looking for in a phone.
64. best1 (Posts: 2; Member since: 27 Jun 2010)
your rong iphone 4 is going to be better than a droid :0
74. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
no.. your "Wrong".. lol.
77. AaronWasHere (Posts: 36; Member since: 10 Mar 2010)
78. kim_mandy36 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Jul 2010)
They did give HTC 4g a 9.5 as well so you can't really say that they're that unfair
80. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
they gave it the same
82. de 2 philly (Posts: 21; Member since: 11 Jun 2010)
EVO has mobile hotspot for 8 devices at once HDMI output Kickstand Vid chat over entire network 4G All of which the iphone doesnt do So being tied I think is a bit off, EVO has to have a slight edge. Plus Sprints network is better and its like $40 cheaper a month
4. Diego! (Posts: 573; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
They will... they will find the slightest thing as a minus and then the overall rating will decrease in Motorola's Droid X. How come the Samsung Galaxy S got only 8.5 with a Hummingbird chipset and a SuperAMOLED display? And iPhone 4 got 9.5 with its so many issues people are complaining about? Losing signal when holding it on left down corner, camera not working properly, and so on?? ffff, you are losing readers and visitors...
8. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Maybe then - considering many many other sites are also giving iPhone 4 very good scores - all these issues people complain about are not really that significant.. But of course you could just say the Steve jobs pays PA and all the others - its much easier after all.
117. biophone (Posts: 1955; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Wow you used to be a reasonable person who liked the iPhone. Turned into an android fanboy.
This is what you would say now
40 to 28 :)
33. shimmyx20 (Posts: 280; Member since: 03 Mar 2009)
But of course ilia1986! There is a massive conspiracy worldwide! These websites are simply being paid by Apple to give great reviews! And those users that gave Apple the highest satisfaction rating vs other smartphone manufacturers? They're all being paid too probably. And of course any site that writes bad reviews about the iPhone will be visited by Apple's secret police.
41. Diego! (Posts: 573; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
I never said nor mentioned Steve Jobs paid PhoneArena or any other site to support iPhone. But, being narrow minded, isn't good either. Apple's iPhone 4 may be good, but it has its flaws too, that's why I'm complaining. Mmkey?
42. ilia1986 (unregistered)
You don't understand why the iPhone 4 got 9.5 despite allegedly so many problems on it according to what you wrote. I merely mentioned that if this is the case, then perhaps these problems are not that significant. I also mentioned that all the haters will continue to say this this site is Pro-apple, and that everyone who gives an iPhone 4 a good review is an apple fanboy. Thats all.
53. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
@ ilia LOL your comment is so funny and true.
54. simpleleong (Posts: 14; Member since: 08 Jun 2010)
ilia your comment is amazing! 100% agree with you! There alots of phone like Samsung Galaxy S, Wave and etc which is way better than the iphone just because iphone got a better apps store and now i agree that phonearena is a apple fan!
56. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Of course. And so are all the other reviewing sites who give the iPhone 4 a good review, right? Heck, might as well call the iPhone 4 the worst product ever, not even comparable to something like the Wave which has no application store, or the Galaxy S which has no flash for it's camera. Sarcasm aside - There is a reason The Galaxy S got only 8.5. If you actually read the review - the reviewer said that his experience with the phone was not very smooth, and that sometimes the phone lagged. Not to mention the aforementioned lack of camera flash. Btw if you believe that this site is pro apple - why are you even here?
75. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
lol, because ibots excuse everything. its just like every iphone review on PA "it doesnt do a,b,c its locked down at x,y,z, it cant do the basics other cell phones do.... but ITS THE BEST PHONE EEEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR and we will never rate another phone as high as an iphone, no matter what!!"
5. jungelungen (Posts: 2; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
WHAT?!?! You can't give this phone a higher score than 3.5!!! It fails on so many things!! Critical things! I have always hated Apple,so I love that they are failing!
32. shimmyx20 (Posts: 280; Member since: 03 Mar 2009)
How are they failing? They more than likely sold 1 million+ phones on launch day, probably 2-3 by the time the weekend is over. Most websites are giving the phone great reviews, and almost everyone who has purchased an iPhone is happy with it.
39. droidman (Posts: 106; Member since: 17 Mar 2010)
Who gives a rats ass how many they sold on the first day just because the phone sells like crazy dosen't mean it's the best. Today I watched this iPhone 4 get raped by the evo 4g,the nexus one and the incredible all from a legit source technobuffalo go watch the videos fanboys don't start crying just because I'm laughing at ya
40. NOVAinc (Posts: 99; Member since: 24 Jun 2010)
you are a really hateful person
43. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Nope. He's a really stupid person. And one that denies reason and logic.
62. droidman (Posts: 106; Member since: 17 Mar 2010)
I'm stupid because I stated a fact you don't like I can say what i want it's my God given right weather you like it or not I state facts buddy I never lie if you can't handle the truth that's on you if want to bash me I'll bash back I could careless what think of me. You to make yourself look like a saint on this website and youra sensitive ass man that's right I'm the bad guy
63. droidman (Posts: 106; Member since: 17 Mar 2010)
I guess your Mother Teresa?
79. kim_mandy36 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Jul 2010)
The only reason why iPhone's errors were magnified was because everyone was trying to find what's wrong with it. True they seriously messed up with their reception problems due to the new iPhone's antenna but if this problem was found on a Nokia or Samsung phone no one would bitch about it this much. In addition to that so many people want to see iPhone fail so much so that they tend to magnify all of their product's shortcomings which is really unfair.
89. stef3206 (Posts: 1; Member since: 22 Jul 2010)
3.5 is probably too low !! But I agree how to dare rating 9.5 on a phone with so big issues such reception !!! Because this is an IPHONE, you put high rating even when this is not in line with the truth ! Common guys, this is a phone still, so take into account antenna issue is real and make this phone a big mess. I don't want to get a plastic case to solve the issue.
98. celldoctor (unregistered)
wow, you're one sensitive guy. Of course you have a right to express your opinion, nobody on here said that you didnt. If you dont care what people think of you than why get so defensive when someone chooses to express their distaste for something you've said? Thats pretty hypocritical if you ask me. Nobody likes someone who has a bad attitude and does nothing but curse and talk negatively about things.
6. brando7 (Posts: 2; Member since: 12 Dec 2009)
wow that is all I can say. "App Store sports about 4 times more apps, with each being about 5 times better in value. Its iOS 4.0 does not feature active homescreen widgets to show you what the weather is like on the outside, like Android does, but it would never freeze, crash or lag. As we said, it's all a matter of personal taste." seriously? thats one big opinion 5 times better in value. my moto droid has never frozen or crashed oh and it allows full customization you could say its "magical" or "revolutionary" and it got an 8.5. oh and btw on all android phones you can hold it anyway and it makes a phone call! :]
7. martycota (Posts: 28; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
How does the iPhone get a 9.5 and the EVO a 9.5 when the Evo has many more features while the only improvement on the iphone is some multitasking (something the EVO does) and improved battery life (something the EVO doesn't do). I understand giving the phone maybe a 9, as the screen is nice, but the thing still can't make phone calls well, cannot use flash, cannot use google maps navigation, cannot work on 4G. Its bad enough you gave the Samsung Galaxy S a lower review than the iPhone, probably just because it has a plasticy feeling case (ie. its not made by apple). Sure the Battery life and screen are awesome and the design is pretty nice too (especially in white if they release it), and the ability to somewhat multitask is a much needed addition to the Apple camp, and this may be the best phone on ATT right now, but having it equal to a phone that can do so much more and the only thing the iPhone does better than that phone is have better pixel display and longer battery life (though you can't have extra batteries or even replace the battery), it shouldn't have an equal score to it.
