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A genealogy blog focused on families settling in East Tennessee and the Northern Neck of Virginia with explorations of Rusyn roots.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Madness Monday: If I Die....
I sit surrounded by the research materials of two great-aunts, a grandmother, mother and aunt who all died. I expect I'll follow suit. My parents entered their family trees into a software program but I spent over a decade validating research, adding sources or making corrections as needed. I've even managed to add a few names to the trees myself. That is real progress and if I die we will have contributed something to our family's knowledge.
But how to share that knowledge? This blog is a first step toward getting the stories, the pictures and the genealogy out of my living room and into the world where it can be found by others researching the same families.
It's the next step that is proving challenging. I am not going to write a book. It would take a series and still not present the information I want to present. For my purposes I prefer the web model. I've been looking at some family history websites. Two I particularly like are An American Adventure and Linda McCauley's McCauley, Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families. Linda writes Documenting the Details and has been generous in sharing her thoughts on her design decisions.
My concern is, despite archives and viral media, websites are not permanent. That's one enormous advantage books have. How can I assure that the information I put on the web will survive me? A paid website would require my heirs to maintain it which seems burdensome. Free web hosting services limit design options, are free only because they run ads and offer no guarantee they will survive. Just ask anyone who used AOL's Hometown service.
A web search proved I am far from alone in thinking about this. There was a Digital Death Day in California in May. The Digital Beyond examines multiple aspects of a digital afterlife. A recent article in Ars Technica reassured me that Google will leave this blog up unless one of my heirs chooses to shut it down (NOT a good idea, kids, unless you want to be haunted for the rest of your days). Google is probably about as permanent a digital repository as there is today.
So what are your thoughts? I'd love to know how others are addressing the issue.
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This really is a serious subject that I seem to give more and more thought to all the time. Every time I backup my computer files I wonder what will become of all this info when I'm gone. (Setting around on hard drives until all the technology used is so outdated that it can't be accessed usually comes to mind.) I have more thoughts on this subject than can fit in a comment so think I'll write about it later this week.ReplyDelete
Thanks for starting this conversation. I hope others will chime in because it is definitely an important question that all family historians need to consider. And thanks for the mention.
I love my techy toys, but, paper rules. So far, that is my tendency, commit to paper. Deposit paper to major libraries, starting with LDS Salt Lake, followed close behind by Allen County Public Library, Allen County, Indiana. I have other libraries I donate to as well.ReplyDelete
I've thought of this, too, and paper is important. I've been spending my summer laboriously going through my home office, carefully filing and cross-referencing the papers related to my family history project, because at least if it's organized, *someone* might keep it. I have the same worry about my scrapooks, though... I've put so much work into them, but what if my grandchildren or great-grandchildren just toss them? :-(ReplyDelete
I am coming 'round to the idea that the basic research needs to be on paper and donated to at least a couple libraries as you suggest, Carol. That way if the digital files vanish into the the (n)etherworld the basic information will be available. Guess I'll have to produce some quickie books too, Linda. I've started cleaning up a streamlined pedigree file to work from.ReplyDelete
But I hear you, Tracy. We may have to haunt our offspring, though as the keeper of 3 generations of papers, I have some sympathy for them.
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I hope you haven't come here for mind-blowing super-macro photography this week, chaps. You may be disappointed. This is an in-depth delve into the social history of Clackers. Homage to 1971. You are most welcome.
Or, if you are from the US, Klackers.
Or, if you hail from Germany,
Or, if you are from some Eastern European place ending in 'grad', Popper-Knockers (oo, er, missus). Ker Bangers.
Remember them? The incredibly dangerous toy that every kid in the western world possessed? Think 'Conkers' but with two dangling, cherry-like balls on two strings joined at the top, made of sturdy, wrist-cracking glass.
Sadly, such a large proportion of the aforementioned western world succumbed to major eye injuries that the original glass version of the toy was banned, to be replaced by a plastic usurper. Bloody wusses.
This fine lady (who gives off the crafty impression that she may not have 'clacked' her knockers for many a good year), does an awesome impression of a world champ.
I never reached the heady heights of actual rotation. I aspired to be able to 'clack' whilst looking at my own arse, whilst undertaking the ' Super-Pro ' position. Awesome. It was not to be. I couldn't do an Underpass under my Underpass without the danger of my parents being hauled in for quizzing over heinous, inexplicable bruising.
Did anyone out there have the Clack Factor? Still got it? Or even better, care to prove it…?
Having fun via the Gallery, blatantly using the 'close up' theme to revel in my own memories and family stories!
Watch this space for more of these amazing insights into classic blasts from the past. Keep it here, folks. You can't buy this stuff you know.
Oh, and just for good measure, meet Mike Terry and his Clackers. I have no idea who this lovely gentleman is, or why his Clackers are so famed, but I would really like to find out, so if anyone knows his secret, please leave me a comment. The suspense has been killing me for days.


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2012 was nothing short of tumultuous. We bought, renovated and moved into a new home. Our tiny pup was operated on and at death's door, his ticket for Paradise purchased twice and then given several reprieves; and we thought only cats had nine lives. Prodigal son – the second one – returned home from a year in New Orleans, more than six months with his grandmother in Florida and three months in Italy and finally, after an entire lifetime of a turbulent relationship with school, found his vocation, his place, much to our joy and relief. Both sons are now well on their way to creative careers in architecture and design, both talented and happy. And the two of us? We are in career limbo, teetering on a creative tightrope, looking for inspiration in all the… well, everywhere. Projects were put on hold as we hammered and sawed, packed and unpacked, pampered our poor Marty, fretted and worried and ate more than our fair share of sandwiches, kabobs and pizzas and now they are back on track.
2013 will be a year of surprises. I dig myself up from the dark side of the planet and try to grab on to something brighter; gossamer unreality. This is a time for making Resolutions, those slippery, devious little imps, ethereal dreams of greatness, promises to ourselves that have the bad habit of turning against us somewhere along the winding, bumpy road of life, that great battle of temptation. Just at this time of the year, I tend to get sentimental, even somewhat maudlin, and stir up those schmaltzy "It's a Wonderful Life" platitudes, tossing out quotes and images in black and white, painting both the tragedy and the happy ending. I make notes to myself: Do this…Don't do that…Absolutely MUST do the other… and end up falling back into sarcasm, humor and wit.
2012 was a year in slow motion, peppered with adventure, punctuated by side trips to Somerset, New York, Paris and Normandy, and weighed down by the occasional bout of writer's block. Many friendships were strengthened, a few new ones forged, a little weight put on, one son moved out and the other moved back in. Some projects skittered to a halt, others crawled forward on hands and knees waiting for some mystical awakening, a fairy godmother tossing handfuls of glittery dust around in the wind to bring them to fruition. My lovely, wonderful, witty band of Merry Mentors gently take me by the hand and lead me forward towards a brighter horizon. Or give me a swift kick in the pants (and a kind word of encouragement) when necessary.
