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“El Garante” (“Collateral Man”), possibly the most-awarded local mini-series in Argentina’s TV history, is getting a Mexican version with Mexican uber producer Monica Lozano of Alebrije Cine & Video (“Instructions Not Included,” “Que Culpa Tiene el Niño,” “Amores Perros”) exploring a film makeover of the 1997 series.
Jose Levy of Creative Andina and Alex Ferrara co-wrote a novel based on the series, sold by Amazon on its Best Latino Thrilllers Collection and available in English, Spanish and Turkish. Alebrije is basing its film adaptation on the book, said Lozano.
Chile’s TVN already made its own version of the Argentine hit in 2005 where it ranked second in overall ratings that year, after a telenovela. Spain’s Morena Films has also optioned the show for its own TV version.
“How such a cult series in Argentina has been able to appeal to various territories, in whatever format, is great,” said Levy who handles the remake rights to the series, co-penned and directed by Sebastián Borenztein (“Chinese Take-out,” “Koblic”) and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia (“Wild Tales”). Both won coveted Martin Fierro awards in their respective categories. The psychological thriller series snagged four out of seven Martin Fierro nominations, also taking home three Broadcasting International awards, among other prizes.
Levy, Alebrije Cine and VCS Capital have also co-produced the Mexican remake of the Argentine box office phenomonen “El Futbol o Yo” (“My Love or My Passion”), re-titled “Fuera de Lugar” (“Offside”). Now in post, distrib Videocine has timed the film’s release for June 1 to bring it closer to the 21st FIFA World Cup, slated to take place from June 14 to July 15 in Russia.
“Given its subject matter, our box office expectations are high,” said Lozano, who added that Videocine was reserving more than 1,000 screens for the soccer comedy.
Directed by Pato Safa (“El Jeremias”), “Fuera de Lugar” is one of six films that Alebrije Films releases this year, which range from Ernesto Contreras’ Sundance 2017 audience prizewinner “I Dream in Another Language” to Carlos Carrera’s animated feature, “Ana & Bruno.” “We’re trying to offer films that are diverse and plural; the Mexican audience is open to all kinds of movies,” said Lozano.
Levy is also in advanced remake rights talks with Brazil, India, Egypt, Spain, Italy and Germany for “Futbol o Yo,” he said.
It’s among the many titles circulating in the international market as producers bet on reversioning projects that have a proven track record.
Creative Andino has sold remake rights for Argentine romcom “Corazon de Leon” to Brazil, France, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and China.
The company is also selling remake rights to Chilean box office hit “I’m Not Crazy” and last year’s number one pic in Mexico, “Do it Like a Man,” both from Chile’s prolific helmer-producer-scribe Nicolas Lopez.


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Showcasing a real gift for note-perfect pop hooks and a deliciously warped POV, 2007’s extraordinary Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge rightfully should have been a breakthrough for the Pierces. That it wasn’t led sisters Catherine and Allison Pierce to make a bald-faced bid for mass appeal by commissioning Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, who knows a thing or two about broad commercial success, to produce their follow-up, You & I.
Barryman slathers the Pierces’ robust melodies and intricately layered vocal harmonies in a slick studio polish that sounds perfectly tailored for adult-pop radio. From the reverb-heavy lead single “You’ll Be Mine” and anthemic, ‘60s-inspired “Glorious” to the sultry “Close My Eyes,” Berryman’s production strikes an effective balance between a MOR approach that emphasizes the songs’ hooks without distraction and more distinctive styles that bring a rounded sense of character to some of the tracks. Since safe, radio-friendly aesthetics are still having a “moment,” that decision makes sense from a commercial standpoint. You & I is a terrific sounding album: There’s simply no faulting the construction of songs like “Love You More” and “The Good Samaritan.” The album is every bit as sharp as its predecessor.
But in making such an open stab at mainstream acceptance, the Pierces drop most of their quirk and sense of mischief. Gone are the songs about putting hexes on ex-boyfriends or about being so enamored that the whole world would explode. In their place, “Drag You Down,” with its opening verses that caution against drinking too much, is a fairly literal-minded ode to moderation, while “It Will Not Be Forgotten” is an effectively melancholic breakup song, but lacks any novel imagery or clever turns of phrase. That’s a shame, since the Pierces have proven they’re capable of spinning a genuinely interesting, off-kilter narrative. Fortunately, while You & I loses some of the distinctive details of its predecessor, the duo pulls off “conventional” just as well as they do twisted.

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A ShEO is a female entrepreneur or CEO.
What motivates you to stay an entrepreneur?
#RelationshipGoals As a full-time entrepreneur growing and maintaining a successful business is a huge commitment of time and energy how do you maintain a healthy marriage?
Entrepreneurship can be very stressful, its easy to put in a lot of abnormal hours, how do you create a work/life balance and/or what do you do for "me" time or to relax?
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The world of wanderlust is showing up in more than just Instagram posts.
“Demand for luxurious materials and crystal embellishment in on-trend colors is gaining stronger traction as people grow tired of the streamlined styles of past seasons and look for products that evoke a sense of joy,” said Alexander Wellhoefer, SVP of operations for Swarovski Professional North America.
For the collection, Swarovski explored four reasons travelers hit the road today — culture, adventure, freedom and leisure — and each inspires new color, crystal and trim stories for fashion and footwear.
Freedom captures millennials’ desire to reconnect with nature and all things nondigital. The trend is based on the carefree spirit of 1970s surf culture and the communal feeling of surf lodges. Washed-out tones such as lilac, denim blue and mint green are paired with retro pops of orange, yellow and light coral. Neoprene, water sport fabrics and zippers trickle into everyday fashion as designers add functionality to designs. And lightweight waterproof footwear like rubber slides adds practicality to a traveler’s wardrobe. The trend also calls for natural elements including raffia, shells and fauna-inspired crystal motifs.
The sculpture of places — from architecture to urban installations — inspires this colorful and graphic trend. Culture introduces three colors to Swarovski’s palette: buttercup yellow, lilac and majestic blue, which are complemented by bright pops of fuchsia, fern green, tangerine and light coral. Swarovski predicts that transparent colorful heels, recycled materials, optical-illusion line art and graffiti patterns will bring an art-school cool to footwear. Straps will become increasingly important on sleek shoe shapes, while heels will become more sculptural. Reflective and metallic materials highlight the desire for self-reflection and will be juxtaposed with interlocking patterns, stripes and color-blocking.
Swarovski “Culture” trend for spring ’19.
In Adventure, designs are focused on the craftsmanship and authenticity of various cultures, rather than a generic idea of travel. “It is characterized by a hard-wearing motorcycle style such as over-the-knee boots and sturdy leather with crystal embroidery and studs,” Wellhoefer said. Key colors for the trend include ivory cream, topaz, summer blue and majestic blue, with layered textures. “Western-inspired ankle boots, fringing with crystal detailing and haptic surfaces using the new Crystal Fine Rocks Tubes also echo the mood,” he added.
Swarovski “Adventure” trend for spring ’19.
Most millennials can’t afford their own yachts, but thanks to the growing sharing economy, they can rent one with friends and live the glamorous life of leisure for less. For the Leisure trend, Swarovski’s dove gray pearl color — a shade requested by Chanel — makes its debut. “[This trend] captures the feel of an ocean adventure and the beauty of the sea in sandals encrusted with pearl embellishments in the new dove gray, nautical stripes created with crystal mesh in majestic blue, crystal monograms and customized embroidery,” Wellhoefer said.
Swarovski “Leisure” trend for spring ’19.


text: Oscillating for widespread comfort, this Richpower Stand Fan FS-500 creates powerful air circulation to cool you down immediately. With its timer, you can opt to have the fan shut down after a desired time. The fan is equipped with automatic overheat cut-off protection for its safety and it features five broad plastic blades to deliver plenty of airflow. Thanks to its adjustable trunk that gives you the versatility to direct the air according to your convenience.