9. testman22 (Posts: 338; Member since: 03 Nov 2009)
A phone that can barely make calls gets a 9.5. Thats like a rating a GPS system that can't give you directions a 9.5 because it has neat alternate features.
10. fsjon (Posts: 119; Member since: 03 Sep 2009)
How can you give a 9.5 when it can't really make a phone call, and this time you can't even blame AT&T anymore?? WAKE UP this is an i "PHONE", what good is it if I can't even make a call? I may give it a 9.5 if it's an iPod. I still can't believe the statement being released telling people to change the way to hold the phone, such arrongance is beyond belief.
13. JDubreno005 (Posts: 25; Member since: 07 Jan 2009)
fsjon.. well said sir
11. nitinkamath75 (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
I am extremely disappointed with phone arena rating for this phone ....after this i am not sure if i will be able to trust your reviews and opinions about phones ....i must this review has made me rethink your very views about mobile phones ...9.5 for a phone which cant even make a call...amazing !!! I dont know if Phone Arena team is listening to this ...but i am never going to visit your site again for any views about phones .........
86. jimlo1 (Posts: 1; Member since: 12 Jul 2010)
Quiet about the stupid you can't make calls. I am in South Florida and have no dropped calls or signal bars anywhere i go all over south Florida with my iPhone. And everyone I talk to says there is nothing wrong with hearing me properly
12. orchuman (Posts: 9; Member since: 04 Jun 2010)
Wow am i the only person that thinks those camera samples coming from the iphone 4 looks umm plain crap? Not to mention the bad signal quality, i cant see how they gave this phone a 9.5..... i totally dissagree. Samsung wave is cheaper with better camera quality ,audio quality, signal quality, and im getting one on july 4th. :)
17. four_zero40 (Posts: 4; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
I noticed that too, and can't seem to get why PhoneArena didn't put it as a Con. I also don't understand why they didn't point out anything about losing signals while holding the phone in a particular way. This phone should've been reviewed at a 8.0 score at best.
61. irob youblind (Posts: 1; Member since: 27 Jun 2010)
I agree. Usually I'm very happy with phonearena reviews, but this is just pure (censored). I can understand personal pleasure in using an Iphone but c'mon and make this review more objectional. This isn't about if you like it, its about how good it is compared to other phones, not to its last model!!! Having bad signal strenght should be like 50% of the score. Or did you think that we'd all be calling people via Wifi??? I hope you guys understand how good a phone needs to be for a 9.5 score, not how popular. How can a phone be 9.5 if its only intergrated with Istuff, loses signal strenght if u hold it ("kinda" important), no flash, have to pay for the apps that are actually good. Have to pay for Imovies to use it, Videocalling ONLY to other Iphones and a new OS that looks practically the same as the old one with minor and outdated improvements. This phone gets a 8.5 at best. if it was released in 2009 then yes, 9.5 wouldn't be far off the marker (without its other bugs). I only feel sorry for the non-tec people that waste their hard earned money for an Ipod paperweight with yellow dots, since they can only buy 1 phone every 5-10 years and get stuck with a BETA version of Iphone because of subjectional reviews.
92. Bassie (unregistered)
99. celldoctor (unregistered)
The main reason that the photos look so good on the iphone 4 is mostly because of the display. I'd be curious to see if the pictures look as good when moved to a computer.
14. JDubreno005 (Posts: 25; Member since: 07 Jan 2009)
This is clearly a blatant example of iPhone bias on phonearena's part.. I too wait for the Droid X review... we shall see... I am not a sprint fan, but to fsjon's point the EVO is soooo much more of a PHONE!! not a damn pretty ipod that has some neat features on WIFI, also god forbit you are left handed, you kill your own reception! I truly am an apple fan.. but iPhone4 FAIL. If you agree with me throw a plus 1 up. Cheers
15. LGVX1993 (Posts: 260; Member since: 27 Jan 2009)
Does it really matter what the score is? If you don't like the iPhone, don't get one. Its that simple
16. JDubreno005 (Posts: 25; Member since: 07 Jan 2009)
That kind of rational is the problem.. people base there buying on reviews like this... so it is not that simple.
18. four_zero40 (Posts: 4; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
Error in my reply I hadn't read the last chapters about holding the phone, but you would've thought that would be a huge con but nope. You can expect for the Droid X to have such "Cons" as: Too big Doesn't have Retina display Bad camera quality (even though the samples they post are going to show otherwise) No gyroscope No front-facing camera Not as good apps as an Iphone Not an Iphone
21. cellgeek82 (Posts: 518; Member since: 20 Dec 2009)
But we can say the Droid works like its supposed to. The pros would be: Build quality of Motorola. Does what it was advertiesed to do. Doesn't make you look like a metrosexual. Isn't locked down to an inferior network. Great call and connection quality. (yes Apple, the Droid can make PHONE CALLS) Open market. Removable battery. 3G coverage everywhere. On Verizon's network. Has affordable and useful apps insteady of expensive useless apps. And the final and best Pro: Its NOT an iPhone!
24. nak1017 (Posts: 328; Member since: 08 Jan 2010)
Too big is a matter of opinion... like the ipad not being able to fit into a pocket... Also, the better apps? More apps, not better would be fair. Apple users used to always ask "how many word processors do you really need?" when confronted with the lack of programs compared to windows computers. Other than there being better games on the iPhone, the apps are essentially the same... Gyroscope is fancy speak for accelerometer... I'm not even going to get into an 8mp vs a 5mp camera...
19. nimo (Posts: 72; Member since: 11 Jun 2010)
Very biased score. a 9.5 for a phone that has serious signal problems. Your forgetting its primary function is a PHONE and it fails in that respect.
20. cellgeek82 (Posts: 518; Member since: 20 Dec 2009)
In the conclusion they said the call quality and reception had issues. Hmm, call me crazy but this sounds pretty important for a PHONE to have. Even for data, it needs a solid connection. Way to go Apple and AT&T, drop another deuce as easy as dropping calls. AT&T: Rethink Impossible
22. nak1017 (Posts: 328; Member since: 08 Jan 2010)
With games category being the most popular app on the iphone, can we get a comparison between the iphone and a gameboy? I feel that's a fair...
25. ilia1986 (unregistered)
LOL it's really amusing to see people saying that the iPhone 4 cannot function as a phone at all - when the reviewer clearly said that the only thing they experienced was the signal strength dropping. Everyone needs to get a perspective on things.
31. shimmyx20 (Posts: 280; Member since: 03 Mar 2009)
Unfortunately these fanBOYs are ignorant.
46. cellgeek82 (Posts: 518; Member since: 20 Dec 2009)
Thats not what I've been reading. I'm hearing problems keeping a call connected. Think about it, if you're in a weak coverage area and holding the phone cuts the signal out, you're sure to drop a call. But I saw a YouTube video of someone showing how bad it is. The 3GS gets alot better service.
