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If you happen to be in the downtown area tonight, swing by the Holiday Cocktail Party at Marliave [10 Bosworth St., Downtown Boston, 617-422-0004]! The event is from 5 – 8 p.m. and will benefit Toys for Tots.
Enjoy free passed appetizers and holiday-themed cocktails curated by LUPEC Boston president Misty Kalkofen of Drink as you mingle. Local artists, merchants, and charity organizations will host holiday themed tables, and LUPEC Boston will be on hand hawking copies of the Little Black Book of Cocktails and other swag.
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Today marks precisely one year since we announced the construction of the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion (and was also, by the way, the day Unframed made its first post). To mark the occasion we thought we'd check in on the building and see how it's progressing.
We're exactly at the halfway point. This time next year, the Resnick Pavilion will be open to the public with a few exhibitions open at once, including the debut of our eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European costume collection which we acquired last year.
Looking at the building it feels like we're more than halfway—and indeed by the spring the pavilion will look and feel finished from the outside (though we'll still be working on some of its finer points). If you've been by the museum lately you'll have noticed that all the scaffolding is down and you can get a pretty good peek into the building's wide-open interior. The Resnick Pavilion spreads across 45,000 square feet—just over an acre—and will have no permanent interior walls, which will allow us to configure the interior galleries to accommodate any kind of exhibition and any number of exhibitions at a time.
You might notice that the north wall of the building is missing at the moment. That's because it won't be travertine marble like the rest of the building. Instead, it will be a massive wall of glass which, along with the saw-tooth roof, will make the light in the building quite dramatic. I've had the opportunity to take a hard hat tour of the building and already you can feel the perfectly attuned quality of light inside.
One of the more eye-catching construction activities right now are the air ducts being installed on the exteriors of the east and west walls. When these are finished they will be covered in a red fiberglass shell, matching the red of BCAM's escalator, the BP Grand Entrance, and the Kendall Concourse running between the two buildings.
You might also notice that the travertine marble walls seem to come to an end about three feet above the ground. (It's hard to get a good shot of this without getting onto the construction site, but even in this photo taken from a distance, you can see that the marble does not extend to the ground.) When construction is finished you won't notice that: the landscape will be built up to meet the pavilion. Part of the reason we're doing that is to add enough earth so that the palm trees hand selected and placed by Robert Irwin have enough room to grow.
There are plenty more fascinating details about this building; as construction continues and the opening approaches, we'll continue to fill you in on some of the highlights.


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Today in History: Dec. 13
Today is Thursday, Dec. 13, the 348th day of 2012. There are 18 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 13, 1862, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside launched futile attacks against entrenched Confederate soldiers during the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg; the soundly defeated Northern troops withdrew two days later. (It was during this battle that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is said to have remarked: "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.")
On this date:
In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman sighted present-day New Zealand.
In 1769, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first chief executive to visit Europe while in office.
In 1928, George Gershwin's "An American in Paris" had its premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York.
In 1937, the Chinese city of Nanjing fell to Japanese forces; what followed was a massacre of war prisoners, soldiers and citizens. (China maintains as many as 300,000 people died; Japan says the toll was far less.)
In 1944, during World War II, the U.S. cruiser Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack that claimed more than 130 lives.
In 1962, the United States launched Relay 1, a communications satellite which retransmitted television, telephone and digital signals.
In 1978, the Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which went into circulation in July 1979.
In 1981, authorities in Poland imposed martial law in a crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement. (Martial law formally ended in 1983.)
In 1994, an American Eagle commuter plane crashed short of Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, killing 15 of the 20 people on board.
In 2000, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore conceded to Republican George W. Bush, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts in Florida.
In 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit.
Ten years ago: Cardinal Bernard Law resigned as Boston archbishop because of the priest sex abuse scandal. President George W. Bush announced he would take the smallpox vaccine along with U.S. military forces, but was not recommending the potentially risky inoculation for most Americans. The U.N. Security Council condemned "acts of terror" against Israel in Kenya and deplored the claims of responsibility by the al-Qaida terror network. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stepped down as chairman of a panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, citing controversy over potential conflicts of interest with his private-sector clients.
Five years ago: Democratic presidential hopefuls meeting in Johnston, Iowa, called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations in an unusually cordial debate. Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, approved a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report was released, identifying 85 names to differing degrees in connection with the alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
One year ago: Early sound recordings by Alexander Graham Bell that were packed away at the Smithsonian Institution for more than a century were played publicly for the first time using new technology that read the sound with light and a 3D camera. (In one recording, a man recites part of Hamlet's Soliloquy; on another, a voice recites the numbers 1 through 6.) In the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, ex-assistant coach Jerry Sandusky waived a preliminary hearing on the charges, which he denied. (Sandusky was later convicted of abusing several boys, some on campus.) In Liege, Belgium, six people were killed when a 33-year-old man threw grenades and fired on a crowd of people in the city's main square before committing suicide.
Today's Birthdays: Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz is 92. Actor-comedian Dick Van Dyke is 87. Actor Christopher Plummer is 83. Country singer Buck White is 82. Music/film producer Lou Adler is 79. Singer John Davidson is 71. Actress Kathy Garver (TV: "Family Affair") is 67. Singer Ted Nugent is 64. Rock musician Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is 64. Country musician Ron Getman is 64. Actor Robert Lindsay is 63. Country singer-musician Randy Owen is 63. Actress Wendie Malick is 62. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is 62. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is 59. Country singer John Anderson is 58. Singer-songwriter Steve Forbert is 58. Singer-actor Morris Day is 56. Actor Steve Buscemi (boo-SEH'-mee) is 55. Actor Johnny Whitaker is 53. Rock musician John Munson (Semisonic; Twilight Hours) is 50. Actress-reality TV star NeNe Leakes is 46. Actor-comedian Jamie Foxx is 45. Actor Bart Johnson is 42. TV personality Debbie Matenopoulos is 38. Rock singer-musician Thomas Delonge is 37. Actor James Kyson Lee is 37. Actress Chelsea Hertford is 31. Rock singer Amy Lee (Evanescence) is 31. Country singer Taylor Swift is 23.
Thought for Today: "My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it." — Charles Lamb, English essayist (1775-1834).


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Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay Regrets Going Topless in Film
Former Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay says she regrets going topless in her film debut.
Brown Findlay, 23, appeared in the 2011 film Albatross, in which her character pulls up her shirt to buy cigarettes.
"To be honest, Albatross was naiveté and not knowing that I could say no," she tells British magazine Radio Times. "I had no idea what was going to happen and thought I was going to be shot from behind."
The actress appeared nude again in the V Series Labyrinth, but admits that may have been her last time. "In Labyrinth, it is a very fleeting moment that we shot in one take, but I did find it very odd being naked in front of lots of people," she said. "But actually, it's not something I would do again."
Brown Findlay, who surprised fans when she left the hit PBS series, also explained her decision to exit. "I was unsure about signing away another year," she said. "Leaving terrified me, and that's what made me want to do it. Being afraid and going into the unknown excites me and what scared me more was to keep going and then one day discover it was all I could do and wish I had pushed myself more. I'd prefer to fail and fall flat on my face."
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Contemporary terrorism was refined by the Italian Mafia. Italian neck tie, deliverance of dead fish, severed limbs et al was the norm. They were Catholic Christians.
Subsequently, India mastered terrorism
via raypes and beheadings and burning innocent people alive in Indian Occupied Kashmir and Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu etc. These bad guys were hindus. Again, millions have been killed.
Hindus are at the cutting edge of all types of terrorism including but not limited to raipes and genocides. You name it they got it.
But then again, 10's of thousands of our boys have been statutorily raiped by openly gay church and community leaders who disguise themselves as pedophiles with problems.
Yup. You must be referring to hindu churches. They even make their mothers and wives wash the linga of gods following domestic raype. . Call it statutory hygiene! Lol
Furthermore, terrorism, IEDs, self immolation and suicide belt technology was invented by Indian hinddoous in Sri Lanka. They trained Tamils as suicide bombers and terrorists. They were marketed as Tamil Tigers. The terrorism lasted 35 years. Hundreds of thousands were killed as a result. The hate towards India was so much in Sri Lanka that Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was slapped by a Sri Lankan soldier during an official visit. He was later blown up to smithereens by a hindoo suicide bomber in India.
