Be honest, you know you would like an iPhone 4s, even an iPhone 5. The price of the 4s model has already fallen for sim-free versions and you can find some great deals on this phone.
Advantages of iPhone 4s
It is proven technology and works. Do you remember the problems with the aerial on the iPhone 4 when it was first released? It took Apple six months to recognise and fix the problem. The iPhone 4s has been around for a year and there have been no major glitches with it. Any minor problems have been ironed out.
You Get Better Deals with the iPhone 4s than with the new iPhone 5. Contract prices for the new iPhone are significantly higher than for the established model, reflecting the iPhone 5â??s higher price. You can also find deals with the 4s that give you more minutes for the same monthly cost.
The iPhone 4s is available today. Demand for the iPhone 5 has outstripped expectations and supply delays of one or two months are expected after its official launch in the UK.
The established iPhone 4s is cheaper, and still falling in price. New adopters of technology always pay top prices. As the new iPhone comes to market and gains market share, so the price of last yearâ??s technology falls. Remember that only one year ago the iPhone 4s was the best thing since sliced bread, so it is still pretty good today.
The iPhone 5 only offers minor performance improvements. The new iPhone is not the paradigm shift in phone technology that it was touted to be. It offers marginal improvements in careen size and battery life and a few new features that you will never need.
Third party add-ons are few and far between. With the new connector and with details only just released non-Apple accessories for the iPhone 5 have not yet even been designed. You cannot even get a third-party phone charger yet.
Advantages of iPhone 5
It gives you more street cred. This is an important point for some people, but not for everyone. Teenagers and Apple fans will want to be seen only with the very latest technology.
It has a bigger screen. The iPhone 5â??s screen is half an inch bigger across the diagonal.
It has a longer battery life. You get an extra hour on Wi-fi; ten hours compared to nine claimed use.
It has extra facilities. The new iPhone has extra bells and whistles that nobody has needed up to now.
To Sum Up
You can buy the iPhone 4s for less than the iPhone 5. People have been very satisfied with the 4s model until now; nothing has changed; it is still an excellent mobile phone. It costs less and you can get better deals than with the iPhone 5.
There was no reason to replace the iPhone 4s except Apple Inc.â??s marketing policy, whereby mobile phone products are replaced every twelve months.
Eleanor Ball has just bought her first smart phone. After searching for iPhone 4s deals she decided that this is the phone for her.
Socialite Veronica Hearst has done much to help make the world a better place, improving the arts community and helping others.
Here are some of the things she has done:
Book was groundbreaking
Hearst is the driving force behind the popular book â??Visions: 50 Years of the United Nations.â? This was the first book which provided a photo history of the United Nations., so it was a significant publication. Hearst chose the iconic photos which appeared in the book, including scenes of a young girl in Greece after World War II being excited over getting a new pair of shoes. Another picture in the book, according to Reed Business Information, is of an Ethiopian woman surviving with AIDS.
The book, the first pictorial history of the United Nations, featured an introduction by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary General, and was published by William Morrow. In all, the book featured over 250 photos related to the United Nationâ??s history, chosen by Veronica Hearst. Mrs. Hearst was also heavily involved with the documentary connected to the book, which showed more of the history of the UN.
Veronica Hearst has a variety of achievements
Hearst, who was married to Randolph Hearst, has also been involved in a variety of other accomplishments. For example, she founded the America Hunger Alliance, and chairs the organization. The AHA is designed to fight the food insecurity that so many Americans have to deal with, in not knowing where their next meal is coming from.
The AHA works with a variety of organizations, from churches and synagogues to food banks and soup kitchens to make sure that people donâ??t go hungry. The organization is designed to help people from going hungry. The organization delivers non-perishable meals that are well-balanced. This food goes to both children and adults, as well as senior citizens and AIDS patients.
Hearst and the AHA work at getting food delivered directly to those who need it. She and the American Hunger Alliance believe that the only way to combat hunger and poverty is to join up charity with equality and justice.
The AHA has boxes of food with a 12-month shelf life, which are distributed to help the poor. They are designed to feed those who are unable to prepare a mean of their own. Hearst and the AHA want to end food insecurity in this nation, and to see all of this nationâ??s citizens food secure when it comes to being able to eat and not go hungry.
Societies have been making candles for an extremely long time and therefore you can be certain that there have been a great deal of changes in the candle making process.
The first candles were mainly used for lighting and for heat, but these days they are employed more for decoration purposes.
It is not entirely clear when the first candles were made, but fragments of clay candle-holders were discovered in Egypt which dates back to 4 BC. It is also fact that candles were in use in ancient Japan and China. The aforementioned candles were concocted from oil extracted from seeds and insects.