26. fredphoesh (Posts: 9; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
9.5??? I bought the iPhone4 yesterday and have almost decided to return it to get the Galaxy S. The fact I cannot hold it in my left hand has destroyed the mystique of a "well designed" phone. There are many other shortcomings which I overlooked, some very big ones, so I cannot imagine why this phone gets 9.5/10 Here are some flaws/limitations of the iPhone4: you lose signal by HOLDING the phone!! you cannot play divx xvid mpeg4 wmv, and Apple iOS does not support adobe flash! you cannot play flac or ape uncompressed audio files you cannot have home screens filled with active widgets you cannot drag and drop music to and from device you cannot use any old usb cable to charge the phone you have to use itunes and quicktime to sync you can ONLY sync from one computer!? you cannot have a spare battery you cannot put your HD videos you shoot on a SERIES of external memory sticks (when you go on holiday, for example) There is probably more, but 9.5 is a bit of a joke.
29. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Sir, aside from your first point (which can be remedied by having a case) - all the other points are not flaws, but clearly represent a philosophical choice made by Apple. All these things have been known before. They probably won't change. And that is because Apple is the one which sets what is best for you. If you don't like it - you don't have to buy it.
66. jherz6 (Posts: 216; Member since: 23 May 2008)
Aside from his first point? I think thats a pretty major problem dont you? You shouldnt have to use a case to get good reception. I agree that being able have an spare battery is an issue, and clearly a clearly a design flaw. Because no matter how carefull you are as far a keeping a phone charged eventually its going to die on you and it sure would be nice to be able to put in a charged battery rather than having to wait to charge it and being without a phone in the mean time. Not being able to play mp4's that to me is an issue also since its the same format that Apple uses for the ipods, and what are people supposed to do to watch a video taken with the phone all crowd around or play pass the iphone?, another design flaw. Most phones want you to use a specifc charging system so thats nothing big. To get music on add it to itunes then sync it. One thing he didnt mention was how fragile the screen is the it would shatter from a drop as far as only twelve inches, and since no company will insur the iphone youd have to pay someone to replace the screen, or the damage was more severe buy a new one at full price. That company policy clearly needs to be changed.
27. AaronWasHere (Posts: 36; Member since: 10 Mar 2010)
The hush money from Apple must be pretty awesome to say this is a 9.5 out of 10 when you can say Cons: -Poor signal connection on some units -Sound quality could be better -Wi-Fi needed for FaceTime Pile that on with the known signals issues on the actual PHONE of the device from - let me get this straight - HOLDING IT WRONG? - and you are looking at quite a payout to give this high of marks. Please. iPhoneArena, I make 1 logical plea... take your hands off Steve Jobs' golden jock strap and be fair. Those issues alone should knock a phone down more than a half a point on a review. I know numbers are subjective, but when you mislead people that blatantly, it makes you guys look bad. It really does. Might I suggest a 2nd impartial full review on this phone? I won't touch AT&T service with a 10 ft pole so im out of that running.
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|EAMONN WALL was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. He holds a BA University College, Dublin, the MA the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and the PhD from the City University of New York. Until recently, he was an Associate Professor of English at Creighton University, living in Omaha from 1992-2000. In addition to teaching courses in creative writing and Irish literature, he served as Director of the Creighton Irish Summer School. His poetry has been published widely in Ireland and in the United States. His books include Dyckman-200th Street, (Salmon, 1993), Iron Mountain Road (Salmon, 1997), and The Crosses (Salmon, 2001). He is also the author of a book of essays on the Irish disapora, From the Sin-é Café to the Black Hills, (University of Wisconsin Press). (The Sin-é Café was an Irish bohemian/literary cafe in New York, and in English means "That's it.") The book is co-winner of the Durkan Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies for the best scholarly book on Language and Literature published in 2000. In addition to poetry, Eamonn Wall regularly contributes book reviews and articles on Irish fiction to The Review of Contemporary Fiction and other journals. He is currently the Jefferson Smurfit Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Missouri St Louis.


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Overview of the Records
History of the T.A. Scott Company
Scope and Content
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Records
The T.A. Scott Company of New London, Connecticut was incorporated in 1903. In 1922 it was merged with the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company to form the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, a diversified industrial corporation.
In the spring of 1860 the Board of Marine Underwriters of New York City undertook to solve the problems presented by mounting losses from shipwrecks and the intolerable state of salvage along the Atlantic seaboard. Marine salvage had long been in the hands of unorganized, selfappointed amateurs who were often unscrupulous. The Board of Marine Underwriters established the Coast Wrecking Company and placed Israel J. Merritt at its head. It was primarily because of Merrittts character, integrity and experience that the enterprise prospered from the beginning. Before long his wrecking and salvage vessels, carrying the symbolic Black Horse Flag at the masthead, became known throughout the shipping world. Merritt selected for his flag a galloping black horse on a field of white as a tribute to the agents in isolated areas who raced on horseback to the nearest telegraph station to notify the Coast Wrecking Company of vessels in distress. These agents have been referred to as the "Pony Express of the Beaches". Within a score of years after the establishment of the Coast Wrecking Company, Merritt was in a position to buy the business and reorganize it as Merritt's Wrecking Organization, in partnership with his son, Israel Jr.
Inevitably competition developed when another figure of like mold, William E. Chapman, formed the Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company which specialized in the lighterage and hoisting business in the flourishing port of New York. This firm was well provided with equipment, knowledge, and experience to engage in marine salvage. The rivalry between these two outstanding companies was by no means always friendly, but in 1897 they solved their competitive problems in the spirit of the era by merging to form the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company.
Meanwhile another wrecking and salvage organization, with a specialty also in construction, had entered the field. This was the T.A. Scott Company, Inc. above mentioned, the central figure in which was a distinguished and much experienced master diver.
Thomas Albertson Scott (1830-1907) started his life-long association with the sea at the age of fifteen when he and a young companion began trading wood for oysters and clams in towns near Snow Hill, Maryland, where he was born. Seven years later, in 1852, he shipped out as a seaman on the schooner JOHN WILLETTS. Within three short years he had become master and part owner of a schooner referred to in one place as the BLACKBIRD and in another place as the THOMAS NELSON.
After a few years Scott sold his interest in the schooner and moved his family to Coytesville, New Jersey, where he opened a general store. Within two years he abandoned the store after making a contract to salvage the cargo from a steamer sunk near Fort Lee, New Jersey. After this experience he was employed to remove the wreck of the steamer SCOTLAND, sunk in the channel off Sandy Hook. On January 30, 1870, he displayed his character by stuffing his own body into a hole in the side of the Hoboken-Manhattan ferry UNION to keep her from sinking in the icy waters of the Hudson. At this time Scott was master of the tug RELIANCE of the Off-shore Wrecking Company. Shortly after this incident he entered the employ of Francis Hopkinson Smith who had contracted to construct the Race Rock Lighthouse off the west end of Fishers Island in Long Island Sound.
About 1871, Captain Scott, as he was called by all who knew him, moved his family to New London, Connecticut, so they would be with him during the construction of the Race Rock Lighthouse. After this long, and seemingly impossible task was completed in 1878, Scott remained in New London where he engaged in marine salvage and construction operations.
When the firm was incorporated in 1903, under the name of T.A. Scott Company, Inc., Captain Scott's second son, Thomas Albertson Scott (1877-1961) became president. Under the vigorous leadership of the younger Scott, the firm turned increasingly to construction but did not neglect salvage operations. In 1904 they designed and built a plant to manufacture bichromate of potash and soda for the Mutual Chemical Company in Jersey City, New Jersey. Two years after the death of the elder Scott in 1907, the company constructed a cellulose plant at Afton, New York, for the Ansco Company. Salvage operations were expanded by the absorption of the Boston Tow Boat Company in 1911. The ability to combine its underwater and construction activities was demonstrated in 1914 when the company built the Connecticut State Pier in New London. In 1915 it added a warehouse to the pier to handle cargo brought in by German commercial submarines.