Millions continue to be killed.
They were at least five more Prime Ministers in India who were assassinated over there. The land of killings.
Modern day terrorism was invented by the likes of Mussolini and Hitler assisted by Gandhi. They were Christians and hindus. Millions were killed in the most vicious way.
Modern day terrorism is exclusively the domain of hindus from India.
Indeed, rupert. Well articulated.
Thank you @Blue Saffron for cleaning up this forum and bringing an end to Fareed Zakaria's hypocrisy.
Very impressed with the quality of discussion on this page. Keep it up guys.... till the chameleon from India shows up with his juvenile talk.
Told ya @Cristobal that @Blue Saffron is my hero. So intelligent. So suave. So articulate!!!
My My !!!!
Modi was fukked by a goat in Mongolia.
LOL! I bet he is still eatin Blue Saffron s hitt.
Funny. We used to have to buy blow-up humpy dolls for our Mexican sheep herders. In order to keep them off of the younger ewes.
...and just last year a man from India legally married his humpy pillow.
I got 50 bucks says that within 10 years you Americans will be allowed to legally wed your dog or horse. Maybe even mule.
Fucking racist scum. Go back to India.
Modi got a new boyfriend in Mongolia. A YAK!
Good post banasy,thank you.
I guess you heard by now that Michelle Obama is really a dude. Right?
We all know how much you like anal. I like giving it. I'm not picky I'll make you sub.
Wasn't Indira Gandhi, a president of India assassinated by her guards? She had moustache.
That's your mama that has a mustache idiot.
1. India holds more poor than all the poor in the entire African continent
2. India is 4th worst country for women to live in after Afghanistan and Somalia
3. India's gender equality is worse than Bangladesh.
4. 96% Indians still do not have simple toilets in this day and age
5. India has the most slavery -more than any nation in the world
6. India's Per Capita GDP – lowest 138 out of 183 countries. The bottom countries include Somalia, Afghanistan...
7. India is the worst place for mothers according to Save the Children's "State of World's Mothers" report
8. India is among worst countries where children never go to school. Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, Tajikistan, Timor and INDIA. Yemen, Ethiopia and Pakistan do better than India.
9. India is the worst country in suicide rates in G20 countries
10. India does not have a single university in top "200" worldwide, let alone in top 50
11 Life expectancy in India is in bottom half – at 128th in the world
12. There is a raype every 2 seconds in India. World's highest rate
Raype is actually THE oldest indigenous sport of India invented some 6000 years ago.
Why do India people beat up women so much? Shame on them hindus.
And come to think of it even Modi, hindu leader, married an underage 14 year old girl and then abandoned her.
Khmer Rouge reminds one of BJP in India. Pol Pot of Modi. Both mass murderers.
I have a crush on @Blue Saffron. He is my ideal.
Leave him alone Chrissy. He is all mine.
BTW Modi loves to eat Blue Saffron s hitt.
Girls, behave yourselves now. Indeed BS is a national icon. A hero for all. A giant among giants.
I too love Blue Saffron. I'm his dom.
He's a good little submissive. Knows his place. On his knees. Or his hands and knees LMAO
Oh my my! Jealous. Jealous. Jealous!!! LOL.
Yes, Blue Saffron is my role model and my hero and Banasy and Chrissy's also.
You're jealous because with him you're the submissive. Take it like a "man" LOL
Blue Saffron is my idol
We all know you play fifty shades of neigh with you being horsey.
Modi loves to eat my s hitt.
Soupy creamy savory
Modi has been fukked by his boyfriend Yak. LMFAO !
Who reads this sh it?
The multi-named author is seriously sick
Hi rupert.
I eat cow poo poo and drink Modi's pee pee.
Mmmmmm Grrrrrreat!
@Blue Saffron.
..dude U NAILED it! LOL
Hi there ya'll. Just returned from fetching my daughter in India. Thank god she was ok.
It is very smelly over there. Like poo poo and pee pee. Modi is busy with his new boyfriend YAK in Mongolia. In the rear while on knees. Mwah ha ha ha!!!
Good to hear from you chrissy! How do?
Modi still eating Blue Saffron's s hitt, eh.
Blue Saffron IS s hitt. Looks so cute with his horsey butt plug.


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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Times cultural reporter who has written extensively about Robin Williams is working on a book about the late actor-comedian.
Henry Holt and Co. announced Tuesday it had acquired a planned biography by the Times' Dave Itzkoff. The book is currently untitled. No publication date has been set.
Williams was the manic superstar of the sitcom "Mork and Mindy" and later won an Oscar for his work in "Good Will Hunting." He committed suicide at age 63. His body was found in his Northern California home on Aug. 11.
Itzkoff's "Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies" was published this year.


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Can I share a food obsession with you? Have you heard of Levain Bakery in NYC? To me, they have some of the best cc cookies. They are thick, really thick cookies loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts. A couple years ago I tried to clone their chocolate chip cookies, thought I was pretty close and then closed the book on it. Until now when I tried to clone them again, this time using a different type of butter: European butter. I think I am a tad bit closer to perfecting a clone-like version of this infamous chocolate chip cookie. The European butter did make the cookie taste far better. European butters have a higher butterfat content--so naturally anything with a higher butterfat is good for baking.
What do these taste like? First off, they are huge, can't tell from the photo, but they are about 4-5 inches across and 2 inches thick; they are like a shortbread, but moister cookie dough, a tiny bit dry, very buttery tasting, nice crispy outside, and with the addition of the European butter now it's not so dry.
Also made them into bar shapes (using a pan), then did a step further by dipping them in dark chocolate.
Seriously, it was that good, one could just open a bakery and JUST sell those choco-dipped bars.
levain bakery cc cookie (clone)
inspired from Levain Bakery NYC & CookieMadness.net
print recipe
8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted European butter, (cold & shredded like cheese)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 ts vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour (13 ½ oz)
3/4 ts sea salt
1 and ¼ ts baking powder
1/2 ts baking soda
12 ounces (2 cups) good quality semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts
If using dough right away, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
(It's best to chill, though; I chilled overnight (note: keep in mind this is a very dry dough, and will be hard to mix once you put the chips and nuts in; I used my hands Take the butter and using a cheese grater, shred the butter into a bowl, put it back in the freezer until ready to use.
In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars just until just combined.
Don't overbeat. Add the egg and vanilla and beat just until incorporated.
Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
When thoroughly mixed, add to batter and stir just until blended.
Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Divide dough into 12 big 4 oz lumps.
Mold into giant golfballs; do not press flat!
Keep them as balls on the cookie sheets. Bake on ungreased cookies sheets (one sheet at a time). (I chilled my dough balls for 20 minutes BEFORE baking).
Bake times (how I've done it the past few times; pick one if you dare):
Put the cookies in a 375 degree oven and set timer for 8 minutes.
When timer rings, without opening oven or removing cookies, reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake for another 8-10 minutes or until cookies appear set.
OR I did mine at 365 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until done. (Mine were done in 18 minutes) Makes 12 (mine made 13)


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Copy editing Amazon's Kindle Fire vs. iPad mini ad
As I began to explore in the iPad mini vs. Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD screen size and screen density article, there's a serious discussion to be had about the tradeoffs between the various small form-factor tablets. Amazon.com (opens in new tab)'s front page iPad mini vs. Kindle Fire HD ad is not rising to that level of discussion. Since they're a competitor, that's to be expected. It's also to be corrected.
So, Amazon (opens in new tab), you're welcome.
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.
Rene you rock
For part of the market, only the bottom number matters.
Thus far, if one thing has been proven about the tablet market, is that it is really just an iPad market. And that was with the iPad starting at 300$ more than the kindle. So I'm not sure I can say that I agree with your assessment.
actually its MUCH LESS for a lil LESS
Rene, your article is moronic at best, if you are going to compare the Fire HD with the iPad with cellphone then at least put the right price for the iPad mini which is $459 at the cheapest version, it is more than double than the Fire HD at $199, if you can't have at least the numbers right you should not be writing about it and deceiving people to buy something that is not.
Rene lacks integrity and tries to deceive people. Sounds like Steve Jobs!
Rene, you forgot to add:
The Kindle Fire has X-ray for Books and Movies. The iPad has none of these.
The Kindle Fire has Whispersync for Books, Audiobooks, Movies and Games. Again, the iPad has none of these.