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Welcome to a feel-good FPS! A colorful journey combining motion, negotiation, and rogue-lite components.
You play as a child that’s neither a hero nor a warrior. Yet with the energy of friendship, you’ll overcome each impediment in your means!
Choose your path via the ranges, uncover the light-hearted story, and above all, recruit allies. All the wacky and highly effective characters you meet could be performed in the first individual, and it’s up to you to discover the proper solutions to get them to be part of your workforce!
The journey round a colorful world that includes distinctive visuals, with 2D characters residing in a 3D world.
Unravel a humorous and light-hearted story, with simply the proper pinch of rogue-lite components.
Befriend and play a big number of quirky characters, all towards the backdrop of the anime-themed soundtrack composed by Kazuhiko Naruse!
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As mentioned in previous posts, we meet for an hour on most Tuesday afternoons of each term. In Term 2, we built a small App to learn how to handle the "touch" event. At that stage, the group was 32 students strong. The last meeting of the term featured an appearance via Skype of Corona developer, PeachPellen.
One of the highlights of the journey so far was the day that three student members of the group and I presented a workshop on building APPs for teachers at the 2011 VITTA conference. The deputy principal who brought them back to school reported that they were buzzing with excitement.
In the school holidays between Terms Two and Three, I had coffee with Ian Chia of Being Prudence. Ian quickly whipped up some code to teach me how Lua tables could be used to control conditional paths in a computer program. Wow! I have used this code in everything I have done since. He also gave me the idea to get the group to build a hangman game on a fashion-related theme.
The girls loved drawing the hangman in code and using a picture of a head taken in PhotoBooth. Too often the head was mine!
Game asset artists: These girls are making the art work that will appear during the game.
One Tuesday afternoon, a year 9 student walked into the lab just before we had started. She told her friend that she'd stayed to serve a detention but she had gotten the date wrong. Knowing the girl from teaching her Maths and IT, I guessed that she would be interested in what we were doing. I asked her: "So your parents are counting on you being at school for an hour?" When she answered "yes" I invited her to stay for that session. It turned out that she had learnt from her friend about our game and produced art work on that theme. The art work was incredible. When Ian visited the group one lunch time, he left very impressed with that girl's skills. Needless to say, she has now joined the group and is part of group 3, the game asset artists.
I must remember to implore the principal not to scrap the detention policy!
Attractive displays trump event handling: Many Corona tutorials introduce event handling very early. I understand the importance of this, but the students were most interested when they were working on the display elements of a hangman game. Next year, we may build an animated prototype of our APP before worrying about interactivity.
It takes three terms to build an App: One short term of tutorials followed by two to build an APP was too short a time. Hopefully, we'll start in Term 1 next year and have three more terms for the APP.
It was invaluable for me to build a connection with professionals: Peach's tutorials, Jayant Varma's tutoring and Ian's inspiration and continual support have made a huge difference. I was stuck on many occasions and these guys came to my aid.
Keep it simple: We are committed to submit our APP to the Apple App Store in the middle of November. To this end, we have made some compromises. The game will have one screen which gets refreshed with each new mystery word. The splash screen will include the credits (which reminds me, I have to get the parents' permission to list their daughters' names).
No matter how many start in the group, many will leave: We have lost students to drama showcases, netball coaching duties and part-time work. Finding the artistic student happened by accident this time around. Next time, I might invite a few students nominated by the art department to fill any vacant spots. We can benefit from their skills and, in turn, we can give them an authentic context to practice their craft.
In conclusion, I want to thank Ian Chia for all the help he is offering us and for prodding me to put this post together. Stay tuned for more news.

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I just updated the XenApp 6.5 V3.1 script because of an issue reported by Michael. The exact same issue also affected XenApp 6 so the XenApp 6 V3 script had to be updated.
The same changes made to the XenApp 6.5 V3.1 script were made to the XenApp 6 V3 script.
The changes I made to the V3 XenApp 6 script are very minor. I changed the internal version number to 3.05 but left the filename unchanged.
Can´t get the script working, it stops working in line 657 on my system.
Are you running the 3.05 script dated July 3, 2013 1:56PM? I ask because in that version of the script, line 657 is a comment.
The line you reference “$part=$BuildingBlocks.BuildingBlockEntries.Item($CoverPage)” is line # 639 in the latest version of the script.
Also, at this time, none of the scripts work with non-English versions of Word.


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In a city as large and congested as London, it’s nice to have a place that feels like a home away from home. That’s how Palmers Lodge hostel feels for me. This is where I’ve always stayed while in London over the past few years, so when they asked me to write a review while staying there during the Olympics this summer, I gladly accepted.
Located in the Swiss Cottage neighborhood of London, the hostel is less than a 5-minute walk from the Swiss Cottage tube station. This is especially convenient when carrying a heavy pack around on your back. Palmers Lodge is also located in close proximity to the Camden area, which is one of the best areas for nightlife and where most pub-crawls take place. Even better, there’s a 24-hour bus that runs to and from Swiss Cottage to Camden.
For those on a tighter budget, the hostel is roughly a 5-minute walk to 2 major supermarkets: Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer. Both supermarkets have a wide selection of sandwiches and microwavable dinners. The hostel provides a microwave and refrigerator for those wanting to heat up or store their own food.
The hostel provides a variety of dorm rooms ranging from 5-beds to 28-beds, as well as a selection of private rooms if you prefer a bit more privacy. I’ve always stayed in the 28-bed dorm because 1) it’s cheapest, and 2) it’s on the main floor so I don’t have to climb any stairs. With 14 beds on one floor and another 14 on a loft-style second floor, this dorm is always surprisingly quiet.
For me, one of the best things about this hostel is the bar area downstairs. It’s a place where everyone can congregate and get to know each other. They have different happy hour themes every night, such as mojito night or jager bomb madness. Plus, the drinks are a bargain compared to most other pubs in London.
Breakfast is provided free of charge every morning. It was fairly standard compared to most other hostels I’ve stayed at, including cereal, croissants, and a variety of juices. One thing I really liked was their coffee machine, which created delicious cappuccinos or espresso before heading out for the Olympic madness.
Dinner was a different story. It’s convenient that they provide a full menu at pretty reasonable prices, but I found the food could have been better. I almost always found an inexpensive sandwich shop to grab a quick bite at, like the one right around the corner from the hostel.
When you don’t feel like hanging out in the bar area downstairs or during day if you need a break from roaming around London, there’s also a nice common area upstairs. They provide several computers, free Wi-Fi for everyone to use, and coffee and vending machines for a quick snack. The common room also has a big-screen TV where we watched a lot of the Olympic events and a Nintendo Wii if you feel so inclined to have a Wii Sports tournament.
Another thing I love about Palmer’s is the random trinkets placed throughout the hostel. Whether it’s knight’s armor or flags from all the countries of past guests put up for the Olympics, the decorations here are always unique.
The staff at Palmers Lodge are some of the friendliest I’ve met. A few of the staff still remain from when I was last in London 3 years ago. They are readily available to help you with whatever you need and can recommend fun activities and tours within the city and surrounding areas.
I can’t recommend Palmers Lodge enough. When you’re looking for a centrally located hostel in London with a great atmosphere for meeting other travelers, this is the place to go. It feels like a home away from home for me and I’ll continue to stay there whenever I happen to find myself in London.
Disclaimer: Palmers Lodge was kind enough to provide me with a discounted stay; however, all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.

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Keto Chicken Manchow soup for the win ! This Indo-Chineese burst of flavours in a single bowl , full of warmth; enough to make the heart of the Night King warm !
This Keto chicken manchow soup has a option to make it vegeterian too so that my vegeterian friends don’t frown ! The soup uses all the basic ingredients, right from your low-carb pantry and is ready in 30 minutes or less !
The recipe makes 4 servings of soup. If you want to store it, you can referigerate for 3 days. It thickens a lot as we are using xanthum gum for thickening, so microwave before use or add some water if you re-heating it; it will be good as new !
People making veg soup, have to use the xanthum gum slurry as we are not adding egg for thickening. Also, for making vegetable stock , boil the veggies in 500 ml water for 10 minutes and drain the veggies and use the remaining stock for the soup.
Let’s get to the recipe !
Not doing strict keto and doing moderate carb diet ?
500 ml vegetable stock reserve after boiling the veggies in it, add bay leaf and some pepper corns before boiling the veggies.
First, let's make the chicken stock and shredded chicken. Add 500 ml water and the chicken breasts. If you do not want a bland stock, add turmeric, salt (pinch of each), bay leaf and 2 pepper corns. Give 3 whistles in the cooker or cook on the stove top with a lid on for 25 minutes. Reserve the stock. Shred the chicken with a fork.
Take the ginger, garlic and chillies and pulse until it is coarsely ground. Do not add water and make a paste.
Saute the ground ginger-garlic-chillies in hot pil along with the veggies. Cut the veggies more fine if you don't like blobs of veggies in your soup. Saute for a minute. Add the stock and boil for 5 minutes.
Add the coconut aminos (soy sauce) , red chilli sauce , tomato paste and mix well. Add half of the shredded chicken,combine well and boil for 3 minutes. Add water, and boil for a minute. Add the whisked egg, and stir immediately . Pour the egg slowly at a time.
Add the xanthum gum slurry . If you do not have it or do not want to buy it, egg is enough to thicken the soup.
Boil for 2 minutes and garnish with coriander and the leftover boiled chicken.
Make vegetable stock first. Take 500 ml water and boil the veggies in it FOR 10 minutes. Drain the veggies and reserve the stock .
Add oil, sautee the ground ginger-garlic-chilly and boiled veggies.
Add the water , boil for 2 minutes. Thicken the soup by adding the xanthum gum slurry. Do not skip the xanthum gum for veg soup or it will be runny. If you desire a runny soup, you can skip this step.
Boil for sometimes until it reduces somewhat. Cool a bit and garnish with coriander.


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Our patient satisfaction ratings speak for themselves, so you can rest assured you are in the best hands with our highly qualified consultants.
Cambridge Haematology Partners are a private medical partnership based at the Nuffield Hospital in Cambridge. We manage patients with a range of blood disorders, including anaemia, abnormal blood counts, and blood cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s Disease, myeloma and myelodysplasia.
These are the commonest of the blood cancers, and most typically present with painless swollen lymph glands in the neck, armpit or groin.
This is an abnormal production of too many white cells. Some leukaemias have an indolent presentation, while others can present much more rapidly.

