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Posted by Orange Game 2011-06-09

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Simon Wiesenthal Center finds a Hitler signed letter

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles based announced that it has gained a signed letter by Adolf Hitler advocating a legal removal of Jews, six years before the publication of 'Mein Kampf'. The signature under the typewritten words on yellowish papers is nearly 100 years old.

The Jewish human rights organization applauded the purchase of the letter will be called as one of the most important documents in the history of the Third Reich. The letter written by Adolf Hitler was a four paged document which is dated as Sep 16, 1919, which encourages systematic approach to anti-semitism rather than an emotional one

Hitler wrote that Antisemitism based on reason must lead to the systematic legal combating and removal of the rights of the people. Finally, its aim is to remove the difference between the people altogether. Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the center said that, the letter is a clear indication of Hitler's anti-semitism as well as stresses the danger of rabble-rousers and their public speaking.

Adolf Hitler wrote the letter to his fellow soldier of German army who asked for the information about the Jewish peril. Hitler explained in the letter, in 1919 no one is saying that he is thinking to attack the Jews, but what he was thinking about was only the legal removal of Jews from society. After 22 years later, he implemented everything that he wrote in that letter said Hier.

The center had the chance to buy the letter in 1988, which has always been in private collections. Hier said that while center was trying for the authenticate letter with historians, a private collector bought it. A month ago, the center approached one again to buy the letter this time it was succeeded in buying the letter for $150,000.

Apple iBooks updates with Read-Aloud

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT

Apple firm has unveiled its major update of read-aloud is available for the native e-reading app iBooks, version 1.3, for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on Wednesday.

Apple’s iBooks 1.3 adds numerous new elements to April’s iBooks 1.2.2 update, like a read-aloud function for select children’s books by using a real narrator’s voice. The new feature read-aloud allows the book to be read aloud and also it has ability to highlight the words while reading. However the read-aloud function is available for only few children's' books and apple finally added better-catalogued iBookstore tab to iTunes.

Selecting the improved eBooks will now automatically play video and audio content which included in the book. iBook version 1.3 also rectifies the problem that caused some books to display the same page twice, and made the app to respond quicker than earlier when opening very long books.

Apple released its iBooks 1.2 in December, which made Apple e-books available in more than 100 colors which include picture books, children’s books, cookbooks, and photo books.

Earlier this year Random House took the 'agency model' for e-books to become one of the big six publishers to be included in the iBookstore. Under this sales model, Random House decides the consumer prices for e-texts and also gives a commission to retailers for each sale. As with the other publishing apps, Apple takes a 30 percent amount and the remaining 70 percent back to the publisher. Sony reader app has been rejected form app store in a controversial manner.

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