Whoa thanks for that i was beginning to wonder!
Users can tether their iPhone/Android to a Kindle Fire. So cellular isn't a big plus, just another bill. People like the 7" size. It's kind of ironic Apple is bragging their iPad "M-I-N-I" is BIGGER than other 7" tablets. If people want bigger, then they'll get the iPad. Simple. Dumb idea by Apple. International vs. Noninternational content doesn't affect me here in the U.S. I'd care more if I lived outside the U.S. I speak English, and it's covered under one of the nine languages that are supported by the Kindle Fire. So no worry there. Same goes for movies. And of course it's not compatible with iBooks. Apple is too Nazi to license their software. It's much wiser to buy Kindle books than iBooks. Kindle is across many platforms. iBooks are only available on iOS devices. App available will only continue to improve on the Kindle Fire. The major ones are there. AND the Kindle Fire is $130 cheaper. That's HUGE.
Tethering is a terrible solution for me. It drains my smartphone battery, and I need a phone that works. I bought a Nexus 7 and almost never use it because it has no cellular. I use the iPad 3 constantly to tether my laptop too, and will likely switch that to iPad mini. The iPad mini is an iPad. The 7-inch tablets to date have been big iPod touches. The software makes a huge difference. I'm happy you live in the U.S., you're not the majority, unfortunately for the rest of us. Both Apple and Amazon use DRM to lock you to their platform. $130 depends on how assess cost vs. value. You can get a BlackBerry Playbook for $150 so by that logic, anyone even considering a Kindle should buy a PlayBook instead?
Rene, I hate to be corse, but you live in a bubble, which is fine for people who read your blog. I agree that the iPad is a computing device, but to think that a "8" inch computing device is going to sway millions of users away from a cheaper well made Nexus 7 or Fire is absurd. You pay a premium because because you're a nerd like the 2-3% of us who read this. The majority of the world isn't and wants a device to view content. Is your blog viewable on the Fire and 7? I thought so. Do Apple movies, songs or iBooks play on a Kindle or 7? Of course not, you sound ridiculous using that as an excuse not to buy one. The reason Apple allows non-iBooks on other devices is because almost no one buys iBooks, they buy from Amazon. Nerd speak all you want, but at the end of the day, most the people buying these devices don't care whether it plays downscaled HD, they "think" they "need" HD. THe sales will speak for themselves, these posts make you look desperate for something to write about.
THIS THIS THIS. Thank you for another free-thinker. Especially that last part. But I would replace "look desperate for something to write about" for either "desperate to discourage ANY other device on the market" or "overcompensation for something". Just thank you. I hate that I have to use this site for Apple information, but I cannot find another site that doesn't march to the beat of Apple's drum that has decent coverage.
Yes. Sales will speak for themselves. It will be a landslide in the iPad minis favor.
Exactly. Apple *will* sell millions of them. I find it interesting that Amazon felt the need to mislead on that ad. I think that is telling all by itself.
The numbers won't lie buddy. Lets let them add up over the holidays. If you have any doubt that the iPad Mini will outsell the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus tablets combined then you're the one in the bubble and its about to burst.
"Do Apple movies, songs or iBooks play on a Kindle or 7? Of course not […]" Music from the iTunes Store plays on a Kindle or 7 just fine.
Ahh, I meant through an iTunes player. Good catch. Music is now DRM free so will play anywhere that plays aac files. But movies and books do not. You are correct sir.
You talk about the "majority of the world" yet you don't seem to take into account that Apple has the largest ecosystem (Apps, Movies, books, music, etc) as far as THE WORLD is concerned. Books from Apple's iBooks are available in more languages, you can get movies from Apple in many more countries and the list goes on. Not to mention the build quality of the Apple's devices (both hardware and software) compared to Amazon's offerings. Yes, Amazon's device is cheaper. Anyone who can afford an iPad mini (or other Apple device) that doesn't look at Apple's offerings as far as content goes is doing themselves a disservice. PLUS: as has been stated, you can access lots of Amazon's content on iPad's also.
Annnnnd, why did you waste everyone's time with something we all know? BMW's are built better than Toyota's. Are people who decide to buy a Toyota instead of a BMW doing themselves a disservice. How's the market share for iPhones? A market that is actually competitive? Do people do themselves a disservice buying an Android or WP7/8 device do themselves a disservice? You talk in circles instead of addressing the point that was brought up here. Bring something new or else you're just talking to hear your own voice.
I didn't waste anyone's time. :) I was replying to a poster who didn't seem to get the difference between what Apple offers and what Amazon offers. Also, your car analogy stinks. I can take a BMW or a Toyota almost anywhere on earth where there are roads and do mostly the same thing. At this point in time, you can't take Amazon's tablets to as many places as Apple's and have the same access to media. Right now Amazon only supports a couple countries. What are you talking about that iPhone market share for? I didn't bring up the iPhone or market share. IF a person can afford an iPhone (and they don't hate Apple) then yes, they should at lease consider an Apple device (iPad, iPhone) because of all the media they have access to, if that's the sort of thing you'll be using your device for. Should someone in an unsupported country buy an Amazon tablet just because it's cheaper than an iPad?
You were replying to my post and no where was there reference to either working or not working in different regions. Of course certain OS's aren't optimized for some countries just like the iApp store doesn't work in all countries. Read the OP, we were talking about media transferring between devices and why it does or does not happen. If you don't have any information to add to that, there are plenty of other posts here discussing various countries and where they can get their media. Stay on topic.
Your reply to Rene, which is what I was replying to, had nothing to do with transferring media between devices.
I wasn't talking about a device working in specific regions. I was talking about the benefits of the Apple ecosystem in more countries than either Google's or Amazon's.
You suggested that only nerds will buy iPad mini's because there are cheaper options available. My point is that not just nerds buy Apple products and there are quite a few reasons to choose an iPad over Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire in spite of the 'premium' price. Number of app choices, number of countries where Apple offers movies, books, music etc, build quality of the device, security, etc. The list goes on.
Also, I'll stay on whatever topic I choose. Thanks. You don't get to give out orders. :)
Well, I think you have a great article. When people say its overpriced, and call others stupid or other childish names for buying its crazy. They obviously don't think your opinion counts, everyone should do what they say only. To me, the kindle fire is limited in many ways. Like I said in my other post. You can put android on everything, but you can't put iOS in anything. Which is why I feels the iPad mini is the better tablet in this case. If people can't afford, they shouldn't say others are stupid for buying it lol. Everything can't be based on price, quality has to play a part somewhere in there.
Rene, your article is moronic at best, if you are going to compare the Fire HD with the iPad with cellphone then at least put the right price for the iPad mini which is $459 at the cheapest version, it is more than double than the Fire HD at $199, if you can't have at least the numbers right you should not be writing about it and deceiving people to buy something that is not.
Whoa, whoa there. You do know that the 32GB Cell enabled Nexus 7 costs less than the 16GB wifi only iPad mini right? https://www.imore.com/e?link=https2F2Flinks%2F1... Apple also felt the need to deceive at its keynote announcing the mini. Comparing the widescreen device to the fullscreen iPad like the step backward in aspect ratio was a good thing. On a Nexus you can watch movies released after the 90's without black bars on the top and the bottom taking up half the screen. Though I will give points for it being better for reading articles in landscape mode, but who does that anyway? I will give points to Apple for releasing an actual honest to goodness widescreen iPhone finally as well. You need to get a better Nexus 7 if you want cellular, it will costs less than the iPad and have double the storage space for less than the basic model ;) Ultimately it does come down to personal choice but IMHO the quad core Nexus 7 is the pack leader.