With the outbreak of World War I salvage operations were greatly expanded. Scott was commissioned Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy and was put in charge of all government salvage in American waters, but he directed much of the salvage in European waters as well. Between 1918 and 1920 he served on the United States Shipping Board. He resigned his position of president of T.A. Scott Company, Inc., in 1917, and was reelected to that post in 1920, after he left the United States Shipping Board. Partly as a result of the close co-operation between the Scott Company and the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company of New York, rumors began to spread soon after the war that the two firms would merge.
The merger was accomplished in 1922, as noted above, when the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation was formed with Thomas Albertson Scott as president. He later served as board chairman as well. During the boom following World War I, Merritt-Chapman & Scott turned more and more to construction and expanded its operations by adding a continent-wide chain of subsidiaries, most of which were disposed of during theensuing depression. During those lean years, following the stock market crash of 1929, the company survived largely through construction contracts on public works.
During World War II Merritt-Chapman & Scott served widely in salvaging both navy and commercial vessels, saving cargoes and ships worth nearly $700 million in 498 rescue missions. For these services, both Thomas A. Scott and Captain Walter N. Davis, Merritt-Chapman & Scott's senior salvage officer, were awarded Medals of Merit by President Harry S. Truman in 1946.
New blood was added to the company when Louis E. Wolfson was elected to the board in 1949. When Thomas A. Scott retired from active service to become honorary board chairman in 1951, Wolfson was chosen to succeed him as board chairman. The duties of the president were also placed on Wolfson's shoulders in 1953. He held both positions until 1959, when he resigned the presidency.
Under Wolfson's vigorous leadership, Merritt-Chapman & Scott became more and more diversified and engaged increasingly in construction activities. Milton Electric Steel Company, Milton, Pennsylvania, was acquired in 1953. By 1955 diversification had further increased through the addition of Devoe & Raynolds Company, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, and Tennessee Products & Chemical Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee.
Additional information may be obtained from: A supplement to the New York Times, March 20, 1960New London Day, April 6, 1961Francis Hopkinson Smith, Captain Thomas A. Scott, Master Diver, 1908Francis Hopkinson Smith, Caleb West, Master Diver, 1899The last item is the story of the construction of Race Rock Lighthouse with Captain Scott in the role of Caleb West.
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The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to court cases which dragged on over a period of several years.
Included among the papers are primarily correspondence, telegrams, transcriptions of telephone conversations, memorandums of charges, memorandums of services rendered, bills, office and inter-office memorandums, wreck reports, marine protests, newspaper clippings, lists of materials and gear used, lists of items salvaged, charts, broadsides, statements of general average, divers reports, reports of survey, blue prints, and agreements, contracts, and other legal papers. A few photographs which were removed from the papers and six large scrapbooks of photographs which came with them have been transferred to the Museum's photographic collection.
Restoring the papers to their original order seemed to be the logical first step in processing them. The Company had placed all papers pertaining to single accidents, whether involving one or more vessels, into separate envelopes with labels bearing identifying symbols such as A1, B23, or Y6. A usable, although inadequate, index was compiled by the Company and came to the library with the papers. Although the order of the papers within the envelopes was seldom disturbed, the envelopes themselves had, over the years, become badly mixed up. Once the envelopes had been restored to their original order, the papers could be removed, unfolded, and placed in proper folders and storage boxes. Thus, all the papers pertaining to a particular accident or vessel are still maintained as a single unit. The number of pieces pertaining to an accident range from one to more than 175. To make the papers more useful to scholars, alphabetical indexes to vessels, owners, and locations of accidents have been compiled. A chronological index has also been added.
As is frequently the case with company papers, some irrelevant items have found their way into this collection. The only ones in this category are found under the location symbols F1-F5. Two items, papers regarding John Knight Bucklyn and the construction of Thomas A. Scotts house in New London, are personal, whereas those pertaining to the New London Marine Iron Works and the Colorado River Improvement Company are of a business nature but do not pertain to the salvage operations of the Company.
Six folders of materials extracted from a group of miscellaneous papers which came with the Wreck File have been included in box 25 of the collection. These materials may be listed as follows: a partial list of the Scott Company's wrecking equipment in 1911, papers regarding the purchase of engines for the tug TASCO in 1906, memorandums regarding the acquisition of the equipment of the Boston Tow Boat Company in 1911, statement of the general average of the schooner SARAH & LUCY in 1910, papers of the New London Ship & Engine Company and the Electric Boat Company between 1910-1916, and data concerning earlier shipwrecks in Long Island Sound compiled in 1912. The last group concerns prospective court action centering around the tug SARAH E. McWILLIAMS and has dates ranging from 1893-1912.
Accidents to almost every kind of vessel are documented in these papers. The subjects range from little known or unknown barges to large and luxurious yachts and passenger liners.
Some accidents may be mentioned here by way of illustration. One case worthy of special attention because of the method used in the salvage operations is that involving the barges MANHEIM,, COLERAINE and TUNNEL RIDGE, probably of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which went ashore at North Truro, Massachusetts, on April 14, 1915 during a gale. The COLERAINE and TUNNEL RIDGE were stripped and burned but the MANHEIM was floated during a similar gale in March, 1916. In order to assure success to the operations, Ezra Rolfe and four assistants lived on the barge for eleven months awaiting suitable conditions. In the meantime they rigged hawsers to three big anchors in deep water and hooked them to winches on the barge. When the barge floated during the gale on March 23, 1916, the five men using the winches, pulled the barge safely into deep water.
Two accidents of a peculiar nature involved the schooners MAGGIE ELLEN, ESTELLE and MINNIE SLAUSON. On November 13, 1912 the MAGGIE ELLEN ran ashore on Fishers Island, New York, for some unexplained reason. Soon thereafter the ESTELLE ran ashore at the same place after mistaking the beacon lights of the MAGGIE ELLEN for those of Little Gull Island and Race Rock, New York. The MINNIE SLAUSON sank near Handkerchief Shoal on September 23, 1915 after colliding with the Handkerchief Lightship.
Two well-known yachts which required the services of the Scott Company were the DAUNTLESS and the WARRIOR. The famous old DAUNTLESS was dismantled and destroyed after sinking at her moorings at Essex, Connecticut on February 5, 1915. The large and luxurious WARRIOR, once the property of Frederick Vanderbilt, went ashore on Fishers Island, New York on July 19, 1916.
One type of accident which occurred with almost alarming frequency was a collision between a steamer such as the TENNESSEE and a schooner such as the SAMUEL S. THORP. These two vessels collided off Fishers Island, New York on the night of October 9, 1915. The steamer arrived in New York two days later with a forty foot hole torn in her port side almost amidships. All of her 240 passengers were transferred to the steamer CONCORD. A large hole was cut in the bow of the schooner only eight inches above the water line. She was towed to New London, Connecticut, stern first.
One quite famous case involved the German commercial submarine DEUTSCHLAND and the Scott Company tug T.A. SCOTT, JR. During the early morning hours of November 17, 1916, while two Scott Company tugs were escorting the submarine out through The Race between Fishers Island and Little Gull Island, the DEUTSCHLAND accidentally rammed the T.A. SCOTT, JR. The tug sank almost immediately, carrying with it all five of its crew members. The only survivor of those on the tug was Frederick T. Hinsch of the interned German liner NECKAR and managing director of the Eastern Forwarding Company. The DEUTSCHLAND returned immediately to her berth in New London.