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free dating site with lots of Japanese singles as members. Skepsis mot oslos bompenge-takster: da blir vi veldig glade om du bruker 1 minutt til å vurdere oss på trustpilot. However, if you choose a small city, you may be among a very small number of white men visiting the area, with far less competitors. (response rate people who will respond back to you to whom you sent an introduction message). MeetMe Popularity: Type: General Dating with Some Japanese Members Platform: Website, Android App, iOS App If you are in Japan, you may use MeetMe, a popular, dating app, to meet Japanese women.
Best Japanese Dating Site, although there are still many people who are skeptical about online dating, we can not deny the fact that this form of dating has captured a wide audience and continues to grow until today. Gold, all of the above, plus: Communicate with mullet lidenskap datingside all members, audio/video chat, Instant Messaging, ad-free browsing, anonymous browsing. You may smile in at least one of the photos. Finally, the anti-spam measures are excellent, ensuring that all the profiles you connect with are genuine. Standard, create profile, upload multiple photos, browse, search, and send interest to profiles, communicate with paying members. Platform: Website, the international dating site attracts a small number of Japanese single members. Part 4: 7 Popular Japanese Dating Apps Here are a list of dating apps popular in Japan. The site was founded in 2005.
M is the best online dating site to find a Japanese girl. The site has more than 700,000 members, which is a very large number since online. De beste thai dating nettsteder (2017 versjon) liv rundt i asia. Nesten enkeltpersoner gjøre bruk av dette til å studere om den synske og også. Lists 22 best Japanese dating sites and apps by popularity.


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1829.2 Miles (2943.7 Kilometers / 1588.4 Nautical Miles).
Approximate flight duration time (for a non-stop flight) from Abuja, Nigeria to Kampala, Uganda is 3 hrs, 47 mins. This is the In-The-Air flight time. You should add the taxi time before take-off and taxi time after landing for the total flight duration time. You should also consider airport wait times and possible delays due to bad weather, etc.
You can find out what time you arrive at your destination (Kampala) by checking the time difference between Abuja and Kampala.

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Whoop! May we have your attention, please?
The amazing news in a nutshell: We have won the GründerCup KielRegion (Founders’ Cup KielRegion)! We were awarded first place in the competition against 11 great, nominated start-ups/founders selected from 35 submitted business plans.


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President Barack Obama appeared on a Halloween-themed "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" on Monday, in which he told a scary story of a Donald Trump presidency and predicted what Hillary Clinton's version of the "birther" controversy would be if she were elected.
POTUS came on the show primarily to emphasize how important it is for millennials to vote, so Bee challenged him to speak to her as if she were a potential millennial voter. Her impression cracked up Obama, but he composed himself long enough to emphasize Clinton's plans for affordable college education and the importance of climate change.
"Young people have a bigger stake in this election than anybody," Obama told Bee. "I would hope that you'd be willing to take about the same amount of time that you spend just looking through cat videos on your phone to make sure that democracy is working."
"Sorry, I was just Snapchatting myself as a bottlenose dolphin," Bee answered.
Since many see the "birther" campaign alleging that Obama wasn't born in the US as racist, Bee then asked him what he thought the "female equivalent of 'you weren't born in this country'" would be if Clinton were elected the first woman president.
"I think the equivalent will be 'she's tired,' 'she's moody,' 'she's being emotional,'" he said. "When men are ambitious, it's just taken for granted... When women are ambitious, 'Why?' That theme will continue throughout her presidency and it contributed to this notion that somehow she is hiding something."
To top off the Halloween night interview, Bee asked Obama to tell her a spooky story about what happens when people don't vote.
"Donald Trump could be president," he said.

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Table Black Base White Top 37.5" x 60" – Modern School Supplies, Inc.
Compared to any other drawing table on the market this is, without a doubt, a table of superior strength and durability with a lifetime guarantee. This 4-post table is made of 18-gauge steel tubing (not pre-fab sheet steel) and table height is 37". Angle adjustment from horizontal (0°) to 45°. The legs are welded together to form a 3" x 2" post for maximum strength, stability, and rigidity. All metal parts are scratch resistant, electro-static powder coated. Tabletop board and supporting panels are made of ¾" therma-fuse Melamine. Surface is smooth, durable, white matte Melamine, trimmed with bonded black vinyl edges.


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The result of remaining steadfast in realisation of the Brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence is that serenity and tranquillity is the natural state of mind which is unperturbed by what may have been lost as well as devoid of desires over what is yet to be gained for such an unwavering mind does not identify itself with the physical body or concern itself with mundane pursuits. Hence exhibiting equipoise to all jivas or embodied beings due to the absence of distractions arising from obsession and aversion such a one attains supreme devotion to the Supreme Lord Krishna in the form of perceiving that He is existing as paramatma the omniscient all pervading super soul in every jiva.
Lord Krishna gives further characteristics of the spiritually qualified. The words brahma-bhutah means comprehending the eternal nature of the atma or immortal soul, the infinite nature of its consiousness and its essential relationship with the Supreme Lord. This essential relationship consists in realising that one is dependent upon the Supreme Lord in every aspect of existence and to be grateful to Him for everything. The word prasanna means pure hearted, lucid and clear internally, uncluttered by turbid and painful experiences. Na socati means does not grieve. Na kanksati means does not crave. Since all the love that such an aspirant feels is totally and exclusively for the Supreme Lord. The only grief such an aspirant ever experiences is separation from Lord Krishna and the only craving such an aspirant ever experiences is communion with Lord Krishna. Samah means equanimity and as such looks at all jivas or embodied beings equally, knowing the atma resides equally in all. It also can manifest as an attitude of indifference to anything not related directly to the Supreme Lord, avoiding mundane actions and shunning worldly attachments. Mad- bhaktim means exclusive loving devotion unto the Supreme Lord Krishna in the form of sublime and exquisite bliss occasioned by the atmas rapturous communion with Him, the Supreme Lord of all lords. The sole creator of the cosmic manifestation, its evolutions, progressions and dissolutions. Who is the absolute antithesis to all that is evil. Who is the root source of all creation and the depository of boundless, unlimited and glorious illustrious attributes and qualities. Who is united with Sri Laksmi the goddess of fortune. Who is the epitome of beauty and the sovereign of every jiva being the source of every atma. Lord Krishna is the supreme attainment, transcendental, all pervading, omnipotent, omniscient, far beyond material nature.


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A pack of 50 highly fragranced Lavender Indian incense cones. Hand-rolled in India from a range of natural powders, oils and resins.
Each Lavender incense cone is a larger size at 25mm tall, and has a burn time of around 35 to 40 minutes.
To use these Lavender incense cones, just light the tip of the cone and then blow out after a couple of seconds, place on a suitable incense cone burner to enjoy these exotic fragrant incense cones.


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Your car is washed and all the dents are counted using a fluorescent light to illuminate dents.
We then disassemble the car according to the panels needing to be repaired.
We contact your insurance company about the dents they missed. (This happens on every car!).
Once approved, we attempt Paintless Dent Removal (PDR).
If it is determined that PDR will not work, traditional auto body repair methods are used.

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Celebrate multi-talented dads this Father's Day at KidZania!
Father's Day Special (SAHD): "I get to be there for all the little things"
Father's Day Special (SAHD): "I put a lot of emphasis on discipline; other dads call me Sergeant."
Creative DIY gifts for dad on Father's Day!