Ok, where do I start? Cellular data might not be a big plus for YOU, but for those who care it is. Especially if it is LTE. You would look downright ridiculous handling two devices just to be able to have internet via cellular on your KFHD. Apple has all the right to brag about the SCREEN SIZE of the iPad mini, since it offers 35% more screen on a tablet with LESS volume and almost 100 grs LESS weight than on the KFHD. I live internationally (Southamerica) and believe me, Amazon had NO presence here. But I don't care about movie selection on iTunes either. But you know what I care about? Apps. I can buy one app and transfer any of my ripped movies and start watching it on the iPad mini in SECONDS. On the KFHD that is impossible. It can get 1000 apps in a year (but Amazon won't allow it, they have a pretty closed system) and even then it's app selection will be lacking. Amazon WANTS you to buy from them. Lastly, while I would have liked to see the iPad mini cost a bit less, what good to me is to have a KFHD that most likely won't ever be updated, making it lose countless features in the next few months, while the iPad mini will receive all the iOS upgrades for at least a couple of years as all iOS devices do? Overall, it is all about having a better overall experience in the long run in many aspects. Amazon knows this, and that is why they are so scared that they do a comparison trying to cheat customers into believing their cheap piece of heavy plastic is better value when its not. What an irony right? For those concerned about their budgets, the iPad mini offers far better value and comes packed with free content, while I wouldn't be surprised if the next gen of the "cheaper" KFHD won't even turn on if you don't BUY from Amazon.
"Alvaro Bernedo says:
Oct 29, 2012 at 1:35 am - 5 hours ago Ok, where do I start? Cellular data might not be a big plus for YOU, but for those who care it is. Especially if it is LTE. You would look downright ridiculous handling two devices just to be able to have internet via cellular on your KFHD" Look downright ridiculous? Who cares? The fact that you even care what some stranger would think as you click on your hotspot on your phone, throw it in your pocket and surf on your table is in itself - ridiculous. And as for the battery argument - I use my phone for a hotspot all the time to allow me to get my tablet online and while it does drain battery faster, you would think people are never in a location to charge their phone.
Sorry - double post.
The iPad mini is only very slightly larger than the Kindle Fire HD, but has a larger screen. I'm surprised Amazon showed the mini right beside the Fire because it highlights just how much bigger the Mini's screen is, and makes the bezels on the Fire look really huge. You're right, the irony of Apple pitching the larger screen is not lost on me.
Wow I never saw it that way, you're absolutely right! Forget apple!! Having said that I can't wait for my iPad "M-I-N-I" ;)
You're obviously have some hate bubbling but the iPad Mini is a great idea! The screen size is something that will appeal to millions and you'll be proven wrong. So..dumb statement by you, not dumb idea buy Apple. Tethering is a cool feature to have when you can plug your phone in to use it. Otherwise you're draining two batteries at once. The cellular version is perfect for the millions on a shared data plan. All we have to do is add this device. Perfect. What doesn't work well for you will work just fine for millions. You're in the minority on this one. Just like all the Kindle Fire HDs. Going after Apple is a bad move by Amazon. Their app selection isn't even close. And it never will be. EVER. LOL
Wow. Amazon is licensing their layer now? I hadn't heard that. Any takers?
The SCREEN is bigger. The device is still super thin, super light, just as pocketable, and able to be held for a long time in just one hand. I have an iPad 3 and I want one of these (can't justify it though, 'cause I already do a lot of reading on my phone; and I think reading is where this product excels).
The SCREEN is bigger. The device is still super thin, super light, just as pocketable, and able to be held for a long time in just one hand. I have an iPad 3 and I want one of these (can't justify it though, 'cause I already do a lot of reading on my phone; and I think reading is where this product excels).
Wondering why the iPad is a "computing appliance" whereas the fire is a "media appliance." Right off the bat, I thought the iPad was instrumental in the content consumption industry. Also, does the Fire prevent me from installing computing software that the iPad can to also be considered a computing appliance? Not to mention, right off the bat, I'm not sure of the computing appliance prowess the iPad comes with stock. Just curious. Some of these articles are just beginning to look ridiculous. I'm surprised that a con for the Fire is that it is not compatible with iPad cases. I mean, if you look at the itemized list, saying that the Fire is not compatible with an Apple service pretty much means the same thing.
Ryan Block from GDGT, former editor-in-chief of Engadget, came up with the consumer media appliance term when he was struggling with their summation for their Kindle Fire page, and it's apt. The iPad has iTunes, but the Kindle fire is the Amazon store. They literally won't sell it in any country without an Amazon digital content story (I can't buy it in Canada. In 2012. How crazy is that?) The iPad is a tablet in the traditional sense of the word. The Kindle Fire is designed to consumer content. Listen to Jeff Bezos' introduction for it. He explains it clearly and articulates it well. It's also an advantage that you can buy iTunes, Amazon, Google, and other content on the iPad, whereas Amazon restricts the content you can buy on the Kindle Fire (and Apple chooses not to provide any anyway), because the content subsidizes the device. That's absolutely a con.
If all a person is looking for is media consumption then there is no comparison - the kindle is your better buy. Do you think people are going to spend an extra $130 for a slightly larger screen? And the ipad stands to gain more users by allowing kindle than the kindle stands to lose by not offering ibooks or itunes video. I dont know a single person who uses ibooks and the itunes video setup (especially purchasing video or rental) is absolutely ridiculous. I understand the desire to show Apple's greatness but can you try and do it with at least a hint of objectivity?
The iPad mini has a very clear advantage over the Kindle Fire. I can side load all the content I want onto the iPad mini (or any other iOS device) without buying a single bit of content from Apple. I cannot do the same on the Kindle. Can you tell me exactly how that makes the Kindle better for media consumption? Or were you planning on re-buying all of your existing content from Amazon anyway?
Here's some objectivity. The Kindle fire HD 7 has really terrible on/off and volume buttons. The keyboard sucks because it offers no voice input and you can't change it customize it. The ads suck. The app home screen sucks because of all the ads and you can't customize it. The performance of switching app sucks because it takes a couple seconds for apps to respond. The Amazon Silk browser sucks because it is slow. No bluetooth option sucks. Netflix lagginess sucks. However, the screen is nice, it sounds good in a quiet room, and the leather case with magnetic closure was pretty cool. The iPad Mini won't have these issues. It's worth the extra money to deal with pain in the butt issues like this. I agree the author should have made the "suckiness" of the Kindle HD more apparent in his article. btw I can write about the issues of the Nexus 7 as well, but I leave that to later.
The point is that with an iPad you have access to both ecosystems.
Well put, Rene. It's important that fair comparisons are made instead of lopsided biased marketing tactics (which Apple AND Amazon have done). For some, the Fire HD will be the way to go whereas others will benefit more from an iPad mini. It's simply a matter of needs and trade offs.
@Rene - Does Kindle have rear facing camera? If not that's an advantage for iPad Mini and also the front facing camera in the iPad MINI is can do 720p, not sure about the Kindle.
May be you want to add the Camera advantage to iPad :) ... I know some people say its ridiculous to take photos thru iPad but hey you never know when it can come handy.
How much do you have to add to the price of the Kindle to get rid of the ads? Shouldn't this be a consideration?
It may sound a little obvious, but the whole Apple media ecosystem and services is still an enormous advantage for iOS. When you get an Android or Amazon tablet, you get 0% Apple in them. When you get an iPad, you get pretty much all of what Google and Amazon has to offer.
Surely the fact that the iPad mini is much lighter and thinner is also an important point.
Classy Stuff! Well Done!
classy? What's classy about this post? It's petty conjecture!
I think the Kindle Fire is a very limited device. Why go for the Kindle Fire when the iPad and Android tablets can do the same and much more? That's my opinion.
And that is the crux of the issue. Is the Kindle sufficient for your needs at 199 or do you need more utility for another 130 bucks. The comparison really isnt even relevant since they are competing at 2 different price points - one is a low end budget unit the other is at the low end - of high end priced tablets.
What about ads on the tablet?
Good point. Rene, include a correction on price, since ad-free Fire is what, $29 more?
At least Amazon didn't use Comic Sans!
Apple geeks are such idiots. WHO CARES IF A COMPETITOR HAS AN ENGAGING ADVERTISEMENT. Holly crap. I see Apple's policy with other companies transfers to their most hopeless followers. You guys must have the worst case of overcompensation I have ever seen, even more than Ferrari owners. Just let it go for once. BTW you attempted to put facts on that list that simply are conjecture. "Limited international capabilities", limited is a subjective term, therefore has no place on a comparison list. Just like "media appliance" and "computer appliance" are subjective to the user. Get over yourselves and provide at least a little less biased information. You have morons reading this who truly take everything you take to heart that Apple is higher than none and $h!%'s gold. Just give information with opinion, not rhetoric that bashes all competitors all the time. You're like Fox News. And I am an iPhone/iPad owner. I only come here because I cannot find a community that is not obnoxious to provide me decent Apple news. I think it must be a requirement.
wow! Petty article! Mac geeks can't let it rest. 'computing appliance'? Really? You can't do real work on a 9" iPad so you're going to tell me this is a work horse?!