Candles were also used in the Americas during the early years of the first century AD. Before that Native Americans possibly used the bark of the Cerio tree and oily fish. In actual fact, when the first European colonisers arrived, they employed a similar method to produce candles from wax wrung from bay-berries. Nowadays – some manufacturers still use bayberry wax in candles, but they can be quite expensive.
Quite some time later, in the 17th and 18th centuries, tallow was utilised to make candles, but tallow is made from animal fat and it stunk pretty bad – particularly when the wax was burning. Paraffin-wax and Bees-wax were introduced as alternatives to tallow in the early 19th century and tallow candles went out of style – instantly.
Back in the day, candle merchants trekked from town-to-town and house-to-house making candles to order. In 19th century Paris, candle moulds were invented which greatly improved the candle making process. They were still having problems with the wick though â?? they didnâ??t burn consistently. A solution to this was found in 1825 when someone simply braided the wick.
The abovementioned process was perfected in 1830, when a braided wick was placed in a moulded candle made from paraffin wax. This method created brilliant candles that burned evenly. Little has changed in the cheap white candles we use today. The greatest change came with the proliferation of electricity and gas, since it made the melting of the paraffin wax much easier.
The development of candles basically came to a halt in the 20th century as candles went out of fashion in favour of electric and gas lighting. The use of candles got a new lease of life in the 1960â??s and 1970?s when the hippy culture started using them again. They are still popular with the sons and daughters of the 70?s hippies, although nowadays there is a ton more variety. One of the most popular types of candles today is perfumed/aromatic candles, some of which are employed in aromatherapy.
Candle making is once again a thriving business with loads of people manufacturing their own label of scented candles in their kitchen and selling them to friends or online.
Unquestionably, candles are now more of a luxury, stylish decoration than ever before. You can easily improve the ambiance and atmosphere of any room in your house by simply adding a few candles.
Image Provided by Walt Stoneburner
The Following article was provided for African Hand Painted Candles Manufacturers who produces Candles South Africa.
It has been over 70 years since the sinking of the infamous World War II battlecruiser, HMS Hood, at the hands of German battleship Bismark in 1941.
The event was a huge blow for the British during the war as it was the largest Royal Navy vessel ever sank, as well as the biggest loss of life suffered in a single warship attack with 1,415 people onboard losing their lives. The wreckage was found in 2001 at the bottom of the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland, 9,200 feet underwater. In August the government agreed to an expedition to retrieve the bell of the HMS Hood from the wreckage. The mission was led by American Paul G. Allen, who offered to recover the bell for no personal gain, but in tribute to the personnel whose lives were lost and their families.
The bell of a ship has long been recognised as one of the most important pieces of equipment onboard, and as such has now gained symbolic significance. Shipâ??s bells were used primarily from 1500 onwards to mark the passing of time on a shipâ??s watch. Watches were organized into four hour shifts, and the bell was rang every 30 minutes. The number of rings would increase each time, enabling sailors to be able to tell how far along the shift they were â?? for example, one ring signified 30 minutes had passed, two rings signified 60 minutes and so on up until the eight rings which signaled the end of one watch. There were seven watches in total over a 24 hour period, with the two â??Dog Watchesâ?? between the hours of 16:00 and 20:00 being one shift split into two to allow all of the crew time for an evening meal. The uneven number of watches also ensured that both crews had to take responsibility for the undesirable â??Middle Watchâ?? which was between the hours of midnight and 04:00.
Shipâ??s bells alsoserved several other purposes. They were used during foggy conditions where visibility was poor as a warning to nearby vessels, and also served as an alarm for crew members onboard in the case of a fire or other emergency. They also served a ceremonial purpose. On New Yearâ??s Eve the bell would ring sixteen times in celebration of the coming year, while at a sailorâ??s death eight tolls on the bell euphemistically implies that the passed sailor has reached the end of his â??watchâ??. The bell from the HMS Hood was scheduled to be displayed at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth in honour of the ship and crew. However the task proved more difficult than was first thought, and unfortunately the mission had to be abandoned ten days after it started on September 3rd 2012.
Written By Adam Barley
Adam has been wring articles for a number of years concentrating on informative news realted articles
Sega vs Nintendo, Atari ST vs Amiga, Xbox vs Playstaion all great wars, but there is one that often gets overlooked and that is the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64.
I was Speccy fan all the way and I really did love my ZX Spectrum. I wanted to take the time to share with you guys just what I think are the greatest ZX Spectrum games of all time!!!