Favorite recipes of 2012:
Cauliflower and Potato Gratin
Chocolate Espresso Layer Cake
Classic French Beef with Carrots
Strawberry Mascarpone Whipped Cream Tart
Lemon Chiffon Pie
Cherry Prosecco Granità
Cherry Chocolate Chip Maple Challah
Chocolate Chestnut Fondant
Greek-Style Preserved Lemon & Olive Chicken
Spiral Feta Rolls
2013 promises much. Articles are in the works and on their way to being published. Book ideas still find their way down onto paper. A change in my blog, more than a simple redesign, is in the thinking. Like husband and I, my words, my energy and my creativity need a new home. Food presses in on me and limits what I offer my readers, and now after almost five years of blogging, I yearn to open up and tell my stories properly, unadulterated, passionately, not hemmed in by the need to tack on a recipe at the end.
A Few Stories of 2012:
After Newtown
You are what you eat: A food blogger's dilemma
In defense of dessert: Is it really healthy?
IACP conference NYC
September 15 – September 18
2013 arrives suddenly as we stand at the window staring out into the misty darkness to the sound of laughter floating up from ghostly shapes and drunken roars bursting forth like canon fire. The number of years that I have welcomed in a new year living here in France crosses my mind and I begin to ask myself the question "when is an expat no longer an expat?" I settle into my new kitchen and the urge to turn out comfort food sweeps over me as I move forward in time, lulled by the soothing hum of the dishwasher, the quick tickety-tack of the spin of the clothes dryer, the murmur of rain spattering against the window panes, the restful rhythm of the dog's gentle snores in the distance. I enter 2013 mellowed, reflective, pondering my future, this impalpable sensation of destiny.
Wishing all of my readers, my friends a brilliant, generous, healthy and safe 2013. Thank you for your never-ending support and encouragement and for bringing Life's a Feast alive, turning my monologues into a conversation. And a special thank you to those of you who I call my mentors, those who have reached out to offer professional advice and a helping hand, who have worked on projects with me and introduced me to others, offering a step up.


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For a long time now I've wished that I could view my twitter updates in google reader along with all the other blogs and such that I subscribe to. However despite my efforts I haven't been able to get this working.
On my twitter "Home" page there is actually an RSS link (for http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline/[my twitter id].rss) but it requires a login. I have tried entering my twitter username/password but this doesn't even work. Surely I'm not the only one that is trying to do this?


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Friday, September 27, 2013
Arclabs – a welding school that provides a variety of training options – opened its doors to vendors and prospective students on Sept. 12.
The new 933 Commerce Circle, Hanahan campus is the third for Arclabs, joining Columbia and Piedmont, S.C. Opened in March, the school has 10 booths for hands-on training.
Arclabs plans to have 10 additional booths by the end of the year and 10 more in 2014, according to Paul Connerty, vice president of operations.
Classes are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and last 10 weeks. Night classes are also offered Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., and take 20 weeks to complete, according to Arclabs admissions counselor Reagan Prozzi.
Prozzi said that the curriculum used is from the National Center for Construction Education and Research. An end-of-course welding test is required for certification.
According to Prozzi, prospective students are required to have a high school diploma or GED and must pass a drug test. There are four welding processes taught and there are payment options available.
Tuition for the 400-hour classes is $6,850 with a separate, advanced 900-hour class for $15,300.
"Some choose to pay upfront but there are payment plans available," Prozzi said. "We cater the payment plan for each individual."
At least 70 percent of graduates must be placed in new jobs for Arclabs to remain accredited; the new location's current percentage is in the high-80s.
One way that the location hopes to keep the numbers up is through the new Job Experience Training program.
JET is designed for companies to give Arclabs what tasks they need their future employee to perform, and in turn the future employee will begin training for those specific tasks, Connerty said.
"It works out well for everybody involved," he said. "We're very, very excited about it."
At the recent open house, some of the vendors that came were national suppliers who performed live demonstrations of new equipment.
Victor Tech was one of the vendors in attendance. The company displayed its oxy-fuel system as well as a three-in-one welding machine.
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- I'm legally married to THE MOST AMAZING man on the planet. DON'T HATE! >;)
As of 2013, we have been together for 20 years.
My Husband is originally from Guatemala. At one point, we both lived in California, but never met there! We both moved to Canada (late 80's) and actually met there, in Toronto. We did discover that our paths had crossed a few times back in Cali (same places on same days), but never met. Could that have been the start of destiny?
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- We are avid gardeners and actually grow Palm Trees here in Canada! A little touch of home! LOL Yes, it can be done.
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- Avatar (I LOVE 3D and this was done in amazing 3D plus the story line is very emotional for me, being part Native). Love good Gay movies (not many around, however). Love heart-touching movies.
- Music:
- Thumping Dance (70's, 80's, 90's); Latin Dance
- Television:
- In no particular order:
- Modern Family
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- America's Got Talent
- Good Wife
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Travis Browne: I pose the most danger in heavyweight division - MMA Fighting
It's no secret that UFC is in constant need to create new stars, and big Hawaiian native Travis Browne has been handed a ticket to the top by being put in the main event of a heavyweight showdown on FX.
Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis, he's either punching it, or his giant-like opponent, Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva, will punch it back in his face.
Browne, a product of the Greg Jackson camp, is 13-0-1, with his only blemish a draw with Cheick Kongo two years ago in London, England. But even with six first-round stoppages in his last eight fights, he's the first to admit he's been inconsistent. He feels this is the fight to prove he belongs in the elite class as he faces one of the few men to hold a win over Fedor Emelianenko.
It's been talked about how the winner of this fight will join Junior Dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier, Fabricio Werdum and the suspended Alistair Overeem as part of what would be the big six of the division.
Browne, who is 6-foot-7, weighed in at 246 pounds on Thursday. He'll be giving up a lot of weight to Silva, who weighed the heavyweight division maximum of 266 pounds, but cut heavily to make that weight. Silva usually fights at closer to 280 to 290 pounds. Browne expressed surprise when he heard his own number, being it was the lightest weight of his career, but feels he's going into the cage at about his expected 250 after eating."Between me and him, we've created our own level," said Browne, whose first-round knockout over Stefan Struve looks even more impressive this week when it comes to who would be the next guy to join the elite group. "The only thing left ahead of us are the top five."