So when Gorillaz released a whole album recorded solely on iPads, that's not real work?
When plenty of artists drew awesome pictures and sketches, that's not real work?
When I connect to my PC using remote viewer and do work I bill for, that's not real work?
When students use apps to read books, practice, AND do their homework (including math formulas, etc.), that's no real work?
When many blog posts you read online are published using one of many amazing word editors available for iPad, that's not real work?
When you develop a web site and use Coda's app that let's you have real-time preview of your work/website on an iPad, that's not real work?
When I use DisplayPad app to use my iPad as 2nd monitor for my laptop (yes, displaying OS X), that's not real work?
cc3d, I can go on all day.
Your points unfortunately are cherry picked and of no real substance. So the Gorillaz recorded an album on the ipad? Any others? Do you have any idea how tedious that would have been? How many graphics artists are using the ipad to do work? Answer - none that do real graphics artistry. The bottom line is the only way to efficiently use the ipad is with an external keyboard and/or mouse. If you are doing that - might as well buy a laptop.
Your counter-arguments sound just as bad as the politicians who deny that global warming is actually happening, despite large numbers of scientists showing evidence otherwise. "Show me some evidence that people can use the iPad for serious work."
"Ok, here are a few ways that people use their iPad for work..."
"Not good enough for me, so I'll disregard what you said completely and go with my original assertion."
Thanks, exactly what I was thinking!
I can dig a hole with a rake too, but it's not pragmatic! Use your iPad as a second monitor? That's the stupidest damn thing I've ever heard!! 13" monitor $99, 9.6" iPad $499 and slow as shit as a second monitor. That's digging a hole with a rake and saying "See! Rakes can do everything!"
I can go on all day!
Hahaha, another one of these shockingly bad articles, good selective omitting of the Kindle features, like the fact its also duel-band.
Ahhhh no! Selective omitting perhaps on Amazons side! follow link in article. Anyway I think the iPad mini is way over priced but I agree the ecosystem it plugs into is next to no other, there is no argument about that. I still favor the Nexus 7 (sad google cancelled their event but they had no choice thanks to sandy, was so looking forward to the 3g price announcement).
I did. And on the product page it says Duel Band. They didn't put it in the advantages comparason as they both have it. Then Renee has added it to the iPad and not the Fire to try and unfairly make it look better (like allways)
Ya know. I'm a fan of all the operating systems. However, just because the specs on the kindle fire are better does not make it a better tablet. This is proven by many other devices, and they should know this. The Eco system on iOS is strong, solid, and well built. NO ONE CAN DENY THIS. I have a galaxy note 2, it's strong, solid, and well built. I have an iPhone 5, it's strong, solid, and well built. My Nexus 7 was nice, but I've ordered me a iPad Mini. Why? Because I like how my iPhone performs. Simple. You can put android on anything, but ya can't put iOS on anything. Understand now? They are both nice.
The reason you cant put iOS on anything is because they have it locked down to no end. Its not because it wouldnt function properly - its because Apple wouldnt give it to you in the first place to install on something non-apple.
Apple is, first and foremost, a hardware company. They engineer and sell the hardware and use the software as a hook to lure you in. With the Kindle Fire Amazon went the opposite direction (which makes sense considering that they are not a hardware company).
Awesome post!! I'll go iPad for internationalization and high apps and most important cellular option.
Unless iMore gets paid per device sold why the hell does this matter? This Amazon vs Apple thing has gotten the iMore crew super pissed off. This site has take the term fanboy to a whole new level.
What's so wrong about telling the other side of it? I'm glad iMore does it without needing to get paid for each device sold. Now that would be wrong. Now I wonder how much Gizmodo pocketed for their obvious endorsement..
Price aside, the fact remains that Amazon wants to lock people into using on their content and that doesn't work for me. They not only don't want us using competitor's content- they don't even want us using our OWN content. A maximum of 16 gigs seems laughable in this day and age. Especially if you're not going to include a card reader to expand storage. And don't give me any of this "cloud" jazz, cuz I'm not gonna upload 500 gigs worth of my own ripped movies, just to have to redownload them all again every time I want to watch them. That's a pain in the ass and even worse- it's impossible if you're not on wi-fi. The whole goal of the KF and the Nexus whatever is to drive consumers towards buying more content. My whole goal in own a tablet is enjoying the content I already HAVE. So yeah, the ipad costs more, but the expanded memory makes up for it, in my book. I won't have to constantly be hooking my device up to the computer to change out the content, nor will I have to agonize over what to bring with me content wise when i travel. For those who are fine with 16 gigs, I guess the KF is fine, but the bottom line is that I want a tablet that gives me access to MY content, not content I'm expected to purchase. It's nice to have that option, but I don't want it to be my ONLY option. Frankly the only real contender to the ipad at this point is the Nook HD, which has an expansion slot. But then again you have to root it (if it CAN be rooted) before you have faull tablet functionality, which is somewhat of a pain in the ass.
Very cool and well said. Specs don't describe user experience. We should be more focused on using the tablet for "our stuff" instead of it being a portal for buying more crap.
Wow, you guys are really phazed by the Fire, eh? This is the second post in about a week. Apple is famous for its hyperbole and the reality distortion field, and I don't remember ever seeing a post about that. If any other vendor had taken a two year old device and sold it with a smaller screen I bet the posts would be unforgiving.
You mean like the Galaxy "S3" Mini?
Thank you.
A few takeaways.. Apple touched on how the 4:3 7.9" screen is more but should leave that alone and never touch on it again. Getting a worse quality bigger screen was what android was all about a few years ago. I'm not sure how ifans can defend this. International content. You keep beating this drum. But Amazon isn't marketing the Kindle to countries where they don't have it. They're marketing the Kindle to markets only where they have the content. A lack of countries is not a problem. They wouldn't WANT to sell this device (especially at break even or loss) where they can't lock you in. They supposedly only make money when you use the device. Amazon has room to expand to other countries just like Apple had room to expand from AT&T or offer iOS services on other platforms. Apple must sell ipads to be successful. Amazon doesn't have to sell one Kindle. It's not their business. Amazon isn't trying to sell more Kindles than Apple sells ipads. I think if you have one the latest smartphones, you don't NEED any of the 7" offerings including ipad mini. Your phone does the trick, is faster, has denser screen, and is even more portable. Otherwise, they're more for kids or devs who need a device to develop on. If you want a tablet, get an ipad 4.
1. It doesn't seem that you workout at hotels or thought that certain people actually try to keep healthy by doing so 2. Working out on a machine looking at the wall for 30-45 minutes sucks. 3. Putting a laptop on a treadmill/ellipse is untenable, 4. Watching a video on an iPhone while working out sucks, 5. An iPad works well, but an iPad mini is cheaper and lighter for the bag (and it has Bluetooth 4.0 for my heart rate monitor)
Thanks for putting things in their correctness! Regards,
Rene, you HAVE to add weight and thickness to this. At least weight - it's a huge difference! And with one-hand operation that's very important. Kindle fire has weight of Mini AND iPhone 5 combined (or almost?), despite a smaller screen.
Another edit: "Hardware *available* in 7 countries".
Nice comparison, gonna +1 this on google plus for the apple haters.
According to AllThingsD, supposedly Amazon had their best day ever selling Kindle Fire's the day after the iPad Mini announcement (presumably in the US only. :) ). I think a lot of that is due to price (people holding off on purchasing till the iPad Mini info came out). Yes, the iPad Mini's sold out. But $130 more for what the iPad mini's providing is a pretty large pill to swallow in this economy for a lot of people. Incidentally, would we even have an iPad Mini if it weren't for the Kindle Fire? The other Android tablets don't have the store behind them that the Kindle does in order to compete with Apple. Personally, I hope the Fire does gangbusters and is a great competitor, in order to keep Apple's feet to the fire (so to speak :) ).
There is one thing to remember when Amazon says the Kindle Fire had it's best day ever. Amazon has never released sales numbers on Kindles so there is no telling what "best day ever" means. For all we know that could be 10 Kindle Fires. Amazon (and other companies) need to stop yapping about how well their products are selling unless they are going to release the number of products they've sold (not shipped).