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Happy one year, with fried rice.
A year ago today, my husband and I were married in Michigan. We danced in a big white tent that was set up in the backyard, on a hill, with a long staircase that led to a lake, where we said our vows before our family and friends.
All week, I've been looking back at this past year, trying to wrap it all up in newlywed memories. But Murdo and I lived together for two years before we were married, so with the exception of a name change and wedding bands, our first year wasn't that much different than the ones before.
And then I think about the future, and how different this first year will be from every year that follows. We'll look back and remember buying furniture for our tiny apartment, and the private rooftop terrace of our honeymoon suite. We survived a long, blizzard-y winter with cozy fires and breakfast for dinners. We adjusted to new work schedules, celebrated promotions, kept our fingers crossed and held our breaths. We said goodbye to a family member, and welcomed two more into our home.
He taught me how to change a tire. I taught him how to cook white rice.
The food of our first year of marriage has been, for the most part, fairly routine. I've tried a new recipe here and there, but only a handful have made it to the weekly rotation. We have our regulars, our trusted dishes, the ones that we eat over and over again, because they're quick and they're simple and we know what we like. When I was thinking of a recipe for our one year anniversary post, I couldn't think of anything new or exciting or special. All I could think about was fried rice.
We eat fried rice once a week here, nearly every week, always accompanied by a bag Trader Joe's frozen Mandarin orange chicken. It's nothing special, I know -- even borderline boring -- and that's the reason why I've been hesitant to even post a recipe for it. But it was the first dish I ever learned how to cook on my own, and it's the one that we can eat every week and never get sick of.
Murdo makes the white rice before I get home, and once I walk through the door and get settled and start cooking, I can have a meal on the table in 20 minutes. Twenty minutes! That is my kind of meal, and it's one that I know will follow us to our next home, and our first house, and one that we'll feed to our kids. It'll survive many more anniversaries to come, and every time I cook it, I hope I"ll remember this first year.
Happy one year anniversary, Murdo. I can't wait for more.
After you read this recipe, you might notice that it breaks all the rules when it comes to what other recipes might say about "real" fried rice. For example, you're supposed to use leftover cooked rice instead of hot, just-cooked rice, otherwise you'll end up with soggy results. But I never have leftover white rice, and I'm not going to cook rice a day ahead of time for a dish that's supposed to take just 20 minutes to put together. This is supposed to be quick and easy, after all -- a meal you can put together when you realize there is nothing else in the house to eat.
So, I use fresh rice, and I don't think it gets soggy at all. I also use frozen vegetables, and I don't ever measure. I tried this time around, but completely forgot halfway through, so the soy sauce measurement is more of a guess. Like I mentioned before, this is the first dish I ever cooked on my own, and I didn't have a recipe then, either. The only thing I screwed up was the garlic, which I burned. By the second time I made fried rice, I was a pro. You will be, too.
Cook rice according to package directions, or however you normally cook your rice. I rinse mine a few times and cook 1 cup of rice with 1 1/2 cups of water in a rice cooker. It usually takes about 20 minutes.
Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large, deep skillet. Add garlic and cook until sizzling and fragrant. (If you are cooking with meat, add now and cook until heated through or, if using shrimp, fully cooked, then remove and set aside.) Add veggies and cook a few minutes until just soft. Sprinkle with black pepper. (Here is where I would add a drizzle of toasted sesame oil, or oyster sauce, or fish sauce.) Add a few dashes of soy sauce, about 1/8 cup, and cook a few minutes more.
Serve with Trader Joe's orange chicken, or topped with a fried egg, for a perfect weeknight meal.
The cutest. 1. I love knowing you. 2. I love these wedding photos. 3. I love how you can write a post about making fried rice and make it not only inspiring but also so sweet and thoughtful, filled with thoughts about marriage and memories and life. You are one of my favorite people to read.
You guys are gorgeous! Love love the photos!! Ah yes fried rice...a staple here too :) And a great place to make leftover new. And YES to the sriracha!
This is so sweet. Happy anniversary! I made kimchi fried rice once and we loved it. I might have to add your recipe into the rotation, too.
I love fried rice, thank you for the recipe!
This sounds strange but you are one of the only blogs that I sit and read through each post. You're dang talented lady!
Happy belated anniversary! I'm pretty sure there's no better way to mark the day than by talking about a dish you've shared together this past year.
Here's to many more years of fried rice together!
This post makes me happy. Hooray for love! congrats, congrats!
Shanna - Thank you, thank you and thank you! Miss you dearly.
ChichaJo - Sriracha is my new favorite condiment! I'm so happy to finally being able to tolerate heat -- it's like a whole new world of spicy foods out there!
Nicole - Mmmm I love kimchi!
Hannah - Aw thank you so much! You are so sweet.
Maddie - Oh yes, there's many more years of fried rice to come. :) Thank you!
Megan - Hooray for love, indeed. Thanks, girl!
And a delicious, simple recipe, they're the best ones.
Thanks, Emma! And yes -- simple recipes are the best!
Endless recipe for the fried rice. Great post here.
Just made this for lunch and switched it up quite a bit but it is a great starter recipe. Thanks!


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This is week 9 of the Kansas City Contemporary Home Renovation Series. Just in case you missed it, here’s Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, and Week 8.
The time has finally come, the reveal of our Kansas City Contemporary Home Renovation! The original kitchen was much darker with only one window letting in natural light. And while it had ample space it didn’t take advantage of the height of the kitchen. The project also re-located the laundry room, powder bathroom and updated the entryway, dining room and family room.
The transformation is amazing and hardly recognizable. The new kitchen has tons of natural light coming in from the windows and skylights. The new cabinets take full advantage of the height in the kitchen. Removing the dining area in the kitchen allowed for more cabinet space as well as room for the new live edge table. The live edge wood pieces are beautiful focal points.
The fireplace bricks and the bar area were removed. Art shelves were created in the former bar area. The fireplace looks stunning with the new tile and the open art shelves make the room feel more open.
The former laundry room is now a beautiful new prep kitchen. The prep kitchen has storage for small appliances, a sink, and refrigerator drawers making it the perfect place to juice fresh fruits and vegetables every day.
A powder bathroom was added off of the family room a much more convenient spot when entertaining. The live edge vanity and light fixture add awesome drama to the small room.
Are you thinking of renovating your home? Contact us today to speak to a Schloegel expert!

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It’s impossible to get a good workout under way without the right fuel—but not all foods are created equal. While some foods make for great post-workout meals, they can also throw a wrench in your workout plans if eaten beforehand.
In fact, there’s a list of food items that you should avoid at all costs if you’re hoping to have a safe and productive workout session. These foods can lead to stomach discomfort, muscle cramping, and lethargy…making for one miserable session at the gym.
On the whole, yogurt is a healthy snack. It’s got protein, often boasts some fiber, and its probiotic qualities can keep your digestive system functioning like a well-oiled machine.
But yogurt is also a dairy food item, which could present problems for your workout. Even if you’re not particularly sensitive to dairy, it could lead to cramps, discomfort, even diarrhea. That’s why most health experts recommend holding off on the yogurt until after your workout is complete. And if you just can’t wait, try to eat that yogurt cup at least a couple hours before your workout begins.


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We specialize in helping you achieve and restore proper function by reducing your pain and discomfort.
You will be assigned a patient coordinator to help guide you through the process and keep you on track to help maximize your experience.
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He managed a unique dubstep version of “Clarity” and his own “Fractals.” He invigorated the dance floor just in time for Carnage to take to the decks and who’s name pretty much sums it up the description of his set.
Carnage (above) moved from “Slow Motion” into “Tequila” (yes, that version), tipping the mic to the crowd for a chorus cheer. He announced a new track and then added, “Shout-out to my dad, Tiësto. Tiësto is my biological dad.” The finale came from Carnage’s designated dad, the man of the hour, Tiësto. DJ spotting included: EDX, Kaskade, Morgan Page (below), Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano, Robbie Rivera, Paul Oakenfold and ATB.
The day was closed out with a midnight snack at Cocina Mexicana with a helping of chicken enchiladas that offered a nice blend of tomatillos’ tanginess and mole sweetness living up to the restaurants promise of bringing you the flavors of Mexico. For some inspired reason I walked out singing “Tequila” in my head.


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"The awareness that arises through paying attention on purpose in the present moment and non-judgmentally in the service of self understanding and wisdom"
Mindfulness is an inherent human capability that belongs to anyone irrespective of race, creed, gender, you name it. It is our birthright.
The ability to be on the spot—aware of what’s going on inside, outside, and all around, connecting with others—is part of being human.
Developing mindful awareness of the present moment can connect us to experiences, interactions, emotions and thoughts without the interference of judgment, bias, beliefs or distractions. We can 'Just Be' in the present moment, even if it is too exciting to contain or too painful to tolerate. Accepting the present moment for what it IS can be considered the crown jewel of mindfulness.
Meditative exercises and/or mindfulness meditation can be the first step to learning Mindfulness. When we focus our attention on our breath or curiously explore sense activation like sight, hearing or taste we are developing our brain's ability to attend to the present moment. We do not need to clear our mind of thoughts while we are meditating as it is our ability to frequently come back to our attention or breath and away from distracting thoughts that develops our ability to be mindful.


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It took only fifteen minutes to come up with FLEXIBLE FLYER but oh, what a relief when it finally came.
“I know,” I said, and we both turned over and went back to sleep, satisfied. Obviously, the near-rhyme of “flexible flyer” and the color red had touched off the question, “Who was that popular comic book cowboy that reminds me of that?” in the back of M’s mind. It just took a while to get from back to front.
Is there anything more satisfying, I ask you, than thinking of the name that is just beyond the tip of your tongue, around the corner from your brain? Like, that actress, you know the one, with the red hair?
You laugh. How many actresses with red hair are there, you think. But you know (if you happen to be over forty) it’s Emma Stone, or (if you are over sixty), Julianne Moore or Susan Sarandon, but eventually (if you are over seventy) you’ll come up with Maureen O’Hara. Oh, well, I might have meant Arlene Dahl, my friend says.
Speaking of which, that kind of forgetfulness is NOT a sign of Alzheimers, as we all know (or should know) by now. It is just a sign that the old skull is getting too stuffed with information for its own good, and only keeps what it needs. The retrieval of irrelevant information takes a little longer to access nowadays, but the pleasure when it comes almost makes it worth it. Like scratching an itch or quenching a thirst.
The name of the other actor in the movie THE THIRD MAN, by the way, the one who wasn’t Orson Welles? Michael Rennie.
The little song, plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is, was for…wait a minute, wait a minute…Alka Seltzer, wasn’t it?
Who sang “Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me?” Andrew Sisters.
What product advertised “Where’s The Beef?” Burger King.
Who was the late night radio host who interviewed people who claimed they had been abducted by aliens and probed? Long John Nebel.
What was the thing, white, sort of egg-shaped…a shmoo. What was the deal with shmoos? I’m working on it.
And then there are the private memories that we play hide and seek with, that make the people we share a history with so important. This friend, for example, is the only other person who could answer the question, “What was the name of the teacher who wore the funny hat and always hummed to himself…” because we went to school together. And those connections become more valuable as they become rarer, especially since we can now easily Google the red-haired actress, but not the hat-wearing humming teacher.
But whether it is private memory or memory shared by everyone of a certain age or from a place we have long been absent, it can come slowly: the thought, then one detail, then another, tumbling, catching up, thickening with the accumulation of details that attach to the old recollection.
As I was falling asleep the other night, on the heels of the words, “Who was that…” I had a split-second blankness and then “Who was that masked man” popped into my head, and then “The Lone Ranger” and “Tonto” and after him trotted Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger and Scout, and sweet dreams of more innocent days.
Happy Trails to you, too.
I loved this, Bette! It reminded me of Kathryn Schulz’s wonderful essay, “When Things Go Missing,” in the New Yorker.
Hmm. I missed that one. Recent? I let my subscription lapse for a year and then couldn’t stand not getting it, so I’ve been getting them again for about 2 months.
What did shmoo have to do with it? My sister had a rubber/plastic shmoo which had a little bell inside of it and a weighted bottom, I think, like those sock ’em bop ’em dolls. But a friend remembers nested shmoos like Russian dolls.
The Shmoo was the instigator making problems for the corporate fat-old-white-guys of the times. Shmoos were available in about any shape or size one could dream up. It was a big fad at the time.
Precious great memories from the good old days!
And you’re one of the ones I can share those private ones with! Like Margaret who was it? Mulvey on the 1st floor.
Enjoyed your most recent blog, Bette! We share so many memories.