Skool Daze
1985
This game is sure to feature on most ZX Spectrum fans lists and with good reason. It is a damn fine game. You play the role of a school kid who needs to get his report card before his parents see it. In order to do this you need to steal it out of the school office, but you need the combination to the safe in order to get it. Each of the letters that you need to get is being held by one of your teachers. This is a great game that at the time I am sure all school aged boys could relate to. There was a sequel, but for me its the original I remember best.
Solomonâ??s Keys
1987
When ever I think about the ZX Spectrum and great ZX Spectrum games this is one of the first that pop into my mind. It is a port of an arcade game and the ZX Spectrum actually gives us a really good port. It is a hard game to describe, but I class it as a puzzle game. Only its a puzzle gamer where there are a ton of monsters who want to kill you. I spent hours and hours playing this as a kid.
Chase HQ 2: Special Criminal Investigation
1990
This one came out late in the ZX Spectrums life, but it showed that the machine still could give us some really cool games. This is a racing game with a difference. You need to chase a bad guy down and ram into them in order to make them blow up. Its really well made and this improved over the sequel in many ways. It is crazy to think that there was still really good ZX Spectrum games being released as late as 1990. I had a NES at the time this was released, but got the game as a present from a relative and I loved it.
Jet Set Willy
1984
Now this is a ZX Spectrum classic. It is the sequel to the insanely popular Manic Miner. After a while party Willyâ??s house is a little worse for ware. He needs to tidy up all the mess that was made. Will lives in a crazy house as much of it is filled with crazy obstacles and monsters that will try and stop you. What is really cool about this game is that it is non linear you can go about cleaning up the mess however you want. This was really rare for a game in this day and age.
Batman
1986
I think out of all the ZX Spectrum games that I had as a kid this one was my favourite. This is like an adventure game where you need to save Robin. In order to do this you need to explore the Batcave in order to find parts of the Batwing (I think???) It is played from a really cool isometric view and at the time I played this it was easily the best looking game I had played on my ZX Spectrum. It had a really fair difficulty level for kids as well so I never got fed up with it.
Railroads played a major role in developing the United States of America; central to the Industrial Revolution and to the colonization of the western states, America’s railways are legendary.
The mania surrounding American railways began with the B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad in 1828,rapidly expanding until the Panic of 1837 temporarily halted its growth.
The Early Period
Closely following British railroad technology, America’s first locomotives were steam powered. Â Sparking, stinking, and smoking though they were, they could move heavy loads for long distances – that was enough to allow the railroads to get a solid start and begin their steady march from east to west.
While the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was best known, the Granite Railway was actually the first to run freight during the early years of railway transport in the United States. Trains on this railway hauled granite for constructing the Bunker Hill Monument. Other small railroads such as the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad carried freight and passengers; the Main Line of Public Works in Pennsylvania ferried passengers and freight from the Ohio River area to Philadelphia.
Out west, the Union Pacific-Central Pacific railway provided quick service from Omaha and Chicago to San Francisco. Between these hubs, many small cities sprang up; populated with workers well-versed in the art of railway maintenance, they served first as rail centers, gradually growing into cities in their own right as time passed by.
Railways During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Throughout the southern states, railways were localized for the most part; short lines linked cotton regions to river and ocean ports, and the fact that there was no interconnected railway throughout the south proved a major handicap throughout the Civil War years. In contrast, the northern and Midwestern states had constructed railways linking all major cities by the year 1860, which proved to be advantageous. Though times were lean for most during the war and during reconstruction as well, the railway infrastructure made transporting shipments of grain, cattle, and hogs to national and international markets a possibility.
By the 1870’s, railroads had almost completely replaced turnpikes and canals; soon enough, the steamboats that had plied the nation’s major rivers for decades were displaced as well. While the idea of travel by water is a romantic one, it was incredibly impractical, even in its heyday. Shipping was essentially halted during the winter months due to freezing, and perils of all sorts met steamboats as they did their best to traverse the systems of canals and rivers that they traveled on. Trains could run year-round and they were safer, too; the likelihood of a steamboat sinking was at that time much greater than that of a train crashing.
As Wall Street grew and the American financial system became more stable, the majority of the short lines that served local communities were eventually consolidated into twenty trunk lines; this happened relatively quickly, with all major work having been completed by 1890. The unification of the railways mirrored the reunification of the nation after the Civil War; thanks to easier transport, Americans enjoyed lower costs and greatly reduced shipping times for all types of goods, and they enjoyed travel like never before.