Another famous case concerns the liner ST. PAUL which turned on her side and sank at her pier in New York harbor on April 25, 1918 while undergoing conversion to a troop transport. In this case the Scott Company furnished divers, gear, and salvage equipment to the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company, which had the contract to raise the vessel. Success in this venture was considered a major triumph in salvage during World War I.
In all, these papers depict at least one incident in the history of approximately 500 vessels. Occasionally the final chapter in the life of a vessel is shown. This is the case with the six-masted schooner ALICE M. LAWRENCE of Portland, Maine, which struck on Tuckernuck Shoals near Nantucket, Massachusetts, after striking the sunken wreck of the schooner FRENCH VAN GILDER on December 5, 1914. The schooner was stripped and abandoned to the elements. On the other hand, these papers occasionally portray the opening chapter in the life of a vessel as in the case of the schooner HESPER. The Crowninshield Shipbuilding Company of Fall River, Massachusetts, built the HESPER for Rogers & Webb of Boston, Massachusetts. On July 4, 1918 during launching ceremonies, the schooner broke through the launch ways. After some delay, she was successfully launched. Most of the time, however, these papers present only a glimpse at one of the many incidents in the career of a vessel.
The word "missing" found in several places indicates that the absence of the materials has not been explained satisfactorily. In some instances the papers were removed and filed in another office, perhaps awaiting the decision of a court. Some envelopes contained notes to the effect that the materials had been sent to Thomas A. Scott in New York where he probably was engaged in negotiations with owners and/or underwriters. In some cases, records during 1918 and 1919 were probably removed to be carried forward into later years because salvage operations had not been completed or because the case was not settled. In other cases it can only be surmised that the papers were removed for some unexplained reason and were never returned.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
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VAR E ELLIPSE; VAR C CIRCLE; C := CIRCLE(LENGTH(3.0)); E := C; THE_MINOR_AXIS(E) := LENGTH(4.0));This is all legal TutorialDee code. The first assignment just invokes a Circle selector to assign a particular value. The second assignment is legal because Circles are substitutable for Ellipses: every Circle is an Ellipse. The third assignment is legal because the declared type of E is Ellipse, and THE_MINOR_AXIS is an operator defined on Ellipses. Under normal TutorialDee semantics, this presents no problem. GeneralizationByConstraint? occurs on the third assignment, so E now holds an Ellipse. And only values are stored in variables, so this doesn't affect C at all. But if you allow references or ObjectIdentity, then C would have to change with the mutation of E. But Circles don't have a minor axis! How can you set the minor axis when it doesn't have one? You'd either have to break the constraint that a circle's minor axis equal its major axis, or you'd have to change the major axis too, which isn't what the code asked for. That's why D&D speak of the "FourOutOfFiveRule". You can have 4 of the following 5 language features:
TYPE point is POSSREP cartesian { x double, y double} POSSREP polar { r double, theta double }Is this enough to properly define the type point? It is, according to Tutorial D syntax. The semantics however, are left as an exercise:
POINT p= cartesian ( 1, 2); THE_x(p) := 2; THE_theta(p) := PI;How about defining a + operator? OPERATOR '+' ( P1: POINT, P2: POINT ) RETURNS POINT BEGIN /* what goes in here? */ END Similar holes are there with regards to subtyping and many other crucial aspects. Of course a language without formal semantics and without a serious implementation exercise is doomed to have many holes, so the presumption should be that it is incomplete until proven otherwise. A collection of BNF forms together with half a book of "informal discussions and explanations" do not a language make. The fact that some parts of the language are not specified does not automatically invalidate other parts of the language. And the semantics of the language are fairly well defined in the book. Make sure that you're looking at the second edition of TheThirdManifesto, because it was considerably revised and expanded compared to the first. DateAndDarwen explicitly declined to fill in details of defining and manipulating actual representations in Tutorial D's syntax, although in spite of this they give some speculative examples. They do not define the semantics of the constructs in a rigorous way. In fact, you can easily define an addition operator with what is given in the book -- you don't need actual representations to do that. (Although they do not address the definition of infix operators, nor is that in any way necessary.):
OPERATOR ADD (P1: POINT, P2: POINT) RETURNS POINT BEGIN RETURN cartesian(THE_x(P1) + THE_x(P2), THE_y(P1) + THE_y(P2)); ENDWhat is THE_x and THE_y for a point value constructed as polar(r, theta)? So your specific criticism is invalid (and the language need be no more complete than it is to determine this).The specific criticisms raised on NominativeAndStructuralTyping (where my comments originally appeared) are addressed in the book, contrary to the claims made on that page. Try again. I really don't understand what you consider informal about DateAndDarwen's treatment; it's far more rigorous than the definitions of many other languages that have actually been implemented. (Cf. for instance Ruby or Perl.) Part 3 of the book that is suppose to define the "meat" of the language has the title "informal discussions and explanations", and that's exactly what it is, they are not a systematic attempt in any way shape or form to define the semantics of the language. At the very least Ruby and Perl are defined by their implementation, and have a large body of documentation.
operator the_theta (p point) returns rational; return ( arctan ( the_y ( p ) / the_x ( p ) ) ); end operator;- SomeGuy? } [Actually, the type implementer has to choose an actual implementation and then to provide operators to convert between the actual representation and the possible representation(s). If there is only one possible representation, the system can provide the operators by using the possible representation as the actual representation, as the operators are trivial in this case. That's the way things work in Duro. -- ReneHartmann?] You either have a type system that works or one that doesn't. And the only way to prove that an actual type system works is to integrate it with a complete language design, and show how it addresses the major problems that any language design has to face. In absence of that, all you have is castles made of sand, and nobody is going to take that kind of thing seriously.


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The 1920s and 1930s were the era of the great American song-writing teams - George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. In their shows, songs began to be integrated rather than just inserted into the plot, and were used to help develop storyline and character.
Programme for the musical Show Boat, Drury Lane Theatre, London, Printed by Henry Good and Son Limited, September 1928
In 1928 Show Boat, a new musical adapted from a novel by Edna Ferber with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and music by Jerome Kern, opened at the Drury Lane theatre. It had been produced in New York the previous Christmas. The play takes place on the show boat, 'Cotton-Blossom', a floating theatre that travels up and down the Mississippi, stopping to put on performances along the way. The great American actor and singer Paul Robeson played a minor role, but stole the show with the song 'Ol Man River'. All the reviews singled out Robeson, one claiming that he and the other black member of the cast Marie Burke, 'towered above everybody else on the stage in their suggestions of character and atmosphere'. His position at fourth in the cast list shows that the producers didn't underestimate his worth either. Robeson was a major pioneer among black performers. He visited Britain several times in the 1920s and 30s, starring in a number of films here and appearing on stage in London and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon.