The iPad mini will sell millions despite the fact that its not the best spec'd tablet on the market due to the fact that Apple has a history of selling solid products, they have a robust app market, and Apple fans are extremely loyal. I've decided I'm going to stick with N7 this year but I'll be keeping the iPad mini on my radar for next year.
Shouldn't the fact that the iPad mini uses In-Cell Touch Displays and the closeness of the pixels to the screen be added to that comparison?
Something that I find funny is that they are saying that the Kindle Fire has stereo speakers. Who really cares on a device that small if you have stereo speakers. If you want amazing audio quality you are going to put your headphones on.
Not only is the camera a FaceTime camera for those who are on the fence and don't know much about technology but have heard of Skype might look at the comparison and say well I skype with my kids so I guess I should buy this from amazon. iPad can Skype as well. Some may think that it can only FaceTime and oh by the way what is FaceTime?
Something else that should be pointed out is that the Kindle is plastic, it's heavier. The iPad is aluminum and lighter.
No matter how you slice it, Apple popularized "retina" and how beneficial (and desirable) these screens are. Amazon is just feeding it back to them. The whole ipad mini demo was strange bringing up the ipad 2 and dated specs as if that's some sort of benchmark as we approach 2013.
Too bad you chose quantity of arguments over quality.
More than half your points are completely irrelevant to the majority of consumers. I am not arguing that the Kindle is a better device mind you, simply that you didn't need made up reasons to prove your point. None of your international items matter in a country in which the Kindle is not available - Amazon is not wasting their time promoting the Kindle to countries that can't buy it - so no argument on which is better even matters. And since only 1% of typical tablet use is for productivity, the distinction between computing device and consumption device is also largely irrelevant. Plastic vs. Aluminum is iffy, Genius - shouldn't be necessary so also irrelevant, camera - bet no-one uses their tablet's camera after the first 2 weeks anyway. Bottom line, it's an ad - so why even bother with a posting? Why not just write about apps for tracking hurricane Sandy? I think I much preferred the old Apple approach - never bother mentioning the competition - as if there really isn't any. Like Coke - we don't need to tell people we're better - we just have to tell them we're good.
It looks like you chose the same mantra for your post.......more words = quantity vs less words of quality. Lets see......people travel internationally, period. Next. 1% of typical tablet usage for productivity. Where did you get that stat? Plastic vs aluminum........iffy? I'll take aluminum over cheap plastic any day. Camera? Guess you don't own a tablet with one. Speak about what you know, not by assumption. Yes, I own one with a camera and use it heavily. And why mention the ad? Well, simply because many might find it interesting. This is a blog, not CNN. And this blog is responsible for the comparison of features and specs, not Apple. It sure meant enough for you to write about it.
No iDevice has initially shipped with a Retina Display. They did not ship these devices with such a display on purpose to keep cost down. You can call B.S. on this but that is the truth. If they had retina displays in them they probably would have discontinued the iPad two and started them at $399. The display and the chip are what the mini and the 2 share in common. Everything else is upgraded.
If these two things are sitting side by side in a best buy or wherever I am 99% certain the pixel difference between these two are not going to be noticeable. What is going to be noticeable is how well the iPad pulls of being able to display the content on the screen by having the pixels closer, providing clarity and a better color representation that the kindle.
Don't really understand resolution, do you? The pixels on the iPad are not closer together, they are farther apart - the screen is not clearer, but less clear.
I didn't say they were closer together if you read what I typed they are closer to the SCREEN not each other (from my first post "Shouldn't the fact that the iPad mini uses In-Cell Touch Displays and the closeness of the pixels to the screen be added to that comparison?"). Becuase the pixels are "glued" to the glass the screen has a better overall picture, colors a more defined, text is more defined.
I could care less either way, but the inclusion of the genius bar comparison is pretty ridiculous.
If you have a screwy Kindle, what do you do with it? Go to an Amazon store? If you have a screwy iPad, you know where to go to. This is a big deal for most people. Perhaps your one of the 0.0001% of people who never have problems?
Apple should post this on her site. IF they bother replying to Amazon...
Rene, you should ad "with Advertisements" to the 199 price
I especially appreciate this article being from Canada and actually owning the first generation Kindle Fire. The only thing that the Kindle Fire offered in abundance was disappointment; disappointment fatally accentuated by my the love my father showed for his iPad.
Reality is Apple is losing ground on the tablet market. It's the smart phone war all over again. Apple comes out with a great product, Andriod drops some low priced stuff and saturates the market. Is apple a better product? I think so but android will di whatever it takes to take a bigger piece of that tablet pie. Apple has no choice but to introduce a cheaper iPad or else it's market share will continue to fall.
I'd rather have a higher solution and smaller screen (which is easier to carry around), Who cares if you have a 720p camera if you're not going to see it in 720, the genius bar's a joke, and at >50% more price, the Kindle wins.
Movies, music, books, photos and web pages look better and sound better on the Kindle Fire HD than any iPad at any price.
Another correction: iPad mini has stereo speakers. This according to The Verge's Joshua Topolsky and whoever he contacted at apple. via his twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/263459681639473152
Yes, I'd like this to be updated.
I got my Kindle Fire online at Amazon here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083PWAPW/ref=as_li_qf_br_asin_il_tl?i... and I prefer to use the Kindle because it's just got so much more usability. The user interfaces are much more friendly to people that aren't computer literate(like me) so it's just a lot easier to navigate. It makes the experience a lot better overall.
The Kindle Fire is, to its roots, an e-book reader, so if you are willing to buy a tablet for the reading purpose you should go with the Kindle as it also a good tablet with the features of a good e-book reader.But if you are going for screen resolution then i pad 2 is better option rather than kindle fire hd , As the market sort of pupose <a href="http://www.papablogger.org/2013/02/the-ipad-2-vs-kindle-fire.html">Kindle fire</a> and i pad 2 both are useful in its own scenerio. so i will prefer both at the instant of uses.


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Paki boy likes to go to Kashmir and su ck Indian sailor di cks. LMFAO
Paki boy likes Philip. He su cks his di ck.
Paki boy went to Jack. Off.
Paki boy just loves to Jack. Off with his Paki boyfriend..
Paki boy likes to Jack. Off Modi with Vaseline
Don't forget the tissue. Paki boy.
The bi ch actually left me.
Get liver cancer and die
Hindoo coksukkers from India, Hey, I told you numerous times not to eat your boogers.
Will you quit picking your nose and nibbling your boogers.
Focus on eating your toe fungus.
Ya mother raypers from India.....
The image of Indians is gang raipes. The image of India is stench, poverty and filth. The image of Hindus is incest and ugly looking clay figurine gods. It is a recipe for disasters
Eat Modi sh it
Modi just got fukked by an ox. He is running around Madras with a bloody rectum. The ox dikk is still stuck in his azz.
Yes. Modi just fukked your mother and she is an ox
Hey hindoo boy did you raype your mother today and f ukk your daughters? That is hindoo culture and Indian national sport.
Your mother su cks Modi's di ck after he shoves his big fi st up your little trashy Paki tight ass.
Mother fukkers, Shiva linga worshippers, sister raypers them hindoos eat cow schit for food. Them sukk mulla lulla sausage for dessert.
You su ck Modi Indian Hindu di ck.
Your entire family eats my SH IT.
Bi ch
Highest and best use of hindus? As toilets. Mouth open turn them around and lay them down face up. Then take a big dump in their mouth. Use face as overflow
Modi takes a dump on your mouth. Then smears the SH IT all over your body.
Lager is to Brits what cow urine is to Indian Hindoos


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Sports Update: Woods has back surgery, will miss the Masters
Tiger Woods had surgery on his ailing back and said Tuesday he will miss the Masters for the first time in his career.
Woods said on his website that he had surgery Monday in Utah for a pinched nerve that had been hurting him for several months, knowing the surgery would keep him from Augusta National next week for the first time since he was in high school.
"After attempting to get ready for the Masters, and failing to make the necessary progress, I decided in consultation with my doctors to have this procedure done, Woods said. "I'd like to express my disappointment to the Augusta National membership, staff, volunteers and patrons that I will not be at the Masters.
"It's a week that's very special to me," he said. "It also looks like I'll be forced to miss several upcoming tournaments to focus on my rehabilitation and getting healthy."