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> > each dependency or just one PR for security/w3af, anyone could help ?
> the security/w2af update, that would be the recommended way.
> > There are still a few issues to be resolved and plugins to be tested.
> If you can add that patch to the port ?


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This caused all of our builds to start failing since we npm install for every new build.
To fix this, I propose this package remove all carrots from dependency versions, e.g.
We are now shrinkwrapping our dev dependencies at my company to prevent this issue in the future. But I think it'd be a good idea within this dependency as well for others.
Sorry your builds got broken. I do think that on the whole, having loose dependencies has been good for standard. We feel the pain acutely when semver is violated, but we don't appreciate all the times that bugs get fixed for free.
I think one improvement to the situation is to switch to ~ instead of ^. This is slightly more conservative, and would have prevented the breakage you experienced today. We use ~ already for ESLint since minor versions are more likely to introduce incompatibilities than patch versions.
Dependencies: Use ~ instead of ^.


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No Apparent Latinos In Top 25 Income Earners In Los Angeles County Government: Should There Be?
Orange represents Latinos on this map of L.A.
We started a small firestorm when our piece about the Los Angeles County government's top 25 income earners noted that not one appears to have a Spanish surname -- when nearly half of taxpayers in the county are Latino.
We were called racist and even told that our papers would be checked. But the debate raises a serious question: After Latinos have long demanded that UC and California State Universities should reflect California's ethnic mix, should this notion spread to local government jobs? Should Latinos be represented at the highest levels of county government?
As soon as Mr. Romero and others realize that this is the land of opportunity, not entitlement, the list will change. So kindly wake up and join the rest of us instead of waiting for a handout.


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I'd like to hear your advices on robot programming best practices. Do you use any standard in your organisation (commenting, naming variables, tracking versions, cleaning the code, keeping it simple, testing, etc.)? Do you include this in your training? If you're using a standard, why did you implement it and what as been the impact so far?
We have changed the way we program the robots to give us the ability to basically run unit tests on the various steps within the process. This has given us the ability to quickly debug portions of the code and then move onto new pieces of code and keep going. We then link all of these small modules back together to make the program that runs on the robot. It also gives us small modules that can quickly be reused in other programs.
We use a private GitHub account to store our robot program back-ups so that we have them no matter where we are in the country/world and can quickly recover should we experience a catastrophic failure on any of the robots.
Reusable code, we write a lot of code to be reusable between programs and have a basic framework that we start programs from that include all of our custom API scripts that we have written for doing our own repetitive tasks. In that is also the framework for the Robotiq gripper script. We are just now starting to move to the new Robotic URCap but we have historically not used the subprograms from Robotiq but rather just call the scripts. This makes the code cleaner to read and gives us the ability to use subprograms in our main program and still be able to use the gripper.
As far as simplicity, our code probably tends to be a little more complex than traditional code but we are running robots from afar and so its important that we are able to track exactly what is going on at a customer site as well as quickly update/modify code to meet customer requirements. Many of these updates can be made remotely so to limit the amount of travel that we are needing to do to make what would be a simple change to the program. To have the ability to do this easily requires that the code be more modular and therefore a little heavier than what we wrote in the past when the robots were just on the other side of the wall from us.
If we are using pneumatic grippers or opening and closing cylinders we will generally create a script function for that such as openGripper() or closeGripper(), we may even pass in a variable to identify what gripper we are opening and closing or what cylinder. We do this for readability of the code as well as its just easier to program as we find it faster to type then poke around on the screen.
Another thing that we do that helps speed up the process is use a wireless mouse and keyboard. Its much quicker to type and use a mouse to move around the screen and its just one of those things that makes our job easier. Another simple thing that we do is use a selector switch wired in as a freedrive input so that we can put the robot in freedrive and then use both hands to move it around. This is very beneficial on the UR10 as that thing is hard to move with just one hand.
@matthewd92 yes it does, thanks! @PierreOlivier_Proulx what would be your take on this?
I think it's great to apply software engineering practices to robot programming. Versioning is a must and I think it pays when tracking a bug introduced in a previous commit. You only need to rewind your software history to find what change is faulty.
Unit test is also useful and I think its main benefit is to give confidence in the code. If your code is under a test harness, you can be confident that modifications to your code won't break previous functionalities (given the tests cover the programmer's initial intentions). By the way, UR has the assert(<boolean>) function that can be useful for unit testing.
On our side have started to setup a build server to test our UR functions. We use jenkins to do so. Broadly, what jenkins does it to monitor our repository for new commits. Once the repo changes, jenkins pulls the changes and executes a script. That script first launch a URSim instance and then sends various urscript tests to the simulator. Those urscript tests report the expectations back to the server using a raw tcp socket. This way we can make sure that changes we make does not break previous functionalities. But more important I think, is that if UR changes the behavior of their api, we will know it before we get a service call. This is still embryonic but I'm confident that it will be useful.
@PierreOlivier_Proulx I am not aware of the UR assert functionality. Where can I find some information on that? Or are you referring to UR Cap SDK?
It is not documented. It is a urscript function. I don't recall who told me about it. It takes two parameters. The first one is a boolean expression. When it evaluates to false, it cause a controller fault. The second one is optional and I don't know what it is use for.
@PierreOlivier_Proulx could you post the function and how you guys are using it?
I would be very interested in knowing more about the assert function as well. @matthewd92 have you tested this any further? If so what did you find?
@Grady_Turner I haven't but I don't have any documentation on it either so not quite sure how to use it for testing. I also use the folders a lot to make copying and pasting easier. It would be nice if with the Polyscope interface you could select more than 1 item at a time to copy and paste.
We have created a standard for how we program the robots and we plan on implementing this into our training for maintenance and manufacturing engineers. I developed a naming standard that has been working great for us, we got lucky and it fits right into the character limit but is still descriptive.
In order to help recover from a power outage or power surge, we are using an installation variable and case statements to step through the program. We are doing this so the PLC can keep track of where the robot is at in its program and we can restart from that point if needed.
To keep the program easy to follow, in each case all of the waypoints are placed in a folder that describes what is happening in that case. And then anywhere we use an "if-statement" a folder is placed in it to describe what happens in within in that "if".
The first argument is the expression you want to test. The second I don't know what its effect is. I'll ask UR from more information.
@PierreOlivier_Proulx can you give an example of using the assert function? What kind of fault occurs when the first argument is false?
@Grady_Turner You can test really anything. The behavior is that the robot will go in fault mode, then in power off mode.
Let say you have an application where the robot must not apply more that a certain level of force. You could add an assert like this: assert(norm(force()) < FORCE_LIMIT). Whenever the force goes above the threshold, the arm is powered off.
@PierreOlivier_Proulx So it is effectively an E-stop based on a condition.