By the year 1910, the railway system was at its height; despite road building programs that allowed trucks to take over freight traffic, trains continued to be the best option for travel during the first half of the twentieth century. Comfortable and stylish, and increasingly quiet as well as speedier than ever thanks to the development of the diesel electric locomotives which replaced the clattering, smoky coal-fired steam locomotives of the past, trains provided people with a way to get from one place to another at what was at the time an almost unimaginable pace.
While consolidations and bankruptcies plagued the railways during the mid-20th century, and while some thought trains to be an outmoded means of transportation, railways continue to hold a functional place on the American landscape, and a nostalgic place in the American heart. With new developments in technology, plus routes nearly two hundred years old in some cases, the future of America’s railways looks just as promising as their past.
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Mud Runs are the latest in a long list of activities that draw a diverse population of athletes; professional and amateur.
Based upon military-styled obstacle courses, these races are run in the muck, mud and mire to add to the fun. Considered by many to be a serious fitness challenge, they are available at lengths that can challenge just about any competitor.
What Will You Encounter On Your Run?
The courses established for each Mud Run can vary considerably in their detail. Common obstacles include water, wire, climbing challenges and so forth. Mud is also part of the course, especially as you slip and slide you way through the field. No more than uncomfortable on warm days, it can be a serious distraction when temperatures drop. Just how deep that mud is varies as much as the races do.
Connecting and Competing
Perhaps the most popular aspect of Mud Running is the camaraderie. These off-road challenges are a wonderful opportunity to join together and support a cause. Runs are held to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Child Abuse Awareness, to provide college scholarships and fund local and national charities of all sorts. You have the choice of joining a training group or establishing your own.
Messy and Mentally Demanding
No Mud Run is without its challenges. Expect to spend your run climbing, running, crawling, running, slogging and running. Common obstacles include walls to scale, nets to climb, wire you must crawl under, mud pits to slog through and logs to surmount. If you arenâ??t used to these activities, they can be stressful.
Plan for your Mud Run as you would for any endurance event. Races are 5K or 10K in distance, and the specific challenges change frequently. Fortunately, how hard you hit the course depends entirely on you. Some walk the course, avoiding any obstacle that seems too intimidating, while other race all out, tackling everything in their path with gusto. All approaches are valid.
Extreme Mud Running
For those who find the average mud run too easy, there is a new breed of races. These extreme mud runs are longer, and offer more challenging obstacle. The Tough Mudder is 10-12 miles long, and is based upon the British Special Forces obstacle courses. In addition to the typical mud to slog through, there are logs to carry, ropes to climb, monkey bars to traverse and a muddy cliff to scramble over, and thatâ??s just the beginning. Oh, and donâ??t forget the live electric wires.
What to Wear
When planning for your mud run it pays to think about what you will be wearing come the day of the event. Your typical training gear may not be suitable. Start with the understanding that you probably wonâ??t be wearing any of your clothes again, and work from there. Avoid cottons, that get heavy when wet, and stick to spandex, Lycra and other high tech materials. If you are concerned about getting cold, consider some Under Armor type tights or long sleeve shirts. They donâ??t retain moisture, and they can keep you fairly warm, even when wet.
Hiking boots may be better than sneakers, but either way, tie them tightly so you donâ??t lose them in the mud. Running socks are short, fit snuggly and are less likely to give you blisters, but make sure they are thick enough to offer some cushioning. Finally, bring a light jacket in case of wind.
Mud Runs are available all around the country, and offer a challenging, and fun, way to team up with your best friends and spend a day extending your horizons. No matter how fit you are, you can join in an adventure you are sure to remember, always.
Image from: Victor Habbick / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
When the IT infrastructure of an office has its basis in the cloud over the internet, there are many advantages.
Data and web management improve tremendously, along with increases in productivity, when a system moves from traditional methods to the private cloud.
Remote Access
A major advantage of implementing a cloud-based infrastructure is that employees and partners are able to access the centralized information from remote locations.
While one company has its basis in one office, another business may have locations spread across the country or around the world. Employees may travel as well. When locations are widespread, data is reachable in the centralized cloud location using the simple requirements of an internet connection and permission to view the files.
This approach to server utilization is already the corner stone for up coming operating systems. Most notably Windows Server 2012 is a remote access server that allows site-to-site gateways. Information cab be shared between remote office locations and other sites that authorized uses allow access to the private cloud.
Meet Data Demands
Turning the office into a cloud is also an cost effective and efficient way to manage data between office locations. The IT infrastructure in a cloud environment can employ Cloud Bursting or the method of balancing out energy demands during peak computing times. Cloud bursting is also a technique that is used to great effect with websites that utilises “cloud server hosting”.