The Masters gets the highest television ratings of any golf tournament, and while Woods last won a green jacket in 2005, he commands most of the attention. He won his first Masters in 1997 when he set 20 records, from youngest Masters champion (21) to his 12-shot margin of victory.
Woods has been coping with back issues since last summer — a twinge in the final round of the PGA Championship, spasms in the final round of The Barclays that caused him to fall to his knees, and then it returned with alarming regularity during the Florida swing.
He withdrew after 13 holes in the final round of the Honda Classic with what he described as lower back pain and spasms. Woods shot the highest final round of his career at Doral a week later when he said his back flared up again in the final round. He skipped the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where he was the two-time defending champion, to rest his back and do everything possible to be at Augusta National next week.
He said he had a microdiscectomy for the pinched nerve, performed by neurosurgeon Charles Rich.
A microdiscectomy is a type of minimally invasive spine surgery to relieve pressure and pain caused by a herniated disc. Operating through a small incision in the lower back, surgeons remove small disc fragments that are pressing against spinal nerves.
Recovery can take several weeks and doctors typically advise against bending and twisting the back until patients are completely healed
"This is frustrating," Woods said. "But it's something my doctors advised me to do for my immediate and long-term health."
Woods said he hopes to return to golf this summer, though he could not say when. It's possible he could at least start chipping and putting in three weeks. His website said Woods could have sustained more damage if he had continued to play.


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It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami surges at the tiny California port town of Crescent City. Churning water rushes into the boat basin and then rushes out, lifting docks off their pilings, tearing boats loose and leaving the city's main economic engine looking as if it has been bombed.
That's what happened in March 2011, when a Japanese earthquake sparked a tsunami that sank 11 boats, damaged 47 others and destroyed two-thirds of the harbor's docks.
Port officials are hoping that tsunami is among the last of many that have forced major repairs in Crescent City, a tiny commercial fishing village on California's rugged northern coast. Officials are spending $54 million to build the West Coast's first harbor able to withstand the kind of tsunami expected to hit once every 50 years – the same kind that hit in 2011, when the highest surge in the boat basin measured 8.1 feet (2.5 meters) and currents were estimated at 22 feet (6.7 meters) per second.
Officials are building 244 new steel pilings that will be 30 inches (76 centimeters) in diameter and 70 feet (21 meters) long. Thirty feet (9 meters) or more will be sunk into bedrock. The dock nearest the entrance will be 16 feet (5 meters) long and 8 feet (2.4 meters) deep to dampen incoming waves. The pilings will extend 18 feet (5.5 meters) above the water so that surges 7 1/2 feet (2.3 meters) up and 7 1/2 feet down will not rip docks loose.
Crescent City was not the only West Coast port slammed by the tsunami, which was generated by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in Japan. The waves ripped apart docks and sank boats in Santa Cruz, California, and did similar damage in Brookings, Oregon, just north of Crescent City. But their geographical location doesn't make them as vulnerable to multiple tsunamis.
"Normally, Crescent City takes the hit for all of us," said Brookings harbormaster Ted Fitzgerald.
Since a tidal gauge was installed in the boat basin in 1934, this small port has been hit by 34 tsunamis, large and small. It typically suffers the most damage and the highest waves on the West Coast, said Lori Dengler, professor of geology at Humboldt State University.
The sea floor funnels surges into the mouth of Crescent City's harbor, and the harbor's configuration magnifies them, experts say.
A wave generated by an earthquake in Alaska on Good Friday, 1964, killed 11 people and wiped out 29 city blocks. That was 10 years before the boat basin was even built.
When the waves hit in 2011, the port was still repairing damages from a tsunami that hit in 2006. Officials already had a plan for dealing with future tsunamis, said Ward Stover, owner of Stover Engineering in Crescent City, which put together the plan.
With no tsunami building codes, Stover said the state of California and Crescent City decided to prepare for the kind of tsunami expected to hit every 50 years. They rejected as too expensive building a tidal gate to close off the mouth of the harbor or trying to survive a powerful tsunami like the one that hit in 1964. Instead, they planned to make the docks strong enough to ride out the most likely surges.
"It's tsunami-resistant, not tsunami-proof," Stover said.
Construction has been marked by one delay after another. Government funding was slow, and a custom-built drill bit for installing the extra-strength pilings deep in bedrock broke. So authorities switched to installing temporary docks the old-fashioned way, by pounding in the pilings, to get them through the winter. Many of the 60 commercial fishing boats based in Crescent City are still mooring in the outer harbor. Others have to make do without water or electricity.
The March 2011 tsunami was a wake-up call for communities up and down the West Coast. Many improved tsunami evacuation plans and held mock evacuations.
But some experts say the West Coast is still not taking the threat seriously enough.
"Many ports on the West Coast are in denial as to their tsunami hazard," said Costas Synolakis, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Tsunami Research Center at the University of Southern California.
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Promoting Dispostionism through Entertainment – Part III
Posted by Jon Hanson & Michael McCann on April 20, 2007
In Part I of this series, we described how Americans pursue happiness by watching heroes like Rocky Balboa and Chris Gardner pursue theirs. In Part II, we examined why the basic scripts for films like Rocky Balboa and Pursuit of Happyness–placing the individual in charge, making him sovereign, and letting power and responsibility fall to that person, while minimizing the role of the paternalistic and intermeddling "regulator" or "social program"–are the same foundational scripts employed by most influential policymakers and legal theorists today.
While these scripts are compelling, intuitive, and often affirming, social science indicates that they are upside-down. These scripts miss the power of the situation and how our schemas are primed to find (or imagine) causation and disposition in others' behaviors and attitudes.
But there is no need to exhaustively review the social psychological evidence to make this point. All we have to do is go back to those same two films to see how, even by each movie's own account, the bigger part of the story is about luck and situational forces that have little to do with the main character's choices!
Remember back to the original Rocky — before it was known as Rocky I. Recall the setup. Rocky's boxing career was done, finished, never having even reached the level of a has-been. Rock had hit bottom and found himself firmly anchored to a "never was" and more clearly, "never will be" status. Although Rocky may have shown flashes of talent as a boxer in previous years, and although he had a strong jaw and a never-broken nose when the story begins, he was also a second-rate club fighter who had just been thrown out of his locker, and his future seemed more intertwined with breaking legs for a small-time loan shark than with bustin' face for the world title.
Rocky was without assets, without family, without reliable friends, and without his youth. His best friend was a manipulative and self-serving alcoholic. Completely by fluke – owing nothing whatsoever to Rocky's will, choices, preferences, or character, Apollo Creed, the world champion, arrives in Philadelphia to take on a challenger, who, at the last moment backs out because of an injury. It was to be a bicentennial bout, and canceling it was going to cost a lot of dough. Creed wanted a substitute – some local guy who the city might get behind but who posed no real threat. He thumbed through a book looking at names of local boxers and picked Rocky for one reason — a reason that had nothing to do with our hero's talent, drive, intelligence, or merit. Creed selected Rocky simply because of his nickname, the "Italian Stallion." The opportunity is as much the product of Rocky's hard work as a lottery winner's take can be attributed to good choices — more or less random luck.
But Rocky's good fortune didn't end there. When the opportunity arose, Rocky's other options were bleak. At that moment, he had one foot into a dead-end life of low-level organized crime and thuggery. Had his alternative career options been more promising, the tiger's eye may have remained dormant.
Pauly, who as friends go, left much be desired. But he happened to work at the slaughterhouse where Rock could spar against a warehouse full of bovine carcases. Rocky was also blessed to have an experienced trainer and manager, Mickey, who had immense knowledge of the sport and — owing to his age and his own star-crossed fighting career — something to prove. Mickey's lessons were integral in Rocky's battle with Creed.
Other sources of luck were Rocky's idiosyncratic physical endowments. As five movies would demonstrate, Rocky had an unbreakable jaw. Rocky's lackluster boxing skills meant that more punches landed, but his steel jaw absorbed blows that would have flattened most fighters. Similarly Rock was a south-paw, a factor that even Creed's trainer worried about and that Mickey exploited. Fighters, if the movie is to be believed, expect power from the right side, and are taken by surprise when hammered from the southside. It was also plain luck that this aging pugilist didn't pull a groin running steps, or break a finger glovelessly pounding cow cadavers , or otherwise injure himself from that unorthodox, treacherous, and full-on training regimen.