Music sheet cover for Old Man River, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1928
Show Boat combined the talents of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, both of whom had felt for some time that Broadway musical theatre was suffering from a surfeit of fluffy musical comedies and needed some depth. Based on Edna Ferber's sprawling novel of life on the Mississippi, Show Boat opened in New York in 1927 and set out to deal with issues such as unhappy marriages and racial prejudice. It opened in New York in 1927 and ran for 572 performances. Magnolia Hawks, whose father owns the show boat 'Cotton Blossom', falls in love with a gambler named Gaylord Ravenal. They marry, but he gambles away all their money and they separate. The subplot involves Magnolia's mulatto (a person having one white and one black parent) friend, Julie La Verne, who is forbidden to perform when her parentage is revealed. The show mixed white and black performers, and 'Ol' Man River', sung by Paul Robeson, became an anthem for black Americans. He repeated his role in the 1936 film, starring Irene Dunne and Alan Jones as Magnolia and Ravenal, who appear on this sheet music, rather than Robeson, who actually performed the song.
Scene from the musical Pal Joey, Princes Theatre, London, 1954, black and white photograph
Pal Joey, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, was based on a series of short stories by John O'Hara about Joey Evans, a small-time, fast-talking Chicago entertainer. Starring an unknown called Gene Kelly, it opened on Broadway in 1940, but didn't run, although many of the songs became standards with the big bands of the time. Not until 1952 did it become a hit when a new production played on Broadway for 540 performances, sparked a twelve-city national tour, and went on to win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 'Best Musical'.


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Kurz's Instant Replay: Sharks 6, Oilers 3
HIGHLIGHTS: Sharks roll past Edmonton with six-goal period
Through two games, Patrick Marleau is second in the NHL with five points (USA TODAY IMAGES)
EDMONTON – For at least one night, the veteran San Jose Sharks showed the kids in Edmonton that they still have some work to if they want to contend.
Thanks to a six-goal first period, including two apiece from Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture, the Sharks cruised to a 6-3 win in Edmonton's home opener at Rexall Place on Tuesday night. The Sharks have won their first two games by a combined score of 10-4.
[RELATED: Sharks make franchise history vs. Oilers]
For Marleau, it was his second consecutive two-goal game, and his four goals tie him with Chicago's Marian Hossa and Anaheim's Daniel Winnik for the league lead. Joe Thornton added three assists, as 10 different Sharks registered at least a point in the first 20 minutes.
It began with Dan Boyle's goal on a two-man advantage, when his low blast beat goalie Devan Dubnyk to the far side at 3:17. Couture's first goal of the year, just over a minute later and with the Sharks still on the power play, made it 2-0. It came on a quick and impressive wrist shot from the faceoff dot over Dubnyk's shoulder on the near side.
Exciting rookie Nail Yakupov scored his first career goal on the power play to bring the crowd back into the game at 8:25, but it didn't last long. Marleau's goal midway through the period on a filthy backhanded feed from behind the net by Thornton gave the Sharks their two-goal lead back. They added to it on Marleau's second of the night, on the power play at 11:07, while Couture made it 5-1 when he deposited the rebound of a Marty Havlat shot. Marc-Edouard Vlasic's point shot found daylight with Michal Handzus setting the screen at 19:20, giving the Sharks a 6-1 lead after the first period.
Rookie Justin Schultz and Taylor Hall scored a goal in the second and third, respectively, but it was much too little and much too late to overcome San Jose's dominant first.
Special teams
If there's one area of concern through the first two games for San Jose, it's the penalty kill (stop us if you've heard this before). Yakupov's goal came with Brad Stuart in the box on an interference penalty, when he converted a pass through the slot by Sam Gagner.
Schultz's goal, his first career marker, in the second came on a two-man advantage with Vlasic and Boyle both off. The Sharks killed off more than a minute remaining on the Boyle penalty, though, to keep it a 6-2 game at the second intermission.
Leading 6-3, the Sharks did come up with a couple key kills to keep their lead a comfortable one. A tripping call on Matt Irwin midway through the third period and a Joe Pavelski delay-of-game penalty at 11:31 didn't result in any damage, and Edmonton finished 2-for-5 on the night with a man advantage.
Three of the four goals against San Jose this season have come with the team shorthanded.
The Sharks were 3-for-5 on the power play, the second straight game they've scored multiple man-advantage goals, so they still won the special teams battle.
In goal
Dubnyk became the first goalie to give up six goals in a period to the Sharks (on 17 shots), and was replaced by Yann Danis to start the second. Veteran Nikolai Khabibulin remains out with a hip injury.
Antti Niemi recorded his second win in as many games with 26 saves.
James Sheppard made his long awaited return to NHL action, skating in his first game since a knee injury nearly ended his career in September, 2010. He took Frazer McLaren's place on the fourth line wing and skated 8:10.
Former Sharks forward Ben Eager was an injured scratch for Edmonton.
Up next
They spoiled the home openers of both the Flames and the Oilers, and now the Sharks will defend their own ice for the first time on Thursday against the Phoenix Coyotes at HP Pavilion. It's the beginning of a six-game homestand for San Jose, which will also host Colorado, Vancouver, Anaheim, Edmonton and Nashville. The Sharks' next road game isn't until Feb. 4 at Anaheim.


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Over the next few weeks [and perhaps even months] we'll be rolling out a great deal of gin reviews and features from the FIFTY STATES OF GIN TASTING that happened this past weekend. David T. Smith of Summer Fruit Cup fame joined me, my friend Justin- a gin enthusiast and good friend from my college "gin discovery days" along with our respective wives and girlfriends for a two day celebration of all things American in gin.
But First, Some thank Yous
I'd like to thank Brad Estabrook of Breuckelen Distilling, Allen Katz of New York Distilling for inviting us into their distilleries and sharing their time with us. It was a wonderful experience, and each visit will get a full post quite soon. I'd also like to thank the great folks at Q Tonic for graciously providing us with Tonic Water for out tasting. We definitely agree that the best spirits deserve a superior tonic water, and even more so, we believe that the best American craft gin deserves a great American craft tonic. Finally, David and I would like to thank [although I don't claim to speak for him here, he will certainly be posting on his own soon enough!] all of the owners, master distillers, brand ambassadors, managers, and fans of good gin who were so generous with their craft and sent us samples of their gin. Its been a pleasure becoming acquainted with each and every one of you, and I look forward to talking to all of you more in the future. You are what makes America and American distilling so great. Cheers.
How the Tasting Was Conducted
We spread the tasting out over the course of a beautiful New York City Saturday. The spread was split into 6 tastings, which in turn were each sipped neat and with Q Tonic. We each recorded our observations and chose a 'winner' for that heat. At the end of the tasting, each of the three tasters chose one gin as their best in show. I won't be revealing David's "Best in Show" here. You'll have to head over to his blog to find out when he gets his post up. But you'll find out mine and Justin's. A more in depth discussion of each "heat," the tasting notes, and the winners will be coming soon. Honestly, I could write a book about this tasting. So please forgive me for spreading this out.
On How the Tasting Was Conducted
As seen at right, we mixed our gins with Q Tonic. So Q Tonic's unique approach to tonic is one of the ways we were able to evaluate each gin. Generally, I like to try every gin in a few different cocktails to really appreciate the full range of the gin, and to see how it handles the challenges and rigors of being used in daily gin consumption.
Every gin was tasted:
- Neat. For nose notes, we were able to use the bottle as reference as well.
- With Q Tonic, to see how it worked with a craft tonic.
With this we recognize a few limitations with this methodology:
- Some gins taste quite different neat/in G&T than in other cocktails
- Some gins shine brightest in other cocktails
- Most people don't drink their gin neat, and Gin and Tonics although popular are not the most popular way Americans enjoy their cocktails [Martini is #1]
With that being said, I think the overall evaluation might have surprised some of us. Though I'd love to say we came in cold, you'll notice quite a few gins that I'd reviewed previously. Although the neat and the Gin and Tonic is an essential part of every review, I was surprised how the gins stacked up [generally for the best!] with this limited review scope.