"I think out of the guys in the top ten, I'm probably the scariest one of them," he said. "My size is a danger, my power and my athletic ability. I think I pose the most danger in that division. Cain, with his grinding ability, he's the one who for me poses the biggest threat."
Browne grew up in Hawaii until the age of 14, when his father passed away, and he moved to California with his mother. His career started somewhat late, at the age of 26, in early 2009."That's just how my body works out when I'm training and getting into the gym," said Browne. "With all my workouts, I have a hard time keeping weight on. My body wants to keep losing weight so I have to eat more. Right now I'm 250. Once I came in at 255, but I was out of shape."
"I've had a couple of lackluster performances," he said. "Coming into this fight, there's something I need to prove, that the fighter who fought Chad Griggs, Stefan Struve and James McSweeney is the fighter I really am."
The move to MMA stemmed from his wife being pregnant, which forced him to take stock of where he was.
In Silva, Browne is facing a legitimate test in someone who can match him for size and power, has more experience with top level competition, and also has his own back against the wall. Silva (16-4) has lost two fights in a row for the first time in his career, suffering first round stoppages at the hands of Cormier and Velasquez. The latter saw Silva spill so much blood in the short fight that it looked more like a slasher movie than an MMA event."My wife got pregnant with my first son, and I just wanted to do something for my kid," he said. "I felt I had all this athletic ability and talent, and not doing s--- with it. So I went to get a black belt in Jiu Jitsu, and nine months later, I started getting into MMA."
When the two had a tense staredown at weigh-ins, Browne didn't appear much taller, and is giving up not just poundage, but significant reach.
Silva has been a name heavyweight dating back more than six years, when he had his first fight on the major international stage for the Japanese Hero's promotion. Silva, a native Brazilian who had been based at the time in England and was unknown past the local British scene, threw around a 300-pound decorated world-class wrestler in Tom Erikson, and finished him in less than three minutes.
He didn't make it to UFC until the Velasquez fight in May, but it wasn't because they didn't see him as top talent. He had lucrative deals in Japan stemming from the Erikson fight, and later with Elite XC, where he was the group's heavyweight champion when they folded. He then went to Japan and Strikeforce, where his size was too much for the legendary Emelianenko, in what is still the single most watched MMA fight ever on Showtime.
What's actually been Silva's Achilles heel is getting caught early. It happened with Eric Pele in Silva's big upset loss early in his career, at a time many considered him almost unstoppable. He was nearly finished by usual light heavyweight Mike Kyle, who caught him with a first punch that flattened him, but he managed to recover from it and eventually his size took over. He was dropped by Cormier early and never fully recovered. Velasquez took him off his feet right away, and with his freakish conditioning, continually pounded on him from the top, never letting up and Silva was so bloody he never had a chance to come back."Sometimes it's hard to deal with a guy that size who is right in your face," Browne said, which was the story of Silva's career signature win. "His strength and size, he's somewhat athletic for being 275 to 280 pounds. It's going to be a great fight. His size can also be to his disadvantage. He's a little slower than he could be, and he gasses a little bit in the later rounds."
Browne has essentially had two training camps in a row, but doesn't see that as a negative. He started in June getting ready for a planned battle on Aug. 4 with another large heavyweight, Ben Rothwell. When Rothwell pulled out, this new fight was made.
He said it worked out fine. He took two weeks away from the gym to heal up after Rothwell pulled out, and went right back to camp, starting out in better condition than usual.
"I trained smart and I've got good training partners," he said. "My coaching staff kept an eye on me to keep me from overtraining."


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Wang, B., Jenkins, J.R., and Trayhurn, P.
Notes: In this study, the expression of various adipokine genes linked to inflammation was examined during differentiation of pre-adipocytes to adipocytes in primary culture. The effect of TNFα on expression of these adipokines in differentiated human adipocytes was also investigated. qPCR was used to measure expression levels of the various adipokines, including NGF, during development and upon TNFα exposure. In addition, secretion of adipokines into the culture media was measured by ELISA, the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System being used to determine NGF levels. (3502)
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Munoz, J.R., Stoutenger, B.R., Robinson, A.P., Spees, J.L. and Prockrop, D.J.
Notes: In this study, implantation of human bone marrow stem/progenitor cells (MSCs) into the hippocampus of immunodeficient mice was found to stimulate proliferation, migration and differentiation of endogenous neural stem cells. Results of immunohistochemical analyses were confirmed by ELISA. The NGF Emax® Immunoassay System was used to determine NGF levels in isolated hippocampi at various intervals after implantation of the MSCs. (3500)
Cavaletti, G., Bogliun, G., Marzorati, L., Zincone, A., Piatti, M., Colombo, N., Franchi, D., La Presa, M.T., Lissoni, A., Buda, A., Fei, F., Cundari, S. and Zanna, C.
Notes: Patients with locally advanced squamous cervical carcinoma were monitored for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN). Plasma drawn from the study participants was stored at –80°C prior to testing for nerve growth factor (NGF)levels using the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. The authors note that a highly significant correlation existed between a decrease in circulating levels of NGF and an increase in the severity of CIPN. (3338)
Dorfman, M., Arancibia, S., Fiedler, J.L. and Lara, H.E.
Notes: The authors studied the effects of a chronic intermittent cold stress regime on sympathetic nerve activation and ovarian physiology. To analyze whether this effect on noradrenaline was preceded by activation of the neurotrophic factor system responsible for growth and survival of sympathetic neurons, they measured nerve growth factor in adult female Sprague-Dawley rats using the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2772)
Zhou, S., Chen, L.S., Miyauchi, Y., Miyauchi, M., Kar, S., Kangavari, S., Fishbein, M.C., Sharifi, B. and Chen, P.S.
Notes: After inducing myocardial infarction in feral dogs, transcardiac NGF levels were measured in the serum from 0.5 hours to 1 month later. This difference in NGF concentration between the coronary sinus and aorta was measured in triplicate samples using the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (3336)
Cavaliere, F., Sancesario, G., Bernardi, G. and Volonte, C.
Notes: Cerebellar granule neurons were isolated from 8-day-old Wistar rats and were glucose deprived for 1 hour in Earl's balanced salt solution. This solution was collected and assayed for NGF using the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2809)
Touhami, A., Grueterich, M. and Tseng, S.C.
Notes: Human amniotic membrane, either intact or epithelially denuded, was homogenized and NGF content measured using the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2807)
Lee, P.G., Zhuo, H., and C.J. Helke
Notes: Protein and mRNA levels of various neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors were analyzed in transected cervical vagus nerve and nodose ganglion. Nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 protein levels were measured using Promega's NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System and NT-3 Emax® ImmunoAssay System, respectively. (2336)
Zhu, Z.W., Friess, H., Wang, L., Bogardus, T., Korc, M., Kleeff, J., and Buchler M.W.