When data capacity increases during busy periods at the company, Cloud Bursting moves the excess data across the cloud to a provider network to handle the extra data requirements. In turn, the network moves efficiently and problems such as system failure due to a busy computing environment are avoided. There is also an added benefit that due to the “pay as you go” model for cloud based servers companies are only paying for the resources in which they are consuming – thus is periods of low data transfer there is the potential for savings. A similar load balancing method is used for cloud hosting whereby bandwidth and I/O data is managed automatically to control influx and subsiding data requirements.
Easy Maintenance of Software
Another benefit of a company move to a cloud-based IT infrastructure is the improvement in standardisation of company software. Office productivity suites, CRM software, email clients, even database management systems can all run within a cloud infrastructure reducing the reliance of software actually being installed on local machines and allowing for cross device access not just to files but potentially business critical software.
Google Docs, for example, is a suite of products that users store and access entirely in the cloud. Documents, spreadsheets and other file types exist in the cloud. Any edits and shares of the data occur in the cloud as well. Similarly infamous cloud based CRM service Salesforce allows users to access to its powerful toolset through a variety of browsers and devices with the only caveat being the requirement of an internet connection.
The private cloud enables faster and more efficient communication between employees and partners. Collaboration is encouraged irrespective of location, data is managed according to demand and IT environments are standardised and updated seamlessly. In short the cloud is the perfect business environment for efficiency.
This article was created on behalf of ElasticHosts who offer cloud based server solutions – from linux cloud servers to cloud compting infrastructures.
Once upon a time in a magical place called London, there used to be a bar, a hidden club tucked away under London Bridge.
Barely visible against the brick and architecture supporting the load of the sixteen train tracks running above: a solid yet unobtrusive door blocks the opening of an archway. Occasionally however, seemingly at random times, this secret space became Shunt – an installation stroke performance stroke double you tea eff bar. This mysterious placed closed in 2007, or maybe it didnâ??t exist at all, all that is left now is the legend, plus the odd comment:Â â??eh, did you ever go to that place under London Bridge? What was it called again?â??
Despite this demise, there are other, mysterious doors in London. Doors that open and descend into little known, seldom spoken of clubs and bars. Often to be found near train stations, for some reason. Perhaps itâ??s the arches that attracts the nocturnals . Like bats. Except bats who want to drink.
Or perhaps that should be â??Drink, Shop and Danceâ?? because thatâ??s the name of one hidden club beating at the heart of Kings Cross. Somewhere in a porn shop, there is a door concealing the entrance to a pulsating cocktail bar and a dancefloor with sparkling glitterball. Once in there, one can feel the palpable sense of relief that the punters have in managing to find the place.
The Black Door Bar, Kings Cross, London
Also in Kings Cross is The Black Door. Both the name of the place and a literal description, once in it / through it, there is to be found a plush 1920â??s cocktail bar. Low key in the week, shaking to rock and roll at the weekends (Do they change the name to The Green Door at the weekend?) this is another groovy place. Can you find it though?
Down the road, at Old Street, are two more mystery bars. Firstly Three Blind Mice is a musty late night bar and club hidden behind Curtain Road. Itâ??s a shabby place but it can always be relied on for music, bottled beer and conversations about the mystery of the world. Well, about problems with the underground. And down from here, under Hoxton Square lies Happiness Forgets. This dream like candle-lit bar is a great haunt for pondering, plotting, reminiscing, forgetting…
Another place with a great name is The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town, also in Shoreditch. Like â??Drink. Shop and Danceâ??, but somewhat less stressful in the finding of it, Scaredy Cat Town is a basement accessible through a cafe. With food and drink late into the night and with a playful atmosphere, this gem pokes fun at the unaware posers strutting around above and outside.
Lastly, though and a very well known  hidden place – if thatâ??s not oxymoronic –  is The Troy Club -possibly Londonâ??s best worst kept open secret. Somewhere between Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road – follow the shouts and Spanish singing – is a narrow doorway. Creaking steps lead upward. Two – or is it three – floors and you find sofaâ??s, people talking, jostling, everyone always friendly.
Lots of foreigners, smiling bar staff, this is a place that you will never want to leave, finally do leave and then can never find it again. Until the next time you hear the mystical sound of shouting and lilting, Spanish song…
So there you go, look for the hidden bars in basements, hiding in shops or innocuous doorways, you never know just whatâ??s going on behind there…
Mud Runs are the latest in a long list of activities that draw a diverse population of athletes; professional and amateur.
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