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Over the past few years talk in insurance coverage circles has been cyber, cyber, cyber, especially data breaches. Much of that discussion has been on the drafting, marketing of, and applicability of cyber policies. But ISO’s workhorse CGL policy – CG 00 01 – should not be ignored in this context. Arguments are still made that its coverage, offered for invasion of privacy, applies to a data breach. Indeed, ISO says it does in its August 28, 2013 Circular in conjunction with its filing of data breach exclusions (LI-CU-2013-059/LI-GL-2013-143).
The applicability of ISO’s new data breach exclusion was before a New Mexico trial court in Wobbler, Inc. v. Land of Enchantment Property & Casualty Company, No. 17-2234 (N.M. Dist. Ct., 13th Judicial Dist., Cibola Cty., Jan 22, 2019).
At issue was coverage for Wobbler, Inc. for a claim arising out of the hacking of its website. Its list of customers and their purchases, within the past 18 months, was made available on the internet. The hacking incident was publicized in the media. The name Wobbler sounded familiar to Pete Clemenza. He had seen a co-worker, Luca Brasi, frequently receive packages from Wobbler. One time Clemenza had asked Brasi what was in the packages and Brasi gave an evasive answer. Clemenza went on line and found Wobbler’s hacked data. He discovered that, over the past year, Brasi had purchased five Scott Baio bobble heads from Wobbler. Clemenza revealed to numerous company employees that Brasi had made these purchases. Brasi was subjected to ridicule.
Brasi filed suit against Wobbler for invasion of privacy. Wobbler, based in New Mexico, sought coverage under its CGL policy issued by Land of Enchantment Property & Casualty Company. LoE disclaimed coverage to Wobbler on the basis of the policy’s data breach exclusion. The insurer saw it as a simple matter – Brasi’s claim against Wobbler was for “personal advertising injury,” specifically, invasion of privacy, arising out of disclosure of Brasi’s confidential or personal information. Wobbler undertook its own defense and settled the claim with Brasi for $65,000.
Wobbler filed an action against Land of Enchantment for recovery of its defense costs and the settlement – around $100,000. The parties filed competing motions for summary judgment. In Wobbler, Inc. v. Land of Enchantment P&C, the New Mexico trial court held that the data breach exclusion did not apply. The court awarded Wobbler $101,512.
It was revealed that Brasi had posted photos of the Scott Baio bobble heads on his Facebook page. Thus, as the court saw it, the information about Brasi’s purchases was not “nonpublic information,” as required to trigger the data breach exclusion. The court rejected Wobbler’s argument that, despite the information about Brasi’s bobble head purchases being on Facebook, it was de facto non-public, as nobody would have had a reason to look for it. In other words, Wobbler argued that it was not until the data breach and subsequent media stories, which gave rise to Clemenza’s web search, that the information about Brasi became public. At the time of the breach its was essentially non-public. But the court disagreed -- not willing to shake its head up and down.