Notes: The levels of NGF in culture medium of numerous human pancreatic cancer cell lines was determined using Promega's NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. NGF-induced pancreatic cancer cell growth seemed to be dependent on the expression levels and the balance of the TrkA and p75 receptors. (2334)
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Park, J.A., Lee, J.Y., Sato, T.A., and Koh, J.Y.
Notes: Mixed mouse cortical cultures containing both neurons and astrocytes were treated with zinc to induce neuronal death. Nerve growth factor augmented this zinc-induced neuronal death. The p75NTR receptor and the p75NTR-associated death executor (NADE) also play roles in zinc-triggered neuronal death. NGF levels were determined using Promega's NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2333)
Dissen, G.A., Parrott, J.A., Skinner, M.K., Hill, D.F., Costa, M.E. and Ojeda, S.R.
Notes: Bovine thecal cells were grown for three days then subcultured for 24 hours. The culture media was then removed and NGF levels determined using the NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2810)
Di Loreto, S., Corvetti, L., Maccarone, R., Piancatelli, D., and Adorno D.
Notes: Levels of nerve growth factor in untreated and IL-1beta hippocampal neuronal cultures were monitored during homeostasis, hypoxia and reoxygenation. Untreated cells exhibited a decrease in both the expression and release of NGF under mild hypoxic stress whereas IL-1beta treated cells exhibited an increase in both expression and release of NGF. NGF levels were quantitated using Promega's NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2332)
Dissen, G.A., Lara, H.E., Leyton, V., Paredes, A., Hill, D.F., Costa, M.E., Martinez-Serrano, A., and Ojeda, S.R.
Notes: A rat model of human polycystic ovarian syndrome in which NGF-producing neural progenitor cells were grafted into ovaries of juvenile rats was used to study the effect of NGF levels in ovary tissue. NGF levels in conditional culture medium from immortalized embryonic day 16 rat hippocampus-derived neural progenitor cells and in whole rat ovaries was determined using Promega's NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2331)
Safieh-Garabedian, B., Dardenne, M., Kanaan, S.A., Atweh, S.F., Jabbur, S.J., and Saade, N.E.
Notes: Thymulin induced thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia resulted in an increase in NGF, TNF alpha and PGE(2) levels in rat liver. NGF levels were determined with Promega's NGF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2335)
Albeck, D.S., Backman, C., Veng, L., Friden, P., Rose, G.M. and Granholm, A.-C.E.
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Rachel's parents took her to Disney World this weekend to celebrate her high school graduation, but once they arrived in Orlando, Rachel became sick. She has been admitted to the hospital with multiple blood clots and has passed one clot through her heart (a miracle that she survived it). Her father, Tim Harless, sent the following text this morning and is asking for all prayers.
"…Here it is in a nutshell. Rachel has a large blood clot in each lung and one in her right thigh. It is causing her heart to enlarge and work harder. If the current meds that they are giving her doesn't show a drastic improvement overnight we have to decide whether or not to have surgery to have catheters put in to drip a clot buster directly on the clots. The worst case senario is this. A 1% chance of bleeding of the brain with the catheters breaking it up within 12 hours or let the current meds do it overtime a.d possibly damage the heart. I feel with prayer God will intervene and we won't have fo worry. Mickey can wait and we will be here as long as it takes.
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Then we start getting emails, phonecalls, visits from Boone County, WV to California. We have cried for three days, one reason was due to the decision I was asked to make and the rest has been from the LOVE we have seen from friends, family, and total strangers.
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The messages to me are: 1. There is a message. G-d speaks to us - as individuals and as a community. 2. We have much to be grateful for. The first test to Man was to his ability be grateful. The final test before Moshiach comes may be the same. The rains and the winds are needed and must be appreciated. There strength cannot however be underestimated. 3. I don't do enough chesed. There are so many opportunities all around us. 4. We don't know the difference between what we need and and what we want. 5. I am too small and insignificant to understand the full lesson so I must ask our leaders for guidance.
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Once a week, for as long as I can remember, I make pizza. Friday night means Family Night, a tradition we began who knows when, maybe as recently as when Simon returned from his two years abroad, or maybe it was in our old apartment in that spacious, sunny kitchen when the boys were still in high school, but it seems like forever. At about 5:00 in the afternoon, I blend yeast and brown sugar, pour warm water over the two and wait until it begins to bubble and foam, something reminiscent of The Creature From the Black Lagoon as the gilled creature hovers just below the surface. Soon a heady scent emanates from the deep and a thick mousse, the color of pale caramel, or café au lait or maybe liver forms atop the murky liquid. That intoxicating odor of yeast fills the kitchen as I tip the bowl and the froth mounds delicately atop the white heap of flour and salt. Water warm like the gently lapping waves of a summer ocean is added and I stir and I knead and this is my weekly ritual.
Bread dough. At about 7:30, that bread dough will be rolled and stretched, slathered with seasoned tomato sauce, topped with grated mozzarella, slices of tangy goat cheese and salty, spicy chorizo and find its way, at about 8:00, onto the coffee table in the livingroom where we will gather to talk and laugh and eat and drink and watch something silly or scary or thrilling on television. Bread dough, always the same ritual, pizza, always pizza or my family would wonder what went wrong. Spread the red-checkered tablecloth, pop a bottle of Lambrusco or Prosecco, something Italian, something chilled and bubbly, pass around the paper napkins as the dog slips discreetly beneath the table and all is well in our world.
The following day, whatever is left of that bread dough becomes putty in my hands and I transform it into what I will. On normal days, it gets patted into a thick flat round, brushed with olive oil, dusted with coarse salt and plenty of pepper and baked simply as focaccia. Our daily bread, the staff of life, manna from heaven, we just can't get by without it, and this weekly routine somehow takes on such relevance; in this mad, crazy world in which we live, we grasp onto these tiny apparently insignificant things, we are reassured by knowing that once in a while, on a regular basis, what we expect and wait for appears at the same place, the same time, in the same manner. And if I, once in a while and without warning, if I change anything even one tiny iota, without ceremony, they often feel betrayed or cheated. And so on and on I go, yet these are part of those little insignificant things of life that take on a heart and importance of their own and bring comfort, as I said, in their repetition.