Rocky was also extremely lucky that his opponent, Creed, was himself situationally constrained — preoccupied as he was with the business side of the faux fight and unconcerned with the challenge Rocky posed. It's a truism that being underestimated by one's opponent is an enormous advantage.
Most important, at the very moment of Creed's serendipitous selection, Rocky's wooing of Adrian was just paying off. The growing mutual admiration between those two quirky and lonesome souls gave Rocky someone to impress, someone to show that he was more than he seemed. And as their love developed, Adrian provided Rocky confidence, inspiration, and someone who would be there for him win or lose.
In short, Rocky had all upside and no downside. Rocky's situation created his disposition, not the other way around.
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In our next post in this series, we will discuss the situational sources of Chris Gardner's success.
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What happened to Part IV?
January 19, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Since I cannot find the third part of this series to expose the situational factors that would have shaped the Pursuit of Happyness I will speculate on them instead.
First you would probably look beyond the movie itself to the real story of Chris Gardner. The whole reason for the movie is his personal rags-to-riches American dream story. He goes from a homeless single parent to a successful stock broker. The question everyone wants to know is, how was that possible? If you believe the movie it was Chris Gardner's unwavering commitment to taking care of his son and his ability to put up with the seemingly insurmountable circumstances in which he lived. The movie chooses to focus almost exclusively on the combination of the choices that Chris made that both got him into and out of a bad situation and the unreasonable, mindless, and/or uncaring actions of impersonal systems, like the government and parking in downtown San Francisco, that Chris had to overcome.
What the movie de-emphasized were the situational factors that also contributed to both Chris's downfall and subsequent rise beyond his previous station. Taking the movie at face value, Chris beat the odds and it was not an accident. There is no doubt that Chris was determined and made choices that influenced his life. The movie tells a certain kind of story and it only told that story. There is another story to be told here as well. It is the story of how the corporate interests that Chris is beholden to for his success also shaped his belief in and commitment to defining himself as a rags-to-riches story. His life could also be portrayed with equal drama as the corporate world redeems a lost soul. The story could also show how the corporate world reached down and heroically saved him from himself and his bad choices.
The corporate system that Chris joined is one that is predicated on having winners and losers. Those who win deserve it, and those who lose deserve it, too. Only one person is chosen at the end of the stock brokers class. Every step of the way the system sets up a situation that makes it abundantly clear that if you win you only win because you deserve to win. If you lose it is because you are less able, less capable, and less worthy than the winner. The system is established to weed out losers.
What is ignored in this view is the fundamental teaching of every wisdom tradition worthy of the name, that all life is sacred and worthy of honor and dignity. It is possible to set up systems of cooperative success, but that would require a different view of the world.
In the corporate world dignity is not a human right, but a privilege to be earned. One of the special features of the DVD is instructive here. One of the elements that is brought out is the role of a homeless shelter that Chris frequented. The real Chris Gardner was adamant that the leader of the shelter is included in the movie. The movie even broke with normal filmmaking practice to hire the homeless to play as extras. And what they share is a comment by one homeless guy who was very moved by being given the opportunity to earn a check.
If I get the situationist view correct, then in this story what Chris Gardner accomplished was not moral independence and empowered individuality in spite of the System. What Chris Gardner accomplished was to wholly give himself to the system. He gave them his time and energy in exchange for a lot of money, a really nice car, and the pride of putting to shame all those who do not measure up.
The system drove him from start to finish and gave him a nice heroic story to teach the lesson of conformity to all those who wish to emulate his example.
Chris Gardner was an ideal candidate for the system. He found himself in a situation when he had nothing to lose because he had nothing. He was at a low point, so the system of training that he plugged into did not have to bother with breaking him down, it just had to shape him in their image. And he is so grateful that he has brought them back a heroic tale that touchingly reinforces the system.
Is that about right? Or am I missing something?
May 6, 2008 at 12:52 pm
i love all of the rocky movies


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Tornado notebook: Church bell rings, nice donation, trailers coming and more
In the second day since residents of Greensburg, Kan., were allowed to return to the rubble of their community, people continued their effort to salvage the past as they look to the future.
Here are some of the sights, sounds and news from Tuesday.
Church bell rings
The First Baptist Church bell rang for the first time since before the
tornado around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Parishioners stood watching as the bell's chime rang across the town, something the pastor said he hoped all the residents heard.
A little help
First Baptist Pastor Marvin George gave $200 to seven families from the congregation who were present at the church Tuesday. Resident Patty Christman said the money means a lot for her family, which lost everything, and tells her that the church is there for them in their time of need.
A tough year to celebrate
Fleener Furniture was celebrating its 100th year in business this year. The Main Street staple has been reduced to rubble.
No longer a one-traffic signal town
A stop sign at U.S. 54 and Main Street has replaced the only traffic signal in Greensburg. It was also the only traffic signal in Kiowa County.
Trailers, wreckers coming
Trailers and wreckers will make their way into Greensburg for the first time Wednesday since the community was opened to the public after Friday night's tornado, according to City Administrator Steve Hewitt. This will give people a chance to haul away the larger items they were able to salvage from the debris. Only passenger vehicles have been allowed in since the town was opened to residents Monday.
Looters arrested
Six people were arrested on Monday afternoon suspected of looting, according to Dave Starbenz, incident commander and deputy chief for the Topeka, Kan., fire department. The people did not have proper credentials to be in town and were unwilling to comply with lawful order, he said. The six were sent to the Ford County, Kan., jail.
Presidential preparations?
Blackhawk helicopters were seen around 5 p.m. Tuesday landing in Greensburg, prompting many passersby to stop and watch. President George W. Bush is scheduled to tour the area on Wednesday.


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By EILEEN SULLIVAN and JACK GILLUM
The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The number of federal background checks for firearms sales declined in the U.S. last month, as retailers continue to run out of guns to sell during a buying spree driven by Washington's new focus on gun control.
Background checks decreased 10 percent nationally between December and January, with large declines in the Southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia as well as Texas, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data published Tuesday.
Firearms sales surged around the country after the December shooting spree in Newtown, Conn. A gunman killed 20 children and six adults at the school.
There were more than 2.78 million checks in December. That was a 12-month peak following an upward trend through last fall. The number fell to 2.48 million in January, still a higher figure than any other month last year.
'You can't do a background check if a guy doesn't have a gun to buy,' said Mike Fotia, manager at Duke's Sport Shop in New Castle, Pa. 'There's nothing to buy.'
Fotia said manufacturers and wholesalers can't fill orders right now because demand is so high.
Gun sales traditionally dip after the rush of the holiday shopping season, and the decrease this year is the smallest since 1998 when the federal government began tracking federally mandated National Instant Criminal Background Checks. This year's smaller decrease confirms what gun-sellers have reported seeing: There continues to be a higher interest in firearms than in previous years, but there have been fewer buyers recently because gun stores are out of stock.
'Availability has been an issue. You're just not able to sell as much,' said Katie Stulce who owns Champion Firearms Corp. in College Station, Texas. 'We're probably turning away 60 percent of the people coming in wanting to buy something.'
The number of background checks does not necessarily represent the number of firearms purchased, but gun manufacturers use these statistics to measure the health of the gun industry in the U.S.
Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi saw the largest declines in background checks from December to January, by nearly one-third. Those states also saw some of the highest increases in background checks between November and December last year.
Even before the Newtown shooting massacre and pledges from the White House to curb gun violence with new laws, the gun industry was experiencing a boom in sales. Manufacturers couldn't keep up with demand. After Newtown, gun sales went up even more. People in the gun business called the rush to buy guns after the Newtown shooting a 'banic,' meaning people are panicked President Barack Obama would ban guns, said Bill Bernstein, owner of the East Side Gun Shop in Nashville, Tenn.
The FBI conducted more background checks for firearm sales and permits to carry guns the week following the Newtown shooting than it has in any other one-week period since 1998. The second-highest week for background checks came mid-January as Obama announced sweeping plans to curb gun violence.
Bernstein said that rush changed for him about two weeks ago, when business started to slow. Background checks decreased by 24 percent between December and January in Tennessee, while checks went up by 53 percent there between November and December. Bernstein said sales in his store went down 23 percent between December and January.
'It felt like somebody just flipped a switch,' Bernstein said. 'One day I had the shop filled with people, the phone ringing off the hook. The next day, hardly anything.'
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