While each of us had our own methodologies for determining our favorites, we noticed some recurring elements among the gins we tasted.
1. Lots and lots of lavender. David was quick to notice this from his botanical research, but I was rather surprised to note just how many American gins chose this specific floral as the note of choice. Sure, the range of other botanicals that brought floral notes to the table was more numerous, but it was hard to overlook how frequently one of us caught "lavender" in the mixture.
2. "New American" as some have referred to the style isn't as common among New and American gins as the press would have us believe. Lots of gins went emphasize characteristics of the London Dry, better known as the "Classic" style. And speaking of botanicals in the London Dry formula….
3. Coriander Monsters* are roaming the American prairies. Coast-to-coast, this often background note present in nearly every classic gin takes top billing in many American Gins. *Note our use of Coriander Monster is an homage to the expression "Peat Monster" when a rich peaty Scotch is called a monster for its emphasis of the particular distinctive part of the flavor profile. Also, as there were Scotch drinkers among our wives and friends, it seemed an appropriate reference.
4. Novel Bases. America is a land of opportunity and thousands of different geographic formations. Despite common preconceptions, its not just a country of wheat and corn. Potatoes, Apples, Wine Grapes, Rye, Honey and others take top billing as the base of many gins. Altering the base, and then adopting an almost Classic gin botanical mix seems to be a common American technique, with the results ranging from good to stunning.
5. More and More Gin Than One Might Have Ever Thought. Craft Gin distilling is hot. Almost impressively so for a nation better known for its love of Whiskey or Beer. Despite most distillers knowing that 'most' Americans don't drink a lot of gin, craft gin distillation is alive and well. And the number of newcomers to the game does not seem to be slowing. It is and looks to continue to be an exciting time for gin, and if this tasting is any indication, any gap between American gin and gin from the rest of the world is merely in the imagination of the gin drinker.
Awards from the overall Tasting:
Best in Show [Justin] // Bardenay Gin from Idaho.
We all felt rather strongly about this rather refreshing and crisp gin from Idaho, which tasted modern while paying homage to the roots of classic London Dry styled gin.
Best in Show [Aaron a.k.a. The Gin is In] // Southern Gin from Thirteenth Colony Distillers in Georgia
Again, another gin with a bit of a London Dry edge to it. Warm, junipery, almost piney, but neither overwhelming of domineering. It was refreshing, superb and rather remarkable. I was a big fan, and its piney smoothness caught me off guard. It finished ahead of some other strong competition in the first heat and went on to be my favorite of the day, despite there being plenty of great gins. Also tastes great with Q Tonic.
Best in Show [David a.k.a. Summer Fruit Cup] // coming soon…
Least Surprising "Everyone Liked It" // Bristow Gin from Mississippi
A gin that I'd reviewed previously and thought that it was quite good both neat and in a Gin and Tonic. So when basing our decisions off of Gin: Two-ways, I wasn't surprised that it stood out. Deserving and Worthy of its status, we all quite liked it and it ranked highly in a competitive heat.
Am I out here on An Island Gin? // Brandon's Gin from Arkansas
Again, here's one that I'd previously reviewed, so it definitely didn't surprise me that I was a huge fan. No one outright disliked the gin, but coming into the competition I had it on my short list as a potential best-in-show. It narrowly beat out Bristow in the super competitive third heat on my score card. I was surprised it didn't come in there on everyone's.
Most Unique // Barr Hill Gin from Vermont
I have not written about this gin yet, and actually hadn't talked to anyone who had tried it before the tasting. So when the simple botanical mix [Juniper] sweetened with honey was opened and tasted, it stood out in some rather unique ways. The post-distillation sweetening all but disqualifies it as a classic style gin, but really rather impressive. More on it during the long-post about each heat, and even more on when the full review comes out. Sneak preview though, it's quite good! Highly recommended.
Coming Soon
As I alluded to before, I could write a book on all of the fantastic gin that I had this weekend. So naturally, I can't write about it all at once. Stay tuned for the full write up of each heat, with the winners and the runners up. I'll also write up our visits to two great NYC Distilleries for our Navy Strength Gin tasting and our Aged Gin Tasting. Finally, over the next 6 months, every gin in the tasting will get its full review and pentagon flavor diagram. So stay tuned for that. There will be a guide to "buying a great American Gin for your loved ones" out in time for the holidays. Oh, and stay tuned to David's blog too, as he will be writing up the weekend and all of the gins too.
Cheers my friends!


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Interestingly enough, I am on day 9 of my very strict Whole30 and last night noticed the red patch appearing. The only food that I am eating more of to compensate is ground pork from Whole Foods.
Keep my fingers crossed you can put eggs back in.
I had experience similar to Ekaterine that I started reacting to egg whites when I ate >1 cup of egg whites a day.
I think normal elimination protocol requires no consumption for 6 weeks before putting things back in?
I feel better myself, luckily, so I am almost sure it's not dairy, since I haven't eaten it only for 1 day, but it's not like I can't survive without yogurt.
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I'm hoping I can put egg yolks back in! I'm doing Whole30 but will probably extend it.
Today is Day 7 for me. Got that nightly sugar monster under control for now. I could probably time my meals and round them out a little better but so far am feeling triumphant. Sooo looking forward to week 2.
Hey pfair, I just finished a Whole 30 in April, and sweets at night were a biggie for me. I added some fruit and that did it for me. Strawberries are in! And apples pretty much every day. Now I reach for those instead of what had become too-frequent chocolate consumption. Keep at it--it gets easier!
I'm doing this more to see how i feel after a month without dairy. A quarter of the way through this month and doing well. Not as hungry at night. I guess i do get more of an insulin release from eating cheese than pork ribs.
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2G Scam For The 3 Idiots Generation
It was all over your newspapers this morning. It was beaming non-stop on the news channels all of yesterday. It will continue to dominate the headlines for the weeks and months to come. But with all the technical, legal & political jargon being thrown around, do you really understand exactly what happened? The best way to know for sure is if you can explain it to your school or college-going children. What does the Supreme Court verdict in the 2G Telecom Scam tell them about the India they are about to inherit?
Let me try explaining it with an example that would be easier for the exam-stressed kids of today to relate to. Imagine that the country's most prestigious engineering college has a peculiar way of conducting its entrance exam. This examination doesn't score you on marks since the questions are rather easy and everybody is expected to get ALL the answers. In fact even one wrong answer is enough to be disqualified. The ranking is instead on the basis of speed, so that the student who submits an all-correct answer sheet first, will get the highest rank and so on, in order of time taken to finish. An outer limit of 3 hours is set for the exam after which answer sheets will not be accepted. People have been grumbling for years that this process does not necessarily pick the best students, but the college is adamant that its policy of "Speed Based Admission" is the only way it will select students. Since this is a computer-based test conducted simultaneously in all centres, ranks are obtained immediately on clicking "submit" and students pretty much know where they stand. The college announces that advertisements with admission details will be out after a few weeks whereby students can come and chose their streams/subjects based on their examination rank after filling up a counselling form.