Long ago, when the boys were little and we lived in Italy, our Friday night ritual of a special dinner together began with evenings spent at Pace on Via Washington. A break from the work/school week was created, a time to gather and decompress, to separate the demands of the outside world from the down time of the weekend; to get to know each other as a family. We would walk up the block and find our way to the same familiar table in the same familiar setting week after week. We each had our favorite dishes, repeated endlessly without fail and without tiring of the same warm, homey food as the months and years rolled by. Just the same familiar ritual, this little ceremony, was heart warming and comforting in the repetition and it quickly became a family tradition. As we moved, out of Milan to Nerviano, back to Paris and then to Nantes, the tradition continued, even as the restaurant changed, from Pace to La Locanda della Pesa, to Le Bonheur de Chine to Pinnochio; the restaurant may have changed but the ritual continued. Until events made dining at home the most attractive option. Or maybe it was simply because I had learned to make homemade bread dough and homemade pizza and gathering in front of a good film, just the four of us, a bottle of wine and pizza was the coziest, happiest choice. And so Friday afternoon inevitably finds me in the kitchen kneading and rolling out bread dough. And Saturdays invariably finds me placing warm, fresh-from-the-oven focaccia on the table at noon.
The rest of the week, I pop into our neighborhood boulangerie for a baguette or a pain de campagne or a dark boule bucheron with a hint of malty tang. You see, in a French home, in our home, bread is a staple, a standard part of every meal that cannot be forgone. And slices of bread are consumed day after day topped with thick wedges of cheese, sometimes consumed with a seasonal fruit, sometimes not. Yet, when I visit my boulangerie and I stand in line, eyes averted from the temptation of chocolate éclairs and buttery, flaky croissants and creamy flan, as I patiently await my turn and slowly approach the cash register to pay, my eyes meet hoops of bread, looped over a wooden peg dripping with crispy golden strings of cheese which have been baked into the crust, a crust through which bits of salty, smoky lardons, cured ham or bacon, peep through. And a low rumble is heard, or so I fear, a rumble of yearning, of hunger rising up from my stomach and that thing of beauty lures me, stimulating my salivary glands much like Pavlov's bells.
And as today begins our September Twelve Loaves Challenge, which just happens to be Bread with Cheese, I have decided to take my remaining bread dough leftover from Friday night pizza, knead in smoky lardons and plenty of grated comté cheese, with more of the cheese dusted on top, and make a few focaccia to feed my craving. And my family loved them.
This month's Twelve Loaves Challenge is Bread with Cheese. To bake along with us, Lora, Barb and I, simply create a bread, rolls, muffins, scones, even waffles or pancakes, pizza or bread sticks or anything, yeast or quick, which can be considered bread, and make sure it contains cheese, any cheese you choose.
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I am also sharing my recipe with Susan of Wild Yeast for her weekly spot of Yeastspotting all things yeasty!
I used about 1 kg of dough for 4 medium focaccia. I reduced the quantity of dough for, in my opinion, the ideal focaccia. You can replace classic French lardons with any cured ham or bacon; small chunks work better than strips, but either will be delicious. And use any grated cheese you like.
For the Bread Dough:
about 2 lbs (1kg) flour + more for kneading
3 3/4 tsp (20 g) dry yeast
4 1/2 tsp (21 g) salt
3 Tbs (40 g) granulated brown sugar or honey
2 ¾ cups (650 ml) warm (body temperature) water, or more or less as needed, divided
3 Tbs olive oil for the dough
1 – 2 Tbs olive oil for the baking sheet or mixing bowl
For the Cheese & Smoked Ham Focaccia:
26 ½ - 28 oz (750 – 800 g) dough or a bit more, about half the above recipe
7 oz (200 g) smoked cured ham, bacon or lardons in small chunks
3 ½ - 4 (100 – 120 g) grated comté or gruyère cheese or other Swiss-style cheese
Olive oil
(You can find step-by-step images here.)
In a small bowl, place the brown sugar or honey and the dry yeast. Pour on 1 1/3 cups (300 ml) warm water. (I test the temperature by touch, allowing the tap water to run over the back of my hand and it should be just warm. Remember, if the water is too cool, the yeast won't activate, but water too hot will kill the yeast.) Let this sit for 15 to 20 minutes for active dry yeast and 20 to 30 minutes for traditional dry yeast until the yeast has activated and is frothy with a thick foam on top of the liquid.
Measure the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl or on your work surface. When the yeast is activated, make a well in the center of the flour, pour in the yeasty water, scraping out all the yeast and sugar sticking to the sides or left in the bottom. Add the olive oil and about half of the remaining 350 ml warm water. With a wooden spoon or your hands, mix slowly and carefully, gradually getting all the flour wet. Add the rest of the water little by little onto the pockets of dry flour, until all the flour is moistened; all or almost all of the water should be incorporated. An important thing to remember : if in doubt, it is safer to add more water than not enough to the flour/salt, have a dough that is too sticky and wet than too dry ; by adding more flour as you knead, you will achieve the perfect texture and consistency. If you begin kneading a dough that is too dry, it is almost impossible to add more moisture to the dough.
Now knead:
Using all of your force, pushing, folding back onto itself then pushing with your knuckles, over and over again, just work the dough for 6 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle flour on the work surface and onto the dough whenever it feels sticky, even slightly sticky. By the end of 6 to 8 minutes, you should have a beautiful, smooth, elastic dough.
Pour a couple of tablespoons of olive oil onto the center of a large oven tray or clean, large mixing bowl. Turn the ball of dough around in the oil, smearing it so the dough is well oiled all over. Place the ball in the center of the now oiled tray or bowl and cover well but loosely with plastic wrap, pulling the plastic over the edges of the tray to allow room for the dough to expand and double in size and still stay completely covered with plastic. Allow the dough to double in size, about an hour or more.
Prepare the Cheese & Smoked Ham Focaccia:
Cube the bacon, smoked cured ham or lardons if not already in cubes and brown in an ungreased skillet until cooked and crispy. Drain on paper towels and allow to cool.
For about 26 ½ - 28 oz (750 – 800 g) dough or up to half the above recipe, simply roll out the piece of dough flat, sprinkle with about 3 oz (85 g) of the grated cheese and spread the cooked ham evenly over the surface. Roll up the dough and knead briefly, just until the cheese and lardons are evenly distributed within the dough. Divide into four pieces, shape each into a round, place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet or two and press or roll into a disc, about 1-inch (2 cm) thick. The focaccia can be rolled and baked thinner or thicker, depending upon how you like it. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rest for about 20 to 30 minutes. The focaccia should puff up slightly.
Discard the plastic wrap. Flatten each disc slightly, depending upon how thick you want the focaccia. Brush the top of each focaccia with olive oil and sprinkle with the rest of the grated cheese and a dusting of freshly grated black pepper; again, you can top with as much or as little of the grated cheese as you like.
Bake the focaccia in the preheated oven for 15 or 20 minutes or until the bread is puffed and golden on top and underneath. Remove from the oven and enjoy!