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Tip 1: Find a suitable location for your fire pit. Having a place to gather around the fire is all well and good but can be disastrous if you don’t put some thought into it. The last thing you want to happen is to end up setting some trees on fire or scorching the fence between you and your neighbor’s house. That being said, don’t build your fire pit directly under low hanging trees. This will decrease the chances that rising embers accidentally set them ablaze. Also, be sure to leave a suitable buffer around your fire pit. This will ensure that any winds that happen to pick up and whip the flames about won’t end up catching nearby items on fire. Your local fire marshal or fire department would be a good place to inquire about local policies regarding fire pit locations. There may be specific guidelines in our community concerning size and proximity to other structures.
Tip 2: Choose an above or below-ground design. With pre-built fire pits that sit above ground being so common these days, many people might not consider the fact that if they decide to build one themselves that they have to option to recess it into the ground and that both styles have their merits. An above ground design is easily noticed and it is less likely that someone might accidentally step into it if not paying attention. Also, when performing basic maintenance, such as removing unwanted debris, it would be easier to accomplish without having to reach down into a hole in the ground. However, don’t get the impression that an in-ground design is the “pits” (pun intended). The visual effect of flames shooting up from the ground is quite impressive and will be sure to wow your guests. Additionally, the fire will be less susceptible to winds and will, therefore, be easier to contain.
Tip 3: Ensure proper drainage. Whether you decide to go with an above ground or in-ground design, proper drainage is key to making sure your fire pit is usable when you need it and that it lasts. After a rainstorm, the last thing you want is for your fire pit to be full of standing water for days on end. Consider adding a short steel drain pipe to the floor of your fire pit. Try to install it at a slight angle to promote the runoff of water. In addition to the drain pipe, consider some sort of cover that can aid in keeping water and any other unwanted debris out.
Tip 4: Choose appropriate building materials. This might seem obvious to some but not everyone takes this into consideration. Remember that you are basically building a container for fire so build it out of something that is fire-resistant! Concrete, cement or stone is typically a good choice, you should stay away from metal or wood unless it is well insulated from the fire or only used for cosmetic purposes. For example, if your fire pit is enclosed by a brick wall 4-ft thick, then it would probably be fine to wrap the outer wall in aluminum for an aesthetic touch. The distance between the fire and the metal would keep it from getting too hot to touch.
Tip 5: Consider seating. Chances are that you won’t be sitting at the fire by yourself, you’ll be enjoying quality time with friends and family! That being said, be sure to consider the number of guests you will have around the fire as it will impact the size of the pit you should build. If the pit is too small, your guests would have to sit relatively far from the fire in order to fit everyone around it which would result in less heat felt. Build your pit too large and a small get together would be spaced out too far around the fire to enjoy quiet conversation.
Tip 6: Ask Ask Ask! As you set out to tackle this job and make your way to the local hardware store, don’t be afraid to ask store employees if they have any tips on how to build a fire pit. They have likely fielded several inquiries on the topic and have learned a few things along the way. Use the knowledge of those around you.
Be sure to plan out your job to minimize frustration and maximize satisfaction with your end result. Taking care to consider the tips above will ensure you end up with a fire pit that both you and your guests will enjoy for many years.
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Kindle Fire vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: Which Should You Buy?
There are loads of new 7” tablets coming out lately that have their eyes on the Kindle Fire’s success. The common theme seems to be having either slightly higher specs and a few of the features that people complain the Kindle Fire lacks, or a lower price point that doesn’t preclude basically functioning in the ways that matter. As I’ve mentioned numerous times here, companies who are looking at just the hardware or just the price and picking these out as roads to success are missing the point.
Samsung’s first attempt at a 7” tablet was not precisely groundbreaking. For a smaller device, the Galaxy Tab was impressive and did practically anything you might want a tablet to do. It packed more power and features into that small package than any other Android tablet I can think of to come out in 2010. Still, as a device intended to compete with the iPad, it didn’t take off. Later, with the Kindle Fire announced, it became practically irrelevant. Nobody is going to want to consider a tablet running twice the price of the most popular thing around unless it is truly amazing.
Now Samsung is coming out with the more realistically competitive 7” Galaxy Tab 2 and there’s reason to give it serious thought as a choice. It isn’t amazing, but at $250 it also isn’t overpriced and the value is impressively high for what you pay.
The new Galaxy Tab 2 is slightly thinner and lighter than the Kindle Fire. We’re not talking about the most powerful tablet on the market, with a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM, but it should do the job. It comes with 8GB internal storage as well as an expandable memory slot that can allow for an extra 32GB. As a perk, new users will get a free year of 50GB Dropbox storage. There are dual cameras, though the front-facing is mediocre at best and even the rear-facing isn’t anything to get excited about. The Galaxy Tab 2 does run Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.3) and is the first Samsung offering to do so, which may be a draw for some.
Overall, we’re talking about something that beats the Kindle Fire point for point across the board in hardware specs. That isn’t exactly exciting on its own, given that the Kindle Fire was never intended to impress in terms of raw power, but the fact that there aren’t really any missing features besides perhaps an HDMI slot is worth keeping in mind. The screen is actually somewhat less clear than the Kindle’s, but not enough to get upset about. The consideration is going to come down to hardware versus software and media.
If we’re going to talk about a Kindle Fire vs Galaxy Tab 2 comparison, we have to consider the overall experience. The Kindle Fire, in addition to featuring a $200 price tag, a heavily streamlined UI, and integration with Amazon’s digital services, can take advantage of the Amazon.com movie library and the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library in a way that the Samsung tablet can’t. Amazon has also proven more reliable about their firmware updates than Samsung, whose older customers still have not been able to upgrade to Android 4.0. If these conveniences don’t weigh you toward the Kindle Fire then a 7” Galaxy Tab 2 might be exactly what you’re looking for.
Kindle Fire vs iPad 3 Is Easy, But Will Kindle Fire 2 Change Things?
I’ve gone over the fact that choosing a Kindle Fire or iPad isn’t really a tough decision before. They are completely different devices that offer drastically different capabilities to their users. A Kindle Fire could no more replace everything an iPad does than it could a traditional Desktop PC, but buying an iPad to do nothing more than what the Kindle Fire is capable of is wasteful at best. There is some speculation that this will be changing in the fairly near future, however, and we have to wonder how well Amazon can hope to pull off a direct confrontation.
Their strength has been the ability to present a device that does exactly what it sets out to do, does it well, and doesn’t claim to be able to do anything more. The Kindle eReader can be adapted to type on if a user feels like it, but Amazon never advertises it as a tool for that. The Kindle Fire was provided with just enough power to handle movie watching and most common apps. To be able to compete with an iPad on Apple’s terms, Amazon would have to be prepared for just about anything a user would want to do.
Some of these things are easy. Cameras, which most people are either convinced or at least hopeful that the Kindle Fire 2 will have, would go a long way toward making it a better communications device. A mic, which obviously would be needed in almost any situation where a camera would be useful, would also allow for voice controls and speech-to-text. The larger screen would offer users greater real estate for customizing their experience and developers more leeway to add in features or information in ways that couldn’t fit on a smaller device. To really match the iPad 3 side by side though, they would need more.
It is pretty safe to say that the Kindle Fire 2 will not have a Retina Display. It will also not have multi-touch capabilities able to handle significantly more than two contact points at a time. The screen will be larger, which is useful, but the impact of that can’t be assumed to cover everything. In terms of processing power, graphics capabilities, and any number of other factors, there is little reason to believe that Amazon has a chance at taking the lead in general use situations.
Does this mean that a larger Kindle Fire will flop? I don’t believe so. If Amazon can keep the price down, it will still stand out. Apple’s keeping the iPad 2 available at $400 is ingenious in that it makes the comparison with a 9-10” competitor at $300-350 closer than it would be otherwise, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room to move in. Really the only question will be how much they advertise what the new Kindle Fire is meant to do. If they can make it clear that despite being larger it is still a purely consumption drive design, that will work as an advantage. If they seem to be actively trying to create and sell a full featured tablet, it will take something big.
Early on in the Kindle’s life, there was a lot of insistance than it couldn’t possibly succeed as a product when there was something as great as the iPad available. As we know, these predictions of doom didn’t exactly pan out. Dedicated eReader products were able to carve out their own market by bringing along capabilities that made them exceptional at what they did, even if that one task was somewhat narrow compared to potential competing types of products.
With the recent announcement of greater variety in the Kindle line, however, there is likely to be at least a small amount of confusion among prospective buyers. After all, Amazon has made a great eReader line and many will want to force the Kindle Fire into that niche despite its better fit elsewhere. While it makes sense for Amazon to want to capitalize on the popularity of the Kindle line by including the new tablet in it, it remains important for people to realize the things that the Kindle Touch will do better as a reading device. In order to help simplify things, let’s look at some ideal uses are for each specific device.
As you might expect, the actual eReader is a bit more focused on the book experience while the Kindle Fire is able to handle many tasks. At first glance, this implies that the tablet is the more valuable tool. For many people this may well be the case. Just as the iPad does more than the Kindle in terms of sheer feature quantity, the Fire will always come out on top in that way. This should not be mistaken for an indication that the Kindle Touch is never the superior device, though.
No matter what advancements become possible with LCD technology, it is unlikely that these displays will be able to match the ease of use provided by the E INK Pearl. While some will claim that they have no trouble with reading on a backlit screen, the vast majority have expressed a definite preference for something like the Kindle Touch during the long periods of reading likely to be taking place over the course of a novel. These displays are also handle sunlight quite a bit better if that happens to be your preference while reading.
In addition to the screens, when you’re reading a book it is nice to be able to put it down and pick it up again a day or two later without worrying about charging. The fact that Kindle eReaders last weeks to months between charges makes them feel more like read books. The weight is also less than half that of the Kindle Fire, which while not necessarily a major issue at first will be noticeable over long periods of on-handed reading.
Perhaps the biggest selling point for the active reader will be the X-Ray feature. Amazon promises that this will be a great aid for picking out important passages, accessing related material, and generally supplementing your reading experience. While it is not something that we have been able to preview at this time, a system that works as well as Amazon claims X-Ray will would be an invaluable tool for many reasons.
If reading isn’t your main concern, of course, then the Kindle Fire still makes a lot of sense. The 8 hour battery life is at the high end for similar products, the app store is one of the best, and the whole end to end experience is geared to make viewing, listening, browsing, and reading as comfortable as possible. At $199, this is a game changing device that packs far more power and functionality than you would expect into a compact package.
To go along with the launch, Amazon has beefed up their Instant Video collection with tens of thousands of new titles including many available for free to Amazon Prime subscribers. They have put a lot of work into making sure that streaming video runs smoothly on the new tablet, so it is safe to say the experience there will be as pleasant as possible on a 7″ screen.
I would not recommend the Kindle Fire for readers, due to screen type and battery life especially, but other than that it will be a valuable resource to just about anybody. It’s portable, light, fairly powerful, and capable of opening just about any form of media you can think of. While nobody is really expecting that the iPad is in any trouble from this corner at the moment, it’s hard to argue with something that does a comparable job at less than half the price with what may be an even better source of content to draw on.
Kindle Touch vs Kindle Keyboard: Is It Worth An Upgrade?
Some of the longest running customer demands for the Kindle line have been a touchscreen, a color display, and a price under $100. The Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire each manage a different combination of two out of those three. The big question now is what this means for Kindle owners. Is the addition of these features worth the cost of purchasing a new eReader, even as cheap as they’ve become? For that matter, should people just now coming to the eReader experience jump on the newer Kindle Touch or the Kindle Keyboard being sold for the same price?
Not quite as much as one might think, really.
The real differences that come in stem from software improvements. As you might notice in the table above, though the two Kindles share the same storage space measurement they have different listed book capacities. This is because there are a couple things going on in the Kindle Touch software that the Kindle Keyboard does not have access to, which decreases the available area of the device’s storage a bit.
The less significant, though still quite useful given the interface, is the EasyReach system. This partitions off the touchscreen so that the majority of the screen can be tapped for paging forward while the leftmost edge of the screen will work as a backward page turning button. This eliminates the need for finger swiping. Swiping was certainly a fine idea and emulates the page turning experience found in a paper book to a certain extent, but it gets old after a few hundred pages as anybody who wore out their original Nook can likely attest to.