This time around however, the Dean of the college is keen to favour students of a certain coaching class. On a random day, a few weeks after the entrance exam, the college uploads an announcement on its website that counselling forms are now being accepted in the admissions office as of today. These counselling forms will be made available in Room 420 of the main building in just over an hour from now for a duration of one hour. Students have to collect their forms in person and they should be carrying their school-leaving certificate in original with copies in triplicate. Students who can't collect their counselling form in this time window will have it delivered by post and they need to be returned to the admissions office within a fortnight to be considered for admission. Then, the Dean comes up with the masterstroke. He decides to twist the meaning of "Speed Based Admission" to mean 'students who can complete and submit the counselling form the fastest' instead of the original basis for the rankings ie. entrance examinations. No prizes for guessing which coaching class' students happen to be outside Room 420 with all documents just minutes after the announcement went up on the website? There's an uproar after the admissions are announced but the Dean is able to defend his actions with a straight face saying that he is only following the policy of the college.
Sounds like too ridiculous a story to pan out in real life? Well, they say anything is possible in India and this dear children, is pretty much what your Supreme Court has declared is an illegal process nearly four years after it happened. Doesn't really sound like rocket science to figure out that it was a sham, does it?
For those who don't believe something as incredible as this could have happened, here is the evidence on the website of the Department of Telecom itself. This first Press Release which was uploaded at 1:47PM on the 10th of January 2008, to the DoT website did two things:
1. It arbitrarily advanced the original application deadline of 01 October 2007 by an entire week.
2. In the last paragraph it alluded to the "first cum (sic) first served (sic)" policy but DELETED a critical line (allegedly on the Minister A Raja's behest) according to the DoT's sworn deposition before Parliament's PAC (Public Accounts Committee). This line had been inserted by Siddhartha Behura, the then Telecom Secretary and it stated that, "However, if more than one applicant complies with LoI conditions on the same date, the inter-se seniority would be decided by the date of application." By deleting this line it could now be automatically assumed that the chronological order of submitting the LoIs (Letters of Intent) and not the original application date was going to determine who got spectrum first.
But how would these applicants who were going to be asked to submit their LoIs know what, where & when to submit? Here comes the masterstroke in a SECOND press release that was uploaded a few minutes later. Here is the clincher:
All above are requested to assemble at 3:30 pm on 10.1.2008 at Committee Room, 2nd Floor, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi. The companies which fail to report before 4.30 P.M. on 10.01.2008, the responses of DOT will be dispatched by post. All eligible LOI holders for UASL may submit compliance to DOT to the terms of LOIs within the prescribed period during the office hours i.e. 9.00 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. on working days.
So basically, by some fantastic co-incidence, if you happened to be in the area and had all the extensive documentation ready at your side, you could pick up the form before 4:30 PM, fill it up and submit it before close of office hours at 5:30PM to book your early bird place in the spectrum queue. Yes Ladies & Gentleman. THIS is the procedure that has actually been defended with a straight face in the courts of our glorious nation.


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Shane and Trista Collier of Williamstown would like to announce the birth of their first child.
Jeremiah Allen Collier was born at 9:15 a.m. Sept. 26, 2009 at St. Elizabeth South.
He weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces and was 20.75 inches long.
His maternal grandparents are Larry and Sabra Hutcherson of Corinth. His maternal great grandparents are Ruth Tate of Burlington and the late Paul Tate.
His paternal grandparents are Jeff and Betty Collier of Williamstown. His paternal great grandparents are Melvin and Mary Gay of Lawrenceburg.
Dustin and Jamie Fryar and their four sons were sound asleep on Sept. 20 when they were rudely awakened by bright lights inside their Williamstown home.
Dustin couldn't find his glasses. Jamie managed to jump up and grab their 8-month-old son, Daniel, who was sleeping in his car seat next to the bed.
It was then Jamie realized her house, or at least the front part of it, had crashed into her bedroom after a full-size pickup truck ran off Falmouth Street and into the home.
(Editor's Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)
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Sgt. Terry Osborne investigated an accident at 10:05 p.m. Sept. 18 on Lebanon Road. The drivers involved were Donald R. Combs, 37, of Dry Ridge, driving a 1991 Ford and Carylon A. Springer, 58, of Crittenden, driving a 2000 Cadillac.
Horse pulls at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 27 are the only activities from the Horse Heritage Days that survived this week's rain.
Festival organizers opted to cancel today and this weekend's activities at the new Grant County Fairgrounds on Baton Rouge Road in Williamstown after it rained most of the week.
The horse pulls will be held at Kentucky Cowtown on Eibeck Lane (off U.S. 25) in Williamstown.
The Williamstown volleyball team started senior night with speeches and gifts from the younger players. They ended the night with a dominant win over a district opponent.
The Lady Demons defeated Owen County in two sets (25-16, 25-15) on Sept. 23.
"It was a real fun night because we played together," senior Chelsea Fitterer said. "We all want to win and that helps us work together."
The Lady Demons celebrated the careers of Fitterer, Taylor Eldridge and Sara Moreland.
The wind whipped across Eagle Creek Country Club's golf course, but Zach Wright was able to manage his game.
Wright, junior at Grant County High School, bounced back from a slow start to shoot a 71 at Eagle Creek to earn first place at the regional tournament on Sept. 27. With first place, Wright will advance to the state tournament at the Bowling Green Country Club on Oct. 6. Wright also played in the state tournament the past two seasons.
Gary and Bess Lovelace will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 26, 2009.
The Lovelace's lived in Dry Ridge before moving to Pendleton County eight years ago.
The couple has three sons, Greg and Tom Lovelace and the late Mike Lovelace, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
A celebration of their anniversary will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Farm Bureau Building at 400 Main Street in Falmouth.
The family requests no gifts.
On Sept. 23, Williamstown Jr./Sr. High School and Grant County High School were the sites for See You At The Pole, an annual opportunity for students to congregrate before school and worship.
The first time that the Grant County High School volleyball team faced Walton-Verona, they lost in two sets on Sept. 1.
With a month of experience, they were able to rebound when the team's faced each other again.
Although they lost the first set, the Lady Braves fought back to defeat the Lady Bearcats in three sets on Sept. 22, winning 17-25, 25-20 and 25-13.
• The Order of the Eastern Star No. 301 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Masonic Lodge No. 85 in Williamstown.
• The Crittenden/Dry Ridge Masonic Lodge No. 694 meets at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in Crittenden. Call Jerry Keith at 859-393-5169 for more information.
• The Corinth Women's Club will meet at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 at Noble's Restaurant.
• The Grant County Woman's Club will meet Oct. 8. Call Lila McDaniel at 824-4417 for more information.
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Does anyone know if Amazon is...finicky when it comes to trading in Vita games? $18.90 for Uncharted: Golden Abyss looks like the best value I can get right now ($12 base at GS, $3 base at BBY), but I'm curious as to whether Amazon will downgrade it to Acceptable on the basis that it's missing the instruction booklet when (as we all know) Vita games don't have those.
I have traded in two PS Vita games to amazon so far (mortal kombat, rayman origins) with no problems. Accepted both as good. But I usually have good luck with my trade ins at amazon anyway.


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General help Needed - Desiging next robot
By hyperzap
July 12, 2009
July 12, 2009
Hi. I am making a robot that runs like a car but has a camera on it and runs over wifi. Sort of an city explorer bot. Does anyone have any suggestions on the parts I need (based on my framework), or any other parts? Or any other recommendations whatsoever? any help isgreatly apprieciated.
Robot framework http://letsmakerobots.com/node/8961
Thankyou in advance,