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hmm, the $50 per year data plan offer is ONLY for first year. Look at the picture and you can clearly see "Year 1 Total Cost". That means the $130 difference between $369 Fire HD (32GB) and $499 Fire HD 4G is what Amazon will pay AT&T for the first year. iPad with the same data plan of 250MB per month is $15 per month or $180 per year (i.e. $130 + $50) same as what Amazon has. So, AT&T doesn't give Amazon any special offer but Amazon does eat the cost of a 4G chip inside the Fire HD 4G.
Should Apple fear Amazon?
On Thursday afternoon, Amazon's Jeff Bezos got up on stage and introduced the world to an awesome set of updates to the Kindle Fire. Amazon doesn't just want to have the best priced tablet (Kindle Fire is now $159), but it also wants to have the best tablet "at any price".
To that end, the 8.9" Kindle Fire HD is hitting the market in November. It has great technical specs, and comes with a $299 price point (16 GB, Wi-Fi only) and a $499 price point, which includes 4G (LTE) and 32 GB of memory. That's between $200 and $230 cheaper than a comparable iPad.
Andy Grove, the former CEO of Intel, is famous for saying, "Only the paranoid survive". I think it's fair to say that it's time for Apple to get paranoid. No, I'm not saying Amazon will kill the company Steve Jobs founded. Far from it. But I do think Amazon is a serious threat, and paranoia would be healthy here.
What Amazon has going for it is an incredible back-end business that it can monetize. Amazon isn't interested in making money on tablets. Instead they want to make money when people use their tablets. And with Amazon's incredible online retail size, Kindle Fire customers will buy lots of stuff.
So Apple needs to be fearful of a competitor that essentially doesn't care about profit from hardware, which is in stark contract to Apple, which makes a ton of money from hardware by including incredibly good software.
Even worse, Amazon isn't under pressure from Wall Street to make money in the very near term. Yes, the company is profitable. But profit margins are thin. Amazon has time on its side. By contrast, if Apple felt the need to drop prices on the iPad, its stock would get creamed instantly.
I'm also impressed with Amazon's ability to change the game when it comes to paying for bandwidth. They somehow managed to convince AT&T to support a $49 per year LTE plan. It's a pretty limited plan at 250 MB per month, but I still think people will eat it up just as a convenient backup plan to Wi-Fi. I'm dying to know how Amazon made this happen. Are they cutting AT&T in on any e-commerce transactions done via LTE, essentially making AT&T a giant Amazon affiliate? Is there something special here that only Amazon can offer carriers? I think being able to offer customers a better data plan is a compelling advantage in the market.
In Apple's corner, they've still got the best darn app ecosystem on the planet. It will be a while before Amazon's forked Android platform can compete on apps. But don't count them out. If it sells well, developers will rally behind it and the Kindle Fire will start to get the same quality of tablet-optimized apps the iPad currently enjoys. No question.
Apple also wins with stickiness since iPhone and Mac users are much more likely to continue paying a premium for the iPad over any competing product. Add Apple Retail into the mix, with AppleCare and Geniuses and Specialist and everything else a real, physical location with great customer service offers, and it's an advantage we shouldn't under estimate.
Another winning element for Apple is distribution. The first Kindle Fire was only available to US customers. Amazon is expanding European distribution somewhat with the Kindle Fire HD, but it still pales in comparison to the global reach of the iPad. Amazon has also had trouble striking the kind of global content deals Apple has managed to secure. Kindle FIre content is limited outside the U.S. whereas Apple has the best digital content availability on the planet.
But again, this is not a long term advantage and we shouldn't act like it is.
I remember when the iPhone first came out, and I was a sell side analyst attending the RIM analyst event in Orlando. A fellow analyst asked Jim Balsillie, then Co-CEO, if he was worried about the iPhone. Paraphrasing his answer: It's one phone sold by one carrier in one country. Steve Balmer laughed at the iPhone by asking who would possibly want to buy a phone with a $600 price tag. Ed Colligan of Palm said no PC guys were going to figure smartphones out.
We all know what happened after that ...
So, Apple needs to get paranoid. They've done an amazing job of bringing killer products to market at fair prices. Android vendors, Research In Motion, and (so far) Microsoft have failed to present any real threat to Apple's dominance with tablets. But in one short year, Amazon has become the price leader with a good product in an important market, taken significant US share (if you believe their numbers), and followed up with several much better products. Amazon is moving fast. They're innovating for real and not just copying Apple.
Obviously this will be a long and hard battle. Apple gets to throw the next punch on September 12th and may just follow it up with a low-priced iPad mini. I can hardly wait.
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Should Apple fear Amazon?
I sold my iPad 3 about two months ago in anticipation of an iPad Mini. Now, if Apple does not release it's 8' tablet, I will be buying a Kindle Fire HD 7'. I am a avid shopper on Amazon with a Prime subscription so I would rather buy a Kindle Fire HD than a Nexus 7! The Kindle Fire HD looks great and I'm loving the specs for a simple 7' tablet! Amazon has shown it's hand, Apple, it's your turn!
I like what Amazon is trying to do here with their new tablets, but when Apple comes out with their iPad Mini I think the Kindle Fire is going to struggle. All of this depends on price points from Apple but they should be close enough to impact Amazon. I've used a Kindle Fire, not the new versions obviously, and their Android implementation is too Amazon integrated for its own good. Android's tablet apps are sub-par compared to Apple and not having Google Play (instead the Amazon app store) store makes it even more limiting.
But what I think people must realize is the 8.9 variation does not cut into potential Ipad min sales (which rumors say will be 7 inches) but it cuts into potential Ipad purchases because its 8.9 inches. You can get a high end tablet thats pretty close to the new Ipads size at only $499 with everything while the same Ipad will cost almost $900. The specs on the Kindle Fire HD will be on par if not higher than the Ipad mini and will cost (probably) $200 cheaper. Conventional wisdom tells me that unless Apple releases the Ipad mini at around $250, it just wont sell because the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire are at aroud that price. But hey.... some people are willing to pay extra....
A 7.85" iPad will probably cannibalize some 9.7" iPad sales, but Apple will still sell about a million per week of the larger iPad. At least until the 4th gen. iPad arrives, then the numbers go higher again.
Do you really believe that Amazon will sell many of the $499 Fires? The Amazon Marketplace has even fewer tablet-optimized apps than the Google Play store. These Kindle Fires are being pushed primarily as media consumption devices, with video being the focus for the larger screen version. Anyone who buys one of the 4G versions with the $50 annual data plan will be able to watch very little HD video before hitting the 250MB cap.