More importantly, the Kindle Touch will be coming with something called X-Ray. The X-Ray feature is basically intended to be an intelligent extension of the search function, based on Amazon’s description. Not only will it find instances of word use, though, it will supposedly find all instances of a character, idea, place, or topic throughout as well as linking to relevant articles on either Wikipedia or Amazon’s own Shelfari service. How successful this feature is remains to be seen, but Amazon clearly places a lot of confidence in it and emphasizes their own expertise in machine learning and data processing in explaining how they can make such a bold claim. The product page literally says that “The vision is to have every important phrase in every book.” An intriguing, if highly ambitious claim.
The benefits of a Kindle Keyboard are a bit more modest. Aside from it being a proven device with very few shortcomings attached to it at this point, you also get physical buttons, more application/game options, and a slightly different experience in 3G usage.
The keyboard isn’t the most wonderful thing in the world, but it does the job. This will be a benefit for anybody who prefers feedback on their button pressing. It also means that more of the games and other applications currently available will work for you. For the most part developers have been able to assume the presence of these controls up until this point and it is unlikely that many will be able to adapt to a touchscreen display. This is not to say that there won’t be plenty of games and such that exclusively use the touchscreen in the future, but for now Kindle Keyboard owners have a clear advantage when it comes to non-reading eReader usage.
The 3G coverage that I mentioned is also noticeably more useful than that on the Kindle Touch. Unlike the newer device, the Kindle Keyboard remains able to access the entirety of the internet through this connection (albeit in a sub-par browser), while the new Kindle will be restricted to the Kindle Store and Wikipedia. Anything more is going to require access to a WiFi network, in which situations you will generally be able to access a more internet friendly device anyway. Of course, I am personally taking this as a sign that the Kindle Keyboard is either going to be phased out in the near future or blocked off in a fashion similar to the Kindle Touch, but it is safe to say that current owners and near-future adopters will not be affected.
When it comes right down to it, there isn’t enough difference between these two to really justify an upgrade. If you own a Kindle Keyboard already and have no particular attachments to touchscreens or potentially super-smart text searches, you shouldn’t feel too bad about waiting a while before getting another eReader. If you’re new to the whole eReader scene, I would probably recommend the $99 Kindle Touch. It is the newest and most likely to be supported in the long term, especially in terms of firmware updates. In addition, you get the touchscreen interface which is certain to be a bit more versatile for most users when compared to the directional control on other Kindles. Completely worth it considering both devices are the same price anyway.
With Kindle 4 being released, some people on forums started arguing whether Pearl eInk screen is the same in $99 Kindle Keyboard and $79 Kindle 4 “Non-Touch”. Both sides have posted side-by-side photos to support their claims. Having recently obtained a Spyder 3 Print SR colorimeter for purposes of calibrating my printer I decided to do my own research.
Telling whether two colors are the same or not is a tricky business. Lighting, our eyes and brain can play tricks on us that can be best illustrated by this short video.
Different colors may appear the same under different lighting conditions or if they are positioned in a certain way. The opposite can also be true. The biggest factor is the context – what is around objects that we try to color-match. It can make things appear darker or lighter or even change tint. This is where precision colorimeters come in. Precision colorimeter is a device that contains calibrated light source and calibrated color sensor that measures color of a very small spot on an object. This eliminates effects of external lighting and takes our eyes out of the equation. It produces 3 numbers “L”, “a” and “b” that precisely identify a color regardless of its origin or context. “L” stands for lightness. It measures how bright the color is. This is what one would care the most when evaluating grayscale device such as Kindle. “a” and “b” contain information about color – whether it is green or blue. Ideal neutral gray color has both “a” and “b” equal zero.
In the past I did some very crude measurements to compare Kindle 2 and Kindle 3 with my DSLR by trying to keep lighting consistent across exposures. This time I used the Spyder colorimeter to compare Kindle 4 and Kindle 3. I also threw Kindle 2 and Kindle 1 I had in the mix to gather more data and validate my DSLR measurements. I created 16 PNG files that contain monotonous squares ranging from #000000 to #ffffff with #111111 as a step. I copied these files on Kindle devices and measured each square with colorimeter. To make results consistent I refreshed the screen by pressing Alt-G before each measurement (Keyboard+Back on Kindle 4). If I weren’t lazy I would measure each color multiple times and average out the results. However after some testing I found little variation in measurements of the same color so I let it slide. Below is the table with measurement results and a graph to illustrate it.
As you can see, Kindle 3 and Kindle 4 have very similar response curves and dynamic ranges, even despite the fact that I’ve heavily used my Kindle 3 (Keyboard) during the last year, while Kindle 4 is brand new. Perhaps if I had a specimen of unused Kindle Keyboard, measurements would be even closer. On the other hand measurements of Kindle 2 and Kindle 1 are very different from K3/K4. According to Amazon these devices use different screen technology and it shows. These results are also very much in line with my rough DSLR measurements from last year. Kindle 1 supports only 8 shades or gray (as opposed to 16 in later models) and it can be seen in a non-linear character or its transfer curve.
Bottom line: Kindle 4 and Kindle 3 have very similar screens to the point of being identical. While point is the same in Kindle 2 and Kindle 3/4, but Kindle 2 has lighter darks. Kindle 1 has lighter whites but also even lighter darks than Kindle 2.
I am unable to really express how often over the last year or two I have heard from people the idea that the Kindle will never hit it big until they get their pricing under the hundred dollar mark. This has not stopped the Kindle from becoming overwhelmingly popular, but it makes a great talking point for people who want to argue for discounts or claim Tablet PC superiority in eReading. Finally, however, we can have an end to the idea’s repetition. There is now a Refurbished Kindle available for just $99. There are other factors involved that might make this a deal worth waiting on, though.
The $99 pricing seems appealing and probably will sway a few people. I seem to recall that discounted refurbs toward the end of the Kindle 2’s life cycle did the same. Still, before you jump on it, it is important to keep in mind what this move is likely to imply. Rumors abound, both substantial and completely speculative, about the upcoming next generation of Kindle products. We can be almost 100% sure that they will be showing up in the next three months, but beyond that there is little total certainty due to the expected overlapping release of the first Kindle Tablet and the difficulties inherent in trying to pick through the bits of information we have to determine which bit goes to which device. Given competition in the eReader marketplace alongside some business moves that Amazon has made lately, though, we can make some pretty solid assumptions.
Amazon will, it can be assumed, be releasing a new touchscreen Kindle. It is very, very likely that it will run Android in some form. There are certain to be several incarnations of it to allow for choice between WiFi, 3G, ad support, and the combinations thereof that we have become accustomed to. It is very unlikely that the new Kindle baseline model will cost more than the $114 currently being asked for the cheapest brand new Kindle on sale right this minute.
The question potential customers have to ask, then, is what factors matter in their choice. If this is meant to show Amazon that you will not support Kindles over $100, then it is a good way to put your money into making your point while still getting a great product. If you are in a hurry and don’t feel like waiting to get the new Kindle, then it makes sense to pick up one of these. Never any harm in grabbing a refurbished product from a company that is known to have excellent customer service. If you don’t have a point to make and aren’t in a rush, however, I can’t see that holding back to see how well the Kindle 4/Kindle Touch/Kindle Whatevertheycallit stacks up compared to the competition. There’s no reason to believe that there won’t still be Kindle 3 refurbs and back stock sitting around by then anyway, probably discounted even further or sold through Woot.com. While there are rumors going around that many customers will be getting brand new Kindles labeled as refurbished in order to be sneaky about their official new product announcement, it is hard to see Amazon running out completely in the next couple weeks.
As somebody who both loves having a Kindle and who is proud of his fairly extensive physical library, it can be infuriating to hear people talk about their perception that eReaders stand in opposition to books. I will certainly acknowledge that there is a completely different tactile experience that you get when reading a printed book. I’m not even going to try to make the claim that it isn’t superior to that of the eReader, since that’s obviously a matter of personal preference rather than objective evaluation. What I promote, however, is the idea that while it may be important in some cases, as a general rule the medium through which a text comes to you should always be secondary to the text itself.
When I buy a book, speaking solely for myself, I buy it because I want something to read. When there’s something I particularly like, or when there’s an edition that adds something that can’t be found elsewhere, I grab a copy for the bookshelf. This keeps it available, visible, easily referenced, and has a certain aesthetically pleasing effect. In no situation that I can think of, however, would I grab a book that I have no interest in reading. What would be the point? Now, assuming you’re still with me to this point, it only stands to reason that eReaders like the Kindle make a book-lover’s life a little easier.
Even if you leave aside the issue of bulk and transportation when it comes to a paper book, there’s a big advantage to having books available electronically. Availability. An eBook never runs out at the local store, never goes out of print, and theoretically will never wear out. While there is a certain nostalgia in picking up a well-loved old book that is just coming apart at the seams, I’d rather than a copy that is as readable the tenth time as it was the first. And if I want to go back and read the author’s earlier works because I liked it so much, I don’t want to have to worry about the book being out of print or on weeks of back-order at the local book store. In either of those cases, I’d be more likely to put the idea of reading what I want aside because it would be more hassle than enjoyment. Thanks to the Kindle, no worries.
It should go without saying that this only serves to enhance the existing system rather than detract from it. There will always be situations where you want a paper copy, whether it is to fill a book shelf, doodle in the margins, run a highlighter over, or what have you. In the end, however, it’s better to have the text available. That is the primary concern on which everything else rests, and the service that the Kindle provides. One way or another, if an eBook has existed then it is highly unlikely that it will fail to be available should you need it. This cannot be a bad thing, when what you truly care about is experiencing the text of a book.
Picture is worth a thousand words so rather than writing one more Kindle 3 Review (which I encourage you to read if you haven’t already), today I decided to publish several Kindle 3 photos.
Personally I’m a huge eReader fan and gadget geek as you can see from my pile of eInk hardware. Out of all devices Kindles get the most use: 6″ devices to read books and Kindle DX to read newspapers and magazines. iPad is also used quite a bit but mostly not as eBook reader.
Kindle 3 frontal shot. Kindle has a picture viewer easter egg. In order to use it: create “pictures” folder in the root directory of the Kindle USB drive, create some sub-directory there and fill it with pictures. Once in home screen, press Alt-Z to make Kindle 3 rescan picture folders. Subfolders of “pictures” folder that have JPEG, GIF, PNG or BMP files in them will be visible as books and images will become pages. It may be a nice way to enjoy manga on your Kindle 3.
Kindle 3 back cover has a nice rubbery feel to it that makes the device very comfortable to hold. I has Amazon Kindle logo embossed in it. If you look closely at the slit between front and back covers you will be able to see screwdriver marks from my Kindle 3 disassembly attempt.
For some reason Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has overstated Kindle 3 weight. It really weights around 8.2 ounces as opposed to the official spec of 8.7 as confirmed by multiple sources.
One of the standard Kindle 3 accessories that Amazon sells separately is Kindle 3 Leather Lighted Cover. It is intended to protect your Kindle from scratches and falls. Although I’ve never field-tested it, judging by it’s solid construction it should do a good job. It also has a built-in LED light for night reading that draws power from Kindle battery via conductive cover hinges. The downside is that the cover doubles the weight of the device.
As you can see, page lighting is not completely even. However from my personal experience I can tell that the cover is completely usable for reading at night. DSLR cameras tend to exaggerate contrast.
When not in use the light slides into the cover and stays completely hidden. There is also leather cover without built in light that costs less and is couple of ounces lighter.
Amazon designers have moved all buttons (except for paging) and connectors to the bottom edge of the device. From left to right you see volume control (for two built-in 1W stereo speaker or headphones used for “Read To Me” text-to-speech feature, listening audiobooks or DRM-free MP3 files), stereo mini-jack headphone connector, microphone (that is not used for anything right now according to the user’s guide), standard micro-USB PC/charging connector, power switch with integrated large charging LED light. The light blinks green when Kindle 3 is turned on or off, glows orange when Kindle is charging and glows green when the device is completely charged.
Witness 3 years of Kindle evolution. Kindle 1 released on the 19th of November 2007, Kindle 2 releaed on the 9th of February 2009 and finally Kindle 3 Graphite released recently. Notice the improving progression of screen contrast as eInk displays evolved over time.
Although Kindle 3 and Kindle 1 have very similar footprint in the terms of thickness, Kindle 3 is almost 3 times thinner than the original first generation Kindle.
Although K3 and K2 are almost indistinguishable by thickness (the difference is 1/50 inch), difference by footprint is considerable.
As you can see Kindle 3 completely fits inside Kindle DX screen with still some room to spare. These are two different classes of devices.
Kindle 3 is slightly smaller than Barnes & Noble Nook. It is also almost twice at thin and significantly lighter while packing same 3G + WiFi connectivity. In case of Kindle 3 however you can use free 3G Internet to browse any website rather than just download books.
Kindle 3 has slightly larger footprint than Sony PRS-600 because of keyboard but is slightly thinner and considerably lighter. However the main difference is in display contrast. Kindle 3 Pearl eInk display contrast is almost 5 times higher than that of Sony. This difference has mostly to do with the touchscreen layer in PRS-600.
Although these are completely different kinds of products I still photographed Kindle 3 and Apple iPad side-by-side just for the fun of it.
Right now there are 220 customer reviews for Kindle 3. Of these 155 are completely positive five star reviews, 35 – positive four star reviews, 6 – neutral 3 star reviews, 7 – negative two star reviews and finally 17 – completely negative one star reviews. For the last several days ship date for Kindle 3 remained unchanged as “on or before September 17th”.
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