I think that the bulk of sales will be for the $199 and $299 versions of the Fire. Folks who prefer to buy anything-but-Apple will have to choose between the Nexus 7 and the two cheaper Fires. Everyone else will probably wait for the 7.85" iPad. I think Apple can sell millions at $299, but I think they want to dominate this smaller tablet market and will price it at $249.
It's a well written article. Apple should definitely be paranoid. I mentioned before Amazon swung a hammer and made a few cracks.
But to expand further, i'd be a bit worried about the ipad mini now. If it's a non retina screen as rumored, it's not going to be very impressive. A smaller ipad with corners cut in parts won't wow anyone.
"...i'd be a bit worried about the ipad mini now. If it's a non retina screen as rumored, it's not going to be very impressive. A smaller ipad with corners cut in parts won't wow anyone."
Thinner, lighter, cheaper. It will impress and wow plenty of consumers. Apple will sell over 10 million before the year is over. They might sell 10 million before any of the 8.9" Fires even hit the shelves. You don't need to worry about the iPad. Save your worry for the other Android tablets.
As okli correctly points out, Google is the one Amazon hit with the hammer with these product announcements. Google gets little to no ad revenue from these Jelly Bean powered devices. Amazon doesn't even bother to tout that they're run on Android. The 7" Kindle Fire HD for $199 will give the Nexus 7 a serious run.
Thinner, lighter, cheaper? Cheaper than what? An iPad 3? And I never understood why people buy Apple products just because they're thinner and lighter than their predecessors. Who cares about lighter and thinner that much? Even the iPad 3 can't compete with the Kindle Fire HD from a hardware perspective, it also has a retina display, it has a better downlink, it has better sound and heck, it's even 400 dollars cheaper in year one. But Apple comes along with an iPad Mini, which has still the iPad 1 and 2 screen resolution, no stereo sound, no 2 antennas, no MIMO and probably not even LTE. It'll be a shrunken iPad 2 16GB WiFi. But still for 350 Dollars I bet. But yeah, it will be LIGHT and THIN. It's always the same. By a time when Apple has nothing more to offer, they make their products lighter and thinner.
TommesJay: Yes, it will be thinner, lighter and cheaper than the tablet that is universally (except for the Apple-hating crowd) considered the one to beat. No, this is not meant for consumers who already own the latest iPad. It is targeted to consumers who thought the iPad was too large, heavy & expensive for their needs or budget.
The 8.9" Fire HD is not available to buy, so it is not competing with existing iPads just yet. All those "better" features you quote may or may not actually function as advertised. We'll find out in 2.5 months.
You may not think Apple offers anything of benefit for their premium prices, but clearly hundreds of millions of consumers do. You may want to try and understand that other people value ease-of-use, stability, security, customer service, beautiful design, build quality, etc.
I would be very surprised if the iPad mini was priced at $350. With its economies of scale, Apple will make a healthy profit at $299. If they decide to truly "go thermonuclear", they'll sacrifice a bit of those profits and sell it for $249-279. iMore originally predicted $199-249.
The thing is, that the iPad is a media consumption device. Sure there are people who use it for more than just media, but these kind of people doesn't account for 15 mio sold units per quarter. What people really value is ease-of-use and ecosystem. The other strengths of Apple and its products you mentioned are also a factor, but not the most critical which made Apple that big as they are today. Now what we're facing here is, that the Kindle Fire also has ease-of-use and an ecosystem. And with the HD, they also have high quality hardware. But at a far more affordable price point than Apple. Also in terms of customer services Amazon has a great reputation.
During the keynote, Bezos made an important point: Android tablets last year didn't sell, because they're just gadgets. And no one wants to buy a gadget starting at $500. What people really want, is a handy device for media consumption and games. And therefore a wide ecosystem is needed. Apple has it, and iOS Apps are of really high quality, and that's the reason why they sell so much iPads. Stability, security, design, build quality - all just fine, all little parts of the whole, much bigger picture. But without an ecosystem like iTunes/iBooks/AppStore/iCloud, Apple would sell nothing.
And let's get this thing clear: I absolutely know which benefits Apple is selling with their devices. Clearly the ones you already mentioned, plus many more. I'm no hater and I get the point. The simple thing is, that I think that those hundreds of millions of consumers you stated, buy iPads because of their ecosystem. And if they can get a device of good hardware quality with a comparable, if not better ecosystem than Apple's, which is also easy to use and which has that nice added features like X-Ray and so on at a much lower price point, I don't see anybody buying iPads anymore. Sure, anyone who uses an iPad as a corporate device and needs certain business functionalities, will probably stick with the iPad, but all those media consumers and gamers?
And now let's assume you get an 16GB, WiFi-only iPad mini with iPad 2 Specs despite the 7" form factor for 299 Dollars. At the same price point, you get an Kindle Fire HD with a 8,9" Retina display and other, better hardware features all the way (camera/downlink/sound). Ease-of-use and ecosystem are also there (loaded with 180.000 exclusive books and those great X-Ray-Features and Whispersync and stuff). Give me a reason why I should throw my 300 bucks an that iPad instead.
"...I think that those hundreds of millions of consumers you stated, buy iPads because of their ecosystem. And if they can get a device of good hardware quality with a comparable, if not better ecosystem than Apple's, which is also easy to use and which has that nice added features like X-Ray and so on at a much lower price point, I don't see anybody buying iPads anymore."
I agree that Amazon's media content (music, books, video) ecosystem is a match for Apple's. App content is another story and I think you underestimate how important those are for consumers. I also doubt Amazon will match Apple's build quality.
Apple sells roughly $2.75B worth of iPads (~5 million) per month. If/when they introduce an iPad mini next month, those numbers will spike up. Of course the average sales price of the iPad line will decrease, but I expect Apple will eventually report sales of 25-30 million iPads (~$10B revenue?) for the last quarter of this year.
Amazon will definitely sell some 8.9" Kindles starting in late November; probably mostly the $299 version. But they will not announce sales numbers because those numbers will not be noteworthy. They certainly will not put a damper on iPad sales.
But time will tell. You think iPad sales will decrease. I think they will continue to increase. We'll know by mid-2013 what happens to iPad sales. We probably still won't know anything definitive about Kindle sales.
"You may want to try and understand that other people value ease-of-use, stability, security, customer service, beautiful design, build quality, etc"
I agree with all of that except stability and security. Apple products are no more secure than any other os, probably less secure. They haven't had to deal with major attacks like windows has yet. Their review process is their to protect Apple, not the consumer. They make sure you are not cutting Apple out of its 30% cut and so it does not include any adult content or language( or how many people americans have killed in war). As for stability, it's been widely reported that iOS apps crash more than Android apps. The os is more stable than earlier builds of Android, but not the case anymore.
"I agree with all of that except stability and security. Apple products are no more secure than any other os, probably less secure...As for stability, it's been widely reported that iOS apps crash more than Android apps."
We'll just have to agree to disagree. (I wanted to write "You can't be serious!", but decided to be diplomatic. <g>) We could play dueling reports that support our respective points of view, but I doubt either of us will change our opinions. No offense intended, Dave. I have a brother-in-law who shares some of your sentiments. The debate always reaches a stalemate.
This is a wonderfully refreshing article.
It was humble, but with just the right pinch of proudness you'd expect from an Apple-centric site.
I haven't been on iMore for long, but this may very well be the single best article to date for me personally.
Apple does indeed to to be nimble on their toes and not rest on the laurels. I think their prepared for the challenge, but they also know not to count out any competitor.
As for a smaller iPad, I still can't see them selling it for less than $299. It would cut into the profits made from the larger model. Then again, maybe they would sell more of the smaller model and easily counteract that problem.
I'm intrigued by your use of "we". As in "it's an advantage we shouldn't underestimate". It is indicative of the psychology that Apple uses to keep it's profit margins high, even as competition catches up. This is why you are wrong in assuming Apple will continue to maintain the bar for profit margin that it currently has.
The only vested interest that a customer really has in a platform is the health of the ecosystem. Essentially, customers of Apple, Android, etc, are invested into it by a lack of cross-platform portability of apps.
But that is the power of that methodology, isn't it? Although you and I own no stock in Apple, essentially, we have a vested interest in that our devices are only as strong as the support of the community that codes for it, and all Apple, Amazon, and Google have to do is sit back and watch the money roll in (cost of oversight aside).
It is brilliant psychology that we are all slaves to, but at some point we will have to realize that Apple will not be able to keep the profit margins that it has as other ecosystems become stronger. It will have to sacrifice margins on the device in order to broaden the user base. That is a cold truth that people refuse to accept.
There will be a $200 iPad sooner than people think.
I do not know if "fear" is the right thought, but they should definitely take Amazon seriously. I have a second generation Kindle and am also a Prime member. I did not jump on the Kindle Fire but if Apple does not do an iPad mini, I'll be buying one of the HD Fires. Amazon has a lot to do to play catch up to Apple, but they are the only other real horse in the race that is close. Most other Android tablets are not up to par versus the iPad. Amazon is the closest one to it. We will have to wait and see if Apple delivers an iPad mini and how the new HD Kindle Fires preform.
Why exactly is it that other android tablets are not up to par to ipad???? The only reason the Kindle is getting so much attention is because they are doing what Google should have done a while ago: released a tablet at cost and make profits off of content. If the Kindle was the same price as the Ipad it would not even be mentioned on this website. Price point it everything. Other Android tablets do everything the iPad does if not more
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Good grief I feel sorry for kids these days.
By the way Fear is a good thing no matter what Yoda says. Fear stops you from doing stupid stuff.
"But I do think Amazon is a serious threat, and paranoia would be healthy here."
You mean like it was a serious threat the past 9 months when the original Fire sold MAYBE 5-6 million units for ~$1B revenue? All this while Apple sold 44 million iPads for over $20B in revenue? Serious threat? Seriously?
Now we have new products that will not ship until Nov. 20th. Between now and that date, Apple will probably sell at least another 10 million iPads worth over $5B. As you offhandedly tack on at the end of the article, a month before the 8.9" Fires ship, the iPad mini will very likely be announced AND ship. How many of those do you think Apple will sell in the first month?
That said, I agree that paranoia is healthy. But Apple, in the past decade, has always acted paranoid. You don't need to make up "serious threats" for them to fear.
"If it sells well, developers will rally behind it and the Kindle Fire will start to get the same quality of tablet-optimized apps the iPad currently enjoys. No question."
Wait. You mean the original Kindle Fire did NOT sell well? But I thought it was the best selling Android tablet with over 50% share of the non-iPad market. And didn't Amazon claim that it has 22% of the U.S. tablet market? So what you meant to say was that despite selling well, developers still have not rallied behind the Kindle Fire. No question.
Sorry for the sarcasm, but you really did ask for it with that headline. Amazon did announce some good stuff today. Let's see how the products actually work when reviewers get to spend some hands-on time with them.
It's not enough to surpass the iPad on particular specs or features; they need to match the whole package. I don't think either Amazon or Google has done that. Meanwhile, Apple is well on its way to the 4th gen. iPad and the 1st gen. iPad mini. I think it's Amazon that needs to fear that their newly announced products will arrive practically DOA.
Time to break out the lawyers!
I find it hard to see Amazon as a threat to Apple at the moment, mainly because the tablet is only available in the States whereas the iPad is available in many countries worldwide, giving Apple an advantage. If Amazon releases their tablet internationally, then maybe Apple should get worried.
Wow.... that's great news i like to join Apple fear. thanks for the share this article........
As Andy Grove of Intel once said, 'only the paranoid survive'.
Other Android OEM should fear Amazon because they simply sell hardware with a skin on top of Android... They have nothing more... Amazon has the device + content...
Apple shouldn't have restricted the ability for in app purchases from Amazon's kindle app and they wouldn't be facing a hardware threat from Amazon.
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You know what I realise imore is all about i products but why are so many posts pitched as if they are being published to Apple employees or share holders. I am a very happy to be an iPhone /iPad owner but at the end of the day I'm a consumer wanting the best products at the best price from a highly competitive market. This article reads (like quite a few) that I personally need to be worried by amazon producing a highly competitive product. Bring it on I say. Good luck to Windows 8 and Nokia! If Apple falter and slip...who cares. Someone will fill the void with a quality product. I really enjoy Apple products but I will never be a fanboy for any computer company. What a ridiculous concept! I would be worried as a fanboy if a GREAT iPad mini is not unveiled next week.
^ exactly. I hate how people keep sucking on Google and Apple as if it's more than a tech company out there to make a profit. Enjoy their products but keep an open mind as to what is out there. Not everything Apple makes is amazing and not everything others make is crap and vis versa. Use what's best for your needs. Some like openess and tinkering, some like things wrapped in nice package under a wall garden. Both have pluses and minuses.
I find it comical that this writer happens to think that the readers or owners or I-Phones or tablets are fearful if the Kindle products do well in the marketplace. Why should any smart customer worry about anything, the positive side is it will force Apple to lower their over priced products if they want to sell them. I see it as a positive thing for any smart customer. More great products mean lower prices and better future products. This writer likes to spin his column like it is us against them, what a crock of bull crap, be smart, don't buy into this crap, it will force Apple to lower their over priced hardware and that is a good thing. Just My Opinion.
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